I have friends who are so obsessed with success. They are always aware of the “who what how”; who is who, and what they have, and how they get it. They like being around people who know what they want and how they going to achieve it. I think they are living in psychotic misery. I can’t imagine being close friends with them for more than 6 years. That’s crazy because I don’t actually know what I want.

 

 

“Unlecture” is quite a strange idea to me. A lecture is not actually a lecture…Yet the first unlecture is interesting.  I got a lot more from Adrian than in the conventional lectures where I usually sit with my Macbook opened and enjoy myself in Facebook.

I did my high school in Hong Kong, a place where teachers teach and students learn. Everything is very textbook based. I can’t fast thinking. Adrian has been very inspiring when he talked about “T-shaped” person. Umm… a person who is strong in one aspect but has variations in others. I was confused. Am I able to become one of those? The educating system in Hong Kong is suppressing creativity. I don’t used to think that I need to possess a range of skills; I don’t used to share my thoughts in a public area and even possibly receive comments from others; I don’t used to be creative as to come up with my own idea.

Adrian is convincing in telling how after graduate we will probably never write an essay again, I suddenly understand the idea to blog anything – to give and take ideas from others. True enough, no one in the future gonna ask how good I can write essays but how well I fit myself into this information rich media network . Blogging looks more effective and practical when it comes to our future employment.

Respond to the speculative passage about Networked Media, the boat is a metaphor for the subject. On this boat, Adrian gonna lead us to achieve what we want to achieve, he will give us directions and push us along the way. There is no “shore”; we can still make good use of our skills and keep expanding it even after the semester. We may make mistakes in the process just as the boat may “get blown and wash around; yet we should embrace it. We are the one to control the boat and make its route different. The boat is also like the network. I believe every of us can contribute something in it and seek something out there.

This is my first blog post and I have no idea how to start… so I guess I may start off by introducing myself. I am Krystal Chow, an international student doing my first year in Bachelor of Communication (Media) at RMIT University. I am 21 years old. I finished a media and communication foundation course last year. I have learnt a lot from it though everything is pretty much around basic skills. What so awesome is that me and my classmate did make a radio show live in SYN FM.  We had a theme around uni life included saving money tips, annoying things while texting, what not to do in the library, Facebook shoutouts and paranormal stuff. Knowing that there is a BIG BLACK MICROPHONE inches from my mouth and people out there listening us on air, it was difficult as usually me and my classmate can talk endlessly and causally. But nonetheless, I did gain a lot of experience in the show.

Before I came to Melbourne and started all these media related courses, I am like have no knowledge about MEDIA. I have never used software like Photoshop and Final Cut. I did science and Maths in high school so all I know is very theory-based. I used to learn how to prove a theory but not to create one by myself. I don’t have to write a lot; I don’t have to think a lot; I don’t have to read a lot… I do have Facebook and Instagram but I never write blogs. Well… there is a blog like thing called Xanga, which is quite popular during my high school time. I had one for two years and I used to post lyrics, photos and those embarrassing moody status everyday. It is funny to read through all those innocent posts I made.

This is my first time to write a serious blog like this. Blogging actually sounds fun; I like the idea of  “make stuff with media”. And I hope this blog can keep running until I graduate; to record every single piece of things I learn here. It will be a memorable piece of work.

 

 

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