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LAC1201 - Chinese 1 Podcast

2010-08-21T00:22:00.008+08:00

Hi, I'm Dat, a senior Linguistics major at National University of Singapore (NUS). I used to work in collaboration with Dr.张丽萍 (Cheong Lee Peng) to produce audio podcasts for Chinese 1 students (this is a language course offered by Center for Language Studies at NUS). All NUS students have free access to this resource:

http://courseware.nus.edu.sg/clu/Eclassroom/podcast/chinese1/LAC1201.htm

Hope you guys enjoy it !

LAC4201 - Chinese 5 《六人行》

2010-08-21T00:20:00.018+08:00

《六人行》是一部美国拍摄的情景喜剧，展示纽约三男三女六位好友的日常生活。Ross 和 Monica 是生活在纽约的犹太兄妹。Ross 是一位古板的古生物学学者，Monica 是一切事物都要分类整理好的一位厨师长。Chandler 是 Ross 的大学室友和最好朋友，他有很强的幽默感，不过有时缺乏自信。Joey 是意大利一位好心，喜爱食物和女人的演员。Phoebe 的幼时没有她朋友那么幸福。她虽然在街头长大，但是最后成为了一个心地善良的人，一只蚂蚁也不敢杀，如今是一位按摩师。Rachel 本来是被宠坏了的富家女孩，后来为了要独立地生活得去当咖啡店侍女，她最后在时尚界工作。他们六个人是好朋友，每天都互相分享自己生活的点点滴滴。在这部喜剧的结尾，Ross 跟 Rachel，Chandler 跟 Monica 分别结婚，从此过上了幸福的生活。

这部喜剧最大的特点就是它的幽默感。我敢肯定你看每集的时候一定会捧腹大笑。他们演出时把自身和剧中的角色融为一体，以致很多人经常混淆他们的真实身份。世界各地有数百万的观众看这部喜剧，它在世界上拥有第四多的观众数。《六人行》典型地描绘了多数美国人的生活。它虽然有点儿夸大美国人的日常生活，但是确实是一个电视史的杰作。

《六人行》虽然只是一种情景喜剧，但是许多心理学家研究发现它对世界各地的文化产生了深远的影响。比如说，很多人都模仿 Rachel 的发型。

Joey 的口头禅“How you doin’?”成为西方流行的俚语，经常被人们用来问候朋友。

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43wkqM27z2E

“Central-Perk”是这部喜剧的主要场景。这个咖啡店的装饰在全世界得到了广泛的模仿。世界各地有不少咖啡馆有着和它相同的布局。

总的来说,《六人行》是关于爱情，男女关系，职业，一段在你生命中一切皆有可能的时光。它也是关于人与人之间的友谊，因为当你一个人在城市生活时，你的朋友就是你的亲人。

Sarah Jones as a one-woman global village | Video on TED.com

2010-03-11T01:14:00.001+08:00

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LAC3202 - Chinese 4 《我到过的地方》

2010-02-04T09:06:00.085+08:00

越南，对我很亲切的两个字，是我的故乡。她是中国南边的一个小国家。虽然越南比中国小，但是有不少知名的地方。“大叻”，越南南方的一个高原城市，是个非常有名的旅游景点。四年前，我跟我们班同学去参观了大叻。现在我想简单地给你们介绍一下 “大叻”。

“大叻”常常被认为是一个小巴黎，可能是因为它有高原寒冷的夜晚，清晨的雾和包围这个城市的落叶松林。大叻地处海拔 1500 米,所以那儿的天气全年都很清凉，平均气温是 18 到 21 度。人们喜欢夏天到大叻旅游因为他们可以暂时忘记越南夏天的炎热。大叻最有名的地方是 Prenn 瀑布，爱情谷和 Lang Biang 山。

Prenn 离大叻的中心 10 公里远。它是一个自然瀑布，下边有一座桥，游客可以沿桥观光或者在湖上划船，享受四周美丽的风景。

(Prenn 瀑布)

（我班同学在湖上划船）

离市中心不远的东边就是“爱情谷”，是大叻地区最浪漫的景点，所以情人们喜欢到这里漫步和谈话。以前法国人把它称之为 “Vallée d'Amour ”，然后它的名字被改成 “和平谷”，最后又变回“爱情谷”，它本来的名字。从高处看下去，它看起来好像一幅生动的图片。

（爱情谷）

到大叻旅游非到 Lang Biang 山不可。这座山被认为是大叻的屋顶，它离海平面 2000 多米，是大叻的一大著名旅游景点。这座山的名字源于一个悲伤的爱情故事。清晨的时候雾很浓，所以山上什么都看不到。只有太阳出来之后，人才可以看到周围的景色。

（我的班级合影）

（Lang Biang山顶 - K’lang 和 Hơbiang 的雕像）

（清晨的浓雾）

（太阳出来的时候）

（一些随机的照片）

越南的夏天是最热的时候，所以也是大叻旅客最多的时候。我很长时间没有重游大叻这个美丽的高原成市。大叻对我很特别，因为我觉得那次旅行开阔了我的眼界。那次旅行不但让我感受了大叻的清凉, 而且让我见识到一些有趣的原住民文化。

Final Project - Children Story Book

2009-11-01T01:33:00.015+08:00

Below are sketches of the main characters for our story book:

"The Petal's Love"

Little ELVIN

Mummy ORDELIA

ELVIN & LOUIS

Granny ROSALIA

Mr. WINDY

Mr. BIRDIE

This is snapshots of our storybook, I hope you enjoy it! :)

Once upon a time in a faraway land,

Nature’s Blossom the fairies’ den.

Where fairies of all sizes come together

To make the world a little better.

In a tiny cottage that is most charming,

Lived little Elvin who loved singing,

Mummy Ordelia likes to make chocolate,

Granny Rosalia likes to keep quiet.

Elvin loves Mummy Ordelia the most,

Because every morning she would make him French toast.

For him she would cook, she would boil and bake

Even make him his favourite kind of cake.

Louis was next in the line.

The dearest friend Elvin could find.

Flying together from one place to another,

They would play and sometimes race each other.

Elvin and Louis go to LilyBell Music School,

Where they gather with the birds by the pool.

Creating music with their magical wands,

They played from evening all the way till dawn.

But Elvin loves Granny Rosalia the least.

She always looks sad, and never looks pleased.

Sitting on her mushroom everyday

Elvin wouldn’t dare to ask Granny to play.

One day, Elvin found out with glee,

That the magical music festival would be.

Hosted in nature’s blossom soon

And he had been chosen to sing a tune.

Elvin had not used his wand before

To make music for fairies whom he didn’t know.

He was so excited to be performing,

So he told everyone whom he met that morning.

Looking around his room the next day,

Elvin saw a flower petal, there it lay.

And in that week every morning to come,

There was a petal just like the very first one.

Elvin was thankful and Elvin was pleased,

So he went to Mr Birdie’s home in the trees.

“Thank you very much Mr Birdie” said he.

But Mr Birdie told Elvin “the gifts aren’t from me”.

“Then it must be Mr Windy” thought Elvin.

So he went to his home in the hills to find him.

“Thank you very much Mr Windy” said he.

But Mr Windy told Elvin “the gifts aren’t from me”.

“Then it must be my friend Louis” thought Elvin.

So he went to Lilybell Music School to find him.

“Thank you very much Louis” said he.

But Louis told Elvin “the gifts aren’t from me”.

While Elvin performed his favorite song,

He saw Granny dragging a petal along.

How could it have been Granny all this time?

How could Granny have been so kind?

So Elvin found Granny after the show,

And asked her what he wanted to know.

Granny just looked at Elvin and smiled.

Then said “did you like the flower my child?”

“I want you to know that I’m proud of you”

“And the flower represents my love so true”

“The flower was too heavy to carry alone, son”

“That is why I gave you petals one by one”

Elvin cried and hugged Granny tight,

And then he promised the stars that night.

That from then on he would love Granny Rosalia,

As much as he loved Louis and Mommy Ordelia.

Lecture 8 - Typography

2009-11-01T01:30:00.007+08:00

Today we learnt about Typography, the arranging of typeface (i.e. letter forms, symbols, numbers) on a page to maximize readability, impact and artistic impression.

There are 5 classes of typeface introduced in class, but the most 2 frequently used are serif and san-serif. We also learnt their usage in design, in which serif is more suitable for print (i.e. books), and san-serif is better for low-resolution applications like computer screen, television, mobile phone screen, PDA, etc.

Typeface was then discussed in more details in terms of its components (i.e. font, size, line length, kerning, etc.)

Layout and grids are also a significant component in any design. Any design pieces without careful grid or layout planning will result in an arbitrary and messy look, thus making it hard for the reader / viewer to follow.

Dr.Julian ended the lecture with some announcements for the final project (Children's Story Book) and individual portfolio.

Tutorial 6 - Assignment 5 - Poscard Design (theme: Music Festival)

2009-10-14T21:55:00.029+08:00

For this assignment, I am required to design a postcard that conveys the theme "Music Festival". The aim of this assignment is to experiment with colors, which is why I cannot use photographs.

I have a keen interest in "Classical Music", so I decided to create a postcard with an elegant look. Through out the design process, I have come up with a variety of prototypes. Below is my first draft:

My idea is to have a giant violin or cello as the main element that invokes a feeling of a Classical Concert since this kind of instrument is closely associated with classical music. The white dots represent the stars and the black background is the sky at night, the rainbow with musical notes coming out of the cello resembles the melody. The reason for using rainbow is because the concert is meant to be melodically colorful and enjoyable. Moreover, I want the cello to have glowing effect, so that blurred its outline, but it turned out rather blurry instead of glowing, this idea therefore did not work out as intended.

I used Scriptina as the font for the title and the floral curves at the bottom, both of which give the postcard an elegant feel. Also, it seems that the floral curves are supporting the cello... :)

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Feedback from class:

- The stars look like snow.

- The title font looks too thin.

- They also commented on the problem of making the cello look glowing because it does not.

- Many have mentioned that the rainbow looks somewhat unconnected with the musical theme, and made it look less elegant (I'm glad that they realized the postcard's theme is elegant since this is my intention), but some liked my idea of using rainbow and argued with the same rationale I showed above.

Below is my second draft, with a change in the rainbow's direction. In addition, I added information regarding the time and venue for the event, together with the songs that were going to be performed. My idea is to put the song names in the rainbow and it makes sense since the rainbow represents music. Also, I increased the stroke of the title so that it is more visible.

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Feedback from tutor:

- Event venue and time, song names and musical notes can be reduced to make the work look less heavy.

- Event venue and time can be included on the back of the postcard.

- Since the postcard is in portrait, I can also rotate the back into portrait as it will be easier to view.'

- I can rework on stars and make them have more edges since the sky idea is nice.

This has guided me to come up with the third draft below:

Initially, this was my final prototype for the postcard since the red color in the rainbow looks nice, but after printing several times the work still did not have the same color as shown on screen, so I had to abandon it and choose another one from my color schemes, below is my FINAL PROTOTYPE for submission, the color scheme for this is TETRAD:

Below are my 9 color schemes that I experimented, these are among the best I have:

Lecture 7 - Visual Principles (Part 2)

2009-10-14T21:54:00.005+08:00

Today we learned about the concept of color. Dr.Julian mentioned color wheel and how different color schemes can be employed to make a design look good through the use of color wheel. Various color schemes were introduced, namely: complements, split-complements, triads and analogous. However, from the color wheel I find that apart from those introduced in lecture, there are more combinations of colors that make up some other color schemes, like tetrads and monochromatic.

Other topics mentioned include color contrast, color harmony and color psychology. It is interesting that certain meanings are attached to certain colors and different cultures have different views on colors, it therefore is essential that a designer consider these aspects when creating a work of art.

Tutorial 5 - Assignment 4 - Active Ageing Poster

2009-10-14T21:53:00.016+08:00

Assignment 5's requirement is to design a poster promoting Active Ageing. My target audience is the Senior Citizens of Singapore, mostly aged above 65.

My idea is to grab their attention with a striking graphic element, so I decided to go for a single big photograph of an old person's face. However, it has to have something to do with the concept of promoting active ageing, so I thought of incorporating the "active" elements into the face itself, and that is when the idea of creating a mosaic image came to my mind. The problem is "How to do this?" I then went online to search for mosaic image creating software, and luckily the software is an open source, so my problem was solved! Then I started to look for photographs that are relevant to "being active", "young", "playing sport", "happy", . . . and tons of others that invoke a positive attitude towards how to live life. I found around 1500 images of these kinds and it took me 3 days to do so. Then I created the old lady's face using these photos. Since the software matches the constituent images' color with the face's color, so it didn't use up 1500 photographs. Below is my first draft:

I chose brown and green as the 2 key colors for the design since brown represents old and green represent young & active, so both colors are relevant to the concept of living a young and active life. I left no space between every word for the title since the colors already did a good job of separating them, and I think there's no issue of readability here. The title I choose for the poster is make"Active"partofyou, the rationale for this choice is that "make it part of you" is the method I use for creating the face (make each photograph part of the face).

The poster must have a goal, so I choose Council for Third Age as the organizer of the event the poster introduces. I also included the supporters for the event such as IDA, POSB, etc. The goal of the poster is to attract the senior citizens to join Active Ageing Festival 2009.

As for the event timeline, I decided to arrange the dates and time just like the calendar look. I did some research on Active Ageing Festival and found out that the Festival does not take place in one day but rather throughout some months, so I decided to capture 4 weeks of the year (the last 2 weeks from October and the last 2 weeks from November), and time is indicated just below the date itself. I highlight the dates on which the event take place by increasing their size and keeping the opacity at 100% (whereas the others are in small size and much lower opacity).

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Feedback from tutor:

- Ms. Siti said that I have to use photographs that I took myself. (the lady's face is taken from the Internet)

- I can try to separate the dates, time, venue from the remaining elements by putting them into a box.

- I should lower the text and title further down because there is still too much white space in between

Below is my second draft:

I added the orange and green rainbow/ribbon to make the poster more colorful, and this time I changed to the face of an old man, who is my grandfather.

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Feedback from lecturer and tutor:

- Ms. Siti told me to improve that by replacing the stars with something more relevant to the poster concept, such as sportsman's stick figures and the like.

- Dr. Julian suggested me to increase the size of the face and remove the rainbow.

Taking all suggestions into consideration, this is my FINAL POSTER:

Lecture 6 - Visual Principles (Part 1)

2009-09-19T23:50:00.008+08:00

Today Dr.Julian talked about several principles of interaction, including topics of "unity and contrast, harmony, and control of attention". I would like to reflect my understanding of the lecture briefly below.

Unity is important in a design since it conveys the consistency of the design. Unity can be achieved through similarity in rhythm, shape, value, color, etc. A design that has a theme color is a better one than a colorful but unconnected piece.

Contrast is another aspect to consider in a design. Contrast can help draw audience's attention to a focal point in a design. Contrast can be in terms of composition, value, size, shape, etc. For instance, if a movie poster has a white background and an object in a contrasting color placed in that white background, that object will become a focal point of the poster, which likely to draw the viewer's first attention prior to seeing the text and other elements.

The next element is Harmony in design, the most noticeable component of which is visual balance, referring to the degree of equilibrium in a composition, determined by the arrangement of elements in relation to each other in the frame.

The last element is the control of attention, which refers to the arrangement of items in a frame to lead the eye through a certain sequence of viewing, and to keep audience's attention within the frame.

Tutorial 4 - Assignment 3 - U C What I C

2009-09-17T14:10:00.014+08:00

For assignment 3, U C What I C, I have to take photographs to tell a story visually. In order to a good work, another classmate must be able to retell the story without prior explanation from me. Below is my story board for the story (the text going with each frame is very neutral, just descriptive of the action itself, no further explanation included):

Below are the photographs I took for this assignment, no explanation will be given until you have finished looking through the photographs and interpreted the story yourself. Explanation will be available at the end of this post. The title I chose for this story is "Oh My God!":

How is it going, are you able to tell my story? I put the stars above so that you won't look at my explanation when viewing the last photograph. Actually my story has a twist ending. If you were tricked by my story, you should have initially thought that the man was dating that lady since I purposefully shot them from such an angle that makes it look as if they are walking together hand in hand. Then you should have thought that the man was proposing to the lady as he knelt down . . . Surprise !!! He was kneeling down praying to God (Mother Mary), and the lady was surprised because she saw such beautiful roses (not because she was proposed by him). The last scene is the whole view of the scene, they actually didn't know each other and were doing their own things.

The reason I chose "Oh My God!" as the title is because it can apply to both scenarios (what the man and the lady were doing). OMG refers to the fact that he is praying to Mother Mary, and to the fact that the lady is very surprised to see such pretty flowers.

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Feedback from class:

- Jia Sheng wasn't able to tell the twist of the story and he told me that he didn't understand it.

- The rest of the class disagreed with Jia Sheng since they detected the twist and could therefore interpret the story the way I wanted it to.

Lecture 5 - Representational Techniques II

2009-09-12T14:09:00.006+08:00

Today's lecture covered such topics as Perception, Picture Frame, Rule of Thirds and Point of Focus.

What I find most interesting is the Rule of Third used in Photography. Any frame of a photograph has 4 important points that if the object in focus is placed at one of the points, it will make a nice composition as compared to placing the object in the center of the frame. The below photograph was taken by me at the Swan Lake (Botanic Garden) using the Rule of Third.

After this lecture, I tried applying the Rule of Third into taking photos and find that the artistic effect was more accentuated. What I find interesting is that placing the object in such a position which is not proportionate can actually make the photograph look more artistic.

Tutorial 3 - Assignment 2 - Pictogram (Places in Singapore)

2009-09-06T16:13:00.099+08:00

For this assignment, it took me a while to do some research online for Singapore's places of interest. I ran into such iconic places as Henderson Bridge, The Fountain of Wealth (Suntec City), Vivo City, St. Andrew's Cathedral, etc. After

surfing the Internet and found several landmarks in Singapore, it struck me that the other classmates might have found these as well, thus making such places less original if many minds intersect at the same idea. I then went through a bunch of photos that I took in Singapore during the last one year...and here it is...the ADM building. I thought that not many of my peers would choose ADM and yup, I am right, I am the only person choosing it. Nobody had the same idea as mine even though I asked what their possible options were. :)

ADM stands for School of Art, Design & Media. Last semester I went to Nanyang Technological University to attend the Finale for Project V (a singin

g contest) organized by Vietnamese Students. ADM has always been referred to as having a strange and breathtaking architectural design, and I have had a chance to behold this

modern-style architecture with my own eyes, so I decided to take photos of it.

I started doing my work at 11pm and finished at 4.30am the day before the tutorial (risky!). Below are the abstract process from frame 1 to frame 6:

1. I began by live-traced the building (1) and (2) was what I got after erasing some undesired elements like the ground and some trees.

2. From (2) I simplified the building by using pen tools in Illustrator and hand-traced it into (3), which I kept the essential elements like the staircase, the glass and the grass on the slope. I thicken the outline strokes of ADM by changing the stroke thickness to 4. while keeping the thinner strokes at 0.25 thickness.

3. Then I further simplified (3) by taking out the grass and the staircase, but I kept the lines since they represent ADM's glass which enables (4) to still give a feeling of a building.

4. Frame (5) is more abstract and less noticeable as a building since there were comments saying that it resemble the slope at children playground.

5. Frame (6) is the most abstract since I converted the building's outlines into very simple curves that form a heart shape.

6. I chose the (4) as my pictogram. I also received positive comments about choosing (4) as the pictogram because my peers said that it was wise to choose (4) as (4) still resembles a building whereas (5) and (6) do not in terms of recognizability. Other than that, there was not much comment about my work. Below is my chosen pictogram:

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Feedback from class:

- Abstraction 3 looks nice, and abstraction 4 which I chose as my final pictogram is a good choice since it is not too simple that people cannot recognize it's a building, and not too complicated like abstraction 3.

- Abstraction 6 is much too simplified, so people cannot recognize it's ADM building, and it looks so similar to Wall Ice-cream Logo.

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Feedback from lecturer (Dr. Julian):

- In abstraction 4, the number of glass windows in the building can be cut off more, and I should add the staircase as well since people will find it easier to refer the pictogram to the real building.

- Abstraction 6 doesn't look like a building.

This is my final version of the abstraction process, I keep the staircase for every phase of abstraction.

This is my FINAL CHOSEN PICTOGRAM used for portfolio (abstraction 6):

. . . and it is to be used as a logo in ADM homepage:

Lecture 4 - Representational Techniques I

2009-09-06T12:02:00.024+08:00

This week's lecture covered a number of communication topics:

- 'Shannon-Weaver Communication Model' which places an emphasis on the 6 must-have elements of a communication process: source, encoder, message, channel, decoder and receiver.

- Semiotics: the signifier and the signified.

- Representation: iconic, indexical and symbolic signs.

There is an emphasis on the iconic and indexical types of representation. Students were also given an in-class assignment in which we had to create iconic and indexical signs of one object. The class was divided into groups of 2 students working on the same object. My friend and I chose 'BEAR' as our object.

- Iconic: the real bear is represented by the simplified bear outline; the bear outline is iconic since it resembles the bear's real shape.

- Indexical: the bear's footstep is representative of the bear; the footstep is indexical since it does not look like a bear but is indicative of a bear.

Tutorial 2 - Assignment 1 - Me, Myself & I (Prototypes)

2009-09-06T12:01:00.023+08:00

This is my final prototypes for the Christmas idea. As you can see, I added some more elements to make the shoe look a bit more colorful, and I have also made it more rounded to resemble a "d":

Failing to meet the goal of assignment 1, I have abandoned the Logos idea and come up with this new idea of ice-cream:

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Feedback from class:

- For the Christmas idea, I can put these elements in a setting/context so that it can look more realistic, such as hanging them on a Christmas tree.

- The 2 ice-cream on the left and right side don't seem to adhere to the law of gravity. ( :)) )

I think that this is a better idea than Logos idea but still considered rather visually weak, so ... I came up with another idea at the very last moment of the semester (week 13) :P

Instead of drawing, I decided to use Typography to form the birds' shape by putting together some alphabetical letters and stuff like "~!^<>*() . . ." Since I don't like birds, I intentionally put them on a very old and torn paper, and colors look dull too. Eventually I'm going for the Christmas and Birds ideas for my portfolio.

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Feedback from lecturer and tutor:

- This is a much better piece than the ice-cream in terms of communication and also visually strong, but Dr. Julian warned me not to ruin the piece by printing on a bad printer.

- This is a nice work but Ms. Siti advised me to go with the shadow version since my name is clearer (I showed her 2 versions, one with shadows for the birds and the other without).

Lecture 3 - Computer Graphics

2009-09-06T11:37:00.007+08:00

During the lecture, several points were brought up regarding the difference between vector and bitmap graphics, and the fundamental distinction between them is that vector graphics are based on algorithm, so the images look just the same in different size (when zoom in or zoom out); bitmap graphics (raster images) are made up by pixels, so there is a huge difference in image quality when viewing the images in small as compared to big size.

Some important points with respect to the color mode, image resolution, file format were also discussed during class as they affect our print or web publishing quality.

Tutorial 1 - Assignment 1 (Concepts)

2009-09-06T11:35:00.011+08:00

Today I was required to choose 4 from 8 thumbnails that we drafted last week. My initial sketches included 2 variations for each concept that I love ("I Love Christmas" & "I Love Logos", as shown below:

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Feedback from class:

- For the Christmas idea, I can replace the bell with the shoe because it looks more like a "d".

- The shoe looks a bit like "J", so I can rework on the shoe to make it a bit rounded.

Still, for the Logos idea I personally think that it's not much of an object manipulation but simply choosing from individual logos that look like each character of my name and put them together, thus they are not visually strong.

Throughout the semester I have thought of some more ideas and below are my final 8 thumbnails presented in my portfolio, the 4 sketches on the left are those I like and the other 4 on the left are those I don't like:

My name is DAT, HO KINH , and I chose to design for my first name (Dat). Below is my 8 concepts "My name is DAT, and ..." (4 love & 4 hate):

1. I Love Christmas because it is time when I can show my friends that I love them without feeling embarrassed.

2. I Love Signage System because it is simple, symbolic and universal.

3. I Love Logos because they are small and simple but can represent giant and sophisticated corporations.

4. I Love Barbecue because it is fun to grill food with friends outdoors.

1. I Do Not Like Birds because I have been pecked by them many times.

2. I Do Not Like Necktie because I like to dress casually and necktie is just too formal.

3. I Do Not Like Smoking because it causes lung cancer.

4. I Do Not Like High Heel Shoes because they will cause my mother heel and ankle pain when she gets old.

Out of the 8 concepts, I have chosen "I Love Christmas, I Love Barbecue" & "I Do Not Like Birds, I Do Not Like High Heel Shoes". I chose them because they fulfill the requirement of the assignment in terms of object manipulation.

LAC2201 - Chinese 2 《我的家人》

2009-02-12T13:39:00.003+08:00

大家好，我姓胡，叫敬达，今年二十岁。我是越南人，现在是新加坡国立大学文学院第一年的学生,我的专业是"交流和新传媒"。

我非常喜欢介绍我的家人。我们家一共有五口人，有我外公、外婆、妈妈、弟弟和我。我外公今年七十五岁，外婆六十八岁。他们因为年纪大了，所以都没有工作。现在我的家人都在越南，只有我外婆跟阿姨一起住在美国。我妈妈的名字叫爱玲，今年四十三岁，是一位家庭主妇。她空闲时,我常常陪她去打网球。她说我很胖,应该去户外运动。我弟弟是一位中学生,他于一九九三年一月三十一日出生，他的生日已经过了，今年十五岁。妈妈常常说他比我帅,哈哈。:)) 我弟弟很喜欢玩电脑游戏。

每当节日来临，我们一家人会一起去旅行，我们常常去海滩玩儿。不过我们从来没有出国旅行，因为出国旅行太贵。每一个周末，我都会陪我的家人看喜剧。我们有很多在一起的美好时光。

以下是我生日会的照片。我的生日很热闹，有很多人出席，有我的家人和我朋友。那天是我出国前一天。这是我第一次在外国念书！过去的八个月还没有见面我敬爱的外公，亲爱的母亲和顽皮的弟弟。我好想他们，所以我已经买一张机票了，今年五月我会回越南跟我家人团聚。。。

我和我外公

 我和我妈妈

这是我妈妈最喜爱的歌曲，请你们看一下：
“谢谢你的爱” （歌手:卓依婷）

我弟弟

《生词》

- 非常 (fēi cháng): very, extremely

- 所以 (suǒ yǐ): therefore

- 交流和新传媒 (jiāo liú hé xīn chuán méi): Communication & New Media

- 第一次 (dì yī cì ):the first time

- 越南 (Yuè nán): Vietnam

- 阿姨 (ā yí)：maternal aunt

- 家庭主妇 (jiā tíng zhǔ fù): housewife

- 空闲时 (kòng xián shí )：free time

- 陪 (péi): accompany

- 网球 (wǎng qiú): tennis

- 电脑游戏 (diàn nǎo yóu xì): computer game

- 每当 (měi dāng): everytime, whenever

- 节日 (jié rì): holiday

- 旅行 (lǚ xíng): travel

- 海滩 (hǎi tān): beach

- 不过 (bù guò): but

- 从来没有 (cóng lái méi yǒu): never

- 出国 (chū guó): go abroad

- 因为 (yīn wèi): because

- 周末 (zhōu mò): weekend

- 美好时光: a good time

- 热闹 (rè nao): exciting

- 出席(chū xí): attend

- 之前 (zhī qián): before

- 敬爱 (jìng ài): respected, beloved

- 亲爱 (qīn ài): beloved, dear

- 母亲 (mǔ qīn) = mother

- 顽皮(wán pí): naughty

- 机票 (jī piào): air ticket

- 团聚 (tuán jù): have a reunion

- 最喜爱 (zuì xǐ ài): favourite

- 歌曲 (gē qǔ): song

- 歌手 (gē shǒu): singer

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LAC2201 - Chinese 2 《 我的家人 》

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