It’s Time For Me To Start Thinking ‘The Unthinkable’
Nobody can predict the future, that’s for sure. With 1.5 more years to my graduation, thinking about my future career plans now is like thinking the ‘unthinkable’ with the ever changing world. But that brings me to my point that “the world is full of possibilities” and I intend to consider them all.
There is one thing I took away from my 3 years in Temasek Design School and that is ‘Passion’. It is important to be passionate about your (future) profession instead of dragging your feet to work every morning with a grumpy face. From recent Wall Street Journal, “Doing the Math to Find the Good Jobs “, it is questionable to whether the data has anything based on ‘Job Satisfaction’ to call it ‘good jobs’. (Researcher Bias?)
As an aspiring Experiential Marketer/Wedding Planner (which I personally think that it puts my Interactive Media Design Diploma and Social Sciences Degree into a perfect match), it may not be as glamorous as others would imagined it to be but I find the job rewarding when I get satisfied feedback and smiling faces throughout the event.
Passion driven, communication and interaction with people, brainstorming for creative ideas and pulling off an event as a team at the end of the day, I think each event is a challenge that pushes my limit further each time. Nobody will teach you what to do when you’re at your job, from my internship experiences, I think it is up to an individual to live and love your job – whatever your ‘chosen path’ might be.
The world is indeed full of possibilities, I’m thankful to be able to attend events as a ‘blogger’, an experiential marketing internship at IRIS as well as networking with many others via social media platforms. I hope to reach out to more like-minded people or potential employers who share the same passion – being part of that special moment in someone’s life and creating a memorable experience for them (and myself).
I’m always looking for more new learning experiences so contact me at ingridmak (at) gmail (dot) com , leave a comment or drop me a tweet at @iammyy !
Movie Buzz – Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen
Adrenaline rush for fans of action sequels, spectacular effects with the transformations and hugeass explosive scenes. Apart from that, I really don’t understand what’s the hype of Transformer all about !
While the CGI was honestly quite fantastic and having Megan Fox pouting throughout the entire film, the plot is quite thin and by the time the film reached midpoint, I was getting bored. There were emotionally tense moments, like the fatherly love seen between Sam and his dad as well as hilarious comical moments by the various characters with stronger personality traits. Take for instance, the decpticon who humps on the “goddess’s” legs and acting like a wimp unlike the big boys.
This is definitely one of the highly anticipated summer blockbusters, I guess audience can enjoy the all out war between the decepticons and autobots, without paying much attention to the plot and “reality”. It almost felt like Michael Bay is a big boy with big toys – explosions/blowing up routine anyone ? Though Sam’s mother was rather funny with her brilliant acting as a bimbo, I really thought the dialogues (of the entire film even) were rather immature/lame.
Even though it’s just a movie but I’d still prefer some sort of reality check to it – which college is actually made up of 100% hot babes (find an ugly chick for me in the movie) ?! Sure, Megan Fox is probably the sex icon in the film but okay, I get your point. With her boobs running towards me 80% of the time, I couldn’t really tell if she’s really *that* hot or not. (haha) And what’s with the sex reference throughout the movie ?! The dogs, the decpticon and college life ? I get it, sex sells.
The film is undeniably pro-American with the “we will save the world” ideals and shooting bullets in any country as they wish (with locals miraculously flee for cover by disappearing into thin air). And this is almost like watching the old school “Power Rangers” because nobody dies, the right always wins while evil ones get punished and banished forever. Shoving these ideals down the audience’s throat (and thinking that they are dumb) was alil too much for me. Perhaps I’m just over sensitive over this, afterall I’m a Social Sciences student ! (HAHA)
But I do like the soundtrack (despite the boyfriend complaining it has been overplayed during the movie) and Josh Duhamel !
With a “just-as-lame” ending : “I am Ingrid Mak, and I send this message so that my movie review will always be remembered. For in this review, godknowswhoisthewe live on with a 2 out of 5 stars for a movie but a 4 for the CGI !” HAHA !
** Just had to do something with these photos..HAHA..sorry,we transformed into the awesomest couple ever..-not shy-**
Design Ignites Change : Greater Than 60
Worldstudio launched a new project “Design Ignites Change” which is a self-guided mentoring programme for high school/college students to produce creative works that address to the theme of fostering positive social change. (Click on the screencap to find them on Facebook)
Since they are teaming up with Adobe Youth Voices, I think it will be a really good breakthrough learning experience for the students using interactive media tools. 1) It allows students to showcase their talent on a open platform. 2) The projects are meaningful and more visible and beneficial. 3) There are more public/professional’s input. 4) The works are recognized based on the designer’s ideas and not client’s. 5) Potential job opportunities open up for these students.
Although “Design Ignites Change” is not a local project, we do have something similar here in Singapore. >60 Design Centre (read as Greater Than 60) is probably the first local design project that promotes positive social change. It targets the ageing population here in Singapore and encourages young designers (mainly those who are pursuing their diplomas in Temasek Design School,TDS) to provide design ideas and solutions to meet the needs. It is also the Singapore’s National Design Centre for Ageing. (click here to view facebook group – When Silver Turns to Gold)
I participated in one of the project ” A Generation of Ideas” while I was still in TDS, we submitted 3 design proposals each which address the needs of the elderly and we students generated 824 designs altogether. Of course, only 101 ideas were featured in the book (sadly not mine,haha) . Let me know if any of you are interested to take a look ! 
Being a TDS graduate and current Social Sciences student, I think such projects should gain more publicity and support from the public. Afterall, these projects are beneficial to the society and most of them are non-profit making. It is not easy to make a living in the creative industry, not to mention in Singapore. But I feel that to be a good designer, it doesn’t require alot of award-winning ideas but sometimes all it takes to make a difference, is to value-add your designs and contribute back to the society. It applies to everyone – money and value, which would you choose ?
