The Debut of...

Frankly speaking, i was looking forward to meet my lecturer in room B309 on that very day. I read his book -- Transition. It was a book that opened up my mind to some of the newest technology and tempted my desire of wanting for more information and news on the latest tech-gadgets and technology.

I saw his picture from his book. Well, to be honest, I met him before last year when he was a guest lecturer. However, his physical appearance did not quite match to what i was expecting. He seemed to have put on some weight. He looks sort of Japanese or Korean. His got really thick and bushy eyebrows. Now, I was quite surprise to hear from him this was he was debuting as a lecturer. I was quite shocked because someone as tech-savvy as him should be guest lecturing or part-time lecturing at quite a number of colleges and universities.

The first impression I got was: "Alright, this semester we will be having quite a lot of fun learning about the online media and ways of managing it. COOL!!!"

It turned out that I learned loads of knowledge and news about online media management. The best part is i learnt how to blog. I am able to say I am part of the blogging community. Somehow, I felt proud about it.

Blogging was extremely fun. You don't have to use the old, traditional and boring way to write your personal diary. You could also spread news about certain current event or social issue. It is a new way of sharing part of your personal with other people. It was hard to imagine the fun and benefits of blogging, but when I started to blog, I realized it was not just about writing your own diary, but also enabling your friends to know more about you. By communicating using written words, we are able to lessen the chances of having conflicts.

Once, Wiley Chin (Oon Yeoh's friend) stood in for him because Oon had a trip to America. Now, Wiley has this odd habit of explaining things by taking food or anything to do with food as examples. He was supposed to talk about content managing system. He did stick to the topic but he similarized the content managing system as a hawker center. He says if we do not need to wait long for our food, then the hawker center is efficient, just like an efficient content managing system.

A content managing system is simpler than html language. It was designed to help editors and sub-editors to do their work in a systemathical and easy way. Editors and sub-editors could edit many news article one by one without using up too much physical space. The content of news article could be corrected right away as soon as an error is identified. I came across such a system while I was working in Malaysiakini as an internship. It is really convenient and time saving. It helps a lot in a internet news firm where time is more valuable than diamonds.

I also picked up the habit of reading online news after attending classes for this subject. Google news is my favourite online news source. If i want to read local news then i will browse Malaysiakini's homepage. Reading news online is fast and there are many choices.

Oon Yeoh introduced many technological terms and latest tools. He also acknowledge us about some softwares that would enhance our blog. Basically the software makes our blog's features look stunning and attractive. I have to admit that i did not put in my best effort in my blog, but i hope my words will be able to do some replacement for the simpleness of my blog's feature.

That is all that i can say about what i learnt in Oon Yeoh's class. I do sincerely hope that no one will be flunking this subject because it is just so impossible for this to happen.