the story of FTMK in UTeM

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豆在釜中泣。

本是同根生，

相煎何太急？

Rhythm & Hues is a multiple Academy Award® winning film production studio specializing in visual effects and computer animation for feature films and television commercials.

Founded in 1987, Rhythm & Hues, continues to push the boundaries of the digital frontier and has been singled out as a leader by virtually all the major competitions that recognize excellence in computer graphics. Rhythm & Hues has a globally distributed production infrastructure with studios in Los Angeles, Mumbai and Hyderabad.

Rhythm & Hues is very excited to set up its new facility in Kuala Lumpur which will be operational by the middle of 2009. The Kuala Lumpur facility will be an extension of the global production infrastructure and will work on all the same projects to the same high quality standards.

source: http://www.rhythm.com/malaysia/

Rhythm & Hues Studios is an Academy Award - winning visual effects studio. It is perhaps best known for its computer generated 3D character animation.

Recognized internationally as one of Hollywood's top visual effects and animation facilities, Rhythm & Hues has more than 100 feature films to its credit.

The studio received the Academy Award in 1995 for Babe, (Achievement in Visual Effects) and in 2008 for The Golden Compass. It was also nominated in the same category in 2005 for its work on The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. In addition to films, Rhythm & Hues is also an industry leader in the production of commercial advertising.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_Hues_Studios

Mr Kedar Raut, (Production Manager, Rhythm & Hues Studio - India) stated that Rhythm and Hues is currently hiring talented Malaysians to join its Kuala Lumpur development center which will be operating soon by end of 2009. Thanks to his very interesting presentation in FTMK's "Wacana Media Interaktif: Halatuju dan Potensi Bidang Multimedia Masa Kini dan Akan Datang" on 04-04-09.

He said the most important criteria is passion. Your love towards CG and visual effects, and any one can apply (its not restricted to computer science or IT graduates only). As long as you have the passion, willing to learn and not afraid of programming (C, Java,Perl, etc), you can apply!

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I am happy i supported earth hour 2009.

i am just one person...

Mr. Sanusi met me end of last year and discussed about Java Server Faces (JSF) - one of the J2EE framework. He requested me to explore more on it and share with him whether it is feasible to ask his final year students to use the framework for their Final Year Project (FYP).

It took me one week to explore on JSF and after going through few frameworks, and together with my friend's suggestion; i suggested to Mr. Sanusi that we can try on JSF framework using JBoss RichFaces. I demo to him some simple examples.

"Ok Chang, i had decided, all FYP students under me MUST use JSF to develop their project. I wouldn't accept any other programming languages other than Java". This is what he told me after the demo.

Suddenly i felt worried. Is my idea a good one? Will the students be able to cope with the hard learning curve of JSF? Will they be able to develop their system using it? I told Mr. Sanusi about my worries, but he said he is confident that his students will be able to do it. And before he left, he told me:" I'll make sure my diploma students also uses JSF for their Diploma Project". wah, boleh ke?

Almost 3 months passed, those students who found it too difficult for them to catch up with JSF are doing great now. They are progressing well. But as a conclusion, they still prefer to stay away from Java and it's framework after their project ends. Haha... "Its too hard for me!", they told me.

Well, I am happy that they are progressing well, some of them even almost finish their project development. I am impressed with their ability to adapt and learn new technologies which was alien to them at the beginning. Now they are far more expert that me in JSF. I am very happy to see them progressed well.

I would like to wish them good luck and all the best in their FYP.

p/s: its ok to hate me because of Java, but don't hate Java because of me! Good luck guys!

I am determined to maintain the perpendicular position

Lucy Stone

Perpendicular lines makes right angles, they make possible extensions of both height and width. Right angles are weight bearing. We speak of asserting something squarely, making perpendiculars.

People who speak their minds freely and assert their individual feel perpendicular; the corners they create - by their points of view are sturdy and open. Others can use them to build structure on.

It's important to claim the perpendicular, even though we ma feel pressured into curved or parallel positions. If we are centered in ourselves, others won't throw us off balance.

Each of us needs to find our own center so we can occupy our own place. Others will recognize us. Together we'll build high and wide