[Update] Frustration.....

Blogging to update a bit and vent some... Frustration out...

My part-time job ended last week and I had been going for job interviews for the past weeks.

And well, comparing to the ones I went before(during my school term), the companies seemed better, especially a particular one in which it's job scope is close to what I wanted and the location is good!- I'm hoping for the good news(but I'm not positive about it tho...)

This is where my frustration is; I had been to quite a fair bit of interviews(tho they are not many) and while they were good experiences, it sux not getting any offers so far...........Sigh...........

Tbh, I'm not exactly actively looking for a job yet due to my July trip; since I'm thinking of starting work in August... That said, it would be great to have a confirmed job which I can start in August- in that sense, I can go for my trip in peace and worry less~

But that will be too good to be true, huh?

Actually, I do have an ambiguous offer from a company... Ambiguous in the sense that they sent an email saying the interview outcome was positive and now working on the recuitment process... But that was 2 weeks ago-.- And my friend whom also got this status from the company, received a call from the company this week while I don't... I'm thinking maybe the recuitment process did not work out well... Sigh...

Currently, I'm just waiting for the one that I mentioned earlier which I liked. Judging from the amount of failures... I'm not really positive about the outcome(esp after the one I went last week, didn't reply even though they said they would, regardless of the outcome... I take it that it was a fail; I mean if it went well, they would definitely reply. Else, there is no point...It hurts just thinking about it... And I kept checking my email everyday this week...)

And that's my current pathetic life... At least I have things to keep me occupied; my N3 jap exam which I'm starting to feel less confident about it(after doing the assessment...) and my July trip!

In addition, I'm working on a 30-days challenge of drawing ChikaRiko moments since last week, 16 June 2018~
This challenge is just me drawing one ChikaRiko moment per day in a span of 30 days!- with a theme in mind:)
And to make things interesting, I decided to make manga ver(vertical/portrait) and illustration ver(horizontal/landscape) in rotation; example, if day 1 was manga, day 2 would be illustration!

Will be uploading everyday onto my insta-story or twitter!

That is all. This post is mainly to pen my thoughts and reflect on my recent job-finding experience...

Likely to update again before I fly~

Until next time, this is Yaiji signing off!

Yaiji~ 
 
PS: It doesn't help that friends around you already got a job while you don't...

[Updates] Aqours POV series~

Finally, finished this series last week and I've already uploaded the full work onto the various platforms; | Pixiv | Deviantart | Twitter | Instagram |

And, I compiled the series into a book; here's a showcase of it:

Music used: Kiseki Hikaru by Aqours

^Lovely song; can't wait for the full ver!

Artist's notes:

This series first started off with Riko's POV as a work done for Inktober 2017 and was inspired by Athyra's Love Live Sunshine x Harry Potter Crossover.

After that, I went on to expand it by working on You's POV as another Inktober work, and then Chika's as well!

Intending to stop at 2nd yrs(my fave trio~), I felt it was a waste; plus I was having fun, thinking of the various ideas of each member's POV!

Yoshiko's POV was long thought of when I decided to expand even more. As for Hanamaru's POV, didn't have inspiration until I started from one panel and one led to another- I must say I love Hanamaru's the most due to how the panels flow!

Initially, Ruby's POV would link as a continum to Dia's POV... However, somehow... Even though I've the idea in my head, I couldn't draw them-.-

I made do with another way to illustrate the idea behind Ruby's POV~ Dia's POV would be confusing if not for the last POV I did in colour; showing the link that Dia can't see the hut but Riko can...

Next, the last two POV were somewhat hard cos I didn't have an idea of what type of roles to give them... For Kanan's POV, it was similar to Hanamaru's; ideas came while drawing:) I had Mari's POV to show the concept of flying by broom. As the 'last' POV, I tried to tie up the series by showing more of that fateful night/incident...

Lastly, the special POV; as mentioned, it was to show the relation of Dia's POV! It was also to introduce the mysterious character called 'Yocchan'(tbh, it isn't mysterious if you know this nickname given) whom Riko knew(and is afraid of...)

Background:

Here's a bit of the background(since it's likely I won't be expanding any further than these...)

Sakurauchi Riko is just any average teenager until she was introduced to the world of magic(by Yocchan) and attended the school of magic. 

At there, she met Aqours members and became friends with them and maybe closer to some...?(as seen from the POVs;)

This new life seemed great to Riko that she wouldn't want to return(to her old life) until that incident...

The incident where she trusted the wrong person and in the process, her two important friends, Chika and You, were mentally cripped by one of the unforgiven curses, crucio...

To save whatever was left of their sanities, Riko had to erase their memories and that also meant Chika and You losing their memories of her...

This series of POV was the aftermath of that incident and showed how each character was coping with it; whether they were involved and if they were, directly or indirectly...

In this series/AU, each work was done with the idea that Riko is the main character or the focus and showing her interactions and relations with the other Aqours members!

Some thoughts; possible ending...

I was thinking along the line that Riko tried to do what she can to amend her mistakes; like fighting against Yocchan... And in order to beat Yocchan, she had to use up all her magic... She would mean she would no longer be a mage/wizard after that... 

And she would say, "maybe this is how it should; I, who was just a normal, average teenager, should have just stay normal than trying to be special... Maybe this is my punishment for wanting more..." with a smile before using up her magic(which was granted by Yocchan) to defeat Yocchan; like as if Riko's returning everything back to Yocchan and going back to her old life...

At least, that's how I thought it would end- Something like Bleach(which Bleach should have ended there than expanding further...) But, it's really up to readers' interpretation and imagination~ 

Afterwords

As much as I love to work on this series more, I'm afraid of my tendency to go hiatus halfway and lost my inspiration later(which happened to some work series I have...currently...)

Plus I will be working soon so this means less time to draw...(and I should try settle Random Doodles X Love Live before then...)

Oh and before I forget, it's not much(but it is to me, lol); this work got into pixiv ranking!!!

Refer to this LINK for the ranking page!

I was quite surprised and like to thank everyone for the support!!!XDDDD

That is all. Currently, working part-time while (kinda of) studying for JLPT N3 before my trip in July!- Can't wait(>^<)

This is Yaiji, signing off!

Yaiji~ 

[Updates] CONFIRMED GRADUATE!!! YAY!!!

Today was the release of results which I only found out today(lol); thinking it was tomorrow instead^^;

Truthfully... I was scared and worried for this particular module that I had no confident of, after walking out of the exam hall... All I hoped was a pass(so that I can graduate in peace; wouldn't want to be retained, just b'cos of this one module...)
Well, it was really a pass(or rather in my standard since it's the lowest grade I ever gotten; a C+) so in a way I'm 'glad'

That said, I was surprised by the overall gpa; I mean you would expect a drop, seeing as there was a C but instead it improved... And that raise was all thanked to my FYP!XD

The thing about University is that Academic Unit or AU is responsible for the percentage or weightage of one's gpa while the grade would be the base value...
In other words, if you did damm well on this high AU module of let's say 8AU and got an A, you're sure your gpa will raise if your current GPA is in the B range despite your other modules cos it's good enough to cancel the negatives~

And that was my situation so overall, I'm satisfied:)

That's one worry gone; left one more of finding a job which I had been going for interviews and stuff but still at zero... Tbh, I'm not exactly in a rush to find since I can only start working in August... Currently, I'm working part-time to help fund a bit of my July graduate trip~
Plus I'm taking JLPT N3 in the coming July 1st(hoping it won't be too hard like my Jap 5...)

And that's about it- was elated by my results and can't helped blog! Can't wait for convocation and throw my graduation hat up high!

This is Yaiji signing off!

Yaiji~ 

PS: will be doing another update for the finished series, [Aqours] POV and explain in more details of this AU!

[Updates] FREEDOM!!!

Today marked the end of my fyp; ending with the presentation~

I guess out of all presentations I had done so far, this was the most impromptu presentation I ever did- I only did one dry run, the day before^^;
Even so, I didn't follow as I rehearsed but simply presented based on my slides; after all, I do know what to say from my slides but there were awkward pauses and stuttering when I got struck in trying to present with the right terms to use, haha...

And also, there were disruptions cos the examiner of previous student was late and somewhat crashed into mine...
Maybe it was a blessing(?) that I didn't memorise any script or I would be struck in trying to continue my presentation after the disruptions...

All in all, when everything was done, I was relieved but the fact that it ended, didn't sink into my head until I reached home and realised... I am finally free!

These 4 years sure went off in a blink of an eye; now that I made it out of this journey, alive and well!
Tbh, as what I said in previous post, I really didn't think I would make it- In my second year and also in my fourth year semester 2(which is the current semester) where the projects were really hard and demanding that I actually broke down quite a few times...
However, I pressed on by telling myself, 'this is the last lap! I can do this!'

And so, with everything done(and hopefully, my results are alright in this semester), I'm looking forward to my convocation which I'm excited in wearing the graduation gown!!!- It's my first time wearing~
In addition, it will also be my parents' first time attending a graduation ceremony!- This was another motivation for me to persevere in this semester!
Can't wait for it~

That's about it & from previous post, I will be more active at here now!
Will be updating soon when I'm done with the mini Aqours manga series!(currently, still thinking of the cover for it...)

This is Yaiji signing off.

Yaiji~

[Updates] Exams OVER!!!(But fyp hasn't, lol)

It's been a looooooooooooooong time~

Well, it's not called final semester for nothing; been busy with school, especially juggling my fyp with the other modules I had to take to clear off the AU requirements to graduate...

It was the toughest semester; with the projects been very demanding(and I, been a smart alec, took jap 5 when workload is high... My love for jap pushed me through but the results were depressing...)

That said, I'm glad everything was done and all except for one more presentation of my fyp to my examiner and my prof and that will wrap up my 4 years of University education~

Looking back, there were thoughts of giving up and thinking it was a mistake to take engineering during my second year due to the workload and the performance of my quizzes... But I'm really glad I persevered and made it to today!
And though I'm sort of a lone wolf, the friends I made over these 4 years, played a big part in my endeavour to the completion of my university education! I doubt I would have made it this far, if not for their help!

These 4 years may be hard but the days after are the real deal; to find a job...
I have not landed into one but I did go for a few interviews and they were all quite an experience~

Somehow, the more I go for interviews that are for software engineering jobs, the more I feel that... Maybe this area isn't my forte...
Compared to computer science or even computer engineering, my experience as a electrical engineering student can't really compete with them, especially in software side...
And nowadays, companies are looking for C/C++ or Java programmer...

I have used these languages before but b'cos my fyp was using python, I would say I have grown rusty in those languages...
Plus, I only learned the basic of those languages while companies are looking for advanced or even master of these languages...

Next, I tried for jobs in cybersecurity as I grew an interest due to my fyp.
However, apparently, my fyp project was more of a machine learning project than that of  cybersecurity...
And I admit that I am more interested in that area; area in artifical intelligence, especially for robotics... That said, it's also not easy to find such jobs as a fresh graduate cos this area requires experienced programmers instead...

Ok, that was just me rambling(after a long time, haha).

Moving on from my personal life, about my art projects...

I will be doing a cover for random doodles x LL series(not sure if mentioned before, lol) before I upload the series to pixiv which I dk when I will finish due to lack of inspiration...

Currently, I'm working on this small series- I mentioned briefly in my last post that I started it during Inktober 2017 and yes, I managed to finish it!(Here's the LINK)

I intend to make this series into a mini book; just like FateXLoveLive so I will upload once I can think of a cover and finish it(again I dk when- hopefully before my trip~) However, before that, I'm working on the character profiles- mainly for the different outfits they worn in the POV manga(plus I like designing their outfits~)

^They are done- just need some touch-ups before I send them for scanning(and likely to upload over next week on deviantart~)

And that is all from me- think I will post rather often; now that exams are over and I will get my freedom after Monday's presentation~

Until next time, this is Yaiji signing off~

Yaiji~