Printer Up!
Bought my laser printer today and managed to get it up in time to print my econometrics lecture notes! The first thing you need to do after setting it up in order to start printing is...to put in the paper and perhaps it's by instinct that my most natural reflex after taking the papers out of the wrapping is to fan them out. For those seasoned printers, a.k.a. clerks, this is a standard move in order to spread out the papers to prevent paper jams later. Although it has been proven that better quality papers like double A, have taken into account and made papers that do not require this. Nonetheless, it's still a routine i picked up from my NS life. It's also a useful move when you want to shred tonnes and tonnes of paper. Instead of going on about how sickening it is to shred the papers (it may sound fun in the begining but it hell hurts when the carton of documents come to you at 5.29pm), i shall elaborate on the secrets to effective fanning of copier paper.
5 Steps Paper Fanning Technique
1. Hold the paper (portrait or landscape) with both palms. Note that the foot of your thumb is the main worker here so get it in contact with the depth of the pile
2. Push one hand upwards and the other downwards
3. Now move the up palm down and the down palm up
4. Stop to adjust any "stray" paper. Make sure it's your palm doing the work and the papers are constantly sorted in a neat pile. Any strays might give you a nasty paper cut that will set you back by ten minutes.
5. When the papers are evenly sort out, turn them 90 degrees to the table surface and let them come down with a thunderous whack (to inform the rest of the office that you are the one changing the paper.) usually, the papers will come down in a series of thunder claps like the gun firing after the president comes onto the stand during NDP.
This is no mean trick to master but with daily practices, it can be conquered in a month's time. Everyone has a different rhythm to the movement of the palms. Personally, i recommend Mambo No. 5, although it is rather outdated by now.
I was thinking about conducting this morning. A good conductor is one that can make the choir sound better than that in his head, like a good photographer taking pictures that resemble the images he had in mind. I realised i'm not cut out to be a conductor. Okie, that's not much thoughts but still...i kept my brain working.
It has been slightly more than a year since i picked up photography from my "mentor" jj. Well, i don't have much training and i didn't read as extensively as him so i doubt my progress has been on track. In spite of that, I think i might have made a tiny bit of improvement as compared to the greenhorn 4500 carrier last year. I'm more aware of the composition and colours when reviewing my shots (not it's reviewing, not taking)... Anyway, like any other budding photographers, I crave for recognition and it came when the a church fren told me "Eh my mother prefers your photos to the one my bro hired for his wedding". Despite it's simplicity, this statement actually acted as a confirmation to my "efforts" over the past year. I mean, my photos may not be nice to the rest of the photography world but if it does appeal to one of the "common folks" out there, I'm glad. Learn to be contented. A consolation thought: If my photos are adored by the whole of the photography community but frowned upon by the rest of the world with purchasing power...what good is there!? haha. Tracking my progress, i think i'm at a level slightly below that of the average club-snapper or the inbetween of a novice and an amatuer. Gambatte! I hope i'll become much better in the coming year! Haiz... wonder why nobody comments on my pictures in Clubsnap and Offstone forums... are they that lousy!?
5 Steps Paper Fanning Technique
1. Hold the paper (portrait or landscape) with both palms. Note that the foot of your thumb is the main worker here so get it in contact with the depth of the pile
2. Push one hand upwards and the other downwards
3. Now move the up palm down and the down palm up
4. Stop to adjust any "stray" paper. Make sure it's your palm doing the work and the papers are constantly sorted in a neat pile. Any strays might give you a nasty paper cut that will set you back by ten minutes.
5. When the papers are evenly sort out, turn them 90 degrees to the table surface and let them come down with a thunderous whack (to inform the rest of the office that you are the one changing the paper.) usually, the papers will come down in a series of thunder claps like the gun firing after the president comes onto the stand during NDP.
This is no mean trick to master but with daily practices, it can be conquered in a month's time. Everyone has a different rhythm to the movement of the palms. Personally, i recommend Mambo No. 5, although it is rather outdated by now.
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I was thinking about conducting this morning. A good conductor is one that can make the choir sound better than that in his head, like a good photographer taking pictures that resemble the images he had in mind. I realised i'm not cut out to be a conductor. Okie, that's not much thoughts but still...i kept my brain working.
It has been slightly more than a year since i picked up photography from my "mentor" jj. Well, i don't have much training and i didn't read as extensively as him so i doubt my progress has been on track. In spite of that, I think i might have made a tiny bit of improvement as compared to the greenhorn 4500 carrier last year. I'm more aware of the composition and colours when reviewing my shots (not it's reviewing, not taking)... Anyway, like any other budding photographers, I crave for recognition and it came when the a church fren told me "Eh my mother prefers your photos to the one my bro hired for his wedding". Despite it's simplicity, this statement actually acted as a confirmation to my "efforts" over the past year. I mean, my photos may not be nice to the rest of the photography world but if it does appeal to one of the "common folks" out there, I'm glad. Learn to be contented. A consolation thought: If my photos are adored by the whole of the photography community but frowned upon by the rest of the world with purchasing power...what good is there!? haha. Tracking my progress, i think i'm at a level slightly below that of the average club-snapper or the inbetween of a novice and an amatuer. Gambatte! I hope i'll become much better in the coming year! Haiz... wonder why nobody comments on my pictures in Clubsnap and Offstone forums... are they that lousy!?
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