of replication, headlines and deadlines.

So i'm finally done. staying up till 2ish am. fiddling with the functions of Freehand as i tried to be accustomed to them before i set out on my task. i managed to navigate my way through most of the functions i needed for the night of (almost) impossible deadlines.

at that moment, i realized how well the Desktop Publishing module was taught. oh. i feel immensely appreciative and grateful ( not that i've never been before. but this time, it was made far more acute given the circumstance).

with the artwork- which was rendered unusable due to the lack of proper resolution and size- in hand, i sat at many a comfortable spot in order to keep myself going.

with my nomadic tendencies turned on, i moved my laptop and whatever nots - which i placed all into a box- from my study desk to the kitchen. then from the kitchen to my parents' room. and from there, proceeded to prop myself comfortably in front of the telly when Child of Our Time came on.

the entire team ( more accurately: The Team who was pulling the all-nighter to make my stupid outlandish promise to get the artwork out by Friday materialize) stayed up past 12 am. and the funny thing was, the entire experience became somewhat of a bonding activity.

we asked each other for help, worried about Text paths ( despite internalizing all the advice given, in my confusion, i saved over the wrong copies so i have no editable text layers for the original ones for some of the layouts now!), recreating certain aspects of the original design despite the fact that we were given freedom to change anything we wanted.

by the end of today, Andrew and I shook hands congratulating one another for being 'expert replicators' of them designs.

i couldn't help by smile to myself as i rode the bus home. and then drooled at the cool Touaregs that were used to shadow the ministerial cars to wherever they were heading to. and sat patiently through the massive jam that brought traffic to almost a standstill for an hour.

it was a good day. we've all made it through.

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to all the folks who helped( since there's so many to mention, and some too shy to want see their names here. hahahah!):

for extending a helping hand. for volunteering advice without the want for returns or recognition. for going out of your way to see this project through.for taking us out of murky waters. for providing lessons that we could not having possibly learnt anywhere else in such a short period of time.

thank you. :)

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