AKI con

We did AKI con today...we bought the wood, and found the supplier sent us wood of the wrong thickness...so we couldn't really start today, except on the portion where the thickness was right. We complained a bit, but gave it up as a lost cause...and we started making a cardboard model of the bookcase to see how the mechanisms worked. Plenty of problems popped up, we found that some of the things we drew out had to be modified or it wouldn't quite do what we wanted it to do...
And there was the question of connections, and the question of whether it met our intentions, which is the hardest part. There are a hundred million ways of doing something, and no, we're not allowed to do it the simplest way, we have to have some meaning behind it, some aesthetic value.
The big workshop is closed on Saturdays, so on Monday we will have to brave the queue of people waiting to use the workshop. Our team, which has been dubbed the "Malaysian Team" cos we are all Malaysians, are feeling rather down. Suddenly we wish we had parents, aunts and uncles to fall back on...to borrow tools like electric drills, saws, hammers, or even workshops...
Chu Hwai got nostalgic and started playing Siti Nurhaliza and Jaclyn Victor loudly on my laptop...and we huddled around listening to a Cantonese drama series while arguing how we can slide wood against wood smoothly. And whether we should blow our budget and order metal sliding rails. Sigh.
Got to really thank God for my group mates for deciding to work in studio instead of at PGP. They missed the last bus today so that we could continue working, even though I offered to do the last bits myself. So they have to endure a long walk back.
Anyway, it's fun working in a group. We draw on everyone's strengths, make up for each other's weaknesses. We all learn from one another. And then there are arguments, especially when it is late, everyone is hungry, everyone is tired and feel just awful. And we start blaming each other. And pointing fingers. But in the end we all wish the best for the group, so we all sacrifice a bit here and there, make up, be friends again. It blows over.
Saw some funny things today! Hilarious! The things people do! LOL...I am happy today. Days can't ever be perfect, and I have to admit there were times when I felt really miserable. Certain things...kind of hurt me. (Not referring to AKI con groupmates, you guys rock!!)
Anyway, there are things that I do that I am not proud of as well. So I should pull out the plank in my own eye, before I try to help anyone else clean the speck in theirs!