I have had it!!! I am tired of my project. MAN! I screwed myself. God knows what made me choose "Image Compression" as my project. Its a bloody pain in the butt. 4th year engineering, guys were happy that they have reached the last year of the Great Crusade. But no wait! We still had a hurdle to cross. The final year project! Our seniors, as usual, gave absolutely worthless advice. One said,"Do it on your own. It'll help you." while another suggested,"Why do you wanna waste your time doing the project on your own? It's a absolute waste of time. Get it done." And ofcourse our good old professors! How could I forget them? One of them called me and said, "Look here buddy! I am doing a project for my Masters on Image compression. Do you want to do your project under me?" I, like a young puppy danced happily around him thinking that he would guide me out of my misery. STRIKE ONE! I did the biggest mistake. As of today he hasn't helped us in any important way. Gave us a book and a number of arbid contacts with no proper credentials.
Well the topic sounded very interesting and I have been interested in images (in the sense of designing and stuff) for quite sometime now. STRIKE TWO!! Never judge a topic by its name. I had no idea that there was such a load of crap in images. I mean come on, how hard could image compression be, you would think. Its a major kick-ass and its my ass thats being kicked. But thats not the end of my misery. Oh no!! The pain doesn't stop here. There are different ways of compressing an image. I could have taken up a simple method. Learnt how to make JPEG coder probably but no!! Mr. Smart-Ass (yours truly) had to pick on of the tough ones. Embedded Zerotree Technique using Wavelet Transform. Sounds good doesn't it? All those really cool words in one sentence?
I had a whole year to do the project but then in the beginning when I had no idea of the project, I thought how hard could it be anyway? I'll do it later! STRIKE THREE!!! Half a month left for submission and just 25% of the project is over. I am royally screwed and the only way that I can save my butt is if a miracle happens. And I am not getting any hints of a miracle happening anytime soon.
So I just listen to the song "When the going gets tough" and sing to myself, " When the going gets tough my ass gets kicked..."