Sorry to say that this post is overdue. Delayed, or rather to be honest, I am too lazy to blog nowadays. XD
Anyway, here goes. 4 of us (from Calypso, my first OG) and another 2 person went to Universal Studio Singapore on 12th February, 2 days before Valentine. :)
Pictures are as below. (small resolution. Click on original for better resolution and size)
First station we visit: Transformer: The Ride. Well, this ride is certainly fun, and I sat on it twice (one time when going in, and another time when I am going out). Well, this ride is certainly a must-go (especially for those people who are afraid of cyclone and human - me. Trust me. Cyclone is real scary for people like me. XD) The effects are real great! :D
Well, this is the second ride.. Urgh. That 2 ride is the only 2 rides which I dare not take in my life. But still, since it lasted for like 2-3 min, still can take it. :D Amazing, aren't it? The first 2 rides we went already shoot our adrenaline to the max.
Next was the Mummy. The first time we sat on it was nothing. The second time (waiting time 5 min), the ride was just 'extreme' and totally different from the first one. Well, I bet they changed the settings a bit during our second time. It was pitch black during our 'fall', whereas in our first time, there is still a bit of light available. Next, the speed also increased a lot in the second time. Was kind of stunned that time, but it was a nice surprise. XD
Lunch time (pizza). Real big pizza. :)
Random group pictures taken at various locations and various poses we did in USS. There is more in Josephine's album and I just selected part of it for blogging purposes. :)
Next, comes the 'story line' specially created since it's Valentine Day 2 days later, and while we (3 girls, 3 guys) are still single.
Caption (from Josephine)
Broke back mountain
Nicholas (right): As for our marriage, we can do it over the phone.
Jason(left): Tell you what... truth is, sometimes I miss you so bad I can hardly stand it... :P
And this...
Caption: he loves them, they love him not. XD
I am thinking whether I should post this or not, since it's a rather 'interesting' story line, but I kind of 'failed' to act out properly cause was laughing that time. Lol. Credit to the gang's idea. Doubt I would be creative enough to think about this. :)
Last on the list. Dinner at Sushi Tay. :) Real nice place to chill out and listen to Jason 'talking' about relationships etc etc.
Well, what I can say is they are all nice people to hang out with (Alison (GL for Calypso) - graduated from NTU, Josephine - graduating this year, Jason- graduating this year, Cheryl aka Jia Yi - graduating this year, which left me and Nicholas who will be graduating next year. Sad).
I guess life is still a bit enjoyable if you make the choice to enjoy it (rather than lamenting about life's circumstances)
P.S: On a side note, I really feel internship is a lot better compared to normal study life. Perhaps I haven't been really exposed to the 'real' working world where they are deadlines, and pressure etc, but still so far, it's quite good, with me taking my time to 'code' and figuring out how to solve a certain problem. Guess I would just 'enjoy' my intern before the real 'suffering' comes in year 4, my final year. :D
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Well, it's been ages since I last blog. Perhaps already close to 1 month. And I guess my blog could be considered a 'dead' one.
For one thing, working is a new experience. In my case, I am actually given some small assignments by my supervisor to prepare me for the soon-to-be project which would incorporate both octave (aka matlab) and C programming. The only thing bad is those assignments are not that easy since my background in coding is not that advanced. Well, what can you expect when the matlab assignments given in school are so easy? Now, there are loops, and problems to be solved which could take hours. (reminded me of the first time I took up matlab when I can sit in front of the com, doing nothing but thinking).. Now kind of worrying that I might not be as efficient as what I thought earlier. Got to buck up!
Anyway, my colleagues are quite nice (fellow students like me in NTU). Recently, celebrated CNY together, with Deric bringing the 'Yee Sang' which is quite a large one, plus we order pizza. Well, once in a while celebration isn't bad. :D
"Yee Sang' or rather prosperity toss. Perhaps it's only practiced in Singapore as a tradition? Can't remember doing it except in Singapore.
Credit to Pei Jun for taking this. She got a really good camera!
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Well, a small celebration a few weeks after my actual birthday. Wasn't planning to celebrate it (even hide my birthday on fb), but thanks to a small group of friends who still remember my birthday. :)
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I seldom make any wishes here, but then, here goes. Also part of my resolution.
1. Try to be a more selfless person, and willing to sacrifice things eg time for others. And of course, expecting nothing in return. (perhaps one of the toughest resolution/wish, but hope I can do it. It would be a breakthrough if I could actually do that)
2. I hate to say this, but I actually wish that I could end my single-hood life since I realize I am not getting young anymore. However, if point 1 is achieved, point 2, which is this point might be a reality.
3. Learn things which would be helpful to me in future in my internship which would be starting on Monday, which is very soon. From what I have gathered from seniors who have went there before, you could slack easily there cause there's nothing much for you to do. (there may be a bit of work, but that's it.)
4. Loving God whole-heartedly and loving people fervently.. --> CHC vision as well, which probably summarizes some points above..
Well, I guess that's it. Nothing much to write for now. Time to begin a new chapter of life- working. :)
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So many things have passed since I last stop blogging. Well, guess I do not have any motivation to blog at the moment except at occasional times when I need to rant. :) Anyway, quite a lot of happy stuffs happened since the past few weeks.
Happy stuffs include good results in NUS 3rd invitational tournament where I got champion. Link for news regarding that tournament : HERE. Next, I got 3rd placing in Perak Closed, behind the Fong brothers which results in me, having RM200 extra.
And next up would be news about Industrial Attachment where I would be attached to Institute High Performance Computing (IHPC). Link for my company could be found HERE. Project is titled, "Molecular dynamics study of Nanocluster evolution: An insight into the atomistic ballet at small length and time scales." Sounds interesting though I do not know how to relate that with C programming.
Since I need to have a bit of background for C programming, my short holidays this few weeks is to learn that new language. I would say it's not difficult to understand, but since I did not practice but only read, I am not sure whether I actually know how to design a program when I am tasked in future. Hopefully I would be competent enough to be able to accomplish whatever my supervisor asked. However, I am glad that I got this choice considering I may not be interested to do research in future. Well, see where God leads.
And lastly, my results. Well, slightly improved in terms of CGPA (0.07), decreased slightly (0.03) in terms of GPA for this semester thanks to all my coursemates being so competitive. I thought I already did extremely well in my strong subjects like signals and controls but alas, failed to get an A for that. At least, one A+ for computational methods (expected) ---> So, I assume that would justify why I am in IHPC since I actually scored well in those kind of subjects. Lol.
Well, sad thing is, it's impossible to get second upper by the time I graduate. Regardless of what I do (unless I really screwed up badly by failing all modules in year 4 which would not happen), I would end up a second lower. It doesn't matter whether it's a high or low second lower cause in the end, the degree would still be second lower.
Seriously, why do I screw up my year 1? Just doesn't make sense that if you screw up one year, then your CGPA is already pre-determined. Well, at least I know now that your final results (by the time you graduate) would always be based on your first year. Yes, it may improve, but it can only improve to a certain extent, not enough to another level unless u get 5.0 for some semesters, which is totally ridiculous.
That's the short post for now. At least I wouldn't be so pressured now in my year 4, since even if I work extremely hard, I would only get a high second lower. However, I would still study as usual, just not the usual amount of hard work that I would put in since my degree is already fixed. Just wondered whether I could get a job with a second lower degree. *shrug*
Till then, I am signing off.
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Would my life be all about that in future, just running the rat race? To define rat race, it's like someone spending a lot of effort running around, pursuing something, but in the end achieve nothing. I repeat.. NOTHING. Just something to be thought of cause I seriously feel I am moving in that direction.
If someone ask me why I am doing what I am doing (studying), the honest answer would be to get a secure job that have a decent salary. Honestly, I just do not have passion in studying, and I am only doing it or rather forcing myself to do it for the sake of getting a job. And when you are just not as smart as some people, you have to put in extra effort just to keep up with those smart ones in order for your GPA to be decent. This doesn't help knowing that you are an international student in a foreign country, where the consequences are disastrous if you don't do well enough.
Another thing or rather fact is grades matters A LOT especially in getting your first job, which includes passion, interest and relevant experience relating to the job which you are seeking, which the employer have to be able to see through during interview. Of course, after getting that first job, who would even bother asking about your GPA and stuffs like that? *longing for that time to happen*
Well, I still look back at my choice last time and wondered whether it's correct to choose to come here to further my studies. It's true that furthering my studies in Singapore helps to build up my endurance, especially in forcing yourself to like something which you have no interest in, but in the same way, it also make me 'kiasu', and slightly depressed when you know you are not really doing that well (negative traits).
P.S: Well, just finished my medical instrumentation notes. Some of it begins to make sense except Chen Peng's part (as usual). But whether I can answer the questions during exam is another thing. I don't intend to screw it up even though I don't like that module. Well, 2 Dec would be my last paper, where I won't have any more exams for the next 6 months. A relief indeed. Really looking forward to a life without lecture notes aka a clean desk.
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For me, I think the killer modules would be Biomedical Instrumentation (after seeing the past-year, and Chen Peng's tutorial, I was like *$%#$%. ) That may explain why all my 'Electronics' module results sucks to the max, but fluids and thermo (where a lot of ppl said its difficult) results not too bad.
Another one would be imaging. The CT scan is really 'vague' or 'abstract' in terms of concepts although the image itself is interesting. Actually, it's only that part. The rest are still okay.
I feel I could handle all the other modules as I can 'see' the relation, unlike this 2 modules. Well, the question is.. Should I just sacrifice this 2 modules in terms of results and concentrate on the rest, making sure the rest is a sure A or should I just take risk and mug really hard for this 2 modules and risk making all the results average?
Decision, decisions. Sigh. :(
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Definition from a singaporean friend: Striving to get full marks in everything is excellence. Beating the entire cohort flat. That is excellence.
Personally, if I have that sort of mindset, might as well I just go suicide since I would be crazy at the end, sacrificing social life and sleep just to achieve that since I would consider myself a slow-learner and need to put in more effort than the rest just to achieve that level. :(
If you do not know, certain people are just born smart. They have a very high level of understanding, eg: play a lot,skip lectures but in the end, still get high marks in exam cause he/she mug last minute (one day before exam).
How does that serve justice especially when you were to compare to someone who mug constantly, but didn't do well in exam? Does doing well in exam (eg beating the entire cohort, getting full marks) really set a benchmark for everything? Or does working consistently (beating ur own record ie yourself, but not the best in your cohort) is more meaningful? Well, sadly, I would say the world or rather the Singaporean society look at your results first. Results is everything in a Singaporean society.
Well, that's probably the Singaporean mentality. Make me wonder why I come to a place that is so competitive. That's another reason why I don't like to join people especially when they are mugging. Cause I would just be too stressed looking at the way they mug, which could lead to me under-performing.
Anyway, should be on a short hiatus since exam is nearing. Well, see whether I can improve my current CGPA. Just hope that my effort pays out since I did sacrifice part of my leisure/sleeping time just to study.
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One lesson I learned especially during a group project. You got to have someone in the team who actually pushes the rest to do work. If not, nothing will be done. So, I guess I have to 'pressure' myself to be the one who do it.
If every member in your team chooses to procrastinate and only plan to do it in the remaining few days, would it be good? Would it be productive? Sometimes, maybe I just have to do everything by myself even though it's a group project since I actually can't stand things undone until the very last minute.
But still, another question came into my mind. Why should I pressure myself to do a 'group' thing, when the rest are enjoying themselves? You think I have lots of time on my part especially when I haven't revise the lectures which I have skipped due to event and also lectures which I don't understand in class?
Just fed up of un-replied emails and no communication among group members. I just wonder why the rest in my group actually don't feel the sense of urgency? Or is it only me that feels it? Or do I just need to go with the flow, and relax until someone actually feels the sense of urgency?
P.S: This is one reason why I hate group projects. If only there is someone who share the same burden with me in this group project for computational, life would be much better.
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Posted this on facebook and my blog to remind myself on what I need to do since the task is just too much!
Lab (complete)
Control homework(incomplete)
Forensic quiz (Wed) revision (incomplete)
Matlab for computational method (Tue)(incomplete),
Computational homework (Sun) plus need to do revision for the past few lectures which I skipped (incomplete),
BS preparation (Thursday) (incomplete),
Catching up with the 3 days lecture that I skipped due to event (incomplete).
Business finance (incomplete)
New essay group homework for Bioinstrumental (incomplete)
So, why is my workload that 'sial'? Is uni actually a place where all students should mug non-stop in their room and forego social life in order to achieve academic excellence?
Just feeling a bit stressed seeing the tasks which is incomplete above. And basically, I do not know which I should start first. Not to mention that my IA application is still unknown, especially for second phase application.
God, please provide me the strength to solve all those tasks one by one. Maybe it's in times like this where I actually learn how to trust You?
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My event week would fall this Wed to Friday.
Details is as below. (credit to sui chan for designing it)
Hopefully everything goes smoothly, and that no problem arises from vendors, which is actually one of my concern as well.
Other than that, just want to thank God for reminding me about the heart of worship yesterday, where it's been ages since I last felt that convicted in my heart. Well, a private moment definitely. :)
Results for interview ---> Not out (surprisingly) although one of my friend have already got the offer. Well, I believe that even if I get rejected, it may be God's will, and that He will open another door later, even though I might not know what door it is. Well, since I did actually struggle to finish off that Bioinstumental design homework due to lack of knowledge in playing around with Pro-E.
Still, the main concern would be the event itself. Have to sacrifice my Wednesday classes just for it. Well, at least I know the procedure to get the event approved is not that easy now. :)
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