Back online !! with good news too!

Heh heh.. finally got well today, body still a bit shagged out though. Studied today, but will chiong again tomorrow. heh

Good news is... going to get funding for the solar powered car liao ... heh heh... but more details this wed after my paper, so ... lets not get too excited over it. heh. Cos it means that higher level stress will be heading this way, the good news is... its eu-stress. =)

fever, fever, go away....

Very stubborn flu bug. Still feverish. About 4~5 days liao, come on immune system!! Time to rally and defeat this stupid bug.

Unfortuately, the 8 days advantage for preparing for my last paper was slundered due to the stupid flu bug. Now left with 3.5 days to study, and that includes one day at home for mom's birthday. =/

Well, going to sleep now, + drink ge geng tang. I wanna recover by tomorrow!! I WILL recover by tomorrow and be in the pink of health!!! =D

I will be healthy !!!!! and wishing best of health to everyone too!!! (me included. =P)

still sick .. =/

In hall now, still sick so decided not to go library where the airconditioning is rather powerful. Feeling a lot better though and hopefully recover by this evening. Getting lots of fluids and vitamin C and ample rest is already obtained.

Reading up notes now, its time to start preparing for the last paper.

4 years in NTU liao, the road had been a long one, since i had done badly for my 1st 'A' levels exam. Signed on navy and then having to re-take 'A' levels again. Had met and formed friendship among quite a few peeps in MAE and EEE. Though not a lot of friends, i believe that we will be communicating long after our graduation from NTU.

They do say that its difficult to find true friends while working, i found about 15~20 of them in the navy. =) And in NTU, it is about the same number of peeps but slightly more activity friends, so i guess its rather 'standard' for me. I feel so lucky. =)

Wondering whats out there for me when i grad. I guess being older and with medical history will make it slightly more challenging to get a job, i hope my luck will hold and i get to do something i like. Too bad cant go back to navy liao...had fun there, guess its almost time to find a new playing field for me to roam.

down for the past 2 days .. i will get well soon. =P

Having flu for the past 2 days, luckily not having exams these few days. Hopefully can recover by tomorrow. =P

Had dinner with my Navy friends on tues night at Wuruka Marina Square, good food, and even better company. =D Apparantly 2 chaps got scheme C upgrades, thus i got a free meal and also a ride back to NTU after dinner. Thanks Minhan! =) Still very glad to be in the loop, after leaving the navy for ... 4 years? heh. =)

Went out to JP for lunch today, and caught the movie 'Wild Hogs' with yx, roy and dawn. Not to mention a couple of Daytona races too! Duh!! just remembered i forgotten to buy fire starters to brew my herbs.... guess i have to go somewhere to buy tomorrow then. Hopefully nanyang mart have, then no need to go out and waste time.. cos i have not started studying for my final paper yet. =P

Possible 3 out of 5 so far ... =)

Rather happy day today. The efforts for the past 2 days paid off with me knowing how to do today's paper, especially when it was an easy paper, could do all the questions and hopefully not much of careless mistakes. Looks like the lecturers are kind today, which is very good news for us final year peeps.

Right now, should be hitting 3 out of 5 targets, maybe have surprises for me with regards to the other 2 papers, but its out of my control. Resting at home today (after 3 weeks of camping in NTU), and likely tomorrow too. Meeting up with my navy friends for dinner before heading back tomorrow night.

Will be starting my swimming routine (probably added 1~2 kg liao) and will be working hard towards mastering Nanotechnology, which will be my finale paper for my NTU undergrad studies. Going to try to make it 4 out of 6 that can reach the target. Better to get an A with my efforts, hopefully 7 days is enough for mastery... or rather, the immense memory work required. =P

I guess goal setting is rather important, feel rather focused for this exam, compared to the previous ones where i just strive to do my best due to the many modules i was taking. This semester feels like i have more time (likely to be due to lesser modules, which is 6), although still feel that the exams should not start immediately after completion of lectures. =/

QA in 2 days, and 1 day had passed

Having QA paper on Mon, started studying part 1 today, 75% confident for the 2 questions by Lim CS. Going to start on part 2 tomorrow, and hope that i can do the rest of the questions by Mr PhD Kim Chi by tomorrow evening.

Giving my best shot for this paper, my second last paper and yes, it will make a difference. =) But i will not be sacrificing my health, cos i sleeping liao, have a good rest and continue tomorrow.

Yong xi had went home liao, having completed his examinations for his bachelor's degree. He earned the early rest, having overloaded in previous semester. Me? heh. 2 more papers to go!! the last 2 chances to challenge myself to do my best!! (that is, in examinations ...)

HRM down .... 2 to go.

Back in hall, completed HRM paper today. Self snooked.. it was a 2 hour paper, but somehow, after 1 hour and completing 2 questions, i was reading through questions 3 and 4 when i panicked and thought that i had only HALF an hour left....

i immediately started chionging through everything,think my hand writing went from crap to shitty. And wrote notes, short form and rushed through everything. Until at 4 pm, then i realised that they have not announced that time is up and i was stunned for about 30 seconds as i catch up with the actual situation. Slowed down my pace and added stuff but was like... i didnt leave any space for writing extra stuff as i was rushing, so didnt add much, though i think my hand writing was approaching 'illegible' and hideous... hope the markers wont fault me for that... sigh..

While the good news it that i probably wont fail, i guess reaching my target will be a stretch too far. hmm... 2 more papers to go, and the next one will be on Monday and i guess it will be a challenge to be prepared for it in 2 days time. Nonetheless, i will concentrate and give my best for it. =) Carpe Diam !

HRM later on ....

Slept early last night to have a fresh start today. It will be my fourth paper this afternoon, a tricky one at that. Human resource management, to pass it, shouldn't be a problem cos it is a subjective paper... they cant mark you wrong for your personal approaches. However, it will mean that scoring would be difficult cos u have to 'impress' the marker with something new and unique.

Ironic here .. cos though most of our thinking is unique, we still have to 'follow' certain 'rules' and normal logical thinking. What seems logical to me, seems logical to most. So lets hope i will be able to think of something special today. heh.

Heard rumors of higher chance of securing funds for the solar car project. =D But will have to wait for official confirmation before i officially disseminate this joyous news to the team, thus will just be putting it on my blog now ... happy happy feeling. Chances of going Darwin for the race of a lifetime is creeping up. =)

Back to nap.

Back in hall to take a nap. This morning's paper was a challenge, and hopefully i still can make it to my target, else will be pleased with a B. Feel contented that i had gave my best, and now is to continue to put in my best for the remaining 3 papers. The only way is to score for the other 3 papers to compensate for the possible slip in today's visualisation. heh.. in theory lah... would be difficult in reality.

Well, its time to rest and recover from flu. Later then head back LWN to study, for QA or HRM ... still undecided.

2 down, 4 to go...

Completed 2 papers today, went relatively well and should be able to hit my target. Resting now while brewing the herbs. And will bathe in a while and then continue reading up for tomorrow's morning paper.

Should be able to do ok. Taking good care of health in terms of resting and relaxing, and so far, its been a happy day. Looking forward to tomorrow's paper and hope it will go as smoothly as today's. Will probably head back to my room for a nap after the paper tomorrow before going back to LWN lib to study. Taking a break should allow my mind and body to rest and be ready for the next 'half' of examinations. =)

Staying positive and contented... and hoping for good luck too!! =P

its the start of final exams!!

As the night dwindles on, the clock mercilessly ticks towards tomorrow. The loom of the NTU examination period stretches its invisible fingers in the sickly darkness, easily enclosing the huge school compound. The silence around the library, canteens and halls are screaming with stress.

As i sit here, typing away, am feeling rather excited at the thought of my final examinations in NTU. Four years of studying, and having cramped 24 modules into the last 3 semesters (in a 10, 8, 6 formation) in order to graduate this Jul despite a slight set back of having to fight cancer, i feel very happy that one of my goals in life is within reach.

Am now fighting for that cherry on the cake, which is to attain a second upper while i am at it. Which means i have to at least obtain a A- for the 5 core papers (+ 1 GE) i am taking, and tomorrow there will be prof comm (core) and biology in movies (General Elective) in the morning and evening respectively.


There will be another 2 papers this week after tomorrow, one on Wed and another on Friday. Wishing good luck to myself, feeling relaxed but excited. Looking forward to the best examination period i will have, cos it will be the most crucial and most likely, the last examination period that i will undergo which really matters. =P

My target = 6 As .. here i come. =)

Headaches today ...

Spent the day reading, and sleeping and reading, and sleep again over and over. Today my head rather 'heavy', thus i onli managed to read parts of my notes and had to sleep... until in the evening when headaches makes an appearance, and i decided to pop ONE panadol to sooth it.

So .. wasted a day, rather unproductive... but tomorrow will be the day to chiong visualisation and visual alone as i have to master it tomorrow, else there wont be much time to study for it on tues due to the morning and evening papers.

Went to makan with dawn's parents again, as they drove the bunch of us, dawn, roy and yongxi + me out. Ate at west coast mkt, the vegetarian there not bad, but still lose to aunty's. Came back, watched a boring pool vs manC which ended in a draw... =P

Well . .that's all ... time for shut eye liao.

semi productive day today

After having to kick start the process of studying for exams since .. erm ... Mon?? its like just a flash, time sprinted pass rather quicky. Today is already thurs, and manage to read through all the notes on the 4 modules i will be taking next week. 3 actually, the QA is on the Mon after next.

So i guess will be writing out some stuff for prof comm, since it is open book, so its better to be well prepared for the battle and see if can obtain an A for prof comm, since for the assignments i am between B+ and A-.

As for my GE, which is in the evening after prof comm, will be reading thru again, get the quick reference notes out cos only have an afternoon before the 40 MCQ test ... hopefully easy cos theoritcally, i can obtain A+ for this module if and only if i can get ALL questions correct cos it fully graded on MCQs only.

The morning after the prof comm and GE combo, will be visualisation, a core module that i have to score, but as project marks are unknown, i have to chiong for this paper and hopefully do well for it. Had completed the quick reference notes for it and lets hope some tips are given in tomorrow's last lecture.... 5 days before the final exams ... hiaz ... so close to exams, no study week break.. *sobz*

Well... so thats about it for the revision status... which, strictly speaking... havent started yet cos i only read thru it once... oops. Looks like final sem with the fyp is really taking up a lot of time. =(

Final chance to study together with the gang at LWN as we head towards graduation, so ... oh well... lets jia you ba !!

Back in LWN library ... for the final sem

Found myself back in LWN library, the main library in NTU, studying for the final exams. Though this year seems a bit late, but i realised that there is no longer a week's break before exams. Instead, my last lesson ends this friday, and the paper is next wednesday..... talk about giving students time to prepare for their exams.

Looking at 4 papers next week, 2 on tues, 1 on wed and 1 on friday. Trying to complete studying for the Wed paper, of which the last lecture is this friday... so still have materials not covered. 'duh!' The twin papers on tues will be challenging, so already covered the evening paper once, today just had the final lecture. So probably will touch it again tomorrow to cover it once more.

Parents came by this afternoon, bringing me my supplies of chinese herbs and extra sets of underwear.. heh... just in case didnt have time to do my laundry during this exam period. Really thankful to them for driving around for me, and having lunch together. dawn, roy and yongxi joined us in lunch at king cobra there, and had duck rice together. Brewing the chinese herbs now and after more than 2 years of taking it, it seems ok lah. Part and parcel of my life liao, to come back early to brew and drink.

Feeling a bit heaty, though suspect cos i was moving around today, especially in/out of air-conditioning. Think my consitution not fully up yet, anyway, it is expected to take quite a long time actually so ... lets be patient then =)

Oh! will be heading to taiwan for my grad trip this coming May. heh heh so quite excited to be going overseas again, and received my NSS (New Singapore Shares) of $900, so i guess that will be my funds for the taiwan trip. =D And have to remember to buy quite a number of stuff back for people like Dr Noorainun, Belinda, maybe a postcard to Cancer centre to thank them again, my chinese doc, my auntie .... and so many more. =D I wont be able to thank them enough, but everyone will be constantly (or rather... often) on my mind (taking turns) as i feel grateful to what they had done for me. =)

Started studying .....

Started studying for exams today at the Mac at Taman Jurong. Kicked started with reading through GE notes, on Bio in movies as it is rather easy going and can gain momentum. Completed reading thru + some notes taken before moving on to Quality Assurance (QA).

Well, in between studying, or rather should put it this way: - 'I had went to arcade (twice), makan, buy otah, had fries and sundae today. In between those relaxing activities, i studyed a bit.' With this kick start, hopefully by tomorrow I will be able to complete studying the entire QA notes as i only managed to read thru the 1st half by Lim choon seng, + maybe work on HRM abit.

All in all, a wonderful day with study objectives accomplished, furthermore, had dinner with Dawn's family, at a vegetarian 'ze cha' store in Jurong West. Thank you uncle and auntie !! =D It is always a pleasure to dine with Dawn's family.

Yeah!!! Printed out FYP report !!

Its raining outside now, just got back from Lee Wee Nam library when i heard the thunder. Rain getting heavier, lucky we made it back in light rains.

Went to LWN library this morning to print the rest of the report, cos black ink getting low, so printing B&W in lib is cheaper. Use my printer for colour stuff. After having completed the printing and binding of my report, help to vett through dawn's and YX's reports ... although i think Roy would be more suited as his report was given an "EXCELLENT !!" comment from his prof. =P

So now i can fully concentrate on the coming exams liao... abt 10 days to go !!! However, will be heading out tonight to my uncle's place to celebrate my grandfather's birthday ! Think it will be steamboat as always .. yum yum .. =D


heres an updated picture of the books i had to go through, 2 of them are for the project, the rest FYP. and they stack up higher than my monitor liao... heh heh. To the left is my soft bound FYP report.. hope not much mistakes left. =P

Mission accomplished ... for today. =)

Did what i had set out to do today. The visualisation project was completed and handed in, with graphics, modeling and animation all done by us. With some help from reference books borrowed from national library, of course. But overall, think was a great learning experience and hope that we will be able to use it for our FYP presentation.

Technical drawings are up, with critical help from YX and Gerrard? (dunno how to spell. =P) on doing up drawings and explosive view. So should be able to complete my FYP report tomorrow. Think will attempt to add about 2 addition sections which i think i rather valid and important, need to outshine someone who had excellent for his FYP report. heh. =P

Went out for dinner at King Cobra, not a bad dinner, walked around. Wanted to buy fruit juice, but the queue was very long and there was ONLY one counter open, so decided not to buy liao. After that, while waiting for the bus, roy suggested ice cream at the Sun by walking there. So we ended up at the Sun, playing with frisbee along the way and then back to hall after they had the tub of sinful Ben and Jerry's. I didnt had any. heh heh.

So ... ya. happy day cos the odds of finishing the report and printing it out by tomorrow looks good. =D

Almost done !! Tomorrow is the D-Day!

Everything is almost completed, for both FYP and visualisation project. Luckily, the efforts on Sunday did not go to waste cos managed to complete quite a few milestones within 2 days. And could not go on improving not because of no knowledge, rather is due to the process being very time consuming due to the slow computer, or rather, the large resources required for detailed rendering of scenes.

So by tomorrow, should be able to finish up whatever is left, we got the landscape, animation and can edit the video too! So will be using 3ds max 7.0 for our solar car presentation too, if we have the time. Although there are still TONS of features of 3ds max which i have yet to learn, but i guess, picking it up is rather quick. *phew* =P

So other than finishing up visualisation project, also have to complete the technical drawings for the suspension parts so that i can do the final admendments to the FYP report and print it either on Friday night or on Saturday so that i can finally start on my studies for the coming exams.

Here's a few quick screen shots of the progress of landscaping the Sydney harbour. About 6 hours to learn from the Fundamentals of 3ds max 7 borrowed from national library to do up the landscape and the rest took about another 7~8 hours... i think, cos going for lessons and waiting for rendering, trying out stuff..... the same screenshots are for the poster submission too. heh.

Well, time to conk off. Get some shut eye, hopefully can sleep earlier tomorrow. Sleep tight and sweet dreams everyone !!!

on being strong

Was thinking on the topic on being strong, mentally strong to be exact. Quite a few people i know have tremendous mental strength, and i got to know one who popped by my blog a few days ago. That will be ian, after reading through parts of his blog, i must say that he has one heck of a positive attitude.

Have met a couple of 'older' guys (cant really call uncle cos..... i am also approaching 'uncle' age =P) at NUH 6 months ago on my checkup. They were joking that they had 'graduated' from NUH quite a number of years back. One of them was had NH lypmhoma before, though i am not sure of the exact type, i felt it would be irrelevant anyway cos it was in the past. I hope to see ian as one of the graduates, and 3rd time = PhD liao. Think there are master students around too, but i prefer to stay as a bachelor degree holder =p.

Fight on ian, you are too strong a bugger for those lousy cancer cells. =)

Efforts in the morning .... in vain....

Had woken up at 830 this morning, looking to a bright new start of the week, and tried to install the 3d studio max. Unfortuately, it requires internet explorer 6.0, which i then downloaded and installed, AND then it failed again, cos it requires Windows 2000, SP3, so i downloaded and installed also, which by then is already near 930.

Finally with eveything done, it says that i dont have admistrative rights to install the program.... despite me being the administrator of the com... ARGH !!! Thus after repeated tries, i gave up, had breakfast and went to sleep.

So just woke up, feeling rather refreshed, and am going to use yx's com for the animation thingy. so sian. cos prefer to use my own PC... oh well.... at least i am well rested. =D