just bored

not bcos there's nothing to do.

it's doing the same thing everyday, everyweek... well not exactly same, but close enough.

in need of some excitement, even just a tinge of spice will do.

Happy Birthday to my Sister!!

finally a digit change in the tenth place :P

~welcome~

no gain, no lost

i've decided not to do the CDF program.

the projects arent interesting topics to work on.

and they involves dropping subjects that i'll need for next semester and next year.

my ultimate aim is still my first class

weekend treat

before the seniors left last year, one of them dumped quite a lot of stuffs with me. his luaggage allowance didnt permit him to bring all home. so at the end of last year, i kinda enjoyed early christmas.

i had a box up to my hip-level that was filled with bowls, plates, hand-held vacumm, iron, rice cooker, slow cooker, knives, chopping board, etc... they had been left in my room since last november, never had the time (and mood) to sort them out.

the box was such an eye sore lying near my door, and oso very 顶路. luckily last saturday, the mood came. i called upon all singaporean, especially the first years, and i take on the role of santa this time.

after the 'christmas party', a brilliant idea flash across our crazy mind again: we decided to make steamboat for dinner using all the equipment! there's more to just MJ all the way when a group of us come together.

it didnt take us very long to get into town, and within the next hour, all was ready and it's time for dinner!

it wasnt a bad attempt actually, things turned out well as planned. with just AU$10 per person, we had pretty awesome meal!

we made and had the dinner in my room and here's a photo taken by my aussie mate, who was very much impressed by our achivement.

any one know the singer of this song?

should i or should i not?

i'm still troubled by whether i should be doing the CDF research program.

we engineers have a fixed degree program to follow, for the four years while we're here. other than the GEs, we cant do much variation to our program to suit our liking.

the school of engineering are now launching this new CDF research program for students who have done well last year. by taking up this offer, students can cut away the lectures and laboratory works required for a 6 units subject. in place of that, they will be given a project (related to the 6-unit subject) to work on.

so... no lectures, tute, class-tests or lab for one subject. but i'll have to do my own study at double-quick time so that i'll have time for the project. also, possibly design my own lab work and then finally finish it with written papers and a presentation. and to make sure that we know the subject well enough, we still have to take the exam at the end of the year which will make up 30% of the total assessment.

...woa... sounds er...

by accepting the offer, i feel that i'm penalizing myself in terms of academic results and time spent, as this program is apparently harder. i'm seriously afraid that i wont do as well.

but come to think of it, this prog will definitely help heaps in my last year thesis, as along the way, we will be taught on researching skills, research literature (??? what's that?)... bla bla... the prof put the whole idea in a very good light...

things have not been finalised so i still got chance to withdraw anytime, but it has to be soon.

fresh new start

finally the CDF parade is over... back to the ever-lovely academics. woo-hoo! (-_-")

i almost vomit blood when i saw my timetable for monday... monday is no longer blue for me, it's more like monday black... black out.

my day starts at 7 and doesnt end till 1830, with onli 40-min break at noon for lunch... omg

things dont seem too good this semester. i overloaded a GE so my timetable is more packed than any other mech engineers. and also, i'm taking up an offer from the engineering dept.

students having a WAM of over 85 are offered a CDF research program. it's kinda like a mini-thesis which revolve around research, projects, laboratory, papers and presentation. anyway, i'm not sure of the details still, as we are the guinea pig batch.

i'm born in the year of the rat, not guinea pig! how come ppl born in my year seem to kena a lot of such guinea pig projects...