Sunday, 29 October 2006
Saturday, 28 October 2006
rocky journey on mars
seriously, i have no idea how i managed to survive last week torture... i dont think i'm being kua zhang to say that every minute of my life was spent on assignment and MATLAB.
the most tormenting one was this Aircraft Performace and Stability assignment, where me and one other fren were required to 'design a utilitarian glider capable of being launched from a set of rails on planet Mars to carry out scientific imaging of the ground.' it wasnt hard to get the design out... the hardest bit was the use of MATLAB to simulate the flight path.
day and night i was working on the code. since last weekend i didnt get much sleep, and for more than once i was awaken by nightmares where i saw myself screwing up the codes! wtf...i dont usually get nightmares... i must have been very tensed up, considering i had so much work in hand but so little time.
many hours were spent debugging the code, and u can be sure i had a pretty hard time doing it with my near-dead brain cells... here are some paths that i thought were pretty amusing... imagine the NASA use my design and got this flying in MARS... ha!
well... at the end of the day, i got the code and assignment sorted out but at the expense a test which i fair pretty badly. but luckily (or mayb not), i can forfeit the test marks if i do well for the exam (finger crossed).
next week is the assessment-free-week... a week of break before the exams. although it's called assessment-free week, but i still got lab report due. dont ask me why... that's the way it is. if i want the mark, i'll have to do it, zero otherwise.
现实是残酷的
the next two weeks are critical time... time to catch up and pia for the exam! and i believe a lot of other things and people will be 忽略ed. my advance apologies.
the most tormenting one was this Aircraft Performace and Stability assignment, where me and one other fren were required to 'design a utilitarian glider capable of being launched from a set of rails on planet Mars to carry out scientific imaging of the ground.' it wasnt hard to get the design out... the hardest bit was the use of MATLAB to simulate the flight path.
day and night i was working on the code. since last weekend i didnt get much sleep, and for more than once i was awaken by nightmares where i saw myself screwing up the codes! wtf...i dont usually get nightmares... i must have been very tensed up, considering i had so much work in hand but so little time.
many hours were spent debugging the code, and u can be sure i had a pretty hard time doing it with my near-dead brain cells... here are some paths that i thought were pretty amusing... imagine the NASA use my design and got this flying in MARS... ha!
well... at the end of the day, i got the code and assignment sorted out but at the expense a test which i fair pretty badly. but luckily (or mayb not), i can forfeit the test marks if i do well for the exam (finger crossed).
next week is the assessment-free-week... a week of break before the exams. although it's called assessment-free week, but i still got lab report due. dont ask me why... that's the way it is. if i want the mark, i'll have to do it, zero otherwise.
现实是残酷的
the next two weeks are critical time... time to catch up and pia for the exam! and i believe a lot of other things and people will be 忽略ed. my advance apologies.
Friday, 20 October 2006
last last week
i didnt mean 2 weeks ago... but rather 2 weeks to go before before the exams: one week of academics plus one more week of self-study week... and then the final exams.
one more week of formal classes left, but guess what... i still have 1 test, 2 lab reports and 3 assignments due! Wa-biang... lidat how to prep for exam.
i looked at my exam timetable and compared it with my artist and scientist neighbours. i got 9 papers in total. the scientist has got 6. the artist... 2!!!
is this what life of an engineer is all about?
i dont care. i promise i'll 好好款待 myself after exam with lotsa food and entertainment... buay ta-han...
time for a break, for me to listen to 梁静茹's rather-act-cute-but-nice new album 《亲亲》 to calm my nerves...
梁静茹 《幸福洋果子店》
为什么在这个街角 为什么你灿烂一笑
这空气里有水果的 恋爱中酸甜的味道
总要等到天气太好 总要听见你开的玩笑
是我的心将迷恋着 某一种口味的预兆
每天下午我从不迟到 我喜欢这安静的好
有一天下午你撇了嘴角 说HI
这次你喜欢怎样的味道
我要我们甜的刚刚好 却指着鲜奶油蛋糕
爱的祈祷你没听到 只感觉你偷瞄我发梢
我穿上我最好的外套 还等不到你的拥抱
爱情像面包般重要 就要恋爱的人都一定会知道
为什么在这个街角 为什么你灿烂一笑
这空气里有水果的 恋爱中酸甜的味道
看这窗外天气多好 春天的气息提前来到
女生的心很固执的 喜欢上很难戒得掉
每天下午我从不迟到 我喜欢这安静的好
这一个下午你撇了嘴角 说HI
你想要的我全都准备好
one more week of formal classes left, but guess what... i still have 1 test, 2 lab reports and 3 assignments due! Wa-biang... lidat how to prep for exam.
i looked at my exam timetable and compared it with my artist and scientist neighbours. i got 9 papers in total. the scientist has got 6. the artist... 2!!!
is this what life of an engineer is all about?
i dont care. i promise i'll 好好款待 myself after exam with lotsa food and entertainment... buay ta-han...
time for a break, for me to listen to 梁静茹's rather-act-cute-but-nice new album 《亲亲》 to calm my nerves...
梁静茹 《幸福洋果子店》
为什么在这个街角 为什么你灿烂一笑
这空气里有水果的 恋爱中酸甜的味道
总要等到天气太好 总要听见你开的玩笑
是我的心将迷恋着 某一种口味的预兆
每天下午我从不迟到 我喜欢这安静的好
有一天下午你撇了嘴角 说HI
这次你喜欢怎样的味道
我要我们甜的刚刚好 却指着鲜奶油蛋糕
爱的祈祷你没听到 只感觉你偷瞄我发梢
我穿上我最好的外套 还等不到你的拥抱
爱情像面包般重要 就要恋爱的人都一定会知道
为什么在这个街角 为什么你灿烂一笑
这空气里有水果的 恋爱中酸甜的味道
看这窗外天气多好 春天的气息提前来到
女生的心很固执的 喜欢上很难戒得掉
每天下午我从不迟到 我喜欢这安静的好
这一个下午你撇了嘴角 说HI
你想要的我全都准备好
感情越好 伤害越深
I never consider myself a saint, not the best kind of friend that everyone wishes either. I don’t make big sacrifices for friends and neither was I always there when they needed help. I would rather save it for my family. But when I do, it’s not credit and praise that I’m after.
More often than not, I prefer to make small sacrifices and help out in the most insignificant instances. I don’t wish for anyone to know. I just wanted to treat them as friends and be treated as one too.
It hurt so much to learn that my kindness has taken as a form of weakness.
More often than not, I prefer to make small sacrifices and help out in the most insignificant instances. I don’t wish for anyone to know. I just wanted to treat them as friends and be treated as one too.
It hurt so much to learn that my kindness has taken as a form of weakness.
Friday, 13 October 2006
another week over
did i mention that i have 13 assessments in the next 3 weeks before the exams? got over with three this week... and ten more to go. maybe this is what they call kharma.
as engineers, we are expected to have a lot of work and very little sleep, or so they say. well, that didnt really happen to me last year, considering that i got at least 8 hrs of sleep every day, and still managed to find time to play mj during weekdays. what good life... ^_^
alright... i'm sorry. i got my punishments now... mayb i do deserve them.
i suppose the last-minute technique that work well last year didnt prove very effective this year. i must be very stupid to have realised that only recently.
i promise to be hard on myself last week... surprisingly i did. ha! i dont think i got out of the academy. there was no bleach or naruto in my life for the past 10 days, and DotA have been reduce to microsoft free cell... basically i didnt get a life. but i'm glad, at least things get done.
it's a quiet friday night, I'm taking a break now. cuz i know i will and have to work very hard over the weekend. well, i dont think i should be playing any more DotA for the time being... that game is a sin. dont start playing it if you havent.
that's all for now, i'm gonna watch the bleach and naruto i just downloaded... they would be great encouragment.
as engineers, we are expected to have a lot of work and very little sleep, or so they say. well, that didnt really happen to me last year, considering that i got at least 8 hrs of sleep every day, and still managed to find time to play mj during weekdays. what good life... ^_^
alright... i'm sorry. i got my punishments now... mayb i do deserve them.
i suppose the last-minute technique that work well last year didnt prove very effective this year. i must be very stupid to have realised that only recently.
i promise to be hard on myself last week... surprisingly i did. ha! i dont think i got out of the academy. there was no bleach or naruto in my life for the past 10 days, and DotA have been reduce to microsoft free cell... basically i didnt get a life. but i'm glad, at least things get done.
it's a quiet friday night, I'm taking a break now. cuz i know i will and have to work very hard over the weekend. well, i dont think i should be playing any more DotA for the time being... that game is a sin. dont start playing it if you havent.
that's all for now, i'm gonna watch the bleach and naruto i just downloaded... they would be great encouragment.
Sunday, 8 October 2006
I HATE KANGAROO
i thought kangaroos were 'national treasures' of australia.
apparently not. in fact, almost every australian will try to hunt down these 'treasures' when given a chance. i'm starting to understand more of the deep hatred they had for these creatures.
for those who dont know... these animals are plentiful and they are allowed to run freely within the country. of course, you dont expect them in city areas simply bcos there is no grass for them to feed on. but u would always find them roaming around in other places such as our playing fields. road kills are norm... and killing them if they are found in our firing range is a must.
last sunday, on my way back from sydney, a god-damned kangaroo ran across the road and hit our car when we were just 200m from the academy. it was a 60-road, so we managed to slow down to 40 before the impact. but still, the collision resulted in several dents on the right-hand passenger door.
it was a rented car, and we have been charged a total of 3.3k for the damages.
i'm speechless... all i can say is that we must be super 'sway' to be hit just outside the academy.
WTF
apparently not. in fact, almost every australian will try to hunt down these 'treasures' when given a chance. i'm starting to understand more of the deep hatred they had for these creatures.
for those who dont know... these animals are plentiful and they are allowed to run freely within the country. of course, you dont expect them in city areas simply bcos there is no grass for them to feed on. but u would always find them roaming around in other places such as our playing fields. road kills are norm... and killing them if they are found in our firing range is a must.
last sunday, on my way back from sydney, a god-damned kangaroo ran across the road and hit our car when we were just 200m from the academy. it was a 60-road, so we managed to slow down to 40 before the impact. but still, the collision resulted in several dents on the right-hand passenger door.
it was a rented car, and we have been charged a total of 3.3k for the damages.
i'm speechless... all i can say is that we must be super 'sway' to be hit just outside the academy.
WTF
Wednesday, 4 October 2006
always running out of time
well, i guess i have no one but myself to blame. whenever there's free time in hand, i played my games and watched anime, instead of catching up on the work i missed or even updating this space. again and again and again, i find myself leaving work to the last minute.
the 8-hour-work-each-day plan didnt turn out as well as i thought. not much work was done in the end and the result is me working like crazy ever since school reopened on tues.
righto... i'm gonna be hard on myself this time, until i get all my shit sorted out. exams is only five weeks away and i really really hope to maintain a WAM close to 90%.
some quick update:
1. awesome dinner at high commission where we had nasi-lemak and stuffs
2. got my driving license last tues. total cost: AU$730 ^_^
3. went to sydney again last weekend... 6-hours of KTV!!!
4. a lot of work to do
5. lacking sleep
the 8-hour-work-each-day plan didnt turn out as well as i thought. not much work was done in the end and the result is me working like crazy ever since school reopened on tues.
righto... i'm gonna be hard on myself this time, until i get all my shit sorted out. exams is only five weeks away and i really really hope to maintain a WAM close to 90%.
some quick update:
1. awesome dinner at high commission where we had nasi-lemak and stuffs
2. got my driving license last tues. total cost: AU$730 ^_^
3. went to sydney again last weekend... 6-hours of KTV!!!
4. a lot of work to do
5. lacking sleep
