hello friends!
well, almost ALL my projects are over. 90% at least!! :D
i decided to update you guys all my projects (hahaha bore you guys to death). actually, i want to write this down and remind myself i have successfully survived and i deserve a pat on my shoulder!
i took 5 core modules this semester, out of which 4 have final exams. 21 graded assignments altogether.
i took 3 technical modules (physics and construction related), 1 law module and 1 language module. the language module does not have exams.
1. language module (4 assignments)
i learn how to make formal presentation, was graded for it and i screwed it up because i was so nervous (due to my limited language proficiency i became very conscious of my ability to speak perfect english) so i scored quite badly and pulled my team's presentation marks down. luckily, i have 2 wonderful and strong groupmates who didn't mind me. hahaha :) grateful for that.
but i really think i have something against any language teachers. remember last semester, i hated my english tutor so much. this semester, this teacher is so much better than that woman. but, still not very good. obviously, he is very bias (because i am not good in the subject) but he claimed that he is "the most unbiased teacher in the world".
pui. haha.
i have 3 evidences to support that.
incident A: we were having review for our presentation, the one i screwed up. he told my friends and i that i am a very arrogant person. and he asked me "why are you so arrogant?" i was speechless, no idea how to react. i didnt speak in class (except to my 5 other friends sitting near me) and i think he deduced that because i don't speak to other friends (i did, but not in his class!) therefore i am arrogant. after that, i don't even want to speak to my 5 other friends (of cuz i stopped after 1 try hahaha). but i think from then onwards i cannot be bothered with his opinion towards me and it become worst...
incident B: my group was called by him to review our report. when i stood up and walked towards him (with my groupmates), he said to me "li ping. you look so ladylike today". again, i was speechless why would he make such a comment. so i kept quiet and wait for him to say something.
"you tied your hair today! you look less than a tom boy!"
me: "!!!!!!" (at the back of my mind, i was cursing WTH who would say a girl is not a tom boy when she tied her hair and thinks she is one when she let down her hair most of the time! i thought it shld be the other way round!!!!)
so i replied (cuz i was too pissed) "oh, u mean you thought i am a tom boy for the entire semester?"
HAHAHA. so rude right. i think i angered him more after that.
incident C: on the same lesson, he returned us our 20% assignment and he quoted names of people who didnt do well, which is something that i think is very unprofessional of him. but he also said things like "oh, there are people who surprised me too, those who didnt do as well for presentation but improved for this assignment. they are _____________"
obviously, i wasn't expecting my name (HAHA since i just provoked him) but i think i shld do okay. in the end i scored 69/100. not very good but i am thankful enough.
i found out that those names he praised were in the region of 70 marks. technically, he shld "praise" me too. but whatever.
anyway, so far my marks for tt module is 71%. i hope i can maintain! *cross figures*
2. law module (2 assignments)
this module. sigh. again this module requires you to be strong in language in order to understand that the question is asking. i had 2 group assignments, which i think i didnt contribute much (i always analyse the question wrongly and that made me very demoralised) but luckily we got A and A+ for the 40% presentations. however, almost everyone got A got the first assignment so i think the bell curve is horizontal.
3. physics module (5 individual small assignments + 1 lab report + 4 tutorial questions graded)
this module is totally cmi. i am very bad with physics and trying to recap the combined physics i learnt in secondary 4! i'm really worried for my finals! :(
4. "design" module (4 assignments)
okay, this module is not learning about designing but "planning" design. it is quite a chore to do this project because out of the 5 pple i will only see 2 pple more frequently, like twice a week? the rest, once a week.
but i have high confidence for this module! hopefully i can do well for the 40%!
5. the killer module (1 40% assignment)
this has been the module which killed me the entire semester.
the scope of the project is so wide - the topic is 'NO TOPIC. DO ANYTHING YOU LIKE'!
damn, my group only confirmed our topic in october! so technically we were rushing this project within 1 month, from video to model-making to powerpoint presentation to 90 page report.
progress was bad, out of 9 people, there were only 6 heavily involved. 1 is a foreigner, naturally he felt left out. i was very angry with him initially but gave up subsequently. HAHA. the other one was the one who sent me that abusive email. the third one is the pretty and smart girl, who was sick for 2 weeks and couldnt be involved. but she made up heavily (i think more than me) for editing of the 90 pages report in 3 days.
my presentation was on tuesday at 11am. i was working with that girl from sunday night to tuesday morning. she didnt sleep for 48 hours, i only slept for 5 hours for the 2 days. on the actual presentation day, we rushed the project until 11am (yes presentation at 11am but my group's turn is 1pm) and i cabbed and rushed to school at 11.30am. however, things went awfully bad because some technical details for the report were wrong and groupmates started complaining about them.
i was totally SHAGGED so i gave a "wtf" look. hahaha. i think they saw it so they said "ok la nvm i think it is ok..." but luckily my professor gave us another day to make minor changes to the appendix (of cuz we lied to him haha!) and rushed out the report for another day to discover that i did it wrongly again (because i removed a picture and they claimed it was impt) so we burnt another new copy in school.........
it was mentally and physically exhausting. the past 2 weeks i have been staying in school beyond 8pm almost everyday. on the friday and monday before the actual presentation, i was in school till 11pm and 9pm respectively.
but i'm glad this is over for now! hahaa!
my smart and pretty friend even suggested "WE SHLD HAVE AN OUTING AFTER EXAMS" lol!
not everything was smooth-sailing, i didnt enjoy this project as much as my previous video project but it was not too bad. i am probably the happiest on the day of presentation because we could cam-whore (not a lot though, my digi cam is interior to me now hahahaha oops but i couldnt carry my dslr as i was wearing a formal suit)
hahaha the birthday boy is the guy who i said looks like elvin ng. does he huh? his surname also ng leh but no leh his brother is not elvin ng HAHAHA!
this is my pretty and smart friend but this photo did no justice to her at all. look at us, our eye bags and dark circles after not sleeping for 2 days!
i always make fun of them, because both of them are part-time models. i told my group members that we don have to make any models for our project, we can just ask 2 of them to do cat walk. HAHA ok lameness!
talking about lameness, let me show you something...
see the difference? HAHAHA! i was the photographer and my group used this photo for our presentation and i kept complaining and nagging to them i am not part of the team until 1 friend couldnt take it. HAHAHAHA!!!! looks so PERFECT RIGHT! but i looked spastic!
haha, i hope this entry entertained you guys. i need to stop writing depressing stuff!
from now on, CHIONG FOR FINALS! CAP 4.0 4.0! (hard but i will give my best!)
omg i have not bought any neon-related outfit for eliza's party. i don't wanna get splash!!!!!
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