Today was my last paper for Engineering module. Today's module is the module that I think is pretty much what makes me an engineer. I have to hold on to the knowledge and I know for sure that it is pretty applicable next time, even if it is not relevant to my job scope. Well no more fussing about studying materials failure, no more thermodynamics, no more mechanics of solids, machines or fluids.

3 years ago, the end seems so far, and now it cannot get any nearer. It's right in front of me. Finally it's the end. Just like how tall this building is, my view of overcoming Engineering was like trying to climb over this building. The first few years was exceptionally tough. And the last year was, i think, the most interesting year. Doing the FYP, really stretch my ability and limits. I guess it does help you to really practise hand-on and learn more things which is outside what is taught. I have never heard of plating method as electroless plating. I didnt even know that silver is brown in colour at nano-size level. The presentation is just around the corner. I'm gonna be facing the examiner and my 2 supervisors. I do count on my supervisors to try and influence the examiner to give me my deserved grades. I really hope I can at least get an A for it. It will be my only one. And i would be really grateful for it. At least i have scored an A before in my entire 4 years.

Well for now it's a short break before my last 2 papers next week. But this short break, i need to be memorising bio stuff since my last paper is Genes and Society. It has been an interesting module but I might be at the losing end since I have no biology background. Oh well, come what may! I will just do my best.

taken from eHow

Today is such a good day to just sit down by the poolside and just watch the stars. It is amazingly clear today! And although it is not as nice as those that I've seen in States and Aussie, but today is probably one of the best night to watch the stars in Singapore. I wish i can take a picture of the stars but one thing about Singapore, the city is too alive and it's never dark. The extra lighting ruins the picture and the stars get outshined by the lights. I wish i can go somewhere for a camping session and take a star trail photograph. Star trail picture is something like the one below. It basically following the trail of the star just by opening the shutter for a long time. Must be really patient for this as it probably will take the whole night to get this effect.

taken from www.true.com/magazine/dating_stargazing.htm

Retrieving Seat Number in Examination Halls via SMS

Just found out about this thing today from Ong. I didnt realise it that it was there on the top announcement of my uni communicator page. I was used to all that SMS news or updates on the modules announcement. But this got to be the latest newest thing for me. So convenient! All that technology!

this is one of the rare day marlin is at home n she suddenly offered to go CCK to buy all of us food... =p n I was on the phone when she went... upon hanging up, i just realized that it was already past 12.. O_O' I wondered how she went there n how she went home O_O' when i called her, she was already in the living room.. geez.. she ran or wad O_O' nyway... thx lin ^_^v was really really feeling like 'eating something' XD

I'm hardly at home? hmmm maybe... =p But when i'm home or not doesnt really make a diff right.. hehehe... Oh well i've been suppering too much and with the exam, not that hard to refuse food at that hour! Especially when i just discovered that there is 24 hour foodcourt at lot1 area! =p..

I also walked there so i took it as a night exercise and it was a nice walk to refresh the mind with all the cold breeze. So no nat, i didnt run! I just walked.

Oh on top of the PR offer letter that I got last week, I got another invitation from MOE yesterday. I opened it and guess what. An invitation to attend the seminar about being a teacher. WOW! i dont know how many of you get it but I'm surprised! A teacher! me?!? hmmm... I think i will end up vomitting blood all the time and have early high blood pressure facing the students.

Nata was interested though! Go for it nat! It pays better than your job offer from EY! =)

After all that FYP and all that deadline wild-chase, life seems to be pretty laid back for me. Although i'm still studying but I'm finding myself stressed out but also not stressed out. I'm as confused as you are. I guess when you are reaching the end, and after being chased by those deadlines, you will just feel like slowing down and cherish every moment of the end. It's not that im cherishing the exam, but the feeling of being a student. Of course a student like me is not one a teacher would exactly be fond of. I hate exams! Uni exams are the worst of all kinds, in my opinion! But i know i will miss the carefree times as students, the long holidays, the happy-go-lucky days! All that hanging out together with all the different groups of friends!

School life will always be the best time in life. No denying in that. And after 18 years of being in school, it's finally coming to an end! Most likely it will be an end for me unless I decide to go to culinary school. Other than that, it's quite unlikely that i'm continuing on. Right now i'm just cherishing the last few moments of being a student.

I'm in love with Island Creamery now. Their ice-cream truly taste wonderful and really exactly like the dessert that they made into ice-cream. Last time, i've tried their pulut hitam and tat was not bad. Last night went there to try other flavours. We tried Teh tarik and Horlicks. I love the horlicks. We added lots of milo powder in those. Taste great. Then the other combi we tried was fresh banana (really yummy!!) and blackforest. The blackforest is good especially since it's dark chocolate!

Island creamery is highly recommended and i think they taste better than Daily Scoop. Both their ice-cream are a little different from each other as well. Thankfully they both dont have any common flavours. So probably can still go to both places, since they serve different flavours.

Last night my parents came back from their 8 days trip to Japan! I immediately asked my sis to upload the pictures! And boy!!!! the pics was so nice and I felt so jealous!!!! How can i not to? They went to a number of places. They even went up to Mt Fuji for a snow time! And i dont know what is there with snow and love, but seems like they have quite a lovey-dovey time up there. I've not talked to them about their trip yet, but I'm gonna make that call soon tonight.

I did not realise that they were coming back yesterday, but I dreamt of them yesterday afternoon. I dreamt that they were looking for me. How i've missed them.

I'm still so full with envy about their trip. Look at that cherry blossoms! and my parents look cute in their yukata! =p I think this is the first time they have a trip that non-China trip! somewhere where they cant even speak the language.

I pity my cousin! She went there with them but with a bunch of other old people as well. But i think it's a good thing that she went with them too. She more or less know of the Japanese culture and stuff! And thanks to her, my parents can have some together pictures. Well-taken ones as well! like this one! This is a rare picture! I guess the older a couple gets, the more lovey dovey they are.

Just came back from a crazy impulsive craving of durian with Virgenia.. We both smelt a whiff of the neighbour's durians! And we decided to go over to Geylang to have some. Normally when I'm in my right mind, I would not be so crazy as to go all the way to Geylang. But this week, i've not been myself anyway! So with our crazy impulse, took a cab down to eat them. Wow. They taste so good! I cant even remember when was the last time i ate durian. Today's one was really good. But i know i had enough to at least not eat them for another 6 months or 1 year. It was satisfying to eat them once in awhile. It's not something that i would always look for.

Now i remember! the last time i ate durian was over in Bali! wahh 4 months ago!!! but today's durian beat all the other durians tht I've ever eaten. Today was simply sweet, with a tinge of bitterness, not overly bitter. That bittersweet taste just tingles my palate. Really nice and actually i think it's the first time i eat such a yellow durian! It was worth the impulse.

Just got back the first draft of the theses yesterday! This one only from 1 of the 2 professors that I am under. I must say he was really fast in going through it. From him, it does not really require big changes except for the referencing part. So it's okay. I am waiting for another feedback from another professor before I can hand in the final draft.

Anyway here's an excerpt from my convo with the Prof yesterday

M: so Prof, what do you think of my theses?
P: Not bad! The english is good!
M: errr... Prof, that's not what i meant. I meant the content.
P: Oh. Not bad! Dont worry too much about the content. What matters is the hard work. FYP only.

HAPPY!

Finally submitted the first draft today! It feels like a whole load off the shoulder. I've been neglecting it this one week to concentrate on other papers which i need to submit first. Today i decided to hand in my first draft as the machine took forever to be repaired. True enough! This afternoon i got an email informing me that the machine will not be up anytime soon. So took the chance to just submit the thesis without this part that needs the usage of the machine.

Now just have to wait for next week to just review the things that my supervisors have changed and probably after that can submit the thesis to the examiner.

At least I can be happy for a while!

1, 2, 3, 4
Step by step, we'll get there
Rush and we may trip
Run and we may miss something small yet significant
Dont run! Dont rush!
Live it day by day, hours by hours, minutes by minutes and seconds by seconds
Feel every breath we take
For once we missed it, it's never coming back

The end is nearing soon and I cant wait for it to come soon. The end of my uni education.

I enjoyed the life as a student but definitely not the education aspect. But i'm proud to say that I had survived it. Even when i studied things that I dont particularly like. I'm thankful that I've met wonderful and helpful friends along the way who have supported and helped me throughout the 4 years.

Exams would be here soon and in a blink of an eye, it would be all over and it will really be time for me to just collapse for a while before i enter the next phase in life. The future seems uncertain for now but I know He has something in store for me and I will let Him decide it.

I am still surprised at how I have managed to survive the 4 years here. I really thank God for He really has been my source of strength and I'm sure without Him paving the way for me, I wouldnt be here at all. I could have given up, but His strength and love gave me the perseverance.

This semester, particularly, had me being chased after deadlines weeks after weeks. The workload was never ending, things going wrong here and there, the many reports that I have to submit. It's truly pretty hell-ish for me and it is the worst semester I ever have throughout the 4 years. I dont know if it is all worth it but at least I finished and survived it.

Really, I am truly thankful!

And now it is just a month away.

Hmmm.. am waiting for the long awaited letter. Wonder if i even get it at all. =p

Thanks, Friend for pulling my leg with my thumbdrive! =)
But really, thanks! cos I would have really lost it!

The latest latest update...

Marlin has just lost her thumbdrive filled with all the FYP stuff, the term paper that is due on friday. That accounts to further delay to FYP and hopefully I will be able to write those stuff i've written for my term paper.

Thankfully i'm not that dumb not to make a copy of the fyp and term paper in my laptop! But still i've not updated the laptop version for the past 5 days which accounts for 5-7 pages that i've written and added this week of my FYP. And my latest version of term paper...

I hope one kind soul will return it.. the probability?? 1 in 100???