Goodbye?

After the last paper in my final sem in uni, everyone was happy. I could see my friends’ FB status were all about “Yay, I have graduated!” “Goobye UTAR!” or even “The end. Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Mechatronics Engineering.”

So what about me? What was my feeling? I was supposed to feel happy, but why? Why I did not feel the adrenaline pleasure flow in me? Guess for the time being till the release of results, I shall not declare that I have graduated, just in case. My performance in exam was not good.

Anyway…. 5 years have gone by and now, a whole new life is waiting for me. Kinda excited, yet at the same time I am scared. What should I do next? What is it that I really want to achieve in life? I will ponder over this question during my vacations. New places and new experiences, here I come!

5 years in KL is indeed quite a long time, Many things happened here. Met all sorts of people. Joined all sorts of activities and done crazy stuffs. I love my student life, yet I know it should end somewhere now. Gonna miss here so much, though I always grumble about my uni and KL. Gonna miss the people, the place, the food, the life etc etc etc……

Hopefully, I can graduate in time!

 

-sherril=xuele-

I MUST Survive!!!

 

 

#1: My tutorial group

(picture credited to Shyuan)

 

 

 

#2: With the entire MH final semester students

(my group is in green)

(picture credited to Shangqian)

 

Don't all of us look happy in these pictures? These are probably my last pictures with most of them.

 

Yeah everyone was happy when taking these pre-graduation photos. It was as though we have already graduated. But the fact is, we haven't. And there are still so many things to go through before we are able to graduate on time.

 

What worries me the most is still my fyp. What my advisor told us really pressured me a lot. What if we really can't get the desired result and we fail this subject? I am not being negative, but my coursemate told us there were such cases under my supervisor.

 

*sigh*

 

Upcoming will be 2 critical weeks which we have to complete our fyp nicely with well-written thesis. Besides that, I have 1 test, 1 lab report and 1 major assignment to hand in as well.

 

Great. Let's hope that this shall my the last time I'll get this mad busy and there will be NO MORE such thing in future after this semester. Which means, I MUST GRADUATE!!!

 

Gambate to myself! I really must gambate!

 

 

-sherril=xuele-

B&S Program: An experience interacting with Japanese students

"こんにちわ。わたしはSherrilです。" : )

 

Finally what I have learnt during my Japanese lessons could be put in use.

 

Well, at least that was what I thought when I joined the B&S Program (Brother and Sister Program). It is a program whereby university students like me will lead a small group of Japanese high school students to tour around KL city for about half a day. And the best part is, we're paid to bring them around, because it is a part time job.

 

But after my 1st experience with the 1st group of students that I led, I realized that what I have learnt could only be applied about 10% of it. The rest of the time we communicated like chickens and ducks. I spoke mainly in English and made many silly actions to make them understand what I was trying to say. Really funny.

 

However despite the language barrier between us and the super hot weather, I had fun :) It was a great experience interacting with the Japanese students. Altogether I have led 2 different groups. The 2nd group was from Hokuryo High School in Kyoto.

 

I think they were quite lucky compared to us because they had the chance to come to Malaysia for a few days for a short study trip. They would go to selected high schools in Kuala Lumpur to interact with our local high school students while doing some discussions with them. Sounds fun right?

 

Anyway, here are some pictures of this program. The places that we went were mainly tourists spots like KL Tower, Suria KLCC / Twin Tower, Central Market, Chinatown, Merdeka Square etc.

 

For the 1st group, I took them to KL Tower and Aquria KLCC. Since Yoon Sin and her group were going to the same places, we practically sticked together during the entire trip. Each of us had 4 students.

 

 

1st stop: KL Tower

 

View from the tower

Magnificent view?

 

We stayed up there less than 15 minutes because there was basically nothing special, except the KL city view. Before proceeding to the next destination, we went to the mini zoo and horse-riding stall below the tower.

 

 

Destination: KL Tower

Price: RM38 (Adult)

Comment: It is a place where you should only go once, because the price is not worth for a second visit.

 

 

2nd stop: Aquaria KLCC

 

From Dang Wangi LRT station we took train to KLCC where we visited Aquaria KLCC.

 

Before reaching Aquaria KLCC, we led them to the garden where they could have a view of the Petronas Twin Tower. They were like "すごい！すごい！すごい！"

 

 

 

The 1st group picture together with Yoon Sin's group

 

 

Then we entered Aquaria KLCC.

 

The turtle mates

 

Had fun in souvenir shop

 

They took quite some time to choose their souvenirs in Aquaria KLCC souvenir shop. Therefore me and Yoon Sin played around with the soft toys while waiting for them to get done.

 

Destination: Aquaria KLCC

Price: RM35 (Adult with MyKad) or RM30 (Adult with student card)

Comment: This was my 2nd visit and I thought 1st time was better. But it's worth visiting at least once.

Then, it was dinner time! Other groups headed to Pavilion for Carl's Junior and we thought we should bring them there for dinner because they have nothing like that in Japan. Plus, we were warned that they were only allowed to eat fast food like McD, KFC etc or dine in food courts. You know, they have different type of stomachs haha. After that we headed back to Seri Pacific Hotel where we bid our goodbyes and exchanged contacts.

The last group picture

 

 

For the 2nd group of students, I took them to Merdeka Square, Central Market, Chinatown and Times Square.

 

We set out around 9am from Legend Hotel and were required to reach the hotel at 1.30pm. Guess it was because that was their last day in Malaysia and had to go back later on that day.

 

For this school, things were more formal. Before finding our group members, there was an official ceremony to greet us and they have representative who gave a welcoming speech in English. Then only we met our group of students, introduced ourselves and started our journey.

 

Not much pictures were taken for this trip. Too lazy for it. However, through this program I realized that there are many places that we can reach simply by walking because the distances between the destinations are short. From example, from Merdeka Square to Central Market. And from Central Market to Chinatown.

 

 

Playing with his じしょ (jisho = dictionary)

 

This black shirt guy brought along his electronic jisho. When we had communication problem, he would type in his dictionary to obtain English translation. However I could not type in his jisho for Japanese translation because we could not find the "spacebar" button. I guess he has never typed English sentences in his jisho before XD

 

My group!

So many students!

Closing ceremony speech in English by their representative

 

 

Souvenirs from Japan!

 

Yes, they bought souvenirs for us before they came. For my group, they gave me these. Quite oriental, aren't they? Haha. Thank you guys!

So there goes my experience leading 2 different groups of Japanese students from different high schools. There should not be a 3rd time for me I think because from now on, I shall not be working any part time job anymore as I want to concentrate in my FYP. If not I have the possibility of not be able to graduate. *sigh*

Anyway, cheers to all of you!

おやすみなさい

-sherril=xuele-

Sherril's Project 365: #39

Today is 10.10.10.

Spent my entire afternoon in Queensbay Mall with my favourite lecturer and friends. These are a few shots taken while watching wedding fashion show.

Mr. Ong, it is time for us to invest in bigass camera. I remember what you said - "I will bring along my DSLR when attending your wedding in the future." Haha... but I think I would like to attend yours before mine =)

-sherril=xuele-

Why?

I thought I could wake up with a better mood since after my bad mood after exam, the funny movies that I watched did lighten my mood. But I did not. I woke up by having the feeling to yell at everyone.

I really hate it when I prepare hard for exam, I came out from the exam hall not knowing how to answer them. I know I am not pro like my friends and I need to put more effort in understanding, and trust me I did do that. Almost everytime I went in with a smile and confidence, flipped through the papers with a smile thinking that I could still manage to answer most of them, but when I started to answer, I found out that it was totally the other way round. Why the hell it has to be that way everytime?

Sigh.

I have disappointed myself as well as my parents. I could feel the pressure again. I told myself I have to maintain my grades as I am just left with 2 semesters and I am done for my degree. Is it so hard to do? If I were to fail right now in my final year, that would be terrible.

And I guess the other reason for me to wake up with bad mood because my dreams symptoms are back and I hate them! I was already lacking sleep but whenever I slept, the dreams would happen. Why they have to come back and bug me at this kind of time?

Argh.

I must find something to do that can make me feel better. I want my day to be fine. I need some good food. I need a walk. I need jokes. Anyone?

-sherril=xuele-

Sherril's Project 365 (5 massive updates Part 2)

Sherril's Project 365: #28

Date: 21.08.2010

Today is my friends' convo! Was super excited and happy, yet tired and sad.

Excited and happy because I have many friends who graduated. Spent amount of time searching for the nicest and cheapest flowers and doing gifts for xia xiang friends. They really deserve them.

But as I attended both sessions (morning and afternoon), it was super exhausting. We were crazily taking photos under the hot sun. Juniors from kampar went there as well and did some 'fan club' cardboards for my xia xiang friends. Everything was very out of control. I even heard that my friend was being thrown up to the air =S

The entire day was great with all those meeting ups with friends, friends' parents, photo takings and etc. But somehow I went home with a bit of sadness in me.

Convocation will most probably be the last time where all of us still can meet together. After this, I guess it is quite hard for us to gather in such a big gang anymore as we are in different places working, studying or rotting at home.

I know I will miss everyone of them.... you guys must take care! All the best!!!

Chian: Do not overstress yourself in work. We are worried!

Miss Yau: You don't always play with paint while working k? You Japanese boss will not like it.

Yenwen, Fei and Gim Wei: Hope you will get a job in Singapore. The effort that you put in to find job will be fruitful. Remember to miss me!

Yew: Still can't find a job? Put more efforts ba... and do not liu lang anymore!!!

Keat: Do not fool around in your company. Bei sam gei zou gong!

Uncle Chua: When you are being offered your dream job in black and white, remember to inform everyone. We want ang pow from you =)

Shu Jun: Do not move around too much and rest more, before you start work.

-sherril=xuele-

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Sherril's Project 365: #29

Date: 22.08.2010

Shyuan, HAPPY 22nd BIRTHDAY!!!!

You are someone special in my life who has been with me almost in my entire life. A great cousin, a great friend, a great roommate, a great coursemate, a great group mate....

Whatever I want to say I have already written down in the card. But what I have not told you is, some decisions in our life that we made will surely attract many negative opinions and comments. But if you think what you did was right and you have carefully considered the consequences of the decision, then just go ahead with it. One day those people will know and understand you.

This 22nd birthday will be one of your memorable birthdays, isn't it? May all your birthday wishes come true =)

-sherril=xuele-

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Sherril's Project 365: #30

Date: 23.08.2010

Gifts from Kampar

Those are gifts from juniors in Kampar. They made these gifts for each and everyone of us (coordinators). Thank you guys!

Ever since high school, I have a reputation of being very strict and fierce among my girl guides and rangers juniors. You know I have that significant BLACK FACE when I do not smile. So without exception this time I had the same reputation among these juniors. Plus, at times I was forced to play the bad guy's role because I have the talent to be one ^^

People may hate me for my face but I think sometimes this black face helps a lot in some ways. I do not purposely make that expression if needed. But if I am seriously pissed off with someone, I will always show that kind of face to let that person know I am pissed and please do not come near me. And you know, this works!

Anyway I do not really care whether people hate me for my face or not. All I know is despite my face mask, they know exactly what kind of person am I. I may look scary at times, but it is just the way my face looks when I am not smiling or emo-ing.

Ok enough of face saying. I will show more my charming smile next time. I know you all will love it =)

-sherril=xuele-

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Sherril's Project 365: #31

Date: 24.08.2010

Happy Birthday, girls!

Another birthday celebration for Shyuan and Chian by my housemates and I. August is really a busy month, as I am always busy celebrating birthdays for my friends! Too many August babies!!

This may be just a simple celebration with donuts bought from Big Apple, but girls I know you know that we put in lots of love in this celebration. That was why the donuts tasted sweet, didn''t they?

Happy 22nd birthday, my dear darlings!!

-sherril=xuele-

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Sherril's Project 365: #32

Date: 25.08.2010

For you, darling!

Happy birthday!

生日快乐！

Selamat Hari Jadi!

Sang Yat Fai Lok!

Seh Jit Kuai Lok!

Tanjoubi omedetou!

Saengil chukha hamnida!

Hopefully the presents will be useful to you, my dear =)

A new year ahead for you, and I am sure you can find a better job and work happier. Waiting for your good news! In the meantime, take care of yourself and do not overstress yourself...

Lot of love and hugs from B67 ^^

-sherril=xuele-

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Sherril's Project 365: #33

Date: 26.08.2010

What can you see?

People, what can you see in the picture above?

I was so damn angry when I saw this.

After completing my assignment 15 mins before dateline, I thought of going out to my balcony to sip a bit of fresh air. You know, sitting more than 12 hours in front my computer typing and editing continuously was really really really torturing.

As I stretched myself and inhaled the 1st breath of fresh air, suddenly I noticed white things flying down from the apartment opposite.

When I strained my eyes to look carefully, I realized the white things were papers. It was a boy from the top floor throwing papers down!!!

When he was done with that stack of paper, I though ok he should stop throwing. But damn it, he went in to the living room and took out another stack to throw. And this process was repeated until papers were strewn everywhere and someone yelled "WOOOIIII!!!!!!!".

Wahlau, really I wonder, did the parents teach him not to do so? Were the parents at home at that time and were aware of his behaviour?

Seriously, I cannot stand people littering everywhere, especially actions like this.

Hopefully, he will be taught not to do so anymore. If not, maybe next time I will yell from my balcony.

-sherril=xuele-

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Sherril's Project 365: #34

Date: 27.08.2010

Mahjong time!

Was stressed like mad for the last few days, so since we have handed up our assignment, we played mahjong again. Addicted to it already....

For me mahjong isn't just a gambling game, but something more than that. While playing, my brain needs to turn very fast. I need to know what sort of formation I should do; what I should take and what I should not take; how many types of combinations are possible with what I have in hands?

Most of the times, I am a bit slow when it comes to combinations, especially when I have few 'fei'. But undoubtedly I have improved tremendously in playing a 3-person mahjong game. Before this semester, I do not know how to play 3-person mahjong because I do not know how to count "fan" and was always lazy to memorize. But now, aha... the "fan" is as easy as water for me ^^

So that is why sometimes not all games are bad for us. At least some of them still bring benefits to us, just that maybe the amount is not that much.

But who cares? We just want to relax ma before studying for finals. Is that right, mahjong kaki's of my house?

-sherril=xuele-

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Sherril's Project 365: #35

Date: 28.08.2010

Always on the top of the world and be the most outstanding among everyone!

Chian, your convo bear is super cute so I decided to take some pictures of it.

I hope that one day you can be at the top like your bear, overseeing the world and be the most outstanding lady among everyone.

I know you can do it. And you know you can do it.

Do not give up. TOU will always be with you no matter what!

Gambate!!

-sherril=xuele-

An escape from work!

Argh... taking a break right now. Cracked my brains whole day long for my FYP progress report and my head nearly went exploded.

In my entire life, I have never wanted to study for exam as much as I wanted to now. You know, when I was rushing for my FYP report today, how I wished I could just choose to study for finals rather than writing the damn report T_________T

Uni life was and is super hectic lately. I got to rush for assignments and report datelines. And when I have finally done with those piles of work, here comes my Final Year Project report.

Sigh.

The stress that I have undergone these few weeks was terrible. It went to an extent that I even dreamed about my assignment question which I did not know how to do. Lol... that was seriously bad. And then there was one day I dreamed about getting super low marks in one of my mid-terms.. 20+ / 500 marks.

Ok, I know there is no such thing as 500 full marks in any sort of mid term. But oh well, it shows how low my mark was =_= But in the end the dream was proven wrong because when I got back my test paper, it turned out ok. Thank god!

Anyway, after I hand up my FYP report and go through my presentation next week, I am still left with no time to chill and relax. Because I am now in Week 14 and next week will be my study week. I will be sitting for my 1st finals paper on 13th.

Gosh... I am so lack of time right now.

So after taking this short break, I shall continue on with my report. I have left it stranded for the past few hours. Really don't feel like touching it at all T_________T

By the way, I know I have not been updating as constantly as I have promised to... but I have really tried to blog as much as I could already. And yea I know my Project 365 is lagging behind time. Well no worries, I have taken a shot everyday, but will upload those shots when my FYP thing is over.

Ok, time to go back to work. Nitez everyone!

-sherril=xuele-

Sherril's Project 365: #20

16

17 tickets of...

The Expendables

Today is movie day for me and my coursemates!

Well, this is the second time (after Transformer 2) we went movie in such a huge group. Altogether

16

17 people!

Maybe we had high expectations for this movie, because we ended up feeling that this movie was just so-so. Not as good as we thought. For those who have watched this movie, what do you think of it?

Anyway, it was good to gather everyone for movie to relax after a hectic week of schedule =)

p/s: updated late

-sherril=xuele-

Sherril's Project 365: #18

Journal papers for FYP =(

Today is not a bright day for me. In fact, I am quite moody and very tired. Guess it is because I am lack of sleep in the previous nights to rush for assignment datelines and test.

And in this kind of state, I have to read journals for FYP. This is really torturing.

Argh.... I wish my FYP thing can end soon. Though the title is interesting, but sometimes I can barely find time to do research and tryout the codings.

My target is to complete this thing in my next 3 months semester break. Hopefully, we can finish it then!

-sherril=xuele-

Sherril's Project 365: #15

Yay!!!

I was the champion for badminton competition in UTAR Sports Carnival!!

Muahaha... I am joking obviously because I did not even join the badminton match. How to win? Lol.

But this year a bit special as I joined tug-of-war. Yea, out of all events I chose tug-of-war. Why? Because my beloved housemate asked all of us to join.

Though our team lost, the other team from FES won the tug-of-war competition. They have created history in Sports Carnival because FES has never won tug-of-war before. So do not siao siao and look down on FES students. We may be engineering and science students, but our sports is not that bad!

Anyway, the "prize presentation" was a fake one. But even if I tell you it is a real one you will not believe it, right?

-sherril=xuele-

1 down. 2 more to go.

*screaming out loud!!!!*

Ok, so I did extremely bad in my 1st paper - Mechanical Vibrations. The feeling while handing up my paper was the same when I handed up my nightmare subject - Maths 2 paper few semesters ago. Scared. Worried. Sad. Disappointed. And tears nearly came out. Lol.

I tried so hard. I really studied. Did the questions be it tutorials or pass year papers. Spent nearly 70% of my study week in this subject, just because I thought I am so weak in this subject and I need to study harder than anyone else in order to obtain a reasonable grade.

Mana tau...

This paper demotivated me. completely.

Maybe I was really too nervous and worried before exam. When I flipped open the paper I thought at least there were some questions that I seemed to be able to answer. But once I started to do, suddenly my mind went blank. Even the simplest derivation took me minutes. Yeah, you know how much it costs to waste MINUTES in exam when actually you should only use seconds.

But the worst thing is, not only it took me minutes, in the end I knew my derivation was wrong. I KNEW IT WAS WRONG! But, I just could not find out what went wrong. So there goes my precious marks. Not only 1 question, the rest... I am so speechless.

Sigh.

Sorry mom and dad. This time, there is a real high possibility that I have to retake this subject. But hopefully, I shall be able to survive. I do not want to go through this painful subject again. I really have no interest in it =(

1 down. 2 more to go.

All the best to the rest. And all the best to myself.


-sherril=xuele-

The Last 3 Days of Y3S3

Fooh! Just back from "vocal training" session at Red Box, The Gardens. The last 3 days of my final semester of Year 3 were mainly spent with my 下乡 (xia xiang) friends. Let these 3 days be the celebrations for them for completing their thesis and my boost juice to study hard for finals =)

Wednesday night we went all the way up to Kampar campus, again. But this time we only spent around 2 and a half hours with our juniors. Then had yam cha session before proceeding to Yen Wen's house to overnight. Dear, thanks for sparing us a room to 'sampat' ya!

Yen Wen (right) - the one always being bullied by evil Keat

The journey back to Yen Wen's house at Tanjung Malim was scary. Keat's little green car was a bit naughty and nearly broke down on the highway around 1 something in the morning! Lol.. Keat, you should really go and have your car checked!! Uncle Chua very old already so he cannot be scared too much ^^

Uncle Chua who practically sleeps just anywhere!

That night gossiped with Voon Fei till we heard some "singing" from the mosque nearby. Sweat. Was already 6am and we were supposed to wake up at 7am. Thought of sleeping for an hour, but by the time I opened my eyes it was already 9am.... and my only tutorial class on Thursday was at 9am. Great. Missed another class.

Eventually everyone woke up and was busy helping Yew with his thesis. He was even more 'geng'. That morning before we departed around 11 something, he told us he actually had a presentation in the morning. He missed it. Wow.. really really 'pei fu'.

So happy because they finally completed their thesis ^^

Tried to study hard on Thursday but slept quite a lot as well since I did not have much sleep the night before. Haha this is so terrible as we planned to have vocal session today. Haih. Shall try my best not to waste anymore time after today. I am sure I can do it as I have started to feel the pressure.

Sigh. Time really flies. These friends are going to graduate soon.



They and my housemates remind me that soon it will be my turn to choose my FYP title and write thesis. *sob sob* I DO NOT WANT TO WRITE THESIS!!!!

Anyway, any suggestions about choosing FYP title or advisor?

All UTAR-ians, gambate!



-sherril=xuele-

Heart Attack~!

Yeah those who played the game called "Heart Attack" last night all got heart attack~! Haha, those who were being hit and those who got to hit the others all went back home with reddish / blue blackish palms and hands.

It was an awesome night, celebrating 2 coursemates' birthdays at Little Tree.



They are Cho Giap and Tze Yu. Though it was nothing luxurious, it was the quality time that all of us spent together that I treasure a lot.

Cho Giap with the cake

There were 23 of us (some did not attend though) and sat around 9 tables. Seldom we had gathering of this sort as it is quite hard to gather everyone who are from different gangs. The last time should be 20 of us flooded the cinema just to watch Transformers. So it was nice having fun with the rest sometimes ^^

We played games like it was the last day of finals. But the actual fact was, we just finished with the 2nd paper, 4 more to go. But I guess last night was a break for everyone, before starting the tiring journey to Friday's paper - Entrepreneurship.

Argh, people tell me, how to memorize 15 chapters of Entrepreneurship in 3 days?! This is sooo crazy.... even crazier when Engineering students are required to take this subject. Sigh.

Worries about other things should be put aside first. I need full concentration to get everything about Entre into my brains and digest everything well.

All the best to everyone who's taking this subject. I know WE CAN DO IT!!!

*but still doubtful about myself*



-sherril=xuele-

RC Car Race

So today is finally the BIG DAY for all those who are taking Control Systems this semester.

We had RC Car Race today. It was our assignment to build a RC Car. The 1 to win the race will get bonus marks for the assignment.

The track for the cars to run.

Well needless to say, my group started late again. Muahaha. And in the end, my group did not compete in the race.

Miss Chan asked,"Why cannot run?"

Our answer was,"There are problems with our control."

Yea, indeed we had problems with our control. The whole system just did not function as it should be. Sometimes it could function but sometimes it could not. Guess the reason was because our circuits were all done on breadboards. We DID NOT solder them and the connections must be loose.

NOT because we wanted to save money or what, it was because we were not sure if our connections were correct or not. So in the end, using breadboard was easier to correct our error.

Anyway throughout this assignment I learned a lot especially in assembly programming and electronics part. Quite fun at the beginning but got frustrated in the end haha.




Some random pictures taken while waiting for the lecturer to evaluate our prototype:

Everyone in my course wore this green class T.

Having some illegal discussion I suppose? Haha

Tadaa!! The 4 shortest people in MH!! We're all of different ages.
(excluding the most right hand guy)

Me and Shyuan did not sleep for the entire night. Coursemates from C-20-10 came over too to discuss about the servo programming part.

The c-20-10 representatives.

My living room was like a mini workshop, packed with wires, cutters, laptops etc.




Well, initially everyone was damn hardworking, working on own tasks.





Then around 6 something in the morning, the guys all "tou ta" haha. Everyone was too exhausted to think properly.



Supposingly the race should start at 12pm behind SE block. But around 11.30am we were still trying out the damn servo program to control our spoiler.

Notice the time?

In the end of course we reached late. But oh well, leave that aside now. Show you some RC Car models:

C-20-10's RC Car model - 2nd prize 4th prize!

Hummer group - 3rd prize! (really pro)

Mak ko's RC Car model





Heard that they are going to use this car to compete in some competition.

Well before I end this post, I have something to say...

I am very happy!

Yes, I am! Eventhough I did not sleep for the whole night, eventhough there are still assignments left, I am still happy.

Why?

Haha.. no reasons maybe? Just, H-A-P-P-Y :)

Well, need to go and take a rest first. Tomorrow need to hand up Micro-p assignment!!


-sherril=xuele-