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I’m so lagged…

Posted by weyshi on March 12, 2008

Haiz… I guess I have spent too much time having fun and pursuing my passion that I am not heavily lagging behind all my modules. In addition, there are still so much to do. I guess I have to pull myself together and start focusing on exams. The best way to do that is probably noting what are the things I need to do from now till exams.

Tests & Assignments:
14 Mar 08 – MS3002 Simulation Assignment
18 Mar 08 – MS3030 Project
2 Apr 08 – MS3002 Quiz
11 Apr 08 – MS3003 CA

Exams:
15 Apr 08 – MS3002 (9am – 11am)
17 Apr 08 – HP803 (5pm – 7pm)
22 Apr08 – MS3003 (9am – 11am)
24 Apr 08 – M3001 (9am – 11am)
30 Apr 08 – MS3030 (9am – 11am)

Other stuff:
- Send CVs to companies to source for Industrial Orientation. (before exams)
- Plan company programme for Semester 2. (31 Mar 08)
- Plan band camp. (before exams)

If I cannot get the IO companies, then I am so DEAD!! That means I have to continue sourcing for companies and complete it only at year 4’s holiday. That also means that I cannot attend convocation that year!! That’s so terrible…. If any kind soul who read this know of any contact to work for any company that has a vocation related to Materials Engineering, PLEASE CONTACT ME!!! My IO is suppose to be from May 08 to July 08, min. of 10 weeks.

As for now, I only can pray and wait. I read this verse the other day on daily bread, which I find it comforting.

Wait on the Lord; be of good courage,
and He shall strengthen your heart;
wait, I say, on the Lord!
—Psalm 27:14

Right now, I guess I can only wait…

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My first eBay bid…

Posted by weyshi on March 11, 2008

After knowing that eBay exists for eons, I have won my first bid today. As you know that my interested in tenor drumming is building, I have been searching for stuff related to tenor. I have registered myself into eBay 2 days ago, after coming across someone selling Learn Pipe Band Drumming DVD.

I managed to won the bid using £14.50. The DVD plus postage cost me a total of £20.50. I really hope that after spending about SDG$200 in buying tenor drumming resources, I can help to form a superior bass section in 12th Singapore Company (Barker Road) Pipe Band.

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Yesterday & Today…

Posted by weyshi on March 9, 2008

I enjoyed my yesterday and today (Friday & Saturday)… Even though I haven’t been doing any of the stuff I need to do, I’m glad that I really enjoyed myself doing enjoyable things…

Yesterday

It was a non-school day, i.e. NO LESSONS!! That means I can sleep and wake up naturally (自然醒).. haven’t tried that for quite awhile, especially when I finish 2 quizzes… Dearie was in school, had her MS3005 lesson and project meeting.. she quite poor thing… have to wait for the King to come..

After her meeting, we met at Orchard MRT to walk walk.. haven’t step into that place for quite awhile.. Actually the main excuse for me to go to Orchard was because I need to collect two cans of abalone.. and because of this excuse, I get a chance to spend some time with dearie… heh…

We went to Far East Plaza to shop a little, Shaw Centre to collect my abalone, Lido Starbucks to chill. At the Starbucks, there were 2 RGS gers trying to sell tickets of some show that is talking about saving sharks.. As they tried to sell to a couple, their negotiation went from $4 to $2, then $2 to $1… I can see that they are quite desperate to earn that few cents… I think the couple quite nice.. (unlike miser me..) paid $2 instead of $1 for each tickets…

We were back at Far East again to shop, Dearie really liked the vintage Tee shirt that has a picture of baby smurf on top… I think it’s quite nice too.. but too expensive… $16.90 leh.. Then took a bus to Plaza Singapura to buy tick tock tick tock gadget as she calls it, went to Yoshinoya to eat dinner and left the place.. I was really tired and need a rest man.. I think my low energy level was due to the 5am sleeping time and the amount of body weight I require to move my ass in Orchard Road.. Reached home.. did some stuff and slept at 3am.. I think it’s one of my more enjoyable day recently…

Today

Woke up at 10am today.. that means I already missed 1/3 of band.. by the time I reached there, band just ended… met Alpheus on my way up to Barker and had a chat with him.. I really hope that he put some heart into practicing piping… He always seems so playful and distracted.. However, I always thought that he will be bright enough to excel in piping.. Really hope that he will convince himself to do that one day… God please help him…

The programme for today’s parade was LASER TAG… Arite.. let me brief you about it.. in Laser tag, you have a GUN… that gun is a SMART gun… so smart that it will record your LIFE… each player have 10 tags (life) in the gun.. so when the “laser” or Infra Ray beams shot out from one gun hits another, the other gun will have one less tag… so when all the tags ran out.. YOU ARE DEAD!!

It was real fun man.. the tennis courts were set up with chairs & groundsheets as cover.. I think the Boys really liked it.. but I heard that there were some Boys with bad behaviour.. a fighting case and an almost fighting case. So sad… As things seems to be turning out well, some parts of the Company is not healthy… These cases are just like a piece of meat stuck at the teeth.. if you don’t clear it, it will aid in the tooth decay and eventually, you have to do a root canal, which is so troublesome and painful!! (for me la..some say root canal not painful)

After parade, the Officers and Primers stayed on for night game… something like Counter Strike… but this is Real Life Counter Strike.. you need to run, jump, hide just to outsmart your opponent to “tag” or shoot them.. most of them sweat a lot.. because they ran.. being an old man, I play smart.. I walk.. played till 10pm then still got a few of them wanted to continue.. eventually we stopped because my fats cannot take it.. requesting to stop…

Then pack up, go home and blog.. nothing more interesting.. alrite.. need to start doing my school stuff.. I wanna score well and graduate man… Good nite and sweet dreams everyone..

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Another Happening Thursday!!

Posted by weyshi on March 7, 2008

I think I am really lucky today to catch a glimpse of the action in Outram Park MRT… Just as the train along NEL was heading towards Outram Park MRT, a MRT staff came to our “car” or “cabin” to inform us that due to some incident, the doors will not be open for the middle section. I was wondering, ” is it bomb threat?” Sorry la.. I have to keep thinking of bomb because I came from the SAF EOD… when I alighted? I saw the middle section of the platform was cordon off and a few police officers were guarding it. In the middle, there lies a white plastic cover, which I guess is a dead body. After I met dearie in Mr. Lee’s library, I went to check up internet and found out – 43-year-old man shot by police at Outram Park MRT. BTW, you can check out their videos, they have the clip of this report they showed in news!! There is even some lucky guy that went on to film the dead body… I think those commuters that are at the platform are quite lucky… never get shot… or maybe we should thank the government for training such a good bunch of police officers that can shoot so well.. haha.. I tell you.. I also shoot very well leh.. got 2 years of marksmanship using M16 leh… plus I shoot P226 pistol before leh… siao siao.. haha.. that is beside the point…

Okay, so much for the dead person. I took my “Mental Health in Singapore” quiz.. 40 questions of TRUE/FALSE. The lecture hall was so packed that some even have to sit at the benches outside the LT to do. I think I (or WE) did quite well.. half of the questions were from the lecture note’s practice questions..

Soon after, we had a lecture on sexuality, and the lecture hall became the size of what we see every week, around 2/3 of the LT filled… The lecturer, Dr Daniel Fung, was real funny la, really humourous guy. He made me laughed so many times, especially on how he joked about those sensitive issues, with his smart alec remarks… Sometimes I wonder how a doctor (Psychiatrist) with 5 children, cope with the stress in work and family?? From what I see, taking things lightly is the way to go man. Sometimes it is real difficult to look on the bright side of life, but I think he has done it real well…

After the lecture, dearie and I went to Jurong Point’s Ichiban sushi to  eat, visit the NTUC, then go home.. I went to checked my big sweep ticket with the results.. =( I didn’t win any prize again.. I thought I could have won something like a few grand to pay off my bagpipe debts… haiz.. I guess the only way for me to get rich is to work hard..

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Tyler Fry is in town!!!

Posted by weyshi on March 6, 2008

Today was the 3001 test.. I think most of us screwed it up… (sorry for the crudeness) Most of us thought that the topic on ceramics will not be tested.. WE ARE ALL WRONG!! one of the question was asking about the solid oxide fuel, and the other about calculating cation to anion ratio… haiz.. only vaguely remember and smoked half of the paper… as for the metallic part, I’m really not sure if I answer correctly… when they have 2 parts to 1 question and each question is 50 marks, you will start to be doubtful if you have written enough… NTU, can you stop telling us to answer 1 question with 50 marks?? it’s very stressful!! alrite.. I have yet to started on my “mental health in Singapore”.. at this rate, I think I will need to check on my mental health…

Now about Tyler.. previously, I have ordered TyFry Interactive Tenor Drumming Tutor… about a week ago…. IT’S HERE TODAY!! My eldest brother had the honour of presenting it to me.. As I see my name on the package, I find that the handwriting is quite kiddish.. (ok.. tt’s beside the point)

I watched most of it and found it quite a useful material to learn tenor drumming.. however, he never teach me how to do 3 beat roll.. =( I guess I have to search for youtube to learn myself…

Pardon my English.. I just write what comes to my mind.. I don’t really care about the sentence structure…

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My preparation starts…

Posted by weyshi on March 4, 2008

I just finished my busy term break that’s filled with a lot of activities… I think it’s time for me to settle down to start studying… else I cannot pull up my GPA score (which is quite pathetic)

I am quite worried about my Industrial Orientation… haven’t found a job yet… currently, I only sent my resume to DSO national laboratories, they haven’t reply yet… I really hope that I will be blessed with a job quickly… then I can put down this burden and prepare for my exams soon… If I don’t get a job this holidays, I cannot attend the same convocation as the rest of my batch… SOMEONE PLEASE EMPLOY ME!!

There are 2 tests coming up… The topics are Metallic Materials and Mental Health in Singapore, have to study real hard man… I realised that scoring well in quiz is the key to doing well in the subject.. the reasoning of “the exam is more important” is bullshit… you have to do well for both.. they are just as important as each other… and most importantly, the quiz should be easier…

Didn’t go to school today because I need to study for the test… Let’s hope that I will not get distracted and focus on studying. God please help me.

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