Friday, April 27, 2007
finally its all over. the exams are over. the academic year is over. boy. this has been a really tiring year. right from the start of sem 1 last aug, i had never really had a good and proper rest even after the exams last sem, knowing that the real break and holidays will only come after the exams this sem. from taking 7 modules, to projects, to EVC, DND, and the various hall comms, scouts stuff etc, the end of the last paper yesterday evening(because its already fri, 27 april now) at 7pm, i can finally take a good break. although i am still taking the special term, at least, its not so hectic anymore and i can go wherever i want, do whatever i want. went to town after the paper. went to isetan supermarket, then to taka, to centrepoint cold storage and then to plaza sing carrefour to get a drink. feels sooooooo good that the exams are over and that my 3 months plus holidays has officially started 10.5 hours ago. going to enjoy myself, have a good break and relax all i want. and before i do that, i must start to clear out of my room. gosh. i have really so so so so so many things in my room. had just clearing up, say 40% of room and there is still so much more to go. well, i have another week to do so. at least i have more time than the rest to do so as some of my neighbours are still having their exams. all right. i better go catch some sleep. long day ahead later when the sun rises. good night people. =)
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
finished 2 papers today. the disgusting sounding "mechanics of thin-walled structures" in the morning and the ever shocking "compressible & unsteady flow" in the evening. both papers are difficult, esp the compressible & unsteady flow. as i had it as my msn nick, i was shocked by the normal and oblique shocks, hammered by the water hammer effect and surged by the pressure surges. sigh. to think that i studied and put in so much effort into this module. and in the end, to be so greatly demoralized. really hate exams. nobody likes them anyway, but i really suck at them. i liked studying. but yet, its the exams that always made me so disappointed, so demoralized that made me think if i should cont to study. as a matter of fact, i wanted to cont with my masters degree after graduating. but the exams and results are making me think twice if i should and even whether i can take masters. feel so sad. i love aerodynamics, fluid mechanics and associated stuff with aeronautical related things. but somehow, i cant score in these favourite topics and interest of mine in the exams. sigh.. well. i did my best and i shall leave God to do the rest. the papers are already over. no point feeling sad over it anymore. nothing can be changed. praying for a miracle now that i can get just a B grade for these modules.
"....... Do not sorrow, for the joy of the LORD is your strength." - Nehemiah 8:10
Sunday, April 22, 2007
was reading zhiling's blog just a moment ago and she was talking bout the ndp songs and even had a website where all the songs were. naturally, i went to the site and played the song "we will get there" by dick lee and stephanie sun. the moment i hear the song, a kind of trembling ran through my body as the memories start flooding back. heard this song many many times every week in 2002 when the mortar trainees from MCC had to do ndp duties there. i was part of it and at that time, i was so sick of it after hearing it so many times. but the song carried a different kind of feelings and emotions now. it brought back the memories of the pleasant as well as unpleasant memories of ndp 2002. all the weekends burnt because we had to go to the stadium, the torture of having to stand under the sun at the exit to raise the gate of the SCDF light strike vehicle to pass, having to do ushering with the ngee ann poly students for NE show for pri 5 students. come to 2003, i was once again involved in ndp. this time because my unit is doing it as a unit. this time round, we did something more. packing and sending of the goodies bags. gosh. i tell you, that is one bad experience. mindlessly puting items by items into the bags like a factory production line for hours each day, before packing them into boxes and sending them to the various pri schools for their NE shows. ndp itself, this time we were involved in crowd control within the stadium itself. of course, the advantage this time is that we get to watch the parade at least 3 times. once during the NE show, once during the preview and once on the actual day itself. tough it may be, it was fun. and of course, the best moment is during the flyby when the national flag is flown past the stadium. standing at attention and salution the flag, i felt so very proud to be a singaporean. the feeling of warmth and pride just flowed through my entire body each time the national flag is flown and the anthem sung.
this year's ndp will be on the floating platform at marina. wont have the chance to be part of ndp again as a soldier. will prob be at ndp this year as a scout. nope i am not marching. marched in ndp many years back when i was still in TK. once is enough. haha. alright.
this is the link of the song "we will get there" that brought back so many memories now : http://media.ndp.org.sg/mp3/2002%20-%20Sun%20Yan%20Zi%20-%20We%20Will%20Get%20There%20(Eng).mp3
and for the website of all the national day songs, here it is. thanks zhiling. and if you are reading this, do tag something k. phantom. haha.. http://www.ndp.org.sg/mp3.php
Saturday, April 21, 2007
the feeling of staying in hall on sat and mug is such a weird feeling. sat are usually spent outside for the entire day for me. scouts in the morning, followed by shopping, walking around and relaxing outside in town, only coming back to hall late at night. its only during the exam period that i am forcing myself to stay in hall to study. this year, i had stayed in for only 1 sat, that is today. supposed to do so last sat but there was combined climbing for the scouts and guides and so last sat was spent outside again without touching my books. this period of time last year was a "memorable" one. most of the level 6 guys in D blk stayed in hall during the pre-exam period to study. there was company even on sat and i was not alone. enjoyed studying during that period last year. dinner was settled at the hawker centre opp ginza plaza on both sat. nope, we didnt go there to eat but i went there to buy dinner back for the level 6 guys. they claimed to be too lazy to go and since i NEED to take a break by having a change of environment for a while, i went there to buy dinner for myself and for everybody. after coming back, watched the show "adventures of wisely" while eating. haha. i need a break ok. and whats more, the female actress playing the role of bai su is very pretty. continued with studying after the show. last april's studying period was the best that i had in my 3 years in nus. last nov saw a change in the studying environment on sat too. was studying in the block lounge on all the sat, doing past year papers, reading notes etc. studied for the entire day till the night where i went to vivo to get dinner. vivo was newly opened not too long ago then and each time i went there to get dinner, i shopped and explored the place a bit, esp the candy shop "candy empire". that place is really a chocolate lover's heaven. haha. and also, shopping in the super huge Giant hypermarker. the feeling is very nice, to relax a bit after a whole day of studying. and now, for this sem, i am studying in my room. didnt go down to the lounge today. been doing past year papers of "compressible & unsteady flow" since 10am in the morning. taking my lunch break now so took some time off to blog a little. haha. tolerance and endurance reaching the dangerous red line. so have to take a break for a while before continuing with past year papers of "mechanics of thin-walled structures". felt like going out to bring down the "had enough and sick of it" level but had already went out the whole evening yest so i must stay in today to study. at least till the evening. thinking of doing what i did last sem. to study till the night before going to vivo to relax, shop and get dinner. yeap. think that's what i will do. since i really need to go out and town, which is my fav place is relatively further than vivo, i shall go to vivo tonight. been quite some time since i went there. wanted to go for quite some time but always didnt so i shall do so tonight. alright. my noodles are cooked. shall have my lunch before hitting the books again, followed by vivo. haha. enjoy the sat ppl.
Friday, April 20, 2007
went for consultation with 2 professors today. went to see prof tay 1st at 1030am in the morning. was really demoralized and have totally no cofidence at all in this module (mechanics of thin-walled structures) yest. couldnt do any of the questions of past year papers at all and was so afraid yest that i may fail this module. after consultation this morning, felt more confident now and think that i can now be able to start and write something as compared to totally unable to write anything at all. next up was prof lee with part 2 of the module compressible & unsteady flow. same thing, initially i couldnt understand any of the pressure transients, C+ and C- characteristic lines, the pumps and various surge protection devices. just whacked the past year paper with any answers that i think is what the question is asking. after yest's afternoon and this afternoon consultation with prof lee, i finally understood about 70-85% of the 2nd part of the module. what i need to do now is to remember all the various equations very well, ie, MEMORISE them. there's really a whole lot to rem and instead of memorising them just now, i went out in the evening to collect some money and just came back not long ago, a whole 6.5 hours spent outside instead of studying. sigh. i feel so guilty and hate myself now. tomorrow.. i promise.. tomorrow will be a whole day of hard memorising of equations etc and practising of past year papers. yes i will. definitely. trusting in the Lord to get my B for both modules. =) oh, to my blog readers, do visit the link on the left that says "Now that's GOD". its a really nice and touching site. do visit it, whether you are a believer or not. take care and God bless..
"He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in Him I will trust." - Psalm 91:1-2
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
here are more cool pictures of my dream car. isnt this car just way too cool? i just love this car to bits.. haha.. love love love love love love love it..
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Saturday, April 14, 2007
just finished watching the korean show "Windstruck". this is the 4th or 5th time that i had watched it, 3 or 4 times on vcd, and once in the cinema and the show still brought me close to tears. its really such a touching and sad story. the choice of music and words used are so impactful. the female lead actress is a policewoman while the male lead actor is a physics teacher. in the most unexpected way, they ended up together as a couple, and got seperated in the most tragic way. life and death. the male actor was shot while the actress was pursuing a criminal. devastated upon his death, she tried to join him by killing herself but failed everytime. and according to the story of the prince and the princess and the "origin" of crossing the last finger, aka, the pinkie, the prince had to go to war but promised the princess to come back alive. 10 years passed but he did not return. as a result, she was made to remarry and said she will marry the person who crossed his pinkie with her. all the princes didnt and 1 day, a beggar came and crossed pinkie with her. the beggar was her lost prince. but little did she know, the prince was actually killed on his way home and to fulfill his promise, he came back as a ghost. that very day he came back is the 49th day after his death and also the day the soul will leave the princess forever. he left and she managed to find his body. taking poison to kill herself, she laid beside the dead prince, crossing pinkie with him as she died. failing to kill herself, the actress was determined to join the dead actor before the 49th day after his death. puting her life at the frontline while catching criminal in the hope that she will be killed while on duty, she failed to get herself killed. on the 49th day, he really returned as the wind and a ghost to see her for the last time before leaving. he said many phrases which were so beautiful and so touching. "When i die, i want to become the wind", "If you feel the wind when i am not around, its me". he has said this to the actress and when he died, she felt the wind and cried so badly, calling out his name at the same time, asking if its just the wind or that its him and he had really became the wind. that scene is so tear-jerking and i had to fight back mine. and the most beautiful phrase that he said, was just before he left her forever. "Now let me leave with your love in my heart". this is just so very very touching. the scene and the song "knock knock knocking on heaven's door", the both of them crying so sadly, made the whole movie so tragic. esp the scene showing her crying while seeing all the things that he had done for her but yet not around anymore is so heart wrenching. i cant describe the feelings and just how touching and sad thoses scenes are through words. watch the show and you will know. i watched it a few times already and each time i watch it again, it still almost brought me to tears. thats how heart wrenching the show is. such is the tragic of life. to love someone truly and yet to be unable to be with her. haiz.. alrite. shall not elaborate more. will end here for now..
Friday, April 13, 2007
ok. my excitment about getting a car next year has not died down yet. i really want to own my very own car next year. and those who know me, when i want to buy something, i want to go for quality stuff. the same applies for getting a car. i do not want to get any "cheap" car that has no quality. and i have a dream car which i want to and wish for very very much and its the Toyota Mark X. its a really very very cool car. with a max horsepower of 212HP at 6400 rpm and a max torque of 260Nm at 3800rpm for the 2.5litre version. with a compression ratio of 12.0, its one of the highest which i have seen. armed with a DOHC V6 24 valves VVT-i engine, the Mark X has a better engine than the camry. anyway, for those who do not know the terms, DOHC stand for Double OverHead Camshaft, V6 means there are 6 cylinders in the engine, with 24 valves and VVT-i stands for Variable Valve Timing-intelligence, meaning to say, the valve changes according with the engine to open or close the inlets to maximise performance and feul efficiency. i shall not go into further technical details of DOHC, V6 and 24 valves but to sum it all up, the Mark X is a darn cool car with a powerful engine. with HID (High Intensity Discharge) headlights, it is unlike normal sedans whose headlights are normal "yellow lights. i hated those lights and loved the HID white light. its so much brighter! the Mark X also comes in 4WD version. imagine that. 4WD in an "executive sedan" car. how cool can that be? and as expected, a car like this doesnt come cheap. being a parallel import car, prices range between $80000 and $90000. alright. so much of the talking. time to show some pictures. enjoy the cool photos. hopefully, i will be able to own 1 next year. my christmas gift for myself in 2008? i seriously hope so. Front underside view. Sporty and executive look, all combined into 1 car. HID headlights. Ultimate cool design.
The Toyota Mark X
Side view. Truly a big beauty.
Top angle view of my dream and target car
Even the door and wheel looks so cool.
The Mark X on display.
Monday, April 09, 2007
been bout 3 wks since i last updated so i shall make a quick update today. been busy with assignments, projects and tutorials past couple of weeks. finally finished all assignments and exams are just 2 wks away and i have not started studying yet. serious mugging will start tomorrow. good thing i "recharged" myself just now. was deciding just now at 7pm whether to stay in hall to watch "A.I." or to go to town. have not been to town for a leisure time for a few wks and i am starting to feel "trapped". good thing i made the right decision and headed down to town at 730pm. reached there at 8pm and started to walk around leisurely. 1st stop was Isetan supermarket at Shaw. the feeling of being there, walking around slowly, taking my own time to shop and look at the many products of all sizes, colour, packaging etc made me feel so relaxed and de-stressed. i felt so good, so recharged with energy with the atmosphere, lighting etc of the supermarket. went on to borders after leaving Isetan. browsed through a few guide books on australia, new zealand and europe. next stop after borders was cold storage in taka. the atmosphere and ambience there was not as good as that of isetan but nonetheless, i enjoyed shopping and strolling there. my most favourite supermarket in orchard area is still cold storage at centrepoint. although it went through a major renovation and is no longer the same layout as in the past, the ambience there is still the BEST. it is big and spacious, the lanes are wide and the lightings are bright, white and cosy. range and variety of products are also much better than that at taka. so needless to say, i was there just now. went through lane by lane, looking at all the products, especially new ones and promotions. good thing there was none because i am broke now and if there were new products or promotions, i will def be unable to control myself and i will end up buying them. after finishing the entire supermarket, i headed down to carrefour at plaza sing. had only 30min there because it closes at 1030pm. had a short shop there before coming back to hall. although its a short 3 hours of shopping, it was a good and recharging one after so many wks where i had no chance to do such leisure shopping. will have a full day of slow leisure shopping after the exams. long long time since i did so. need a big serious recharge after the exams. but right now, i feel good already, even though i am still physically tired after all the assignments and esp fri night and sat night venture cord hike. its really a very tough and tiring job as an examiner. but its fun. really fun. enjoyed it and will be looking forward to the next one. haha.. scouting rocks.. always.. =)