Monday, November 30, 2009
ONE MORE!
lol, today was my MLE1101 exams, and it din go too smoothly, AGAIN. =((
i had done qt a lot of preperation on this in terms of intensive studying. its qt painful to do so for my body but due to being a bit too relax in the earlier days i needed to chiong a bit more. this led to the failure of my original plan to study, revise, reread and do some practice. there wasnt time to practise in the end which could be the reason why my brain couldnt function exactly well nor fast enough today!
even though the time spent on preperationwas qt a lot, i din really understand them well and this, is whr i believe, i fell. cos i need to understd and big picture and logic behind all these equations and stuff to be able to manipulate them effectively. apparently i couldnt!
the prof fanging hen hua that the exam standard would be similar to the mid-terms caused me to believe that it wouldnt be too hard. indeed there are some v simple questions, but it was harder than mid terms la. i started getting stuck from the third question and fourth, during which i spammed about 30-40 minutes for each question, and still getting no whr near a correct answer! goshhh dunno how to do at all! srsly my brain wasnt turning fast enough! and my concept of the topic isnt v good. magnetism and electrical stuffs have always been one part which i find in a little tough to understd mostly in my years taking physics.
i was v disheartened by the few questions that i couldnt do. such that i stayed on and meng think, but couldnt work anything out for some parts. hahaha. sian la i need to remember TO MOVE ON! jianchi is not the best option in a uni exam now =X
thus in the end, i felt qt sian after the exams again. i dunno why sia, i think is my 得失心 too heavy again? cos the results for MLE for mid terms were qt good overall and the finals we hafta expect a good raw score the only means to get a good grade isnt it? lol. but too bad i din perform as well as i would like to have done.
BUT again i have to say that it all depend on everyone else now! haha the power of the bell curve, which i will experience on the fateful day two days before my birthday HAHHAA.
one more to go! MATLAB!!!!
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
TWO MORE!
it was a good timing, 1pm. need not wake up too early, and some time to do a bit of revision b4 the exams. but not too late that it slows down your thinking as well! (which kinda happened to my genes and soc paper luckily its mcq, and hoping it will not happen for my MATLAB exams).
in fact, this is one of the most well prepared maths exam/test that i went for in my life! usually i would be qt relax for maths papers, study the concepts right, MAYBE practise a few qn. den relax and keep my mind fresh for the paper. but somehow the stress of uni life sets in and im qt anxious abt maths la. rare anxiety. in the end i practised about two past yr papers which to most ppl would be a small number, but to me its qt all right/ a lot alr. lol.
doing the questions today wasnt easy. hmm. i think i took a little long to get it going and warmed up cos the first questions i did them rather slowly, which shouldnt be the case since they were v easy/simple compared to those at the back. however, i realised after the exams from my fren that i did one quesiton on inflexion pt wrongly!! OMG sian. i know the concept, but somehow then i din notice wad i shld do and did the wrong thing, when it is the standard of sec/jc only. zzz. too bad.
then moving on, the other questions werent easy as well and some, as expected, required tedious calculations! although i got most answers, i was not confident of some, and there are boung to be careless mistakes here and there.
before halfway through i was alr lagging behind. and in the end, i had 15 to 20 minutes to do three parts, which werent exactly possible. 7b, i stared and looked and thought and den decided to give it up after a while cos my brain wasnt processing it. i moved on to 8a which i completed but there were only about 5 mins left for the last question. and i din manage to do much of it as well.
thus in the end, i left the hall with ~9-10 marks undone and one wrong answer? thats without calculating the careless mistakes/ other wrong parts. hmm was a little bit sian-ed and dunno wad to think. wasnt really that sad cos getting some of the answers alr lifted my spirits a little. but couldnt really bring myself to be happy as i wasnt confident wad sort of a grade i would get for this. apparently i dun hear too many complains abt the time hahhaa maybe its just me that is slow.
anw, just to reflect there were many times when i stared at the question, and i dunno wad they asking? i knew how to do certain calculations, but perhaps i wasnt too used to them/ din practise enough to be fast in understanding the qn. in a test where we are racing against time, this is definitely a point worth taking note. hai.
i really dunno what to expect. maybe scoring well for mid terms is not too good a thing overall. cos of the mid terms, it gave me higher expectations, that have drifted away from me this afternoon. haha. for now i really dunno wad grade to expect. seriously. i can only hope that my slight advantage in mid terms can count for something, and that i have minimal careless mistakes in my calculations bah!
two more to go! i better get back on track and not be misled by the break i have ahead of me lol.
Monday, November 23, 2009
THREE MORE!
had my GEK 1527 finals at 5pm today. best finals format of 60 MCQs! okay but i wasnt easy. not as smooth as i had predicted it would be! there were many many many ambiguous qns, and many of them involved poor expression of language in the question, which makes it the more frustrating!! its not that i dunno how to do, its the question that is unclear!
and there were many tricks around, two of which i spotted and was happy to see them =D but after that i realised i had misunderstd some questions and had some wrong interpretations/ missed out some info in the question that was vital to getting the correct ans. sian! MALE MAMMAL. i din even see the word MALE at all. zzz.
and of cos the baodian questions were whr we ask ourselves WHO IS IAN WILMUT and WHO WON THE NOBEL PRIZE. gosh! i did expect prof to give some questions like who invented/discovered wad la. and i took some time to roughly rmbr some. but it turns out he asked which of the following won nobel prize! haha this was certainly not wat a student would consider impt info to rmbr.
overall, i thought it was pretty tough to score. cos its not THAT difficult, but having to figure out what the lecturer wants by deciphering his own code is not easy!! and i made some mistakes here and there and there will bound to have more, esp when i had 10+ question of which i wasnt sure. damn er xin to have a feeling of "not i dunno how to answer but i dunno wth he is asking".
HOPE for all the best lor? lol. the two points lost from missing survey will be yet a crucial blow again if i dun do well for this module. hah.
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Sunday, November 22, 2009
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
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Friday, November 20, 2009
FOUR MORE!
this morning was EG1413 finals worth 40%. the topic was relevant (sex selection for children) and i could understand what they were talking about. the essay was also very well split thus it was easier to pick out the writer's argument.
However, my time management was not that good. Although i finished on time, i felt I should have been more focused and spent more quality time trying to phrase my points critically rather than chiong through and worrying that time was not on my side. so in the end i crapped and wrote a bit too much i guess, probably about reaching 1000 words le =X haha hope the tutor dun count!! gosh. i really repeated and said too much crap cos i founf myself frequently lost in attempting to express myself. that is a big problem of mine la. been with me for qt some time alr.
anw, im glad i finished the paper and that this module is over. i dun have too high hopes for this module, but i do carry some hope cos you will never know! haha to encourage myself of cos, it can be qt subjective like how i passed my QET even though i really felt i wrote crap lousier than a secondary student. lol. maybe. perhaps. hahaha.
we shall see. what grade will i get for this "dreaded" module that on hindsight should not have been so dreaded?
Thursday, November 19, 2009
POTD 19-11-09
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Funny Cyber Sightings (FCS) - 2012's cui ticket sales
check this out:
wow. damn sad la this movie 2012 only sold like 30 tickets worldwide!!!! US$225 ONLY la. pathetic. hahaha.
damn sad for my fellow blogger the first ever OLD NEWS alr give inaccurate info hahahha. credibility -100 points alr la.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
webcast vs mousehunt
two windows side by side!!
POTD 17-11-09
Response to a response to a response
meng fan the fire" entertained:
i was pretty sure he said that mugging line in response to a comment which i made that sounded non sensical to him. well of cos thats wad i heard, and if he truely din say it then it COULD be a misunderstding. but, thats def wad i heard. cos we werent discussing about lateness at all. we were moving a bench and then i said something, he looked stunned and lost for words that bamm, the line came out of his mouth. who knows? no video evidence also.
only if he said that line, den it would qualify for me to say he wasnt right to say that. cos mugging is his forte. so if i had misheard that sentence, then the "right" will be NA bah. his reasoning was qt illogical there.
the jump here jump there would refer to his actions, like jumping over the "what-u-call-that-barrier-thingy" and passing the ball with damn weird projections which i already mentioned that it was irritating. of cos he apologised, and i also did pass poorly esp that sunday LOL but its just the overall feel. like missing the ball, den meng hit it and try to bounce it off the floor but getting played around by the ball instead. it just looks childish from my view thats all. there are many actions that he displays that are childish, many would agree. i see no point in discussing this point. what im trying to say is that he could possibly calm down a bit and be more composed, which will also help his gameplay, no doubt. the 滑稽actions i see are qt distracting and altho funny, in the long run it can be rather irritating. it may not be childish in truth, but it certainly LOOKS so.
indeed i cannot stop anyone from being subjective and of cos penning down his personal point of view in his personal blog. agreed. wholeheartedly. well, however, i felt i was obliged to respond to his indirect "plea" of PH. i felt it was rather disrespectful of him to say such things about me on his blog, esp THRASHED. hmmm... but well if he insists that what he said was just a result of being subjective, i cant say much eh.
and it is precisely that fact that it is a short account that it should be a truthful and telling one, or else ppl will be misled. of cos, unless it is the bloggers intention to provide an inaccurate view. if it is his desire, than that will be the questionable aspect. why would he do so? giving an inaccurate account just becos its his blog? is he entitle to do so?
anw, im tired of this crap. its not my wish to start a cyber war. the onlookers are looking eagerly and deriving entertainment (pathetically) from this shit. instead of trying to be intellectual, this is wat i have to say..
i just hope u can touch your heart and as i said, 对得起自己最重要.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Blog Entry Review
This is what he said:
In response, I would first like to say that it I concede he fully deserved the two victories (among the hundreds of loses) and in the two games, he probably did exceedingly well, compared to his other performances in these months that is. He devised this new (for him) and cunning serve which he executed well in these two games. Strong side spin on it. Even though I thought i knew how to counter many types of spins, that spin was difficult to handle and I had a problem returning the serve well enough to put myself in advantage. till now, i still dun have a good solution to respond to the serve. Rarely being in the backseat, I was unsettled for some time.
okay back to the review. i wasnt surprised to see this entry cos knowing him, he loves to win. and will definitely blog abt such things. Reading it was seriously cool to beat gum in 2 consecutive games, i felt it was expected. however, the words "ulti-fast and swift smashes" were a bit hard to swallow. firstly, praise should be showered on u by ppl who recognise your strengths, not by written by youreself to heap praise onto yourself! He did manage to smash for a number of times and they were great hits. but i dun think it was those smashes that really won the game for him. those earned him points but more importantly my inability to deal with his serves was probably the crucial turning point. in addition, i believe there were many unforced errors on my part, particularly when i had a bad spell during which i did not manage to get the ball over the net for many many times. =((
Moving on to the momentum was right, yes. indeed. being shaken, i lost a bit of form and he gained the upper hand in terms of morale and form. furthermore, his childish actions like jumping here and there and passing the ball poorly was always going to make me more demoralised, it always does. lol. dun understd la!
demoralised face? oh gosh i din get to see that part. i was pretty down, but i dun think he had to say that? haha perhaps it was really bad. from my memory, i was putting on a silly smile throughout when i laughed at my inability to get the ball across the net or something liddat. demoralised? hmm. i dunno how much of that i showed. i was quieter? how to meng talk when u are losing sia. haha cannot make it trying all means to calm down and get hold of myself and remain calm, maybe thats why look "stern" or "serious".
and last but definitely not least: THRASHING? oh man. this is the part where i cannot accept the most. i would most definitely concede that he deserved both victories. and that his serves were great, some smashes and change of direction was well done! but thrashing? hmmm. i dun think he thrashed me bah?? one game i lost from a deuce, so probably about 15-13 or 14-12? the other one wasnt that bad ba? i would have gotten about 6 at least? cant rmbr, but thrashing is too much of a stab on me to take.
This blog entry had taken off much of his credit for winning me. i dun see why he should use those words that gives an inaccurate account of the whole incident. it was more of a personal attack by saying that he was happy to see my demoralised face la!
nonetheless, i still honestly and sincerely congratulate him for winning and learning how to smash better.
hahahahahhahaha =D
there you go, ur expected and eagerly awaited full-length paohong. see next time u dare to haolian or not! win more than haolian!!!!! win justin and wx first la!
(just a side note to him reading this entry: i really din like the line u said when we were at the court. mug too much until cannot think? or something along that line. firstly, i wasnt mugging that much. and secondly if u urself mug, i dun think u have the right to say such things.)
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Saturday, November 14, 2009
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
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hungry! haha although it din taste very good somehow, i think there wasnt a good mix of the MSG all was stuck at the bottom, but im having a craving for it again alr. rmbr those days in hc when i sapmmed mamee muahahhaha shiok sia.
then there is this funny card thing which i dunno wat it is for! the back of this card is a shiny sticker like thingy but the thing is that the patch in the bottom right corner says: rub here. okay i was very curious wth is this as it says power! hahaha sound like some pkmn card thing sia. and when i took out a coin to scratch n win. the whole thing was scraped apart and into crap like this la. cannot see the content alr!! lol. lameeeeee.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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Sunday, November 8, 2009
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Saturday, November 7, 2009
POTD 07-11-09
i think for me, i can get 腻 v fast when eating such pasta. haha. but it was a good try. personally, it would be better for a sharing session instead, although it is rather difficult/disgusting to share but then we wun have to finish one whole dish by ourselves which could be a little bit tough at the 70% stage of consumption.
overall, it was qt a good night spent, with a nice cake. the cake, i felt could be a wee bit more chocolatey!! and having eric's netbook to play with certainly was entertaining to us. shows how no-life we actually are to be completely entertained by such childish acts hahaha. the one on adx was certainly the joke of the day. damn funny. and meng sound horn during dinner lol.
but i think some ppl could have been offended there, leaving me for a little reflection as well. someone thought it was me who used harsh/strong words on him/her but it really wasnt me. i thought it would be obvious that i would not hurl vulgarities but apparantly he/she thinks it was me. how sad. how sad. doesnt he/she noe me enough to tell that that kind of behaviour isnt wad i would do??
(photos courtesy of genehow)