a pretty 9+32+32 report is finally born... 9 front few pages, 32 proper pages and 32 appendix. it's gd to have a max no of pages for the report huh...30...above 30 has to request and 50 is really the MAX max...not like poor EE pple...the more no of pages the better? and then in the end they still need a 4-6 page tech paper.....at 1st i thought ME profs are lazy..now reading the tech paper makes the EE profs lazier..so wat's with the-thicker-the-better report.
thanks to my consistent work...generating results and asking qn..and along the way type out the answers given by dr barry in different files though... so just copy and pasting, rearranging cost me 1 wkend and 3 days of 1-2 hour per day and 1 4-10pm tue and 1 2-8pm wed. and finally handing in on thurs. my ME prof dares to be angry at me leh..he din even do a single thing to help and still send me email to remind me that submission date is on mon...eh he's the one to approve when i ask for extension to thurs and most imptly dr barry suggest one lor...he so nice..allow extension and still ask me if it is too stressful for me...and the whole of wed i reach sch at 10 to do machining till 2, haivng missed my 33 bucks driving lesson...$$ flying away just like tat... and continuous till 8 didnt even eat a single thing, except for the subway choc cookie which dr b kindly gave me.=)
thus night fabulous night at ucc with one step at a time from cactus, met a few frens who were there to support fren. yup the gals' dance is great, well integrated in the play with the entertaining comedian who is farnie yet lame and sissy..well but it fits..and hip hop is as cool as i've expected, resonance isnt too bad though voices is abit...choto less outstanding huh. anyway well done and good job gals with all the energetic and move-ur-body jazz dance.
fri is then another yucky day when all of us met at the chinese lib to finish up the er xin assignment which only costs 5%..soooo cheap and yet so time consuming cos it's difficult=(...super bo hua... sighz..i got do during the wk leh and yet still take 2 hours plus to finish it up...after which i still had to run all the way to EA to hand in mine with jj's and joo's.. wahhh but fri evening..he hasnt left his office at 630pm...ji hardworking.
so after this, all of us plus charles and merv decided to treat ourselves to a good dinner... marina bay steamboat...lucky got cooked food...we were all starving like mad...then we cook the meat properly at first then in overflowing melted butter after getting amazed at how the shop pple can such tolerance of high temp...thanks nic for anyhow throwing food, regardless of whether is half eaten, uncooked or cooked all over his side of the table and all becos of him not liking the look of it there -_-"...so it's super obvious that his side and joo's side is in a super big mess. faintz...and then the amazing power of merv, charles and jimmy's speed and joo's superb eye and hand coordination on the arcade game..destress be4 the upcoming test and design proj. sighz
being a nice cousin, i kindly accompanied my sis to shopping today...super tiring as usual from all the walking....well but thanks for the treat at food republic and then coffee at coffee club.walking into marks and spencer and harrods really reminded me of uk.
ok didnt touch my books at all the whole day...and now it's 1205..sunday...abit of creep failure i guess sianzzzz
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Monday, March 19, 2007
grandpa's 90th bday
aye inertia to start report writing is always overwhelming...just wanna find any other thing to do except start working on it, though i know the dateline is suepr duper near and that the first draft is graded! so sad...
but i had fun yest and it's one of the few times when i din doze off at grandpa's house..we always thought there's a sleeping bug lingering around somewhere, cos everyone who go there will take afternoon nap.
there's improvement to his health...seems like the lingzhi has some effects on him. gd gd quick get well enuff to fly..we;ll all accompany u to ur hometown in china..then i can chase the ducks, feed the cows, throw grasshoppers into the shit pond and anyhow throw rubbish, climb the mountains and play with firecrackers...manz tat was 11 yrs ago..
Sunday, March 18, 2007
in the midst of my last sem
was still slacking around in the first part of the sem. abit of consistent fyp work here and there and that's abt all.
now the craze has finally started. tut assignment due on 30 apr. and i dunno a single thing on that topic. skipping lectures becoming more common. no more sense of guilt compared to the previous sems. but well i was forced to stay back in the lib to start on this tut. manz..my concepts are hanging on its end off the cliff. i took 3 hrs to complete 2 and half easy ones. the others seem relatively easy..it's just somehow something is lacking. i cant understand it. confused. :S
fyp finally stopped. but then i think might need to add on more. haven really fulfilled my own protocol. not everything gel yet. i wonder if i've the time. else should i just cao cao liao shi? were discussing with wb abt our attitudes towards things in life at this age now is merely doing the min. can jiao cai can le. no more motivation to do the best. anyway the most dreaded moment is typing the thesis. why does everyone say type only..very easy wat..i think i prefer to generate results and analyze them. lit review alone can kill me. for the results i just simply cut and paste. all thanks to consistent work. =) but the muscles that cross the elbow, moment arms, flexion/extension, supination/pronation, the brachioradialis having how many % longer optimal fibre length than the pronator teres but how many % less moment-generating capacity...and this is just 2 muscles and 2 properties that i'm comparing here.
haiz...tingyi was asking "ur fyp got anything ME related or not ah?"
exactly! at the end of the day. i dun really care if i know all these leh. the only mechanical engineering related is only the basic concept of moment = force x moment arm is applied. the application is wrong. it's not gg to help me much in the engineering industry. not even the skills i picked up being transferable to the ME industry. zan nen desu ne. shrugs..but my fyp save me lots of trouble compared to my frens who ahve to book and wait for the equipment. everything is just on the comp. and it's something more interesting, away from the engin lab and i've got a good sup.
design 3102..one more wk left. was rushing like mad. 4 hrs every wk. last wk was 6 hrs plus. milling, filing, hammering, drilling. surfacing, paper, tere-ing x, y and z axes. addition and subtraction, pressing buttons and rotating the handle. i feel like a ship captain. coolant and aluminium T6061 shavings flying everywhere. shower cap =( well a T6 aluminium is strong but still it is Al...too weak. the shafts deformed with the last 5mm of turning. i've finished my part at least. with all the rushing. and yes u need to plan. cos changing the set up takes up most of the time. disgusting.
well there's still fun working with lh, gen and albert. and the blur blur lab helpers who dunno the difference between the lubricating oil and the coolant. one actually pushed a trolley full of pails, ready to collect more coolant. the other full blast the coolant tap to show tat there's still coolant! unless raja the pro one explained. and albert just called out "eh brooother" to the one pushing the trolley. i just cant hold my laughter. and then english, mandarin and hokkien flew back and forth between albert and the uncle and i just learnt that "linahhia" is equivalent to tmd. it's just farnie to hear all these in the workshop where usually there's only machining vibratory sounds.
not to forget attending boring lectures with tt, linda, jh, qs, nic, jj, jimmy, joo, carol. thanks to impromptu decisions of gg to watch movies like apocalypto and THE FOUNTAIN. rushing off to cineleisure and vivo after class.
all the talk on job application and grad trip. dsta and moe, australia, china, japan etc. and with last night's supper when merv ordered "one egg and one kosong" and the person actually cupped his hand, saying "egg? you want just one egg?" silence...merv just stared blankly at him..damn cute..i just burst out luffing la..where got pple order just ONE egg? nono..egg prata, i say. faints.and later when the food comes he still play with us lo..putting others' orders of mee goreng with nicely made egg on it on our table. pointing to the egg "one egg" and one prata.
thanks to all events and peeps for putting my undergrad life with a beautiful full-stop. there's one more stage of meeting datelines and exam mugging. look forward to it bah...no more next time le.
now the craze has finally started. tut assignment due on 30 apr. and i dunno a single thing on that topic. skipping lectures becoming more common. no more sense of guilt compared to the previous sems. but well i was forced to stay back in the lib to start on this tut. manz..my concepts are hanging on its end off the cliff. i took 3 hrs to complete 2 and half easy ones. the others seem relatively easy..it's just somehow something is lacking. i cant understand it. confused. :S
fyp finally stopped. but then i think might need to add on more. haven really fulfilled my own protocol. not everything gel yet. i wonder if i've the time. else should i just cao cao liao shi? were discussing with wb abt our attitudes towards things in life at this age now is merely doing the min. can jiao cai can le. no more motivation to do the best. anyway the most dreaded moment is typing the thesis. why does everyone say type only..very easy wat..i think i prefer to generate results and analyze them. lit review alone can kill me. for the results i just simply cut and paste. all thanks to consistent work. =) but the muscles that cross the elbow, moment arms, flexion/extension, supination/pronation, the brachioradialis having how many % longer optimal fibre length than the pronator teres but how many % less moment-generating capacity...and this is just 2 muscles and 2 properties that i'm comparing here.
haiz...tingyi was asking "ur fyp got anything ME related or not ah?"
exactly! at the end of the day. i dun really care if i know all these leh. the only mechanical engineering related is only the basic concept of moment = force x moment arm is applied. the application is wrong. it's not gg to help me much in the engineering industry. not even the skills i picked up being transferable to the ME industry. zan nen desu ne. shrugs..but my fyp save me lots of trouble compared to my frens who ahve to book and wait for the equipment. everything is just on the comp. and it's something more interesting, away from the engin lab and i've got a good sup.
design 3102..one more wk left. was rushing like mad. 4 hrs every wk. last wk was 6 hrs plus. milling, filing, hammering, drilling. surfacing, paper, tere-ing x, y and z axes. addition and subtraction, pressing buttons and rotating the handle. i feel like a ship captain. coolant and aluminium T6061 shavings flying everywhere. shower cap =( well a T6 aluminium is strong but still it is Al...too weak. the shafts deformed with the last 5mm of turning. i've finished my part at least. with all the rushing. and yes u need to plan. cos changing the set up takes up most of the time. disgusting.
well there's still fun working with lh, gen and albert. and the blur blur lab helpers who dunno the difference between the lubricating oil and the coolant. one actually pushed a trolley full of pails, ready to collect more coolant. the other full blast the coolant tap to show tat there's still coolant! unless raja the pro one explained. and albert just called out "eh brooother" to the one pushing the trolley. i just cant hold my laughter. and then english, mandarin and hokkien flew back and forth between albert and the uncle and i just learnt that "linahhia" is equivalent to tmd. it's just farnie to hear all these in the workshop where usually there's only machining vibratory sounds.
not to forget attending boring lectures with tt, linda, jh, qs, nic, jj, jimmy, joo, carol. thanks to impromptu decisions of gg to watch movies like apocalypto and THE FOUNTAIN. rushing off to cineleisure and vivo after class.
all the talk on job application and grad trip. dsta and moe, australia, china, japan etc. and with last night's supper when merv ordered "one egg and one kosong" and the person actually cupped his hand, saying "egg? you want just one egg?" silence...merv just stared blankly at him..damn cute..i just burst out luffing la..where got pple order just ONE egg? nono..egg prata, i say. faints.and later when the food comes he still play with us lo..putting others' orders of mee goreng with nicely made egg on it on our table. pointing to the egg "one egg" and one prata.
thanks to all events and peeps for putting my undergrad life with a beautiful full-stop. there's one more stage of meeting datelines and exam mugging. look forward to it bah...no more next time le.