Exams..woohoo

4 papers down last one to go. Construction Technology on Monday. hahaha freedom awaits....but then again....one week after exams ends is time for internship...was looking forward to it during sch time but now...just wanna slack....

Cost estimation paper today was seriously "chui" la....no other word to describe it....lol...first of all, the 1st question on Aprox Estimating was totally what i didnt expect! Read the question then read it thrice more! couldnt believe she was giving away marks likt that! I continued the question....ohhh then i realised why it's worth 30marks...ALL of it....there was simply too much stuff to write! draw 2 tables! During exams?! M-A-D-N-E-S-S

Then the essay questions...ok larh they were not so difficult but as i was answering them...i felt like i was doing another module...maybe like....Scope? Sustainability? no idea...then theres the element of not enough time! argh...i spent 45mins answering a 50marks question...Quality= ZERO....this reminds me of what xuemei said," Wahhh i heard many pple..no actually i heard A say 'this exams no time to finish all my papers!'..wah when i heard that, i was consoled enough le....muahahaha YES"

LOL stupid Xuemei...his "finish" maybe is no time to thoroughly check through his answers le? or no time start with a intro and a conclusion leh? hahaha....hilarious man...

Mouldy Blog

Indeed there's mould to be found on this blog....the blog is green! haha...well reason being for such a long lapse in updating is because exams are nearing and this time all our papers are packed back to back. Furthermore...project deadlines near the exam week doesnt help at all.

I just finished the last project today and that's Research Mtds. This project takes up only 10% of the final marks but yet the effort put in doesnt justify the puny marks given. yucckks...
Dunno why but this project however seems to take it's toll on me. Just doing my part took me an entire day just to crack my head to craft out the research methodology for the research project. think the problem was caused by poor crafting of the initial TQAO and also not much discussion on how exactly i should go about in writing a reaseach methodology. First time somemore.

Wow. I typed so much. AMAZING. I hope i feel sane enough to come up for air as we ALL dive in DEEP into the sea of books and notes...

ALL THE BEST FOR THE EXAMS!! :)

Kitchen Fire

Watched this via an email. Just wanna share with y'all.

This is a video showing how to put out a kitchen fire- SAFELY...

Oil floats on water so never NEVER throw water on a stove fire!

April Fool?

Cant believe that i was fooled by Carol today. Of all day, on April Fool's Day....haha but she was also very cute la...going around "fooling" other pple and claiming that she was nice coz she was giving us a forewarning before anybody else gives us a bigger "fool". But honestly throughout the whole day, it was only Carol who played the April Fool joke on me. :)

Went to Vivocity today with Grace. It has been a long long time since the both of us went out and enjoy ourselves without "study" on our agenda...Looks like we had more time to go out when i was in army lorh..Blame the stupid projects, assignments and the dumb-ass CAP system. :S

We caught a movie called "The Bucket List". Skipped dinner coz no time and smuggled in Old Chang Kee, Korea street snacks and more fried stuff lol. MAde a lot of noise crunching on the fried food and rustling the plastic bags haha. think our neighbours were cursing at us under their breaths... YES the movie. It was a great emo show. Played out by JAck Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. Great actors by the way. Basically it's about 2 guys who were about to die in a year's time coz of cancer and they decided to write a list of the many things they want to do before....yes, before they kick the bucket. Sounds very cliche and used theme but the story is really touching. Especially at the part where Jack Nicholson spoke at Morgan's eulogy and told everyone that he loved the man and said he would missed him. It was just pure unadulterated guy-guy love that few men will dare to confess to nowadays la....for fear of being stereotyped to being gay and all...Show was not all sad and mushy though. Jack Nicholson's crazy nature added humour here and there throughout the show..all in all im glad i watched this instead of some fantasy One Empress and the Warriors show. hahaha...

After that we walked ard at Vivo to get presents for David Mak and i after much thought, i bought him a lime green mug from Tangs and a whiteboard calender from some lifestyle shop! This was all for SM appreciation day when the disciples gather and give thanks to the SM's that poured in so much energy and strength to developing us. hehe. Well let's just say i have much to give thanks for. =)

woohoo!

quick post:

really really glad that Construction Tech project is over. it was quite a huge pile of workload to clear. and of course, no more Hoola to "manage". haha.

Had Cost Estimation tutorial today and had to present a question with Joyce. My grpmate was quite happy with our performance coz "the tutor never ask us questions right??" haha...but it was good la. think i starting to get the hang of presentations as i do more of them. haha everyone is like a challenge for me to overcome and when i do well, the satisfaction is hard to be substituted with anything else.

Went to Xiaoqian EMERGE with Ernest and Lynn and Joyce. Frankly, it has been long i had such a nice dinner. Good food, good company, good place (though it was a hawker centre but hey who say must spend alot of money for ambience!) i had a really good time catching up and relaxing. =)
Check out the indian rojak:

Ernest gorging himself:Lynn & Ernest:


Train-shot...bunch of ku-kus who nv take NEL before:
ID please:

Xiaoqian's EMERGE concert. WHAT A BLAST. Everyone was high and enjoying themselves but coz i didnt know many pple there and also partly due to the fact that im not a fan of chinese music, i was kinda bored. AND my dumb camera was not working properly. keep saying full memory when i clearly didnt take many photos! argh...bored, frustrated and tired, i headed home..we ALL headed home in fact. (me, joyce, ernest and lynn, xuemei, diva, tsz ching) OH YES...i actually forgot about mentioning xiaoqian. She was excellent. her song item was energetic and i think she was kinda brave to sing and dance in front of such a huge audience! well done xqq...and yes...those curls....suit her well i must say but...but...i can NEVER understand girls who rebond their hair and then curl them afterwards....

Star of the night:

Check that out--> Black-white-black-white...haha

Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf

At Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf now...at 2140, at Bishan Junction 8, on a Sunday doing work....sounds sad eh? Haha but not exactly...kinda enjoy the fact that i am able to do work at such a crowded commerical place without being chased out by the staff. :) Armed with a cup of Black Forest ice-blended drink and internet AND power socket...i could stay here forever man. haha...the only discomfort is that it's freezing cold in here! arghh...cold to the point of shivering! reminds me of SDE's IRC....which doesnt stands for "Information Resource Centre" anymore but, "It's Really Cold"! hahaha.. ok lame lame...

This weekend has been really good, mainly due to a public hoilday on friday. On Thursday night, went to church for service. Though it was very far plus it was super late plus i was tired, i didnt regret going for service. :) Was strongly reminded of Jesus's sacrifice for all of us.

On Friday went to Starbucks at One Fullerton with Grace to do work, despite of my plans of resting at home. Went home and received news that HELLO, my brother was suddenly leaving for Australia the next day! That ass....he didnt even bother informing his own brother la...He somemore leaving at 7am on Sat morning. I was too tired, didnt bother sending him. Sleep more impt wahahaha....

Sat, managed to catch up on some rest time. Not much work done but shiok la. At night went to Xqq's grandfather's wake. Went there instead of consoling xqq, i ended up asking her alot of questions on the Buddhist practices and "customs"...found out from her that Xiaoqian and the rest of her family are not going to wear anything nice for the next 3 years...YES! 3 YEARS....i clarified twice and thrice and yes it's really 3 years cannot wear pink clothes, red...or any bright colours...now why would anyone wanna do that to themselves??! hmm..xqq would say: "aiyah, my mother say one mah..nebermind la..."

Looking at the week ahead...i'm going to brace myself for the flood of projects, presentation...blahblah bloobloohhh.......

Happiest Man in Singapore

Site Visit number 2 this SEM! Wow we are really fortunate to go for so many site visits this semester and every one has been really enriching! The first one was at MRT Circle Line (at NUH) and today's was at Queenstown RC. It was a project done by Surbana and is a HDB residential estate. Standing at a proposed height of 40-stories, it was really a sight to stand at the foot of the block looking at the almost-completed apartments. (see pic)

One of the HDB block at Queenstown RC. Look at the gigantic tower crane. Check out the HUGE tie-members connecting the crane to the super-structure. COOLIOZZzzzz

Prior to the site visit, we visited the HQ of Surbana. A consultant company that provides construction advice and blahblahblah..(cant really rmb lol) Basically they provide consultant Project Managers la...the whole interaction was very good as we good get a REAL feel of how it was like to work as a PM in the construction industry. And as i was talking to weichen, it is really a breath of fresh air to see and touch the real stuff rather than sitting behind our comps and textbooks and visualizing the construction process..the machines...and WC said that she cant imagine those professors in our school who spend much time doing research behind their comps, in their little office space..haha i agree but maybe they also bored of dealing with construction projects day-in day-out...think we too kan chiong also la..haha



Anyway i was on the way home after Life Meeting in school (crusade stuff), and was watching news on the bus when i heard a news about some research company that is going to look for Singapore's Happiest person. Can u believe it?? How to quantify happy? and why would anybody want to do that? Ohh..actually as i listened further (to the news), the company stated that in Spore, 9 out of 10 pple were stressed out. 9 out of 10!! wow...that means if u pick 10 pple out of a crowd, only one of them can say they are happy with their life. The rest: too stressed out to stop and think if they are happy.



That got me thinking. Am i happy? Or am i just living day by day, taking things as they come...rushing projects, studying, going for lecture...without actually taking in what exactly am i doing. Or rather, why am i doing all this? Sometimes, i complain that there's so much work and not enough rest and wished that i can fast-forward uni life and get on to working. But will i really be happy when i start working? with all the various projects on hand i need to handle, with all the much heavier responsibilities that i need to bear, will i not complain and be stressed out too?

I think the answer lies simply in learning how to enjoy what i am doing now, in what we are doing now. Find joy in doing projects. Find joy in working with pple that you dun really clique with. Find joy and pleasure in the comfort of researching for random topics online. Find joy in reading textbooks. Find joy in learning more. Find joy in being a student. haha..only as a student can we have ridiculous amount of time to research on a topic, to take our time to read up on sth we are interested in.. So i say to all those who are reading this now: ENJOY THE PROCESS! dont be so caught up in rushing for projects, in getting that A+ or THAT grade that will pull up ur cap. Coz at the end of the 4yrs in Uni, when u start work, you want to have good memories to remiscence on, to smile and say to urself, "yeah, i had a great time in uni!" Anyways, for most of us, this is the last time we are going to be a full-time student. =)



So, ask urself, "Are you enjoying the process?"