Friday, June 04, 2004
31/5 - Day of check-in, 1st day of work
Silly me moved back in without bringing my cable (no internet), my comb (realised it right after bathing), my bags (those that I can wear when I go out), my milo (in the end I bought it from Orange), my cup (to drink milo) and a few other things.
Chatted with 2 of my seniors (who are also Chem majors) at Orange, and Orange was open past it's operation hours today because 2 beauties when to chat with the "stall-owner". They give me really good advice as to when to take which Chem modules and how the lecturers and level of difficulty of exams for different lecturers are. According to them, the recommended 4 modules to take this coming semester probably has 1 clashing with the rest, so it's pretty sad that I might not be able to chiong 4 CM modules when I can. Gotta think through my modules soon to decide what modules to take. Already took 11 level 1 modules, because of the cap of 13 modules, I can only take 2 more level 1 modules. I can take more than that, but they just wouldn't be counted under the requirements, which means I'm taxing myself even further. So far I've taken (for level 1 modules) 4 CM, 3 LSM, 1 ST, 1 CN, 1 SS and 1 German, and I have taken 1 level 2 German. This works out to 12 modules and 48 MCs, and I'm left with 72 MCs. I haven't even taken my GEMs yet. Let's say I take my 2 German modules to be the breadth. So SS and breadth is done. My major requirements is 64 MCs total, which means I need 24 MCs total of UEs, and I have 12 MCs now. I still have 4 MCs of faculty requirement left, and the module must be outside the groups chemical sciences, life sciences and mathematical and statistical sciences. Damn, why must math and stats be in the same group? *grrr* In that case, I'm only left with computing sciences and physical sciences. *GRRR* Saw a mess of cockroaches while sending HH to the bus stop, very scary, and HH couldn't see any of them. Must have been blind. HH says her new ambition to be a starfish. "When I grow up I want to be a starfish! (star! fish!)"
So I'm left with:
6 level 2 CM
6 level 3 CM (most likely)
2 GEM
1 faculty requirement (computing/physical sciences)
3 UE
If I'm crazy enough I can take 6 modules for 3 more semesters and graduate in 2.5 years.
I've been in a sleepy mode this whole day, after cycling almost the whole of last night. Could've cycled more and ate roti prata if not for the rain. But I was already quite tired anyway, couldn't stop yawning. I finally tried cold crab on the cycling trip, and I think it serves as a great appetizer because of it's cold nature, and the crab is pretty small. I realised that crab egg tastes great when eaten with crab meat. :) Travelling on sand takes quite a bit of effort and it hurts the butt quite a bit. It seems like high gear and low gear serve not much difference to me, because all low gear does is to make it easier to peddle, but you would have to peddle real fast for it to be effective enough. As for me, it doesn't make a difference because ultimately, I'm still slow in riding. Oddly, while riding up a certain slope, I used the lowest gear and was slower than Shihui who used the highest gear up the slope. At Bedok Reservoir Park, there's this really cool long slope that one can ride down and feel damn high after that, wanted to try it again but the slope was really long that everyone was too lazy to go back up.
Fell asleep while typing this, and found a whole lot of 's', 'c' and 'Z' when I woke up. Geez, thought there was something wrong with my laptop.
1/6 - 2nd day of work
Boss gave me 2 no. 2 drill bits yesterday just before ending work to keep in my safe hands. Haha, only I am careful enough for such a job. Woke up and prepared myself just in time for work, then realised breakfast wasn't provided. So I had to go drink some milo, and go late for work. But the rest of my team was even later than me, so I was assigned to build a model. As usual I'm quite unproductive, supposed to just build one simple structure and I spent the whole day on it, and I had 4 people helping me with it. Finally learnt how to change drill bit today, didn't learn it during Sets but at least now I know how to really use a drill. I fixed a drill by accident today! Was trying to use the drill that Boss said was unusable (but I forgot he said that), then kept trying to put the drill bit in and close the opening, but it just wouldn't close. When I gave up and put it down, something flew out of the opening. It was a small screw. Then Boss tried closing the drill bit hole and it worked, which meant I solved the problem that they had for long! I'm so proud of myself. *hee*
Just got news that HH's staying for the night, and she's bunking in with me! Woohoo! Just as I was thinking how much I missed her!
Fell asleep in front of my laptop again while waiting for HH, then woke up in shock, thinking I haven't bathed. In the end she only came at 3+, and I was awakened a few times by her ringing phone. She's amazing, she sounded like she was awake while answering the phone, and she even knew who called at what time.
2/6 - 3rd day of work
My group finished the model we were supposed to do for the designers to do the detailing. Seems like we're quite on schedule. Going to start on the actual thing tomorrow, after waiting for the designers to come up with the final measurements. May everything go smoothly and nicely! Me and a fellow engineer had vegetarian lunch today because of Vesak day.
3/6 - 4th day of work
So much tension today. A lot of people weren't around in the morning, only 3 was there, 1 of whom was in my team. We were supposed to wait for the designers to come up with the dimensions for us to build the actual thing. Since I wasn't around in the morning because I went to return some survey forms to Acorn, she hung around waiting for me and the dimensions alone. I thought they would have done something up by the time I returned, but who knows the big bosses weren't even around. So she was pretty upset about the inefficiency of it, and it only improved when Boss came and discuss with the other boss directly. So we were joking that we could double up as designers, since we gave him suggestions that were better and more easily done than his original idea. More tension later when we were about to end work, but that happened so suddenly that I didn't know what the hell was going on. Argh, it's really weird when people around you get angry and start ignoring each other. I'm almost always caught in the middle.
Went to Expo for the PC show, after Boss agreed to have a half-day. It's really huge, and very crowded. There were people giving out brochures all the way from the entrance from the lobby to the Hall itself, and I got a brochure with every step I took. Quite gross, in the end we ended up with a little stack of it. It was pretty good with my friend around, cos he could haggle for better bargains for me. There was an Apple booth there too, with an AppleCare Centre, could bring my laptop along when I go again to buy the desktop that I intend to buy. Went to the apparel sale after finishing the tour, and bought 3 pajamas pants for $10. To think that I told him I will only look at tops and not bottoms, and in the end I bought pants. Intend to give 2 of them to my sisters. Was there for a couple of hours, was starving by the time I got to Katong. Decided to take him there for laksa since I've promised to take him to the places with good food in SG. I tried a bit of the laksa soup, quite nice, quite fragrant, but because I don't usually eat laksa, I can't really make any comparison. The chicken rice there is not bad too. The last time I brought him to Tiong Bahru, he was quite disappointed (I wonder why, the food there's supposed to be good), but he was full of praise for the laksa. I don't even know if it's the best laksa stall there, it was just the only stall selling laksa left.
Just fell down while walking down the stairs. I thought there were more steps down after I reached the last step, next second I was half kneeling on the floor. I'm not hurt, just a little pain in the right leg. Eating an apple Fiona gave me now. 1.20am now, gotta sleep soon, Boss doesn't like people to be late, and I gotta come up with the actual size structure for the designers tomorrow.
Silly me moved back in without bringing my cable (no internet), my comb (realised it right after bathing), my bags (those that I can wear when I go out), my milo (in the end I bought it from Orange), my cup (to drink milo) and a few other things.
Chatted with 2 of my seniors (who are also Chem majors) at Orange, and Orange was open past it's operation hours today because 2 beauties when to chat with the "stall-owner". They give me really good advice as to when to take which Chem modules and how the lecturers and level of difficulty of exams for different lecturers are. According to them, the recommended 4 modules to take this coming semester probably has 1 clashing with the rest, so it's pretty sad that I might not be able to chiong 4 CM modules when I can. Gotta think through my modules soon to decide what modules to take. Already took 11 level 1 modules, because of the cap of 13 modules, I can only take 2 more level 1 modules. I can take more than that, but they just wouldn't be counted under the requirements, which means I'm taxing myself even further. So far I've taken (for level 1 modules) 4 CM, 3 LSM, 1 ST, 1 CN, 1 SS and 1 German, and I have taken 1 level 2 German. This works out to 12 modules and 48 MCs, and I'm left with 72 MCs. I haven't even taken my GEMs yet. Let's say I take my 2 German modules to be the breadth. So SS and breadth is done. My major requirements is 64 MCs total, which means I need 24 MCs total of UEs, and I have 12 MCs now. I still have 4 MCs of faculty requirement left, and the module must be outside the groups chemical sciences, life sciences and mathematical and statistical sciences. Damn, why must math and stats be in the same group? *grrr* In that case, I'm only left with computing sciences and physical sciences. *GRRR* Saw a mess of cockroaches while sending HH to the bus stop, very scary, and HH couldn't see any of them. Must have been blind. HH says her new ambition to be a starfish. "When I grow up I want to be a starfish! (star! fish!)"
So I'm left with:
6 level 2 CM
6 level 3 CM (most likely)
2 GEM
1 faculty requirement (computing/physical sciences)
3 UE
If I'm crazy enough I can take 6 modules for 3 more semesters and graduate in 2.5 years.
I've been in a sleepy mode this whole day, after cycling almost the whole of last night. Could've cycled more and ate roti prata if not for the rain. But I was already quite tired anyway, couldn't stop yawning. I finally tried cold crab on the cycling trip, and I think it serves as a great appetizer because of it's cold nature, and the crab is pretty small. I realised that crab egg tastes great when eaten with crab meat. :) Travelling on sand takes quite a bit of effort and it hurts the butt quite a bit. It seems like high gear and low gear serve not much difference to me, because all low gear does is to make it easier to peddle, but you would have to peddle real fast for it to be effective enough. As for me, it doesn't make a difference because ultimately, I'm still slow in riding. Oddly, while riding up a certain slope, I used the lowest gear and was slower than Shihui who used the highest gear up the slope. At Bedok Reservoir Park, there's this really cool long slope that one can ride down and feel damn high after that, wanted to try it again but the slope was really long that everyone was too lazy to go back up.
Fell asleep while typing this, and found a whole lot of 's', 'c' and 'Z' when I woke up. Geez, thought there was something wrong with my laptop.
1/6 - 2nd day of work
Boss gave me 2 no. 2 drill bits yesterday just before ending work to keep in my safe hands. Haha, only I am careful enough for such a job. Woke up and prepared myself just in time for work, then realised breakfast wasn't provided. So I had to go drink some milo, and go late for work. But the rest of my team was even later than me, so I was assigned to build a model. As usual I'm quite unproductive, supposed to just build one simple structure and I spent the whole day on it, and I had 4 people helping me with it. Finally learnt how to change drill bit today, didn't learn it during Sets but at least now I know how to really use a drill. I fixed a drill by accident today! Was trying to use the drill that Boss said was unusable (but I forgot he said that), then kept trying to put the drill bit in and close the opening, but it just wouldn't close. When I gave up and put it down, something flew out of the opening. It was a small screw. Then Boss tried closing the drill bit hole and it worked, which meant I solved the problem that they had for long! I'm so proud of myself. *hee*
Just got news that HH's staying for the night, and she's bunking in with me! Woohoo! Just as I was thinking how much I missed her!
Fell asleep in front of my laptop again while waiting for HH, then woke up in shock, thinking I haven't bathed. In the end she only came at 3+, and I was awakened a few times by her ringing phone. She's amazing, she sounded like she was awake while answering the phone, and she even knew who called at what time.
2/6 - 3rd day of work
My group finished the model we were supposed to do for the designers to do the detailing. Seems like we're quite on schedule. Going to start on the actual thing tomorrow, after waiting for the designers to come up with the final measurements. May everything go smoothly and nicely! Me and a fellow engineer had vegetarian lunch today because of Vesak day.
3/6 - 4th day of work
So much tension today. A lot of people weren't around in the morning, only 3 was there, 1 of whom was in my team. We were supposed to wait for the designers to come up with the dimensions for us to build the actual thing. Since I wasn't around in the morning because I went to return some survey forms to Acorn, she hung around waiting for me and the dimensions alone. I thought they would have done something up by the time I returned, but who knows the big bosses weren't even around. So she was pretty upset about the inefficiency of it, and it only improved when Boss came and discuss with the other boss directly. So we were joking that we could double up as designers, since we gave him suggestions that were better and more easily done than his original idea. More tension later when we were about to end work, but that happened so suddenly that I didn't know what the hell was going on. Argh, it's really weird when people around you get angry and start ignoring each other. I'm almost always caught in the middle.
Went to Expo for the PC show, after Boss agreed to have a half-day. It's really huge, and very crowded. There were people giving out brochures all the way from the entrance from the lobby to the Hall itself, and I got a brochure with every step I took. Quite gross, in the end we ended up with a little stack of it. It was pretty good with my friend around, cos he could haggle for better bargains for me. There was an Apple booth there too, with an AppleCare Centre, could bring my laptop along when I go again to buy the desktop that I intend to buy. Went to the apparel sale after finishing the tour, and bought 3 pajamas pants for $10. To think that I told him I will only look at tops and not bottoms, and in the end I bought pants. Intend to give 2 of them to my sisters. Was there for a couple of hours, was starving by the time I got to Katong. Decided to take him there for laksa since I've promised to take him to the places with good food in SG. I tried a bit of the laksa soup, quite nice, quite fragrant, but because I don't usually eat laksa, I can't really make any comparison. The chicken rice there is not bad too. The last time I brought him to Tiong Bahru, he was quite disappointed (I wonder why, the food there's supposed to be good), but he was full of praise for the laksa. I don't even know if it's the best laksa stall there, it was just the only stall selling laksa left.
Just fell down while walking down the stairs. I thought there were more steps down after I reached the last step, next second I was half kneeling on the floor. I'm not hurt, just a little pain in the right leg. Eating an apple Fiona gave me now. 1.20am now, gotta sleep soon, Boss doesn't like people to be late, and I gotta come up with the actual size structure for the designers tomorrow.
