Thursday, November 15, 2007

Busy Busy Months: Birthdays & Projects

Boy, has it been a busy time since I last updated, phew! *wipes sweat*. October is definitely the month with the most birthdays for me. If I had to celebrate every1's bday, I'd be dead broke by now. The birthdays extended all the way into November, and there's still 1 more important one to go. My hunny CY's one of coz..ahaha...So yeah, here's a birthday shoutout to all those October and November babies:

10th Oct: Dominic
11th Oct: Ehren
12th Oct: Cindy & Ngee Kheng
17th Oct: Alex Tho & Chestine
18th Oct: Cousin Samuel *muakz*
25th Oct: Stephen Apek
26th Oct: Sze Yaw
27th Oct: Mike FV ;)
28th Oct: Gary Koko
2nd Nov: Capt Henry
6th Nov: my ass of a bro who's now all grown up n too handsome for his own good
9th Nov: Mika Kuan
11th Nov: Chyi Yeou the Lao Da
18th Nov: CY my Hunny ;)

Group pic of us at Tomóe, with 3 bday babies

*phew* long list huh? Anyway, in addition to all the bdays, was busy rushing and finishing up FYP and various lab reports for the different subjects. Today was the FINAL presentation and demonstration of the project. It went ok, except that I got a lot of hardware questions that I couldn't fully answer :(. Anyway, the video of how the project works is as below. We've been staying in the lab for the last few weeks, basically kicking ourselves for leaving things to the last minute as usual. What can I say, that's just the way we are..procrastinators and last minute ppl. Heck, this sem is really packed too...we're guinea pigs taking 2 new subjects with extremely heavy workloads. There are just SOOOO many labs, and a lot of them take awhile to understand...

But seriously, I'm really thankful to have so many smart n helpful ppl around me to save my part of the FYP -_-....if not for them i probably won't have a successful project. So here's my extreme thanks and gratitude to my saviours:

-Capt Henry for the initial design of the model, n his SolidWorks
-Sheng Hock for building the model
-Hudy for the circuit and the extra hardware stuff
-Dr. Chua for the circuit



Aaaah..I'm sorry I'm so stupid in hardware..i'm seriously seriously not cut out for engineering..I only enjoy eng mgmt laaa...like today..tho i was pretty tired n lazy..i still felt hyped up when Chiet them asked me to help write their recommendations n conclusion for the mgmt 2 assignment tho I had no idea bout their chosen company. See? Ppl keep saying that I can write reports well coz my English is good n etc. Yeah, I do enjoy writing, reading and analyzing something and explaining it. But I know my writing can only get me so far coz I'm not really very creative and I can't force things out. I usually procrastinate till the last minute n really squeeze things out. My best written pieces are when this really great idea strikes me and I get all motivated to write it. Unfortunately, I always lose steam, especially if it's a long process..so never get to the end. All those incomplete stories etc are still in my head..and every once in awhile..they kinda play out in my mind like a movie. Lol.

Doing this FYP really made me think how long I would actually work in the engineering field. I'd probably give it a shot, but seriously, if I had a good job offer from the business field, like event mgmt, or as a sales engineer, heck yeah, i'd definitely jump at the chance! Most ppl i know say that I'm more like a business student rather than an engineering one. Or even an English teacher. haha! But yeah, I'd definitely enjoy being in the event mgmt field, so let's see how things go.

U know that feeling, when ur really really busy with work, sch stuff, you tend to want to go play n have fun even more? Yeah, I'm really thinking bout it now. Like tonite, I'm supposed to start on my DSP project which is due on Tuesday, but coz we just got done with FYP, there's just that feeling of relief and wanting to destress awhile. Shit. Anyway, right now, I miss clubbing, karaoke, movies and bowling. See how lo.....but I also miss photography, whether of scenery or 'models'. I've seen some pics of my koko who's a part time model and I'm like, damm, I need a real model like him. No offense Mike n Henry, but yea, you guys complain about ur tummies...so....I would think a male or girl model with a fit body against a sunset, or something would be really cool. I'd like to try the feeling of directing/photographing a more pro type of shoot. Heheh....but it'd be kinda hard lo...no time, n i dont really have any ideas at the moment. Mayb after exams, it'll be fun to see if I could do it. And if I could find a model! Hahah..any suggestions? And I wanna go travelling! KL, Perth, US, the Caribbean, Europe...aiyooo

Anyway, bsides that, I've also started watching some tv series to destress. 9pm 100% Entertainment on Channel 301 with Xiao Zhu and Xiao Gui. I like Xiao Zhu while CY likes Xiao Gui. Each to her own type ma...I like the naughtier, tall, with a mischievous grin but filial type of guy while CY likes tall, fair and good boys. Hehehe.....see no touch laaa...Then it's 10pm, "I Can't Accept Corruption" on Channel 314 with Louis Koo. It's an old TVB series but yeah, Louis Koo. Hehee.....then 11pm, "Miami Ink" on Channel 707 with Ami James! Technically I won't like guys with so many tattoos, but he's just sooo charming and has this sarcastic/independent/straight attitude and this disarming grin. And I never liked bald guys but yeah, Ami's sexayyyy..ahaha..;) See, I like all the bad boy types...cham...

Show Luo Zhi Xiang (Xiao Zhu)

Louis Koo Tin Lok

Ami James of Miami Ink *smoulder*

So next week, exams start and I'm not sure when I can next update....finish exams on the 29th but have embedded project due on 7th but heck on the 29th I bet we'd all go party!! so after 7th Dec, I'd be totally totally free......hmm....strange...5 yrs seem to pass by so fast..but I'll get to that once I experience the freedom