Wednesday, September 30, 2009
"Children grow up when they start asking questions that have answers to them."For the time being, Happy Children's Day~ =)
Waa super sian~ my original post didnt get save coz i got logged out of my account! grrr technology really is the bane of my existence sometimes. can really feel the inconveniences it brings nowadays too coz sending out an email blast to the student population can be so troublesome la! Have to consider so much formatting and browser compatibility issues to ensure that the mail looks decent enough to be sent out. Wish i could jus convert everyone's default browser to IE to make my life easier -.-
Anyway! Shall do a chop-chop summary of what has happenened lately. Cleaned the clubroom and exterminated every inch of bacteria in there, although i think they're slowly creeping back again. Attended a great appreciation dinner and wore a great suit and tie courtesy of jq who very kindly lent it to me! Almost lost my camera after the event but a super super kind taxi uncle returned it back to me after i made a lost report to all the taxi companies in singapore coz i couldnt remember which cab i took @_@. Desperately trying to motivate myself to work hard for my projects (fyp, specialisation mod, fna, reporting stats) although inertia is super high! But focusing more on my upcoming midterm this friday which i hope i wun buang!
WHEW~ Zzzz time waits for no matt indeed~ X_X back to revision! wish me luck everyone! =D
Oh ya! Suddenly remembered that during the dinner (i sat beside prof christopher yap and prof chew "little martian"!), prof yap mentioned to me about pursuing grad studies abroad~ Man the thought of that really sounds very appealing lar. been home-bound for too long le~ should really get out of singapore for a while and immerse myself into some foreign culture! waaa shall really give this some thought...AFTER my mid-terms!!!! =P
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Whoa I miss my room so much~ Finally back home and isolated in the comfort of my small little bedroom with the air-conditoner switched on and a blanket wrapped around me to keep me nice and snug. Lol the last week was a super hectic week lar, going to school daily and staying back till late at night to get my work done and settle club admin stuffs. And the week ended with our 32nd MC retreat which was hosted by the 31st MC. The 31st really did a very good job, ensuring that we were kept well fed with pizzas and icecream (of which I proudly abstained from consuming!) along with meaningful activities to keep our brain juices working. Good job guys! I think the 32nd learnt a lot from this short retreat, allowing us to get to know each other better too. Pity we couldn't have full strength the whole time but I guess that's the way things are since we all have our own personal commitments outside =)
Sometimes I really still think I'm crazy to re-join the club in my final year. Everyone is focusing on their fyps and last few modules and yet here I am adding more commitments to my already heavy schedule. Giving tuition 3 times a week is really setting its toil on me too but I can't drop it now since my student will be having his exams soon. Everyone probably thinks I'm crazy too~ But man...I guess I'm really a sentimental person at heart. Most of my uni life was spent in the club and there're so much feelings attached to it which mean a lot to me. And ya...that's why it was so hard for me to refuse when I was asked if I wanted to come back one more time to help the club. But yet, when I approached other friends of mine to run for the club, it was so hard to convince them to come back and help. Man...are the people around me too pragmatic? Or am I the crazy one? I used to always think that being rationale and logical was the best way to approach most matters coz emotions tend to blind us from bigger issues. But now I realise that if we devoid ourselves of such emotions, we can't attach ourselves to the things around us~
Are the people around me too practical or am I being overly-emotional? Hmmm...I'm not too sure about this either~ I guess all that matters now is that I'm happy with this crazy choice I made. No more regrets and stop calling me crazy. Just give me encouragement and strength to persevere on for the club one last time~ =)
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Lol! Part 1 of internal elections jus ended~ I haven't gotten to speak yet though but I'll be the first to go later at 830am! Man hope I don't screw up my presentation. Being away from the club for the past year has really affected my public speaking abilities and the words don't come as naturally to me as they used to~ Lol so ya even thought this is my THIRD internal elections, I'm still gettign the jitters! Ah well..hope I put up a good presentation tmr nevertheless!
The 30th came down today! Ryan, Siewmun, Peal, Yman and Edison took time off to observe the proceedings. Man its always so nice to see those familiar faces again~ Their support really means the world to me lar~ So ya...Thanks for coming down today guys! Really sorry I couldn't present today for you to "shoot" me down with your questions! =P
Can't write much tonite coz i have to reach school by 8am! Ahhhh cannot be late ah matthew! PUNCTUALITY is VITAL!!!!! X_X
Thursday, September 3, 2009
My FYP desktop hard disk has been SAVED!! All my data in it has been recovered!!! AHHH there REALLY can be miracles! Just when i was about to lose hope and redo everything again, yikun mentioned to me that his senior who is now working at DSI might be able to help me retrieve the data. I really didn't have much high hopes then coz I had sent the hard disk to IT Coop (the SUPPOSEDLY IT specialists in NUS) to analyse it earlier and was told the files inside were too corrupted to be retrieved. They actually said that the hard disk was too severely damaged and referred me to a data recovery centre at Science Park who would have the necessary software to help me. Feeling extremely despondent by then, I decided to try my luck and was told by the people there that it was cause me a fricking $1000 to retrieve my data coz the hard disk was very old and extra effort was required to find the ancient parts. What the hell?!?! I was completely crestfallen by then and decided, with an extremely heavy heart, to redo my results so that I could avoid such expenses. So yes, I really was quite doubtful that anyone could recover my data anymore. Still, I passed the hard disk to yikun who handed it over to his senior on Monday. And goodness me, on Tuesday evening after my tuition, yikun gave me a call and told me, to my greatest elation, that his senior had recovered my data!!! I anxiously arranged to meet up with him and his senior Luke the next day and when all the recovered files was transferred to my computer, I realised that every single bit of my data had materialised back in front of my eyes again!!! AHHH thank you so much Luke! You helped me even though you didn't know who i was and i'm really really appreciative of that! Thank you so much yikun! You went around asking for help when you found out about my problem and helped me resolve it! Thanks so much! =D
Man this was a real close one for me...losing all that data meant redoing almost 3months of work which would have cost me much precious time indeed. Now everything is back on track already! I'm really so grateful to everyone who tried to help me one way or another, especially to yikun and luke for being my beacons of hope!!! Seriously lost faith in our NUS IT coop for their incompetency in not being able to help me with this issue. They provided me with misleading information and nearly made me burn a big hole in my pocket by recommending me that data recovery centre. Goodness me...and all those people in my lab were completely useless in providing any assistance to me at all too (with exception to my supervisor who patiently helped me reinstall everything back on the new computer) and only kept emphasizing to me that any costs borne cannot be reimbursed by NUS. Really piece of shit la they all...such people make me feel so disgusted sometimes... Its good to know that there're still a bunch of good samaritans out there to remind me that not everyone is that selfish and unkind~
And now...fyp re-commences!! Jiayou everyone! =D
P.S: yes i've bought a new thumbdrive and backed up my data to it alrdy~ lol everyone PLEASE REMEMBER TO CONSTANTLY BACK UP UR DATA!!! Computers are temperamental creatures~
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Another rainy day T_T...oh man its so hard to travel around when the weather is so uncooperative~
Submitted my nomination form for engin club today. Lol I guess its no turning back from now onwards. Seems like there's quite a lot of people running this year, with a majority of the candidates being freshies. Seems like 32nd is going to be a veryyyy interesting year indeed~
Ended the day off by meeting Ethan and Yipei at WalaWala~ Lol its been so long since I last saw yipei and she's looking real good~! Lol I guess its really true what people say about girls becoming prettier when they're in love. =) Anyway the music at Wala was awesome today! I arrived after happy hour, so I only caught one song from Kewei~ But man, she really sounds good live. Really dun understand why she didnt make it through to the next round of PK on xing guang =( Well, although I didnt catch much of her singing, the next band that came up (i couldnt catch their name unfortunately) was just awesome la! Loved their song line up and natural stage presence. And the crowd today was crazy too! Responding enthusiastically to the lead's calls and singing together with him. Gee, never would have thought that Wala on a tuesday would be this fun =D
Lol chilling out with frens is a really nice feeling~ Helps me take my mind off stuffs. Sometimes my mind still wanders about the place and thinks about past issues that I shouldn't be thinking about...Hahaha the heart is such a sentimental object~~
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