Turning 19 in 9hours 35minutes time. Haiz. This week's been so hectic that I kept forgetting it's my birthday. And I'm quite glad that I got my license before I turned 19. Haha. Haiz. Stepping into the last teen years. More responsibility coming up. Stress...
Wonder this year how many people will remember my birthday. Since young, I've always hated my birth date. It always clashed with major exams. P6, it was the first day of my English paper. Sec4, it was the first day of my Higher Mother Tongue paper. J2, it was 4days before the start of my A's. See, shuay right? But it's ok. The thing sad about my birthday is that people forget about it!! No present, no celebration is ok. A sms wish is enough to let me know that there are people who remember and care about me. But sadly, no... But I'm sort of used to it already. Last year, only 3 people wished me-Chen,Xin and Nic. Sad right? So surprised. Everytime it's somebody's birthday I'll always be involved in helping with the planning, buying of present. But when it comes to my birthday, nobody seems to remember...
Sometimes it's so hurting that I wished I don't remember my birthday. Haiz. Ok, shouldn't say such depressing stuff hours before my birthday.
Getting alot of giddy spells today. I guessed overstressed myself. But can't afford to rest. I still got tons of work to do. And I actually wanted to go play ball later. It was planned to play yesterday. But it rained real heavily throughout the day. The weather seems nice today, so maybe I'll go play later on!
Anyway, since I've started to earn a little money to support my allowance, I've decided to set this thing of buying a present for myself every year. Maybe to pamper myself. Was thinking either a Crumpler bag or iTouch. But crumpler's design this year is not really nice. Hmm.. I wanted to buy iTouch after my exams to sort of encouraged myself for having done so well. Eh..though now it's not confirmed yet la! Haha~
Got back my history essay on thursday. rather ok, a B-. Means it's 3.5 Cap. So I've got to maintain it. Don't mind getting a 3.5. Just hope that i don't screw up my other modules. And ST can really help to push up my results. Hee~
Ok, shan't talk too much. Rushing work! Ciao~
2:25 PM
Friday, October 16, 2009
Entering university made me grown up alot. Sort of like the environment forces me to think and act maturely. And I've also learnt alot of things-though these things I've learnt in the past but I now got a better understanding and feel of what they actually meant.
One such lesson is that of independency. Although you'll have friends studying and helping you with all the modules and stuff, but when it all boils down to tests and exams, it is still up to you. No one will bother. Perhaps strangers will even be happy to see that you've not done well cause it'll meant that they'll have a higher chance of getting A. And whether you attend lesson, do your work is also all up to you. You don't want to do, you don't want attend, it's up to you. You can even choose not to go school for one whole week! The Professor will not call your parents or demand an MC from you.
Ok, suddenly out of topic. Have tons to say, but it's so damn hard to put them all down into words. Now, I'm studying at home. Initially planned to go library to study, but sort of overslept so stay at home, created a super quiet studying environment at my dad's room to study. Tons of things to do.
This week is a real stressful week. I don't know why. And I've gotten very little things done over the past 4days. Though I've been sleeping very little, but I really don't know what I've been doing that I've gotten so little things done. Haiz...
LiRong counted down number of days to our final semester exam. Including today, it's 38days. We got 3more weeks of lesson. Fast eh? I really wonder how they're going to finish teaching in 3weeks, but I guessed that's possible. And we only got 1week study break like the other time. And this time round it's not cramming 6weeks of studies into one week, it's cramming 13weeks!
I'm so so damn screwed. Ok, shall stop here. Hope I'll have time to blog soon!
11:55 AM
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Ciaossu! Went to starbucks today at 11am to do my work. Surprisingly, what turns to be a quiet starbucks at this point in time is super crowded today. Wasn't able to get my sofa seat. Looked through my ST1131 textbook chapter 8 and also did my tutorial7. After which did my HY tutorial. I was like OH NO! Cause I printed tutorial2 reading3! Haiz. By then it as already 3.30pm. Not much mood left to do my work. Plus I also need to buy new highlighter since my yellow highlighter is low in ink already.
Went to popular and bought the nice blue highlighter and also a pink one. Plus a post-it pad. After that, bough ya-kun toast and also a bubble-tea before I went home. As I though I didn't print my HY tutorial 3 reading 1, went to the webpage to check. So actually reading 1 and 2 are together! What a muddle-head I am! LOL~
And I discovered that all my modules posted alot of materials today, including the second lecture of the week! And I though I've completed all my e-lectures yesterday already! Damn! And it's not only one module, but3whole modules-HY,ST and GEK! No wonder I wasn't able to do my ST tutorial last 2 questions. And MA also posted the new assignment 3 online already! Looks like all my planning failed. I was definitely not expecting this!
After printing out all the notes, I rearrange the things that I'm going to do. Haiz. Sian. Might have to chiong alot of things. By then, it was almost 7pm. I packed my stuff and went down to play ball.
Phew, I think I'm real shag. Nearly died and my whole body was so damn cold! I keep getting goosebumps all over my body at the end. By the time I got home, I was so damn tired. But still got to hang on! I need to complete the GEK mini project by today! Or at least draft up the rough idea. Already finished the research. Just need to plan the decoration and design.
Just searched my 八宝箱 and discovered I got the breast cancer badge! Yea! This means I can pin it on my brochure. Make an impression you see.
Ok, now very tired le. I think I'm going to sleep soon too. Tomorrow still meeting Chen for lunch and to cut hair. It's time I get a haircut. So messy!
1:43 AM
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Have no school today. This week is E-learning week, so basically I only have school on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thus, I have 2 long weekends. My first long weekend ended already, which is last Friday to Monday, no school. My last long weekend start today, which will be the day that I pia for my work. I've already planned out the things that I need to complete for yesterday, today and tomorrow. Yesterday was a failure as I only managed to complete 2out of 4 tasks that I need to do. One reason was because I hanged out in the Central Library for 2hours after my lesson yesterday to read up on my HY materials. Another was I was really really worn out after school yesterday. Recently got tired real easily. I was not able to wake up early even if I've set my alarm. Say today, I woke up at 8plus to go toilet and went back to sleep till 1030! And yesterday I fell asleep on the sofa again. It's been a long time since I was so exhausted that I didn't even have the energy to walk or even crawl back onto my bed to sleep. So I didn't have a good sleep last night.
But today was quite fulfilling a I managed to clear most of my tasks. I'm left with one research thing to do for my GEK1527 mini project. As most of my tasks today involved using my laptop, I left home for starbucks at 11am and found a nice spot to begin my chionging of my webcast lectures, since it is E-learning week today. However, the electricity at starbucks was cut off! It's only available from 11pm-10am. I was like WTH! Ok, I understand that perhaps the energy consumption is too high since most people come here and use their electricity without buying drinks or most of them, like me, just bought one drink and camp here through most of the day. But isn't it abit too niao to not allow people who want to use laptops here? It's sort of like restricting us to 2hours of laptop usage here and off you go! Zzz. And I even bought a Venti Frappuchino Caramel drink! Damn. Should have bought a Grande if I knew that I wasn't going to stay here for so long.
Anyway, I noticed alot of university students here today. When I reached, there was this couple, which I assumed from their conversation, to be university year 4 students since they were talking about thesis. But suddenly, the girl cried! So shocked! Ok, I didn't really noticed what happen, I'm not so KP ok?...
Then, there was another 2 girls, from one of their jacket, it showed Biological Sciences. So I guessed they're from NTU biological science students. If I've chosen Bio Sci, they would have been my seniors or even friends! After which, I left starbucks, feeling kind of cheated. Since I needed my laptop to view online lectures, and my laptop is running low on electricity, I have got no choice but to go home and continue with my work. Damn damn angry! Not going to buy their drinks the next time I patronise their shop! Just going to sit there and camp there throughout the day!! Childish? Nope. It is protest! LOL~
Managed to finish all the lectures today by 6pm. I've viewed a total of 3lectures-MA1102R,ST1131 and GEK1527. Plus an online assessment practice for my GEK and also my CZ exercises and reading through of the textbook which were supposed to be done yesterday but I fell asleep =
Brother bought an Apple iPod nano today for $228. It's real small and slim. Light blue. But I was wondering why he didn't buy an iTouch. He said he preferred something small and light. But I bet to differ. What's wrong with iTouch being big? And gen2 is so much slimmer! It's the trend nowadays. Wherever I go is iTouch, iTouch, iTouch. And it got wireless somemore! Quite convenient. Now I'm even more determined to get my iTouch! $309.
This is an image from Apple Store webpage of how the iPod nano my bro bought looks like. It's real small and slim. Jus palm size, or even smaller. Thickness about 6mm. Oh and did I mention that it can take video? Cool eh? Oh, and when I asked Bro why did he bought it he said his Zen spoilt already! I was like WHAT?! Mine's still working finely! Bro never take good care of his things. Haiz. His Zen is full of scratches and now it's spoilt! And if I remembered correctly, his Zen was bought just a few weeks before mine. My Zen was sponsored by Bro as my 17th birthday present. So basically his Zen didn't last more than 2years. Sad huh.
My dream iTouch, 8GB, which is more than enough storage size. 8.5mm, only about 2mm thicker than my Bro's iPod nano, 110mm in length, about 2cm longer than iPod nano, 86mm, 3cm loner than iPod nano, battery power for audio is 30hours, 6hours longer than iPod nano and most importantly, it is more environmental friendly according to the websire http://www.apple.com/sg/ipodtouch/specs.html! My current Zen is only 4GB which is already large enough for me to put my favourite songs in and a movie. Don't wish to store all the songs in my computer in, since songs I don't like I'll tend to skip them while listening. So it's just a waste of time and energy. LOL!
Anyway, determined to get it latest by end of this year!
Wonder how long I need to save to buy it. Haiz. But should be okay, since for this week, I've managed to reduce my spending to $180 for 3weeks. So I'm proud to say my spendings for 3weeks are only around $80, taking away the spending for driving license and transport fee, not to mention this month, I bought a shirt for $10. Next week, I'm left with only $20 bucks to spend, which should be more than enough. I'll just buy a drink, no more fruit juice since fruit juice is more expensive than milk tea or other cup drinks, plus a meal in school, no more snacks since they are not really filling and price is approximately the same as that of a meal. So, $3 a day is my max. Then, $10 is in case I need to top up for my ez-link bus-fare. So, next Sunday, I'll get my pay for tuition and I'll have reduced my spending to that of spending only my tuition fee, without touching my bank allowance at all! Which means, I've successfully reduced spending and save up money in a sense! And it'll also means that I'll be able to save up enough for an overseas attachment!
Okay, enough excitement about that. Now, I'm going to do research for the mini project which is due next Tuesday! Ok, kind of last minute, but I got time this week. Arranged for today and tomorrow to complete. And since I squeezed most of my work in this 3days, my Saturday and Sunday are sort of 'filter' days in case those work that I didn't manage to complete, I'll complete them on this 2 days. If I've completed, I'll do some more practice exercises. Not much time left. This is week 8, and 5more weeks to recess week, after which is the end year examination. Didn't do really well for my MA test(though is an A, but a very low one and barely made it kind =( ), so time to buck up for my end year and also to use my other modules to pull up my grade that is definitely going to get drag down by MA and maybe HY(since I have yet to get back my essay and test result. But sort of know and sense that it'll not be very well done either).
I've also noticed that if not for my mental block during test day, alot of the questions are doable! I've made a number of careless mistakes and I guessed not having taken a Maths exam for nearly 9months, it's inevitable that I'll feel nervous and hence not able to find links between the questions asked and the theorems that I've learnt. Guess I'll need more practice then. Anyway, I'm going to continue with my work now! So ciao!
10:07 PM
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Ok,after my tests on Tuesday, I've been slacking since Wednesday until Friday when I started to do my MA1102R tutorial6. After which, went to watch Accident with Chen. It was nice you know. I think it's quite interesting since the movie is rather related to what I'm going to major in-Statistics and Applied Probability. I think alot of people was like >.< Take the movie Accident for example. In the movie, there was this group of people who carried out acts to kill people by creating accidents. So it'll appear that they were killed accidentally, and hence not classified as murder. But in reality, they were really killed by murderous intentions.
So, I was thinking how do we classified an event of occuring as unlikely? If it's assume that we classified an event happening as unlikely when it's probability of occuring is low, how do we calculate that probabilty of the event happening to us? Okay, even if we managed to calculate out the probability, how low is considered low? Different people has different definitions for 'low'. Maybe, a probability of 0.5 and below is considered low for some, since it's less than half, but for others, a probability of 0.1 and below is then considered as 'low'. So, what is the range that we'll classified that event as a rarely occurence, hence an accident?
Ok,pardon me for the questions that seemed so mathematical and statistical. I was just pondering about all this questions after the movie. And it's rather interesting that after studying statistics, I've realised that in a classof 25people, the probability of having at least one person having similar birthday as you is highly probable. So, events that we normally assumed to be unlikey to occur or a coincidence are actually not so-they're highly likely to occur!
Ok, I guess you must be shouting ENOUGH! Haha. Anyway, I'll just move on to cover other things happening these past few days. Yesterday I woke up damn damn late. I slept for almost a total of 12hours! And I didn't do a lot of stuff. I just read my statistics textbook, covering chapter 8 part 1 only. But I did packed my stuff, and re-do my tutorial 5. I guess for tomorrow. I'll camp at starbucks to finish up the lectures online and also, if I've got the time, practice on my MA topics too. So, most probably, I'll just bring my laptop and pencil case with a foolscap pad.
Today went down to celebrate Bro's birthday, then we talked alot about school and tuition. As Bro's tutee is Sec4 this year, he'll most probably need to get another tutee or tuition assignment next year. He was considering a tution centre near my school-2bus-stops away from my school accordingly to the person-in-charge. It pays really well-$40-$70. However, the time and hours to committed each week is not confirm and it's a one-year assignment. Means once you start, you must commit yourself for one year. And since how long you are tutoring there is not confirmed, I think might not be a good idea as you might have to forgo many of your revision time. And in addition, during exam week, you might still have to continue with the work there. Unlike private tuition, which you can request a break.
Anyway, still got time, so Bro is still considering. I asked Bro what he targeted for CAP. He said 4.5! I was like +.+ I only aimed for 3.8. Bro said that was rather low. But I guessed different school and faculty their average is different. For Bro, he's Chem Engin average is 4.2 and above. So, 4.5 is like slightly above average? But I think for Science, 3.5 is average so 3.8 is considered as above average? I'm not so sure. But I don't wish to aim too high yet unless if I don't reached that target I'll feel damn stress. Nonetheless, I'm still putting my best into all the assignments and CAs.
Ok, tomorrow will be a long day again. So I guess I'll end here. Ciao! =)
11:33 PM
Welcome!
Life is full of uncertainty, and it is these uncertainty that makes life colourful and interesting... ...
AboutMe
Name: Ow-Yang Zhi Jun
Age: 19
D.O.B: 1 November
Horoscope: Scorpio
Hobbies: Sports-basketball;Badminton;Swimming;Bowling;Pool, Surfing the net, Facebook
Schools: Naval Base Primary School, Yishun Town Secondary School, Anderson Junior College, National University of Singapore
Wish List
* CAP of MIN 4.0 throughout my university life! :) *
>> Repair my Laptop!
>> Get my driving license by September >> Get a haircut >> Get a slipcase(nice one) for my lappy >> Anti-virus software-most probably AVG
>> Get a crumpler bag
>> 14.1" screen protector for my laptop
>> Basketball shoes-though now not playing in team, but still playing outside! And my current shoe no friction and cushion already!
>> Get iTouch
>> A pair of slippers(comfy type + for beach)
>> A wallet to put my keys(to prevent them from scratching things like my handphone and mp3, actually just for convenience)
>> Get a NEW Keyboard protector (old one torn -.-)
>> Get a better mouse(wireless)
>> Heels(to match some of my clothes)
>> A cupboard-cum-bookshelves for my books
>> 2KG Dumbells(to start doing abit of training lest my arms get flabby!)
>> Buy a dog (preferably Shetland Sheepdog or Border Collie)
>> Get a pinky ring to 避邪 and 防小人
