Back from jb

I just came back from jb. Yup, ever since Mas Selamat's escape, the distance between Singapore and JB doubled (Distance in terms of time).

Why did I go back then?

It was a very last minute thing, I had to go back and get all the necessary certs to apply for this DUO-exchange award thingy. And the deadline is 31st MArch. Yup, tmr! talk about procastination.

Whats left now between me and the $4000 euros award is a 500 word essay on 'why am I so interested in this award?'.

So why do I want this award?

Let me explain in terms of econs:
Cost of getting the scholarship: 2-3 hours of paperwork + form filling + essay writing
Pay-offs : up to $1000 euros per month up to 4 months = $4000 Euros!!!
Chances of getting it : close to 2-3%

Anyway, I just found out that Rui Hoong is more last minute than me, because she is applying for the award as well but she hasnt started writing her essay.

my dear VHDL

Well, after lunch today, I've decided to stay back in my room to study for my VHDL pratical test tomorrow (Its a programming language: VHSIC Hardware Description Language ( VHSIC: Very high speed integrated circuits) ) Even the name sounds long and complicated.

I was hiding myself in the room and had much progress in my VHDL until I got the sms from Wei De asking me to help him book the main tv lounge and get the key. 'Oh wells', I said to myself, 'got to do what the boss wants'. So, out I go out of my room, not anticipating the various distractions that await me outside my cozy room.

I've reached the office and to my dismay, Wu Teng has already booked the lounge and took the key. My efforts were futile. And just when I started walking back to my room, my ears picked up a faint music emanating from the comm hall. The sound was so good, I just had to find out who played it. From the top, I could see a girl, but I didn't know who was it. Then I've decided to walk nearer to find out who she is (Which now I realised it was a bad move).

It was Shi Min.(The girl I knew from lights in productions) I didn't know she played the piano, and she played it quite nicely too. It was a nice korean song with nice chords...very nice... Then gerry came along as well. The next thing I knew, I spent the whole afternoon listening to the piano, playing a few pieces here and there and exchanging scores.

And then suddenly, it was dinner time.

Wow, there goes my afternoon....

Well, after dinner its back to VHDL again. But that didnt last long coz at 8pm, I went to play squash with Shu Yan. Yup, after 1 hour of playing, its back to VHDL before the VPU meeting which starts at 10pm.

Now, it is after the VPU meeting, but VHDL can wait....after I finish this blog post...

weekend

Well, I think I didn't really do well for the ee2010 test. Yupz, I didn't know how to do 1 question(there were only 3 questions by the way). Oh wells, its only 10%, I'll work harder for the next 80% (The other 10% is from labs I think).

Well, I spent the remainder of yesterday playing foosball. Yup, thanks to Foo, we only spent $1 for about 30 games...hehe.

Denied the chance of winning $300

Yup. Due to too many participants, I'm not able to enter the pa live awards. Haha...its my fault for deciding last minute also. Oh wells....next year la..if I'm still around.

Today is a day filled with surprises =)

Hope that tomorrow will be better!

Belated Birthday Celebration - Told from my point of view

On the 11th of March, I was tricked to blk D thinking that we go to celebrate wu teng's birthday. Well, I was feeling quite tired from all the wiring and inserting ic chips into my breadboard and I thought maybe I'll go celebrate then quickly retreat to my room and retire for the night.

But I should have known that it was not so simple. When I went there, the first person i met was fung hong and without suspecting anything I was happily talking to him. Although it occurred to me that since when was fung hong so friend with wu teng.

Yup. I did expect something. But I didn't really want it to happen.

And it turned out to be true. They planned to celebrate wu teng's birthday with me.

So they sang a birthday song, we cut the cake and took photos. Is that all? It all seemed too good to be true.

Then

To my horror...

They pounced on me and handcuffed me and wu teng. Then they used a torture device invented by OSIM (equivalent to the electric chair for death penalty) They strapped the contraption on our shoulders and turn on full power sending electric jolts to our body causing involuntary twitching of the muscles.

Then the opportunity came, the straps on wu teng fell off and they begun focusing their attention on wu teng, which gave me the chance to break free. I managed to get out of my handcuffs and ran. haha suckers...

But to my horror, after running a distance, nobody followed me. This sucks...and I was actually stupid enough to turn around and walk back to them - walking back to death.

Ya...they put handcuffs on me again, but this time it was tighter. Then they took a pail full of freezing cold water, drench me from head to toe. That time, my poor heart was suffering shock from that sudden drop of temperature to 4C. My body's temperature regulatory system was working so furiously, making my muscles to contract rapidly, making me shiver. I was clinging on to my life, refusing to let hypothermia take over.

Ok...maybe my story is a bit exaggerated...

hehe...thanks guys anyway