MSE Buddies After Exam Retreat (Day 1 and 2 collages)

The exclusive collages for the retreat are available now!!!

 ^.^

 shall miss them...

Finally i see my darling!!!

Well, it been a long while since i have seen my darling. Really excited about our meet yesterday afternoon. I was still in the campus early in the morning. Decided to pack alittle more before making my trip back to the east via the MRT. It was a long and cooling ride. The heart of mine was telling me to quickly reach home, and to meet her as fast as possible. To have the most time with her as possible. I have went home with a big roller bag. It was packed mostly with my clothing and some books. ( Perhaps the latter have made the bag heavier than usual) . Pushed it all the way back to home. And within 1/2 hours after , i came out of home and to want to meet my darling below her flat! Hmm, made a little promise during the examination period (that is to give her a big hug, which will be the 1st thing that i will do when i give her). So, have decided that to do it below her flat. ( Actually, public places, i'm ok but it might be shorter hug, i supposed)

As she came down the staircase, 

i realised that my heartbeat became more rapid, perhaps i'm a little shy to held my both hands to want to give her that hug. Never did i expect a little "K**S" in return thou. Anyway, it really nice to see her , holding her little hand, swinging like never before.

Taking a photo @ henderson waves (sunset setting)

We went to Safra Mt Faber, Mt Faber top, Henderson Wave, Forest Walk, final check point at hortpark!!! Was a long journey but i believe it was a nice and wonderful one that we have had. Really fortunate to be the first guy to bring her to the Mt Faber ( as she has yet to go there before). Looking at those contented smiles on her face makes me really a lucky guy and joyful. It is always a proud thing to make your love one happy!!! Took her to walk across the 60+m henderson waves ( a newly built bridge, looked like a spiral DNA structure which span across the Mt faber and T.Blangah hill). The good weather blissed us, with the nice sunset color shining above us. We took a short rest over before proceeding to the hortpark. Held on her hand walking across the bridge as thou we are walking through life journey together!! ^^ shy now. 

Hortpark was a nice place, good ambient with cosy restaurant within. Quite a lot of people inside sheltered area with many flowers and horticulture-related activities. Maybe visiting it during the day time would be more enlightening. 

Took quite a few pictures with darling during yesterday's outing. Would be expecting more for our upcoming Batam Trip. :) Can sense that she worried about her exam result alot!!! Well, dear.. you will do it k, must be confident! You have all the morale supprt from me k! 

Can wait to reveal this blog site to her!!  A few more days to go!!! hehehe. 

2nd Day of Uni-After-Exam Retreat (P.UBin)

Last Friday marked the 2nd day of the MSE-Buddies After Exam Retreat @ Palau Ubin. The program for the day were: Group lunch at Changi Village, Group cycling trip around the island, and to enjoy the sunny weather for the day. 

A total of 9 of us went for the retreat. They are: Donny, Ronnie,Changloo, Zhichang, Zequan, Samantha, Iris, Kaiyie and Myself. We have had a great time together after a long and brain-juiced draining of examinations period.  Well, shall upload a couple of pics taken by the 3.2Megapixel HP that day. (However, most of them were taken on Iris 5Megapixel HP). Hmm, let the pictures describes some of the events !!! ^^

We are at a rain shelter??

The ferry boat ride to Ubin!!!

MSE buddies at J tower

All of us walking towards the wetland

Bicycle Kiosk to take a rest!

Wanna Wish Kaiyie "GET WELL SOON!!!" 

as she had fell down from the bicycle during the cycling trip. 

Reason: to get rid of a flying insect whilst riding!

Photo and Answer session!

What can i observe from the photo (left)?

Ans: Lots of definitions to be memorized, highlighted to make it more prominent and justified, increased visibility by underlining with keywords with pencil. The sentences written in blue is a past year exam question. By writting it down, will help to reinforce the concept and pin point to the desirable answer. Arrows were drew to help to do a small "mind-map". Last by not least, this is an Engineering course module denoted by the left top quarter's subnotes.

Rating: ?/10

What can i observe in this photo (left)?

Ans: A little messy, must be due to some examinations coming the way, like to have colorful things around the owner of this desk. Left hand corner may have marked a "tibits" area. with coffee and mineral waters etc. Owner may be missing his/her loved ones since backboard pasted/ attached a lot of the pictures and cards. Must be really treasured by the owner.

rating: ?/10

EOE= End of Exam 2008 ( A retreat for all of us)

Yesterday marked EOE (End of Exam) for AY08-09. This semester has been a tough one so far. All the subjects were inter-related with one another. At the midst of revision, i would have come to a point which i may cross-link the concepts as a whole. The final paper was in the morning, so the 8 of us, Sam,Iris,Zhichang,Changloo,Donny,Zequan and myself decided to give ourselves a short KTV session as a retreat for all. The inital venue was decided to be at the chinatown $10KTV, but all of their room were taken up for both the afternoon and evening sessions. In the end, we went on with the KTV retreat by at the Kbox (clementi). We took the K lunch. The session lasted 3+ hours with numerous songs beingsung by all of us. The lunch menu for the day:

1. Chicken rice with soup chicken.

2. Salmon Burger served with 3 hot-fried fishballs.

3. Spagetti with mushroom.  

So, dear... what do u think i have for the k lunch.. 3 choose 1 (33.3% chance for a right one). ^^

And it's time to post some photos which were taken during the session this afternoon. 

Say Chesse!!!!

Haha, stop singing and look at the camera!!! :)

Advanced Merry Christmas 2008!!!

After the KTV session, we went NTUC to buy food for a steamboat dinner. The venue was held at Changloo's house, we had a total of 2 rounds of steamboat~ing before we called it- a- day! Everyone played our part, contributed in one way or another during the preparation for the food items. Finally, to sit together for a steamboating session!!!

We will be continuing with the 2nd day retreat activity at P.Ubin, fun-filling cycling trip coming our way ... 

Hurray!!! EOE lor!!!! Dear, i will be seeing u very soon k!!!

 

A thought to ponder

Security guard: "Good morning! How come you're here at such an early hour?"

Myself:" Hello! Oh, having an examination later in the morning, so decided to wake up earlier to catch some revision, at the same time, i'll like to catch a cup of coffee and bread toast for the morning".

Myself:" So, waiting for the canteen to open its door, so in the midst, i'm doing some reading."

Security guard: " I see, u're a hardworking guy eh."

Myself:" Nah,i'm just doing a student's role."

Security guard: " Oh well, so which course are u studying?"

Myself:" I'm studying Material Science Engineering."

The security guard looked at me, and asked: " So, what's your dream?"

I stunned, and smiled....

Well, this question seems alittle profound at the moment but i do believe it is an important and crucial one for me. Another 1.5 years before i step out of the university campus to pursue life-long career and to meet vast number of people from all woks of life. And many a time, i do pose myself this question too. But right at this moment, i could only re-assure myself to do well in my studies and to receive a reasonable class for my Bachelor Degree. Furthermore, i would continue to cherish my loved ones, includes my family members and my sweetheart.

Really hope that she's the one and i will continue to strive hard and to earn my position in her heart. And for my career, i will also want to excel and perform above the expectations that my superiors would like to observe. 

** Can't wait for her to view my blog, in fact i did try to hint her by typing ilovejolli-jo to her... ** ^^

 i miss you

2 down 3 to go!!!

Today marked the end of my second paper. The paper constitutes about 70% of the overall grade. 30% will be coming from the quiz and an online assignment. Believed that i have not meet up the expectation for this paper. Well, the questions that were asked had been relatively do-able. In fact , most of them came from the past year papers too. But, i have underestimated them. Most of the calculations steps were missed out. Those sums that i have practiced did not came out either. Luckily, most of definitions and key concepts were established. Some diagrams were drawn to help in my illustration to the concepts. Really hope that i can receive a decent grade for this module ( and with the help of the other 30%). In contrast, i will not want to make the mistaken again by not going through the past year papers more often (my initial thought was to get the main theories from the lecture notes and my self help notes). Anyway, i should not dwell on it anymore, because the heavier weightage of modules (4 academic units) subsequently are going to be tough!! So, i should continue to work hard for it. 

A saying goes "the tough will get tougher if you don't do your homework".

Just gave my darling a call on phone just now. I'm really happy to have been able to hear her voice. It is really exciting to share conversation with her despite the "exam stress" that i'm going through now, esp after today's paper. Although, it was just a mere 1/2 hours conversation but in my perspective, it has already foster a form of soul-healing thrapeutic effect. 

She's always my little angel at heart!    "Dear, I Miss You"

Rain Rain Go Away

STUDY! STUDY! STUDY! :)

Despite the rainy weather, i'm able to complete most of the revision for the examination later. The module consisted of 4 parts namely: metal failure based on chemistry, failure analysis and basic statistics, fatigues and fractures, as well as wears and tears for metal compounds. 

Pretty like this subject due to the "relate-ness" of the contents to our real life. Hence, i would be able to relate some of these concepts with the phenonemum that have occured in my daily life. Moreover, there were diagrams that illustrates them. Honestly, I love diagrams. In fact, some of the self notes that i have created were based on these diagrams. Therefore, it would be really nice to have them displayed in the examination answer scripts if necessary!!! Haha.

Well, the rainy weather really make me want to rest early. But i have to keep up with the pace of my revision. Able to have finished 90% was a great achievement that have been set this morning. The rest of 10% will be for tomorrow morning. Oh ya, promised my darling to wake up at 5am later. Hopefully,  i'm able to make it! Haha. 

Really feel happier after a short conversation with my roomie yesterday. It was a internal struggle for me since the start of the exam week. Perhaps, i'm an individual whom does not like to confront people. Always feel bad when i have to do that too. Anyway, it was related to the differences in our revision habits. My roomie likes to have music whilst doing revision, whereas for myself i prefer to have as little noise as possible. Hence, this cause some inconvenience to our revision. I have tried to compromise by having my revision done outside of the room, i.e. the lounge or even making my way to the school library. But sometimes i still would like to have it in the room due to the cosy and nice environment that it has. Well, the music was kinda "too loud" and "foreign" to me. Most of the genre  of music were fast paced techno in Japanese. Believe it was a little to fast for my heart to take it thou. Haha. 

Actually, i'm alright with the music being played but it would be really nice to have it slow and soft. The duration of play was a little too long as well. In fact, the computer was switched on throughout the night. How hardly will we be sleeping peacefully with no MSN sounds being here for the night!!! Anyway, i also realise that i should not be virtually taking away my roomie's freedom in the room. Perhaps, i should learnt to be more focused whilst revising with foreign music played. 

Yesterday, after a long internal struggle, i decided to chat with him and share with him about my perspectives about the issue. Things have improved tremedously after that. With softer music (sometimes none), less big movement around the room when i still in the bed, softer door closing sounds etc. But, have i really did the right thing? A win-win situation for us? or Have i took away his freedom where a hostel room should be one that an individual should be care free to do whatever he/she like, or a place where he/she learns to relax and no-books environment. 

Well, lets focus on the examination. No matter what, after examination period, its free to do what we want!! A promise i gave to us!

Good nite~! Sleep tight~! My sweetie pie~!  

My 1st entry for this blog

It's been quite awhile since i have last blogged. Perhaps, i should start the "habit" again. 

This entry will mark the first episode of the blogspot account for myself, and would like to dedicate it to my sweetie pie - Miss Joreen Yee. She is the one whom have encouraged me to do start on blogging once more, maybe a short little "diary" of mine that she can read online too. Furthermore, i have nv tried to use blogspot software for blog entry, perhaps this will help me realise the good user-interface that blogspot gives to its valued users. 

Well, have decided to choose the blog address as ilovejolli-jo.blogspot.com becos of its close relationship with my darling's blog, something that i could remember easily and a form of representation for the interest to start this blog. Now, the tagline may seem alittle dull but... SH means my sweetie's name in chinese (decided to make it in cap!) How thoughtful am i right? ^^

I have heard and seen people customising their template for the blog. Perhaps i would want to design one to be uploaded on this blog. Furthermore, this blog shall be announced to my sweetie during the upcoming trip that we shall be having this coming December. Lets hope, this will be a little surprise for her.  

This period marks my examination week. It stretches for as long as 2 weeks. 5 papers in total , and of which 2 are going to be held the same day.  1st paper just ended. Final verdict for this paper would be as follows:

1. Pretty well done but would have spare some time to stop and look at questions again! ( some answers were obviously not up to personal expectation ).

2. Concepts were tested but still a need to memorise certain key phrase to enhance the stances.

3. Managed to pick on some minor bonus concepts that not all have understood and exploit during the midst of studying.

4. I have also managed to know who was the person that have scored an A+ (total of 5 ppl in the cohort scored it) for the mid term quiz. Nevertheless, a remarkable A- was obtained by myself ( her matric number was before mine , i.e. she was the one who sat before me in the examination hall.)

5. Ample revision hours were catered for this MS3007 examination. Hope to maintain the same grade as of mid-term. (70% for this exam and 30% were based on mid term)  

To end off this first episode of ilove_jollijo blog entry, i would like to say 

" Dear, I Miss U  " !