Will try to post more often

Due the busy months of March and April, the tons of assignments, reports and examination preparations caused this blog to have so much dust and mould. NOw that Ihave more time till Aug, I will try to post more often.

Went to 360deg cable ski on tue with course friends once again. This time, the weather was quite bad and it rained heavily just as we were about to go there. As such, we waited at the food centre for about an hour before heading to the venue. I was contemplating if I should give it a shot since I have unfinished business there. I had problems trying to cross the 1st corner due to the sudden jerk of the cable thus falling into the lagoon perpetually. The main reason is that a blind person can see better than yours truly without specs. Those disposable contact lens cannot match my power and even if it can, cost is the main minus point. I also found out that powered goggles are really expensive and if you do not use it often, no point investing in one. I then decided not to waste $$ knowing that I am going to fall off at that 1st corner. It is because you need to do some shifting so that your board will slide out a bit and the tension of the cable will remain constant. Since they do not allow specs to be worn, I cannot even see where I am headed therefore I do not know when to shift. Well, at least I tried it before.

Sundown Marathon is just about a month away and I have not been very consistent. Seems that completing the 42km this time round in less than my targeted 5h30m is quite hard. Coupled that it is overnight, I think I will aim to complete it at least around the 6hr mark which is an improvement from my previous 2 marathons.

End of a hectic semester

7 modules this semester is really demanding not just mentally, psychologically but also intellectually. The amount of work to be done was quite massive and with the numerous due dates that overlapped, it was all hell break loose when doubts began surfacing especially when things do not make sense.

Overall, AAM203 was quite managable. Though that lame fellow set some weird questions, I guess I invested a lot of time in the last 2 chapters of which contributed almost 50% of the paper. Now I hope that my answers are accurate.

Next semester? Well, it is 7 modules once again though the contact hours are slightly less. However, I think I might need to strategize more effectively so that it will not be so pressurizing nearing the exams.

Wood Wedding Anniversary

Got this from Wikipedia. I did not know that the 5th wedding anniversary is called wood aniversary. I know what is silver, gold and diamond only!! Well, am working towards that!! My late grandparents almost celebrated their diamond (60th year) anniversary but unfortunately my grandpa passed away 4 mths prior to that date. But they had a wonderful marriage which was a role model for me. I recall a family friend who sent me an email 2 days after my wedding 5 years ago. The last sentence made and will continue to make a deep impression in my mind. That sentence is "The wedding event is over and marriage life begins. THe former lasts only a day but the latter lasts a lifetime".

1st
Paper

2nd
Cotton

3rd
Leather

4th
Linen, Silk

5th
Wood

6th
Iron

7th
Wool, Copper

8th
Bronze

9th
Pottery, China

10th
Tin, Aluminium

11th
Steel

12th
Silk

13th
Lace

14th
Ivory

15th
Crystal


20th
China

25th
Silver

30th
Pearl

35th
Coral, Jade

40th
Ruby

45th
Sapphire

50th
Gold

55th
Emerald

60th
Diamond

70th
Platinum

3 done so far

AAM 104: As usual, that ah m*ng set a paper which was qutie tedious though there were some questions that were 'bao jiak' type. But under exam conditions, what seems managable seems hard as well. I found that compared to previous years, this year's paper was more demanding. So hopefully, he will be kind as far as the moderation is concerned.

AAM 204: This time round, ah b*ng was very kind. Basically this paper is testing on our application. We could refer to anything and gain access to all files to solve the questions. The only catch is how much to write. Since all computations were done on the computer, how much to write really depends on your own discretion.

AAM 103: That china man set a very simple compared to the past two years. Not that it is so simple that you can complete them accurately in half the time but it is easy to garner enough marks to pass. But there are those usual questions that throw you off guard and makes you wonder how did he come out with such questions.

Left with AAM 203 to go which is quite a tough one.....Anyway, it is our wood wedding anniversary tomorrow.......

Shanghai GP

Once again That English Man did not win nor finish in the podium. In fact, both Red Bulls took the 1st 2 positions. Let's hope That English Man will be kept from the podium for as far as possible so that he will lost his World Championship Driver's title to someone else.

Fonntline Ch 8 on 17th Apr

I think this week's episode is very relevant to those who are still gainfully employed yet conplaining about their job scope, benefits, wage, superiors, customers, colleagues etc.

Peak period

AAM 104 Number Theory 16th Apr
AAM 204 Computational Mathematics 21st Apr
AAM 103 Finite Mathematics 23rd Apr
AAM 203 Statistics 1 27th Apr

Integrity & character

What's up with That EnglishMan and his team? They keep getting into some funny issues with respect to integrity and honesty. 2 seasons ago they got into that spy scandal which was a huge disgrace to them. Just at the start of this season, he and his team misled the steards during the Aus GP and get into some serious trouble. Don;t they ever learn from their mistakes? I am looking forward to the team receiving the due punishment which the FIA says they are still not done dealing with them. What's the use of having a world champion who lacks the basic integrity and character?