Another piece of good news has arrived this week.
All my grades are A- and above this semester! It is a little unexpected for me as I expected a few B grades for some of my modules. This semester has pushed my CGPA by 0.06 points.
A sweet end to wrap the end of academic life for me.
Had my FYP presentation today. I think i did ok, was able to answer most of the moderator's questions although my answers were not of the greatest conviction or knowledge.
4 years passed by just like that. So very long. Finally free from all academic burden.
The roadmap for HRM was really all the lecturer gave in the exam and I'm glad that my short preparation paid off. Wasn't able to finish the last few bits but I think the overall feeling after the exam is quite fine.
Yay! No more exams in NTU! The only hurdle left is the FYP presentation on 4 May. Anyway, I went out with some of my coursemates to celebrate in town despite most of the rest having 1 last exam next tue. We had dinner at Shokudu in Raffles City. We had quite a lot of food as shown below.
Watched The International after that at Marina Square. The synopsis and review are as follows.
Interpol Agent Louis Salinger and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman are determined to bring to justice one of the world's most powerful banks. Uncovering a myriad of reprehensible illegal activities, Salinger and Whitman follow the money from Berlin to Istanbul. Finding themselves in a high-stakes chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk as their targets will stop at nothing - even murder - to continue financing terror and war.
This film by Tom Twyker is indeed one of the most classy thrillers that I have ever watched, a little too classy as some essential grittiness seems to be lost. The show showcases many locales like Berlin, Lyon, Luxembourg, Milan, New York and Istanbul with the city backdrops alluring and enticing. The highly architectural shoots were quite unique in cinematography and style as well. Clive Owen does quite a good job as the pained and troubled interpol agent with a vehement will to defeat the ruthless corporate giant.
However, there are some gaping loopholes in the storyline and it is a little too complicated for its own good. Audiences crave for more action and not so much technical junkie. Some of the action sequences are very intense, especially enjoyed the shoot out in New York Guggenheim Museum which was an amalgation of excitement and realism set in a unique noir-like circular rampway.
Final verdict: Loved the picturesque locales and the unique cinematography, but story is a little too laggard and action needs more oomph.
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Had my UAV examination today. I did the best of what my memory could churn out from my limited understanding and memorization of the notes. Didn't do too well or did too badly, just plain average.
Next up, HRM paper which is my final examination in NTU.
Cleared Business Finance today. I think it is one of the hardest electives that I have taken in NTU. Took the module due to many recommendations from my coursemates but the course syllabus had been modified to make it tougher as well as the change in lecturer. The preparation period for the exam took longer than each of my two core modules this semester. Darn, should have cleared the business elective earlier when i had the chance.
Anyway, i must start revising for my two other modules which i had barely touched yet.
Another week has past. Completed my FYP on tue and it had been a mad rush to get the entire report typed out. Turned out to be quite fine in the end so i'm quite satisfied with the report. It is basically the biggest chunk of report that i have ever written. Hope that the FYP presentation will go well as well.
Been lacking the motivation to study for exams for the past few days. My final 3 papers in NTU, and i am such a procrastinator.
I had my last lesson in NTU which is my business elective just now. Relieved is the feeling i would say. Not that the modules this semester are tough, but it's just that 4 years is really a long time and i guess it is time to move on to another stage of life.
I've never really liked studying. The most fun and interesting modules that I took in NTU are Magic Voice in the World of a Singer and Introduction to Black and White Photography. Both of them are electives and i guess none of my core modules made the cut for me. Not that I think all modules should be carefree or entertaining, but I guess my interest in my specialized field had waned long ago for the effort put into the schoolwork to be so reluctant, deliberate and loathsome. Without passion, everything seems like a drudgery and i sure felt it for quite a long time. I feel that i have lost something rather than gained something during the 4 years, it's probably joy or energy. Maybe in the future, i would reminisce the days in university but i do doubt that possibility.
The best thing to come of my uni life is definitely my student exchange. Living in a foreign country for half a year is indeed an experience that i will never forget. How can i ever forget cycling to TU-Delft for lessons along Mercuriusweg and onward to Abtswoudseweg passing through the graffiti and poster clad tunnels, braving the strong winds and enjoying the company in Delft. We toiled together for some really tough exams and traveled to many different countries in Europe. There was work life balance I would say, part enjoyment and part hard work, something that seems quite rare here on this small little island.
Well, I am talking like I have graduated already. That will be official in more than 3 months time (provided i pass all my modules and FYP this semester i hope). Til then, I still have to wrap up my lagging FYP and revise for my upcoming exams.
I can't wait for FYP to end. I can't wait for exams to end. And most importantly, I can't wait to go back to Europe for my month-long grad trip! At least I got something to look forward to.
Been quite busy lately. Busy with FYP, busy with preparing and going for interviews/tests, busy with job applications, busy with booking train tickets for grad trip, busy with everything.
Will only be free in May. Argg.... Hope to be able to secure a job by then.
Been rushing to finish my FYP experiments since last week and will be rushing the report for the next 2 months. My weekends will now be dedicated to FYP and projects. Mr LYS who has more than 80 pages in his report keeps rubbin' it in by saying that he is slack and needs to improve his report. Going to scream at him the next time he says something like that. Seriously irritating. Ha...
My grad trip is finalized. Will be going to Munich, Frankfurt, Cologne, Rothenburg, Innsbruck, Salzburg, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Zadar, Split, Dubrovnik, Kotor, Vienna, Budapest. Can't wait to go for holidays again.
Thankfully, i did not fail any modules! Lol, yeah failing a module would be unthinkable. I did better than what i expected for Heat Transfer, Aircraft Structures II and Aircraft Design. For Electrical, i did much worse than what i had expected. Prof Comm is within expectations and Control Theory is bad but not as bad as i imagined.
I did deprove this semester as expected but luckily my GPA is still within safe territories and not too badly affected.
1 last semester to go in NTU before graduation!
Exams are over! The electrical paper was rather manageable but i definitely could have done better. I put in an average amount of effort and i guess i'll be getting an average grade as well.
Anyway, it has been 1.5 years ago since i last took exams in NTU back in Year 2 Sem 2. I feel that my motivation and perseverance have been dropping and dropping every semester. I guess that this semester, my grades would be a wake-up call for me to buck up.
Hopefully, i will get some things done with my FYP during the December holidays. I'll be heading to Vietnam for a short 5 day getaway from 8 Dec to 12 Dec in 2 weeks time as well.
Screwed up the control paper totally. A new record looks set to be broken.
Read more...Heat Transfer is officially done and over with. The massive cramming of information the past 2 days has been very exhausting. Slept only 1 hour today and luckily my mind was still conscious when i was doing the paper. I would say i have done an okay job for the paper considering the fact that i did not do a single tutorial or exam paper; i just read all the solutions without any practice. That's quite bad as i stumbled on a few manageable questions in the exam.
Anyway, it's over and i'm glad that after next monday's control paper, i can take a breather before my last exam on 24 Nov.
5 more written exams (plus next semester's) before graduation! (although i know most people in other courses got lesser exams than me)
Yes... Aircraft Structures II is over. I think the paper was within expectations and it was rather manageable albeit the tediousness. 1 question was particularly tedious and time management was crucial. I almost completed the paper, if only i had 10 seconds more.
Heat Transfer next on Friday.
Today marks the end of my projects, presentations and assignments for this semester (other than FYP).
I have been working almost everyday for the past 3 weeks and i will declare a break this weekend.
4011 is finally over and i think my group did better than what i had expected for the final presentation. A huge load is off everyone's back now that 4011 is over. Phew...
18 more days to exams!
Busy, busy and busy.
The assignments and projects are taking up so much of my time.
The next 2 weeks will be crazy with many reports and presentations due.
My short-lived holiday in Singapore has come to an end as school is starting tomorrow.
Year 4 will be a tough year to endure through but it will also be the last year of studying.
Finally, it's after exams.
A bad incident prior to the exam left me shocked and disappointed but it was partly my fault.
I trust people too easily and i had learnt my lesson.
I just had to let it go and make sure that my happiness does not get compromised by other people again.
Went to the train station to fetch Derrick this morning.
He had come all the way from Singapore to Delft for the 23 day backpacking tour of Sweden, Germany, Spain, Portugal, UK and Ireland that we will be embarking on from this sunday.
3 more days to the end of all exam torture.
4 more days to the end of my remaining 2 exams.
I have to put in more effort.
