ThanksGiving 2006

well at least, maybe this is the first time i really appreciate the break. i spent the morning yesterday studying?! and some part tonight studying again?! am i not enjoying my thanksgiving? indeed. i am really grateful (to God) for having this holiday, or break from the lectures, lab and such. yup i need time to catch up. and yes, lecturers are kind enough to help. they gave me assignments and exams to prepare for. but hell yeah i did spent some quality time this short break. got to play for the indoor soccer tournament and hell yeah we qualified for the playoff. its five teams. so only one team did not get to be in the playoff this coming sunday. this morning also we went for the black friday sale. went to target to buy the 400gb hardisk at $150 but alas we came a bit too late. but however, my friends bought 4 lcd each 20" for $170 which is a grreat bargain. i mean if you want to sale it. you can get for almost double the price. right now right here in my room i am writing this blog i am listening to "summer jam remix". i can't get you off my mind. yes HER. hahaha. i dont even know her. yet i like her. am i such a loser. well not in DOTA anyway. remember the time when seniors were here with us, spent like crazy hours playing that dota. thank God there are no more. the most we played for one night is three times. which is not as bad. huhu. so after the break there will be two more weeks of classes and then final. can't wait for the semester to finish. can't wait to do things i will never ever think of doing. winter break? no plan yet. me >> spontaneous.

Funny or?

This girl i found in the friendster. Would she be representing the general female thought?

STOP!:
* sending me forwarded msg, wasting my time 2 read dat
* sending me "SMILE" it was annoying!!!
* asking my hp no! (this is NOT the way to know new friend okay?!
* asking me can i be ur friend! hey! if not for friend? what for 2 play friendster right?!
* asking my email add! check yourself below!
* asking me 2 add u. if u 1 2 be my friend, y dunt u add me yourself?!
* asking my msn. hmmm.. too much stranger annoying me. if realy 1 2 get my msn, wait til we get closer tro fs msg. i wil try my very best to reply u. but dun think i'v time 2 do so much reply. so if u 1 2 make sure whether i read ur msg, type me some msg in testi, if i approve, sure ur msg hd bn read & i'll do as much reply as i can. thanks!
*attention to those sending me testi: i cherish ur testi 4 sure but plz dont write those testi saying "thank you for your add" im not adding u okie? only apart of my fren, some are not, so if u add me urself, i approve u, not adding u. understand this. thank you!
Who I Want to Meet:
add me:-
if u think u're handsome, pretty, cute, cool, good-hearted, caring, nice looking... THOSE GUY & LES!!! PLZ STAY FAR AWAY FROM ME!!! IM NOT INTERESTED AT ALL. HOW DISGUSTING!!!

Take Me Home

Once a paper talked to me, "take me home, dude!"
dude, you have to take me home
home and where you can do me
do me good for i will give you more
more than if you did not take home
home and where you can look at me
ponder what i am suppose to?
wonder how you can make a full use of me?
gather your thoughts, your friends,
ask them, ask yourself,
can you beat me?
can you show me?
what you really know?
for i will always be beneficial to you.
take your time but don't procrastinate.
take deep breaths but don't sweat.
ask anyone, just anyone.
how can you solve this take home exam?

POST MORTEM as of Nov 2006

It has been about 2 months since classes started, and about 2 months left before the end of semester. As such then now is around the mid-semester. I have been through 1 exam in Semiconductor, 1 exam in COCO and 2 exam in Analog. All the exams were not up to the standard expected and a long due report is expected. Starting with COCO, it is supposed to be an easy subject but without thorough READING of the textbook i failed to grasp the basics. I realized that I have not read the book thoroughly, understanding each concept presented but rather flip through all the pages thinking that oh they are all easy. Guess I was wrong when they discussed the exam in the lecture. All that was asked in the quiz was the basic stuffs that we should all know in order to progress in the course smoothly. My resolve is to read the book again with all the free time i have. The only problem i have is discipline on myself. I tend to waste time doing things i shouldnt do. I spend too much time in front of the monitor looking at things not beneficial to me. So unless i can refrain myself from doing things that waste all my time, I should go out and work! Work not in the case of earning money but to work in terms of studying, revising and reflecting. But too much reflecting and no action does not do anything. I must be strong inside out. Hopefully by writing I have let out the thinking in my mind that deserve to be heard and to be seen.

Analog exam - 1st exam was a disaster. I never really read the textbook. The textbook in fact is very good at explaining materials we covered in class. Little that I know but when i try reading, i am beginning to understand the gist that was explained in the lecture. My 2nd exam was nothing to be proud of. The preparation was better than previous but i think i screw up while doing the test. To imagine that i used more than half an hour just to answer one small part of the section that only worth 5 marks makes me feel dumb. It is obvious that i am not efficient. Next morning after a fine good sleep i realize what i can do when facing with the situation when i am blank and stuck in answering circuit related problem:
1) take a deep breathe
2) open my eyes widely to see if there was any trick in the question
3) look for parts in the circuits which can neglected as an open or short circuit
4) move on first if nothing seems to work
5) the longest time i should spend when in blank state in 5 MIN.
6) now after doing every possible questions go back to the unanswered and repeat step 1)