Bum

Yes I know it's the exams period. But it's just after EC1301! And how can I ever bring myself to study on a beautiful Saturday night?! Haha. Ok it's just an excuse for me to bum around coz I just feel like bumming around.  Alright EC was slightly harder than I expected, and made a few blunders here and there, and some of the questions were really weird. Oh well. I think I did decent so hope things turn out that way. Haha.

Anyway I received an email to ask me to get my CN2122 quiz from the CHE office. And so I did that without checking whether the CHE office was even open coz I totally forgot that today's a Saturday! And I peeped through the door (actually I don't have to do this coz the door was... clear -_-") and I saw the whole stack of papers at the counter! So near yet so far. LOL. Sian. Wasted trip. And I had to climb up the stupid hill for nothing. =( Anyway it's ok, lesson learnt. Exams can take place on Saturdays, but the offices are CLOSED.

I totally don't have the exam feel now. I just feel like bumming around... like I always do anyway. =D

Ok I think tomorrow's an auspicious day enough for me to start doing some Math for MA1505 on Tuesday.

YawnzZZ -_-"

Opportunities

Ok just came back from the Shell industrial visit yesterday. It's a timely break from my intensive revision and yeps, it was a really interesting trip. Or rather, it's really an eye-opener for me to see for myself what a real world-class petrochemical plant looks like. It's really.. wow. But yupz, I'm more motivated than ever to work at Shall after I graduate. And my choice in specializing in petroleum aka process engineering is the perfect choice for me. Suddenly, I can see that whatever I'm learning in school is of 100% use to me when I get out there to work in a chemical plant. Mass transfer, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics.. they are all like part and parcel of life working in a chemical plant. The common saying that whatever you learn in school is irrelevant once you get out to work is seriously not applicable to engineers. So technical, so exciting. Haha. And the working environment seems so enticing (ok not the ferry though... )! And in the last post I was somewhat questioning my decisions in life - I'm now very sure that the best decision I made in life is to take the leap of faith and choose chemical engineering over chemistry.

Sometimes, having too much opportunities creates headaches as well. All of a sudden, I feel like I'm flooded with tonnes of opportunity but I can't have everything I want. Maybe I'm being overly ambitious. I want to optimise my experience while I'm still in school, but at the same time, I'm doing things to restrict myself. Such an irony. But I really need to settle down after my exams to straighten out my thoughts - about what I want to do and what I have to forgo in order to those things that I want. One good example would be Industrial attachment. Should I sacrifice summer programme,  overload my overloaded semesters, and shorten my exchange just to go for it? So many things I have to consider. Sometimes it really helps to have someone experienced to talk to. I'm still not talking to my mentor because he's so rigid. Every time I try to request for some flexibility, he turns them down without giving a good reason, or even discussing with me. Yupz, so I have to find other avenues to do so. But yupz, I shall not bother too much about this now and just focus on my exams. Yikes! Econs this saturday! =(

Oh and one last thing. I'm done with my SEP application. Placed Imperial as my first choice and UIUC as my second. Hope I get it =D

Coming to the end...

Wow, it's been a good 1 month since I blogged. Haha. Life's been really busy, with the endless tutorials, essays and presentations to complete. WP is really sucking up all my time, which could be better used somewhere else, like brushing up on my CN modules. Haha, Anyway this semester's coming to a close really soon. All my lecturers completed their modules' syllabus already, so basically its like 2 weeks of reading week for me. BUT there's 2 upcoming presentations this week, one for WP tmr, and the other is for Matlab. Hmm.. Somehow I feel a bit too relaxed despite the fact that I have 2 presentations this week. (Actually I'm using the time for resting between rehearsals to type this.) -_-"

But yeps, this semester is ending but somehow I'm really worried for my grades. It's not that I did really badly for anything (ok, maybe one module.. =( ), but I'm just unsure if it's good enough? I'm not sure why I'm feeling this way, but it's just this great sense of uncertainty is getting on my nerves. I suspect its because my Programme Prof is giving me so many opportunities that I will really terrible if I screw my sem 1 up. Haiz. I dun like this feeling. It's actually making me question my choices in uni so far. Haiz.

What to do? Life still needs to go on.

Back to rehearsing my WP -_-zZZ