Friday...


i'll start off with tis....
tis evening, i met up with Ade.....it's been a long long while since we last met....the last time was last Dec....i'm glad we met up =) ..... she has juz started working for abt a week plus....and while chatting last nite, we thot it might be a good idea to meet up todae since she wants to shop for her hp as well.....

Ade and I

hmm, it felt a little like old times.....it reali did.....many times i felt myself getting abit silent cos i felt the sense of deja vu....and i slowly relished the familiar feeling....well, i shan't go too much into tis....
aniwaiz, we went shopping before and after dinner....it's Ade's hobby....one of her favourites....hahaz....we shopped for her handphone before dinner....and i tink she still cant decide on which to buy....
After dinner, we went to shop for her shoes and clothes....hahaz....it reali felt like old times....i'd help her carry her bag while she browses arnd....i'll give suggestions, recommendations.....she'll ask me for my opinion..
and the onli thing she bought tonite....a long-sleeved shirt....was selected by me! i thot it'd look good on her and it reali did.....nice!

well, after the shopping, we went home....both of us were tired oredi.....hope to meet up with her again soon, it was definitely a nice meeting up....and i was especially happy to hear dat she did reali well tis sem, i told her she could do it.....she didn't reali believe it, but now, she has proved it to herself and me.....i'm proud of her for getting the A for her FYP....sth not easily achieved.....and a 4.9 for tis sem.....definite dean's list....
I reali am proud of her and happy for her....and i'm touched too....great work! all the way Ade!
I reali hope she'll get all dat she wants in life....she deserves the best in life.... =)

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Next, it's abt my beloved StarTeam again! StarTeam, the name we gave to our own team....and one of the few teams to be so united.....got A- for our project module! Yesh, we r the onli year 2 team, but we overcame all odds and beat many of the year 3 teams!

Lemme insert fotos here and there as i walk down memory lane....

a stress-relieving wacky photo takin session in the midst of a very stressful period

A singing session we needed reali badly to destress during mid-term break

All 4 of us were equally indispensable.....

Without Zhiwei, we would hav no motors.....and thus no need to talk abt movement....
Without Junhui, we would hav no body,....and thus no movement and half of the proj would be redundant....
Without Changsheng, we'd hav no program and many of the probz would hav been un-debugged...
Without me, we'd hav no hardware circuits....and thus no systems to talk abt.....

I remember dat there was tis time....during the Systems Integration Assessment which we were quite unprepared for....and had all the strangest of situations against us.....
During the actual assessment dae.....one of our GAs, Alfred, came over to ask us if our team was ready to present oredi....at dat time, we were a little panicking cos there r still some problems.....the 4 of us were buried in our work and trying to rectify the problems....
Despite the pressure of time and space, we bravely answered Alfred, "No problem, we'll definitely give u something good to see!"..... i remember the situation very vividly....
He was visibly impressed by us too....he complimented us....saying he admired our team spirit and attitude....

I was instantly ZAPPED.....so were my bros....

Well, there were further many sleepless nites doing programming, debugging, and reprogramming and re-debugging.....all 4 of us were pushed to our own personal limits....I certainly was....
On the brink of success, our vehicle had to give us some critical problems on the eve of the presentation....and as a result, we did not even sleep a single minute the night before the final presentation....

thinking back on the tiring times, stressful times, images of the Raffles Hall carpack at 6am and more.....i feel reali proud of StarTeam....We've overcome not onli the difficulties posed by this project module but oso many more as a result of being in Year 2.....and having other module commitments clashing with this and fighting furiously for our attention and energy....

Thanks Zhiwei, Junhui and Changsheng....u all hav left me with an enduring impression of tis project module...of EE and hav deeply etched in my memories of how we stayed united throughout and circumvented all difficulties....and wat teamwork means....Reali....thank you from the bottom of my heart....

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i'll keep the last part short....
Todae is results dae....i got back my result for tis sem....and i definitely am happy with it....Happy would even be an understatement....
Certainly didn't expect to get 4.48 for tis sem....partly cos it's all EE modules tis time round, which r supposedly my weaker subjs compared to non-EE mods....
Ironically, with all EE mods and the heaviest subj combi for EE2, tis is my second best semester in NUS so far...

From 4.58, 4.29, 4.40, and tis sem 4.48, i reali feel very lucky....Yes, I had put in alot of hard work too, but i reali feel dat i'm lucky too....and i reali am very very grateful for dat.....

I've finally put a stop to my sliding CAP, frm 4.58 to 4.43 to 4.42.....i've managed to pull it up by 0.01 tis sem to 4.43 again.....I'll continue working hard....and in yr 4, try to get my First Class Honours....
my CAP will be practically frozen in yr3 as onli 8mcs on NOC will be graded....
So, yah, i'll continue working hard to repay all the care dat has been showered on me.....thks.....

Yes, and there are many ppl whom i wanna thank too....
I want to thank my mum the most....she's the best!
I oso wanna thank my fam of cos, and many many gd frens....
Mingyi, Zhiwei, Changsheng, Jiarong, Junhui, Isabelle, Zichao, Xiaomei, Aegean (mno tutor) and many many more....i can't list all, it'll probably make a long list....but i reali appreciate everyone's help....

Without ur help, i'll definitely be a lesser achiever dat i am todae....everyone's encouragement, motivation and constant kind words, i might hav lost the battle.....thks.....reali appreciate it alot alot alot....

I dono if i hav left anythg out in tis post....if i hav, i'll continue tmr....

tHkS =)