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Drinking Nescafe in the afternoon means things are getting desperate...

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why is giving up so easy

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Maybe I am biting off more than I can chew after all...

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“You will never know your limits until you push yourself to them.”

Last week was intense. When I thought not sleeping for 1 night was my limit, there I go pushing myself to stay up for 3 nights straight. We had decided that 26 Feb was to be our launch date for the Autonomous Surface Vessel and things weren’t looking so great last week. With so many things undone and so little manpower, we actually considered pushing back the launch date. But we didn’t want to delay anymore so what else can we push besides the date? That’s right ourselves. Managed to catch the last bus on Friday at 11:45pm so I could go back home but ended up sleeping in the morning to code the software system. Stayed overnight in school on sat and sun nights to fix the tons of bugs in the system. Software engineering is always hard especially trying to find bugs that appear all of the sudden.

And then Monday came, we had to disassemble the vessel, carry the parts to the carpark and then assemble them back before a lorry crane came to carry it to RSYC, where our vessel first touched water. Thankfully, there wasn’t any major problems with the system and we could remotely control the vehicle. With another 100 problems to fix, this is a good start to the testing season.

Now I have to catch up with my abandoned school work before all the mid-terms next week. T.T

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Today is a sad sad day

Screwed up badly for the first assessment of this sem. Was stunning at every question the assessor threw at me. Haiz~ Only have myself to blame for being so unprepared. So many more things to do~ More assignments to hand up, labs to do, mid terms to study and with our surface vessel launching on monday, that can only mean sleepless nights again...

#onlyicanhelpmyself #andmaybeicecream

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What in the world literally in the blink of an eye I am diving right into week 6 with no parachute, just falling through the sky...

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Toughest sem yet. Reading research papers all day every day. The learning curve is probably steeper than Mount Everest. Just ended week 1 and dark circles appearing. T.T

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Today is a sad sad day.

So a month ago I decided to join this robot@nus competition where we were loaned LEGO EV3 sets and had to build a "robot" for the elderly.

1 month later I ended up with nothing. My group made an automated medicine sorter and dispenser that is aimed at improving medicine compliance. But we lost to an arcade machine claimed to train elderly reflexes, some robot arm and a grocery carrier than can climb up the stairs but cannot climb down. Oh well I guess we were too busy to concentrate on this but it really just sounds like an excuse.

In any case my app making skills levelled up again. Coded a decent app with tableview, buttons and tabbar as well as bluetooth connection to the ev3 all in single night. Slept at 4+ and woke up at 8+

On a side note i just missed my round 1a bidding T.T

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TIL

Today I learned that nothing drops faster than my CAP.

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First Day of School

Well not mine, today is the first day of new school for my niece as she attends primary 1. Brings back so many memories for me. The first day of school especially when going to a new school is always full of anxiety and fear. Walking into the school without knowing anyone or knowing what is going on. I vaguely remember the first day of school when I was P1 was just full of aimless waiting in class. I remember I was too nervous to eat anything for recess and my mum sneaked into the canteen to ask me why I wasn’t eating. There was always this waiting area outside the canteen where parents can camp to see their kids. Soon enough I graduated and entered High school. The first day was the same, just me struggling to find my class and a seat in the class. At least I had a class then. Fast forward to Uni I went to school alone again. Struggling to bid for my modules, find my lesson venues and go for tutorials alone. The first day of anything is just a no no. 

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2018

I shall keep things simple for 2018

1. Drink more water

- Problem: I keep ignoring the app alert to drink water

- Solution: Half full drink up when I see the alert immediately. Plant 10 plants in Plant Nanny

2. Stop procrastinating

-  Problem: I should really kick this habit of procrastination. Opportunities are lost when not seized. I tend to keep things for later especially when reading emails and then I forget about them and miss the deadline.

- Solution: Make decisions on the top. If really cannot set a reminder.

3. Making decisions

- Problem: I really cannot make decisions for myself. Even deciding what to eat for meals is painful.

- Solution: Do more research, ask people, list pros and cons. Most importantly start early to give me more time to decide rather than rushing near the deadline.

4. Be Nice

- I believe this is not exactly a problem (hopefully?) but I want to be nicer to people around me. So many people have been helping me but I feel like I returning the gratitude. I should be more friendly and speak up more to strangers.

5. Exercise

- Let me aim for silver this year’s IPPT. After my modules are confirmed I will plan out my schedule because failing to plan is planning to fail. Of course, taking action to follow the plan is the most important.

“In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take”

Can 2018 be nice to me please :)

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2017 끝

In a flash, another year has passed. One way or another I have managed to bash my way through 2017.

Bumblebee

2017 started with Yr 1 Sem 2 of NUS. It was a hectic sem as I had to manage my studies along with the preparation for the Singapore Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Challenge. Really crazy period as one by one people left the software team and I was all alone.Though we didn’t win, I had really learnt a lot from this experience and forged new friendships. Luckily I was also selected to be part of the main team to fly to San Diego for Robosub 17 in July. The main takeaway I had was that picking up handed down code was the toughest thing ever, especially when people go mia and are reluctant to teach. Thankfully I had some seniors who were willing to help me along the way.

Modules

Even though I had initially refused to join iDCP somehow I ended up applying for it again I was sick and tired of doing group projects with random strangers hence joining iDCP lets me map my Bumblebee’s work to my module and I get to work with people I like. On the downside, this means crazy overloading again (+16MCs) assuming I want to complete the program and get the iDCP cert. Haiz doing so much for a non-double degree doesn't seem to be worth it. And every sem only seems to get tougher. On top of preallocated modules now I have an additional iDCP group project and Independent Work Project (For Bumblebee’s sponsorship). Crazy 31 MCs.

SEP

The longer I stay in NUS, the more I regret taking Computer Engineering. Due to the intense curriculum and inflexibility of modules, I had missed out on so many opportunities. On top of the extra modules that I have to take, now I cannot go for SEP also. Really really wanted to go to Korea for an exchange to experience studying overseas for a sem. So many places not available to CEG students. Even schools that were for my CEG seniors did not appear in my application list WHYYYYYYY (I guess it is still not time for me to watch a concert in Korea) :’(

HEALTH

2017 was better than 2016 since I didn’t have to go the hospital. Though I feel like I could have been healthier. Like didn’t even exercise ever since IPPT.

MONEY

Bought a Switch. Bought a monitor. And I finally got a debit card like omg. And Internet Banking is really convenient like so simple to send and receive money. But makes me spend more money unknowingly.

RELATIONSHIP

I want one but I guess it is not possible to find love in a hopeless place.

2018 please be kind to me :)

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End of Hell Wk

Was going to write each day but I ended up falling asleep on the bus instead.

Finally, it is the end. The last sem was insane with back to back exams while this sem is filled with back to back projects and demos. As usual, this week ended full of regrets.

#1 I am really am sick and tired of not being able to choose my groupmates. I mean it is still possible for me to tank the project but when it comes to demo you would still need to come together and rehearse. I shouldn’t have let them affect my mindset. Perhaps I was affected after hearing that they want to give up on this project. I should have been more proactive in choosing my teammates, and to learn to accept and be forgiving. Maybe I should try meditating~

#2 I should really have been more careful and put in more effort in my work. Realised I missed out a few requirements for my project submission. Haiz~ But then come to think of it maybe the back-to-back late night working caused me to miss certain details. Also for EE2020 demo, I should have been more kiasu and include the same enhancement for each task rather than just doing one unique type of enhancement for a task. I assumed that it was sufficient to prove that I was able to code a unique enhancement once. Maybe I wasn’t desperate enough.

#3 I think I did ok for the EE2020 final quiz given that I only had time to study 1 day before. No idea why I missed out some stuff while studying though. Should have been more thorough when I go through tutorials.

Ok enough ranting. Time to finish up my last assignment for the sem and prep for exams~

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Hell Wk Day 1

Yesterday was super intense. In school the entire day trying to commit more last minute code to the project and doing up all the documentation and guides was a pain.

In the process, I ended up breaking more stuff, destroying my github repo and desperately trying to put things back in place during lecture.

Things got more hectic as the clock ticks closer to 00:00. So many things missing and not updated in the user and developer guides. Thankfully 1 other person in the group was willing to put in effort. The other 2 well...

After each update we had to painfully wait for the snail paced Travis CI to do all the checks and tests, prolonging the agony before submission.

And then came the IVLE lag as I tried to upload the requirements. Luckily IVLE didn't crash though from the high traffic of people all submitting last minute.

Hopefully all turns out well. At least we submitted right on the dot. Now time for another report submission today and final quiz tmr.

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The start of wk 13

The end of me

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WK 13 STRESS

Please let me submit all my assignments and projects peacefully 🙏🏻