Lonely Penang Island

Penang oh Penang. Why do I feel so lonely and bored here even though there are abundance of cheap food around me. I don't usually have this kind of lonely feeling but I'm really having it right now. Why? Why? Why? I thought UK was bad but it is even worse here :( Friends from overseas haven't reached home yet and those who are here are leaving one by one back to their universities. And I have been quite relaxed since coming back home except the fact I needed to review the modules I chose for my NUS year. God bless! :S

When my friends are back in Penang, I'll be away in Singapore. So, the only way would be for me to return to Penang to meet them or for them to come to Singapore to visit me! How unfortunate this is. Unfair huh? Oh yes it is! Life goes on though and I'm ready for the life in Singapore! Even though many question my decision to go there (even I myself question it now, lol); I think I will be fine there as long as I have faith in myself. Oh yeah baby! I will miss UK (can't believe I'm saying it right now) but yeah I will and all my friends there but definitely we'll be able to meet up again.

As for Singapore, I hope to make new friends and hopefully my room mate's a great person and hopefully he/she doesn't like the air cond because I don't like air cond! LOL. I will be closer to home and definitely will be cheaper for me too! Meaning I can spend more! LOL.

Back in Malaysia

Yes, I'm back in Malaysia... So, what I'm I doin at the moment? Nothing much except catching up with football... Got my results for second year and it was okay... Just preparing my important documents for my Singapore Student Pass. Damn annoying thing to start with. Caught up with some friends and yeah had some great time out with them catching movies and some football matches. Anyone with any great ideas of what to do with my 2 months holidays? Travelling? Learning a new language? Learning a music instrument? Play PC games 24/7? I think the 4th choice would be most likely xD.

2 more papers to go!

Yeah 2 more papers and I'm done with second year! Yeeehaaaa... All the papers have been well until yesterday when Reactors and Catalysis was a real killer. Many people complaint about it and even emailed the lecturer and tutors complaining the how difference was yesterday's question to past papers. Well, to be really honest, it was not that hard. It's just that no one paid attention to the tutorial questions. It was all from the tutorial. Sigh. I'd done it before but could only fully complete one of the questions. The other one was okay but the another one was totally crap. Probably due to exam pressure and time constraint, I was not able to derive the proper equation to obtain the correct answer. So, quite a huge some of marks were gone there I suppose. Actually I derived the correct formula and material balance out already but I don't know what was with me yesterday I didn't spot that I inserted the equation wrongly! Even though I might get marks for working, but there was not much working to begin with! :D

What to do, luckily was only a 10 credit module and not a 20 one which accounts 2 times more than the former. Anyway needa do well in the next 2 papers... Toughest and most important! Anggong popi popi :]

Revision term starting soon... Means exams nearer :(

The dawn of a new semester is approaching and it ain't a good sign at all. It literally means the examination period is fast approaching and yeah stress days are coming too. Since the start of second year I've been constantly staying up late night either revising or doing nothing but staring blankly at the laptop screen. But these few weeks, I've been working till 2 or 3am and yeah it's not the best thing to do to be honest. Stayed up whole night till 6 am several times in the Learning Centre mugging. I need more Coke man I desperately need it LOL. I really need the energy boost hahaha.

Apart from revision, I still have another coursework to be handed-in when school reopens. A group thing wth. Sei lor this time, I can't bloody get any response from my group members. WTF! Asked them through uni email as well as FACEBOOK but no replies. Dulan ar... And this shit ain't some easy exercise. Been trying to solve one bloody question for 2 days and can't even be 100% sure it's right. Oh almighty Dr. Robbins, why do we need to do this coursework over Easter T_T. But I still respect your intelligence all the way from Cambridge University! You are still one of my favourite lecturers :D

Al-Duri's coursework nearly done (said this many many times) because I keep procrastinating one small question. Haha. Typical me I guess. But was a good exercise to revise her subjects. Hope the exam is similar to those in the coursework. Fingers-crossed xx

Revision

Yah... alot of stuff to revise and yeah time is running out!

Just listing down the progress of each subject I've got to sit exams for this year.

Process Systems/Principles of Process Control - 85%

Liquid Mixing Systems - 90%

Membranes and Adsorption - 50%

Distillation - 100%

Sustainable Development - 50 %

Heat, Momentuma and Mass Transfer - 10%

Drying/Crystillisation - (probably not attempting)

Reactors and Catalysis - 0%

Still have past papers to do though. :[

Break and NUS Application

Easter break is here and yeah holidays but that does not necessarily mean I can rest 24/7. I have loads and loads of work to catch up and do. Yeah! Started a bit of revision and hopefully to be able to complete a coursework by this weekend. Fingers-crossed! Then might take a break from revision before attempting the other one.

Application of my exchange to NUS is gathering pace knowing that the online application deadline in on the 15th of April while the submission of hardcopy supporting documents is on the 1st of May. That gives me a little bit more time to consult my tutor to discuss the modules that I need to attempt while being over in Singapore. On the top right are the modules I have chosen. Hopefully they make sense.

Random Happenings

Arrived home in Birmingham on monday 1st February 1pm. Rushed to university to attend the first presentation session for the Project Design Exercise. My group wasn't presenting that week but we were there to witness how the other groups present. All the groups in my opinion did fairly well except for 1 or 2 excellent ones. Gosh, I don't know how am I going to handle the presentation when it reaches my turn which could possibly be in the next 2 or 3 weeks perhaps.



Okay, let's talk about Cambridge. First on reaching the train station; Ordinary UK city only lah! After further venturing north heading towards the colleges; Oh my god! Awesome! Yes! It is indeed an awesome city. In my opinion it is a quite boring city but nevertheless a beautiful city. There are about I guess 31 colleges in total? The architecture of the buildings especially the colleges is really the olden days' architecture, more to the medieval ages. Damn, I was seriously impressed. There is a very distinctive difference between Cambridge University compared to University of Birmingham.



Met ah Liang's singaporean friend, Premchand who lives in St. John's College (one of the famous colleges there). Took us to venture around his college and his accommodation. Well, they pay dirt cheap for their accommodation man. I can't believe it. He lives in a hostel/apartment/accommodation which rent includes internet (>50 MBps) and unlimited heating and electric and he pays less than what I'm paying to rent a private house. Shit! First night there, we went for this Asian Food Festival or something organised by CUMSA (Cambridge University Malaysian and Singaporean Association) though most of them are Singaporeans. The food wasn't that great although I liked a few dishes which I haven't had for ages since coming here to UK. 11 pounds for that dinner. LOL



Next day, went roaming around the city with Premchand going to church. Went for lunch at a Japanese restaurant with Singaporeans and a few Malaysians. After that, went back to apartment and talked cock and played some computer games. At night, we attended a formal dinner at St. John's college formal dining hall or something. They have the formal dinner 6 times a week excluding Saturdays if I'm not wrong. Awesome food and had wine too. The dinner was 8.50 pounds and I think it was a great experience to be there for once. Arrived home and went to bed straight haha. Then the next morning took off back to Birmingham. :D


Back in Birmingham accompanied Leet Liang until early morning on Tuesday before I headed for labs. Leet Liang then went back to Leicester probably before 11 or 12 in the afternoon. The rest of the days in the week was fully pre-occupied with Project works and studying sessions. Boringggggggg. Me and Tim decided to go for a Quiz Night organised by BUCES (Birmingham University Chemical Engineering Society) on the Thursday night. However, we were so unlucky as we missed the 1 pound dinner and the quiz itself too. We missed it because we were playing Bejeweled Blitz on facebook in the cluster. :( I reckoned that quiz to be an opportunity to meet new people but it wasn't meant to be though. Went to Goose (a pub) to have curry before heading back home to do my project work. Ahhhhhhhhh finally weekend arrived and yeah i literally enjoyed the whole Friday night without doing work but definitely need to do them on Saturday and Sunday as I need to prepare some stuff for my group member to work on. Stress again sia :(

Another new week domintated by work and stress awaits... XD