First of all, I BLOODY PASSSED MY PHYSICS B AND ENGINEERING MATH! YAYY!
Results were finally out last Friday after a whole week of postponement. I was out with my family during the results release and had to check the results online via my dads phone. The slow EDGE connection and tiny mobile screen were no help to the suspense.
I swear my heart was inches away from pumping itself out of my chest as I scrolled through the cluttered Excel file on my dad’s mobile.
That said, I’m on my way to degree in August!
Which, though, puts me in another dilemma. For as of now, I have not a vague idea of which specific discipline of Engineering I should take up as my degree.
I initially entered the Swinburne engineering foundation course with a degree in Robotics and Mechatronics in sights. But over the course of the year (yes! it’s been a year) of studying in Swinburne, I had come to conclude that Robotics isn’t going to be easy and had subsequently opened myself up to other choices.
Now I’m torn between Civil, Mechanical and Robotics. I’m not so keen on Electrical and Electronics, so I’m more than happy to drop it off my list of choices. Mechanical sounds boring, Civil isn’t good in job prospects due to an apparent over-supply of Civil Engineers, and Robotics is well, tough and isn’t in substantial demand locally.
The fact that I have a grand total of three days left to decide isn’t helping at all. Degree enrollments are next Monday!
Argh.
Best. Superhero. Movie. Ever.
Big decisions aside, I managed to convince my dad to bring us to watch The Dark Knight last Saturday. And god was it AWESOME. I know everyone’s been saying it! Yet after I watched it, I don’t see a reason not to!
The Dark Knight succeeds as a dark, gripping thriller that didn’t fail to entice even though it was a wee bit draggy being 2 and a half hours long. Seeing as I was literally on the edge of my seat all throughout the movie!
And I must applaud the stunning performance of the late Heath Ledger as The Joker, whose dark and maniacal antics bound to send chills down your spine, if not leaving a lasting, dark impression of the movie. He’d mercilessly throw you on a wild ride as his evil schemes gets played along time after time, leaving you helplessly wondering just how the movie is going to lead.
If you haven’t watched it, you have my every endorsement to do so!
In the words of The Joker, and my favourite dark quote from the movie, “Why ..so.. serious?”
Wiiicked! =P
All About SUVs
I had actually promised to show you guys my IT2 project entitled All About SUVs a while ago. I had to optimise the images, iron out bugs and have the whole code go through more QC before I could release it here. Thing is, I’ve completed everything almost a month ago but totally forgot to post it up.
So without further ado, here it is!
WARNING: #1: Doesn’t work in Safari and Opera. Only enter if you’re using Internet Explorer 7+ or Mozilla Firefox 2+. Preferably of course, viewed in Mozilla Firefox 3.
#2: Site may take awhile to load due to large images. (Speed optimisation can only go so far..) For those of you on modems, enter at your own risk!
The Guide gets better!
On a related note, I’ve spent some time revamping the most important page of tehCpeng.net — the About the drink page. I’ve noticed there’s an increasing number of you who arrived on that page while searching for Kuching’s famous drink. So to live up to your expectations, I’ve styled and souped up everything on that page. And of course.. to better live up to the tehCpeng.net domain. =)
Oh, and if you have friends who are clueless as to what teh C peng exactly is, or if you just want to share and promote the Kuching teh-C peng love, I wouldn’t mind if you link them to this guide of mine!
tehCpeng.net/thedrink
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Well, that’s pretty much what I’ve been busy with these holidays. I also have two WordPress themes up my sleeve — one in the process of coding and another still on the drawing board. The former, a theme for my client’s blog and the latter, a theme for Swinburne’s upcoming unofficial community blog.
Look out for it!
Wow the Nissan web is looking good man 🙂 Hope the bugs are fixed soon and the client is patient with that. 😛
civil is always on demand my fren… but be ready for the hot humid sun. mecha is not as boring as you think, but it does come with night shifts if your working. robotics?? well, its a clean job, but like you say.. its not really a local thing when it comes to job hunting.
and about the bat?? well.. I was disappointed with the bat, but the joker was played really nicely. I think, I loved the joker more in this Batman movie. Batman was kind off.. errr.… predictable..
@aronil, thank you! The All About SUVs site isn’t for a client though, it was part of my IT2 project in college. =D
@cdason, hrrm.. very enlightening tips! I might just rethink my outlook on Civil and Mechanical.
What I’ve heard is that Civil is on high demand overseas but not locally.. partly due to recession. Makes sense when you consider that Civil Engineering relies heavily on the economy.
That was the point of the movie! The Joker being the plot twister while everyone else (including Batman) playing along. So yah, I agree when you say Batman was really predictable!
Wow! Congrats for passing the exam. I suggest you take Robotics because in the future, it’ll be aaaaalll Robotics. 😛 Or be in the statistic of Civil Engineers. 🙂 Both is fine as long it will make you happy and put money in your pocket. Hehe!
Thank yooou! =D
Wow. That’s encouraging! Because ive already settled for Robotics!
han ge ge, you need you daddy to bring you go watch movie meh??
i would prefer X-files.
(btw, since when we are happy for a pass in exams? it’s like.. passing or not passing isn’t in consideration when we were in secondary school. mostly is worry about A or B only. what a big gap between secondary and tertiary education eh? *sigh*)
None of my friends were budging so..daddy’s my last resort. =P And I did I hear you call me that!? =o =D
Indeed! Sad, but unfortunately true. =(
Never before I’ve been so used to failing subjects. Pfft.
Congratulations.
For your final year project, please construct a mechanical terror that can be used to wreak havoc in the campus.
Wicked idea! You make me look forward to my final year. 😉