yes this is an update of my life.
considering that i might not be able to post tomorrow i shall post right now with regards to my year of 2017. well.. recent bad events cannot mask the good things that happen throughout the last 12 months. moreover, among the bad things that happened, some good can be extracted as well.
in 2017, i am thankful for a precious internship opportunity. yes, indeed, as much as i complained about the workload and expectations of the internship, it was a good period of time for me to grow and explore what is really out there. i managed to learn stuff that isn't taught in classrooms. i managed to understand how science communications come in when i am working with tons of people from various backgrounds and knowledge.
in 2017, i am thankful to have a compassionate FYP supervisor. yes, while initially he did not want to "adopt" me as a FYP student, i managed to work under him for my FYP. i am fortunate to be working in a specific field that i am interested in. i am fortunate to have a supervisor who is ever ready to answer my queries or meet me in between his busy schedule.
in 2017, i am thankful to be healthy most of the time. yes, near the end of last semester and last couple of days i am plagued by sickness that i had minimal control over. nonetheless, as i am getting better already, i am thankful i am still able to be healthy overall.
in 2017, i am thankful to be alive. yes, the accident i mentioned couple posts back sure shine some light and new perspective. in a blink of an eye, i could have disappeared from the world. i am so glad to be able to walk and function as per normal. i am so glad to be able to wake up the next day. i am so glad to be alive today.
as the new year dawns, i hope my close ones and i remain healthy and happy. until next time then, cheers.
Saturday, December 30, 2017
Friday, December 29, 2017
Thursday, December 28, 2017
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
bad note
yes this is an update of my life.
back from a short getaway.. something i think it was more of disaster than a holiday. all i can say that i am really thankful and glad my family is all alright. long story short, we were involved in an accident that could result to something way worse than it was. i will not be talking about it here because i hope i would forget about this episode. while this might signal a bad note to end 2017, i hope in days to come, in fact years as well, we will not have to experience such a thing again.
treasure your love ones. treasure the people around you. treasure those who stands by you. you never know when it will be the last time. this episode sure placed us in a very clear perspective to certain stuff. until next time then, cheers.
back from a short getaway.. something i think it was more of disaster than a holiday. all i can say that i am really thankful and glad my family is all alright. long story short, we were involved in an accident that could result to something way worse than it was. i will not be talking about it here because i hope i would forget about this episode. while this might signal a bad note to end 2017, i hope in days to come, in fact years as well, we will not have to experience such a thing again.
treasure your love ones. treasure the people around you. treasure those who stands by you. you never know when it will be the last time. this episode sure placed us in a very clear perspective to certain stuff. until next time then, cheers.
Friday, December 22, 2017
running from running
yes this an update of my life.
peaceful night to write out a little update of my life right now. less weights in my heart and my mind since i have completed the parts of my FYP report that i aimed to complete by this week. not much but good enough to set the pace of my writing. moreover, to carry on writing, i need more extensive planning and consulting with my mentors before proceeding with confidence and conviction.
of course not all weights have been unloaded.. still unsure if my ear infection is completely heal or not. haha at this point in time i question if legit there is a problem or am i just being paranoid. you see, i don't want to spend too much money to head to the next review which will be with a specialist in a hospital.. but at the same time i want to eradicate the problem and be sure of it. like the Chinese saying goes where you remove weeds by uprooting them completely and not to just trim the top.
moving on, i realise i have sort of broken my holiday tradition of keeping fit through night runs this winter break. i find myself running from running routine. why? i keep finding reasons to not run.. at times legit reasons but other times.. plain excuses. legit reasons being heavy downpour or being sick. plain excuses being too tired after a day out or doing too much FYP thus draining to much brain energy. yeah, i know, running no need use too much brain juice.. that is why i say plain excuses. ohh wells, what a way to end 2017 in the aspect of maintaining good exercise habit haha. until next time then, cheers.
peaceful night to write out a little update of my life right now. less weights in my heart and my mind since i have completed the parts of my FYP report that i aimed to complete by this week. not much but good enough to set the pace of my writing. moreover, to carry on writing, i need more extensive planning and consulting with my mentors before proceeding with confidence and conviction.
of course not all weights have been unloaded.. still unsure if my ear infection is completely heal or not. haha at this point in time i question if legit there is a problem or am i just being paranoid. you see, i don't want to spend too much money to head to the next review which will be with a specialist in a hospital.. but at the same time i want to eradicate the problem and be sure of it. like the Chinese saying goes where you remove weeds by uprooting them completely and not to just trim the top.
moving on, i realise i have sort of broken my holiday tradition of keeping fit through night runs this winter break. i find myself running from running routine. why? i keep finding reasons to not run.. at times legit reasons but other times.. plain excuses. legit reasons being heavy downpour or being sick. plain excuses being too tired after a day out or doing too much FYP thus draining to much brain energy. yeah, i know, running no need use too much brain juice.. that is why i say plain excuses. ohh wells, what a way to end 2017 in the aspect of maintaining good exercise habit haha. until next time then, cheers.
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
bad english
yes this is an update of my life.
wondering if my ear problem is due to the previous infection or what not. my ears have been giving me problems for almost a month now. so annoying and costly so far. got referred to ENT specialist in January. i am sure the trip down will not be cheap and i am still pondering if i should go. who knows if i am paranoid or not. who knows if this issue is a permanent "damage" or not. sigh.. last thing i need now is to have such health issue bothering me and adding to my stress.
yeah.. winter break also got stress.. first time in 4 years of university life.. thanks to FYP of course. i have finally dragged my ass to start writing my FYP report with my bad english. so unsure of how i should go about writing and what not. nonetheless i am powering through and doing as much as i can. have aimed to finish one more small part before i head to my short getaway this long weekend.. so that i can arrange to meet with my supervisor in early January or what not. until next time then, cheers.
wondering if my ear problem is due to the previous infection or what not. my ears have been giving me problems for almost a month now. so annoying and costly so far. got referred to ENT specialist in January. i am sure the trip down will not be cheap and i am still pondering if i should go. who knows if i am paranoid or not. who knows if this issue is a permanent "damage" or not. sigh.. last thing i need now is to have such health issue bothering me and adding to my stress.
yeah.. winter break also got stress.. first time in 4 years of university life.. thanks to FYP of course. i have finally dragged my ass to start writing my FYP report with my bad english. so unsure of how i should go about writing and what not. nonetheless i am powering through and doing as much as i can. have aimed to finish one more small part before i head to my short getaway this long weekend.. so that i can arrange to meet with my supervisor in early January or what not. until next time then, cheers.
Monday, December 18, 2017
Saturday, December 16, 2017
Friday, December 15, 2017
showman
yes this is an update of my life.
i mentioned listening to new tunes these few days in my previous post. in this post i am going to comment on another album that i have been looping for few days now. it is the original soundtrack album from the upcoming movie "The Greatest Showman".
well, it is a musical movie so one would expect the album to be decent. yeah while musical movies like this ought to have a spectacular list of tracks, this isn't the case for some of them. however, with that said, this one lives up to that stereotype and expectation. the songs are really really inspirational and great. i love almost every single track of the album. in case you have yet to watch the trailers for this movie, do so right now.
having heard the album, i am more intrigued into catching it in the cinemas. hmm.. i wonder if i can bring myself to do so lol or if any of my friends would want to as well haha. until next time then, cheers.
i mentioned listening to new tunes these few days in my previous post. in this post i am going to comment on another album that i have been looping for few days now. it is the original soundtrack album from the upcoming movie "The Greatest Showman".
well, it is a musical movie so one would expect the album to be decent. yeah while musical movies like this ought to have a spectacular list of tracks, this isn't the case for some of them. however, with that said, this one lives up to that stereotype and expectation. the songs are really really inspirational and great. i love almost every single track of the album. in case you have yet to watch the trailers for this movie, do so right now.
having heard the album, i am more intrigued into catching it in the cinemas. hmm.. i wonder if i can bring myself to do so lol or if any of my friends would want to as well haha. until next time then, cheers.
Thursday, December 14, 2017
reputation
yes this is an update of my life.
it feels as though today is my first day of winter break. no plans. not touching FYP. a day where i sleep in and be awake just to eat and watch my shows. not doing anything productive can be good but i guess i will get bored of it after a few days of such a lifestyle. then again, my schedule for the next couple of days prevent me from doing so anyway.
yeah, maybe tomorrow still can have such a lifestyle but come this weekend, my tuition classes are back again. then Monday would yet be another day trip to campus.
moving on, i have been listening to quite a few new songs as well. today i would like to talk about few of them. they are from an album in fact. yeah, you might have guessed from the title of this blog. it is "Reputation" by Taylor Swift.
well, you cannot expect a fan of Taylor Swift to give an album a miss even if his friends commented that it isn't really good. after all, i have to listen for myself. so i did.. in fact at least twice. verdict? not as nice as previous albums but not as bad as some people think.
i would say this is a really fresh new take by her and it is probably the main reason why those people didn't really like this album. nonetheless, the lyrics remain great and impactful.. like those in her previous albums as well. of course, i don't love every song in the album but there are few that are really nice.. and i would share them here someday for sure. until next time then, cheers.
it feels as though today is my first day of winter break. no plans. not touching FYP. a day where i sleep in and be awake just to eat and watch my shows. not doing anything productive can be good but i guess i will get bored of it after a few days of such a lifestyle. then again, my schedule for the next couple of days prevent me from doing so anyway.
yeah, maybe tomorrow still can have such a lifestyle but come this weekend, my tuition classes are back again. then Monday would yet be another day trip to campus.
moving on, i have been listening to quite a few new songs as well. today i would like to talk about few of them. they are from an album in fact. yeah, you might have guessed from the title of this blog. it is "Reputation" by Taylor Swift.
well, you cannot expect a fan of Taylor Swift to give an album a miss even if his friends commented that it isn't really good. after all, i have to listen for myself. so i did.. in fact at least twice. verdict? not as nice as previous albums but not as bad as some people think.
i would say this is a really fresh new take by her and it is probably the main reason why those people didn't really like this album. nonetheless, the lyrics remain great and impactful.. like those in her previous albums as well. of course, i don't love every song in the album but there are few that are really nice.. and i would share them here someday for sure. until next time then, cheers.
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
half a mess
yes this an update of my life.
somewhat relieved and happy with my FYP progress after this afternoon. now i can take a couple days off the project and appreciate my winter break before continuing. yeah "relieved" and "happy".. i can highlight exactly why these two.
i am relieved because i thought i would take way longer to clear this part of coding and analysis considering the silly fatal error i made earlier this week. so what happened then was i did not realise a careless error in my code that resulted to half of the results churned out on earlier this week to be rather off. so yeah imagine the feeling i got when i realised i practically wasted more than half a day at the start of this week. so i had to spend yesterday and today morning clearing out this half a mess. then only thereafter i can carry on. i think caffeine from my cups of tea today drove me real well.
i am happy because this is more or less the last major part of my analysis. the next step would be presenting all these to my mentor to ensure i am doing what i think he expects me to do. if that stage is passed, i can focus completely on writing my thesis. so yeah technically i can start writing my thesis now.. just excluding those outputs and results first. but.. nah.. like i said i want to take a couple days to enjoy my winter break first.
anyway, i have 5 more weeks of winter break. i can afford certain level of procrastination. next week will be away for a short getaway as well. no city life.. just beach and a cozy room. until next time then, cheers.
somewhat relieved and happy with my FYP progress after this afternoon. now i can take a couple days off the project and appreciate my winter break before continuing. yeah "relieved" and "happy".. i can highlight exactly why these two.
i am relieved because i thought i would take way longer to clear this part of coding and analysis considering the silly fatal error i made earlier this week. so what happened then was i did not realise a careless error in my code that resulted to half of the results churned out on earlier this week to be rather off. so yeah imagine the feeling i got when i realised i practically wasted more than half a day at the start of this week. so i had to spend yesterday and today morning clearing out this half a mess. then only thereafter i can carry on. i think caffeine from my cups of tea today drove me real well.
i am happy because this is more or less the last major part of my analysis. the next step would be presenting all these to my mentor to ensure i am doing what i think he expects me to do. if that stage is passed, i can focus completely on writing my thesis. so yeah technically i can start writing my thesis now.. just excluding those outputs and results first. but.. nah.. like i said i want to take a couple days to enjoy my winter break first.
anyway, i have 5 more weeks of winter break. i can afford certain level of procrastination. next week will be away for a short getaway as well. no city life.. just beach and a cozy room. until next time then, cheers.
Monday, December 11, 2017
Saturday, December 9, 2017
Friday, December 8, 2017
Thursday, December 7, 2017
baby steps
yes this is an update of my life.
everyday feels like a weekend when you are on break. still finding the needed motivation to actually do something productive. well, updating here is somewhat productive i would say.. so for now i will take that while justifying i did something meaningful and productive day in day out. baby steps towards more productive days.
i have roughly 5 weeks of winter break to make significant progress in my FYP. sometimes things tend to align pretty well in terms of timing. this week most of my shows will be airing their final episode before taking roughly a month's break from air. this would allow me to watch and enjoy my first few days of winter break before these distractions are written off my schedule so as to allow me to be more focused on FYP.
so it is settled then, i shall start working hard on FYP stuff next week onwards. ought to do something first if i want to meet my supervisor once more in late December. well, he suggested January meeting but i hinted late December if possible. why, Alvin, why? well, mainly so that i could make use of the time at hand and not procrastinate and what not.
been pondering a little on employment as well. got some rough ideas but nothing is set in stone.. so shan't really comment much about it until i decide and finally take some sort of action. until next time then, cheers.
everyday feels like a weekend when you are on break. still finding the needed motivation to actually do something productive. well, updating here is somewhat productive i would say.. so for now i will take that while justifying i did something meaningful and productive day in day out. baby steps towards more productive days.
i have roughly 5 weeks of winter break to make significant progress in my FYP. sometimes things tend to align pretty well in terms of timing. this week most of my shows will be airing their final episode before taking roughly a month's break from air. this would allow me to watch and enjoy my first few days of winter break before these distractions are written off my schedule so as to allow me to be more focused on FYP.
so it is settled then, i shall start working hard on FYP stuff next week onwards. ought to do something first if i want to meet my supervisor once more in late December. well, he suggested January meeting but i hinted late December if possible. why, Alvin, why? well, mainly so that i could make use of the time at hand and not procrastinate and what not.
been pondering a little on employment as well. got some rough ideas but nothing is set in stone.. so shan't really comment much about it until i decide and finally take some sort of action. until next time then, cheers.
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
out from cave, into winter
yes this is an update of my life.
well hello hello good people of the good world. i have finally crawled out of my little cave and brought my sorry ass here to do a proper update of my life. yes i kind of fell off the grid couple of weeks back. my world was kind of spiralling a little crazy. sickness, exams, worries, obligations, adult woos. i shall tap of those today.. like i said, proper update first.
sickness. apparently i found my hearing to be bad as i felt my ear getting blocked by something two weeks ago or so. initially i thought it was due to some common cold or what not.. then i realised i was not showing signs of flu or cough. yawning and swallowing hard did not help with the blockage in my ear. so after a week's delay i went to my family doctor to learn that i have some infection in my throat that spread to my middle ear. the blocking feeling is due to that. wow.. just wow. never in my last 24 years i have had experience such an infection. first time for everything? well this one isn't a good first time thing. so yeah.. powerful infection.. currently still in midst of recovering. fingers crossed.
exams. three finals, all core modules, were good enough to force me to my little cave and mug my ass off. core module 1, i failed midterms rather badly and had to create a miracle in hope to score a B+ at least. well the finals was slightly better for me i guess. i was more calm and could do more questions as compared to midterms. the rest is up to fate and bell curve. core module 2, easy module but time consuming finals. the lecturer commented that he would set a tougher paper than last year. he did and i was kind of glad i guess.. steep bell curve isn't a good thing. core module 3, so many careless mistakes made and i was so angry with myself. was feeling more angry than happy even though finals were over. ohh wells.. bell curve and fate then.
worries. i consider myself as one who plans ahead so when i am faced with too much uncertainty or tied up in a really messy ball of yarn i tend to overthink a little. so unwanted worries will kick in and this was what happened.. i was really stressed about the next step of FYP for i was totally stuck with the analysis part. so instead of concentrating on finals revision.. my mind tend to stray to think about that nonsense during reading week. well, slight better news is that earlier today i met my supervisor to clear certain doubts out and naturally more work is in placed this December.
obligations. yeah, my cousin got married earlier this week.. yeah right smack in the middle of my exam period. nonetheless, obligation. mental note to self.. having an outdoor wedding is really romantic.. but not practical in a weather like Singapore's.
adult woos. i am in my final year. the first semester has passed. means i am so close to graduating. means i have to start hunting for jobs really soon. a little sad to think of such a thing but i guess that is life. one chapter ends so as to allow another to begin. job hunting will be the start of the many adult woos.
so winter is here. no, not the "Game of Thrones" winter but rather winter break. while i know i have to cover tons of grounds in my FYP during this few weeks, i hope i can make full use of this break to relax and enjoy while i attend to some of my adult woos. until next time then, cheers.
well hello hello good people of the good world. i have finally crawled out of my little cave and brought my sorry ass here to do a proper update of my life. yes i kind of fell off the grid couple of weeks back. my world was kind of spiralling a little crazy. sickness, exams, worries, obligations, adult woos. i shall tap of those today.. like i said, proper update first.
sickness. apparently i found my hearing to be bad as i felt my ear getting blocked by something two weeks ago or so. initially i thought it was due to some common cold or what not.. then i realised i was not showing signs of flu or cough. yawning and swallowing hard did not help with the blockage in my ear. so after a week's delay i went to my family doctor to learn that i have some infection in my throat that spread to my middle ear. the blocking feeling is due to that. wow.. just wow. never in my last 24 years i have had experience such an infection. first time for everything? well this one isn't a good first time thing. so yeah.. powerful infection.. currently still in midst of recovering. fingers crossed.
exams. three finals, all core modules, were good enough to force me to my little cave and mug my ass off. core module 1, i failed midterms rather badly and had to create a miracle in hope to score a B+ at least. well the finals was slightly better for me i guess. i was more calm and could do more questions as compared to midterms. the rest is up to fate and bell curve. core module 2, easy module but time consuming finals. the lecturer commented that he would set a tougher paper than last year. he did and i was kind of glad i guess.. steep bell curve isn't a good thing. core module 3, so many careless mistakes made and i was so angry with myself. was feeling more angry than happy even though finals were over. ohh wells.. bell curve and fate then.
worries. i consider myself as one who plans ahead so when i am faced with too much uncertainty or tied up in a really messy ball of yarn i tend to overthink a little. so unwanted worries will kick in and this was what happened.. i was really stressed about the next step of FYP for i was totally stuck with the analysis part. so instead of concentrating on finals revision.. my mind tend to stray to think about that nonsense during reading week. well, slight better news is that earlier today i met my supervisor to clear certain doubts out and naturally more work is in placed this December.
obligations. yeah, my cousin got married earlier this week.. yeah right smack in the middle of my exam period. nonetheless, obligation. mental note to self.. having an outdoor wedding is really romantic.. but not practical in a weather like Singapore's.
adult woos. i am in my final year. the first semester has passed. means i am so close to graduating. means i have to start hunting for jobs really soon. a little sad to think of such a thing but i guess that is life. one chapter ends so as to allow another to begin. job hunting will be the start of the many adult woos.
so winter is here. no, not the "Game of Thrones" winter but rather winter break. while i know i have to cover tons of grounds in my FYP during this few weeks, i hope i can make full use of this break to relax and enjoy while i attend to some of my adult woos. until next time then, cheers.
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