My Junior / My Senior

While rushing to the first lesson today, I saw a former classmate from primary school. In fact, it's the third time I see him in school this sem, just that I never greeted him, and he never noticed me. Anyway, this time, I called him, and he still took a few seconds to recognise me.. It's a good sign, at least he never said anything like I've not changed since last time.

He went to poly after secondary school, and is now a freshman at SoC. That should make him my junior. But he has been given exemption to some of the modules and has already taken at least one of the module I took last sem, and might also be exempted from some of the modules I'm currently taking. Therefore, in the end, we might just graduate together.

During secondary school days, it always seems that taking the poly route to university would be a waste of at least a year, but for those born in the same year as me, it doesn't seemed to go this way.

Drifting Away

The mid term tests period is finally over, with the last paper completed yesterday - Quiz 2 of CS1231X- Discrete Structures. This series of tests are really strenuous to the mind, but I don't see this as a time to slack. With 3 more projects still up and running, and deadlines approaching, I really want to get something done.

However, as always, things won't go the way as planned. I never fail to find excuses for not working hard (i.e. if i worked hard, then i failed to find excuses), and putting off what is to be done till the very last moments. The second submission for the Operating Systems project is this friday at 2359hrs, but I still have yet to expand on the parts that I was assigned. I guess my group members must really dislike me, since I have been really passive for this particular project.

Apart from the project, the labs from this particular module was also quite difficult to understand. Luckily, the lab TA was kind enough to extend the deadline for the lab submission for 1 of the lab by another week, for me to finish up. So for that particular week, I was behind time by 2 labs. How nua can I be..

At this point, I am already fearing for the worst for my Probability. Since tutorial 3, I've not been preparing for it. And the concepts of Probability just keeps on getting more abstract. Mathematics used to be my strongest subject, now it seems like it's one of the worst I can take. This means that most likely, I won't be taking anymore mathematics modules, and I'll have little other choices to go for as well.

Hoax or Not? Am I really Lucky?

A few weeks back, someone claimed that she was from a company in HK and asked me to take a survey regarding places that I have travelled to. After which, she gave me a lucky draw number if I'm not wrong is CS12658, and told me to wait for notification if I win a prize. She called back a while later and reminded me the number. She might have called back again a third time, but I didn't pick up the call, and I never heard from her again.

Two weeks ago, someone from Singtel called me and says I was selected to take up a free trial for Mio-TV. Along with the trial of 6 mths, I will receive a new modem and installation will be absolutely free. I accepted, and there, it was installed today.

Today, my sis told me that she received a call from NTUC Income while I was in school, saying that I've won something in a lucky draw... Don't know if it's for real, but the only policy I have with them is DPS. They never called back ever again.

Integrated Unit

An interesting event occurred today while I was going home from school. While walking towards the bus stop near school, I walked past a gas cylinder delivery man with his truck of cargos outside a gate that requires you to slot your cashcard into the IU in the car to pass.

However, from afar, it seems that this deliveryman was examining the gate or something. Holding his hand up poking the device that scans the IU in the car. As I walked nearer, of course like any other nosey parker, I looked more closely at what he was trying to do.

The Answer: Holding up his cashcard and trying to make the device read it off his hand.

Absent Mindedness

The testCount tally comes to 4 today and I really don't know what I have done as preparations for all of them so far. But nevermind that, I almost even went to the test at the wrong time today.

The test was scheduled at 2pm to 3pm but something in my mind keep telling me that it would even be too early if I were to leave home at 1.30pm. So I on my computer and did some revision with the notes and at the same time played some games, then watched Pokemon at 11a.m. and Good Morning, Teacher after that. Lunch was ready at 1pm, and off I went to eat. After eating for about 5 mins, i looked at the clock, and that's when I suddenly realize something amiss.

I was lucky that I still made it on time for the test, but had to burn a hole in my pocket..

The test wasn't that difficult, but who knows, maybe I got tricked into thinking it's easy, that's why I find it easy. Whatever it is, just hope that those questions that I give a random answer, the God that I worship will help me get them right!

Probability of scoring high is low

Today marks the start of mid term tests. And to kick start the series of tests with 2 consecutive tests is really a very bad thing to do. Even though the recess has just ended, I couldn't really make myself revise, and of course find myself short on time this few days.

This therefore means that I have to compromise with my revision for the tests. Reading the minimal for my Operating System test which is a mcq test and focus more on my probability test - 2 questions for 40% of the total grade.

As usual, the tests turn out to be disasterous. The mcq test was really messed up, having to guess through so many of them, it will take a whole lot of luck to get a reasonable score.

The maths test didn't seem that hard at first glance, but when it comes to comparing answers after the test, I found that I as usual had mislook so many things including the memorylessness property of a geometric distribution. Something that I always hear the lecturer says..

Now the only thing i can do is to worship more of Kai, and hope that I get better grades.