[Event] NUS School of Computing Homecoming 2012

My dear classmates of DISCS/SOC,

The Computing Alumni Association is organising a homecoming on the 14 Jan 2012. The event consists of an exciting walk from Alumni House, past YIH, and to the new University Town.

There will be a guided tour of the University Town and the facilities you can enjoy. Then you will be ferried back to the School of Computing (don't worry, we won't make you walk back). We will pass by the Science Faculty for nostalgia sake.

So please bring along your family and let us show your kids, if any, where you spent three years of your young adulthood. Lunch is provided.


Registration Page:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dHJTbEo2eHg5SDdNUnB1UVVLUWZGckE6MQ#gid=0


Facebook Event Page:

https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/312475462103624/


Homecoming 2012 Program:

0830 - Registration starts
0900 - First 2 groups leave Alumni house for the tour
1000 - Last 2 groups leave Alumni house for the tour
0945 - First 2 groups reach Utown for the Utown tour
1030 - First 2 groups take bus back from UTown to SoC*
1045 - Last 2 groups reach Utown for the Utown tour
1130 - Last 2 groups take bus back from UTown to SoC*
1230 - Lunch Starts at SoC level 2
1500 - Event ends

All Over!

My two exams just flew past me yesterday and the day before. Hahaha, actually, that is not a true statement. I had a hard time preparing for them and I didn't do well enough. :(

The first paper was okay but I think I performed below par. The second was extremely difficult (at least that is what I think). Now I am really not confident of clearing my modules high enough to graduate...

Test, Taxi Drivers, and Joi

What a horrible mid-term test I had this morning. There was so much mathematical computations to be done with the equations so long that I kept losing track of my calculations halfway through my writing down of the equations. Oh well, guess my brain isn't as good as before when it comes to mathematics.

Anyway, I want to give thanx to two taxi-drivers today. They didn't charge me any fares. Though the distances I travelled were short, they still worth considerable amounts. These were on top of having to help me deal with my wheelchair. I am sorry I didn't take note of the licence numbers. So I just want to say a big thank you to you.

Anyway, I finally have time and money to get my hands on the new album "日出 (Rì Chū)" by Joi 蔡淳佳 (Cài Chún Jiā). The album and her singing are definitely under-rated. Hope the music company can promote her seriously to other regions outside of Singapore. Listen to her songs at Music Street.

30th Anniversary of Hwa Chong Junior College

Today is the 30th Anniversary of Hwa Chong Junior College. It is also the last celebration for the school before the school goes into history after merging with The Chinese High School next year. A big carnival was held this morning which lasted till late afternoon for alumni to return 'home' and join in the celebration with the current students. The school logo is not going to be used anymore so I got myself some mementoes with the logo on them. I wish I could have bought more but I am without income presently so I can afford just a fraction of the items on sale. By buying more also means I could have raised more development funds for the school.

New Name for Merged School

My alma maters The Chinese High School and Hwa Chong Junior College will merge into a single school next year. I attended the voting of thenew school name today but unfortunately, my choice had been out-voted. The new school will be known in English as Hwa Chong Institution while the Chinese name is 华侨中学 (Huá Qiáo Zhōng Xué), name of The Chinese High School. I find the Chinese name especially unsuitable as the merged school is no longer a secondary or middle school. It is more of a college. Hence I voted for the choice of a name reflecting it. Too bad my choice was not the choice of the majority. I am both very angry and sad right now and am mourning the loss of HCJC forever.

Results

My results are out today. I know I have made a resolution to not see any C+ on my result slip this year but it is not to be. I have gotten one B+ and two C+, bringing my CAP score down to 3.125. This is a precarious situation for me as I have to maintain a CAP of 3.0 in order to graduate... Argh... Have to work harder...

By the way, Geylang United and Home United have qualify for the quarter-finals of the AFC Cup...

Project Report

The report for my second project has been submitted at last. I have to thank my project group-mates Liming and Pasha. Without them, it wouldn't be possible for the project to be completed.

First Project of the Semester

Finally has gotten over with the first project. Not too bad but not good either. Now for the second one...

Two Down

Two papers down and now, continue my struggle on my projects...

One Down

One paper down and one more to go...

Revision for exams next week...

What to do?

What to do? What to do? What to do with a project you don't know how to do...?

Need To Sleep

Yeah, it's almost 2am and I managed to finish an assignment ahead of schedule (though by not much). Next up, CS6241 project after some sleep.

Final Stretch

Okay, it is almost the final stretch of this semester. I have one more assignment, two projects and two exams to go. Praying hard that everything goes fine...

No Sleep

Finally, I managed to finish what I had set out to do this morning at 7. I had not slept during the night but managed to catch some ZZZ after that :)

Now I will start on the next part of my schedule. I need to consolidate my friend's part of the paper with mine to produce the first draft. Then I will move on to my other project...

Deadlines

Another week has gone by, which means all my deadlines and exams are getting closer by the minute. Can I make it?

What have I done today so far? Managed to get Cygwin running but not the NS2 yet. Better get it up and running by the end of the day. Writing the introduction of my project paper before working on my assignment...

Depressed and Demoralized

I am feeling very depressed and demoralized right now... My course module's project sucks big time and I have not a clue as to how to continue with it. Oh dear!! Will I get to see the light at the end of the tunnel this time???

Okay...

I have gotten a not-too-bad grade for one of my mid-term papers but I am sure the other one sucks :)

Tomorrow is a friend's wedding. At Sentosa... a rather expensive affair I presume. Gotta spend a Saturday away from bed again :p

Oops, forgot to give a senior of mine a call again. Too late for today. Hope I can remember on Sunday...

What a hell of a week!

Two mid-terms plus an assignment had made my brain kinda dead down. I am struggling to think even as I am writing this. The next things to worry are an animation assignment, a homework assignment and a project...

I have happened to meet an old acquaintance of mine while waiting for transport a couple of times in as many weeks. From her I have gotten news and contacts of another two friends.

Module Selection

One more introductory lecture to go before having to finalise my decision on the modules to take. So far my initial rank-list of modules still stand. As for the contention of whether to take CS6241 or CS5233, I will let Heavens decide. According to the statistics, CS6241 may not have enough students to start the class. If that is the case, CS5233 will automatically be my last module.

I think I better go and pray that Heavens make the right decision and give me the module most-suited.