Over ... =)

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-Jia Hui-

Calculus II

Boy ... seems like I am blogging on all the papers I am taking. Well, just wanna count down my days from total freedom ... Mokshah ... weird ... this word suddenly popped up in my head ... where have I seen it? I am sure it has got to do with freedom ...

Anyway, I had less than 12 hours to prepare for this exam. Thank goodness the style was similar to the past year papers. At least I didn't get a terrible shock from it. What could I say about the test? Normal ... aka got NTU (super smart people) standard but quite similar to the previous years. The only problem was it was very risky. With all the power series and Taylor's series going on. One mistake in between will cost a lot of marks ... well, what is done is done.

Moving on. Last paper tomorrow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Biochemistry II .... Better get started ... =)

Finally ... spanish is over ...

The exam I have been sweating for ... Spanish .... is finally over. How was the paper? Well, it was slightly different than the past year papers. For one, there was actually MULTIPLE CHOICE for our comprehension .... the catch was : more vocabularies we have never met before and those setters were very tricky ... in Spanish, apparently you put many negative words like 'no, nunca, ni etc' and it still means no ... worse part was they used negative adjectives as well ....so convert convert convert .... wasted my time ...

Comprehension wasn't too bad. Questions were okay apart from the tricky ones. Second section: Grammar part was totally based on memory.... tonnes of verb conjugation but I think it wasn't too bad. Last section: essay. This time 2 essays. Each was about 150-200 words. One was to describe my house and the second one is to describe my family. Sounds primary school? IT IS. Easy? NOT AT ALL if you are trying to get all the grammar correct and having so few choices of words doesn't help at all.... I gave it my all.

In less than 12 hours I will have my next paper. Thank goodness it is Calculus ... =)

Overall, the paper was tough (but not as tough as Chemistry). I am quite positive that I will pass this exam. If I did well, there is a slight chance I might consider taking Spanish Level 2 .... =)

Kickstart Exam Day 1 .... =)

I have been "tegur"ed by a few people for putting up the smiley face already .... haih ... what's wrong with this Jia Hui? Sadistic ke? Go and put a smiley face on exam countdown ... One : I love exam because no lesson and the feeling after a paper is over is so AWESOME ... can't wait to burn all the notes !!! Two : There are many things to look forward to after this exam ... =)

This semester is a bit relaxing for me. Took 5 units (as opposed to the normal 6, my darling took 7 !!!!) ... 1 of them is 100% coursework aka no written exam. So, I am left with 4 units. So happen all these exams were arranged a day after the other, making my exam period as short as 6days (2 days being the weekend) ... so thankful mine doesn't drag all the way to the end of the exam season (UNLIKE ENGINEERING ... lol). This gives me an extra week or so to go back to Malaysia, have a bit of fun ... then come back for Summer Research Project (得闲吾事做).

Having said that, today's exam didn't go as well as I thought it would be. The first paper was Modern Chemistry aka Fundamental Chemistry (Inorganic) .... revolves around rates, NMR, equilibria, electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry and MI FAVORITO DEL TODOS - ACID BASE CHEMISTRY (我的死穴). Mostly A-level stuff, and I actually thought it would not be the toughest subject.

To start with, this is the first time this lecturer (a French woman) took charge of this course. She did her postgrad in Bristol. Need I say more about her expectations ... =.= ... Exam format changed .... she loved calculations so much there was not even one question which required explanation.

The WORST part : NMR. At this level, based on the past year papers, we select the compound (out of a few) by looking at the NMR spectrum. This time there was a twist. She gave us a specturm- the real one as produced by the NMR machine and asked us to guess what compound it is with as little information as the molecular formula. 13 marks .......... =.= .......... the compound was an 11C compound with a degree of unsaturation of 6 !!!!! Omg .... imagine the possibilities that can make up this number ... well, in short, I screwed this part up really bad .... T_T

Come to think about it, I shouldn't be suprise. After all, this is NTU ... no matter how tough the paper is, there will still be some freaking geniuses who will score 100. Let's hope this time fewer get that ... or else my cGPA will drop drastically ... Moving on, examen espanol is next in line ... start memorising ..... =(

3 months Anniversary

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4 pictures speak 4000 words .... ok ... lame ....

Anyway, our relationship survived a quarter of a year already ... =) .... All of us are stressed out during these coming 2 weeks or so (maybe more stress on your side) .... can't wait to get over with the exams .....

Countdown to freedom : 16 days ....

Long Overdue ...

This is exactly what this blog is ....

Anyway, life is pretty boring right now. Exam season is hitting NTU in less than 20 days. And yet I am still as slack as usual .... 吾知死字点样写 ...

Thank goodness I only have 4 papers this semester. Very little memory required .... All the assignments are done, including my lab work ... phewwwwwww .... the only thing left is Spanish Oral and Listening tests...

Can't wait for the exam to come ( more accurately get it over with ) ... Good thing is they are so close together. In less than a week's time I'll finish all my papers ... =)

Adios!

CEP

Well, this is what I have been doing for the past 5 days. What is CEP? Unlike the ordinary Olympic Games whereby athletes come, compete and leave, the first Youth Olympic Games has a unique feature : All the athletes are going to stay throughout the competition regardless of the status of their events. Therefore giving them time to experience the culture in Singapore. Culture and Education Programme (CEP) will organise activities to allow the young athletes to learn about culture and other aspects of their careers. There are currently more than 50 activities planned out, and more to go. These include Networking workshop, Career workshop, Chat with Olympians, Island Adventure, Community Projects etc.

Sounds monotonic?

Ya. The organising committee fed us with this information throughout the whole 5 days ....

Anyway, for your information, I volunteered as a CEP programmer. CEP training camp which I attended comprised of 60 local programmers and 30 Young Ambassadors from all around the world. But the training camp was amazing. It was totally a different level of fun. We got to meet so many 'Big Shots' so to speak.

The part where I like the most is the 'Chef de Mission Dinner' (French) = Chief of Mission Dinner. Everyone dressed up formally (more formal than prom I think). Each of us is allocated to one table seated with 9 other Chef de Mission from other countries. This gave us a first-hand experience in networking with people of different cultural backgrounds while trying to promote CEP. This was the first time I had a French full 6-course meal (as opposed to the 9-dishes Chinese style meal). Half of them tasted weird .... like they used herbs from another planet but the rest was awesome ! The dish I love most was the raw lobster (with some weird sauce) .... and the Lemongrass Ice Cream !!!! Omg .... I wished I could taste that again. As much as I want to blab about what we did everyday, I couldn't as it would take forever to out them in words. Fortunately, we have a video recording :

We went out with a few Young Ambassadors to Balmore Plaza for chicken rice and ice cream.

Marcus (CEP), Patricia (Brasil), Quienken (Trinidad), Sophia (Paraguay), Pamela (CEP), Elise (Australia-Gold medalist in Sailing in Beijing Olympic), yo, Brendan (CEP), ZQ (CEP), Eun He (Korea)

Random shot. Red=CEP. White=Young Ambassador.

Chef de Mission Dinner. My new found sister - Jess (CEP)

My favourite food of the day - Raw lobster with WEIRD sauce.

My table during CdM Dinner
Robin (CdM New Zealand), Cicil (CdM Seychelles), yo, al-Khairi (CdM Afghanistan), Ansari (CEP), Shannon (YA Papa New Guinea), Kolo (IT Officer of IOC), Jessy (CdM France), ***** (Executive Secretary from Papa New Guinea)

Me and Marios (Young Ambassador from Cyprus). He is an Olympic Cyclist.

Sophia (Young Ambassador from Paraguay aka my Spanish teacher) y Yo

Yo, Mr. Ng Ser Miang ( VP-NOC Singapore), Pamela (CEP)

al-Khairi (CdM Afghanistan) and I ... hmm ... Hands wrapping ??? I guess it is their culture gua ...

Another group photo.

Press conference with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, Jacques Rogge

Picture with Mr. Rogge (IOC President) and Mr. Ng (VP of NOC Singapore)

My favourite!!! Hippo bus ride ... we were cheering throughout the trip from Marina Bay all the way to Chinatown .... Cool !!!!!

Pictures with my dearest CEP and Singapore YOG Mascots (Lyo & Merly)

To be honest, I don't feel I deserve this spot as a volunteer because all the other CEP people got lots of credentials .... while ironically I think I am the only Malaysian who applied. That's why they chose me gua ??? Anyway, I am really grateful to be a part of this experience ....

PS : I love my Birthday GIFT .... thanks for all that you have done ... :-)