Monday, October 30, 2006
woops. been a long while since i last updated. the final push towards the finishing line has just begun. and of course as with most races, it includes a steady gentle upslope. before the climatic finish.
3 weeks left before reading week. 3 more tutorials for me to conduct. i have 2 more presentations to prepare for. thankfully, one of them will determine my final grade (ie no final exam).
one of my prof's has just emerged from the icu. i feel doubly sad because he was a good lecturer and i was slowly starting to enjoy myself during the module even though it was described by many as the most demanding mathematics course in nus. i hope he recovers soon, but more importantly, i hope he recovers well. it's quite traumatic when you hear that your teacher has been admitted to the icu. and espeically troubling when you feel like visiting but dont really know if its appropriate.
i'm at home typing this entry now even though i'm supposed to be preparing for a discussion later on the tutorial for the abovementioned module tomorrow. i guess i really need a little break here and there. it's amazing that i've managed to survive so many semesters taking 7 modules and yet still find this one the most challenging. haha. if you think 7 modules is easy. go ahead and try it when you're in uni. although, somehow, i think there is more pressure for me to perform now than there was in the past. which is rather weird since there is no classification for an MSc compared to an honour degree.
oh yes. i've got a mail saying that all fresh grads are entitled to a complementary suscription to sdu. haha! and it's an opt to NOT join form, meaning that lazy people like myself who hate sending business replies would by default NOT reject admission. haha. well my impression of sdu is still quite primitive. haha modern day matching making agency run by a few mei pos. haha!
well anyway, i'll try to come up with a more brain-ful (as opposed to brainless) entry next time. but for now, it's back to projective modules, noetherian modules and rings, artinian modules and rings etc. take care!
{12:53 PM}
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Saturday, October 14, 2006
hmmm i wonder what is up with tagboard.
i was listening to a piece the other day and i realised something. subconsciously, i my breathing pattern was sort of altered by the piece. i seemed to breathe at the points that i would have if i were playing an instrument. really. the only reason why i noticed was because i had my headphones on, and there was a nice flute part and you could really hear very clearly each breath the player took especially during extended passages.
6 down, and 5 more to go. but the stress of one week is relieved by the upcoming holiday! yay!
taking a 2 week break from grad algebra. don't know if it's a good thing or not.
hope to go relax in bali at the end of the year. i need some time to just kick back and relax. do nothing. hope it works out.
my sister wanted me to braid her hair today. she says my mum can't do it and so she found a youtube instructional video on how to do a french braid. haha. i obviously did not want to do it, and even reminded her that i had once got a hairbrush stuck in her hair when we were young. haha. well at her insistance, i tried. but the silly woman had just washed her hair and conditioned it. making it exceptionally slippery for these ogre like hands of mine. i admit. i dont exactly have the most nimble of hands. and so, failed miserably in the attempt. hahaha. guys sure have it easier with the option of short cropped hair. haha.
i sure man looking forward to badminton again this wednesday. come to think of it. it's been a long time since i've played with francis spencer and wq. and to think we used to play every weekend. haha. i wonder what happened there. probably too busy. hopefully it will resume next semester. hopefully.
i'm deciding if i should get the oral b trimuph this coming week. haha. in a desperate attempt to improve my oral hygiene. haha. need new sandals too. and if possible a new bag. but after that, i need to save the rest of my stipend for bali. haha.
havent been reading the newspapers recently. the last article i remember reading was sumiko tan's expose on women and the concern about each others' weight. haha.
oh well. time for me to head off to the comfort of my dreams and hopefully awaken more inspired. haha. speaking of which, i had a really REALLY odd dream the other day. haha. and it has affected me to some extent this week i think but nvm. good dreams to all!
{11:48 PM}
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006
waiting for the water to heat up. kinda stupid because i woke up at 4 in the morning and waited till 6 to turn it on. sigh. haha. have tutorial classes this morning. which is the reason i'm up early. one can be late as a student. but not as a tutor! haha.
felt like putting my head in the toilet bowl and flushing yesterday night. terrible. something has gone wrong somewhere. i need to work things out fast, before i regret it for eternity.
ok should be just about time to grab my shower and head to school. ciao!
{6:30 AM}
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Friday, October 06, 2006
grad alg test was terrible. not because it was tough. but because it was simple and yet i coulnt do it. sigh. people who know me well enough will know how utterly bitter i am about it when i say that this is an occasion for me to get a tub of haagen dazs strawberry. it's been a long time since i've had one or needed one for that matter. now. i NEED one.
and if it wasnt bad enough that i sounded so utterly brainless talking about the test questions later on, as fate would have it, i arrived at the bus stop to catch 151 home only to hear an "uncle"s handphone ring to a mp3 recording of daniel powter's "bad day". It was as if destiny was mocking me right in my face.
ah well. nicholas doesnt dwell too much about screwing up tests or exams. i'm not really that concerned about doing badly for this test. afterall that what is is. just a test. i'm just ashamed and embaressed by my seemingly boundless stupidity. i dont know how i'm going to face berrick the next time i see him, but well that day will come soon and i'll get by it as i always do anyway.
korean class awaits me and i should be revising my vocabulary instead of thinking about how i could have written something even a year 1 math undergrad would laugh at. haha.
i guess this really seals the box for me. i know now for sure what i can and possibly will achieve in future and what i cannot and will not. math is definitely not one of them. luckily for me, i still have boundless oppourtunities waiting for me to grab hold of.
havent managed to organise an outing to celebrate hanmao's brithday yet. it's hard with everyone doing different things now. but i hope we meet up soon. haha. yongqiang also has yet to get back to me as to when we can go shop around for ting's present. and that also reminds me that i have yet to get roon's present too. sigh so many things to do so little time.
i cant wait for the end of the year to some. hope to be able to go bali or something. i just want to spend a few days lazing around, enjoying the beach, maybe a swim or two etc. i think at the end of this sem i would have earned it.
in the meantime, i have an assignment due and a test on monday. so time to stop blogging and start working. have a good weekend y'all.
{4:56 PM}
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Thursday, October 05, 2006
quite a terrible week so far.
168 (and i just realised that minus this post, i've posted 168 times!!!!!!!!!! there's no escaping this number is there?!?!?!?) has been submitted with a huge gap in the proof. sigh. tomorrow there's grad algebra test. sigh^2. just realised someone else has decided to do the paper on markov chains. sigh^3. matrix comp assignment and test this coming monday. sigh^4. no time to prepare for korean. sigh^5.
which is why i'm up now trying to do a little work before i go to school. hopefully i can get some work done there today. i so ill-disciplined.
soon there will be no more mooncakes. i feel as though i havent had enough of it yet though. haha. especially the durian ones. tried some green tea ones during the math department mooncake party last week and i must say they were quite good. very light and tasty which sort of helped to "wash down" the more traditional mooncakes.
had lunch with wm, wl and yc yesterday. gathering of engine tutors. wm sed she felt a bit well "irked" because her students found the recent test difficult and i can surely related to that. one of the worst feelings as a tutor/teacher is that you have not done a good job. that you may have inadvertently caused their failure. while it may seem a bit weird that someone who has a collection of 5 years worth of teaching awards would think that way, i think maybe that's what drives her on to continually improve herself and achieve such fantastic results.
anyway time to almost go take a shower. this is probably 1 week in which i am not looking forward to friday. haha! i wonder how all the working people are coping. haha hope it's much better than those studying. midterm test week always sux. bon courage!!
{5:42 AM}
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