Genki Sushi
Went to school to help my FYP supervisor install our project on his laptop, which he'd show the committee for marks moderation, hoping for an A. Met my group for dinner at Long Beach Marina.
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Industrial Attachment Interview
Went for my Industrial Training Programme interview at The Alpha, Science Park II, with Pi Eta Consulting, a risk analysis firm. Seven interviewed, four from my course and three from DIT, for four or five places.
The Matrix Trilogy Marathon
Met Jacky, Serene, Laily, Johnson and Li Xiang at Suntec's Carrefour to buy ingredients for Li Xiang's birthday steamboat at my place. Saw the Nokia 6600 dummy, good features at a fair price but bulky.
Short Notice
Lunch at Tiong Bahru Plaza with Jacky, Serene and Li Xiang, collecting our tickets for Saturday's Matrix Marathon. Li Xiang headed to SP to return books while the rest wandered Jurong Point, where Jean spotted us.
Matrix Revolutions
No spoilers unless you click through. Spent the afternoon at Sim Lim Square with Suqin gathering price lists, since I'm getting a new computer and a 17-inch LCD; my mom's office is buying my current machine.
In Less Than 24 Hours
My 14th driving lesson covered vertical parking and negotiating slopes on public roads. With the guide poles, parking feels easy, but slopes are tough, my weakest point by far. Played a bit of Counter-Strike 1.6 afterwards.
Exams Are Finally Over!
Sunday breakfast with my parents at the Orchard Cineplex food court, apparently closing after 14 November once the lease expires, with no word on what replaces it. Met Georgina afterwards, glad my exams are over.
Its November!
How time flies; 61 days until 2004. I've settled into updating this blog every other day. Haven't touched ELIT revision lately, though I've read my notes twice and will memorise the key points tomorrow.
JSPG Exams Over
Sat my JSPG exam yesterday and the paper was easy, far simpler than the mid-term, like the lecturer was helping us. A two-hour paper, but most finished early. Dinner at Clementi, with Lester Goh driving fast.
Written Programming Exams
Slacking these two days with my JSPG exam tomorrow. I hate programming exams, the theory especially, like how many JDBC drivers exist. Who cares? We're meant to be tested on Java Server Pages, not Java GUI.
Lei Garden Tim Sum
My last lecture of the semester was ELIT, where the lecturer shared exam tips, vital since I'm terrified of this paper. It carries 70% weightage and is pure memory work, all about cramming.
Happy Deepavali
Happy Deepavali to my Indian readers, not too late I hope. My 11th driving lesson was at night, and surprisingly there were more cars than in daytime. I should clear stage two soon; five stages total.
FYP Presentation
Rushed through my GAME test, wrapping in an hour of a two-hour paper. My FYP presentation wasn't as strong as the interim; my supervisor said the presentation fell flat though the demonstration was fine. We agreed.
Final Year Project Handed In
Finally handed in our Final Year Project, around 400 pages of documentation, a poster design and the source code. Sixteen weeks of hard work paid off; despite a rough start with problems, we finished on time.
Final Year Project Due Soon
Went on an ELIT excursion to CID's Technology Crime Division. I didn't learn much. I'd hoped for a demo on how they trace hackers, but it's confidential. The job interests me, yet there's no direct entry.
Weekends Burned
Three days without a blog update, swamped with my FYP and helping friends with their JSPG assignments. Most is behind me now, with two days to my FYP deadline and the final presentation Tuesday, 21 October.
JSPG Assignment Submitted
Just submitted my JSPG assignment, an Online Auction, despite some weird intermittent bugs (IllegalStateException and ResultSet Closed) that I can't pin down. All I can do now is pray nothing breaks during my assignment interview.
Taxi Drivers
Went to school for an FYP discussion; I hate documentation. Twenty-five pages for the project, and the appendix will top 300 since the code alone runs past 200. My 8th driving lesson nearly saw an accident.
New 120GB HDD
Slept till 1.30pm, my first lie-in in months. At Sim Lim Square, mom grabbed a 5m USB cable for work and I got a WD 120GB ATA100 drive for $180, plus a mobile rack for $19.
UnderWorld Again
Too busy to update these past two days; the next three weeks look worse as deadlines close. Friday I visited my grandfather and auntie in Toa Payoh, my first time in months thanks to packed weekends.
UnderWorld
My 7th driving lesson went well; I'm less nervous on the road now. I caught Underworld at Great World City, my second time watching a movie alone. At over two hours, it's set perpetually at night.
Overworked, Under Paid
Reworked my GAME assignment, switching collision detection from the grid method to bounding volumes. I'd tried volumes first, but a mistake made it lag. Napped at home, since I'm pouring every day into rushing my FYP.