Thursday, January 3, 2008

reflecting on 2007 and looking forward in 2008

haha, now is 2008, and before it gets too late, i better reflect on 2007. hmm, basically i can't remember many trivial matters that happened in 2007, being a forgetful person...need some things to trigger those memories lols. since i can't remember, i might as well dun talk and think abot them lols. but i guess the 2nd half of 2007 would be rather fresh in my mind lols, cuz a lot of things happened, including getting together with my dear :P

go by "chronological" order (not accurate lols) would be a good idea, lazy to arrange all my thoughts lols.
hmm...
1) engin orientation week was fun :p met a bunch of fun pple and my dear :)

2) test of time management when 2 projects (digital design and database systems) were coming at me

3) further test of time management when RH cultural comm commitment comes hard at me

4) small performance with CME, a test of blending 二胡 and western instruments :)

5) floorball trainings, fun but tiring :)

6) set-up of IHG website, seemed daunting at first, but i managed to clear it without much help. an outside-of-academic application of SQL + database knowledge i have learnt :p

7) acknowledge dear's presence to my parents :P it was hard to open mouth, but some external motivation pushed me to do so :p

8) many life lessons in my relationship with dear :P

9) arranged caroling for RH, which included lots of logistics, lots of emails here and there, lots of callings; tiring but fulfilling when everything was all in order :)

10) drop of cap again :( this time my SAP was just 4.6...

it was rather disappointing, cuz i expected at least a 4.8. i dunno what happened, i guessed competition was just too tight...

got A+ for EE2006 and GEK1505. nothing to say about them, cuz i knew i aced them.

A- for CS2102, I guessed my mid term test wasn't good enough to place me in the top
10% to get an A, resulting in this sub-par result.

A- for EE2005, i still dunno why. cuz i really thought i aced the final paper which is 80%. i knew how to do all the questions, and i doubt there is any serious careless mistake. i have requested for a review, though i do not place much hope on this.

B+ for EE2009. My first B+ in NUS... rather shocked when i saw the grade, expected at least an A- for this module... i guess my answers weren't what they want ba. maybe they wanted more qualitative answers. maybe they wanted better derivation of formulae. maybe my answers weren't good enough. this module requires rather broad knowledge of signals, as well as a different approach compared to the other modules we are used to. i shall just take this as a lesson, cuz i didn't really make that much effort for this module.


new yr resolutions for 2008:
1) better control of my finance :P it has gone a bit out of control recently :(

2) improve my CAP :p hope i can achieve SAP 5.0 in this coming semester
- better time management
- more efficient studying
- no procrastination
- continue to be confident :p

3) further lasting+loving+fun relationship with dear :P

4) work towards a wonderful RH Phoenix Fest :P

5) improve my fitness by going for runs more regularly, be it with dear or with other friends :)

6) Chiong for anything i do :) this is the most impt thing i guess haha.

okie, i think that's all, if there are further more resolutions that i need to make, i guess they can all be included in the 6th resolution: CHIONG!