A Week of Mixed Events...

Monday:
as i had to see my supervisor today, i have been trying to do as much as possible, let it be documentation or prototyping, in order to have something to show him. i was really nervous before our meeting as i was afraid that he will lecture me for doing so little since seeing him 2 weeks ago. he set it on monday to see the progress of all his tutees. luckily, he didn't say much after viewing my prototype. he just asked a few technical questions, which i somehow managed to justify my explanations. i promised to send him chapter 4 by next monday, but i have yet to really put into words till now...

i was relieved after our meeting ended. went back to my room as there was still an hour to go before the DDB class starts. asked my friend to install the dvd writer i have bought last saturday. the installation was successful and i instantly burnt my first dvd just to test it out. i was really happy when everything went smoothly without glitches. finally, i can store all the tvb series i have downloaded into dvds and lessen the load on my pc harddisk. got a ride back to kl from my friend after class ended. i have to go home as i have something to settle at the bank.


Tuesday:
life at home is really good. what else would i do other than eating and watching tv? moreover, i get to eat my mom's cooking after stuffing myself with outside food for the past week. i also get to see Desperate Housewives on 8TV, which i don't get to watch in campus.


Wednesday:
woke up at 6am so that i could get back to semenyih by 9am. i had a lab class in the morning, which isn't compulsory for us to attend. i went there anyway just to start doing my IAW assignment. i knew i would have wasted that morning if i choose to come back in the afternoon. i was struggling as i am not that familiar with xsl. yet, i still managed to do something at least. i have to finish this assignment asap because i have 2 other assignments plus my thesis to deal with. the due dates are getting nearer and nearer...

went for badminton at nite with my coursemates. we played for almost 2 hours and had a nice sweat out. it somehow released some stress after struggling with my assignments earlier on. played a little squash and ping pong as well.


Thursday:
i have heard a rumour that may land me in hot water if it is true! it seems that my supervisor have some health problems and he's taking 2 weeks off for some reason. the scariest part is he may not be back anymore should anything goes wrong! i was taken aback when i heard it. i am really worried if this is true, meaning that i will be assigned to another supervisor, who has no idea on what my project is about. my supervisor later sent us an email asking us to meet him next monday. everything will be clarified by then and i hope it is just a normal meeting.

went for squash training later at nite. it was still raining at 8pm but then slowed to a drizzle by 8.30pm. i called my coach to see if the training is still on. apparently, both of them were there but no one else turned up. they persuaded me to join the open tournament, which will be held next week. i don't really wanna join for a few reasons. i am not confident in winning and really afraid that i may be knocked out on the 1st round. my coach told me he wasn't confident also and it's not all about winning. had a chat with a friend later at night and she said i should not refrain myself from joining just because of one person. both of them have their points and they did inspire me to view this in another angle. still contemplating at this moment.


Friday:
i have locked myself in the room for the whole day trying to finish the IAW assignment. there is only one part left but that is the most difficult part as well. i am really frustrated as i have been stuck for quite some time now. called my friend for help but the problem is yet to be solved. have to try my luck again and i believe i can overcome "you"!

thought about the tournament again and i decided to join anyway. this is my final year and i don't get this kind of chances anymore. i should challenge myself to think more positively and rise to the occasion. who cares even if i get beaten in the first round?! maybe i'm lucky enough to win the lucky draw, which offers a squash racquet as the grand prize! :p

Monday Blues

"I hate Mondays!", a quote from Garfield. i can truly feel what it means by now. i hate mondays, only because of this semester's timetable. i have a morning class at 9am, which means i have to wake up at 6am and leave home around 7am just to beat the traffic jam in order not to be late for class. worse still, i usually stay up quite late on sunday night due to various sports or tv programme being aired at the most bizzare hours.

yesterday, i went to bed at 1.30am as i was watching the All England finals. i must say that the Malaysian pair of Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong did really well to win the title. their partnership is only 6 months old but their chemistry is superb as they cover for each other well. in the 5 tournaments they have entered so far, they emerged as champions in 3 of them and reached the semis and final for the remaining 2. a very impressive statistics indeed. hopefully, they can keep our national flag flying high in other competitions.

since i didn't get enough sleep in the previous night, i was particularly sleepy in class. my mind couldn't think right and i felt as if my soul has left my body resting in somewhere else. then, i went to the Career Fair held in the Great Hall. not many booths cater for CSIT students as most of the companies are looking more for engineering and business students. later, i attended a talk by this company called Xyratex. i was interested to apply for a job there but was put off by the company's location, which is in Seremban. while i could finally get out of this jungle in semenyih, why would i jump straight back to another jungle in N9? it just doesn't make any sense...

after class ended at 4pm, rushed back to my room to get Seek Yin her reference letter. My coursemates and i then executed our grand plan of giving Alvin a belated birthday surprise. i somehow managed to lead him to the pool side when Shidi and Emil pushed him into the pool. Sam was the mastermind behind this plan as we made sure that he didn't have his phone and pendrive with him when he fell into the water. Ling Wei was there to capture the whole process and she said the clip shall be featured in Youtube soon! there were some moments that may cause him to suspect something amiss but luck is on our side when everything falls into places. Well, happy belated birthday, my dear son!



then, i saw friend playing squash. haven't seen her for a really long time as she hasn't been attending the training as usual. had a chat with her and then decided to play for a while since it was already 5pm. the coaches came a little late and we started playing by rotation. as my coach has taken back the usual racquet that i always use, i couldn't find a comfortable grip with other available racquets although some of them are way costlier. i didn't play well as i was not in form at all! that friend of mine is still as sharp as ever. i may not be able to beat her if ever we should meet in a competition. this is reality check! maybe i shouldn't play on mondays as i was freaking tired after the game. i definitely need more sleep!!!

i have had two monday blues for two consecutive weeks. please do not make it a hattrick!

The Pursuit of HappYness...

surely anyone would have noticed the spelling error here. i thought the movie title was spelt wrongly too, until a sub-plot revealed why the word "happiness" is spelt this way.

before watching this movie, i have gone through certain comments and criticisms. one of my friend said it is a sad and touching movie. there are mixed reactions from the online movie reviews where one claimed it's not worth watching while the other ask you not to forget to bring along a handkerchief when you watch. i seriously dunno what to expect except to hope that it can turn out to be something decent at least!

Disappointed, is the word to describe my feelings after leaving the cinema. there was not even a single element that can lead me to happiness! the whole movie showed how a family struggled to make ends meet. they owe the government a lot of taxes and have months of unpaid rentals. the wife left the family as she can't take it anymore and the poor man gotta take care of their little son alone. he worked really hard to become a stock broker so that he can breakaway from poverty. in the end, his perseverance paid and he excelled and even set up his own company. typical plot that you can expect to have a happy ending. i did not shed a tear nor did i laugh during the entire movie. it is depressing as you will get to see how poor some people could be. although they worked hard and are considered to be educated, they just can't earn enough to have a decent life.

the moral of the story? Money is the solution! Money leads you to happiness! Money guarantees that you can live a comfortable live without having to avoid anyone (debtors especially) and need not worry that you might have to spend the night in public toilets!

what exactly does happiness mean? is it something that you can share with your friends & loved ones? or is it money (in a more concrete form) that can solve most of your problems in life? there is a chinese saying, which goes, "Money isn't everything; but without money, you can't do anything!"

the only plus point is that after watching this movie, i felt lucky about my life. while my family is not rich, my dad still manage to put enough food on the table and provided us with a roof over our heads. Happiness is when you appreciate what you have got and be grateful that you were not born in poverty-stricken families...