Results

Although I was hoping for better grades, I'm quite satisfied with my current results. Can't really ask for too much right? I'm just quite happy that I'm still on track for 1st class honours, and that my results actually pulled my CAP up. It's quite funny how I was expecting an A- or lower grade for my CS4266 and A- or BETTER grade for my CS4260, but it turned out that I got A for CS4266 and only a B+ for CS4260.

Name : CHAN LONG LI DAVID
Matric No : U047219X

2006/2007 Sem 1 Examination for COMPUTING 3

Module Code	Module Title	Grade
CS3235	Introduction to Computer Security	A-
CS4260	E-Commerce Business Models	B+
CS4266	IT and Customer Relationship Management	A
EC1301	Principles of Economics	A+
FNA3102	Investment Analysis	A-

CAP: 4.55

The CAP here is my cumulative CAP. The CAP I got for this semester alone is actually 4.6. Quite interesting how my results for this sem is EXACTLY the same as my results for last sem. I mean, not just the CAP, but the breakdown of the grades as well. And that the results for my 1st two sems are EXACTLY the same. I achieved 4.5 for my 1st two sems, went on exchange for my 3rd sem, and then 4.6 for the previous two sems. Can I hope for continually improving CAP then? Haha. How I wish.

BUSY!!!

I know I was supposed to update the blog once I'm back from reservist, but unfortunately, I've been "drafted" into DBS. My Managing Director called me and asked me to work for 2 weeks temp job in the department as they had some urgent work to do. So I'm now working in DBS. Sigh. No time at all! Right after my work in DBS, it's back to school for me. I can't believe how hectic my life is. Oh well... Shouldn't really turn my MD down when she called me personally right? And also need to save up the money for marriage.

Soft Toys from David

Just tot I'll show off the soft toys tt David gave me over the years.

Here's medium sized Tigger and Piglet, currently lodging in David's house. They get to smell David's nasty feet every night!! EEW!

(Note: the giant Tigger and Piglet are 62cm tall each)

The loot count: Tigger x4, Piglet x3, Pooh x1, Eeyore x1, Teddy bears x3, Lion cub x1, Puppy x3, Cushion x2, Flower x1, Owl x1 (Total: 20)

Missing from the pics (but included in count): A pair of puppy keychains (on my pencil case) and an owl which I think he gave me but i can't find.

Disclaimer: There might be some soft toys tt he gave me but I forgot to put in.

Avatar

I was feeling bored, so tried my hand at creating Yahoo! avatars for both myself and David. Haha. Doesn't exactly look like us, but this is the closest i managed to get with the limited features. At least the avatar r wearing clothes tt both of us will wear and the skin colour is correct. Haha.

Merry Xmas!!

Merry Xmas!! Yet another year is passing... Oh shit i'm feeling so old!

Anyway, this is the 4th Xmas tt David and I am spending together. But this is the saddest of all my Xmas...

On 24th, we went to Jurong Point Zone-X to see what we can exchange for with the 800+ tickets tt we've collected over the years. We saw this really REALLY cute piglet wearing a tigger costume for 500 tickets. To me, it was like a dream come true! It's the most most most most perfect thing to exchange for.

So, we went back and counted out 500 tickets, and went back down today to change for my little tigger-let. And to my HORROR, IT WAS GONE!!!!! ARGH!!!!! My poor little tigger-let... I was so upset tt i cried.

But David was sooo sweet. He said tt he'll exchange it for me another time when it's available again. And he's getting me 2 very cute little figurines (brand new) off Yahoo Auctions!! One is a figurine of tigger wearing a piglet costume and the other is a piglet wearing a tigger costume! Hehe!! I'm so spoilt! =P

Watch Shopping

Went with Chak Yuen today to buy a watch for his gf as Xmas present. Was deciding between these 2 watches.

In the end he chose the orange one.

So anyway, along the way, we saw some really INTERESTING watches. In City Chain. Not at those pasarmalam stalls, but actually in City Chain! By this brand called Everlast...

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ARGH!!!! CATERPILLAR!! Quick, call pest control!!!

But guess who came to save the day?!?!!

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MIGHTY MORPHIN' POWER RANGER!! YEAH!!

Help! Someone pls call the fashion police...

Rotting Away

Exams' over, holidays' started, but nothing's happened. Ok, ALMOST nothing is happening. Haha.

David's at reservist now, so i'm basically rotting at home, knitting my cardigan, folding stars, surfing net and occasionally going out to hang wif my frens. So far, David and I still haven't had the time to spend some "us" time cos so many things going on before he left for reservist! =(

Looking forward to x'mas, cos we'll b going to Malaysia! Can't spend too much tho, gotta save $$ for our wedding...

1 more day!!!

In about 24 hrs from now, I'll finally be done with my 3rd year 1st sem. But now, I'm just drained from studying in JE library. I'm using the new Wireless@SG thingy that provides free wireless access to most public places. It's so damn slow. The supposed speed is 512kbps, but it feels more like 56kbps. Maybe I've just been using high speed broadband for too long.

It's amazing how people can just leave their stuff unattended in the library. I sat at this table where there's a pencil case, a calculator, and a textbook left unattended. Been sitting here for the last 1 hour, and still no one came. Strange people.

I actually have quite a lot of photos to post, but had been unable to do so thanks to my exams. I should really post those photos next week after I'm freed from my exams and before I go back to serve the nation from 11th to 22nd Dec.

1st Time Cooking Soft Shell Crab...

Basically today, we decided to haf a nice meal, but din wanna go out and spend lotsa $, so decided to buy and cook some nice stuff at David's house instead. The soft shell crab cost $7.90 for 3. Really cheap! If u eat them outside, for tt price, can only get 1 crab and it'll b much smaller.

1st time cooking soft shell crab... Altho it looks a little burnt, it doesn't taste burnt. In fact, it's pretty gd (thank goodness)! =)

Frying the crabs...


Just dished out the prawns...


A little burnt but still v nice! Next time will definitely b better... =P

NYDC Treat From Aaron Tan

On a much lighter note, my lecturer, Aaron Tan, treated the 7 tutors under him to NYDC dinner today. It was a very nice dinner. I'm quite glad that I'm tutoring under him. He's one of the nicest lecturers around. I'm sure if there's any School of Computing student who has taken any modules under him reading this post, he/she will agree with me. He's also quite the family guy. He stepped down from his post of Assistant Dean so that he can spend more time with his family, and when asked about his plans for December holidays, he said he'll spend time with his kids, and that he owed them. Too bad I can't do tutoring anymore, or I definitely won't mind tutoring under him again.

So tired...

I'm so tired... Sometimes I don't even know what's keeping me going on... I guess what's keeping me going on is my faith in our future and God. Thinking about my dear, our future, my family, and God. But I also have no idea how long I can go on like that. If one day my faith in any of these falter, would I stumble? I've been drawing strength from God, and the love me and my dear have for each other. I hope this strength will never end.

Burnt Out...

I'm feeling seriously burnt out. Haven't had a break since the time when i was rushing projects before exams, cos exams came immediately after and 4 weeks of attachment started immedately after exams wif no break in between! And cos i took LSCN, now even my SATURDAYS r burnt on making up. Really looking forward to my hols now. Going mad!!!

LSCN - Cleared!

Yeah~~~ After 2 days of super stress and hardwork, my whole team (me, Phyllis & Huiling) passed our LSCN course! In case u're wondering wot LSCN is, it's Life Support Course for Nurses, which is a bridging between Basic Life Support Course (the one tt deals wif CPR etc) and Advanced Life Support Course. Kudos to my team! U guys r great!


Now time for us to burn 2 Saturdays making up for our clinical posting... Bleahzz.

Almost...!!!

Woohoo! 3.5 weeks more before our survival celebration on 4 Dec! Lol. Celebrate tt both of us survived the exams and projects. Tt's also just when my attachments end too, so Dec is totally free! Can't wait for the hols so we can really work hard on the stars-making. Haha.

Non stop work

Sometimes I just can't believe how heavy the workload is for this semester. I really feel like just dumping everything down and not do anything. But I just can't! My grades are at stake! ARGH... I just can't wait for this semester to end.

Bitching Abt Nursing...

Oh wow... Talk abt being overworked and underpaid... Exams just ended on 2 Nov and tmr is my first day of attachment at AMK Hospital! *plays sad song* "Yesterday... All my troubles seem so far away..."

GIMME MY HOLIDAYS MAN!!! Nursing is the only course in poly tt only has 4 weeks (instead of 2-3 mths) break per sem. No wonder nurses r overworked and underpaid. Just gotta follow the trend tt started since their student days... ARGH!!

Hey, dun blame me for telling pple not to join nursing. Nobel as our career is, the pay and working hours r shit. Love the work, hate the pay and hours.

Giant Coke Bottle

Hi! My first post! *welcomes myself*

Just to add on, our plan is to fill it up with tiny little stars tt we fold our of magazine paper (handcut into 1cm strips by me!) and use it as a deco for our house after we're married. My estimate is tt we'll need AT LEAST 10,000 stars. Wonder how long we'll take tho. Hopefully less den a yr! =P

Will post the pics once we're done. Hehe.

Gladys bought a big, big Coke bottle for me, knowing that I like Coke stuff. So sweet right? Haha. It's a big plastic bottle. How big? Well... Just look at the pictures.

That's a 1.5 L Pepsi bottle beside it.

Both of us hugging the bottle

My cute little cousin holding the bottle. Almost as big as her!

OK. Changed my blog to a combined one with my dear. So I also changed the URL to http://davnglad.blogspot.com and added my dear so that she can post as well.

Frustrations of working in a group

It's just so frustrating to work in a group when there are unproductive members. Yeah. It's great when you have partners you can trust (which I do have), but there are some people who are just so... ARGH!!! They produce work which are not quite usable, and you end up doing more work editing their work.

Haze is killing me...

ARGH!!! Whole day feeling so sick. Can't stand the haze. It's affecting my health quite badly... Recently, I just noticed something that quite tickled me. There's a sign in NUS at the entrance that says "NUS is a smoke free campus... blah blah", supposedly to ask people not to smoke in NUS. If only NUS is really a "smoke free" campus...

Photos of Sentosa trip

Was just looking at the photos that me and my dear took during our Sentosa trip not too long ago. It really amuses me sometimes how the two of us are already into our 20s and we still behave like kids around each other. That's what makes us so fun, I guess. It also never fails to amaze me that we've been together for more than 3 years. We still find new and fun things to do. :)

We had picnic, with food prepared by my dear.

OK. I know I should start training up. Not as fit as before.

Just a couple shot.

And a really silly couple shot. Just for fun.

Why are snooze alarms have an interval of 9 minutes?

I thought that it was only with my Sony Ericsson K700i that had this strange thing, but after mentioning it to Gladys (for those of you who don't know, Gladys is my girlfriend, and I also refer her to my dear), I learnt that her Motorola L6 exhibited this behaviour as well. Did you realise that when you set the alarm on your handphone, and press the snooze function, it delays the alarm by 9 minutes?

I was wondering... Why 9 minutes? Shouldn't 10 minutes or 5 minutes make more sense? So I just typed a search in Google for the answer, searching for "snooze 9 minutes". One of the best links I found is this one from The Straight Dope: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a991126.html Apparently, this 9 minute snooze thing is in all digital alarm clocks. Out of all the explanations they gave, I find that the most plausible one is the last one, which had to do with the older mechanical clocks. They believed that the clock makers in the past had difficulties with the mechanical parts like gears etc to make the snooze function work at exactly 10 minutes, so they made the snooze function work at approximately 9 to 10 minutes. And this had affected the design of modern alarm clocks to have a snooze interval of 9 minutes.

Sometimes "traditions" are just formed this way. There are certain practices which we might not understand, and even prove to be impractical in this modern world, but we just follow them. Is this a good or bad thing? I don't know. What do you think?

Maybe sometimes we should just pull ourselves out from just being in this society and actually questioning certain practices and behaviours of our society, of what we have just been taking for granted.

My other blog

As mentioned in the previous post, I have another blog that had some of my experiences in Canada. I still think it's quite an interesting blog, so do drop by to read my experiences and some of my thoughts while I was in Canada:

http://clldavid.blogspot.com

Random Ramblings

OK. I admit. I'm just too bored and tired of school stuff, and just feel like posting something. I realised that I don't actually have a blog to just post my random ramblings of life. I only have a blog that documented some of my experience in Canada. So I just created a blog just to contain whatever I want to blabber about. Don't expect frequent updates. I'm just going to post whatever and whenever I feel like just blabbering nonsense, thus the title: Random Ramblings of David Chan.