3+ hours more, and the clock will strike 12 mid-night, drawing an end to this irregular chapter. Hope that, next year would be a better one, a smoother one, a more enjoyable one, and more importantly a fruitful one.
2010 There's a dream, a mission, a challenge, a barrier and a exam waiting for me to fullfill, accomplish, tackle, overcome and complete..............................
希望明年会更好. 百尺竿头,更上一层楼
感恩三世诸佛,一年来的加持
My wish for 2010
- Be able to obtain a presentable A level cert
- Chinese & PW will be something pleasing to my eye
- Able to enter my dream course in uni
- Calm down
- Attend a Buddha consecration ceremony
- Perhaps excersie more
- Get more organized & efficient
- Have a nice year end trip overseas
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Yr 2009 Part 3
January
- “O” level release
- Malaysia shopping
- Lots of considerations, dilemma, choosing, postings
Feburary
- 2nd Feb. first day of JC life….. (Seriously I was abit lost back then…..)
- Stellar Evolution, Orientation theme. I should have enjoyed it, but somehow I wasn’t really in the mood back then. Can’t blame anything. The sequence of events, took me by surprise.
March
- First CIP at YMCA
- Horribly packed holiday
April
- HSK, the cert would have been nicer, if my photo was there. Lols
May
- No idea what happened.
June
- Viet gang 1st anniversary :)
- My first time going to Malaysia by public transport.
- That “memorable “CIP, that took me weeks to finish. Zzzz haha
July
- Mid year
August
- SPA & more spas, think I flung Chem horribly…….. but it’s over. What is done is done.
September
- Stress & more stress
October
- Promos
November
- Weeks of preparation for PW…….. meanwhile comforting myself that it is ending soon. Haha. Don’t know how bad I will fare but I know I tried my best :)
- Chinese, not much preparation. I felt abit underprepared to a great extend. The rest leave it to heaven’s will. But people out there should know what I have longed for.
December
- Probably the most fruitful holiday ever. But homework wise is abit undone.
- Taiwan trip 4-9th , awesome. I want more eco trips ^^
- Acid Camp
- Pharamacy Camp, not bad J
- Metro SIF at sengkang Compass Point, abit sian
I missed, 4E3
Those times, Shi min helping me with math ,infront of me, fiona joking beside me, Parveen behind me. Jeremy going home with me, chating on the bus trip down Toh Tuck, Ronald & his character, Nicholas & his muggish character, Chih Kiat & Ming Sheng sitting down there quietly, Clive’s jokes that never fail to liven up the atmosphere, lili and her bubbly actions. Mrs Lim & her acidic words. Mrs Ooi & her, I repeat again. Mdm Teoh & her always big geographical actions. Miss Tan & her Chinese lessons.
Viet gang
The days in Vietnam, shopping, sightseeing, haggling, eating etc…. Enjoyable & memorable.
These were the innocent days, where stress and its effects were considered mild.
喧闹的都市中,一切早一尘埃落定.
今年不是没有后悔,但我知道我以尽力了
- “O” level release
- Malaysia shopping
- Lots of considerations, dilemma, choosing, postings
Feburary
- 2nd Feb. first day of JC life….. (Seriously I was abit lost back then…..)
- Stellar Evolution, Orientation theme. I should have enjoyed it, but somehow I wasn’t really in the mood back then. Can’t blame anything. The sequence of events, took me by surprise.
March
- First CIP at YMCA
- Horribly packed holiday
April
- HSK, the cert would have been nicer, if my photo was there. Lols
May
- No idea what happened.
June
- Viet gang 1st anniversary :)
- My first time going to Malaysia by public transport.
- That “memorable “CIP, that took me weeks to finish. Zzzz haha
July
- Mid year
August
- SPA & more spas, think I flung Chem horribly…….. but it’s over. What is done is done.
September
- Stress & more stress
October
- Promos
November
- Weeks of preparation for PW…….. meanwhile comforting myself that it is ending soon. Haha. Don’t know how bad I will fare but I know I tried my best :)
- Chinese, not much preparation. I felt abit underprepared to a great extend. The rest leave it to heaven’s will. But people out there should know what I have longed for.
December
- Probably the most fruitful holiday ever. But homework wise is abit undone.
- Taiwan trip 4-9th , awesome. I want more eco trips ^^
- Acid Camp
- Pharamacy Camp, not bad J
- Metro SIF at sengkang Compass Point, abit sian
I missed, 4E3
Those times, Shi min helping me with math ,infront of me, fiona joking beside me, Parveen behind me. Jeremy going home with me, chating on the bus trip down Toh Tuck, Ronald & his character, Nicholas & his muggish character, Chih Kiat & Ming Sheng sitting down there quietly, Clive’s jokes that never fail to liven up the atmosphere, lili and her bubbly actions. Mrs Lim & her acidic words. Mrs Ooi & her, I repeat again. Mdm Teoh & her always big geographical actions. Miss Tan & her Chinese lessons.
Viet gang
The days in Vietnam, shopping, sightseeing, haggling, eating etc…. Enjoyable & memorable.
These were the innocent days, where stress and its effects were considered mild.
喧闹的都市中,一切早一尘埃落定.
今年不是没有后悔,但我知道我以尽力了
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Yr 2009 part 2
There’s something I have been doing throughout this year – rejecting, declining and turning down people. Be it 4E3 gatherings, 09s02 outing, AMS outing, Wen Xin’s cum Jeremy gatherings, Ronald’s meetings, Chih Kiat's request, my mum request to go out with her, wedding invitations etc……..
I have rejected all sorts of things to that extend that I feel quite awkward and pai seh nowadays.
Am I really like out of time? Perhaps yes or rather things, incidents, request and events always comes clashing together, to the extent that sometimes I don’t really know how to choose between where I should be. On top of that, prioritizing PW seems to make things worse. Sometimes I really wished to have been able to meet & catch up with KH, Jeremy & Ronald more frequently. But things usually don’t really go according to my will.
Perhaps, give & take that will be the answer to the various choices in life...........................
近善近美,有时还真难
I have rejected all sorts of things to that extend that I feel quite awkward and pai seh nowadays.
Am I really like out of time? Perhaps yes or rather things, incidents, request and events always comes clashing together, to the extent that sometimes I don’t really know how to choose between where I should be. On top of that, prioritizing PW seems to make things worse. Sometimes I really wished to have been able to meet & catch up with KH, Jeremy & Ronald more frequently. But things usually don’t really go according to my will.
Perhaps, give & take that will be the answer to the various choices in life...........................
近善近美,有时还真难
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Yr 2009 part 1
今年这一切的一切,大致上就和作文里写的一样,”并非一言两语或笔墨所能表达的”. 但毕竟经一事长一智,这一大堆我心中所谓的结数,让我体会了很多,领悟了不少 --亲情的无价, 友情的可贵.
人生,起浮不定,跌到了就要懂得如何让自己再趴起来.因为如果没有这样做, 谁也救不了自己. 唯有靠自己的意志与决心,才可能为自身创造奇迹,让天上的乌云散去,盼到那道曙光.
从年头被那个突如其来的巨浪打翻后,掉入了一个无底洞, 难免无法接受这个残酷的事实.失落难耐, 但更痛的是不能将自己的神色表露. 可能是太爱面子,我就是不想让人看到我内心深处的一面.但是可能是打击真的太大了, 我最终于忍不住 _ 了.当时不知为何, 我很怕, 很伤心. 可是回家后,我只能当作这一切都没发生过.幸好, 家里风平浪静, 否则我真的是不知如何是好 ...................
最终,打了个湾,回到了原点.起先还真的像只无头苍蝇乱撞,也不太喜欢自己所身处的环境. 但可能是”日久生情”,我开始容入周遭的一切,开始领悟其中真谛.
“一切的一切, 早以有了属于它的归宿. 冥冥中一切, 早以有了属于它的定数. 与其怨天尤人,不如好好珍惜眼前当下, 因为日后想想,上天的安排不只是考验或巧合,而是富于原因的.”
P.s wrote this out during phramacy camp, inside the hostel, a good place to reflect & ponder. Part 2 will be out after i finish my draft 2 haha
人生,起浮不定,跌到了就要懂得如何让自己再趴起来.因为如果没有这样做, 谁也救不了自己. 唯有靠自己的意志与决心,才可能为自身创造奇迹,让天上的乌云散去,盼到那道曙光.
从年头被那个突如其来的巨浪打翻后,掉入了一个无底洞, 难免无法接受这个残酷的事实.失落难耐, 但更痛的是不能将自己的神色表露. 可能是太爱面子,我就是不想让人看到我内心深处的一面.但是可能是打击真的太大了, 我最终于忍不住 _ 了.当时不知为何, 我很怕, 很伤心. 可是回家后,我只能当作这一切都没发生过.幸好, 家里风平浪静, 否则我真的是不知如何是好 ...................
最终,打了个湾,回到了原点.起先还真的像只无头苍蝇乱撞,也不太喜欢自己所身处的环境. 但可能是”日久生情”,我开始容入周遭的一切,开始领悟其中真谛.
“一切的一切, 早以有了属于它的归宿. 冥冥中一切, 早以有了属于它的定数. 与其怨天尤人,不如好好珍惜眼前当下, 因为日后想想,上天的安排不只是考验或巧合,而是富于原因的.”
P.s wrote this out during phramacy camp, inside the hostel, a good place to reflect & ponder. Part 2 will be out after i finish my draft 2 haha
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Holidays
It's been quite sometime since my last post.
Was in taiwan from 4- 9th december, then went acid camp from 11- 13 december and my sort of vacation from homework was wrapped up with NUS Xperience pharmacy camp.
Taiwan trip,although it was my 2nd trip there, with chih kiat, mdm teo and the group was awesome & memorable. I cant call it a shopping trip, but somewhat it is like one. Nonetheless there's eco parts also, with journeys up & down the hills to dye cloths ourselves with natural blue dye, going to geo areas of Yeliu, visiting charcoal meuseum to learn more about charcoal making & its beneficial properties, roaming through a orchid nursey viewing various kinds of orchids & got a catus as gift :) and lastly organic farms with passionate farmers striving to make a difference with thier organic products. Then those marvellous shopping areas, ximending, shihlin,damshui,Shengkeng tofu street,Taipei 101 etc...................which we refused to part with. China airlines was not as bad as I thought, service was okay,other than the confusing TV spoil part, take offs & landings were ultra smooth (probably the smoothest I have ever had!).But food served on board was rather bad. curry fish rice there, and soya fish rice back............ make me pukish. lols. Overall, trip was fun , enjoyable & successful :)
Acid camp 09, half the 09S02 was there, with some 4E3 people. Decided to be late, because I was rather tired from the taiwan trip.My role as a station master for cups & stacks and ball & dunno wat, was okay. Decided to MIA for first nite, by going back home to rest. 2nd nite was simply fun. Mass dance, everyone was crazy. People possessed LOLs. Everyone was like going all out to have fun :) Was carried up in the air. haha
NUS Xperience pharmacy camp, was enjoyable for me. Apex- thats my group 1 , which is also my group. Thee leactures was abit dry, but informative. The lab seesions were really fun and a brand new exposure. Made our own medicine !! YEAH! Charcoal pills, cream, medicine syrup. Cool :) but sadly we were not able to keep those medicine made. Games were also different from what we played in normal games. The OGLs must have put in lots of effort ^^. Accomodation was at Ridge View Residents, nus hostel. One person per room, room was small & very very dusty. Had flu on the second day, took medcine , and ended up being drowsy. The certificate was so proffesional & nice . Overall the experince was an intersting one :)
Apologies for knocking off like a dead pig and not being able to wake up and open the door.
Alrights, thats more or less for my holidays. Photos another day perhaps. Currently doing my relections and summary for the year. Left with lots of undone homework.
如果可以,我希望从新来过......
Was in taiwan from 4- 9th december, then went acid camp from 11- 13 december and my sort of vacation from homework was wrapped up with NUS Xperience pharmacy camp.
Taiwan trip,although it was my 2nd trip there, with chih kiat, mdm teo and the group was awesome & memorable. I cant call it a shopping trip, but somewhat it is like one. Nonetheless there's eco parts also, with journeys up & down the hills to dye cloths ourselves with natural blue dye, going to geo areas of Yeliu, visiting charcoal meuseum to learn more about charcoal making & its beneficial properties, roaming through a orchid nursey viewing various kinds of orchids & got a catus as gift :) and lastly organic farms with passionate farmers striving to make a difference with thier organic products. Then those marvellous shopping areas, ximending, shihlin,damshui,Shengkeng tofu street,Taipei 101 etc...................which we refused to part with. China airlines was not as bad as I thought, service was okay,other than the confusing TV spoil part, take offs & landings were ultra smooth (probably the smoothest I have ever had!).But food served on board was rather bad. curry fish rice there, and soya fish rice back............ make me pukish. lols. Overall, trip was fun , enjoyable & successful :)
Acid camp 09, half the 09S02 was there, with some 4E3 people. Decided to be late, because I was rather tired from the taiwan trip.My role as a station master for cups & stacks and ball & dunno wat, was okay. Decided to MIA for first nite, by going back home to rest. 2nd nite was simply fun. Mass dance, everyone was crazy. People possessed LOLs. Everyone was like going all out to have fun :) Was carried up in the air. haha
NUS Xperience pharmacy camp, was enjoyable for me. Apex- thats my group 1 , which is also my group. Thee leactures was abit dry, but informative. The lab seesions were really fun and a brand new exposure. Made our own medicine !! YEAH! Charcoal pills, cream, medicine syrup. Cool :) but sadly we were not able to keep those medicine made. Games were also different from what we played in normal games. The OGLs must have put in lots of effort ^^. Accomodation was at Ridge View Residents, nus hostel. One person per room, room was small & very very dusty. Had flu on the second day, took medcine , and ended up being drowsy. The certificate was so proffesional & nice . Overall the experince was an intersting one :)
Apologies for knocking off like a dead pig and not being able to wake up and open the door.
Alrights, thats more or less for my holidays. Photos another day perhaps. Currently doing my relections and summary for the year. Left with lots of undone homework.
如果可以,我希望从新来过......
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Har chooooooo ................ sneezing like siao ytd. Today, I am really feeling sick le. Went to see doctor, and was prescribed with antibiotics. Hope that I will be absolutely well and fine this coming friday & I don't fall ill at TW. That's the last thing I want- to be sick on fri or in TW.
Slept almost throughout today le. sneezy..........
身心安康
Slept almost throughout today le. sneezy..........
身心安康
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Very long didnt blog le.
Holidays start le :)
Is nice to be in the holiday mood, & the pace of life is much slower. At least there's time for me to notice my surroundings and savour cum catch up with some free time, which I seriously missed this year.But still must finish the part & parcel of holidays- HW.
The few weeks ahead would be packed with activities. Hope that it will be enjoyable, fun & perhaps helpful :)
朋友一身一起走,那些日子不在有.
Holidays start le :)
Is nice to be in the holiday mood, & the pace of life is much slower. At least there's time for me to notice my surroundings and savour cum catch up with some free time, which I seriously missed this year.But still must finish the part & parcel of holidays- HW.
The few weeks ahead would be packed with activities. Hope that it will be enjoyable, fun & perhaps helpful :)
朋友一身一起走,那些日子不在有.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Just came back from Singapore expo. Food Fair & John Little sale.
Brought food & lots of food. But there's slightly less people today, over at the expo compared to previous food fairs. Therefore, the shoping experience was a more enjoyable one. As usual, ate tonnes of stuffs & I get to drink 李爱玉 at only $1 hahah.
Brought a jacket, a shirt and............. over at john little. Took me 0.45 hrs to quee up, just to foot the bill. zzzzz. They ought to improve on this. If not, the walk around the sale premise is a "fruitful" one, if only my mum can stay there longer, I would have gained more from that "area filled with bargains"hahah
终点
Brought food & lots of food. But there's slightly less people today, over at the expo compared to previous food fairs. Therefore, the shoping experience was a more enjoyable one. As usual, ate tonnes of stuffs & I get to drink 李爱玉 at only $1 hahah.
Brought a jacket, a shirt and............. over at john little. Took me 0.45 hrs to quee up, just to foot the bill. zzzzz. They ought to improve on this. If not, the walk around the sale premise is a "fruitful" one, if only my mum can stay there longer, I would have gained more from that "area filled with bargains"hahah
终点
Friday, November 20, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Had ACID camp briefing ytd. Before that, I was rather irritated, lols, because I actually intended to reach at 3pm. heheh
Anyway, acid was ok. Afterall, it was my second time there, so I was used to it le. When the thing ended, I actually stepped on a snail & killed it, can't believe it, but I still acidentally did it. Then went cash converters, a messy store, but if you know how to dig, you can actually get quite some stuffs out of it de.
Feeling abit, cash strapped recently & on top of that, I am like totally in that holiday mood le, don't feel like touching any more school stuffs le.
20th nov, 5 more days. It's worth calling for a celebration. 1 year passed le, I have gained quite alot, but still I missed those times.
Taiwan trip :) looking forward to it :) Take it as a break that I deserve.
智慧花开, 莲开上品
Anyway, acid was ok. Afterall, it was my second time there, so I was used to it le. When the thing ended, I actually stepped on a snail & killed it, can't believe it, but I still acidentally did it. Then went cash converters, a messy store, but if you know how to dig, you can actually get quite some stuffs out of it de.
Feeling abit, cash strapped recently & on top of that, I am like totally in that holiday mood le, don't feel like touching any more school stuffs le.
20th nov, 5 more days. It's worth calling for a celebration. 1 year passed le, I have gained quite alot, but still I missed those times.
Taiwan trip :) looking forward to it :) Take it as a break that I deserve.
智慧花开, 莲开上品
Friday, November 13, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
Class BBQ, ytd. Think it should be considered a success other than the fact that we brought abit far too much food. But overall, the BBQ atmosphere was there, & yep, it was the first time I did BBQ in my life :)
Went out, for almost whole day today. Thanks for making my day :) It's been fun to be with u.
Tomorrow, will also be out whole day, but this time round with mum. Afterall its been a long time since I went out with her le.
I&R- I am left with one more paragraph to edit only. But somehow, I am stuck! solution to overcome the limitation of our proposal. zzzzzzzzzzz
船到桥头自然直
Went out, for almost whole day today. Thanks for making my day :) It's been fun to be with u.
Tomorrow, will also be out whole day, but this time round with mum. Afterall its been a long time since I went out with her le.
I&R- I am left with one more paragraph to edit only. But somehow, I am stuck! solution to overcome the limitation of our proposal. zzzzzzzzzzz
船到桥头自然直
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Post JC1 period - 1st day
Hmmm a busy day today. Went shop for the improtu BBQ, with ee hong, julian, jasper, gabriel, Hui Jie, at IMM. It was kinda fun experience for me :) 5.5 Kg of chicken wings, 5 packs of crab sticks, 2 pack of potato, 2 packs of mini potato, 2 japanese sweet potato, prawns, countless packs of different sausages, fish fillet, 2 box of cherry tomatoes............... ginger, lemon grass, margerine, belacan ikan billis......... & a $ 158 bill. hahah
Went to julian house to put the stuffs. Then went out again. Special thanks to Julian for making this BBQ a possible event :) & sorry for the inconvenices caused
Fun & occupied day. At least it's a break from my mundane lifestyle. Still gota get more clothes forr my taiwan trip. I am so so so looking forward to it. :) there's lots of things I am going to buy back.
Tired le, wanna go sleep le. Afterall I sot of had insomia last nite, slept at 12.30++ , woke up at 4.30 zzzzz , then managed to get back to sleep at 5, but woke up at 8.30 haizzzz.
你的存在,我的知己
Went to julian house to put the stuffs. Then went out again. Special thanks to Julian for making this BBQ a possible event :) & sorry for the inconvenices caused
Fun & occupied day. At least it's a break from my mundane lifestyle. Still gota get more clothes forr my taiwan trip. I am so so so looking forward to it. :) there's lots of things I am going to buy back.
Tired le, wanna go sleep le. Afterall I sot of had insomia last nite, slept at 12.30++ , woke up at 4.30 zzzzz , then managed to get back to sleep at 5, but woke up at 8.30 haizzzz.
你的存在,我的知己
Friday, November 6, 2009
It's over :)
3.45 pm today signifies the end of PW cycle .lols.(actually there's still I&R left but .............)
Anyway I am feeling so so so relieved now. It's like finally, the whole thing sort of come to an end. A tiring year indeed, with ups & downs.
Currently trying to clear the 2.25 GB of PW memory on my thumbdrive, specially dedicated to PW hahah. Was rather shocked that I had so much files there also.
Lets see........................
Preliminary Ideas (aka PI) - To me, the most horrifying stage of PW. With ideas rejected after ideas. Hmmmm thinking back, I should have came up with roughly at least 25 ideas, before I settled down with coral reefs conservation and conservation of built heritage on Pulau Ubin. But, that doesnt mean that I was "enlightened", it was only the start of nightmare hahahah. Drafts after drafts & stupid evaluation and analysis, keep making me retain at AE. With the nite before last submission, having Mr Ching to mark & mug PI with the group of us, lols. But, I still manage to get over it & move on to ,ermmm lets recall, GPP.
Group project proposal (GPP) - Hmmmm, rather easy, rembered that the group came together and marked each other's PI & in the end, vote. Ling Rong won! hahah. Applying lessons derived from conservation of THE LAST JUDGEMENT MOSAIC IN CZECH REPUBLIC to CONSERVATION OF LOCAL TRADITIONAL CHINESE PASTRIES.
After that, the group embarked on a tedious journey lol. We came together and did the GPP. & guess what, we were the first to get green light to continue with our project :)
Research, data collection, interviews - The most fun & delicious part of our project. Although drafting the letters to ask for interviews & coming up with the interview questions were diffcult, we managed to get it done.
Managed to clinch 3 interviews, a WOW factor to most people. GIN THYE CAKE MAKER, NG KIM LEE CONFECTIONARY & last but not least TONG HENG. Special thanks to Mrs Lim, Mr Ng & Mr Fong (resepctive owners & person in charge of the above mentioned pastries shops) for their help :) For if not for their support to our proposals and willingness to accept our interviews, our groups would not have come so far. Got quite some free samples, with the bulk & the most delicious ones coming from TH & the rare delights from GT .
Did survey at Bukit Batok, West Mall. Sort of the got licked off by Capitaland Malls or rather West mall management, for "photographying" , without a proper write in approvement. Jessie did the graph plotting & stuffs, or rather redo it like countless times hahah, sorry for that.
Evaluation of materials (EOM) - The thing that I enjoyed most, afterall, it was like the only thing that I know how to do in the whole PW cycle. Mr Ching left & Miss Yeoh came. (transition period) Researched for articles on the net & did a small write up & everything went smoothly here.
Written Report(WR) - An uphill task, thats what I would say. Or sickening hahah, drafts after drafts, meet ups after meet ups, redo and redo, rephrase or paraphrase. Spent quite afew nites editing, slogging through it, but luckily with the help of all, we managed to reduce the word count from 5000 +++ to the limit of 3000. With pictures from our interviews, quotes from interviewees, transcription (an equally tiring & tedious job), annex from the net , compiling to form a 83 page report, which cost an average of $36 to bind and print per copy.(Mind you, there's 3 copies to be handed up, in total) A huge investmeent but it is worth it.
Oral Presentation (OP) - Hmmmm, the most recent thing. Took quite afew nites editing & recompiling it, to make it more presentable. Speech, was zzzz took me quite sometime before I managed to memorise it, but still it didnt turn out as though I have memorised. 2 days ago, my script changed again..... haizzzzz
But luckily I managed to scraped through today. Although I did mixed up my old & new script today, at some point of the time, I managed to realize it in time & make appropriate changes to it. Was rather nervous. Q& A was quite bad, as in the wway I talked, but I find that I have answered the question(shld I say well?). Like what Mrs Fazlin said, I tried my best :)
BTW, brought lots of traditional chinese pastries for display today, & served them also :) Although not all the pastries were well recieved, I think everyone still enjoyed eating them especially the egg tarts. Even Mr Ching asked for more hahah :)
Insights and Reflections - The only thing I am left with now. Hope that I can draw a 完美的句号for PW with it.
A bumpy ride, but I will be reaching the end of the tunnel soon, hope that I will see the sun rise :)
Heart felt gratitude to Mr Ching & Miss Yeoh, for the guidance and assitance provided & sorry if I was too irritating. Also, will be missing some of the most enjoyable, interesting & fun lectures ever :) thanks for the lively lectures :)
As, for my group, though sometimes, our views might not come to an concensus, but we still managed to walk through it together , without much hiccups. Really apologetic for being so naggy, bossy & perhaps irritating at times. Hope that there's no hard feelings. & Thank you for the memories, helped offered & more importantly sincere thanks for being there & being able to tolerate my actions at times :)
同甘共苦
Anyway I am feeling so so so relieved now. It's like finally, the whole thing sort of come to an end. A tiring year indeed, with ups & downs.
Currently trying to clear the 2.25 GB of PW memory on my thumbdrive, specially dedicated to PW hahah. Was rather shocked that I had so much files there also.
Lets see........................
Preliminary Ideas (aka PI) - To me, the most horrifying stage of PW. With ideas rejected after ideas. Hmmmm thinking back, I should have came up with roughly at least 25 ideas, before I settled down with coral reefs conservation and conservation of built heritage on Pulau Ubin. But, that doesnt mean that I was "enlightened", it was only the start of nightmare hahahah. Drafts after drafts & stupid evaluation and analysis, keep making me retain at AE. With the nite before last submission, having Mr Ching to mark & mug PI with the group of us, lols. But, I still manage to get over it & move on to ,ermmm lets recall, GPP.
Group project proposal (GPP) - Hmmmm, rather easy, rembered that the group came together and marked each other's PI & in the end, vote. Ling Rong won! hahah. Applying lessons derived from conservation of THE LAST JUDGEMENT MOSAIC IN CZECH REPUBLIC to CONSERVATION OF LOCAL TRADITIONAL CHINESE PASTRIES.
After that, the group embarked on a tedious journey lol. We came together and did the GPP. & guess what, we were the first to get green light to continue with our project :)
Research, data collection, interviews - The most fun & delicious part of our project. Although drafting the letters to ask for interviews & coming up with the interview questions were diffcult, we managed to get it done.
Managed to clinch 3 interviews, a WOW factor to most people. GIN THYE CAKE MAKER, NG KIM LEE CONFECTIONARY & last but not least TONG HENG. Special thanks to Mrs Lim, Mr Ng & Mr Fong (resepctive owners & person in charge of the above mentioned pastries shops) for their help :) For if not for their support to our proposals and willingness to accept our interviews, our groups would not have come so far. Got quite some free samples, with the bulk & the most delicious ones coming from TH & the rare delights from GT .
Did survey at Bukit Batok, West Mall. Sort of the got licked off by Capitaland Malls or rather West mall management, for "photographying" , without a proper write in approvement. Jessie did the graph plotting & stuffs, or rather redo it like countless times hahah, sorry for that.
Evaluation of materials (EOM) - The thing that I enjoyed most, afterall, it was like the only thing that I know how to do in the whole PW cycle. Mr Ching left & Miss Yeoh came. (transition period) Researched for articles on the net & did a small write up & everything went smoothly here.
Written Report(WR) - An uphill task, thats what I would say. Or sickening hahah, drafts after drafts, meet ups after meet ups, redo and redo, rephrase or paraphrase. Spent quite afew nites editing, slogging through it, but luckily with the help of all, we managed to reduce the word count from 5000 +++ to the limit of 3000. With pictures from our interviews, quotes from interviewees, transcription (an equally tiring & tedious job), annex from the net , compiling to form a 83 page report, which cost an average of $36 to bind and print per copy.(Mind you, there's 3 copies to be handed up, in total) A huge investmeent but it is worth it.
Oral Presentation (OP) - Hmmmm, the most recent thing. Took quite afew nites editing & recompiling it, to make it more presentable. Speech, was zzzz took me quite sometime before I managed to memorise it, but still it didnt turn out as though I have memorised. 2 days ago, my script changed again..... haizzzzz
But luckily I managed to scraped through today. Although I did mixed up my old & new script today, at some point of the time, I managed to realize it in time & make appropriate changes to it. Was rather nervous. Q& A was quite bad, as in the wway I talked, but I find that I have answered the question(shld I say well?). Like what Mrs Fazlin said, I tried my best :)
BTW, brought lots of traditional chinese pastries for display today, & served them also :) Although not all the pastries were well recieved, I think everyone still enjoyed eating them especially the egg tarts. Even Mr Ching asked for more hahah :)
Insights and Reflections - The only thing I am left with now. Hope that I can draw a 完美的句号for PW with it.
A bumpy ride, but I will be reaching the end of the tunnel soon, hope that I will see the sun rise :)
Heart felt gratitude to Mr Ching & Miss Yeoh, for the guidance and assitance provided & sorry if I was too irritating. Also, will be missing some of the most enjoyable, interesting & fun lectures ever :) thanks for the lively lectures :)
As, for my group, though sometimes, our views might not come to an concensus, but we still managed to walk through it together , without much hiccups. Really apologetic for being so naggy, bossy & perhaps irritating at times. Hope that there's no hard feelings. & Thank you for the memories, helped offered & more importantly sincere thanks for being there & being able to tolerate my actions at times :)
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