wendy wax
alexander mccall

things to ask prof

no idea how to decide on the lengths
(journals seems to just arbitrarily decide)

How do i know what force to put in???
what motor to use? or even the power source? the voltage?
spring length and k?
how to knowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

do i need to design wings?

do i need to conduct tests on the performance?
-produce graphs on the lifting force provided?
some previous fyps and journals do that

I just made an A-line skirt and i realise

i'm realy not good at sewing
most of the stuff that i've made kinda sucks
they're full of mistakes! and kinda fits so so only
which is bad coz i'm making it for myslef
so by right, it should fit perfectly

its liek the only hting that i can really say i love is my vest
which was the 2nd gamrent i've ever made
and the otehr stuff fr them on are ok

my pants was a nightmare..........
just trying to get it to look ok was urgh

and my mum is constantly surprised at the amount of time i spend on doing one part
i'm amazed at it too myself
coz i have to redo and redo and redo

maybe i'm really not cut out for making my own clothes
at leasdt i can say if i ever tear anything, or need to fix bought clothes, i should do ok :)

great song

JAck's paw pad came off yesterday.

I totally freaked coz at first i thought he had muscle strain or something.
I've been running him pretty regularly.

And i think its because of the tar road. and the skin sort of blistered off?

Poor JAcky, he walks with a limp now and its so sad to watch him.

yet... last night when a bunch of students ran up the road past our house he had no problem running to the back gate .
and of ocurse after that, slowly limp his way back to the back door lol

Puppies

I'm sad,
I'm gonna have to give up laila, the female puppy
the one that looks exactly like jack!!!
and being a puppy, she's so fluffy
like beyond fluffy
gosh
i can't b ear to give her up

but i'm stuck here, and nobody at home has time to take care of puppies
garghh

and the other 3 puppies!
the black one is as beyond furry as the white one
and the other short haired black and brown one absolutely adore me
they actually bother to come and find my feet to sleep and play with
how adorable is that
how can one not fall in love with something that loves you

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this sucks

aches

ystr was my 1st aikido session after about 3 months?

i'm stiff all over.
even my butt hurts when i sit.

I should be used to these aches i suppose.
the whole cycle of rest, then bam, pain, then rest again has been around since yr 1.

but its good. i can know say i'm finally exercising properly

i sooo cannot wait to work off all the excess fat i have fr the hols

MRT mishap

So i was gettin gback fr dinner wiht kiat in clementi
and i took the mrt back to pioneer
i was reading abook to pass the time
and i missed my stop!!!!
shittttttttttttttttts

and the bad thing was since it was 11.45, there were no more trains going in the opposite direction anymore.
gosh i was panicking coz joo koon is the industrial area and i've never been there b4

panicked, i asked the mrt control station if there were any buses to pioneer and luckily there was one
the guy gave me somewhat ogod directions to the bustop near the mrt and i waited there.
the bad thing was it was so empty!
at that time of the night, being an industrial area, there's practically no one around
i'm just glad sg is quite safe and nothing hapened.

in fact, there was this guy on the mrt ho saw me cursing when i missed my stop and actually stoped by the bustop where i was waiting and told me there was another bus to pioneer mrt.
he didn't know that the bus i was waiting for also went there, but it was very nice of him to seek me out and try to give me advice.
at first i thought he was gonna try something funny coz i was alone
but he was just being nice.

So i caught the bus, and the uncle was nice, told me to get off when i reached the stadium opp the pioneer mrt. (coz i told him where i wanna go)
i think he found it a bit strange strange that a lone girl would be taking buses fr joo koon area

kinda reminds me of the time i took the night bus from town after going to the club with gladys and robson
and the bus driver told me where to get off too
and that time i had no idea where to get off, so that was truly truly helpful

anyway caught the last 179 which was a total blessing
and now i am back in teh safety of hall 4!

additional rantings

oh and i forgot to add
when that stupid driver jam break.
my bag fell on the floor
and i had just washed it
my nice white bag
A:LSDJAS:LDJA:SLDKJAS:LDKA:SLDKA:SDKASDL

Freaky Taxi Driver

Today I had to go EDB to pick up directories (ya.... i know)
So anyway took a cab because i can claim the fare.

On the way back, I got this taxi driver who seriosuly had anger issues.
It started out fine. I just noticed that he adored honking ppl

but the thing was when he turned out from an intersection some motorbike honked him
and it pissed him off.
So at the traffic light, he started making gestures at the bike
and it jsut so hapens, the biker was also a road bully
YIPPEEEEE

he actually got down fr the bike to come over and start yelling at the taxi.
i'm like..........
he also kicked the door etc etc

I can't blame the biker actually, i mean it was quite rude for the taxi driver to start making those faces and hand gestures in the first place.
It was only a honk......... prob to warn him that he was turning (who knows)?
Then he started taking out his phone to take a pic of the taxi license plates bla bla bla
it got really intense when the taxi tried to pull out and go ahead coz he actually stayed in front syaing "hit me la hit me"

oh gosh......

anyway after that the biker started staying ahead, purposely slwoing down
u know, normal road bullying stuff

and i was getting worried, my the meter is still running, it looks like i'm gonan be involved in a fight
and the taxi wasnt helping by yelling at me that I'm his witness
........

taxi guy was getting excited and agitated
and the best option was just to agree that the other guy was a road bully
(even though both of htem seriosuly had issues)

wat an exciting day.

and to top it off
i was asked to call Vicky for another meeting schedule
even though my laptop is not with me and i can't access the address book
even though i have to use my own phone
even though he had to text me the number

i still had to call Vicky and then tell him the time slot that Vicky could get

makes u wonder huh....

strange music

Its weird.
I was super into this song Shy That Way- Tristan prettyman and JAson mraz on friday
i was sending the link to ppl and all that

but when i listened to it on sunday i wasnt as into it as i used to be
it was just a 2 day difference
how could i ahve gotten sick of it so fast???

I think I now know y I've been so stressed and discontented.

I keep expecting more technical projects to be handed to me
like, i'll just complete all the admin shit first, then maybe later i'll get something better.
but as it turns out, htere's never gonna be something better

as i realized last week when i was scheduling and creating online confercing meetings
sigh.....
anyway, that was a very sad, traumatic, tragic wake-up call that this is as good as it gets

which totally sucks but as carrot points out, its my attitude to the whole IA.
like if i go in with the thought that i'm open to EVERYTHING then i'll be ok

but since i keep expecting that as an ENGINEERING student
i'm supposed to be actually learning bout technical stuff :
seeing how an engine gets made
learning bout the current research status

but unfortunately, i have become a secretary
i have sort of accepted my situation
and adjusted my expectations drastically
so i'm feeling better, but it still sucks that i'm not doing stuff related to my course.

i mean, there's so much horror stories out there botu internships (being a slave and all that)
so its nto to say that my situation is totally out of hte ordinary
its just that i had my hopes up too high

anyway, thank god i had a roomate to rant to and pray with
so things are looking up

acceptance brings peace

2 months more to go!

books

I visited the national library today at bugis with glads and robson

so the day before, qin had passed me her bro's lib card to use
and i actualyl borrowed books!!

ok this is exciting coz back home if there's a book i really wanna read, i'd either have to spend over 40rm on 1 book, or rent it at like 8 abook

but the lib here in sg is actually well stocked
and it has matthew reilly!!

so it was awesome
being now able to have unlimited access to all the books that i actually wanna read
i wont have to limit myself to wat ntu has anymore
which is really not much

ntu intern

So my mid term review for IA is tomorrow
i'll meet the prof with my supervisor to discuss what i';ve been doing these past few months

hmmmm
WHAT have I been doing?

thank god for the shared folder
i can copy the template
so thats one half of the work done

but the bad thing is
i start comparing what previous interns did
in comparison to me

My life as an intern

Got given a new task this morning

using the paper shredder!!
wheeeeee

-_-

garh
mood swings like crazy.........

dots

my first official paycheck as an intern!

checked my bank acount today
and i got my first paycheck!
well technically,its not a physical check
more like a deposit?
but i'm on payroll

the only other time i had that was at secret recipe being a waitress
but this feels more real

lol
its only 500+
but still
not bad
for the first time
bank account is groooooooooowing

how music has changed

its so strange
watching friends, s04e07, which was probably filmed in 1998?
and in this epi, they make fun of ross who plays very weird music by using the sounds htat have been programmed into the keyboard.

and even though its meant to sound "bad"
it actually sounds like daft punk music for hte movie tron

so wat was considered bad
is now in vogue
lol

1st productive day

today i actually felt sorta happier when i left work
and yes, it is the weekend
so ppl do get happier

but i left without feeling so sian

coz i got the bigger picture of why i'm doing all the excel formatting stuff
and plus, i felt mroe involved rather than just some extra worker

i actually joked around with the leadership grads in RR
and they were very nice!
totally tried to help me in my stuff :D
so i didn't have to come up with a telephone guideline coz luckily he told me he saw one on the RR site
and thats awesome
one less task to do

i'm stil stuck with the excel though
need to revamp it
garh

KICK ASS!!!!!!

I actually love the show

its a bit gory in a sense
but i like their take on superheroes
its really really nice

i've just watched it
and i feel like i'm still reeling from it
lol

damn i wanna be able to fight like hit girl