12th Mon - Due date for Manufacturing Report
13th Tues - Due date for Solids Report
14th Wed - Due date for Heat Continual Assesment
15th Thurs - Design Test
Yupe it was one hectic week indeed. Don't worry, i won't go into details of each assignment you'll die of boredom before you reach the end (i would), I'm just glad it's over and i think i'll be alright for all of them..
Friday!! Finally!!! after skipping last friday's session, i'm free to go last night. It was one of the best bball session ever.
Left home early cause i was so eager to play, jogged the whole way and by the time i reach the sportscentre i was all warmed up and ready to go! After skipping a week i thought i'll lose touch but it felt quite good, seems like there were a lot of energy stored inside haha. Split into teams and started playing, it was the usual winner stays and loser out games. My team consist of Daniel, David, and a tall guy. David is a good player while Daniel is really tall, we have twin towers hoho, no we didn't cheat by picking our team, it was a random draw.
We were the fourth team in line to play and when it was our turn to play (i'd say it was around 7.05 maybe?), we stepped into the court and stayed in it till 8.30pm. We kept our winning spree right to the last minute, game after game, teams after teams.. The 4 of us played fairly well, the best part was when 3 of us couldn't perform or tired, one would step up and take over. Around 8pm, I was tired and wanted let other teams play, heck i was sitting down already.. but my teammates were like, don't be lazy, they pulled me up and we continued. After a brutal 1 and a half hours of bball, we were all dead tired with a grin on our faces..
Ahh~ what a an awesome bball session. Woke up today and my muscles were aching like crazy. I love basketball!!
Haven't been updating cause there's nothing much happening besides me rushing for assignments ehe. But i shall write whatever that comes to mind. :)
So shall we start with assignments as well? hahaha. yea that's pretty much what's in my mind right now. Had presentation on Tuesday, surprisingly it went pretty well, better than expected at least. Was editing and adding so much stuff during the weekend and monday night that i didn't have much time to practice *last minute work duh* More surprisingly my 2 other groupmates were still doing their slides on Tuesday morning!
We were pretty nervous so we didn't wanna present, though i did suggest to go first just to get it out of the way, we ended up being the 2nd last group to present. Good idea nonetheless, i added more information after listening to other groups who presented before us, they were pretty good, i gave most of them a 7. Lecturer said a decent presentation should get a 6, if not I'd just give everyone a 9 or 10.. p/s we're graded by our peers.
I always thought presentation was fine for me but when it was finally time to do it, it was way different.. Heart was pounding on my chest. Not to mention it was like 3 deg outside? The place we were giving our presentation was right beside a window, it was closed but the cold just seeps right though (well technically it's the heat loss through convection *trying to apply what i've been learning lol!*)
My groupmates presented well, when it was my turn, i lay down my speech on the table and just read it word for word, occasionally looking up to see if anyone's asleep haha. I don't really think my presentation was an good, but i had confidence in my slides, took me a long time to edit it. Well the marks will be posted in december hopefully i'm alright.
Fast forward to friday! It's suppose to be my usual free basketball session at the sportscentre but not this week. All direct entries asian students for mechanical engineering were invited to a house party by a lectuer (Dr. Chin). We took a tram around 7 to his house, we even bought a wine for him so at least we wouldn't go empty-handed though i think we were the only group who brought something. *we did however find out later that his stash of wine is wayy more than enough, our cheap wine was quickly chucked to a corner nowhere to be seen, but hey it's the thought that counts right*
His house is fairly small and there wasn't much space to walk let alone sit, we all stood and chatted the whole time we were there, i thought it was a pretty nice and cozy place. We were served with cinnamon rolls, minced meat pie (which in fact contains no meat at all, it's all raisins go figure), crisp (a.k.a potato chips), etc etc. Met lots of people from different year and learned a new card game. Went back around 10pm to continue with assignments.. -.-
So shall we start with assignments as well? hahaha. yea that's pretty much what's in my mind right now. Had presentation on Tuesday, surprisingly it went pretty well, better than expected at least. Was editing and adding so much stuff during the weekend and monday night that i didn't have much time to practice *last minute work duh* More surprisingly my 2 other groupmates were still doing their slides on Tuesday morning!
We were pretty nervous so we didn't wanna present, though i did suggest to go first just to get it out of the way, we ended up being the 2nd last group to present. Good idea nonetheless, i added more information after listening to other groups who presented before us, they were pretty good, i gave most of them a 7. Lecturer said a decent presentation should get a 6, if not I'd just give everyone a 9 or 10.. p/s we're graded by our peers.
I always thought presentation was fine for me but when it was finally time to do it, it was way different.. Heart was pounding on my chest. Not to mention it was like 3 deg outside? The place we were giving our presentation was right beside a window, it was closed but the cold just seeps right though (well technically it's the heat loss through convection *trying to apply what i've been learning lol!*)
My groupmates presented well, when it was my turn, i lay down my speech on the table and just read it word for word, occasionally looking up to see if anyone's asleep haha. I don't really think my presentation was an good, but i had confidence in my slides, took me a long time to edit it. Well the marks will be posted in december hopefully i'm alright.
Fast forward to friday! It's suppose to be my usual free basketball session at the sportscentre but not this week. All direct entries asian students for mechanical engineering were invited to a house party by a lectuer (Dr. Chin). We took a tram around 7 to his house, we even bought a wine for him so at least we wouldn't go empty-handed though i think we were the only group who brought something. *we did however find out later that his stash of wine is wayy more than enough, our cheap wine was quickly chucked to a corner nowhere to be seen, but hey it's the thought that counts right*
His house is fairly small and there wasn't much space to walk let alone sit, we all stood and chatted the whole time we were there, i thought it was a pretty nice and cozy place. We were served with cinnamon rolls, minced meat pie (which in fact contains no meat at all, it's all raisins go figure), crisp (a.k.a potato chips), etc etc. Met lots of people from different year and learned a new card game. Went back around 10pm to continue with assignments.. -.-
2nd post of that day! Getting the hang of blogging lol.
Cooking guides for myself! Here goes,
1. To make sauce smoother : add milk or butter
2. To make sauce thicker : add corn flour
3. To make intensify sauce's taste : reduce by boiling longer
4. To make food less spicy : add milk or sugar
5. To make mash potatoes : cut potatoes into cubes (about the size of a bottle cap), boil (with salt) till reaaally soft, drain water, add generous amount of butter, add some milk, add a pinch of salt and pepper, and finally, mash till it's looks like mash potatoes. Optional addition : friend bacon pieces or minced beef, cheddar or mozarella cheese, spring onions with sour cream.
6. To marinate fried chicken : rub salt all over, add desireds pices (kunyit, chilli powder, pepper or whatever), score chicken to ensure it cooks all the way in, when frying don't flip around too often, patience is the key.
7. To cook mushroom : do not wash the mushrooms!! they'll just soak up all the water and become tasteless. Peel the surface or just cook it as it is. Add salt and pepper or garlic and onions.
8. To make chicken stock : boil chicken (meat or just bones are fine) along with celery, carrots, onions, bay leaf and a couple cloves of garlic for about an hour.
Can't think of anymore right now, the list will grow as time past ehe.
Miss my mom's cooking so so much..
Cooking guides for myself! Here goes,
1. To make sauce smoother : add milk or butter
2. To make sauce thicker : add corn flour
3. To make intensify sauce's taste : reduce by boiling longer
4. To make food less spicy : add milk or sugar
5. To make mash potatoes : cut potatoes into cubes (about the size of a bottle cap), boil (with salt) till reaaally soft, drain water, add generous amount of butter, add some milk, add a pinch of salt and pepper, and finally, mash till it's looks like mash potatoes. Optional addition : friend bacon pieces or minced beef, cheddar or mozarella cheese, spring onions with sour cream.
6. To marinate fried chicken : rub salt all over, add desireds pices (kunyit, chilli powder, pepper or whatever), score chicken to ensure it cooks all the way in, when frying don't flip around too often, patience is the key.
7. To cook mushroom : do not wash the mushrooms!! they'll just soak up all the water and become tasteless. Peel the surface or just cook it as it is. Add salt and pepper or garlic and onions.
8. To make chicken stock : boil chicken (meat or just bones are fine) along with celery, carrots, onions, bay leaf and a couple cloves of garlic for about an hour.
Can't think of anymore right now, the list will grow as time past ehe.
Miss my mom's cooking so so much..
It has finally hit zero degrees this morning.. So this is what it feels like.. Even with 3 layers of clothes on, my nose, troat and lungs could still feel the chill of the air.
Time for nice cuppa hot coffee! and after that, bring on sub-zero! XD
Time for nice cuppa hot coffee! and after that, bring on sub-zero! XD
No i did not do it nor did someone do to me..
Instead it was between two classmate, both close friends of mine.. one whom i shall simply name as D (his name does not contain the letter D) and one is my buddy named Azarel.
The reason i stayed back so late in the Library it's because they have computers with a software called Solidworks in them which i use to design my assignment. I'm not even sure where to start this story.. it has so many layers and we (me and Azarel) had to uncover all of them before the truth was unveiled.
Saturday (21st Nov) was spent in the IC (Information Commons) doing my design audit, I fine tune every component the best i could, was really satisfied with my work after that. :)
Sunday (22nd Nov) met up with my friend, D at the IC to do our design audit, we were doing our own work at different floors though only after dinner he sat behind me. He finished his part 1 of the drawing which i was impressed cause before that he was pretty far from completion but he said he did it all by himself on Saturday night, well he does have the software in his laptop and i don't. We went back around 3am.
Monday (23rd Nov), me and D were in the IT room rushing our design audit which is due at 4pm. I had a little more to go while he has less. In came Azarel (Az in short) and my friend asked Az, who handed up his work a week ago, to check his work. It didn't take long before Az notice something was wrong, the descriptions of the drawings were almost to similar to his own, with some changes here and tehre but key points were the same, word for word. They were joking abt being twin brothers in secret but when Az took a glance at the drawings, he noticed that they were all too familiar to his own work.
He imidiately open his files on a computer behind us and sure enough, it was a carbon copy, every detail to the last dot. Az couldn't believe his eyes.. he started asking questions, D frantically snatched the drawings away asking him not to look (he was the one who asked Az to look at it for him), i went over to compare as well and i could tell it was Az's work because we all designed out work differently at some parts, i know how Az's drawings look like because he was the nice person who taught me how to use Solidworks (I'm truly greatful for that, i know it'll be useful in the future) and we often discuss how to draw the components. D on the other hand had little interest and often use our dimensions and asked us to draw for him.
Az was really amaze by now, every single bit was the same, D insisted he drew everything himself but what are the chances of it being totally identical? my answer to Az when he asked me, "We study math, statistics wise, it's zero to none". Az keep throwing questions at him till he said Az was stressing him out and it was oeaceful until he came. I noticed that D was really nervous which his body language clearly agrees. D avoided many questions from Az by changing topics, answering with questions or not answering at all. Finally D said that there was a guy who helped him draw on Sunday morning, i went to the IC in the evening, no comments.
Az was really panicked by now as it would mean that someone had gain access to his drawings and his work is being circulated around. Az knows full well that when it comes to plagiarising, the university is strictly against it and the penalties if caught are heavy. Az will be going on a vacation during the christmas holiday which cost him 1k pounds, he wouldn't want to be summoned back to deal with this matter.
We then asked D who the guy was and surprisingly enough he said he doesn't know the guy, he just know the guy was doing the same work as us and asked him for help. We had to catch the culprit, due date is at 4pm, it was about 2+ then. D and Az was discussing how to go about it while i finish up my work. Az was trying to change the drawings for D but D left his soft copy in his laptop as he printed his work on Sunday night.
In the end, D decided not to hand in his work so he could change it overnight. He says he feels guilty that Az is involved and how the work he got from the guy is the same as Az's. Az is still in deep waters though, if his work is being circulated, it could mean havoc for him. During the whole time in the IT room, i could hear Az asking D if he copied his work, he even said that if D really did copy his work, he would forgive him, for about 7 times or more in a very serious manner and everytime, D would insist that he did it all by himself, he argued that he have not even met Az since last week which was true. Later, Az and D went to gym (yes they are gym buddies) while i rushed to hand in my work, which i did at 4:01:15pm. Not gonna rant about that as it was my own fault, stupid me.
Reached home around 6.. what happened in the afternoon was still fresh in my mind.. It wasn't until 9 when Az texted me asking if i knew how D's drawing could be exactly the same as his. I replied that being totally honest with him, i had no idea how D could even finish his work.. I haven't met up with D before Sunday. Az replied saying that his General Assembly drawing was exactly the same, even the minor mistakes were there. We continued discussing on msn about the possibility of proving that it is his work or the file just D used belongs to Az. He later admitted that as much as he doesn't want to believe it, he's sure it was D who took it.. He said that D was beating around the bush and contradicting himself when Az was pressing questions. Az drew some part uniquely his as noone else would spend time drawing them, not even me.
We were not at all convinced that D could do it all by himself because before this he had no clue abt Solidworks. I said that D is innocent until proven guilty but deep inside, i'm conviced it was D, the evidence was sufficient for me. I told Az that i would try to remember everything they said in case of a need for me to be a witness to a plagiarism case. Az being the nice guy that he is, trust D whole heartedly, he keeps trying
to convince himself that someone else has taken his drawing or hacked into his account (when we use a university com, we have to log in with our own id, which is where he kept his files). Az keeps thinking of ways to report the incident without involving D, if it was me, I'd be in the office filling up the plagiarism report form by now..
I assured Az that i will testify for him if called upon, it was the least i could do for him for teaching me how to use the software. We know full well the time and effort spent to produce the drawings, it would be so unfair if someone were to just take it away and claim it as theirs. But Az did add that if it was D who took it, as long as he admits it, he'll only be angry for one day and it'll be alright the next day. It would make matters easy as Az's work is not circulating around. He would still be pissed that if it is D who took it but yet lied so many times in the IT room, and if D were to hand it in and gotten higher marks than him, he'd blow. We never forced D to use Solidworks to design, hand drawings were allowed as well.
Tuesday (24th Nov) morning, while walking to the lecture hall i saw jon with his new drawings, though they looked similar only with minor changes, he said that he did it all from scratch this time. Didn't have much time to chat as class was starting, he's skipping class to hand in the work. The night before, Az asked D to bring his soft copy as he wanted to check it. Az texted me soon after i sat down if i could go through D's files but i noticed it too late and Az came to class already, we plan to check it after class.
After class, Az went to toilet while me and D headed for the IT room. There were no coms side by side so we were seperated for awhile till Az came. We started going through D's drawings and it was different indeed. Or is it..? At first glance it may look different but going into details i notice some parts were still identical to Az's but this time i asked questions first,
"so D, you drew everything yourself?"
He said yes, everything from scratch. but knowing him..
"by means of scratch you mean just assembly it or draw the component itself from scratch?"
"oh no la, i just put them together myself"
"well that's not drawing from scratch then.. which part DID you draw?"
he then pointed at some parts but did not point at the component i noticed was identical to Az's so i asked
"so you drew the rest?" he said yes. That's when i took the mouse and pointed at a specific mistake that Az had make which was also unique only to him because it's wayy to obvious to miss it. D's words changed again.. he said
"oh that part i didn't draw"
"oh so now you didn't draw that part? what abt this one?" points to another unique design of Az's, for both components, Az could immidiately recognise that it was still his own work. Az was pressing questions as well and for most of the time D couldn't give a straight answer. Az took a paper and wrote down every component that D say it was that guy who gave it to him.
Az took D to the mechanical engineering photo gallery of 2nd year students and asked D to point of the guy who helped him. If D points out the guy, we could catch him and Az would be fine and Az promise not to give D away instead say that D helped in uncovering the culprit. D glanced through the gallery and said the guy is not there, no idea about that. Az pointed out that D haven't even finished looking at the gallery and already said no, besides that, D was merely glancing instead of focusing on every person's face. D said he would recognise if he sees him but there's no need.
Az asked me if he should report it in, i told him that reporting it is the right thing to do, it's better than the department catching him later which he's the suspect instead of the victim. Az was hesitating because he didn't want to get D involved so he came up with a story that D noticed the drawing on somebody's computer and told Az abt it.
Az was figuring out everyway to cover for D but D thinks Az should not to report it in as D will get into trouble, we said he won't because his drawings are different now so he shouldn't worry. Az was still worried that his work is being circulated so D suggested to take the drawing and ask around during class if anyone has the same work. I was stunned.. so i said "who would be so stupid to admit that they have the same work? that would mean that they are plagiarising and it doesn't solve the matter!" D went on to say "well at least they will change it so it'll be ok"
I was really pissed at that time, thinking *wtf excuses and dumb suggestions are those, seriously, you think we're dumb or something?* so Az said "but i'm sure one or two will be lazy and not change a thing then i'll be trouble again" D said once more that if Az reported it in, he will be in trouble as well. From my point of view, this bugger is still trying to take advantage of Az. Seems like he doesn't know that Az is also playing mind tricks of his own, just in a different way. What Az was trying to do was to find the true culprit if there was one or for D is admit the fault which is all he wanted to hear.
We went to the cafe and continue where we left off, we then asked if D is protecting that guy whom he claims is a starnger, is the guy D's friend, is he closer to D compared to Az for him to protect his identity. d answered no for all the questions. I don't know about Az but i was boiling then, i fired a series of questions first off
"Did you see how the guy drew?"
"I did but don't really know what he was doing"
"but i'm sure you saw at least something, did he extrude or draw lines or something??"
"yea i saw him drawing lines but after that i don't know"
"then why is it that the lines he drew were EXACTLY the same as Az? There's no way"
"oh then he must've copy and pasted the file for me"
"ok fine so he copy and pasted it, but don't you that taking someone's copy would mean plagiarising? even if it's not Az's drawing it'd still be plagiarising."
"yea that's why i changed a few things here and there"
"oh no, obviously you did NOT cause it's EXACTLY the same as Az's drawing, which means you did not touch it at all"
"oh er no.."
"and you said before that he is not handing in the same time as you, how would you know?"
"cause i saw la, he's not handing it same time as me"
"but you don't know that, you don't even know the guy, do you? is he your friend?"
Az said "tell me who's your friend and i will get you involve, we could say you found the drawing and reported to me, and if you could protect him from me that would mean you two are close and i'm sure you could convince him to not involve you as well"
Az continued asking D "you really really sure you didn't take my work, cause if you did and you admit it, i'll just be angry for one day and tomorrow it'll be ok adi" which he has said to D for at least 30 times by now and those are only the ones that i heared.
A long silent went on after that.. i lift my head and asked D "who are you protecting..?" there was only silence. There correct answer was Az, then it was either that guy, or merely protecting himself.. There were so many excuses and contradiction of his own words that i could barely register it to my mind..
Finally D broke the silent by asking if he could meet up with Az later tonight. Az agreed and we went to class. We were acting all normal abt it in class and on the way home. I think it's plain awkward and fake.
I texted Az around 11 to ask if he's alright, he said he's ok but did not mention anything else. So i replied to ask if D admitted it, he replied "as expected. but don't say anything and also dont look down on him coz he was more desperate than lazy k?" i replied "ok but i'm allowed to be dissapointed as a friend".. and this is how the story ends.. It's late now, 4.30am.. and to think i started writing at 1am..
Nights..
Saturday (28 Nov)
Haven't seen D since that day.. He didn't turn up for any of the classes.. The only time i saw him was at a shop around 9pm, he was with his flatmates. I hope he's doing alright..
Nights..
Saturday (28 Nov)
Haven't seen D since that day.. He didn't turn up for any of the classes.. The only time i saw him was at a shop around 9pm, he was with his flatmates. I hope he's doing alright..
Just came back lols it's.. 2.40am now!! good nights!
The same day i stayed back till 3am lols crazyness. Gale force winds on the way home didn't ease the cold night.
用手中的流沙畫一個你呀~
The same day i stayed back till 3am lols crazyness. Gale force winds on the way home didn't ease the cold night.
用手中的流沙畫一個你呀~
Wednesday 18th Nov
Realised i haven't update my blog in awhile *though i keep asking ppl to update theirs lol XD*
Well here's one of the reason i'm blogging now, i was suppose to have a class at 9, woke up at 8, prepared to leave at 8.30 *would still make it in time*, looked out the window it was raining, open my umbrella at the doorstep just to find it broken, morale went down the drain, thus decided to skip the first class.
Ta daa~ but i'll go for the 2nd class at 10 of course.
I have been busy for the past 2 weeks with labs and experiments but it won't rest just yet, now i have to do reports and presentation, another busy 2 weeks coming right up. I seem to be spending more time in the library than i do in my room, it's like i come back to cook, eat and sleep.. somewhat proud that i could be so nerd i bet my parents would be happy haha.
Oh i went to the kitchen and found a note on the kitchen table, it said "A member of staff from Accommodation & Campus Service will inspect your study room & common rooms on the 20/11/2009. o.o!! *Look around at kitchen after reading note* uh-oh.. Our kitchen is in a mess.. dirty pots, pan and plates all over.. the dustbin is almost bursting out.. GGness..
Thursday 19th Nov
Went for electric tutorial to ask abt assignment which is due on friday (20th) then headed straight to the IC (Information Commence a.k.a. the awesomely cool library). Was taking a rest from doing my TLC sketch, so i facebook-ed awhile, wrote about the room inspection and soon after Aaron (my nice flatmate) commented asking if we should meet up at 3 to clean up. Cool! So 3 it was, met up with the guys, well just 3 of us, the other 2 ran late on lectures but it's alright. They did the washing while I vacuumed the floor around the flat, excluding rooms.
Here comes the nice part.
While we were doing the bins, Chris noticed some wiggly thingy on the floor.. Maggot! damn frigging gross man.. *looks around the floor* wait a minute.. what are these brown-rice-like stuff on the floor.. HOLY SHIT MAGGOT EGGS!! %*$(&%^# there were all over the floor near the bins.. a sight to sore eyes..
So I grabbed the vacuum cleaner and sucked them all in.. That is by far the worst vacuum experience.. the amount of lives i took away.. Lol yea right, i wish they never existed.
It was really disgusting cleaning the bins, the smell was truly epic, sour milk, expired meat, etc etc, use your imagination. Aaron came up with the best idea i've heard since coming to Sheffield, it goes like this "shall we have a duty roster for the bins?" yupe yupe and it's now pasted on the fridge. I never wanna go through all that again..
While we were at it, we decided to go out for dinner someday next week, yeay flatmates get together. ^^ Noone was allowed to cook that night to maintain cleanliness lol. Wonder how long it'll last before the dirty pots, pans and plates starts piling up.. But we should be better now. :D
Nothing much on friday so i'll skip it! not cause i'm rushing off to play bball now.. no.. nothing close to that.. i'm just heading off to the sports centre now.. to play bball! duh!
Miss you guys much!
Realised i haven't update my blog in awhile *though i keep asking ppl to update theirs lol XD*
Well here's one of the reason i'm blogging now, i was suppose to have a class at 9, woke up at 8, prepared to leave at 8.30 *would still make it in time*, looked out the window it was raining, open my umbrella at the doorstep just to find it broken, morale went down the drain, thus decided to skip the first class.
Ta daa~ but i'll go for the 2nd class at 10 of course.
I have been busy for the past 2 weeks with labs and experiments but it won't rest just yet, now i have to do reports and presentation, another busy 2 weeks coming right up. I seem to be spending more time in the library than i do in my room, it's like i come back to cook, eat and sleep.. somewhat proud that i could be so nerd i bet my parents would be happy haha.
Oh i went to the kitchen and found a note on the kitchen table, it said "A member of staff from Accommodation & Campus Service will inspect your study room & common rooms on the 20/11/2009. o.o!! *Look around at kitchen after reading note* uh-oh.. Our kitchen is in a mess.. dirty pots, pan and plates all over.. the dustbin is almost bursting out.. GGness..
Thursday 19th Nov
Went for electric tutorial to ask abt assignment which is due on friday (20th) then headed straight to the IC (Information Commence a.k.a. the awesomely cool library). Was taking a rest from doing my TLC sketch, so i facebook-ed awhile, wrote about the room inspection and soon after Aaron (my nice flatmate) commented asking if we should meet up at 3 to clean up. Cool! So 3 it was, met up with the guys, well just 3 of us, the other 2 ran late on lectures but it's alright. They did the washing while I vacuumed the floor around the flat, excluding rooms.
Here comes the nice part.
While we were doing the bins, Chris noticed some wiggly thingy on the floor.. Maggot! damn frigging gross man.. *looks around the floor* wait a minute.. what are these brown-rice-like stuff on the floor.. HOLY SHIT MAGGOT EGGS!! %*$(&%^# there were all over the floor near the bins.. a sight to sore eyes..
So I grabbed the vacuum cleaner and sucked them all in.. That is by far the worst vacuum experience.. the amount of lives i took away.. Lol yea right, i wish they never existed.
It was really disgusting cleaning the bins, the smell was truly epic, sour milk, expired meat, etc etc, use your imagination. Aaron came up with the best idea i've heard since coming to Sheffield, it goes like this "shall we have a duty roster for the bins?" yupe yupe and it's now pasted on the fridge. I never wanna go through all that again..
While we were at it, we decided to go out for dinner someday next week, yeay flatmates get together. ^^ Noone was allowed to cook that night to maintain cleanliness lol. Wonder how long it'll last before the dirty pots, pans and plates starts piling up.. But we should be better now. :D
Nothing much on friday so i'll skip it! not cause i'm rushing off to play bball now.. no.. nothing close to that.. i'm just heading off to the sports centre now.. to play bball! duh!
Miss you guys much!
Song by Maroon 5, first song i've heard from them actually.
It was 6 degrees outside when i finished my sesat class at 6pm. It was drizzling. I'm having flu. Not fun.
Nevertheless i'm back my room blogging about it. Let's start from this morning. Woke up to a freezing cold morning, i'm guessing it was 8 deg? Warm comfy bed was calling for me but i had to read math notes or risk having question marks all over my head later during math. Morning coffee is so essential these days, there's no such thing as too much caffeine, only refills. :D
Math class was from 9am-11am and it was smooth sailing. Next class was scheduled at 12 so me and my friends went library where computer services are provided. Lecturer sent an email saying the class at 12 is canceled, again, it's the 3rd time he's canceled his class. How are we going to catch up with the syllabus? Provide us with ample exam tips kthxbai.
Burned the hours till it was time for 5pm class, came out of the library and it was raining. shooo colddd... thankfully by the time class ended at 6 the rain had settled down to tiny drizzles, but the weather went down down down down down~ down~ down~ even if the sky is falling down.
Lols the song just came in, back to the weather now, it was cooold. 6 deg cold. You'd expect the evening sun to at least warm it up a little but noooo. Since late october, the sky turns pitch black at 5pm, no kidding, it looks like 9pm at 5pm. Long hike back to my flats.
Upside! I bought chicken as dinner ingrediants, 4 chicken quarters (drumstick and thigh) for only 2 pounds! which will be my dinner for the next 4 nights. It's almost 8 now, better start cooking. Pok pok pok chicken. Fry steam boil stew, how now brown cow.
Upside! I bought chicken as dinner ingrediants, 4 chicken quarters (drumstick and thigh) for only 2 pounds! which will be my dinner for the next 4 nights. It's almost 8 now, better start cooking. Pok pok pok chicken. Fry steam boil stew, how now brown cow.
Lols never thought i'd be asked to update a blog..
Woke up at 4.15am along with my enemies, cough, migrain and flu. Thought i'd be feeling all good considering i slept at 9.30pm the night before and took drugs before i sleep (just panadol la). Met up with Naem at 5.15am and we started walking to the train station. Called Haruki (my awesome japanese basketballer friend) halfway, no one answered.. nvm try again.. futile.. uh oh.. o.o he's suppose to meet us at the train station and he said he lives 1 and a half hours away! sei lo.. called about 4 more times with no response. We were almost reaching the station when Haruki called and said he's nearby already. phew~ Along with other MASSOC members, we boarded the 6.25 train to Notts.
Arrived Notts train station at 7.40am, then took a cab to the Sports Centre. Notts is a pretty nice place, nice greens and old buildings. When we reached, soooo many people were already gathered outside the sports centre. It's been awhile since i've seen so many asian, felt somewhat like home. :) We went to register our uni then waited outside for the opening ceremony of speeches and 'Negaraku' to end inside the hall. By then i was feeling really cold.. almost shivering.
Outside, everyone was so happy to be here, all smiles in any direction i looked to. ^^ Oh and everyone was speaking in a very familiar slang of la, mar, meh and others that are like music to my ears lols. Girls were screeching and hugging when they found someone they know (mystery), some were laughing in a bunch of friends, some looked like they were discussing game plan already woo.. Met up with Agnes and Hsien Loong (her bf), chatted awhile before surpise visit from Winson who was the first aid of the day. I asked for antibiotics from him but he didn't have any sad.. i was wearing 4 layers and it was still cold while some people walking around with shorts.
Finally around 9.15, the opening ceremony gave way for us to enter the hall.
Outside, everyone was so happy to be here, all smiles in any direction i looked to. ^^ Oh and everyone was speaking in a very familiar slang of la, mar, meh and others that are like music to my ears lols. Girls were screeching and hugging when they found someone they know (mystery), some were laughing in a bunch of friends, some looked like they were discussing game plan already woo.. Met up with Agnes and Hsien Loong (her bf), chatted awhile before surpise visit from Winson who was the first aid of the day. I asked for antibiotics from him but he didn't have any sad.. i was wearing 4 layers and it was still cold while some people walking around with shorts.
Finally around 9.15, the opening ceremony gave way for us to enter the hall.
It should be warm inside the hall right? no not for me..palms were so cold, they couldn't feel a thing, it was impossible to shoot. Had to squirm myself with my jackets to hopefully warm myself up before the game started. Thankfully my game was at 10.10am and by the time the game was about to start i was much warmer. Coughs and migrain were still there. It was group stage, we had to play Nottingham C, Hull and Leeds. Basically to move on we have to beat everyone.
First game was Leeds against Hull, which leeds dominated the entire game, we know leeds is a formidable foe. Next up is us, oh yea i have yet to introduce the players, it consist of me, Haruki, Hao Wei (sports officer of massoc), Jack (the tall guy), Gan and erm i forgot his name >_< i'll edit this when i find out. I have played with them only once prior coming to Notts.
First game was Leeds against Hull, which leeds dominated the entire game, we know leeds is a formidable foe. Next up is us, oh yea i have yet to introduce the players, it consist of me, Haruki, Hao Wei (sports officer of massoc), Jack (the tall guy), Gan and erm i forgot his name >_< i'll edit this when i find out. I have played with them only once prior coming to Notts.
Our confidence were high going into the game, and we had all the reason to be, first half (7 minutes) we were already leading and was cruising in the 2nd. Won that match with ease hehe. Can't remember the scoreline but we won convincingly. After the game, i felt even colder than before, so back to squirming till the next game. Being sick really took much stamina away.. usually it won't mean much for a 14 minutes game but i was a little tired by the end of it. Hull was up next and thankfully i was warm enough by then. If the first game was good, this was better. Agnes, Hsien Loong, Jon was there to support, i would usually be nervous when friends' are watching but not this time, the shots were just going in. Both me and Haruki were unstoppable, we contributed 80% of the team's score. :P
After the game, met up with Jon, Agnes and Hsien Loong. Thanked them for their support. Met Johnson, Jay and his gf as well. Oh i met Kathryn just before the start of the first match, caught up a bit with her. Was really hungry by now.. i only had breakfast at 4.30am till now, food stalls were miles away, Agnes's ginger biscuits were saviours! :D Went to rest and warm myself up again, wasn't feeling too well, hungry, flu, cough and migrain..
Next match was against leeds, and my haven't got much stamina left in me. Either way at 12.10, we were facing leeds, they're average height is much more than ours but it was head to head. Few fouls here and there but nothing serious, they're pretty good actors though, small fouls but they were shouting like we stabbed them with a knife. We were trailing 9-11 by half time, i had to sub out due to fatigue, couldn't keep up with the pace anymore. Second half will prove to be a painful one. everything was alright until leeds number 11 player was throwing himself at Haruki, point and blabered at him, he's obviously picking a fight! The 2 refs said no foul. wtf?! you can tell this is not the end of the drama, soon after the same number 11 player was all over Haruki's back and throwing his fist over him followed with some crap yelling. We rushed over to break any potential fight, we were close to having one, it was to dilibrate he was aiming to injure Haruki. Neither refs gave a technical, just gave us a start ball.. WTF?! How much did they give you 2 man. Anyway, we lost by a few points in the end, half of our team walked out with bruises.
After the game, met up with Jon, Agnes and Hsien Loong. Thanked them for their support. Met Johnson, Jay and his gf as well. Oh i met Kathryn just before the start of the first match, caught up a bit with her. Was really hungry by now.. i only had breakfast at 4.30am till now, food stalls were miles away, Agnes's ginger biscuits were saviours! :D Went to rest and warm myself up again, wasn't feeling too well, hungry, flu, cough and migrain..
Next match was against leeds, and my haven't got much stamina left in me. Either way at 12.10, we were facing leeds, they're average height is much more than ours but it was head to head. Few fouls here and there but nothing serious, they're pretty good actors though, small fouls but they were shouting like we stabbed them with a knife. We were trailing 9-11 by half time, i had to sub out due to fatigue, couldn't keep up with the pace anymore. Second half will prove to be a painful one. everything was alright until leeds number 11 player was throwing himself at Haruki, point and blabered at him, he's obviously picking a fight! The 2 refs said no foul. wtf?! you can tell this is not the end of the drama, soon after the same number 11 player was all over Haruki's back and throwing his fist over him followed with some crap yelling. We rushed over to break any potential fight, we were close to having one, it was to dilibrate he was aiming to injure Haruki. Neither refs gave a technical, just gave us a start ball.. WTF?! How much did they give you 2 man. Anyway, we lost by a few points in the end, half of our team walked out with bruises.
Stayed awhile after that to watch other games and Hao Wei ta pao-ed nasi lemak for us. Nasi Lemak!! wohoooo. I miss my mom's cooking a lot, her nasi lemak will always be the best. Went to Portland building where all the food stalls were to grab a few more bites before heading to the train station. Had a good sleep along the way back, so good that i actually felt like i could go another 3 games. Walked about an hour back to my flat. Took a nice hot shower, popped a panadol and off to bed at 9.30. After 12 hours of sleep, woke up the next day feeling much better. :)
Thanks to daylight saving, i'm suppose wind my clocks back to 1am when the clock striked 2. Woke up early around.. 8am today (which is actually 9am).. felt pretty excited but kinda nervous cause i'll be on my way to a 3on3 competition at the uni sportshall at 9am. Drank an extra cup of coffee and chocs for extra energy before heading to the sporsthall. Even bought energy drink the night before to bring along today. Worried for my stamina considering i haven't been playing much sports lately.
Reached at 9 sharp and the place was already packed with ppl, pretty intimidated at first with so many people around not kowing how well they play and how far my team could go. Spotted my teammates soon after and shot a few hoops, everything felt alright. Registered our team and the tournament began. 12 teams were split into 2 groups each taking half a court so each side will have 5 round robin matches. Since our team consist of a Japanese (Haruki), a British (Daniel) and a Malaysian, we called ourselves The Internationals. LOLs.
Rules of the matches, 5 minutes per game, whoever leads at end time wins, in case of draw, next basket wins. We were first up to play against team Spurs, game on. As it was the first game, we were pretty nervous as we didn't know how good the opponent was and what's our form like. Took awhile before we kicked into gear and won 5-1. Same goes for the next 3 matches. Last match was a tough one, all three opponents were really good and had decent height. I was obviously the shortest duh~ lols. anyway we lost the last match but qualified into the semi-finals along with the team that beat us.
If i thought the 5th game was hard.. the semi-finals was worse.. even taller guys.. 2 heads taller than me *wtf i have to mark this guy?!* and so it began. Can't remember who scored first or how, was way too into the game.. it was really intense, both teams were really pumped up. By the end of the 5 minutes, we drew at 4 all.. next basket would seal the game. Got the ball, intended to shoot but my marker came running and jumped, awesome, fake and go but another tall guy was in the way, passed to daniel for his underbasket shot but was denied by the opponent. Haruki started the ball, passed to me at the same spot, intended to shoot again thus my marker came running, looked at the ring and took the shot. The sound of the ball entering the net never sounded nicer. I remember my marker telling his teammates after the game, "i thought he was going to fake me". I probably would if you jumped but that was what the first fake is for, your hesitation. With that, we were in the finals! Truthfully, i never thought i could reach the finals and neither did Haruki, but now that we're here it's time to play.
We were up against our former opponent, the one who beat us in the group stage. We now know what they can do and so our defence improved. We drew firstblood but after that we were head to head the entire game. 5 minutes of regulation time passed and the score was 4-4. Down to the last ball again. The game went on for another 3 minutes before the opponent fumbled the ball in. Sigh~ to have lost in the finals sure sucks a lot, but nonetheless it was a good game and they were the better team.
We were up against our former opponent, the one who beat us in the group stage. We now know what they can do and so our defence improved. We drew firstblood but after that we were head to head the entire game. 5 minutes of regulation time passed and the score was 4-4. Down to the last ball again. The game went on for another 3 minutes before the opponent fumbled the ball in. Sigh~ to have lost in the finals sure sucks a lot, but nonetheless it was a good game and they were the better team.
Prize giving time! ....... well err.. the organiser walked over and thanked us for our participation then left the sportshall.. *cricket sounds* Our opponent was like "that's it? we just get respected?" well yea i guess that's it. Went for lunch and came back at 1pm (ended at 3pm) to join MASSOC bball social sort of getting to know teammates for the upcoming Nottingham games! It's where Malaysian Societies all over UK gather and have a friendly tournament. It'll be this coming Saturday, 31st Oct. Can't wait to play and meet ppl ^^
Next day i went to class looking like a zombie from the exhaustion and my muscles were aching mad.. but i was and am still happy of everything that happened on Sunday :)
Was coughing like mad in the morning before cleared my throat, you dont wanna know how. Ahh saturdays.. woke up at 11, comfy bed.. shooo niceee.. ^^ Skipped breakfast since it was too late for it anyway. Did a little studying.. sad to say not much went inside the thick skull. -.-
Fast forward to evening. Pretty much bored so went online, fb is quite entertaining, chatted with friends online and started a wave of ffs! lols mocha attack! Currently stuck in my head is a song named Down by Jay Sean ft Lil Wayne. It's stuck pretty deep in along with Sweet Dreams by Beyonce. Both songs are there courtesy of yin yee. Yes even while typing i can hear it playing in my head *even if the sky is falling down.. down~ down~*
My webcam tends to emo, sometimes it works just fine, sometimes just hangs halfway and sometimes just refuse to work. Oh what am i to do with you.
While online, chatted with A for awhile then A went of to watch show, soon after B msn-ed to chat. After awhile B was talking abt A.. Seems like there's a feud back in M'sia.. sighs.. well A got rejected so he's kinda emo but he's letting it off on other people. B is a very patient person.. but i don't think A means to make B and his friends angry.. How how, i don't wanna take sides cause they both have their reason.. Hope they talk over it soon.. C'mon you guys are cool ppl, work it out. =D A boring saturday was made interesting when they were erm.. talking abt A. Dinner was so awesome, pasta with loads of ingredients wohoo.
Something to laugh at :
Walking up to a department store's fabric counter, the pretty girl said, "I would like to buy this material for a new dress. How much does it cost?" "Only one kiss per yard," replied the male clerk with a smirk. "That's fine," said the girl. "I'll take ten yards." With expectation and anticipation written all over his face, the clerk quickly measured out the cloth, wrapped it up, then teasingly held it out.
The girl snapped up the package, pointed to the old geezer standing beside her, and smiled, "Grandpa will pay the bill."
Baby are you down down down down down~!
Fast forward to evening. Pretty much bored so went online, fb is quite entertaining, chatted with friends online and started a wave of ffs! lols mocha attack! Currently stuck in my head is a song named Down by Jay Sean ft Lil Wayne. It's stuck pretty deep in along with Sweet Dreams by Beyonce. Both songs are there courtesy of yin yee. Yes even while typing i can hear it playing in my head *even if the sky is falling down.. down~ down~*
My webcam tends to emo, sometimes it works just fine, sometimes just hangs halfway and sometimes just refuse to work. Oh what am i to do with you.
While online, chatted with A for awhile then A went of to watch show, soon after B msn-ed to chat. After awhile B was talking abt A.. Seems like there's a feud back in M'sia.. sighs.. well A got rejected so he's kinda emo but he's letting it off on other people. B is a very patient person.. but i don't think A means to make B and his friends angry.. How how, i don't wanna take sides cause they both have their reason.. Hope they talk over it soon.. C'mon you guys are cool ppl, work it out. =D A boring saturday was made interesting when they were erm.. talking abt A. Dinner was so awesome, pasta with loads of ingredients wohoo.
Something to laugh at :
Walking up to a department store's fabric counter, the pretty girl said, "I would like to buy this material for a new dress. How much does it cost?" "Only one kiss per yard," replied the male clerk with a smirk. "That's fine," said the girl. "I'll take ten yards." With expectation and anticipation written all over his face, the clerk quickly measured out the cloth, wrapped it up, then teasingly held it out.
The girl snapped up the package, pointed to the old geezer standing beside her, and smiled, "Grandpa will pay the bill."
Baby are you down down down down down~!
Just came back from bball.. dead tiredness.. stamina's not as good as it use to be.. age catching up? or simply lack exercise.. of course it's the latter! Lols.
Woke up usual time this morning for class, nothing much, lectures are usual boring i think the most exciting part was when the last class from 12 to 1 was canceled! Lecturer called in sick, please take your time to rest. x) Went straight home after that.
Having minor coughs.. so annoying.. Figured i'd get them sooner or later due to one reason, i think i have a curse on me. Cause whichever class i go to, there's bound to be someone sitting right behind me coughing and spreading awesome germs to me. I think i've accumulated enough variety of cough virus for a lab to test for a year or so. -.-
Better take my bath now and off to snoreland. Saturday sleep-ins are awesome. Till then, byeee :D
Woke up usual time this morning for class, nothing much, lectures are usual boring i think the most exciting part was when the last class from 12 to 1 was canceled! Lecturer called in sick, please take your time to rest. x) Went straight home after that.
Having minor coughs.. so annoying.. Figured i'd get them sooner or later due to one reason, i think i have a curse on me. Cause whichever class i go to, there's bound to be someone sitting right behind me coughing and spreading awesome germs to me. I think i've accumulated enough variety of cough virus for a lab to test for a year or so. -.-
Better take my bath now and off to snoreland. Saturday sleep-ins are awesome. Till then, byeee :D
Woke up at 11.30 today!! No class today!! Wohoo!!
Slept late last night tweeking this blog, and now i have a new skin! blue-ish one wich i like a lot. (yes blue is my fav colour, not red lols)
Class ended around 1pm yesterday, went to eat fried chicken at aslan's (for the 3rd time). Azarel was complaining about health issues due to the reused oil for frying the chicken.. urgh.. it's frigging 2.90 pounds for 2 pieces chicken and chips with a drink, best deal in town.. i'll burn those fats easy anyway.. x) Went city centre after lunch to buy some stuff, split up into 2 groups as we were aiming to buy different things. Me, Naem and Nadira went 99p shop, Wilkinson and T.K.Maxx. Of course i got my cookies! coooookkkiiiesss~
After everything was done, we went Nadira's place for a chat, we were talking abt moving out (yea we just move in for 3 weeks) to live nearer to our lecture hall (current walking time is 27 mins). We were half complaining abt our flatmates lol so we decided it'd be great if we could all live together! I think it's a brilliant idea, shall follow up with them.
Went to a pool social later that night organised by MASSOC (m'sia and s'pore society). Lots of people there, in fact, too many for the small pool area, we could spell can-of-sardins easy. Went around to chat with people then played a few games of pool before going back.
Better get to some books before they expire on me, have to start practising math or i'm done for.. LUNCH! i guess a simple lunch will be good enough. bacon and egg sandwich la.. (sounds more like breakfast but heck i'm the one cooking, unless the reader decides to cook for me XD)
Ehehe never thought i'd be sitting here typing these words, but i am and this blog is the reason for it.
Well it's a Greeeen bloggg!! for now at least cause i'm still unfamiliar with the functions, but it doesn't look too bad, quite soothing to the eyes if you ask me lols. A few of you guys actually asked me to write a blog long time ago but i just wasn't really into it.. until one fine day (which is today -.-) i sit down and decided to keep a history of what's been going on with my life. Enough said here.
Let my story begin. =)
Well it's a Greeeen bloggg!! for now at least cause i'm still unfamiliar with the functions, but it doesn't look too bad, quite soothing to the eyes if you ask me lols. A few of you guys actually asked me to write a blog long time ago but i just wasn't really into it.. until one fine day (which is today -.-) i sit down and decided to keep a history of what's been going on with my life. Enough said here.
Let my story begin. =)
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