Vertical Marathon Pics

Photos of Vertical Marathon
Finally, SportsphotoX has uploaded the photographs of the vertical marathon onto the website. Well, thought of ordering one of my photographs to "commemorate" myself running for the vertical marathon. Ok, anyway, all the 7 photographs taken on me have that very shack look... Yup, don't really look so good there... Well, you can imagine how shacked, tired and exhuasted I was after climbing 1336 steps (73 storeys) up the staircase in Swissotel.

Ok, I upload the pics here for you'll to see.

Exams Nearing!!!

Exams
The 13 weeks instructional period is over. Ok, now had to really hit very hard on lecture notes and books. Anyway, my exams are all cramped together, so I just don't really know how I should study. Yup, from 24 Nov to 28 Nov, I would have finished 5 papers out of 6 (the last one is at 2 Dec). Well, so far I have briefly covered through Maths and Physics (at least I finished the Maths help sheet already), going to start on Electrical Engineering and Economics. Haiz... Don't know if I could really make it for the exam or not. Never mind, as long as I can complete at least 50% to 60% of the paper, I would be very happy. :P

Swissotel Vertical Marathon
Just ran the vertical marathon last Sunday. Well, I feel that running the vertical marathon is much more exhausting and tiring than any other "horizontal" marathon. Yup, initially I could climb up from the 1st storey to the 10th storey without much problem, but after reaching the 30th storey, I started to feel out of breath... FRom the 30th storey onwards, I started to walk more and more slowly.

Ok, at least I completed the marathon with the timing of 13 minutes and 46 seconds (more precisely, 13 minutes and 45.90 seconds). Ok, still not too bad for a first-timer doing the vertical marathon without much training. But anyway, I was ranked 66 out 127 in that category MEN 20-29 (rank 318 out of 578 for all MEN category), which means I'm at the bottom half... Ok lah, on the bright side, I managed to finish the marathon in less than 15 minutes. :P


Tag Number, Finisher Medal and Finisher Certificate


The Finisher Medal (Not so well taken though... :P)

S...

The EG1108 Grades
Ok, yup got an "S" grade for EG1108, which is below average... Kind of expected since I only answered slightly more than half of the paper... Anyway, this Professor is kind of "creative" I have to say (in terms of the grades he give). Rather than grading us using A B C or 1 2 3, he uses the 5 letters P, Q, R, S and T. P being the best, and T being the worst. Well, after looking through the statistics, this is what I can deduced if I convert it to NUS grading system.

P: A+, A
Q: A-, B+
R: B, B-
S: C+, C
T: D+, D, F

The majority fall under the R, S and T category (about 160+ for R and 190+ each for S and T). I'm that unfortunate one that fall under the "S" category, which is like getting a C+ or a C... Well, look like I really need to work harder... Well, maybe the first lecturer isn't the type of person that gives lectures. Hmm...

Semester Ending, Exams Coming
Yup, just about 2 more weeks of lessons left. Haiz... Think I can't really remember whatever I learn in lectures... I wonder how I can go for the exams like that... Yup, well, at least CS1101C is open book, so there's no need to memorise all the codes and algorithms like mad, MA1505 allows one sheet of A4 size handwritten formulas inside, and for PC1432, they will include the formula list inside. Anyway, I'm still not too certain about the applications, so I don't know about that... Never mind, once I done with all my tutorials for my last week, I'll start practising on past year papers.

Anyway, the CS1101C lab is just less that 2 weeks time, and I'm still not really certain about arrays... Hmm... Well, wanted to find time to practise more, but I still need to complete my tutorials first... Hmm... Well, I shall see when time comes...

Anyway, I just finished my EG1471 mock exam a week ago, so hopefully things will get better for that module. The only important thing I need to do for that module is to revised the mock exam essay (once the teacher return us that), and to get ready with my portfolio. Well, my portfolio is somewhat quite comprehensive already, so I don't have to worry to much about it at least...

Vivocity
Still can't really get the chance to watch movies with my friends at Vivocity after it had opened, so I decided to catch one movie there myself last Saturday, World Trade Centre.

Well, about the movie, I have to say that it isn't that bad. It talks about the two police officers who managed to survive after the collapse of the building. Well, basically the police officers were recalled back to the station after the plane crashed onto the 1st tower. As they were inside the tower, another plane crashed on the nearby tower, hence, the building collapsed and they were all trapped inside the rubble. It then described what happened to the two of the police officer while inside the rubble, and also about their family members, after knowing they were inside the scene.

Ok, about the cinema, yup, I have to agree what Wei Qiang had put on the blog earlier. The seats are more for tall people like Kai Quan. Well, they have the headrest on the seat, which might give you backache or some uncomfort after prolong sitting, especially if you are not the correct height for the seat. After sitting for some time, I started to feel that ache on my back... Wanted to stand up and stretch myself, but that would affect the people behind me, so I have to bear with it... Other than that, the gradient/slope of the theatre (that I watch the movie) is generally good, as I'm able to watch the movie with ease without the need to adjust myself because part of the screen is being blocked by the people in front. The legroom is generally fine, still able to stretch my leg there. The salted popcorn is of the correct saltiness, so I hope they will at least maintain the standard of popcorn, but of course, if they can improve the standard, then that would be good.

Well, they also have other different kinds of movie theatres, namely GV Max (big screen theatre), Gold Class (giving you all the comfort while watching the movie, of course with a much higher price) and Europa (showing Art movies with so-called better and classier seats). Well, if there is that chance, I might want to catch the movie at GV Max and Europa theatres, and of course if I have that money, I would like to watch it at Gold Class... :P

Ok, about Vivocity in general, I have to say that it is quite large, but the shops seems to be those shops that sell things at the higher end... Anyway, I was kind of dissapointed with the supermarket and department stores inside there. The place doesn't have that "ambience" as a supermarket and department store... When I went inside there, I don't feel like buying anything inside there... The choice of fast-food restaurants is kind of disappointing also. There's only a very small number of fast-food joints (no McDonalds, KFC...). Maybe because other fast-food joints can be found outside Vivocity nearby, so that's why they didn't have those, but that's not the valid reason for having so few fast-food joints... Well, they have a lot of restaurants, but don't think people like me will have enough money to afford to eat at such places so often... Well, there's the food court, but the food is kind of overpriced, so if you want to come to Vivocity, unless you have lots of money to spend, it's better to have your meals somewhere else first before coming here.

Anyway, I have to say that the promenade and the courtyard on Vivocity is beautiful, can get to enjoy the scenery of Sentosa. :P Ok, that's really the truth. Well, I'll come back again to enjoy the scenery next time (and maybe watch more movies :P).