"The Miz River" Turns 1!!!

"The Miz River" 1 Year Anniversary
Ok, not really some big celebration though, just that the blog had turned 1. Time really flies. I thought I just created this blog not long ago in replace of the previous blog. Anyway, the blog has been going slower over the months, having fewer posts than what initially have. Yup, the school work can be demanding, so I didn't really spent so much time blogging nowadays (also I spent more time sleeping as well :P). Anyway, a lot of things happened within this 1 year.

Recently, there has been an increase number of people going to the Central Library, so that means that there are less space available for me to study and revise. Anyway, I typing my blog inside the Music Library currently, which is inside YST (Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music). It is much quieter, and even though there aren't as many tables and chairs as compared to Central Library, the number of people studying or working inside Music Library is usually less than the numbers of tables inside there (ok, sometimes a bit more, but that does not make too much different, as there are people sharing tables with one another). Yup, now I'm visiting the Music Library quite often to study, as it is peaceful and quiet (hopefully no one know about this place yet :P).

Oral Defence
Finally, my oral defence for CTW is over. This means that we are done with the position paper. Yup, no need to meet up with people to discuss about the position paper, and no need to rewrite and think about it again. Anyway, I kind of fumbled a lot during the oral defence, so think I might lose quite a lot for that, but never mind, at least it's over already. Anyway, tomorrow I'll be having my C++ practical exam, and look like I may flop in this part, based on what I experience during the last sememster practical exams. Ok, better don't think too much about that...

After Week 11
Well, it's coming the end of the semester. Yup, just 2 more tutorials to go for CS1102C, CS1231 and MA1506, 1 more tutorial to go for MLE1101 and EG1413, and 1 more MA1506 lab to finish, and I'm done with this semester. Ok, after that I'll have to write helpsheet for CS1231 and MA1506, which can be a daunting task based on the experience I have for MA1505. Yup, think some of the people have seen my MA1505 helpsheet before, I tried to squeeze all the points and some examples inside, using the font size that is meant of small insects to see (ok, maybe not as exaggerated, but it very close to that). Yup, I spent almost a week to compile that helpsheet out (so that's why I'm still keeping the helpsheet with me, as I couldn't bear to throw my very hard work away). Ok, I better stop thinking of all these exams stuff, as it kind of freaks me...

Anyway, I awaiting for the vacation to come (maybe except of that upcoming ICT), the time where I can sleep for the whole day. :P

More "Hectic" Things Coming Shortly

Week 11
This is another long and tiring week for me. Anyway, I've gotten back all my test results, the last one being C++. Hehe... As expected, I flopped the C++ test, getting no grade (which is ungraded) for the test... Oops... Never get anything less than 30 (ok, maybe except for secondary English, Chinese and History, and JC General Paper). Anyway, the other mid-term tests result are still ok. Hopefully can pull up my last semester CAP of 0.42 by a little bit (yup, 3 Ds and 3 Fs, so the CAP is 0.42). :P Oh, and this coming Saturday, we will have our C++ practical exams. Hmm... I've already flop for the last C programming PE (think I've only complete less than 50%, and most of them are just rubbish), so look like there will be another one to flop with. :P :P :P

Finally, my SS tutorial are over. No need to wake up at 5.30am in the morning to attend the 8am tutorial on Monday. Well, some people think that I'm one weird person that apply for the 8am tutorial slot, but I thought it can be quite convenient to just take up that slot, since I don't have to compete with others for the slot, and I have a lecture right after that as well. Anyway, 1 more SS lecture to go after today, and the lecturers and tutors will be giving back our projects next lecture. Hmm... Wonder if our group did badly for the project (that is if we write out of point).

Tomorrow I'll have my MLE tutorial. There aren't suppose to be MLE tutorial this week, but since next Friday is a public holiday, so our tutor push foward the tutorial to tomorrow (in fact this applies to all the Friday classes). Ok, have to wake up at 6.20am for a 9am lesson... Also, as my CTW tutorial falls on a Friday as well, my tutor decided to have Oral Defence on tomorrow for some of the group as well. Ok, look like we are one of the first few groups to have our Oral Defence...

Ok, I'm just hoping that week 11 will end soon... Anyway, my eyes are already turning black due to cumulative lack of sleep (yup, I'm trying to rush up the SS project, CTW position paper and clear all my tutorials for the past few weeks). Hopefully things will get better for the last 2 weeks of school (and I'm presuming it will get better, since I'll have less tutorials, lectures and I've also done with my project and position paper as well).

How NOT to pass on your examinations...

How NOT to pass on your examinations























(Extracted from various sources.)

SoC Day!!!

SoC Day
Well, even though this day has got to do nothing much with the engineers, it does has some impact to some of the non-SoC people, especially those students from Computer Engineering (FoE) Science students majoring in Computational Biology, and maybe also Other non-SoC people taking CS modules (except CS1101C, CS1102C, IT1005, IT1801 and any CS/IT modules design specially for non-SoC people).

Today is Tuesday, so we are supposed to have CS1231 lecture from 1-2pm. Well, since it's SoC day, there's no-lesson from 12pm onwards, so that means we don't have CS1231 lecture today (CS1231 tutorial is still on though). Well, since I have no lab today, that means my lesson ends at 12pm instead of 2pm. Ok, I'm back home 2 hours earlier than usual, so that means I can sleep more in the afternoon. :P Ok, I admit that I'm that kind of person that likes to sleep, but well, I'm sure everybody have their "own preference".

Hmm... Will there be make-up CS1231 lectures? Usually there's make up lesson if the lesson is being missed due to some events or holidays, but it seemed that our lecturer is slowing down his pace for the module. Haven't heard anything related to make-up CS1231 lecture, so most likely there might not be one (especially since we just missed only 1 hour of lecture). Ok, we still have to cross our fingers...

Test Results
Got my MLE1101 test results from the mail yesterday. Well, just because of that PSP-square question, I lose my precious 2 marks... Anyway, the average for the mid-term test seems to be very high, about 19.8. Well, that was kind of expected, since 10% of the cohort managed to score full marks (25) for the test. Ok, this also means that at least 10% of the people know what is PSP-square (or at least managed to guess correctly). Hmm... I just managed to get past the 19.8 marks by a little bit, so that means I'm just a little bit above average... Look like I need to work harder for this module.

"I have finish marking all the scripts. The last script was marked on the way back from Tokyo. So I haven't key in the score yet, and also I think I will need to do some moderation... Heavy moderation I think. I don't know, you will see. So... but the score that I'm going to give you... will be your actual score, so you will see your own score, and then... at the end, before the exam, I'm going to give you 1 more CA score, then you will know how heavy is the moderation."

That is what our C++ lecturer told us during the lecture yesterday. Oops... Look like most of the people had really flop in the mid-term test... Never mind, at least there is heavy moderation, which can be a good news to most of the people. Well, we will have to see how badly (or maybe how well for the computer experts) we had done for our mid-term test.

The Busier Times

Life in School
After Chinese New Year break, I had been very busy studying for tests and doing projects. Yup, 4 tests (2 are all MCQ, 1 is MCQ + Short Answer, and the last 1 is completely Short Answer). Have been studying almost non-stop from about 2 weeks, and also have to prepare the helpsheet for CS1231. MA1506 tests is fine, MLE1101 test ask questions that you will never expect them to ask, CS1102C... Well, to me this is a test about luck... Think those programs that I wrote for that tests are uncompilable... Well, it's not that you can bring in you laptop and use Dev-C++ and tests whether it can compile and work or not. CS1231 test is basically a test of your logical and reasoning (mathematical reasoning, of course) skills. This also means that it is either you know, or you don't know. Yup, it's not really a studying module (in fact, it is not a studying module at all), it's mostly about how good your IQ is. If your IQ is high, you'll get high marks. If not, you'll get low marks.

Anyway, so far I've only got back the test results for 1 module, MA1506. Well, the MLE1101 test results are ready, but the department don'y want to released them yet, as some of the people have not took the test yet... Well, I'm presuming that they are going to use the same questions for the make-up test. For CS1102C, the lecturer had flew to Japan for some conference, so don't think we would be able to get our results so soon, since the test have to be mark by human as well. For CS1231, the lecturer said that we would be getting the results by next Wednesday, just hope for the best for that module.

After all the tests, I still have projects to rush on, EG1413 position paper and SSA2202 project. Yup, for Ctritical Thinking and Writing position paper, our group memebers basically just rush through the introductions and recommendations, adding the conclusion at the very last minute. Things are just so rush, and there's so little time, so we had to spend nights completing the position paper, in which the first draft is due just today. Yup, now I have panda eyes. Other than position paper, I also have SSA2202 projects to rush on. The deadlines are coming up (which is just next Friday), and we haven't write part A and B for the projects... Look like we concentrate a lot about the content that we haven't come up with part A and B (which is basically just our introductions to the article we are intending to discuss on the project).

Just this week, we received back our critique assignments. There are some people who did very well, scoring more than 80 marks for that. There are also unfortunate ones that got about 50+, because their tutors are very strict in the marking. Well, at least I managed to get 60+, which is somewhere at the peak of the bell curve, and I'm satisfied about that given the fac that I'm quite weak and my language (I have to take the bridging English module course EAP in the 1st semester).

After this week, we will only have 1 more CTW tutorial left, which is on the last week of the school. For the position paper, our group is the first to do the conferencing and oral defense within the class. We will have our conferencing next wednesday and oral defense next next Friday. Yup, after our oral defence, I also have CS1102C practical exam the next day... Looks like there will be another mind-stressful week coming up...