Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Its the mix feeling I have in Me

Well...What can I say!??!...Happy?...Sad?...emotionless!?...Its everything really...


Im Happy because i've finished my exams...It was very tiring week for me... the 1st paper wasnt that bad, but the one which taken the heavy beating was the 5 papers in the row.. the 2nd and 3rd paper was OK...starting the 4th, 5th and 6th paper was really really starting to feeling the pinch!!..NOT a pinch i think....but a PUNCH!!!...both of my eyes are serverely looked like someone had just punched both of my eyes in the eye socket..Thanks to 5 hours of sleeep for the whole week...average of an hours sleep each nite...Wake up very early at 5am and do some revision... DO the paper at half 9 in the morning till 11am.. and back to my room without having any food and back to bed for an hour or so... My Sayang will often call me and wake me up to start my next paper revision session..Thanks Sayang...and the day repeated itself..


It was really a good experience... a lot of "not in the text book" kinda education were learned during the whole time... The last paper was kinda easy.. we had the weekend to revised...but its kinda hard when you drop the revision session and try to start back again..


I'm feeling SAD too after finishing the exams. Well...you can call me weird but I did wish at the end of the exams that I wish I would have to do the same thing again next year...but i know its not possible.. WHY??...because I've finished my DEGREE!!!...yups...it was the FINALS of the FINALS... the END of the whole thing!!...Next thing will happen in my life is the entering into the working world!!!....back to responsibility... My mom's friend told me when I was in London last year, she said, even my mom and herself, she enjoyed being in the UK studying...I would agree her on that...and she also told that...once you finish your studies and going back to home...its all about responsibility!... And yups...shes right on that too...


My life in the UK, well...not that I say that i was irresponsible...but its fun!!...enjoyed the life here...of course there were some home sick thingy happened... not that often tho.. but you can just stay up late...you can just skip class if you just plain lazy... or just travelled around the area at 3am in the city... But once you go back home, I bet to you...i wont be doing all these again... Why??...coz its different... Its working life now..responsible... then you have your family again... being independent in the UK really makes me wanna get a house or away from the family despite i know that they are around the corner....the experience of going to Tesco in the middle of the night for a bottle of milk is really fun!!...but if in a society...it will be there in the fridge..


Its totally different life here...total independence!...its just you with yourself...


I'm kinda sad to leave UK really... I dont know when I'm coming back here again... I will have couple more months to go here and I'm enjoying the end of days in the UK ... It was my DREAM to come here...both of my parents had studies here during their teens and thats when they met each other... My uncles and Aunties also had their education here...so it really inspire me to come here... And its also my dream to work here...but that dream didnt realised....thats actually made me sad...

I'm sure I'm going to miss the awfull weather...it seems that the weather conditions can only be found here and not at the rest of the part of the world... It can change in split seconds! one second its hot and sunny...suddenly it snows!!...then it rains...and then back to windy again!!.. I will write about my experiences in the UK and the rest of Europe in the blogs to come..


Ouh well...i guess thats life... you gain some and you'll lose some.... I got my life waiting for me in MALAYSIA... and got people I love too waiting for me to come back... Its hard to leave my life here.... I remembered that when I 1st arrived UK...i was scared of the new life and leaving the old life in Malaysia...and now it is in the opposite direction...Funny huh?!


Now, I'm starting to pack my stuff now...books in the box, cloths some going to be donated and some will be straight in the box!.... Got to prepare for my presentation next week and also for the race next month (JULY)...ouh..maybe some shopping ?...hehehehehhe..


Take care and see you soon!


Pictures were taken after the exams

Monday, May 01, 2006

It has been Submitted!


Yups...its Finally have been submitted!!...After 9 agonising Months of research, thinking, deciding, arguing, selecting, calculating, typing and binding..It is now have been RESEARCHED, THOUGHT, DECIDED, ARGUED, SELECTED, CALCULATED, TYPED, PRINTED and BINDED, as at 2.35pm today...it has been SUBMITTED...A little bit relief really...but it was a good report I've ever written so far...


THe report is about ENGINE DEVELOPMENT and TESTING for the ASTON UNIVERSITY's Formula Student Team, where this year the team wanted a new set of engine that is very light weight, not as noisy as the previous engine, reliable and also produce more power than before to win the Formula Student race this JULY. So ...me...yours faithfully... took the challenge and got 3 engines for the team to choose and we ruled out to one particular Engine....it is the SMART 600cc Engine manufactured by Mercedes Benz.


Since the regulation of the race ruled out that no standard turbo is allowed to be fitted to the engine, I have another challenge to face, it is to find a suitable non-standard turbo to be fitted into the engine!..And yups..I've chosen some considerate amount of turbos..and we took the best package that a turbo manufacturer can offer us... It was the GT12 Garrett turbo... Garrett turbo was kind enough to sponsor us with the turbo and also some technical help from them..


The selection and matching process involves intensive analytical analysis which needs to calculate and speculate the behaviour of the turbocharged engine and from the design stage...it does looks very good and our team will win the reliability endurance race.


For the time being, the pictures are the new cars and the characteristics of the engine data cant be shown or discussed any further as the car has not being launched by the team. Therefore, just have to wait in JUNE when the car is officially launched!!....as for me...My project was a success and it was one a GREAT enjoying roller coaster ride upon completion of the project....


Now...its my Final Exams...and just a small sigh of relief!!..heheheheh...





Its 4am

Is 4 in the morning....rain trickling down from the skies...and Vincent, Eugene and myself just go back from university going through the past paper for our exams... Vincent and myself have a paper on Tuesday.. and Eugene has 2...


After doing the papers, all three of us went to get some food across the street and we chatted about whats our fate next... Honestly, Im gonna miss this all soon... Gonna miss the late nights studying, late night walks around the empty town center withour worrying being mugged or disturbed by some crazy lunatics... Im gonna miss the chilling with friends and i know..all of us will go to our separate lives soon...


Even though the weather is awfull in the UK...but yups..iM gonna miss it too...


Ouh well..its 4 in the morning...i think im gonna get my sleep and continue studying during the day... and I'm just going to enjoy my life here in the UK..



Dedicate this song to everyone that Im going to miss....