How do you measure success? What is success? Success in what?
Chicken or Egg, Egg or Chicken, scientific explanation? or philosophical explanation?
There are questions and questions surrounding us, and some questions are always in running in circles, where the head is the tail and vice versa. So, now, is there a way to quantify those? Is there an absolute yes or no to those?
I like this so called "matrix of knowledge". It splits to four parts.
1.) The "known knowns" - which means, the thing that you already know and it's known.
2.) The "known unknowns" - the things that you know it exist, but you just don't know what it is.
3.) The "unknown knowns" - something you don't know but it is there.
4.) The "unknown unknowns" -things that you don't know and you don't even know that you don't know.
lolx, sounds abit difficult. But sadly it's fair to say that most of us are having more "unknowns unknowns". What we know is just so little, that most of the time we set an approximation or confidence level of acceptance.
In digital world, there are in general two values - the "ones" and "zeroes". But as an engineer, we know that there are no "absolute ones" or "absolute zeroes". When i studied science during my younger times, I always think that everything can be proven scientifically has an absolute "yes" or "no". At this Masters level, I start to realize that alot of things around us are just purely an approximation or in other words, a human self-defined "yes" or "no".
So you think it's exactly 4 o clock on 13th February 2010? what is 4 o clock? what is 4? what is o clock? is time absolute??!!!!
Think about it......
I hate valentine all this years as I don't usually get to celebrate them with anyone special. This year was so different. I had probably one of the best valentines day though it hasn't reach yet.
On a fine Friday evening where I was with SJ4Pians in Chinatown to do a pre-CNY gathering, and while I was busy scooping Tom Yam and Grilled sting ray, suddenly my phone call rings.
*on the phone display -- Terrene Baby*
Me : Yes darling, you're home already?
T : Ya, are you free to talk?
Me : Well I am outside but yeah i guess so. Why?
T : Nothing la, i will ttyl.
Me : No tell me why? Are you Emo?
T : Yeah sort of, but tell you later.
Me : *don't wanna push it too much* Ok dear will call you later.
Around 5 mins later, phone ring again. was abit like aiyo wat again?
Me : Yes darling?
T : Later how you go home?
Me : Erm, MRT lo.
T : which station? change at Outram Park to EW line right?
Me : yeah why?
T : coz i'll be reaching Harbourfront soon.
Me : Darling are you crazy? what are you talking bout??
T : Aiyo, I'm in Singapore la.
Me : haha don't joke.
T : haha surprise!!
Me : ish you arrr *heart melted*, k i will come pick u up. Call me when you reach k?
T : k see u later.
Man, it was the best valentines gift ever! And so I picked her up from Harbourfront and headed back to Chinatown as i wanna meet another friend of mine. After a while, we both went back to my area to have a very good teochew porridge for dinner/supper.
She came with a backpack and a gift. It's the Padini bag that i was eyeing on since before Christmas.
On top of that, she made a valentines card for me. Gosh I love DIY! Oh I mean I love the things that she DIY for me lolx. Take a look at it, isn't the most beautiful thing on earth??!!
And the valentines dinner....TONY ROMAS PORK RiBs and RiBeyes!!
and here's a thank kew kiss for my darling, who put so much effort on it.
I love you.
She's the sweetest thing on earth!!!!
On a fine Friday evening where I was with SJ4Pians in Chinatown to do a pre-CNY gathering, and while I was busy scooping Tom Yam and Grilled sting ray, suddenly my phone call rings.
*on the phone display -- Terrene Baby*
Me : Yes darling, you're home already?
T : Ya, are you free to talk?
Me : Well I am outside but yeah i guess so. Why?
T : Nothing la, i will ttyl.
Me : No tell me why? Are you Emo?
T : Yeah sort of, but tell you later.
Me : *don't wanna push it too much* Ok dear will call you later.
Around 5 mins later, phone ring again. was abit like aiyo wat again?
Me : Yes darling?
T : Later how you go home?
Me : Erm, MRT lo.
T : which station? change at Outram Park to EW line right?
Me : yeah why?
T : coz i'll be reaching Harbourfront soon.
Me : Darling are you crazy? what are you talking bout??
T : Aiyo, I'm in Singapore la.
Me : haha don't joke.
T : haha surprise!!
Me : ish you arrr *heart melted*, k i will come pick u up. Call me when you reach k?
T : k see u later.
Man, it was the best valentines gift ever! And so I picked her up from Harbourfront and headed back to Chinatown as i wanna meet another friend of mine. After a while, we both went back to my area to have a very good teochew porridge for dinner/supper.
She came with a backpack and a gift. It's the Padini bag that i was eyeing on since before Christmas.
On top of that, she made a valentines card for me. Gosh I love DIY! Oh I mean I love the things that she DIY for me lolx. Take a look at it, isn't the most beautiful thing on earth??!!
And the valentines dinner....TONY ROMAS PORK RiBs and RiBeyes!!
and here's a thank kew kiss for my darling, who put so much effort on it.
I love you.
She's the sweetest thing on earth!!!!
Since it's my first real post of the comeback, i don't wanna talk about my personal life yet. So I'll just update with my latest precious gadget. Well, it's officially 2 month old already so it's not so new. But yeah I'll still talk about it.
Maybe it's just me being loyal, but I've always trusted Asus when it comes to computing solution. You see i don't support it for no reason. I give the main few, firstly it's a well established brand in IT world. Secondly, It's probably one of the best motherboard manufacturer around. Lastly, it gives 2 years global warranty to all Asus laptop models. Not really on site warranty like dell, but at least you don't have to pay so much extra to get more warranty coverage. And i've used their warranty before in Germany, was pretty satisfied with it. All I did was to fill up some on9 form, and dump my laptop to the nearest post station, within 1 week they deliver it back to my house for a faulty LCD caused by coffee split. How good was that?! They even polish the laptop lolx!!
anyway, some pics...
It's the Asus UL50V.
Here's why I buy it : -
1.) It has 2 core(as it is nowadays)
2.) nvdia Geforce dedicated graphics,
3.)4GB RAM,
4.)500GB HDD
5.)8 pack battery cell, capable up to 8 hours
6.)15.6" screen but only weight 2.2kg(including battery)
for the price of RM3299. How bout that?!
and it has a numpad which suits perfectly for a fast typist like me lolx...
of course, it's quite stylish too.
and of course, it has other features which are quite standard nowadays in the newer models of the laptop.
Well, this kinda specs will cost a bomb a few years back, and you gotta be amazed with how technology grows so rapidly. Of course, thanx to us Electronics Engineers who made this happening. But don't depend too much on technology, as it will also bring you down, just like Toyota now lolx.
Maybe it's just me being loyal, but I've always trusted Asus when it comes to computing solution. You see i don't support it for no reason. I give the main few, firstly it's a well established brand in IT world. Secondly, It's probably one of the best motherboard manufacturer around. Lastly, it gives 2 years global warranty to all Asus laptop models. Not really on site warranty like dell, but at least you don't have to pay so much extra to get more warranty coverage. And i've used their warranty before in Germany, was pretty satisfied with it. All I did was to fill up some on9 form, and dump my laptop to the nearest post station, within 1 week they deliver it back to my house for a faulty LCD caused by coffee split. How good was that?! They even polish the laptop lolx!!
anyway, some pics...
It's the Asus UL50V.
Here's why I buy it : -
1.) It has 2 core(as it is nowadays)
2.) nvdia Geforce dedicated graphics,
3.)4GB RAM,
4.)500GB HDD
5.)8 pack battery cell, capable up to 8 hours
6.)15.6" screen but only weight 2.2kg(including battery)
for the price of RM3299. How bout that?!
and it has a numpad which suits perfectly for a fast typist like me lolx...
of course, it's quite stylish too.
and of course, it has other features which are quite standard nowadays in the newer models of the laptop.
Well, this kinda specs will cost a bomb a few years back, and you gotta be amazed with how technology grows so rapidly. Of course, thanx to us Electronics Engineers who made this happening. But don't depend too much on technology, as it will also bring you down, just like Toyota now lolx.
First of all, I AM BACK!!!!!
well, it's not a game of quitting and then comeback again, I am no Michael Jordon or Britney Spears. I finally decided to blog again coz some loyal reader of mine requested so. Well, honestly I am not a very confident person and always thought my blog were boring as it serves me more as my personal journey than informative site. But these readers gave me the motivation to continue blogging.
I just can't make a comeback and do nothing right? So here you can see, i have some new layout. I just realized how easy it is to change layout nowadays in blogspot as everything is done automatically. However, it still does require some CSS/HTML knowledge to do some slight editing.
I guess no need to explain anything as most of it remained the same. You can leave comments as usual, or if you don't wanna comment on a specific post, you can leave anything on the chatbox. I was thinking of a music player, but i guess most people come in and will just turn it off. So i don't bother. No fancy ads, no fancy widgets here, just pure words and occasionally some photos.
So, what's next? Will start officially blogging asap.
thanks for all your patients and support.
well, it's not a game of quitting and then comeback again, I am no Michael Jordon or Britney Spears. I finally decided to blog again coz some loyal reader of mine requested so. Well, honestly I am not a very confident person and always thought my blog were boring as it serves me more as my personal journey than informative site. But these readers gave me the motivation to continue blogging.
I just can't make a comeback and do nothing right? So here you can see, i have some new layout. I just realized how easy it is to change layout nowadays in blogspot as everything is done automatically. However, it still does require some CSS/HTML knowledge to do some slight editing.
I guess no need to explain anything as most of it remained the same. You can leave comments as usual, or if you don't wanna comment on a specific post, you can leave anything on the chatbox. I was thinking of a music player, but i guess most people come in and will just turn it off. So i don't bother. No fancy ads, no fancy widgets here, just pure words and occasionally some photos.
So, what's next? Will start officially blogging asap.
thanks for all your patients and support.
Well, traditionally I will do a summary month by month basis of the year's important agenda. But this time, I will not do it. I will just roughly update and summarize my outcome of the year.
Officially, I graduated in December 2008 but my certificate was issued to me only in January, so i can put the first highlight of the year to be my graduation. Overall, I rate Germany's study experience as excellent, not academically, but in terms of life and survival experience. Yes though i have my wonderful moments there, I do admit it's really suffering most of the time, physically mentally and emotionally. But it does make me stronger and wiser!
This year was quite fruity with trips too. just days after i touched down at KLIA, i went to Melacca for CNY celebration with my relatives which was quite good as i've not met them in ages. Since i just touched down, it seems to me that all those local food ar like treasure. Then it was the Kuching trip somewhere around march for a few days to visit my bro. nothing much to do there as it was more like visiting my bro. a few days after that was my Hongkong/Shenzhen/Guangzhou trip. Was quite a good trip and my aunt bought me lots of clothings/shoes. Then there was the Australia trip which wasn't that nice coz my parents are like fighting all the time, but still it's a good experience especially travelling during the peak of H1N1 season. Days after that would be my Melacca trip again but this time with my gf. 2 days but was fun with those food hunt. Then finally Singapore trip which happen not long ago with my gf. well those had my FB would've seen those photos.
The next thing talk about is my future. Well, initially i was a lil peer pressured to find a job as people around me were all working, but i was determined to pursue my dreams too and there i go, and i was accepted to do a joined degree masters program in NTU, alias with TUM of Germany. So far, I've been managing my masters well and still get quite good results although not the best. But after doing masters, i think i'm starting to give up my dreams of doing PhD for several reasons which i'm not gonna mention here.
Well there are more things to talked about but i think i've given the main highlights here. Lastly i would wanna mention the HIGHLIGHT of THE YEAR. I found what i've lost, again. Yes, i know some people would be laughing, but hey we're already at this age. Nothing to laugh about. Every decision we make is for our own interest. I believe true friends will truly understand our decision and would give us full support. It happen around April/May but you can say it wasn't that official a that time. Well i think i better be more straight forward. I found love again, with the most wonderful girl i've ever met. I'm not much of a religious person, but I do believe we're fated together. Of course it took us quite a lil to settle down and finally have a good relationship. Maybe it's too early to say, but i am quite sure she's the one for me, forever.
When we talked about forever, at the age of 24, its no more a kiddy thingy. I have full trust in her, and i am firm that she trusted me too. As i've mentioned once before in my previous post, she's the best thing that ever happen to me, and she'll always be.
and lastly, i mean really lastly, I will take this opportunity to thank all those people who've read my blog constantly, that i will close this blog permanently. Though i've not been updating for months, but i noe there're some of you who visit this blog from time to time to see if there's any update. I'm sorry to disappoint you, and due to some personal reason i've decided to take this move. It's not a temporary thingy, neither it's a move of blogsite. I will still keep this blog going, in case any of you(including myself) want to come and read back on those old posts, but there will not be anymore updates. This blog was really a good companion and have been a good consultant to me especially when I'm emo and lonely, and yes though there're some happy and funny post, most of them as you can see, are those really sad post, which is one of the reason i decided to close it.
So, without saying further, Goodbye to all the readers, goodbye to myself as a writer, and wish every one a HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Officially, I graduated in December 2008 but my certificate was issued to me only in January, so i can put the first highlight of the year to be my graduation. Overall, I rate Germany's study experience as excellent, not academically, but in terms of life and survival experience. Yes though i have my wonderful moments there, I do admit it's really suffering most of the time, physically mentally and emotionally. But it does make me stronger and wiser!
This year was quite fruity with trips too. just days after i touched down at KLIA, i went to Melacca for CNY celebration with my relatives which was quite good as i've not met them in ages. Since i just touched down, it seems to me that all those local food ar like treasure. Then it was the Kuching trip somewhere around march for a few days to visit my bro. nothing much to do there as it was more like visiting my bro. a few days after that was my Hongkong/Shenzhen/Guangzhou trip. Was quite a good trip and my aunt bought me lots of clothings/shoes. Then there was the Australia trip which wasn't that nice coz my parents are like fighting all the time, but still it's a good experience especially travelling during the peak of H1N1 season. Days after that would be my Melacca trip again but this time with my gf. 2 days but was fun with those food hunt. Then finally Singapore trip which happen not long ago with my gf. well those had my FB would've seen those photos.
The next thing talk about is my future. Well, initially i was a lil peer pressured to find a job as people around me were all working, but i was determined to pursue my dreams too and there i go, and i was accepted to do a joined degree masters program in NTU, alias with TUM of Germany. So far, I've been managing my masters well and still get quite good results although not the best. But after doing masters, i think i'm starting to give up my dreams of doing PhD for several reasons which i'm not gonna mention here.
Well there are more things to talked about but i think i've given the main highlights here. Lastly i would wanna mention the HIGHLIGHT of THE YEAR. I found what i've lost, again. Yes, i know some people would be laughing, but hey we're already at this age. Nothing to laugh about. Every decision we make is for our own interest. I believe true friends will truly understand our decision and would give us full support. It happen around April/May but you can say it wasn't that official a that time. Well i think i better be more straight forward. I found love again, with the most wonderful girl i've ever met. I'm not much of a religious person, but I do believe we're fated together. Of course it took us quite a lil to settle down and finally have a good relationship. Maybe it's too early to say, but i am quite sure she's the one for me, forever.
When we talked about forever, at the age of 24, its no more a kiddy thingy. I have full trust in her, and i am firm that she trusted me too. As i've mentioned once before in my previous post, she's the best thing that ever happen to me, and she'll always be.
and lastly, i mean really lastly, I will take this opportunity to thank all those people who've read my blog constantly, that i will close this blog permanently. Though i've not been updating for months, but i noe there're some of you who visit this blog from time to time to see if there's any update. I'm sorry to disappoint you, and due to some personal reason i've decided to take this move. It's not a temporary thingy, neither it's a move of blogsite. I will still keep this blog going, in case any of you(including myself) want to come and read back on those old posts, but there will not be anymore updates. This blog was really a good companion and have been a good consultant to me especially when I'm emo and lonely, and yes though there're some happy and funny post, most of them as you can see, are those really sad post, which is one of the reason i decided to close it.
So, without saying further, Goodbye to all the readers, goodbye to myself as a writer, and wish every one a HAPPY NEW YEAR.
haha last post was a more general overview of my life on the surface. Well i wanna get more emotional and get in depth of my updates and mentality.
Well personally, I'm not so much of sadness like how I used to be lolx. I'm quite happy for the past few months especially after i went home for a short visit. I had a wonderful 3 days holiday back home, though nothing out of the norm. But, as you all know, the best entertainment i enjoyed the most is not about the venue, or the things i do, it's more of the company. It's just great to be with the one you desired to be.
Ups n downs happens. Though I've been through quite abit in relationship, and I do consult lots of people when i'm feeling down, but now that my close friend are having a harsh moment, i just don't know what to say to him or how to make him better. Well i hope he's strong and recover soon.
Anyway back with my observation in Singapore. Singaporeans, in general, do lift up the kiasu title. Yes, those that i mix with, they're quite abit of perfectionist and they want everything to work out flawlessly. But you want my honest words? I feel that Malaysians are capable of competing with the local here in many aspect. Of coz, you wonder why our lovely country is still quite far lag behind in many aspects relative to our neighbour. I think the reason is quite obvious and i don't have to mention to you at all.
Anywayz i'm not much of a good position to comment on this issue. My father's 2 sisters are fortune tellers. When I was young, they told me that based on my physical structure of my face and palm, I'll either be a general, or a crook. But either way, I'll be a leader. Honestly I don't trust all this fortune telling thingy, and at least from what i know about my own character, I hate making decisions. I hate carrying responsibilities, I don't like to control people and I am very passive. I was wondering how can it be true. But let me show you the statistics. During primary school, I was selected by surprise as the head of prefect and it was really a controversial decision coz i was those kinda "rascal" prefect along with Julian and others. Many even predicted that I would be fired but who would expect me to reach the highest peak of the hierachy. Yes I was heavily pounded during the last days of my standard six, and i was condemn to the max for being the worse head of prefect coz i didn't perform my task well. During secondary 1 and 2, I was head of librarian and again I was "fired" coz i didn't perform the task well enough. Again the question arose, why was I even selected in the first place? what quality do i have to become the head? Btw, the word "fired" was quoted coz i wasn't actually fired, but i was not allowed to resign as it's their so called policy so i allow them to fire me anyway.
Continue with the statistic, form 4 came and i was somehow the class representative. How and why was i selected, again question. Again I didn't last long actually. From college to Uni and now to postgrad, I didn't hold much position as a leader actually, but everytime there's a group work or assignment, I will naturally be selected as the group leader. First day where i don't even know my coursemates in this postgrad course, i was automatically selected as the class rep. and now it's been about 2 months and i have a couple of group work and till now i'm always the leader of the group, and each time it's a different group member, but nontheless i'm still the group leader.
You get my point? I'm not boosting anything. I'm just wondering why am i always the selected one to be the leader though i don't have the leadership qualities? So base on the statistic, i start to believe in what my aunty said. But I'll not change my mentality, i still stick to the fact that i'm not a leader, never will be...
Well personally, I'm not so much of sadness like how I used to be lolx. I'm quite happy for the past few months especially after i went home for a short visit. I had a wonderful 3 days holiday back home, though nothing out of the norm. But, as you all know, the best entertainment i enjoyed the most is not about the venue, or the things i do, it's more of the company. It's just great to be with the one you desired to be.
Ups n downs happens. Though I've been through quite abit in relationship, and I do consult lots of people when i'm feeling down, but now that my close friend are having a harsh moment, i just don't know what to say to him or how to make him better. Well i hope he's strong and recover soon.
Anyway back with my observation in Singapore. Singaporeans, in general, do lift up the kiasu title. Yes, those that i mix with, they're quite abit of perfectionist and they want everything to work out flawlessly. But you want my honest words? I feel that Malaysians are capable of competing with the local here in many aspect. Of coz, you wonder why our lovely country is still quite far lag behind in many aspects relative to our neighbour. I think the reason is quite obvious and i don't have to mention to you at all.
Anywayz i'm not much of a good position to comment on this issue. My father's 2 sisters are fortune tellers. When I was young, they told me that based on my physical structure of my face and palm, I'll either be a general, or a crook. But either way, I'll be a leader. Honestly I don't trust all this fortune telling thingy, and at least from what i know about my own character, I hate making decisions. I hate carrying responsibilities, I don't like to control people and I am very passive. I was wondering how can it be true. But let me show you the statistics. During primary school, I was selected by surprise as the head of prefect and it was really a controversial decision coz i was those kinda "rascal" prefect along with Julian and others. Many even predicted that I would be fired but who would expect me to reach the highest peak of the hierachy. Yes I was heavily pounded during the last days of my standard six, and i was condemn to the max for being the worse head of prefect coz i didn't perform my task well. During secondary 1 and 2, I was head of librarian and again I was "fired" coz i didn't perform the task well enough. Again the question arose, why was I even selected in the first place? what quality do i have to become the head? Btw, the word "fired" was quoted coz i wasn't actually fired, but i was not allowed to resign as it's their so called policy so i allow them to fire me anyway.
Continue with the statistic, form 4 came and i was somehow the class representative. How and why was i selected, again question. Again I didn't last long actually. From college to Uni and now to postgrad, I didn't hold much position as a leader actually, but everytime there's a group work or assignment, I will naturally be selected as the group leader. First day where i don't even know my coursemates in this postgrad course, i was automatically selected as the class rep. and now it's been about 2 months and i have a couple of group work and till now i'm always the leader of the group, and each time it's a different group member, but nontheless i'm still the group leader.
You get my point? I'm not boosting anything. I'm just wondering why am i always the selected one to be the leader though i don't have the leadership qualities? So base on the statistic, i start to believe in what my aunty said. But I'll not change my mentality, i still stick to the fact that i'm not a leader, never will be...
Woooooooo. This place is left to rust. lolx. Yeah it's been so so so long i update this page. Yeah people have been asking me, am i ever gonna revive this blog or not. Ok first let me apologize for not updating, you can say that i'm busy, or you can say i'm giving an excuse or being busy. up to you how you want to see it.
Anyway this post will be a mix update again, about me, myself and I. So no interesting photos or story.
Man, I don't even know where to start and i'm just crapping to make the post look lengthy. Ok I shall stop crapping and start writing something meaningful.
Ok, my life in Singapore. It's been about 2 months since I'm here. And to be frank, the only place I've been to is around Jurong area, which is where I stay and where my campus is. Obviously the reason would be that during day time weekdays I'll be in campus, during night time I'll spent most of my time in the campus too studying lol. NO, I'M NOT BEING A NERD AGAIN. Just that, this course is pretty difficult, content wise and intensity wise. It's module based, and we focus on one subject at a time. I.e, we have lectures only for one subject consecutively for 2 weeks, and then we'll have a exam on the 3rd week. After that this subject can be thrown to the basket, provided i pass of course. This is where the difficulty is, although only focusing on one subject.
As you all know, or not know, this is a joined-degree program by NTU, ranked 73rd overall now, and TUM, one of the top 3 elite University in Germany, with a history of at least 6 noble prize winners from the Uni. Ok, the numbers are good, but actually to be frank, NTU is not that good in terms of teaching quality actually. There's a rumours saying that NTU will not hire their own PhD grads as Professors there, reason...use your imagination la...TUM, acronym for Technische Universitaet Muenchen, on the other hand, is still very prestigious. Unfortunately, we will not be going to the campus in Munich for any lectures. The course is designed such a way that some of the courses are taught by TUM Professors, and they will make their way to NTU for 2 weeks as guest lecturer. Last 2 weeks, we had the dean of Electrical and Information Technology department Professor Ulf Schlichtmann to teach us Design Methodology and Automation. This module that we're currently doing now, Professor Andreas Heckersdorf is giving us lecture on System on Chip Solution and Architecture. After having 2 modules from NTU prof, and now German Prof, you can see the huge difference in teaching quality. Now that i think back, though my previous Uni wasn't that prestigious in terms of ranking, but we had good quality Professors.
That's about my study life. Other than studying, sports is my main entertainment now. I've been active in badminton again, after so long and i'm slowly regaining my strokes and footwork, though i'm far lag behind if you compare my standard when i was in primary school. I do play basketball too once in a while, and one thing about Singapore is that their sports facility are very very very well maintain, regardless of those public area or private sport complex. The only problem is that, to get a good and cheap badminton court, you have to book very advance. It's quite sad to see that, despite their good facilities, and averagely high standard sports level, you don't get to see Singaporean hitting the limelight in sports world. They're just lag of manpower, and luck i would say lolx.
I will do more update soon, but for now that's about it...
BORING POST....
Anyway this post will be a mix update again, about me, myself and I. So no interesting photos or story.
Man, I don't even know where to start and i'm just crapping to make the post look lengthy. Ok I shall stop crapping and start writing something meaningful.
Ok, my life in Singapore. It's been about 2 months since I'm here. And to be frank, the only place I've been to is around Jurong area, which is where I stay and where my campus is. Obviously the reason would be that during day time weekdays I'll be in campus, during night time I'll spent most of my time in the campus too studying lol. NO, I'M NOT BEING A NERD AGAIN. Just that, this course is pretty difficult, content wise and intensity wise. It's module based, and we focus on one subject at a time. I.e, we have lectures only for one subject consecutively for 2 weeks, and then we'll have a exam on the 3rd week. After that this subject can be thrown to the basket, provided i pass of course. This is where the difficulty is, although only focusing on one subject.
As you all know, or not know, this is a joined-degree program by NTU, ranked 73rd overall now, and TUM, one of the top 3 elite University in Germany, with a history of at least 6 noble prize winners from the Uni. Ok, the numbers are good, but actually to be frank, NTU is not that good in terms of teaching quality actually. There's a rumours saying that NTU will not hire their own PhD grads as Professors there, reason...use your imagination la...TUM, acronym for Technische Universitaet Muenchen, on the other hand, is still very prestigious. Unfortunately, we will not be going to the campus in Munich for any lectures. The course is designed such a way that some of the courses are taught by TUM Professors, and they will make their way to NTU for 2 weeks as guest lecturer. Last 2 weeks, we had the dean of Electrical and Information Technology department Professor Ulf Schlichtmann to teach us Design Methodology and Automation. This module that we're currently doing now, Professor Andreas Heckersdorf is giving us lecture on System on Chip Solution and Architecture. After having 2 modules from NTU prof, and now German Prof, you can see the huge difference in teaching quality. Now that i think back, though my previous Uni wasn't that prestigious in terms of ranking, but we had good quality Professors.
That's about my study life. Other than studying, sports is my main entertainment now. I've been active in badminton again, after so long and i'm slowly regaining my strokes and footwork, though i'm far lag behind if you compare my standard when i was in primary school. I do play basketball too once in a while, and one thing about Singapore is that their sports facility are very very very well maintain, regardless of those public area or private sport complex. The only problem is that, to get a good and cheap badminton court, you have to book very advance. It's quite sad to see that, despite their good facilities, and averagely high standard sports level, you don't get to see Singaporean hitting the limelight in sports world. They're just lag of manpower, and luck i would say lolx.
I will do more update soon, but for now that's about it...
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