IT HAS BEEN AWHILE....

Wow! It has been quite a while since i blog. I have been extremely busy lately... busy with school work and tons of projects =(

Time now is 1.28am and i just completed one project on my part. To let u guys know how busy i am for the past half sem... almost everyday reached NUS at ard 9am and leave school at around 9 plus 10pm... By the time i reach home is almost 11.30pm le. All of my 5 mod this sem have projects... and bear in mind... each module have a average of 2 to 3 projects itself!!!

I'm taking this mod on project and this module practically throw us to hell, with no one helping us at all. We are told to make a product without giving any knowledge. Hence we need to learn from scratch...

1) How to program a micro-controller

2) How to use a transmitter and receiver

3) How to store data in the controller and output to a LCD display

4)How to control speed of a motor using LDR

5)How to create a user interface online

Btw we are doing a smart trolley on the project. I am tasked to do a user interface... WHICH I HAVE TOTALLY NO BACKGROUND IN!!! My friend asked me to learn ASPX and we will get the interface using Microsoft C#... I went to google... and it require Visual Studio 8... and one of the criteria to learn all this is to understand HTML... which i never touch before. So if u guys feel blur reading this para... so do i... cos i have to learn from scratch... and i mean FROM SCRATCH!

There are a few moments i feel like crying out... but i keep telling myself with determination and perserverance i can do it! While people are happy with Uni Recess Week... How i wish there is no recess week this sem... While others are revising their work for the past half a sem... my friends and I have to go back to sch everyday to the Lab. Sometime we spend a whole day in trying to debug something but couldnt... end up wasting the whole day just like that.

Fortunately i have very supporting friends ard... and thanks God i'm blessed to have wonderful ppl ard me... my uni friends and of cus my gf. Like wat my friend amos said... it is very hard for ppl to understand wat we going through.

I'm really to fight till the end... never give up! Sorry guys if i have been MIA-ing... but i'm really busy this sem. May u guys have wonderful days ahead =D

Ok... is time to sleep le. Take care guys... I will persereve till the end...As i'm none other than Edwin LI *wink wink* Gd nite guys... take care!

ALL SET FOR THE NEW SEMESTER =D

Hi everyone! Guess wat... Ended my RT last week and gotten the slot that i want for tutorials and left one more tutorial to bid. Hopefully it will turn out fine. School is starting tomorrow and i'm mentally prepared for it. Dun really like the feeling of going back sch, but it just got to start somewhere ya? And i guess i have rest enuff le =D

Completed 20 sessions of RT which means i'm about $200 richer... LOL!!! My friend philip signed up for IPT and he is continuing his training this week... which means he will be back in Bedok Camp for another month!!! I didnt join him for 2 main reason:

#1 - I felt that i'm going to concentrate more on studies, as i feel i will be distracted maybe mentally or physcially by the thought of going IPT while studying as i expect my timetable will be quite pack.

# 2 - I believe i can pass my IPPT, so i'm determined to work towards it however nt at the expense of sacrifcing  my study.

I believe and i hope i can do it! Come on Edwin Li!!!

Yesterday went out with my gf. Dine at Suntec City and went to Marina Square to watch the fireworks for NDP. Is filled with hundreds and maybe thousand of people lar.... The first few fire works were disappointing as it is blocked by a building. So i was asking my gf will she be disappointed and she say wun bcos as long as i'm with her she is satisfied le. We started chatting as we wait for the fire works. Was telling her maybe next year we can come early at camp at one spot... LOL!!!

Just as i thought we have no chance to grab a full view of the fireworks, a miracle happened. The fireworks suddenly change at a direction and shoot it up like asif right in the very front of our eyes lar. The whole sky is being illuminated like it was in a day... and it lasted quite some time and we saw a heart shape firework... NICE!!!

It is my first time specially come down with somone just to watch firework and my gf is the first one to accompany me! Such a memorable day =D

After which we went shopping and enjoyed the feeling of the celebrating national day... Cool!

Ok time to transfer the pic from my cam to my com... Blog again when i'm free guys... Cya! Take care!!!

LIFE STORIES

Hi everyone! I'm back to blog again. Looks like i have many things nv update, so time to update things that i can rmb which i haven update ba =D

Managed to secure 4 modules for the upcoming sem, and i left one last mod to bid when the round open which is coming monday. Hopefully i can secure it with my friends ba. Is going to be a tough and time consuming semester ahead, but i believe my friends and i can make it through! With the support of my gf, i will be even motivated to do it!

My RT session is about to complete, to be more exact i left with only 3 sessions. After going through the 17 sessions, i feel that i have to train by myself if i seriously want to pass my IPPT. After my RT end, i will use my free time to train myself up. I dun wish to step back into the camp for RT!!!!

Handed birthday present to my gf, and i glad she like it alot!!! U guys wanna guess wat i gave my gf? Hahaha... let me roughly describe a little: A huge box fill with cotton wool at the bottom, a pink wooden house which i built, a birthday teddy bear card, a photo frame with pic of me disturbing her, a mini photo album of our neo print, some magnetic book mark, a LED board which make the words "I LOVER (heart shape) U", and a diary which stores my thoughts and feeling of making this present!!!

And yes!!! Instead of the conventional way of using candles or lightsticks to from the words "I LOVE U", i use LEDs to form it! Cool yeah? All in all, i take about 2 months form designing to making it! And the main present is a pair of ear studs!!! Nt going to reveal the price of the lovely pair of ear studs, but the original price is $528!!! LOL!!! Yup =D

Met up with jiwei last nite, for a lovely cup of pao pao cha and a stroll at the park near his house till about 12 plus midnight. We chatted alot. Lots of catching up. And i finally received my birthday present which "tour" around spore and china since April... LOL!!! Finally is in my hands now. Thanks for the present =D

I'm quite interested to pick up photography. Wanted to get a good DSLR camera but feel that is a total waste if i have such a gd cam but no skill... LOL!!! Realise that wilmer (army cum NUS friend) have very gd experience and knowledge when come to DSLR. Shall learn from him and ask from his some tips. Yeah!!!

Told jiwei that recently i have a heart to heart talk to my dad. My grandfather's (dad's dad) youngest brother, and my grandfather's eldest brother wife passed away recently. My dad was saying like, "Hais... more or less expected... i'm reaching 60 soon... so not surprsingly to hear people passing away here and there." Heard from my dad in the past when they all live in Kampong area they were all very close de.

I can tell my dad feel kind of sad as he and my mum went to the wake every nite, but he didnt say much of how he is feeling as i know he is a man who keep things to himself. I also duno wat to say or console him as he probably witness more of such things than i do... so i can only quietly feel his sadness.

Life is just so unpredictable. Somehow i have lots of feelings too. I mean probably most of u who are reading my blog maybe is a young adult of a teenager, so probably may nt feel wat i'm feeling now. I keep asking, "Do i just wanna grow old, retire with a huge amount of pension, live happily with my family and tats it?"

I would say fortunately my life doesnt just revolve around just like that. Since the day i turned vegeterian by choice, i know there is no turning back. I wanna seek the Truth, be the cultivator of the Truth, and of course to spread the Truth. I wanna cultivate Mercy from Buddha, cultivate Loving from Jesus, cultivate Wisdom from rest of the Saints and Sages. This is the path i choose and totally no regret.

If one day someone were to ask me, "What is your goal in life?". Be it during a CME session with my students, during a job interview... I will just answer, "To appreciate people around me and let them feel appreciated." For life is so fragile, i have no time to nt appreciate people around.

So people, i have found my goal in life, have you?

Hahaha... just a qn to let u guys ponder. Till i blog again ba. Take care people, love u guys always =D

A VALUABLE LESSON

Hi everyone, it has almost been a month since i last blog. Been doing stuffs that are meaningful and i believe i grow abit in the sense of character and knowledge that cant be acquire in textbooks... LOL!!! Now undergoing a stressful moment of bidding for modules... Feel kind of stress! But i believe everything will turn out fine =D

For the upcoming sem, my workload is going to be terribly heavy, lots of goup project. Nevertheless, i'm going to chiong with my friends!

Just now my NUS friend speak to me over the phone. He was saying he was quite hesitant to group with me this sem as last sem i seem nt to get work done properly. Seriously i apologised for the inconvenice caused, and i explained to him and another friend. I'm not trying to find excuses and i admit is my fault.

For one thing, in the report i'm incharge of the last few section and many times when we go through the report, we nv reach my part of the report as is at the last few pages. Also, i have many points but i duno which to include and exclude, and i dun dare to make a decision before consulting the rest of the group members. Thus end up it seemed that i caused some trouble to everyone. My deepest apologies.

Of course i myself learn a few lesson from this incident, which for example i could have been more proactive and decisive in doing stuff. Learn from my mistakes. Yup.

I'm very open minded with comments or feedback, just feel happy that my friends willing to tell me about my mistakes and allow me to join in their group again. The feeling of being forgiven and accepted once more is very nice.

Seriously i appreciate ppl around me to point out my flaws, as i see it as an opportunity to grow and learn. I always forgive people for their misgiving and this time ppl forgave me and i feel kind of touched. So people i seriously urged u guys to forgive people around you, and i believe one day you shall be forgiven for your mistake too =D

Once again, if your are currenlty reading my blog, please feel free to tell me my flaws if you have any, will truly be appreciated. Thanks!

Will be back to blog if anything interesting happen. Do stay tune!!! For those who are bidding, hopefully we can get the modules that we want! Jiayou!!!

BACK TO WORK =D

It has been awhile since my sec sch call me up for relieve teach, and thanks goodness the sch call me just now and ask me to report to work tmr. I'm supposed to bring a thermometer with me as requested by the sch, in addition i had bought a bottle of dettol hand sanitizer... Lol!!!

To be honest i think i'm getting addicted to using the hand sanitizer... lol!!! Nt bcos i'm a health conscious person, but rather i like the cooling effect when applied and the smell *wink wink* But better becareful nt to use too much, as it will dry your skin when apply =(

I'm kinda excited to go back to my sec sch to relieve teach as it has almost been a year since i relieve teach, excluding the phy tuition thingy. Wonder how has things change... hopefully i will encounter less trouble marker... and make my life easier... haha...

Went for my fifth RT session and i get to meet 2 new friends. Sad to say i forget their names le... LOL!!! But one of them just graduated from NUS Electrical Engineering... yup... in a way my senior.... same faculty... another just graduated from NUS School of Law... I'm amazed with the guy who study law as he speaks real proper english, and i ought to be ashame to speak mix english, chinese and hokkien army lingo. Btw both of them were from VJC. As for the guy who just graduated from Electrical Engine, he seemed to be a zai kia... Think he graduated with a second upper? Oh well, hopefully i can get to know more ppl, and it makes the time for whole RT session past faster.

Training is getting tougher... more intervals running and kinestatic training really train our core muscles. I feel that my hands and legs are numb after the kinestatic training. For intervals think i'm still okay, managed to clock 2min or less for each round and we run 6 round (2.4km). Did pull up regime and i sort of paiseh, cos i did like 10 or 12 and eddy and philip were behind me clapping their hands =.= Now u guys know y i want to be the last few to do those pull ups le... lol!!!

Been chatting with my dear, and she say her 5 yr old niece like me alot! Previously my gf show her niece my photo and her niece keep saying i handsome and cute *shy*. Then few days ago as i send my gf home her niece happened to meet me, and after i left, her niece commented that the real person more handsome than the photo... HAHAHA!!! Although is just a comment from a small little girl but it sure make my day... yes! *lol!!!*

Although i didnt really chat with her niece, her niece want to play with me and take pic of me and my gf tgt... Tats very nice of her isnt it? Seriously speaking i like kids alot too, so i dun mind play with her niece. Always wanted to play those cooking using plastic vegetables and fruits. Then i can pretend to comment like, "Wa... taste very nice leh! I want more can?" HAHAHA!!!

Btw i been reading this book on "The Koran for dummies". I bought it with my gf, and i kind of interested to find a eng or chi version of the Koran, anyone know where can i get it? If by chance you know it, please let me know k? Thanks in advance =D

I shall now take this opportunity to thanks my gf for being so understanding. Something trival happened which my mummy blame me for nt being thoughtful towards siyin, and i told siyin about it. Of cus i didnt rebut or argue with my mum and i just let siyin know abt it. Somehow she dun think tat wat my mum say is true and instead keep telling me and even blog about how thoughtful i am as her bf. Really feel very touched and happy to have such a gf with me. Love her alot!

Perhaps both of us tend to look at each other perfection instead of imperfection. I strongly believe for a relationship to be strong and healthy, both parties should nt look for a perfect partner, but rather seeing your partner as perfect. If we were to look at each other flaws all the time or nt trusting each other, think we will spend most of the time quarreling instead of loving each other. I'm nt saying that if i make a mistake, she should keep mum abt it, but rather tell me about it and give me chance to change.

Knowledge enable us to distinguish wats right and wrong... whereas Wisdom enable us to accept, forgive and show empathy =D

K lar, nth much to blog le. Think i shall stop blogging le.

Take care my friends.. .goodnite and sweet dreams!