Winteru no Kokoro

CS1102Y-Data Structures and Algorithms A-
I aim for minimum score of A- in this module coz I plan to be a NUS tutor (and the minimum score for both Java course Cs1101 and CS1102 is A-). Luckily I pass through. Shitty my midterm test! If it's somewhat a bit higher I'm quite sure can score A one haha *cocky cocky, but it's the truth, my damn midterm test pull my score down. For this sem, this module quite OK (except lab 2 which took us like 3 days to finish it! But after that the labs are only so-so). Dont have to really studying if you already grasp the concept, just need improvisation coz the exam questions are somewhat different from the syllabus

CS2100-Computer Organisation A
Yay! My only A this sem T_T. Thanks God. I think this module is quite fun. Once you know the concept, that's it. Actually no need to attend lecture (I skipped many of this module lecture and when I attend it, I fall asleep quite easily, so basically no need to attend lecture after all, no jokes here), you can just read the lecture note. Just read ONLY lecture notes will be enough, no need to read the book lar (part 1 maybe need read some but for part 2, no book is necessary actually). The key to score in this module is by practising past year paper. Really! You have to drill yourself with all kind of question type. Basically they improved a lot from the syllabus so you have to know the concept first before you start drilling. So, just 2 keyword for this module : concept and past year.

FNA2004-Finance B+
Hmm, how do I put it...quite dissapointing...For all the module that I took this sem, this one is below my expectation. I never never skip its lecture, mainly coz I like the material a lot. It's super fun module. Regardless of the score, I know this module is extremely fun and useful hehe. You'll know about many basic investment form and how to calculate its value after taking this module. This one is the first step if you want to trade stock in the future lalala. And just the warning.Almost all people score like almost perfect in this module, so maybe you cannot score that well...

GEK2012-Public Administration in Asia B+
This module is super super beyond my expectation! I thought I'm gonna fail it. I was so nekad to take this module actually. No particular reason, just that I feel the module name is quite interesting if you want know more about government. After taking it, its not quite true. A lot of political concept which I find hard to grasp, and also it requires critical thinking of a political science student. FYI, many of them are pol sci major year 2, so I think I'm gonna fail this module coz I dont have any political background at all. And also I'm not expert in crapping things (luckily that I can crap up to 9 pages when the exam time came, the other student crapped almost 2 booklets (20 pages)) haha...OK, thanks God that I dont have to SU this module...(or at least I think like this)


MA1506-Mathematics 2 B+
Ok, I never score really well in my Maths course. Shit. Last sem (MA1505) also got B+. But its quite oK la for me coz I dont expect any higher either. Competing with all engine student is quite hard. Some of them make the bell curve to get A really2 high. And I think I screwed my exam. This one is the hardest exam I had this sem. I cannot think and calculate properly, I'm still lucky to get B+ when I thought maybe I'll end up with B or B-.


So, as I expected from February, my CAP went down. SAP went down for 0.2 which make my CAP went down by 0.1. Just 0.1 forces me to say goodbye to the first class title. Bubye first class! But I definitely will get you back next sem! (where did I get such confident? dunno...just felt that I can make up for this sem mistakes).


So , no slacking next sem. hmm, and be more efficient!
Next sem I have to study in a regular manner and manage time efficiently since I wanna join teamNUS and CFA also....

My wishlist for this month is only one thing. Ice hockey skates : Nike Bauer Vapor. Just yesterday I came to a ice-hockey pro shop in Kallang then I was introduced to this skates. By the time I saw and touched it, wow...it strikes me like hell! I have to own it no matter what. And the price is somewhat below my expectation, so what I am waiting for?

Hmm, the problem is still the price lar. Although it's below my expectation, the hockey shoes price is not as cheap as other thing. It costs me more than $200 (it's cheap alrd mah, coz I thought any ice hockey skates should cost more than >$400, especially for Nike Bauer or CCM). Thanks God that I have not-so-big feet so that my skates size is only 4"5 which falls under Junior category (maybe that's why its quite cheap). OK, maybe the price is not a problem anymore coz I already got my parents permission (haha, when I told them I dont know the actual price, just say it'll cost like $200. If I said it would cost more than $400, I'm sure that they wouldnt allow me, fortunately it's the real price lalala). I'm now just waiting for my salary to come up this week so that I'm not feel so much deficits in my bank account. (OK, my salary is only $500, and I alrd used it up to $400 for shopping, that one is excluding food and transportation which already exceed $200, haha, so my salary has already gone now actually, deficits if you want the exact thing).

And then I'm still thinking what should I do with this skates. I know la, during holiday I'll use it like everyday, but when the next term starts, I don't think I'll get a chance to use it unless I join any ice hockey clubs which I already thought since last sem but haven't gotten any chance to join them). Ok, maybe after I get this skates I'll get my motivation and nekad-ness back and willing to join the teams in Singapore. Among the teams here, I already eliminate some (coz there's not many woman playing ice hockey here, and this sport is not so popular in Asia though) so I have to choose between 2 only. Canadian teams or Blizzard. The latter one is local ice hockey club, the former one is owned by Ang-Mo.

OK...hopefully I can get it by the end of this week. And I pray so that the stock is not out coz once the stock is out, I have to wait for another 1.5 month...Oh no!!!!

Today is a super tiring day. I got to walk here and there around Central Singapore. Hmm, lets be chronological.

Walking Tour-Kampong Glam
Because of SSD2213 (Singapore Urban History and Architecture -- SS module that I took in this special term) I have to go to Kampong Glam to join its walking tour. I left at 12 something and it was raining! I'd been alrd wet at that time coz I don't have any umbrella (never bought any in Singapore). Ignoring my condition, I took a bus (forget which number) to Harbourfront then later took MRT. After alighting at Lavender MRT I got to walk to our promised place which is The Kallang Riverside Public Toilet! *the hell. The problem is, that time it was raining quite hard and I have no umbrella with me! Even I don't know the exact location coz I'd never been there before! OK, that one was the worst. So I had to walk under the rain (not under the sun) for about like 500-900m before I reached the place. And the raining hadn't stopped yet until 2pm.

In the wet condition and all holding umbrella, we started the walking tour. Start at so called the "coast" of the past (but because of the reclamation it's not longer a coast) we walked all the way to Fatimah Mosque. This mosque (explained by the lecturer) is built under various style of architecture from all over the world. The "kubah" is of course from arabic tradition. The Gate is from Javanese culture. Something under Kubah is like Hindu temple. And some parts of the mosque is like church (coz the architect who designed it is also the one who designed St.Andrew church) and Buddish temple (the lecturer mentioned sth like circle but I forgot what it is).


After that we walked through the street which in the past used to be the earliest and biggest market in Singapore. The shops there mostly not maintained by the URA (Urban Redevelopment Agency or sth like that) and then transformed to the clumsy HDB area. We go through Arab Street then reach the central of the Mandala (Mandala is like # where the central being an empty place, it symbolized the central of the universe coz exactly located between sea and mountain, and between sunset and sunrise.) Near there there's Sultan palace that unexpectedly had been renovated and relocated so that it's not in the same shape as the original one.

Then we go through more shops till we reached Sultan mosque. This mosque is great and one of the Malay site maintained by Singapore Heritage Board. There are many shops near there that sell batik and art craft. The final destination of today's walking tour is the Moslem and Royal Cemetery. Then we are dismissed.



In between
After the walking tour, I walked to the busstop quite far from Royal Cemetery and take a bus (also dunno which number, but surely heading to Fullerton area, 197?). I just take any bus randomly and also alight at a bustop near Raffles museum by mistake. Coz it's just 4pm, I was still relaxed knowing that I wouldn't be late for my doctor appointment. Waiting for bus no.167 to come (I wanna go Orchard to take the nearest MRT to Novena), I read "The Singapore Walking Tour" which purposely I borrowed from cenlib the day before. My bus came and I alighted at opposite MRT station (at the back of ISetan), take MRT to Novena.

I was so hungry when I reached Novena. I hadn't eaten anything since the morning so I decided to buy 2 doughnuts. After that I was searching for the location of National Skin Centre. It's quite painful coz I had walked for 2 hours full for the walking tour, and walk from this bustop to that bustops repeatedly. Finally, after wandering round Novena Square, I went back to the MRT Station and took an exit at Thomson Road to take Bus no.21, directly to NSC.



National Skin Centre
I have to admit that Singapore is so sophisticated. After making an appointment to see Dr.Tan a week before via internet, I came to Clinic B which has been allocated for me. Then at EXACTLY at the appointment time which is 17.50, I entered the doctor room. Dr.Tan wasn't doing anything, he just typing on his computer and questioning me a few question. After just around 5mnts, he told me to leave. That's it! The consultation only take 5mnts for $76!! That one is the dull one, the sophisticated thing come after this.

To take the medicine at the pharmacy at level 1, all you have to do is to scan the barcode in your appointment card and waiting to be called, that's it. No prescription needed, all have been transferred from Dr.Tn computer to the pharmacy. Wow, great system. So I just have to wait to be called then later take my medicine. It's quite expensive but I think it worths a try. Hmm, unique experience to come to the doctor in Singapore. Very different from Indonesia although Indonesia doctors are more friendly I think.