Friday, October 26, 2007
Well.. well.. waiting to go to sch but am feeling bored and nothing to do right now.. So I went to do some bo liao things.. went to this celebrity look alike website and tried it out..
These are so not accurate lor.. I dont even think I look like them.. -_- It actually depends on the photos u use, different angle generates different 'look' and that explains the different celebrity that is chosen I guess.. haha..
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Thursday, October 25, 2007
Yay!! Finally.. 终于啊~~ Finally.. I've submitted my thesis today. I am so super duper happy.. *happy sha la la la.. it's so nice to be happy* hahaha...my 1 year of hard work leh.. though there are some time when I'm really slacking away lah.. come to think of it, I think I've only spent my first semester reading up on electronic crime and trying to think of my topic. After that, proceed to write my Chapter 1 and 2 - which I've changed alot this semester due to a change in the focus of my thesis. And then, it was winter break and that is when I went back to sg.
Now, I've come to realise that there exists a perception that is distinct from reality where having a schedule to follow is perceived as easy, useful, and will help motivates myself to keep on going/working. eh eh~~ that's a phrase I've learnt while writing my thesis. wahaha.. Initially, I've planned to finish Chapter 3 by July one lor.. Cos I thought that Chapter 3 - Research Methodology will be an easy chapter to write. But then, July being my holidays and also the period that I'm in sg, thesis was not my priority during the time I'm in sg.. Instead, eating and playing were my priority then. haha.. So, I dont really have the mood to write and to search for articles on Google; Google Scholar; Google Books.
And when I've returned to melb during the end of July, I also didnt get started on it. Cos that was the time when I have to resubmit my ethics application and then proceed to carry out my survey. And and... Conducting survey is a thing that I will NEVER do again. It is super tedious and time-consuming especially when out of so many people you approached, only 1 or 2 agree to participate in your survey. But actually if a person approaches me to complete a survey, I will also run far far away especially when the survey is 8 pages long.. wahaha.. Hmm.. I was very enthu in conducting the survey one lor cos I thought it will be fun. So, I started conducting my survey for 3 hrs straight for 2 days. But after being rejected by so many people (esp. ang mohs), I got abit sian already. *I really hate being rejected lor.* It wasnt fun afterall. So I wasnt really motivated to get the survey done anymore. When motivation decreases = speed of doing things also decreases. That is why I took 2 months to conduct my survey.
Soon, September came. And I've realised that I really really behind time already. Cos it's already Sept and I need to submit my thesis in Oct, and I havent got my Chapter 3 done, still need to compile my data from the survey, analyze the data and put into words, and Chapter 4,5,6 to go. That was when I feel the pressure and started to chiong all the way. Slept at 12am and woke up at 6am to do work, and this continues for at least 2 wks. This doesn't last long which is not really good. During this period, there were times when I really feel like giving up. Cos I dont really know what I'm actually finding and looking out for despite looking, analyzing, and staring at the data collected from the survey. That was hell lor.. Not knowing what to do, simply at a loss and feeling helpless. Nevertheless, I told myself that I cannot give up, 一定要坚持到底. Easier said than done lah.. But anyway, got myself up and continued working again. Discussed with my supervisors who sort of gave me ideas on how to proceed with my data, it's not easy due to my small number of participants. And so after that, it was constant work everyday. Even if I'm not working on my thesis in the morning, I'll be working on it in the night. And finally, the end-product is out today. Spent like the whole afternoon with Eleanor and Mingyao in the lab today - proofreading each other's thesis and printing it out. Printed 6 copies and that cost like 30 over dollars I guess. And I tell you.. printing documents outside Uni is super duper extremely expensive lah.. It costs $1.50 to print a coloured A4 document, so I spent around $50 plus printing my coloured documents (which cant be printed in sch) and binding it. I spent quite alot for this stupid report lor.. The printing of my thesis is one of it only. That time during my data analysis, I printed out my Excel sheet (containing 58 sets os responses) in that same shop and in A3 coloured documents, which cost me $80 plus dollars. Got a shock of my life when I was at the counter paying for my stuffs. $80 plus for some stupid paper leh.. 我的天阿! I dont mind paying if I get a H1 for this. If not, I can go bang the wall already. wahaha... Nevertheless, I'm still so so happy cos I've completed my thesis.. Woo HooOOo~!! A sense of satisfaction after putting in so much effort towards the end. hee..
Other than that, I also had my presentation today. Didn't really prepare for it cos I was so occupied with my thesis. Though the slides were done on Monday, I didnt have the time to look at it and think about it. And so, I spent half an hour preparing for my speech before the lesson starts. I think I didnt do well cos I wasnt prepared at all. I felt like a robot reading off my notes. haha.. Hope Eleanor and myself can score well for that.
Ok, end of story. haha.. I know the above is not really interesting but I just wanna write it down, so I can reflect back on what I've done, as in the process and procedure that I've taken to write out my entire thesis. Never did I think that I can actually write out 12,000 words worth of information. I didnt believe I can write that much when I first look at the requirement for an Honours thesis. However, I actually wrote 17,500 plus words which is over the word limit. =)
In the process of writing up my thesis, there were distractions here and there lah of course - with me watching movie series. 流星花园 was one of the shows I've watched. Again~ I know. haha.. 言承旭 is so cool and shuai lah.. I'm madly in love with him.. wahaha.. the more I watch meteor garden, the more I like him.
Hmm.. although thesis is handed in, I still have 4 more things to do: A poster for my thesis, Presentation slides for my thesis, and 2 essays for pervasive computing. 2 essays of 1000 words and 1500 words, which are really peanuts to me.. haha.. as if lor~~ I'm sick of writing already. But I'll worry about all those assignments later. Time to watch my shows again.. Btw, Honour and Passion is a really nice show. Watch it if you have the time. =D
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Thursday, October 18, 2007
Have deleted my previous post.. 那只是我的气话。 不好意思。 hehe... Hmm... Don't know what to write now for this entry.. My mind is super blank now. Gotta save my brain cells and let it die for my Thesis later.. In a minute or so after I've posted this entry. Anyway, I've only wanted to write this entry so that the first entry on my blog isn't an unpleasant one.. =D I'm bo liao.. Yes, I know. But who cares.. =p Ok, done for now. Shall post a whole lot of entry after the end of my stupid Pervasive Comp presentation, the submission of my stupid Thesis, the completion of the poster for my Thesis, presentation slides for my Thesis, and lastly, my final Project for Pervasive Computing - a 1500 words essay. Essay again.. Hai~ Alot of assignments are still waiting for me, patiently. -_-
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