"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures." - Henry Ward Beecher

I apologise for the lack of updates. My parents were here last week and i was busy showing them around and making sure they dun get lost. This week, i'm heading home, so i'm busy packing. >.<

Anyway, they say a picture is worth a thousand words.

Well, here is one...

Enuff said. :)

P.S: For the full story, you'll just have to wait till i get back home. :D

Another Dry Post...

A few days ago, the results were released. Details?

MECH419 - distinction: 75%
Pleasantly surprised with this one. This exam was one which had all of us shaking our heads after sitting for it, due to the lack of time. My friends and i were actually expecting this, coz we had done three past year papers and all of them had massive questions. We were, however, expecting repeated questions which were evidenced in the past year papers. This was sadly most untrue for the actual final. Ah well. I'm not complaining about my mark. >.<

MECH442 - distinction: 76%
Another surprise. The lecturer, whom i'm on good terms with, set a mean exam. Thought i would get a credit for this one. :p

MECH428 - credit: 67%
Expected this one. I screwed up the mid-session test and major assignment for this one. There was no way i could have gotten a distinction for this one, by my own calculations. Adding salt to the wound is the fact that my thesis supervisor was the lecturer for this subject. I always seem to screw up his subjects. Darn...

ENGG452 - distinction: 78%
The cause of all my worries, anxiety, stress and paranoia! The one deciding factor that could make or break me! The one where i spent so much time and effort on. The list goes on...
I was and still am deliriously happy with this one. Why? Simply because my thesis supervisor is not noted for his generosity and the second marker, if i were to hazard a guess, is even worse. This was the conversation between my friend and i when he called to tell me the results were out and after i told him my results:
Friend: You do know you're the only one who didn't believe you'll do well.
Me: Really?
Friend: Yeah. All of us knew you would nail it.
:D

Ironically, with such good results, i'm still off by a measely 0.3 marks from my second-upper honours (darn... >.<). Gonna meet up with my lecturer to discuss my appeal on monday. But aside from that, i am very very happy with my results. I ended my last university session on a high and i couldn't ask for more. Somehow, my happiness outweighs my disappointment. If i can't get my second-upper honours, i'm not too disappointed coz i've done as much as i could.

Now, i can game and LAN-party my heart out and know that i fully deserve it. Even as we speak, my bedtime is now approximately 3 - 4 o'clock in the morning and i wake up at approximately 2 in the afternoon. :)

P.S: My appeal came through: I got my second-upper honours. :)