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the explosion I am experiencing inside now is about fifty million times larger.
after a long long long hiatus, I shall use whatever little time I have to blog!

it felt as if plenty has happened since my last post that was created technically last year. but actually, they are more or less the same.

tutorials, presentations and tests.

before this term started, I had already anticipated a really crazy time. being only 6weeks and with a chinese new year break, I have at least one deadline to meet every week of this term.

I can quickly run you through the intense amounts of deadlines since this term started on 5th January this year. the % represent the percentage of total marks the project represent of the module.

Week 13 (Starting 5th Jan)

- OBSE Team Journal (oh, includes a video) - 10%

Week 14

- BSTA Common Test 2 - 20%
- ITB PBL2 Website - 10%

Week 15

- BCOMMI Oral Presentation 2 - 5%

Week 16 (CNY week)

- MIEC-BCOMMI Integrated Assignment - 10% each for MIEC and BCOMM
- ITB PBL2 Database - 10%

Week 17 (This week)

- BCOMM1 Final Oral Presentation - 20%
- OBSE Final Group Project Report - 20%
- OBSE Final Group Project Presentation (includes a video too) - 10%
- ITB PBL2 Website and Database Presentation - Part of 20% of PBL2
- OBSE Final Test - 30%
- CATS Assignment 2 Presentation (includes yet another video) - 40%
- CATS Self-Reflection - 10%

there are still tutorials and lectures as usual during these weeks. this is the main reason for my lack of presence here.

I am sure you noticed the extreme imba-ness of my deadlines on week 17. many reasons.

but I am starting on a happier note first. so that is for later.

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my birthday is this saturday, february 7th! please wish me a happy birthday by sms at least so I can feel happier.

I promise I will remember birthdays better next time! my bro and my good friend's birthday just passed and I actually didnt remember them! damn guilty can. I must drill it into me that birthdays are important occasions!

and my poly classmates from this semester are going to celebrate mine, maycee and junxiang's birthday together since our birthdays are only days apart (feb 7th, 9th and 11th respectively).

even though its not just for me, I am still very happy that people bother to remember my birthday when I dont remember theirs.

that is why I am determined to remember birthdays and start to think that they are important before others will do the same to me.

I am learning so please give me time.

anyway its going to be a movie and a dinner. erm... a bit boring. expected some booze. k nevermind. but hey, its the thought that counts.

and its timing is perfect. after this hellish week, I am sure everyone is looking for a break anyway. and its going to my birthday. yay! at least it isnt spent rushing projects or sth.

duno how to end this part. still quite happy. hope it really happens though and not just lip service =(

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it is my alter-ego ranting-freak time after I am done with the happy thingy above!

its time to investigate the reason for the imba-ness of Week 17! scroll up for the schedule if you have to.

Integrated Assignment supposed to be on Week 15. but the tutors are kind (yea right)
OBSE final group project is supposed to be on Week 16. but CNY.
CATS assignment 2 supposed to be on Week 16. but laptop crashed. (shit. more on it later)
CATS self-reflection same as assignment 2.

now that I am still barely alive after the ordeal of this week (3 presentations 1 report 1 test in total from mon to wed). I still have to edit CATS video again.

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yeah fuck. bth already. I edit the video until damn nice last Friday till 1+am. I was encoding it and the laptop hung. so I thought maybe sth wrong but nevermind. after all I just saved the video project file.

I turned off and on again. the notebook doesnt boot.

ya rly. (sarcastic)

I tried once again. twice again. ten times. many many times over again. but it still doesnt get past the loading screen.

it got past once and I quickly logged in. but it failed to hang on long enough at the desktop before a bluescreen and it restarted.

since then cannot boot already.

everyone I mentioned the incident to told me wtf. I thought it is very wtf also. especially cos it is such a busy week and my OBSE and CATS stuff is all inside. best part is I am just done.

so we postponed the presentation to this friday, and I had to redo the video. lucky the unedited files are still on my camera's memory card.

but I must say I am still slightly amazed by the coincidence of everything.

- the ITB database was not with me. was with maycee.
- CATS presentation was with shun hui.
- only slightly started on OBSE report then.
- I backed up my stuff to the portable HDD on Week 16's monday. I usually dont bother backing up unless I am real free.

considering how usually all the final copies of projects are with me. and how many projects there are this time...

despite this mother-of-a-disaster, I guess I have reason to still be glad.

if I kept everything like last time and did not back up, I am sure I will be in a much much sorrier state.

the only thing was perhaps it could have chosen a better time to fail right. zz.

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and so I am going to my cousin's house to borrow her notebook till I can send the f...screwed up Fujitsu S6510 for the FOURTH (cum FIFTH) service.

the below are what I have serviced the laptop for before:

- LCD has dead pixels
- hard disk failed (yes failed once before)
- power adaptor failed (just two weeks ago)
- notebook latch broken (planned to fix during semester break at first)

AND NOW THE HARD DISK FAILS FOR THE 2ND TIME.

and I havent even dropped it once!

what on earth is wrong this notebook? people use their notebooks at home and in school and even play games on them.

I only use in school. and I dont play games. I ensure I dont contaminate it with spyware, viruses and trojans (I know my stuff). this model is highly recommended even!

and what is best is everyone using this model has no bloody problems.

I think this particular notebook I own is a fucking lemon lor. (lemon = geek term for problematic set)

fucking suay zzz. when I send this in I am going to try and get a new set. letting them know how many times this shit failed when I dont even use it intensively.

but if they give me a refurbished set then its even more...

ARGH. why did I purchase this notebook that day at that time in school? should have let some other unfortunate bloke get this one.

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I dont want to go on about the preparations for the project. it is hellish of course. but I am glad that its over now for me to care so much.

I will end here for now. still have my self-reflection to do. laters.