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Thursday, June 2, 2011
Surprise Surprise!
Things finally seem to be looking up for me! =) Last semester till today has been one hell of a rollar coaster ride. From the first to the nerve wrecking third interview with NOC office, followed by numerous interviews with startup companies and failing every one of them (well not really but I still didn't get a job in the end), to getting 2 companies offers which turned out to be a futile attempt as they already accepted 2 interns from NOC programs itself. Can you imagine how depressed and lacking in confidence I was? Not forgetting having to juggle studies and spending loads of time trying to debug my hardware for cg2007 which turned out to be a short-circuit, burning of chips and misplacing chips position problem. =.=||| Thankfully my final product, which made up 50% of the module, worked in the end and was SCRAPPED! =( For that module, I really have to thank Kenny for helping me with debugging or I would have definitely given up. =) This summer break I found myself things to do again. No internship this time as I was unsure whether I would be flying =( but with luck, my holiday has been packed once more. After exams I flew off to Taiwan for 9 days together with IES. It was a good break from Singapore as it took my mind off NOC. On hindsight though, I think it might have been a better idea to stay in Singapore and take on a summer module (EE2001 - another hardware project =.=||| ), which is only available in special semester 1. Oh well, I needed the break anyways. Shortly after I came back, I participated in a competition by R&S. The topic was on radio monitoring and we were given 4 questions to solve, after which we would present our answers to the judges. The experience itself was awesome! The staff were friendly and the food was good =3 Call me a pig but I think I really gained weight after that one day! =p There was breakfast, lunch, teabreak (with yummy chocolate cream puff =3) and dinner in BBQ style! =3 Throughout, we were free to visit the pantry which was stocked with drinks including hot chocolate! =D I don't mind participating again next year for the food. =p Speaking of which, I ate so much during lunch (partly because I was very very hungry) that I felt like vomiting thereafter. =p Hahhaa. Okay, I admit I am kinda piggy =p At the end of the competition, we won, surprisingly! ^^v This means that I would be flying to Germany with my team for one week with airfare & accommodation paid for! It is so unexpected. I am still in disbelief. It's the first time I ever won a competition and and the feeling is amazing. =) Oh yes, and this time round, I wasn't as nervous as my results as compared to last semester. Maybe because I am looking forward to something more. But this time round, I did better than I expected for my modules. =) Modules I thought would fail turned out okay. And I did very well for cg2007. My first ever A in NUS =D I think it was thanks to doing past year papers with Kenny (my study buddy) and approaching the prof for consultation. Overall, I am rather happy with my results ^^ Now, the next highlight of my holidays is the confirmation of acceptance from a company. It's make or break. =X And I am praying it would be a make.
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