For absolutely no reason at all... Here's a selfie. It's the semester break, y'all!!! Time to spend ONE week being lazy and sleeping with statistics.
Sunday, 30 October 2016
Breathing Dust and Sniffing Asphalt
It's all in the work of a highway engineer. The smell of Asphalt is like a second oxygen for us. Flammable and yet, inevitable. So for the Pavement Materials course, we had to complete some lab works. I was set up into a group of 4 guys and me. A single cute guy from Libya, a married hunk from Nigeria and 2 locals. (see how I have no adjectives for the locals there?) I can honestly say at this point I am happy with my group. The guys are all gentleman and they rock. So far Lab works have been fun.
p/s : Oh have I mentioned that these foreigners in my class are sangat kacak? Best dapat cuci mata oooh... Yeah, It has been inspiring. Perks of being Miss Single.
Just me and my boys. Yeah I need that diet.
Me and Esh.
p/s : Oh have I mentioned that these foreigners in my class are sangat kacak? Best dapat cuci mata oooh... Yeah, It has been inspiring. Perks of being Miss Single.
Boo!
Tests and moving on with life...
Wow it has been almost... ALMOST a month since my last post. As you can see I was very very busy studying for tests, studying for the sake of knowledge and surviving student life. Let me rephrase that. Paid-student life. By that I mean the weekly if not daily sessions of shopaholicness.
The first test was about Pavement materials. Honestly I can tell you that it was DIFFICULT. I mean I studied soooooo hard, I made notes, I studied every chapter and lectures Dr R gave us. Took me off the blogging world for a few weeks because of this. It was postponed after a week so we had an extra week to struggle to pass it.
Sadly, it was nothing like I expected. i mean, I thought I had it all prepared. I had labeled all the important notes in the big book, small book, specs and EVERYTHING but the question was about the future. By that I mean, the question was on a chapter we haven't even been introduced yet. So basically, the test was not a test. It was a self-brainstorming-study session with marks. Sigh...
I am not complaining about it so much, though. I mean this is masters class, so what do we expect? Definitions and Theory Concepts? Of course not. I just hope somehow I managed to pass the test. I don't care if I don't excel, just give me passing marks. I never liked learning about bitumen and aggregates anyways. (That's Tar and Stones for you non engineers out there).
The second test was by Dr L, for Accident Analysis & Prevention. This time, I didn't study at all. I just read through his journal papers and notes and flashbacks of his lectures. Turned out the question was easy. I'm not going to be overconfident about this, though. I did answer the questions as well as I could but I have no idea how the marking scheme worked. I may have over-answered.
So what I learned so far about this Masters thing is that you NEVER underestimate the lesson. Everything is an uphill drive. Now I am more worried about Statistics. Brains, we can do this together!
The first test was about Pavement materials. Honestly I can tell you that it was DIFFICULT. I mean I studied soooooo hard, I made notes, I studied every chapter and lectures Dr R gave us. Took me off the blogging world for a few weeks because of this. It was postponed after a week so we had an extra week to struggle to pass it.
Sadly, it was nothing like I expected. i mean, I thought I had it all prepared. I had labeled all the important notes in the big book, small book, specs and EVERYTHING but the question was about the future. By that I mean, the question was on a chapter we haven't even been introduced yet. So basically, the test was not a test. It was a self-brainstorming-study session with marks. Sigh...
I am not complaining about it so much, though. I mean this is masters class, so what do we expect? Definitions and Theory Concepts? Of course not. I just hope somehow I managed to pass the test. I don't care if I don't excel, just give me passing marks. I never liked learning about bitumen and aggregates anyways. (That's Tar and Stones for you non engineers out there).
The second test was by Dr L, for Accident Analysis & Prevention. This time, I didn't study at all. I just read through his journal papers and notes and flashbacks of his lectures. Turned out the question was easy. I'm not going to be overconfident about this, though. I did answer the questions as well as I could but I have no idea how the marking scheme worked. I may have over-answered.
So what I learned so far about this Masters thing is that you NEVER underestimate the lesson. Everything is an uphill drive. Now I am more worried about Statistics. Brains, we can do this together!
This is the happy faces before the test. I did not take an after one.
Monday, 3 October 2016
The struggle with probabilities...
Permutations... Combinations... nCr... nPr... yeah, welcome back to 2001. A year when my brains hiccuped and my heart was full of hatred towards school.
Or at least it felt like that. I'm here again, studying statistics to pass my masters and we have just finished the second chapter. The very much feared : Probabilities. In school, I didn't care at all about passing my SPM Additional Maths. I ignored the chapter (and a few others) and relied on my common sense to pass the exams. There's no escape now. Unfortunately.
In addition to that, I also realized I gained like 4 kgs since my study leave. 4 kilos! of fat! If I don't freak out now, I am sooooo going to be me 2 years ago. I need to find my motivation, inspiration and determination again. Oh I am so drammatic! The thought of being fat and wearing size M and L again can drive me towards suicide!
So from the sound of my post you can see how last week has been a very tiring and depressing week. I'm not going to blame the world for everything because there were also some good things in my life. My eConvergence video won second prize which is good as it was second from 160 participants. So I got that going good there.
I just need to find a little strength and peace to find my way through. Come on brains, we can do this!
Or at least it felt like that. I'm here again, studying statistics to pass my masters and we have just finished the second chapter. The very much feared : Probabilities. In school, I didn't care at all about passing my SPM Additional Maths. I ignored the chapter (and a few others) and relied on my common sense to pass the exams. There's no escape now. Unfortunately.
In addition to that, I also realized I gained like 4 kgs since my study leave. 4 kilos! of fat! If I don't freak out now, I am sooooo going to be me 2 years ago. I need to find my motivation, inspiration and determination again. Oh I am so drammatic! The thought of being fat and wearing size M and L again can drive me towards suicide!
So from the sound of my post you can see how last week has been a very tiring and depressing week. I'm not going to blame the world for everything because there were also some good things in my life. My eConvergence video won second prize which is good as it was second from 160 participants. So I got that going good there.
I just need to find a little strength and peace to find my way through. Come on brains, we can do this!
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