First of all

Merry Christmas

Finally decided to update.

Eve of Christmas Eve:

For the whole day, Ptb nvr talk to us. Guess that was his Christmas gift. When I was testing the robot when i tried to turn right and felt a sharp pain on my neck. That's when i first realized that i got stiff neck. After that I went out with Alvin, Joel and KW to watch YES man. Since the show was at 9:35 we walked around sourcing for something non-fast food. On the way i bought...

this:

For my neck. Not bad, quite effective, the next day can turn more liao, only cannot bank right.

Anyway, we had dinner at Shokoyu, Streets of Japan at the basement of Heeren. Had ramen, the serving was kinda small.
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Since we still had a huge amount of time left, Alvin suggested that we buy sake and drink, lol.
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It was quite ex tho, $17 for the whole bottle. After drinking, Joel got drunk and started getting damn high playing some game on his itouch.

Caught Yes Man, Funny movie, but i still think IP Man is better (Whats with all these man movies coming out at the same time???).

Christmas Eve:

Woke up at 4pm. COD4 the whole day until about 8pm? Went to park infinia for family gathering. There was a lucky draw and i kinda won the top prize... A Lamborghini Pen.

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Christmas Day:

Received a present from my parents:



Basically whole day was wake up, COD4, sleep, wake up, COD4, sleep. At night went supper with WR and KY. They both brought something for me... Then i got nothing for them -.- so pai seh.
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KY's gift


WR's Gift





Probably the best gift was rest, 2 days not going to SRG and to be able to sleep till i wake up on my own. That basically sums up my Christmas. And thanks to everyone for their gifts and smses =).

WARNING: If you are not an engineering student, u shldnt bother reading most of this post as you would only understand that i watched IP Man with WR and KY, lol =)


Yes, SRG again. The girls had really burnt all of their motors, as i had mentioned on Friday's post. Chantale went to the motor guy's shop and only came at 4:30pm??? With only 5 motors. Ptb was quite dulan as the rest of the motors need to be sent to korea to be repaired.

Ptb scammed me by saying that he was going to come back after his meeting and left at 1:30. Waited until 4:30 and he still not back.

Today's progress with my robot was somewhat better. Probably because the girls were not inconsiderately occupying the whole wall. They have been doing that all of the time and I am not the only one complaining. Managed to move from the floor to the wall. Just as we were about to do the transition from the wall to roof, we found that the motors did not have enough power. Decided to charge the batteries.

To my suprise, the charger detected 4 cells instead of 5 and the battery voltage was 16V instead of 20V. My instincts told me that 1 cell was dead. Consulted some of the tso who didn't really give a definate answer. Called the motor guy, who sold us the battery. He asked us to go down.
Suspect the girls spoiled it as they were trickle charging the battery when the instructions behind wrote: " Do NOT trickle Charge".

JJ, BY and I went down to bugis and let him test the battery. Then he tell us 1 cell has problem and the rest of the cells are showing different charges. So send to manufacturer. He said problem could be because we are not using a balancer to charge.

After that went to the cathay to catch IP Man with WR and KY. Nice show... the punches cannot mantain. The storyline also not bad, kinda similar to Huo Yan Jia, just without the jay chou song, lol.

Long day, and another one tomorrow. ARGH my hols all burnt cus of FYP ARGH!!!

Random: After coming home had supper

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Random 2:
Came across this:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/397794/1/.html

As usual, they are just talking rubbish and trying to show that they have done alot. 1.5% gst rise for free transport. I DON'T MIND DE. It would also be a good idea as those who drive would also be paying for people who take public transport. And if i am not wrong public transport includes taxis? =)

Ok, im abit lazy to update, so heres a quick one.

Thursday

Went to lab, when i reached the girls say they burnt the motors, so they went off with 17 spoilt motors. Came back with 12, just nice for their robot. JJ and I settled the purging issue. Although it was not really smooth ptb seemed to be satisfied by it =/.

Met kenneth at far east then made our way to Suntec to celeberate mel's birthday. Supposed to eat at some swiss restaurant but the price was like 20++ for all the main courses. Ended up at MOF marina. The food was not bad, but the portion was kinda small. Pics to be uploaded when someone posts on their blog then i go steal.


Friday

SRG again. Girls were like synchronising their motors for almost the whole day. JJ and I decided to climb the wall. Had some progress until the robot dropped, lol. JJ was uncoiling the wire i was holding when the robot slipped. So jj went to repair the damages while i headed home with kw and alvin. Hope no issues with the motors.

After that i got a call from joanna saying sth about wanting anthony's number because they burnt all their motors. Now if we shear any of our gears, really hong kan liao. No spare.

Almost forgot to mention. Ptb said he had lost faith in the girls group. Means now he will focus on Samuel (the other guy's group) and my robot.

Supposed to go out supper with kenneth, fong, alan and tommy but my parents wont let me leave the house. Say too late road dangerous and stuff. ARGH.

Saturday

Supposed to go swim but then i slept until err around 3:45? kenneth woke around the same time i guess so nvr swim in the end. Soon kueh for breakfast.

On the table where i was eating breakfast, mother showed me an article on todays straits times about an accident at tuas where an 18 year old was killed and was like: "SEE!!! thats y u shouldn't go out late at night". I over there LLST...

Damn, i got the urge to drive out to eat some hawker food...

BOOM!

Today, ptb brought a 12V 18AH lead acid cell to srg lab. Wasted, should have took video or pictures... The occurrences, however, will be described in great detail.

He was damn hao lian about the battery and confident that it could drive all 12 servo motors on the girls robot. He then started asking afew of the girls to wire up the battery and make connectors. All the while making a huge amount of noise about the tools we lack in the lab. Well, our lab has never been well equipped and will probably never be.

An example would be when i request for a laptop charger and it took like 2 months for the tso to send the order. Anyway i finally got it today.

Next ptb went to connect the battery and a bare connector to see if the connectors fit. Seeing that they fit,he attempted to remove the connectors by the wire. Instead of the connectors coming out, the connector's pins came out and touched each other. There was a great spark which made ptb let go of the wires. In an instant, the wire heated up until the insulation melted and the bare copper wire was seen glowing. It was a good thing that the current melted the wire at a certain point disconnecting the 2 ends from each other. The wire was still glowing for quite a while and smoke was everywhere. The lab was also filled with the smell of hydrochloric acid.

Pictorial illustration:





After that ptb diam diam and give those LL face and disconnect the other half of the burnt wires. Then he instructed for new connectors to be made... That is when we went to have our lunch. When we came back, the girls were running their robot by the 12V lead acid cell. However, it still could not run.

On friday i had tried to tell him that the motors needed a higher voltage to have a higher torque but he insisted that Power=Current x Voltage and that using a low voltage high current supply would work the same as high voltage low current supply. However the datasheet of the motor had indicated that the torque of the motor increases with respect to the voltage.

Soon after, he said that he would be going off to buy 4 more 6V lead acid cells and bring them tomorrow... Seriously someone should tell him: "Kiang tio ho, mai kei kiang"

Anyway sat car home today, thanks to kai yuan who drove me home in his fathers rented Grandis. =)

Yesterday, went to swim with kenneth at tanjong rhu swimming complex. Before that he brought me to his regular optician to check if i have astigmatism. Apperently I only have it for one eye, and its like 50. Means i can get contact lens at a low cost =)

Today, supposed to play soccer, but it rained. So went out with ky and wr to shop for clothes. Total damage was $167.90.

Breakdown of costs:


$15.00 - Orange Dri Fit Polo Tee from Giodarno
$43.90 - Adidas shirt from isetan
$109.00 - Jeans from Esprit
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$167.90

Was deciding between the Levis 508 and Esprit JAM which costs $20 more cus i needed to use nets for some treasure thingy they had at parkway parade. Citibank had 10% discount for Esprit =(.

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Anyway ky went to play the treasure thingy and won some $20 winter world voucher.
End of day.

Random: The Levis shop was playing trance which i enjoyed alot even though they were using LG speakers and the volume wasn't really loud.

Back to School

Went back to SRG today. Morning first thing wake up is call the motor guy, then sms pattabhi and call the motor guy again. -.-

1st call - Asked when motors are ready, reply was they will be delivered this week

Sms pattabhi and told him just that.

Pattabhi's reply - Go to the shop and get them today.

2nd call - Ask the motor guy when is the earliest i can get the motors, reply was 3pm tml

Told pattabhi that and he asked me to fix an appointment with the guy, which i already did -.-

Then had breakfast and went to school. As I was at redhill pattabhi smsed:

Where are you all now!

R@m@n

told him i in train. Reached lab at 1:10 like that. Then he gathered everyone and bitched about us coming to the lab late -.-

Apperently he had also smsed the girls about the motor problem but as usual they had done nothing about it. And priya is still the same, giving unintelligent comments...

Ptb: I smsed you girls on Friday, you have 3 days to contact the motor guy and settle this matter!!!

Priya: Teacher, actually you smsed us on Thursday.

Joanna,Puga,Ptb: (-.-)""

Ptb: So that gives you 1 extra day, and yet it is still not done!!!


Anyway puga's getting married, at 20... wonder if she will invite pattabhi... =S

CAP mugging sexperiences

Pics courtesy of kw

Finally...

Woo... Holiday... for 3 days -.-

Post CAP

Anyway, yesterday's paper went pretty well i guess, 62 for MCQ and probably 18 marks for section B which means an 80! Really hope its 80, which means an A =)

However the paper itself was quite a screwup, it was totally online. The English of the paper was HELL. Spelling mistakes everywhere, grammatical errors. The worst part was in section B, we were required to type our answer out in a text box somewhat like blogger but with less features, such as being unable to press the enter key. There were 2 calculation questions and we needed to press the spacebar all the way until the text reached the next line. spent a total of 40 mins doing 4 questions which i could complete in 5 mins if it was written.
As if that was not enough, a WRONG formula was GIVEN and after our invigilators called the setter of the paper asking for instructions, the instruction was something like use whatever formula you want -.- and also the other classes were not informed, lol.

CAP yesterday was not so productive, probably because i did not complete the notes for tomorrows paper, so it was more of making notes than memorising. Had $3.50++ congee at imperial treasure restaurant which ended up at approximately $4.60 each and unused towels which the staff gladly cleared without telling us it was charged =/

Then went to gloria jeans to mug. Had voltage with student discount.






































Last paper tml, woot!

Random: Mother somehow got hold of pictures of me carrying my nephew... And she's over enthusiastic about celeberating his first month this sat that she book me for the whole day, ARGH.



I'm actually thinking, AHHHH! He's moving!!! and he was actually crying and hitting me with his tiny hands =/

SEXPOSED

Taken directly from my chat log, you can see the true colors of one of my classmates.


First, he starts asking questions on todays paper. However, the powerpoint which he has is a read only file and somehow when copied becomes a screenshot. It is actually a powerpoint with revision questions in it.

Session Start: Tuesday, 02 December, 2008

• -=Biondi=- [DiDi] Why, do we build castles in the sky? (idonwannatellumyemail@hotmail.com)
  

• (=^_^=) (@hotmail.com)

I shall censor his name and email, lets call him (=^_^=)

(10:09 PM) (=^_^=):	Initiated a file transfer
(10:09 PM) (=^_^=):	Initiated a file transfer
(10:09 PM)	You have successfully received D:\My Documents\My Received Files\vha15.tmp.jpg from (=^_^=).

(10:11 PM) (=^_^=):	the most commonly used technique of measuring fuel quantity in aircraft is ? 1)weight 2)level 3)pressure 4)dip stick <-- Question
(10:11 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	where u get the question from
(10:12 PM) (=^_^=):	i copy during lecture <---- Notice the reply.
(10:12 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	oh
(10:12 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	wait i go chk
(10:13 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	shld be weight wad

After me coming back from dinner (10:34 PM) and a few more questions...

(10:38 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	eh
(10:38 PM) (=^_^=):	11. Characterized tank units refers to 1fuel tanks that are irregular in shape. 2probes that have character. 3probes that are of different lengths. 4probes that are designed differently from a standard probe.
(10:38 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	u managed to copy all the questions ah
(10:38 PM) (=^_^=):	no <--- Note the reply again
(10:38 PM) (=^_^=):	a few

Then after trying to copy one more time but resulting in sending the temporary jpg file

(10:54 PM) (=^_^=):	Initiated a file transfer
(10:54 PM)	You have failed to receive file "smk1D.tmp.jpg" from (=^_^=).

I decided to ask him some questions

(10:55 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	how come u got screenshot 1
(10:55 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	say lei
(10:55 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	where the question from
(10:55 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:
(10:56 PM) (=^_^=):	i write powerpoint den i copy out become picture
(10:56 PM) (=^_^=):	dun know y

Now he WRITES powerpoints.

(10:56 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	send lei
(10:56 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	send the ppt
(10:56 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:
(10:56 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	and is either a od d
(10:56 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	*a or d

Note the time from this post to the next one

(11:06 PM) (=^_^=):	btw i just found the qn on bb<-- Remember, he JUST
(11:06 PM) (=^_^=):	review qns found it
(11:06 PM) (=^_^=):	u go dl lor
(11:07 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	oh
(11:07 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	ty
(11:07 PM) (=^_^=):	he got post wat i had copy down

Now I went to blackboard...

(11:07 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	eh
(11:07 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	got meh
(11:08 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	the bb nth lei
(11:08 PM) (=^_^=):	under the lecture powerpoint u go find lor
(11:08 PM) (=^_^=):	sure got <-- SURE GOT

Screenshot taken today, forgot to take them last night. Anyway it was blank since last night.

Announcements tab.
















MST tab















Knowing that he has been cornered

(11:08 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	as in the aafees module is empty
(11:08 PM) (=^_^=):	Initiated a file transfer
(11:08 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	ok thanks alot

Acting as if nothing happened

(11:08 PM)	You have successfully received D:\My Documents\My Received Files\CHAPTER 1_Revision.ppt from (=^_^=).
(11:09 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	wa he damn bastard he took down everything
(11:09 PM) (=^_^=):	lol

Me having the same problem as him, unable to copy the text out

(11:10 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	eh
(11:10 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	Initiated a file transfer
(11:10 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	Initiated a file transfer
(11:10 PM) -=Biondi=- [DiD:	ok now i noe wad u mean

Conclusion:

He only asks me questions that he is unsure of. Remember when he said he only "copied some" of the questions? Well from what I see, he wants to make sure that he knows how to do all the questions and have the advantage over me.

Now you know why I keep saying that I hate my poly class.

Peace

Finally a post where i shall not complain. I feel that I complain too much...

Went CAP to mug yesterday. Turned out quite ok for me but i'm not sure about Joel and KW. Memorised the notes on AAFES I did on sat when I went out to study with ken, ming and their 2 friends, yun lu and hui xian iirc =/

Had starbucks Dark Cherry Mocha Frapp, quite nice, still got add the chocolate chips =)

Pic is not mine, took from net, but its basically the same thing.



















Yesterday there was a ginormous (pronounced as Gye-nor-mous, combination of gigantic and enormous =) ) amount of malays at the airport. This is not a racist comment. I wasn't sure why they were there, but they were crowding around a certain counter, then around 3+am then they started leaving...

Images are kinda blur...

















































Been feeling abit trance technoish =/. Song stuck in my head. Remember to pause the other song before you listen =) .

Sorry Alvin



Zzz, i screwed my own paper too.