the last post for the blog
It has been quite a semester and so many things have been going on since the start of the year. I think i've lost count of everything.
January to Febuary
These months were the usual rush-projects-and-try-to-mug-for-exams period. It has been quite a terrible one. That sinking feeling at the point of the ITIPJ presentation when everything went wrong while the rest of the group presented fine was the worst feeling at that period of time. I could help by to think that i've messed up yet another project module. but thankfully, it wasn't as bad as i've imagined it to be.
March to May
For the first time in life, i actually got to sit in an office and experience some office work. I was assigned to program a marketing dbms. data entry and shredding paper (probably the easiest way to pass time) It was quite interesting at first, as i wanted to prove that i'm capable of working as efficiently as normal IT programmers and program an application within the same time frame as another application. I grew tired of it as the weeks passed by. As it seems to be expected, my application couldn't work at almost the LAST point of my IPP. thank God again, i managed to come up with another solution, albeit not the best.
May to June
It's another first-time-of-my-life thing. I've been under curfews and never allowed to stay over at my friends' houses, camps in schools and stuff are exceptions. But i was given a chance to go to beijing for 1/3 of my FYPJ.
Initially, the whole trip in beijing would last for 8 weeks, it was reduced to 6 weeks due to the really warm weather during this season for our welfare's sake. It was further reduced to 4 weeks due to visa issues, but i guess that was for the better.
I was assigned to take charge of the batch and bring them to beijing and take care of their welfare. I was literally worried that someone would go missing, or lost during the plane ride and even during the normal outing trips as well most of the time. It wasn't because i didn't trust them to take care of themselves, i was simply just worried that people from my batch would get lost or something that i wouldn't want to think of happening to any of them. As a result, i stood behind most of the time, making sure that nothing would happen, well at least i tried.
The first time i felt a sense of sadness was when i failed to protect one of my friends from getting pretty badly hurt. It was just an accident on the bus, but yet just infront of me, i was unable to do anything at the moment in time, except seeing tears rolling down. I'm sorry for that, but i'm glad it all turned out well in the end.
I went to the extend of trying to cheer another person up as well by sending a text message, hopefully it really did cheer you up for that moment in time.
For the batch activities, I led team 1 and coordinated with the leader of team 2 for sports and recreational activities. One such activity was the fashion parade which we had quite alot of fun. We even saw how a guy could transform into a girl without the local people noticing that "she" was actually a he.
We also had a final perfomance which we put up. It was quite a feat performed by our batch. We had really little time for training but because so much effort was put into it, we could really see it come to fruition. I had no idea what came into my head too, as i managed to summon enough courage and confidence to get on the stage and sing a song (composed just for this batch "28 days in beijing") with a guitar bought in beijing. it was a pretty poor one though. haha.
Good job BiTC Batch 6, we all made NYP proud (i strongly believe). I really had alot of fun in beijing. thank you batch 6.
But all these feelings could be created by responsibility after all.
June to August
Nothing much happened after returning from beijing except for a simple presentation and desperate attempts to complete my FYPJ. It was a miracle, i really didn't think i would be able to complete the application and just when all hope was lost, light was somehow found.
I helped a few friends and made another few during this time, while seeking a miracle to complete my project. For some reason, I couldn't stand and watch others feel so helpless and stressed till the extend of breaking down, 'cause i know how that feels. so i tried really hard to help, learning new stuff just for that purpose.. really hope i managed to. for those which i've failed. i'm sorry i didn't manage to help.
There was another event that was probably the highlight of the year. I probably never celebrated a year like this before, I'm truly thankful and appreciative of what you guys have done.
I've also heard that i'm like 2 different persons in beijing and in singapore. i'm sorry. I really wonder why, not that i can't tell the change though. haha.
that would be all. I'll leave my tagboard there for final thoughts and comments.
Au Revoir le Monde.
