HELLO WORLD! omg so long since i blogged :b basically what happened since reading week and the amazing trip to norway is just school stuff. shall break it down.
Civil Engineering
Busy, as usual. with the lectures, tutorials (i was the only one that turned up today it was so effective cos i mean all the attention was on me :D i really don't mind more of it like that :b), lab. the structures plane frame lab was super lame. the course is still manageable as of now. the most frustrating one is design, where we have to draw all the plan and section and stuff and i did the stairs calculation till i wanted to go crazy but im satisfied with the end product. so yay :D
and preparation for scenario 2 has started. we're supposed to come up with a regeneration plan for West Hamstead/Finchley Road area, and then design an actual can stand can use footbridge. quite exciting right? and i like my group. we chose ourselves so i'm in a group with 3 other angmors. haha. they are the seriuos about the project kind, but in the process can still have fun. i like :D
averaging B's and A's for my work so far. and i'm no longer aiming for the faculty or department award. i've decided that i have to forgo some things to get a more holistic education and to make my life here more fulfilled. getting so involved in so many stuff means less time and energy for school work. but it's a trade-off i'm willing to make. for the first year at least, till my priorities change in the future.
Engineers Without Borders
busy with meetings and upcoming events. and there's a new scheme we want to implement. and a new project i'm thinking of starting up with a friend from egypt about the garbage problem in egypt. still in the talk only process though. oh we had our welcome meet and greet session on friday. turn out was not bad. yup and there's the international development course this sat. i want to sit in and listen to the speakers, but i've got to prepare the food :/ ah well, excited all the same. at least i know the events and activities we have actually create an impact somehow. makes me feel that i'm doing meaningful stuff. and the committee is a bunch of fun people from all over the world. different perspectives, not just confined to singapore. i'm actly the only asian there. haha.
UCL Singapore Society
had the agm recently. i'm the events director (that's my 3rd events post :b). i ran for president and vice president but didn't get them. i'm actly quite glad about it cos i think my plate is kinda full for the moment. but i really want to be in the committee cos as i said in my speech, i want to take the lead to serve the society. so yeah, happy with my post :D meetings are starting soon and yup :) excited about what we can/are going to do.
DHSYA(UK)
more activites up and coming. nearest will be xmas/new year stuff. and then there is the combined alumni CNY carnival. woohoo :D must liven up the dhs alumni here. and i always love meetings cos the president so cute. haha meihui you got stalk me until here not?
Frisbee
one sentence: i stopped going after i paid for the membership -.-
A Twist of Fate
This is a musical by the UCL Singapore Society, to be staged in march next year. i'm the set design IC. cs productions actly got me interested in all the backstage proppy stuff. so yeah glad i can help out in some way :D i shall use my civil engineering knowledge to make really stable stairs. haha. nothing much has started actly. meetings soon and then time to get the work done. so it's all still in the planning stage. i need to read the script. haha. like soon.
woah 72 days in london. it's not really a very long time, considering that i'll be here for 4 years. but it's not exactly short. it's like more than 2 months. i've been away from my family, my dog and my friends for so long. i miss them so so so so so much :( but i've made so many friends here, and some i really feel are friendships that will last after we go back to singapore ;) of course my friends back home are irreplaceable. you all are the best ok? and my mummy is coming in 2 weeks! like omg omg omg excited!!! :D :D :D
yeah, i think that's about it. pictures are all on facebook! sorry i'm too lazy to post them up haha. anyway, the pictures don't really have link with what i just typed cos the pictures are all of events and yah pictures speak a thousand words so just go look at them, i blogged unpictureable stuff. hahaha.