Back in business

In the past, I blogged here mostly for the monetary returns, partly to share my knowledge on Curtin Miri's accommodation, whatever little of I had. Before long, all I cared about was number of visits to my blogs, and all the keywords that I can use to generate more revenues. Or clicking ads every hour to get more money. It's a slow way to earn money and I am pretty sure that what I earned couldn't even pay the broadband fee. All in all it was a complete waste of time save for experimenting with Nuffnang's placement of ad in my blog.

Having just completed my education overseas, I came back to Kuching full of high hopes and can-do attitude. Unfortunately, Kuching is a sleeping city, there's nothing much one can do in Kuching. So with all my extra energy and capacity, I will start with putting our public bus route systems online so that everyone can use the bus.

Firstly, why should we even bother to use bus when most of us (Kuching-ites I know), have cars? I'm sure that by now everyone have heard of the importance for sustainability, reduction of carbon emission, effects of  pollution, etc. I can go on and on. Just so you know, carbon emission is closely related to green house gas effects of global warming and developed countries like Australia are already implementing Carbon Tax on corporations. So just because, our country, Malaysia has not implemented Carbon Tax and we are developing country, we can escape from our responsibility to Mother Earth and the future gen? Yes, one of the reason is not creating extra burden on Mother Earth. Another would be easing the congestion on the roads.

I know why most people who can afford cars would not use the public transport in Kuching and number 1 on the list would be safety. So yes, do consider your own safety and plan your routes properly. And even if one wishes to catch a bus, there is not enough information on the web for us to plan our routes. The most I can find is CPL's Facebook page. The quality of the information is bad.

I have revamped the blog and would like to blog more on Kuching's public bus system for the benefit of Kuching residents. The booklet I found on our public bus seem to be published for tourists wishing to explore Kuching city and go to RWMF. That's just sad.

Soooo brain-dead

I dunno where to start on my report and this is sooo badddd, really bad. a few more weeks of stressing. of cz by the end of it, as always i will go like "oh so that's how it's done, so simple, why didnt i figure it out earlier?!" unfortunately my head is so jammed out right now and i procrastinate like all the time. terrible habit!

How to summarize so many research papers??? how???!!! I think I have to work day and night for at least 5 days to do that.

More important Q would be: How to ban FB from my laptop??? how??!!! FB and msn and youtube to be exact.

sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. my life already so sad, y make it sadder, ha? cliched and stupid status would be: wishes work is asexual so it would do itself. hahahahahaha so x-rated make me sound like a bad girl. hahahaha

Puzzle puzzle! damn solve it already la!!! 

5th Malaysia Chem E Car Competition

I have the details for the 5th Malaysian Chem E Car competition 2010. It has been scheduled to be held on 21^st-22^nd July 2010 at SEGi University College, Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya. 

I wanted to participate but time was not on my side; workload for this semester is quite heavy :/

Curtin Cutec

At the not-so-recent Curtin CUTEC's 1st general meeting of the semester, we were introduced to the office-bearers and informed of the future club activities. Also, the current chairperson of YES (Young Engineers Section) of IEM gave a talk to intro us to YES and its missions. The highlight of the meeting for me would be that CUTEC supports independent out-of-class engineering projects and the game part which I will talk about soon. I mean how cool is that?! Toying with engineering designs and ideas is easier if we are have enough funds and access to labs, no? 

To know more about CUTEC's club activities, look for Curtin Cutec in facebook!

Later, we were grouped into a team of 5 and was challenged to build a no-bigger-than-A4-sized-paper, 20cm-high platform that could carry alot of weight in 30 minutes by using satay sticks, duct tape and strings provided. Some 40 minutes if chaos ensued.

The stuff that makes engineers tick (esp civil engineers!):

Some of the platforms built. Most civil engineers join the Curtin Civil Society anyway, so the bulk of student engineers in CUTEC are majoring in Chemical and Mechanical. ha-ha Hence, the lousy designs.

Testing

The winner team's platform managed to stand a loading or 9.5 kilos before failure and won Rm50. hah!

Finally, the only civil major in the board of committee decided to show off his creation. (19 kg before failure wtf)  -__-

Show off!!!

 The meeting ended with a combined buffet lunch with some other engineering clubs.

Say hello to the holidays!!!

Muahahahahaha 2 weeks of blissful relaxation and fun! And mine starts 1 day faster than most students cause there's no class on Fridays.

Updates updates!
Curtin's Art and Dance's class will be having their first dance session at Rec Hall tomorrow at 5-7pm followed by their AGM at 7pm. hahaha Dancers will be sharing hall with the Badminton Club. Anyway, I will update soon about Curtin CUTEC's welcoming party that happened last last week.

Till then, Ciao!!

Engineering First Year Unit: Electrical Systems 100

Hello my fellow students!

I have some useful links for Electrical Systems 100 unit.
Click here for the the 10th Edition of Introductory Circuit Analysis by Robert L Boylestad (Prentice Hall Inc.) free ebook.

I stumbled upon this link when I was looking at the ES100 unit outline. Previous ES100's lecturer were kind enough to upload lecture notes and tutorial sheets online. But then again, in 1 week's time, moodle's going to provide us with the latest notes and tutes. So not much point to dl the old version.

Anyway, I hope these links are helpful!
I found out there is a ES100 free ebook at the END of my semester! =P

O-Week

It's been ages since I last posted! Blame it on the CNY celebrations! haha
Anyway, Semester 1 of 2010 is going to start very soon. In fact, O-Week begins today!

Oh, I still vaguely remember my O-Week. Mine was enlightening to say the least. The SOAR Advisors were really helpful and friendly which made all of us, newcomers at ease. So this is how uni-life would be, I thought. Fun, warm, friendly, and lots of support. Ha-ha. Most of the acquaintances I met in O-Week were Foundation students. So when class started, I only know a few people in the lecture hall. But every now and then, I still see my ex-orientation-groupmates around! All in all, O-Week was alright. It served it's purpose well and I have no qualms about it. Plus there was free lunch and free dinner at the end of O-Week!! The dinner is a party called O-Nite! Sometimes they have it at the nearby Lutong Beach or the Shell/Petronas recreation place.Ours was held at LT if I'm not mistaken. Argh, why mid year intakes dun get priviledges one!!!

To all Curtin newcomers, your first sem is gonna be pretty interesting so brace urself for the ride, eh? Cheers to uni life and most importantly, FREEDOM!!! hahahaha

Polytechnic...

Singapore polytechnic, Temasek polytechnic, Ngee Ann polytechnic and Republic polytechnic are the few of Singapore's top leading institutions of higher learning. Which one to choose to atted to, it's really up to your own decision. Today,i am going to give some brief information of one of those polytechnics, which will be Nanyang Polytechnic. Established in 1992 over a 30.5 hectares land ,the polytechnic now accept students from all over the world ,provided that they achieve the minimum grades that have been set for the courses that they are enrolling into. To date, Nanyang polytechnic has seven different faculty, namely Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Information Technology, Faculty of Business Management, Faculty of Design ,Faculty of Chemical and Life Sciences and Faculty of Interactions and Digital Media. Besides that, the campus is also equipped with state to the art facilities. It has a computerized library where students can find what they want just by clicking on the mouse, a 300-seater theatre and a 1200-seater auditorium which is large enough to accommodate the students , the lecturers and the invited guests on special function. The gymnasium, running track, basketball court and rock-climbing facilities are open for all students to train their stamina and tone up their muscles. Convenient shops are also made available in the campus and are selling stationery, gift items and food items at a reasonable price.

Last but not least, Nanyang polytechnic is only a 5-minutes a walk from Yio Chu Kang MRT station. It is really convenient for the students studying there to go downtown for a movie or do some groceries or even shopping with friends at the weekend.

(Students who need financial aid for their studies can apply a loan-free interest from Singapore’s bank or apply for the scholarships made available on the polytechnic website. However, the latter requires the applicant to be bonded with the government for 3 years).

Love is...

LOMOGRAPHY

Colours so ethereal, they lend the photos a cartoon-like effect. Can the real world ever look this beautiful?

Photo taken with old-school analogue cameras.♥♥

I can't decide between a Lomo, Diana or Holga. Full-sized or mini's?

A Diana Mini.

(All photos via lomography)

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