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Wednesday, February 02, 2005

11 hours of school is a pain

I had to meet up with my lab partner early this morning for a discussion. Since my timetable today was going to be crunched, I had to wake up an hour earlier to cook my breakfast and lunch. I did not have any breaks in between classes today thus bringing my lunch to school is necessary.

Today was just tiring. I mean, since when school wasn't tiring for me? I have homework piling at my table at a constant rate every week. Laboratory sessions don't make it any easier because the lab reports are usually long and tedious. However, by the end of each day, I will plop on the bed, heave a sigh of relief and tell myself, "Yeap, it was worth it."

I attended my first materials engineering lab today. It was a three-hour lab and we had to do three different experiments. I marvelled at the equipment they had in those rooms. It was interesting. I liked the Hounsfield Impact Testing machine particularly. But if not handled with safety precautions, that thing can break your arm in a split second. Unfortunately, I do not have a picture of it here to show you. The TA did the impact testing for us though. We prepared the specimens ourselves - notched and placed them under different temperatures. Then, we passed it to the TA and he would do the rest. Also, there was a cool little machine that produced a cute mould of dry ice. It was very cute, but deadly if you touch it with your bare hands (eh, -78 degrees celcius!).

It was a whole different experience. The lab ended 15 minutes later than scheduled because of some minor time-management problems between the three TAs. Came home at 6pm, heated up my spagetthi in the microwave, and ate fast because I was starving. Took a hot shower, and went to bed at 7pm :P (it was more of a nap). Woke up at 9.30 pm to watch Amazing Race at a friend's place. This time, they were at Shanghai, China. We were laughing at a lot of things so I cannot list all of them. Next week is the season finale....a must-see!

Yun @ 2:41 PM | |

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Home: KL, Malaysia
School: U of A

I am someone who frets a lot - I call it a psychological disorder. I am constantly trying to escape my complex mind which, very often, drives me and my close companions to the edge of insanity. Born under the sun star Libra, I am greatly affected by a disease called "indecisiveness". Nicknames were never part of my dictionary until I met some people who decided to name me "turtle". Soon, I was representing a zoo of hamsters, "sotongs", pigs, cats, etc...

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