Today is TKKYIA(Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors' Award) interview day.. In short, todae is our the 1st stage of competition.. We're pretty nervous when we arrive at the venue(A*Star, 30 Biopolis St).. We found there are many other grps over there waiting for their interview.. Each interview will hav 5 diff judges & they will keep shooting question bout ur prototype.. We saw all kind of prototype over there.. We r kinda 'special' as we didnt bring our prototype as it was too big(a bed) & heavy(should be >100kg) to present over there.. Wat we did is we prepare a video & present over there..
However the presentation did not run smoothly, coz our judges dun seen to understand our product.. Aft the presentation they were still pretty confused wat we wan to invent & wat the purpose.. Somehow its very hard for them to understand as tis thermal waterbed invention muz see frm a mother view yet all our judges r male.. We r pretty unlucky todae.. We oso come to a conclusion tat our judges aint professional enuff, they dun hav much patient to wait.. Frm our presentation, we can predict tat we will not go into stage 2 of the competition.. It seen to be a bad news but might be a gd news too.. We could take a brk, finally.. See, we r reali happy when we took photo aft the interview!
Thing tat happened during these 3 wks: We found tat designing & making actual prototype can be totally diff.. Designing is a thinking, a dream.. Making prototype is realistic & practical.. Tis competition is smth like how to put ur idea into realistic & it ain't easy at all.. At the first place, we oni hav 3 wks time to do all these, 1 wk for material gathering, 1 wk for making of prototype & 1 wk for preparing presentation including flim & edit video, took photograph & powerpoint slide.. I remember a few days ago we're almost dying soon, were pretty depress bout the project.. Imagine dreaming of doing project in ur slp or tear suddenly, not emotional but reali too tired.. However there r benefit too, we learnt how to edit video by ourselves, learnt how to make prototype etc..
Ok, guess I should include a pic of our production below.. I guess 90% of the ppl will not understand w/o any explaination.. Hehe..
Kit said it at 5:36:00 PM
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
My result was out todae, woke at 7 plus am to check.. Den I found out I got a C+ in my result tis time round.. Tis is my first C aft like 4 sem in Ngee ann.. Oh dear, will it continue.. Wat sadden me more is tat for the other module I still got not bad grade, so tis totally pull me down, affect my GPA dramatically.. I'm going to faint! Tis made me to hav no mood to go for SLS outing tis evening, dun wan to show ppl faces as I'm not someone wif masks.. I noe I will be super emotional, even though I tried to focus on my project todae but my grp mate can tell tat I'm very moody todae.. Not reali cant accept the fact tat I score badly for my paper, juz tat the other module r doing well but it was affected by tis 1, the black sheep.. Haiz~ Ok, I should let it go.. At least my GPA is above 3.5 & better than the previous sem.. Can u imgine w/o the C+ how much I can get? Tis sentence sound a bit too proud.. LOL..
Anyway, got my first papillio.. I'm glad tat I made a right choice by choosing green! It look so nice tat I kept taking photo.. Somehow I learn to follow my heart.. Coz my surrounding think tis izzit nice n I start tell myself its true, it izzit nice.. I'm so easily control by other ppls' words.. Hehe, at least there is smth to be happy bout aft bad result.. Somehow I wan to tell my dear shoes, 'hey! thx for acc me for tis bad day.. Occupy me by letting me to take pic of u..' I guess I should move to woodbridge soon..
Do you noe? Sometimes a small word can heal or hurt a ppl? Both start wif 'H' but opposite in meaning.. My day was brighten up! Thx to those many many small words..
Kit said it at 8:35:00 PM
Saturday, March 10, 2007
haven't blog for long time as I dunno wat to blog bout.. My life was bout going back to sch & start working on the prototype & den 1 day juz gone like tis.. I think I wan to plan my life aft tis competition.. Hmm, wat should I do den?
Ok, firstly, plenty of exercise, dunno izzit possible anot but I will try.. NAFRA test will be coming next sem, I guess I nid to train myself.. Should go running around 2-3 times a wk.. Not forgeting about swimming, I love swimming! I feel gd todae & pretty suprise tat I still can swim few laps.. So wat other exercise should I do? Oh ya, cycling! Muz ask them bout it.. If I dun exercise I might become 1 fat pig soon..
Next, I feel like meeting my frenz & go out! Nv shop or had any entertainment for quite some time.. Plan to go klunch, ice-skiing, sentosa etc.. Not forgetting bout movies! Recently I'm looking for info like some food outlets & restaurants to pig out.. Found out bout tis cheesecake place call The Cheesecake Cafe at east coast road near siglap centre, should try out wif yiwen as she love cheesecake..
I guess there are 2 events tat we haven't plan yet.. 1 will be my poly chalet, aft they book the chalet, we haven't plan the event, food etc.. I wan to start planning it! Mayb can hav a small high tea section etc wif many pastry.. Its nice to sit around a table & enjoy while chit chatting.. Next will be the thai trip, havent reali discuss bout its schedule & decide our accommodation.. Should do all these soon..
Haha, its gd to plan my 1 month vacation ahead.. So it wun be wasted..
Kit said it at 7:42:00 PM
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
I'm pretty upset todae.. Nid some help in a project so call a fren.. Call a fren yet tis fren said smth like dun bother bout me to someone else.. Its hurt, very hurt.. No 1 said tat to me b4.. I'm quite bother by tis actually.. Y am I so? Juz some silly word.. I dunno..
Kit said it at 11:47:00 PM
Saturday, March 03, 2007
Super gd mood ytd, I went to raffles city to Q up for doughnut, it took me 2hrs.. They taste pretty normal juz tat they r pretty soft n their filling taste gd.. Tis is the smth tat attract me.. The few I love most is the dark chocolate peanut, halzenut milk chocolate & mocha flavour.. The filling r nice especially aft mircowave reheat.. But tis doughnut is not suitable for everyone, coz some r reali too sweet le.. Overall I dun think it worth 2hrs of queuing.. If the queue is not so long like 15-20mins, I'm still fine wif it.. By tat time it will be like rotiboy wif many outlet etc le..
Kit said it at 5:18:00 PM
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Didn't blog for these few days bcoz I've nth to do except going back to sch for the project.. Felt pretty stressful not bcoz of the project but by the lecturer around us.. When the lecturers saw us, most of them noe us since we're going to yr 3 le, they will start asking y are we here tis vacation.. Den we will tell them we're here for brainstorming bout the prototype for the competition.. They will give tat type of I can trust u look, tis scared me.. Even our lecturer Mr Yong who follow up wif tis project said thing like money izzit a prob, sch will pay.. I can understand tat NP is rich, but not till tis extend rite?
Went back to sch frm mon to wed, we finally concluded wat to buy n how to make the thingy.. Gd for us.. tis mean tat these 2 days we dun nid to go back to sch until monday when the frame & the raw material we nid are ready.. By then, all we nid to do is start testing out how to make thing work..
At times, I dun understand y we nid to do tis project.. Tis take up our vacation, we cant go overseas nor looking for a job like the other gals.. Sob.. At first still think tat we can start earning money for our thai trip in June, I guess we can forget bout it le.. I'm thinking wat should we do aft the competition, anyone got those weeks or 1 mth assignment to intro aft 17 march?
Kit said it at 10:19:00 PM