Saturday, October 15, 2005
Summary of the WeekLets see, I've been extremely busy this entire week and for what I still don't know why. Nothing seems to have been done and I don't know whats my motivation or drive to work so hard, and to amount to what? I haven't seen any fruit of my labour yet and have begun to start wondering what is my objective in life at all.
Grading was on Sunday and we're one step closer to black, on Monday we resumed our FYP project. Then a pleasant surprise! The Sabah guys came to the bme centre! They got acquainted with the clubhouse and everyone got comfortable, we had a great lunch at pizza hut. It's really fun to be back with them again, everyone had a great time at Pizza hut, and later they went shopping whilst we returned to do our project. Now that they've all given me their photos, the 4 cameras amounted to some 2000 photos to compile!
Tuesdays was another extremely busy day. Lots of work to do and meetings with several teachers at the same time I will be planning another meeting for the post-Sabah trip in conjunction plans for the next gathering, sending out emails and such, then I was also expected to organize a science symposium for some secondary school students to show them what the BME course is all about. I couldn't specifically remember sitting at my desk for more than 10 minutes at a time.
Bad luck comes in groups. Wednesday, I was extremely busy today and was hit with a lot of mishap, I started the day with meeting. Then my laptop gave in, bad luck always comes in groups, and we found out that our Acceleratometer board doesn't work and we suspect it's fried because of Electrostatic discharge. BAD LUCK. And worse still, we don't even have a proper working sensor circuit board at all, I never felt so discouraged before. It was bad news one after another and I went back to school empty handed and not knowing what to do for the rest of the day.
Thursday, it was a struggle throughout the whole day. Racking our brains for another alternative and nearly at wits end with ideas, but we always followed our ideal. Never give up. Never quit, all problems are solveable. It was depressing. Then the day closed with another meaningless, no-objective-in-sight meeting.
Friday, we started the day with a heavy heart as I told my partner that we had to purchase the board. The cost was exhorbidant by our standards but our spirits were lifted up with the Sabah meeting! Almost everyone came down to the AVA room and we had alot of fun recollecting and we are already looking forward to the upcoming chalet.
Then guess what? Some guy from UPS called me and said that there was a package from me and handed me a large box with a full smile. I looked at him quizzedly and was really puzzled why I had such a package. I didn't specifically remember ordering anything so large.
Guess what? WE GOT A free Acceleratometer KIT1390MMA7260Q Evaluation board! We were elated, (And to think I was the one in charge of the hardware), it was a large package, about the size of 2 shoeboxes, and we were so happy to receive it! Later I also received another package from DHL from Analog Devices for some quad Op-amps.
FINALLY SOME GOOD LUCK. After one whole week of dawdling around with black faces because of the lack of project progress, sometimes some people need some luck.
When the fanfare died down, I stayed late while everyone left earlier, guess what? At about 8pm, without completing much work, I simmered all the way home due to the lack of progress or limited productivity that made me feel frustrated.
Sucky friday, things ain't going my way
Everything is wrong, what the heck is going on
Saturday. Ran some errands, got irritated by an incompetant nurse, wasted time in a queue and finally settled down to get some work done.
7:06 PM
