Presentation

Its been while since I last updated. Actually there have been a lot of things to talk bout. But i think I'll break them up so that the post does not end up to be super long and its taking ages to upload the photos (sorry for the blurry pics). In this post as well, I will introduce some of my classmates that make my clock tick by the day.

After all the butterfly flying in my stomach and hourly visit to the loo, my proposal presentation was not as bad as I expected to be. I'd say my presentation was above average which was reflected through the marks that I got for my performance (4/5). But if I start comparing with some students who sets the bar very high (4.75/5), I'll be a very sad boy.

Yours truly in action minus the shaky leg

Making his first appearance in my blog, none other than my FYP partner, TPK @ Tham Pak Kwan

I had to say both TPK and myself did a good job in presenting our slides. Although I have to admit my legs were shaking uncontrollably when delivering my speech, I think the long pants did a good job.

Another Indian in my class, Vijendren @ Vj and Tommy with his 'formal' attire and macho pose

I did not stammer nor did I forget my lines. Thanks to my blabbering like a retard sitting in front of the computer screen and practicing my lines.

We were worried we might get bombarded with some tough questions because there was this lecturer who can't stop asking questions for each and every presentation done. But miraculously, he just kept quiet during our Q&A session. And another thing to note was our supervisor, Dr Kenny ffk us just when we wanted to present. Okay he didn't actually walked off on us. He was about to have class when we were out to present. So the person who evaluated us is none other than Dr Kenny's best friend, Dr Keith.

of the 3 Jasons' in my class. 1 This is Ng

The youngest yet the smartest girl in our class, Caroline. After her presentation, the number of people in the classroom was reduced to half. No presents for guessing why

PS - There have been some complaints from my friends who read this blog saying that this blog of mine is turning into a FYP progression report. Well, sorry guys, I can only write what revolves around my life. I know, my life is sad.

Kena Screw Round 2

The continuation to the previous post, I shall continue with the remarks TPK and I got for our Research Proposal paper. This time it was not 'that bad' as we initially predicted, hugely thanks to the research that TPK did before meeting him.

But the research alone didn't spare us from the comments by Dr Kenny as he has already prepared his 'speech' for us. His words was, "Lack of reference". And for our work, we got a grand total of *drums roll* 6/10 as our marks and it contributes 5% to our final marks. What a way to start off the year long project!

Next week is presentation week. Proposal presentation to be exact. I'm pretty sure everyone have their story to tell when it comes to presentation and I'm no different. My main concern is my stammering. Hopefully I can get thru this unscathed. Come on everybody..pray for me..

Note to self - Dust off the formal clothes and shine the shoe..

Kena Screw

Well let me start off this post just by giving you a brief definition of what screw means as given in the online dictionary.

1. 1. A cylindrical rod incised with one or more helical or advancing spiral threads, as a lead screw or worm screw.
   2. The tapped collar or socket that receives this rod.
   3. A tapered and pointed wood screw.
   4. A cylindrical and flat-tipped machine screw.
   5. A prison guard.
   6. The turnkey of a jail.
   7. Salary; wages.
   8. A small paper packet, as of tobacco.
   9. An old broken-down horse.
   10. A stingy or crafty bargainer.
2. A metal pin with incised threads and a broad slotted head that can be driven as a fastener by turning with a screwdriver, especially:
   1. A tapered and pointed wood screw.
   2. A cylindrical and flat-tipped machine screw.
   3. A prison guard.
   4. The turnkey of a jail.
   5. Salary; wages.
   6. A small paper packet, as of tobacco.
   7. An old broken-down horse.
   8. A stingy or crafty bargainer.
3. A device having a helical form, such as a corkscrew.
4. A propeller.
5. A twist or turn of or as if of a screw.
6. Vulgar Slang The act or an instance of having sexual intercourse.

I'm sure many would have thought I'm writing this post to announce to the world that I've done as written in the definition number 6. Sorry to disappoint you all, but this post is not going to be on my sexual encounter.

Unfortunately, we Malaysian have another meaning for the term 'kena screw', which also means 'kena marah' or more commonly used among chinese are 'kena tiao'...wait...'even tiao' has two meanings as well and one of them refers to definition number as 6 above (what a coincidence :-P).

Let me get straight to the point. As I've already mentioned in my first post, I'm currently doing my FYP under Dr Kenny. Since we have not progressed on anything on that, TPK and I came up with a design of a solar water distiller that we want to work on and went to meet Dr Kenny to show our design.

After looking at the rough sketching of our design for what seems to be an eternity,

Dr Kenny: So have you calculated what are the amount of radiation your design can collect?
TPK and I looked at each other
Me: No sir.
Dr Kenny: OK, have you calculated the flow rate your design?
TPK and I looked at each other again
Me: No sir.
Dr Kenny: *Taking deep breath* U see, this project is extensive. I think you have to do research on the previous journals and study the pros and cons of their design and study the solar radiation throughout the day in Malaysia and see how you can make your design better.
TPK and I: *Heads held low* OK, thank you sir.

So my friends, although it may not sound as bad as I started this post, it was actually quite embarrassing. We knew Dr Kenny not going to 'screw' us with any vulgar words or swear at us. But having already studied under him for 2 years plus, TPK and I know its bad enough. The word 'extensive' he used proves that
1. Our design is crap.
2. What the hell have you been doing so far?
3. Be more serious on what you do.
To make matters worst, TPK reminded him about our proposal paper, which in my opinion, has nothing really informative. And Dr Kenny asked us to meet him next week to talk bout the paper as he haven't looked at it.

Stay tune for 'Kena Screw Round 2'!!.

Hello, Apa Khabar, Vanakam, Namaste

Hello everyone, since this is the first post of mine, I shall begin with something happy.

This happened like two weeks ago when my FYP partner, TPK and I went to meet my supervisor, Dr Kenny. We were asking him what were we supposed to do for our project. So while he was busy answering our retarded questions, he was playing with his bottle cap..No not the bottle caps that we used to play in our schooling years. Just an ordinary blue bottle cap which he swung left and right as though he was carrying a wand or something trying to animate himself when suddenly the cap fell to the ground underneath his table.

There was dead silence in the room for a while. He looked at the bottle cap for a moment then realizing he can't reach it, he went like "So where were we?"

TPK and I came out and burst out laughing. Funny! No? Well sorry for my poor attempt then. I shall try harder next time or I should just close this blog and go back to 'stalking' other people's blog as TPK puts it.