I received 4 phone calls at 12pm. Thanks to Keith Tan, George, Augustus and Jacob who called me to make sure that I won’t oversleep and miss my Viva. Really appreciate it.

It was just a casual setting for the presentation. I got a little tense during the presentation, but after I was finished, it is finished! Not like I really bother about the grades, but I’m relieved! So after my Viva today, my holidays officially start from 1 Aug to 30 Sept.

I have 2 full months. Lets see..

-Want to watch Simpsons tonight.
-Retaking NAPFA on 6 Aug. (I overslept the previous time.)
-Intend to visit JB for a short day-trip on 7 Aug.
-Derek’s matrimony on 8 Aug.
-Rush Hour 3 officially opens on 9 Aug. I’m intending to watch that, and the 881 movie also.
-Aug’s birthday. Must get something for the guy who helped me with my project report.
-Army Half-Marathon on 26 Aug. My first time doing 21km.
-KL Emerge on 28 Aug through 1 Sept. Will only be returning home on Saturday night.
-Jia Ying’s wedding dinner on 30 Sept.

And then it will be 1 Oct.

An essential aspect of my Final Year Project would be the Project Viva. In other words, it’s known as the presentation.

Since my Viva is tomorrow, here are some key points to conducting an effective presentation.

1. Dress up.
   Dressing up brings out the formality and seriousness of the project. Carry yourself like a professional. Have confidence!
2. Crack jokes.
   And I don’t mean those long-winded mother goose stories. Just insert some hilarious one-liners while presenting. Use some props if necessary. It attracts the attention of your audience and it gets rid of the tension in the room.
3. Rehearse.
   Practice makes perfect.
4. Pray.
   Yeah, I’m not kidding. Pray, and fast! It’s a Tuesday anyway.
5. It’s the thought that counts.
   I’ve done this once for my OOAD2 presentation last year. Get a small packet drink for your supervisors and markers. Professional conferences serve light refreshments, and the least you can do for your project presentation is to get a beverage that your audience can enjoy throughout the hour spent inside the air-conditioned room.

Need to have some sleepless nights again.

Random.

-I love wednesdays. Bible studies with Pst CK are so fun.
-My cousin intends to sell his car and asked me if I was interested. I can’t get a loan for 35k by myself, and my dad says I can only get my car 3 years later.
-Was informed today that the Business Breakthrough Dinner has no more seats available and I can’t be part of it despite having already signed up last week.
-A cockroach was found in my room last night. Don’t know how it got in, especially when my windows and door were locked most of the time.
-Pow Wee is overseas and the company gave me 24 dockets to clear by next wednesday. If he was around, I would probably only be doing 12, or less.
-I just set up an online forum and I really need people to help me test it out. Let me know if you’re interested to help.
-I’m going to start training for my Army Half-Marathon (21km on 26 Aug) and Standard Chartered Full Marathon (42.195km on 2 Dec).
-KL Emerge. It’s 2 days (28 Aug) after my half-marathon. Sprains and aches are part of the competition, so I hope I can recover in time.
-I’m planning to watch Simpsons Movie on Friday Monday night. Going to book the tickets on Friday Monday afternoon. Most welcome to join me.
-Going to be really busy next week. Festival of Praise, Church 18th Anniversary, and not forgetting my final year project’s presentation on 3 Aug 31 July.

Somehow, feel very empty.
Jacky, Wee Qi, Ben Tan, Wah Keong, Ben Ong, Zhihong, Keith He, Vincent.. They’re all in NS.
Jabez, Keith Chan, Alex.. They’re going in soon.
Keith Tan, Jensen, George.. Busy with projects and exams.

Nobody to talk to.

I want to live life without regrets.

I want to try everything at least once.

So this year, I signed up for the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon.

My goodness, I don’t know what to expect and I seriously don’t know why I made this rash decision, but I just felt like it.

What’s done has already been done. Registration costs $55 and I’ve already registered for it. My race ID has been assigned and it’s my first time trying 42.195km. I’ve done 10km, but not 42.195km. This has seriously gone too far. Timothy, what do you think you’re doing?!

Somebody, anybody, please join me. I don’t want to die alone.

I keep telling myself to live and let live, but the more I think about this matter, I simply cannot let it rest.

It’s 10am. You know how precious my sleep can be, especially after such a tiring weekend and this bitch phones you early in the morning.

Bitch: Hello, is this Lee Kah Huat?
Me: No, wrong number.
Bitch: I am looking for Lee Kah Huat.
Me: Wrong number.
Bitch: Cannot be.

I was thinking, “WHAT YOU MEAN CANNOT BE?!!!”
Stupid? Dumb? Or just being herself?

Me: What number you call?
Bitch: 9336 XXXX
Me: I said wro…

And that bitch hangs up the phone.

I was damn pissed so I called that number back.

Bitch: Hello, ________. (It’s the name of her company.)
Me: …
Bitch: Hello..?
Me: ….
Bitch: Hello? Who’s that on the line?
Me: Who looking for Lee Kah Huat just now?

And that bitch hung up again.

Stupidest woman in the whole world. I got your company and wait till I get your name. You’re gonna lose your job.

!@%$#&$*%(@$^@*&^)%*

I’m gonna start ranting here.
I am not exaggerating in this post. Every single bit of detail is accurate!

Every now and then, I come across blog entries with people complaining about Java and ASP and .VB and MySQL and their family of junk. I understand how it feels because sometimes I struggle with these programming crap too.

However, when it comes to an extent that you have too many different things to cope and that you are frustrated that Microsoft’s answers to simple solutions are so difficult to develop, you get really pissed and surrender at the mercy of the software.

I used to think that people who are multi-lingual are very cool. People who can speak English, Mandarin, Malay, Hokkien, Cantonese, Teochew.. and many other dialects. How cool is that?!

Well, I am multi-lingual too. I can speak 7 languages! English, Mandarin, Cantonese, HTML, MySQL, Java, and VB.Net. How cool is that?! Not at all! The last 4 are irrelevant.

Complaining so much about it wouldn’t change things for me, but boy, am I glad that it’s all over! Spent close to 60 gruelling hours, barely slept, rushing against time to complete a report that determines how much I wasted my 3 years in polytechnic life pursuing something I am not interested in. Come to think of it, what did I learn for the past 3 years? All my projects and assignments, since Year 1, were completed with the help of Jensen, Jacob, Jolene etc. My final year project was completed with the help of Han Xiang, Gerald, Augustus and Zong De! I don’t know how I managed to pass all my exams, but I was one of the fortunate few that passed every semester without studying.

And even this report was completed with the help of Augustus, who came over to my house to help me.

This report, unfortunately, is not mine. It belongs to a nerd. I borrowed it because his report is almost like a model report. I am using it as a reference to do mine. His report probably has close to 200 pages. Well done! Mine probably doesn’t even have 70 pages.

Not like I really care, but in case I don’t make it this semester, I already have other plans for a much brighter future. I am pretty confident of it! 🙂

Finally submitted my report in school before 12pm and started to feel a little hungry, which isn’t really surprising because I haven’t ate anything since last night.

Prepared my lunch at home, then heard a still small voice reminding me, “Psst.. It’s Tuesday today!”

Oh gosh.. Gotta overcome the flesh.