Magic Plastic

3/15/2009 10:45:00 PM

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Due to my blurness and forgetfulness, I locked my self out of my room ~again~, for the fourth time this semester. I seriously need to make a spare key to be kept somewhere already.

Anyway, since I locked myself out, and my roomate would only be back by 10++ pm, it was highly unproductive to actually wait about 3-4 hours before she came back. Fortunately for me, Dean and Ivan offered me two alternative solutions. 
1.    Pick the lock using a folded plastic sheet 
      (those used for the front cover of project binding)
2.    Break the door down if first alternative fails.

Well, fortunately for me, the first alternative worked, but it took quite a long time of trying though. And of course, I had to learn + practice how to do it with the common room door first before I could try it on my own room door. It's really a very ordinary sheet of plastic as you can see here



But seriously, after trying it myself, it isn't all that difficult to open the door with the plastic sheet once you get the hang of it. That sorta explains how people's things can get stolen so easily without signs of the door being forcibly open. 
Need to get some new padlocks!!
- Especially for my room door.

So thanks to both Ivan and Dean, I learnt a new skill today, plus I didn't have to spend 3-4 hours waiting outside my room till my roomie returned. Yeay!!! 
Thank you both soooo much. Gona have to belanja you all makan before the mid-semester break.



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Checkpoint Motivation

3/14/2009 11:47:00 PM

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It's been raining cats and dogs again today. The first round of morning showers started when I was in the middle of my morning jog. Unfortunately for me, I was at the other end of the lake, so I had no choice but to continue running back to my car. Oh well, at least I did manage to jog one round of the track despite getting drenched.

The second round of rain started just 15 minutes before we were scheduled to leave for church..*sigh - such a nice weather to sleep*
As usual, we were having a dillema of what to have for dinner after sunset mass service. Ivan finally suggested that we have McD's. Which was a rather good suggestion after all, because I managed to get something as my motivation to study for my Multimedia Network test.

So here I am, back in my cozy room, wishing I were in bed under the blankets, but studying at my table instead. 

Of course I have a great source of motivation right in front of me to get me moving along. :-P


Apple pie, apple pie, thou art the sweetest, yummiest source of motivation. (^_^)





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Dust Management

3/07/2009 01:07:00 PM

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I make it a point to maintain my 'Clean as I go' policy, especially with regards to the cleanliness of my room. Priority of course is to the cleanliness of my study table. Afterall, that is where I would be spending most of my time be it to study, complete assignments, destressing with computer mini games or surfing the net. I wipe my table once with every two days and I would say each and every item on it serves a certain functionality. Unecessary items are of course kept in the closet or drawers. 

But lately, I've been getting this weird rash on my right hand and it's only centered around the elbow and  eyes. Which is totally weird and doesn't make sense at all. It gets really really itchy and trust me, scratching doenst help at all, but instead makes it even worse. From observation, it normally gets to maximum irritation level when I'm in my room at the study table. This would basically narrow it down to two possible factors. 
1) The rash is a reaction to stress and tends to get worse as my level of stress increases 
(not good for me when it's near tests and exam time)
2) There's just something that's causing a reaction around my study table area. 
(yet to be identified)

So, to put my mind at ease, I made a mini cleanup project today to clean, dust, wipe, and sweep and mop the floor of my room. Everything's feeling squeaky clean and so far, no further reaction apart from the one two sneezes when i was sweeping the floor. Lets hope it stays that way. 
Back to work now for my projects and assignments. (^_^)






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Very early morning agenda

3/06/2009 03:43:00 AM

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It's 3.35am and I'm still awake,  AGAIN~~~. (Of course I took a power nap just now from 9.00pm -1.00am).

Suppose to be studying for my Power Electronics test but I'm so not in the mood. The environment is super nice though. Really quiet and nice for studying. Of course it's also very nice for sleeping and my bed is calling me..Or should I say seducing me to go sleep... Uaaaaah... 

This is the result of having a 'Bleeding Brain' from my Power Systems II test. Moral of the story and new resolution. NO MORE super last minute studying and cramming of info. It somehow tends to make one forget the important and simple facts when actually sitting for the paper leading to a panic black out and subsequently, brain malfunction.

With that said, this Power Electronics 2 paper is going to be my last 'Super Last Minute Studying' paper for this sem and next sem hopefully. Now back to studying... Aja Aja!!

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