Freedom!
Well, on hindsight, this holiday is unlike any other holidays I’ve ever had. It was definitely one of the most hectic holidays.
First thing that happened was the disappearance of our club’s Art Director. By right he was the one who was supposed to come up with the course outline for our Photoshop and Flash courses. The first time I asked, he said there was a blackout in his hall. By Sunday, 3 December, he had disappeared into thin air, unable to be reached by phone, SMS, MSN, nor email.
And thus, the responsibility of doing the course outline was suddenly thrown to me as the Special Projects Manager, and Nicole, as the only Artist who knows how to use Flash. We did our course notes, and prepared ourselves for the course. We struggled, doing the notes at the same time as assisting people for the Cinema 4D course. And the Art Director was still not to be found.
On hindsight, it’s funny right? The Art Director was the one who did the time slots for assistants for the course, and even added “These time slots are compulsory” but he was the one who didn’t come to any of his own time slots.
Taking emergency measures, the council main committee promoted Nicole to Assistant Art Director to replace the Art Director when he was away. I’m so proud of her, that shows how much the main committee can trust her. 
But the workload was probably too much for her that she fell sick on the course day itself. Poor thing, luckily she has recovered since then.
We received quite a bit of feedback from the course participants. It seemed like most of them wanted more to be taught, but what they probably did not realise was that without the basics, it would be hard to go on to advanced topics. Of course, another problem from our part was that we didn’t have enough manpower who really knows how to use the softwares. It was almost like a one-man show for some of the parts of the courses. I guess we need more internal trainings for these.
The next big thing that happened was the release of result. I must say that I’m very satisfied with this semester’s results. Credits must go to Nicole and Theresia, my studying buddies who motivated me even though we are in different courses. Especially to Nicole for forcing me to attend lectures no matter how much I dread them. LOL.
CS226: Desktop Publishing - B+
This is quite expected. Like any design modules I’ve taken, I lost momentum by the end of the course. I flunked my last design work, and didn’t really take the final exam too seriously. This is the last requirement for my Minor in Communication Studies. I’m glad that I passed everything.
EE2001: Circuit Analysis - A+
A nemesis turned into an ally. I used to dread this subject, but by the few weeks leading to exams, I turned to love the subject.
EE2006: Engineering Mathematics I - A
Maths was one of the subjects I don’t really like, because of the abstract concepts of some of the topics. But in the end, it was pretty good after all.
EE2008: Data Structures and Algorithms - A+
My favourite subject.
EE2009: Technical Communication - B+
With problems within our group, it was a surprise that I still managed to obtain a B+ for the module.
EE2010: Signals and Systems - A+
Another of my favourite subjects.
EE2071: Laboratory - A-
The first time ever I’ve got an A for formal report and the entire laboratory module.
EE8084: Cybersecurity - B+
A subject I take as Prescribed Elective. Bullshit all the way, and B+ was the bullshit that I got. ^^
Well, the update for Christmas Eve should be in another entry, so see you soon.
Free at last,
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