The Conclusion - Academic Roundup

And yes, The final chapter, The last goodbye, adios.. memories that will be unforgettable. To me, it was an escape, a release from the stresses of Sillypore and NUS life.. An escape boat away from the boat.. and a semester of ultimate slackness and playtime.. one which u will nvr ever enjoy in your life ever again. Right now, I meet people, I catch up with friends n family, and they ask a simple question, "How's Finland? How's the SEP experience?" and i am unable to come up with a concise answer which sums up everything.. I mean "5 mths of travel and play and msn and gossip and chat and dota and soccer and movies and dramas" .. you do notice that study isnt in any of the above sentence..

Comparing study.. DEfinitely as what my finland seniors said.. the syllabus is only like 1/3 of what is covered in a typical NUS sem.. which is pretty true considering i only studied like 2 wks out of 5 mths? and despite the harrowing near misses and retaking of tests and last minute cramming, i still came out unscathed.. and totally undeserving.. i din even study a single bit of DSP or did i touch 2001 after the 1st reading.. Let me recount our modules and the memories that came with it..

Comm Networks - I only made it for like 3 lectures out of 20? and always tio suan by Javier who makes it a pt to come to class yet he still has to copy for exams.. duhz.. Other than the 2 projects wif xz.. and our collabaration wif the 2 mexicans Roberto and also bob.. we met otto for lunch a few times.. and tats all.. exam wise.. super strict marker.. they were commenting on how only a few 2 or 3 pple got grade 5.. and abt 30 to 40% failed? then the 2nd retest was the killer blow.. wif only 3 days to study and not to mention 3 other modules tat wk.. all 5 retestees failed except me.. i bet his feedback is going to be a furore indeed! Overall, i was pretty shocked that they followed the marking guide so strictly cos i really thought i passed 1st time round.. i guess finland doesnt look at crap and general idea..

EE Project - Dr J*** Karvo : he was simply too nice a prof.. such that we climb over his head.. ee2001 spore pple chk this out.. 6 meetings with prof and 2001 we got a grade 4.. for merely copy n pasting the 2 books he gave us to read about electric vehicles.. we juz paraphrase the books the go meeting and pretend to listen to him lecture.. notable moments were the vulgar note on the washing machine that he translated for me, jinfu sleeping right under his nose after lunch, we going to his meeting late every time and always going back wif not much improvement after our 1st draft.. ultimately, we still managed to smoke him and even tho' i think he knew, he juz bochap.. since we are exchange students..

Finnish 1A - Selja .. She was such a nice teacher.. her only fault was that she put her lessons in the morning which i confirm wun go la.. in the end, i din wanna map this module cos i was piahing dsp and comms that night n decided to give up n hopefully pass wif minimum effort but alas the class room not conducive for copying and also to copy finnish is soooo hard...language paper lei.. but after the hooha over hrm and comms, i lan lan have to map this so i went to retake and have to study finnish all over again.. some pple still take pic of my grade 0... haizz.. of cos the other sg pple were hao lianing their grade 4s and 5 and kj even got grade 5 for 1b despite complaining like mad... he REALLY is typical tchs boy..

DSP - i din study, i lucky, i hamtam the mcq and the minimum requirements for passing are really minimum .. such that the 2nd common test i only needed 3 marks out of 25 to pass.. but muz thank xz n kj for doing the course assignment.. heh.. i only used my contacts to get abishek's report as reference for our report.. so dun say i din contribute...

HRM - happening siah .. my idol kwang kai chun was supposed to print out the project after both of us finished it.. then he lent jinfu to copy our cover page and when the file was returned to him, the names on the cover page was hong jinfu and kkc.. which means i din do the project at all.. and my credibility was in doubt when i go n beg for leniency for the exam.. and i cant believe how strict and unbendy they are.. only one mark and they refuse to give.. and my essay marks alr can let me pass liao.. in the end.. i lan lan last wk hafta study all over again and take a special exam TOGETHER with my DC paper.. well this was supposed to be a breeze.. 3 lec diaries, one project and 200 pgs of readings.. grade 3 in the end..

Meeting and Negotiations - pASS, fail module based on attendance.. attend 14 out of 18 lessons n u pass! i attended abt 10 only but thru meeting the lecturer and negotiating wif him.. i passed! heh.. aint tat the aim of the course? easy module.. no prep.. juz tat the lesson hours were long.. mon to wed .. 2 hr 15 min each.. learn how to chair meetings.. role playing etc.. din help tat i was only sg person in class.. so i kinda stood out when i was travelling and wasnt present.. and it was kinda basic english elementary stuff.. more suited for those non english speaking pple.. the spaniards, finnish n china pple sure did benefit from the classes.. for me, i merely needed the credits..

Digital Control - i did most of asssignments but in the end i juz gave this up cos' i had to make a choice between hrm and this.. kinda wasted cos i was doing some assignments consistently.. but oh wellz.. sacrifices have to be made.. jinfu is king in this module.. he really master tactician..