The 2nd last ending...

Song of the day:
Melee
"Built To Last"

FINALLY!

Exams are over, for the 2nd last time!

I HATE EXAMS! :)

Phewww...

It has been the worst exam experience I've ever endured in my entire schooling life.

I've to dig into books and notes to study.

Why?

I haven't been really studying now consistently for the past semester. :D

Kinda recalling stuff, I guess this is the 2nd last ending of my life.

Exams-wise of course.

I don't know whether I'll miss exams or not after I graduate.

But I know there would be other forms of exams in my up and coming life.

Some are visible, some are invisible, some are predictable, some aren't.

Now the focus in my life would be on my final year project.

The micro-controller based project.

YiPEE!...

It's another round of headache to be honest BUT it'll be a boredom killer for sure.

I remembered having the experience to endure a weird, difficult but interesting industrial training, facing the computer everyday just dealing with programming stuff.

Woot... *Insert shifty eyes emoticon*

But I'm a person who prefers to do things using the "Kelvin" way (besides from the "Arsenal" way).

I prefer to have an almost 90% say in what I am going to do rather than compromising with other people's idea which might clash with the "Kelvin" way.

Therefore, sometimes I wonder whether I can work well in a group of people.

This past semester taught me several things about team-working and its pros, cons and importance.

Throughout the whole semester, I had to endure a totally new concept of laboratory in my faculty known as PBL Laboratory (Problem Based Learning).

Students are put into groups of 4, where each group has to undergo a project for a month in a particular field.

So brainstorming, team-working, hands-on experience, presentation etc. are required to be done in a group work basis.

Phew... I had a hard time working with these guys as I know my workload would always be much more than the other members.

The reason:

1. I'm a person who wants things to be as good as it can get.
   
2. I'm lazy at times to return to uni for discussions
3. I don't trust my members enough to achieve what I want.

Therefore, my group members are always considered to be pretty fortunate due to my presence in the group.

I'm not a perfectionist and this is not a joke, but I've met a lot of people whose expectations are way higher than what I expect.

So, I'm a person who just wants to get things right and as good as it can be.

For instance, laboratory experiment presentation slides.

After conducting a particular experiment, usually it would be me giving out orders to group members (Yes, me always) to do their part in the presentation slides and those fellas had to hand it to me for editing purposes.

And who does the editing?

Me, Kelvin Lye Kwong Loong aka Kevlinefm aka Kel.

Besides, I'm always the person to organize stuff in the group.

E.g. gathering members for presentation rehearsal, meetings and report gathering.

Luckily we don't have a post-mortem. *Insert shifty eyes emoticon*

Therefore, team-work, to me, is always about me, me, me and the added workload on my shoulders.

It's always the same for each and every assignment throughout my entire uni life.

I wish to work individually sometimes and the chance has come for me to work ONLY for myself.

Hurray!...

Hopefully this doesn't sound like I'm announcing that I'm "anti-social" or a misfit.

One more semester later, I would reach another cross-roads in my life.

A lot of my uni friends are readying themselves for the new challenges in the working world.

But I seem to be the only one without a direction.

I'm not sure.

I'm not so keen on working and yet I'm also not so keen on continuing my studies in the engineering field.

So, it's a dilemma "awwwwwwwww, awwwwwwwww" (Just fantasizing about Nelly's "Dilemma" featuring Kelly Rowland).

This would be one decision that requires my utmost attention.

To be honest, I've not been enjoying life for the past 3 and a half years.

So, I would want to enjoy life after graduating before even considering stepping into the working world.

But people around me are so eager to get into THAT world that it seems so unbelievable at times.

:(

Putting that aside, I've decided to buy an Arsenal jersey, the away white kit from England!

:D

I've been thinking of getting one since early July when the white kit was released.

Drooling and drooling over it.

Sanderson got one with "Adebayor 25" on it and I want it. :(

Anyway, I've been discussing with my pal in England to get me one.

I'll most likely get Hlebby 13 as he's the best player I've ever seen in central midfield.

Sorry to Man Untied but Scholes, Nani, Keane, Owen Hargreaves, Carrick and other Man Untied are not even fit to lick his boots.

Arsenal would be playing Wigan this Saturday without the first choice central midfield pairing of Flamini and Cesc (Flamster suffered an injury and Cesc suspended after picking up his 5th yellow card of the season).

So good luck to me, and good luck to the Arsenal!