Ｂelated 新年快乐！！

In a blink of the eye, CNY has came and gone. Been caught up in a long hiatus due to several project deadlines, but now that DM's done (at least phase 1), I can finally start my overdue tirade/whine/rant etc.

除夕 was a mad rush, mixed with disappointments and happiness. Went to school for meeting (sigh... let's not talk about what happened here...), back home for a quick nap before heading to my uncle's place for reunion dinner like every year. Dinner was great, causing me to come up with a quick equation: steamboat + potluck = too much food!! Stuffed ourselves silly with great food, Lee Ru Cuz's 算盘子, 二伯母's delicious beef and 猪脚 etc etc etc！There was so much food that we couldn't finish it up, so guess what the next day's breakfast will be:P

The next 2 days was a mass of fun, out visiting, collecting ang pows, playing, gambling, catching up on sleep, watching tv.. basically didn't do any work. Then the world came crashing in.. knew there was a reason why so many people went back to school on 除三 after all.. The DM and Oo project phase 1 deliverables deadline loomed ahead, and no meeting yet! Tonnes of make up classes, assignments, tests and all other deadlines were gonna crash in together in the next 2-3 weeks - and still are, for that matter...

Is it some perverse nature of teachers to have all the deadlines together? I know ... yes ... as SMU students we should know how to time manage, plan properly blah blah... make sure we complete our stuff. I say they're throwing us newbie swimmers into the deep end of the ocean, and god bless. Maybe some talented swimmers will survive with such little training, but the future certainly looks bleak for the rest of us mere mortals.

Another gripe - WHY ARE THE PROJECT GUIDELINES ALWAYS SO VAGUE? Should that not constitute a wide range of available answers? Yet, there seems to be a certain way we should answer... not to overcomplicate things, or to provide too little. A fine balance indeed, and an art we definitely need to learn. Once again, the deep end? Perhaps that's the way we should be learning things, and it's just me being whiny... but why all at once, haven't they heard of something got staggered learning? Geez!!

Anyways, one down, tons more to go! Wooo Hooo!!

Reminder to self:
8th (Wed) OO Phase 1 Due, AS Assignment Due
9th (Thurs) CT Group Project Due
13th (Mon) AS Individual Project Due
15th (Wed) OO Midterm, BGS Test, AS Assignment?
16th (Thurs) CT Individual Project, Stats Assignment 2 (12pm), DM Phase 2
18th (Sat) 10-1130 Stats Mid Term Test

Well, whining aside, today was a fairly good day after all. Handed up DM Phase 1, a minor relief before phase 2 is due, had a fun DM lesson today, then celebrated Vivienne's birthday in school. (Was supposed to celebrate Adrian's Birthday too! But due to some oversight and miscalculation, oops! Tomorrow!!!!) Thanks to Ben, we managed to buy back a nice ice-cream cake and gave Vivienne a nice birthday surprise. Well, at least I hope we did, were kinda obvious about it though. Hope she enjoyed it, I certainly did. 生日快乐oh!!