I want to get over it.

Woke up feeling grey today, because something struck my mind the moment I open my eyes. Its always been like that these days, off and on..Its beyond my control, really. I wish I could wake up thinking about you every morning, instead its

Something I barely wanna think of; Something I wish I don't have to think of; Something I don't want to worry about; Something I am supposed to be confident of, but it keeps haunting me most of my mornings =(

Its gonna be a month now and I've been trying my best to get over it;

I thought I was okay, but later to realize that:::::>>

I need time to adjust, accept and be comfortable bout it, but I can't be sure how long it takes. useless me.

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Finished 2 papers this week, and it went uhh, badly. My bad, I haven't been concentrating well and I'll have to bear the consequences. Sigh. Will try my best for the next 3.

Wandering Around

For a split second today, I thought I was living in a low-cost flat. While I was doing my own things, suddenly I heard some girls screaming away two blocks away and there were dogs barking. It felt like a mother screaming at her child " Stupid boy! Why did you spill water on the carpet??!!"..that kinda thing.

Then, suddenly I realized I'm living in a hostel...haha. My mind must have been wandering around and imaginations gone a lil' too far.

Oh, on another account, I thought of getting Saree this year to celebrate Diwali. Saree these days are so beautiful, I just want to have it.. On second thought, I have a few pairs and types of Baju Kurung, I want to get a Saree, and the embarrassing part is - I don't have a Cheong Sam. LoL.

Just another random post.

Firstly, .. HAPPY BIRTHDAY S.H.Y!!!!

Taken @ 2007 birthday celebration

I know we can't celebrate together this year so I'll just wish all October babies a Happy Birthday.. There's just so many people - Peay, ZiLing, Shu Yi, Ernest, Sher How, Aunty Miler, Mr. Ngooi, Shur Hueih, Joo Ling and some others..

From left: Ernest, Aun

There's just so many things in a week that I want to tell, which I can't finish telling and..So, here goes...

It's just going to be another Hectic October : Like usual, more tests and tests on Sundays, datelines to meet and so forth.. Oh its going to be so crazy. Well, it is also a funny thing, this is the time where you will see E&E people walking around like Zombies, running here and there from lab to lab, completing their circuits and cursing the lab equipments for not working properly. Oh I heard there's a Uni open house on the 19th. People, just drop by at HEP to get your coupons, if you're interested. (The important dates: 4, 6, 11, 16, 19 and another one pending)

Well, I think everyone must know about the Earthquake that happened in Sumatera yesterday. Its scary and quite serious since we could feel the effect here too, but all, I missed the one experience. I hear them say, everything in the room were shaking, people wrapped in towels heading downstairs and so forth...I'm just wondering, if you were to run, what is the most important thing you'll bring along?

Another heart-wrenching story - Just got to know, a friend's diagnosed with heart attack recently. The heart's dying, a-b-normal heartbeat and so forth.. I guess all I can say is its destined since he is just my age, no smoking, no drinking and an athletic person. But stay strong, we'll pray hard for you too. Hope to see you during the finals. =)

Its Mid-Autumn festival this Saturday. Initially thought of going home and celebrate, but I'm having test on Sunday morning. Anyhow, we'll be having a simple celebration tonight - just a get together. Remember those times when Grandpa was around he would buy lanterns and he ring us up and ask us to choose the tanglungs ourselves, on first come first served basis. Its a yearly affair, and when he's gone, so does that. We just miss you so much.

Diwali is on the 17th October..Like usual, its a family thing and we'll all be in PD..Not sure if I can join this time, I have test on the 19th and projects to finish up. Hopefully, everything can be done in this coming 2 weeks.I don't want to miss the fun. *fingers crossed*

Oh guess what, I did something good..hehe. I was peacemaker for 2 lovebirds last week,I was told. Its totally accidental. Anyway, glad you people are talking again. =)

Finally, myself. I realized something this week(well, its last week actually), that I'll never learn to adapt well here. Not that I did not try, it just don't work. I find myself hopeless in fact, with so many support from loved ones, I still can't do it. Sorry to let you all down. Don't say its like that, or its normal, I know it myself, its not meant to be like that. Every time after a school break, I'll have a hard time - it'll last at least a week. Few days before the break ends, I'll start worrying, I don't sleep well, and the latest being - waking up early in the morning feeling scared/heavy/ or whatever it is. It just strikes my mind naturally. I guess I'm developing a fear. Its a psychology game and probably a test of perseverance. However tough it is, I'll finish this up, I'll pull through and hopefully I'll come out as a tougher person.

Its just part and parcel of our Life.

*CheeRs*

UTM Low-Speed Wind Tunnel

I've always admire the aeronautics sector and even more when I watched the making of Airbus A380 on NAt Geo. Pretty amazing, I must say. When people say about aeronautics, the first thing that come into our minds are planes and planes and more planes. Alright, today, open up your mind people, as aeronautics involves more than just aeroplanes flying above us all. It covers a vast application including our cars, bridges, buildings and even the lamp post by the roadside.

So, this post is actually a little about aeronautics and one of its equipment which is the wind tunnel.

I went to UTM yesterday to visit its wind tunnel and I must say, I wasn't let down and it was way better than what I had expected. To be honest, I was both excited and interested to find out about this low-speed wind tunnel with a maximum wind speed of 80m/s.

Its the first in Malaysia, designed in Canada, assembled here and located in UTM's aerolab. One of its pioneer, Prof. Ir. Dr. Shuhaimi told us that they took one year to design and another year to build the wind tunnel. This huge thing costs RM20million and they need about RM200K for maintenance every year. Interesting, and a huge lum sum needed.

Being one of the first, UTM renders services to companies such as Proton, lamp posts companies, and the latest being F1 I think, to do their research and come out with the best product/solution. A few Proton models such as Waja, Persona, Savvy and Exora were being sent there for some research but normally, the test done on these vehicles is just a quarter of it due to its small test section. Now the cost - standard price, RM6000 per day(working hours).

Well, that's a little introduction about the wind tunnel and now the pictures...

Thats Prof. Ir. Dr. Shuhaimi clad in Grey Shirt

This is an open wind tunnel courtesy of NUS, S'pore.

A blower tunnel

The front left quarter of a persona

The model of the wind tunnel

Part of the wind tunnel

Another

part of the wind tunnel

6 component balance

Well, this 6 component balance is placed right below the test section to collect data which is the 3 Forces and the 3 moments ie. Fx, Fy and Fz; Picthing moment, yawing moment and rolling moment ( Erm...I think I'm not wrong there).

Now, the test section:-

See this carefully and...you've got to come closer to the screen...

Test section with a Proton Waja prototype

Alright, see the movement of the wind??

(blown to the right side of the car)

See carefully, the white thing above the car...

One more clearer picture of it.

Right, if you noticed, the pictures above shows the movement of the wind and the white thing I was referring just then is the smoke produced by a smoke generator. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to see the wind blowing and its flow on the car.

And finally, BET always conquer everything..hehe. Just kidding. Well, instead of an SIEM trip, or a mechanical students' trip, it all turns into civil and electrical students' trip. To clear some things up, though this wind tunnel has got more benefits to the mechanical students, it is related with electrical and civil engineering. For electrical, you usually do the data collection part because they need your expertise. Its all yours. For civil, you need this to do building tests and bridges and come up with a certain flexibility, though it still look rigid to us. =)

BET at the test section

BET posing at the entrance

By the way, to the mechanical students, we'll try to organize another trip for you guys. Its in our planning. So, fret not. You'll definitely get an opportunity to see it. I don't mind going twice and I came back feeling inspired - I have an opportunity to venture into something else.

*CheeRs*

Confusion

Imagine myself standing in the middle of a sea of people...

People couldn't see me..

You don't see me, you couldn't find me,

While I'm struggling to get out of the crowd.

The crowd's too huge and they just don't move..

They just don't move.

I feel so lost, so confused..

boy, its truly depressing...

All I can do is just wait,

and wait for time to pass...

Wait for them to move,

or either wait for someone to get me.

Angels & Demons

Just want to share this picture...Bintang Palace and the Imbi Chapel, just side by side. hehe. Ironic. Erm its a lil' blur though but I think you guys can recognize Bintang Palace.

Took this while lepaking at Imbi Road

09.09.09

Class is supposed to be 8am but normally my lecturer will text and change the time to 820am, so thats the reason I'm blogging now...

I don't know if this is a really special day because we're gonna see this again next year on 10.10.10 and the following 11.11.11 and the last being 12.12.12 i think...Anyway, somebody greeted me happy 09.09.09 and it didn't occur to me that its such a special until this morning when I woke up.

It is indeed a special day.

Many couples are tying the knot today...Read the papers about 2 months back and it says many couples will register on this day despite the hungry ghost month for the chinese. Oh and even the young lady who did facial for me told me - she's getting married today..Congrats!

Maybe they're signing the papers at 9.09am?who knows..and I'll be having Statistics class that time.

Its just so wonderful. Oh Share this day with your loved ones.

*CheeRs*