Murphy's Law

Firstly, sorry people!!! I've been sooooo busy with uni I dont even know where my home is anymore. Sigh. Just finished one project this evening, and received another one!!! Projects piling up on top of projects, assignments piling up as tall as KL tower, not to mention exams/tests coming one after another. It was a real mistake to overload with the current subjects man. Stubborn. All because I was stubborn. Thinking that I can.

Murphy's Law. I'm sure you all know what it is right? Hahaha. If something can go wrong, it will go wrong, at the worst possible times. It did not only happen today, it happens almost everyday!!!

1st event - lab report due. There are 5 of us. But until the time we slot the report into the tutor's box, one of the guy is still a no-show. Leaving me to produce a introduction/summary and some calculations tie-up last minute yesterday. And by the time I saw that email, it was already past 7pm, and I was still at uni. I only slept 4 hours last night, trying to do that report, and writing up my assignment which is due tomorrow. Rock up to uni today, just to confirm that he has everything. Only to realise that he has not compiled everything together!!! They are all in their separate bits! So much for that "I will write up the conclusion and compile everything" talk!!! Sigh. In the end all 4 of us were in the computer lab, trying to compile everything together and see what fits where. Not to mention realising the diagram that my friend drew was for the wrong robot!!! Argh!!! Hence instead of testing and fixing the load cell, half the time I was trying to help compile the report.

2nd event - my load cell. We decided that we should ground one of the pins from the amplifier, and ended up with totally different results, although they looked better. Hahaha. Hence had to re-calculate everything, re-produce design documentation, re-box it and all. All within 1.5 hrs before it was due. Running back and forth from the lab to the computer lab. Not to mention "interruptions" from the computing guy who is helping me set up an IP address for a super super old computer we're going to use for the Telerobot. Sigh. Finally finished everything, plugged the load cell into the PC for testing... the voltage decreased when a load was applied, when it really should INCREASE!!! Haih... found out much later that we wired the strain gauges the wrong way round. So it was realising a lot of things today, good that we realised it before the assessment, bad that we had to almost re-do everything. Luckily the lecturer gave us time to fix the problem. In the end we just turned the load cell upside down. Hahaha. It worked. But I think we failed terribly!!! Terribly terribly!!! Documentation wasnt good enough, values were "unreliable" - plugged from the most unreliable source in the world: the BAD BAD INTERNET!!! Bad circuit diagram, and everything else that can be bad, was just BAD. Hahaha. The only thing we got a 100% for was the functionality and design. I think we just failed as "good" engineers. We were so disappointed, devastated!!! All the effort, frustrations, time - all kinda went down the bin... haih...

3rd event - the traffic jam. Going to uni during peak hour only means one thing - JAM!!! A journey that usually takes approx 15mins, ahem, took me more than 40minutes!!! I realised that are lots of sleepy drivers in the morning! damn!! didnt you have your morning coffee boost?!?! wake up!!! Some people just drive like a snail, some drive like its Sunday, and some cant even drive!!! Guess which category I fit into? Hahaha. Of course the last one lah :P Anyway... was rushing in the jam, not that you can really rush, but at least not stuck in a chock-a-block lane! This blonde overtook into my lane, driving so slowly!!! omg! I dont know how many times I must have shouted at her. Ahem. She drives so slow, looking in the mirror almost every 2 minutes to look at her face! Gosh!!! Would you please concentrate on the road? There are people like me who needs to get somewhere you know!!! Stupid blonde!!! Havent seen one that is THAT vain! I left the house 5-10 minutes later than usual, but that time was multiplied 3-4 times by the time I got to uni!!! argh!!!

I'm sorry I'm complaining so much here. Hahaha. Just finished my assignment which is due tomorrow. Was actually finished last night, then just before I went to sleep, I realised I made a very stupid algebra mistake!! stupid me cant cross-multiple. Tsk tsk. Calling myself a 4th year engineering undergrad. Hence I just spent the whole night, correcting the super super long question because it contains so many sub-questions!!! and also comparing graphs with a friend, trying to decide which is the right graph, which is the right function, why and why.

Sigh. Been super hardworking past few nights. Sleeping at 2-3am, rocking up at uni by 8am. Bz bz bz until leaving uni only at 8.30pm one day. Breaking my own record by staying more than 12 hours at uni. I actually dont mind staying at uni. I feel that I can do a lot of stuff at uni because everything is there. But when not everything goes to plan, which is always the case, and when you're starving since lunch, feeling so sleepy your eyes can barely open, it's not such an attractive option anymore.

Things I learnt today...wahahaha...
1. if there is anything that can go wrong, it will, at the worst possible time.
2. do not rely on others to do something. Always be prepared to only receive half the job done.
3. do not trust the bad bad internet for information!!!
4. always bring lots of snacks for emergency hunger! hahaha.

k lah people. Damn late already. Another 8am day tomorrow. Bye!!!