Friday, May 25, 2007

Pretenders - I'll Stand By You

Oh, why you look so sad?
Tears are in your eyes
Come on and come to me now
Don't be ashamed to cry
Let me see you through
Cause I've seen the dark side too

When the night falls on you
You don't know what to do
Nothing you confess
Could make me love you less

I'll stand by you
I'll stand by you
Won't let nobody hurt you
I'll stand by you

So if you're mad, get mad
Don't hold it all inside
Come on and talk to me now
Hey, what you got to hide?
I get angry too
Well I'm a lot like you
When you're standing at the crossroads
And don't know which path to choose
Let me come along
Cause even if you're wrong

I'll stand by you
I'll stand by you
Won't let nobody hurt you
I'll stand by you
Take me in, into your darkest hour
And I'll never desert you
I'll stand by you

And when...When the night falls on you, baby
You're feeling all alone
You won't be on your own

I'll stand by you
I'll stand by you
Won't let nobody hurt you
I'll stand by you
Take me in, into your darkest hour
And I'll never desert you
I'll stand by you
I'll stand by you
Won't let nobody hurt you
I'll stand by you
Won't let nobody hurt you
I'll stand by you

我在这里等待。。。 等待你的出现。。。

It's official

It's official. Results were released today. I will be graduating this July.

Results are good, except for my thesis for which I scored a B. I kinda expected it to score within the B range but a B+ would've been so much more encouraging. But I guess to the assessors, my thesis looked more like a long ISM than a full-bloom thesis.

Although my supervisor assured me that length didn't matter and that the quality of my work was aight, I knew it fell short of the dept's expectations and criteria. I could easily blame my supervisor. He was new to the dept (I was his first thesis student), he didn't know about the dept's thesis criteria, he didn't guide me on the crucial points in writing a good thesis, etc... But I know I have only myself to blame.

It was an independent research to begin with. I was the one who's supposed to do all the research and work. But I was lazy at times. I didn't even bother to check out the theses of previous batches for reference until the final crucial moments. My word count fell really short and the quality of my work could not make up for it.

It just sucks to know that you didn't do well for your thesis, especially when your work will be presented at an upcoming conference. Just kinda feel like my work did not gain recognition and validation from the dept. Leaves a sense of regret that more could've been done and I hate that feeling. It's kinda embarrassing for me now because I no longer feel that my work is worthy enough to be presented at a conference. But all is set in stone now.

Okaez, enough of whining and indulgence in self-pity. Time to move on with life and enjoy the rest of my super-long holidays. There are so many things to be done. To freedom and to slackness...

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Xin Chao - Back from Vietnam

Xin Chao (Greetings in Vietnamese)



I'm still peeling and shedding skin like a snake from the sunburn in Vietnam.


Will post some entries on my 10-day Vietnam escapade when I get all the pics.