Yeah, I know, I know. I've been neglecting my blog recently. Sorry about that... It's just that the past week has been rather hectic for me. A very busy week indeed...
Hey, like I've said before, college is no picnic!
Nowadays, I spend most of my computer time doing research. And uhhh, maybe using Facebook too, BUT MOSTLY doing research!
Well, it's Friday today. It's finally the end of the week, and I've got a 4-day break ahead of me ( Due to Thaipusam, students don't have to attend college next Monday and Tuesday ). So, I decided that now is the opportune time to blog, since now might be the only time I can actually update my blog before I'm swallowed up in my college work once again...
Oh, and for those of you who were observant enough, you might have noticed that the cursor on the screen has changed from the normal "Windows" pointer to the new glowing "red arrow". Yep, I've changed the cursor, just to make my blog just a little more special... [ smiles ]
Anyway, quite a lot of stuff happened this week, particularly during the last few days...
For English, the current chapter of discussion is "Multiculturalism". We had to write a summary on "The People Of Australia" - Australia's Multicultural Policy ( Which means I had to do loads of wonderful RESEARCH!!! ). Plus, we were provided with an assignment, where we have to work in groups of 3 students, and our assignment involves creating a PSA ( Public Service Anouncement ) video based on "Multiculturalism". I don't want to talk too much about it now, because it's basically still a work in progress...
Besides that, we also had to work in groups of 6 people for another activity. Our task was to read and "analyse" Julia Gillard's ( Australia's Prime Minister ) speech regarding the launch of the Australian Multicultural Council ( AMC ), and do a presentation regarding the principles and moral values contained within her speech.
Two people in my group prepared the mahjong paper, another two helped to uhh, "make the mahjong paper look nicer" by decorating it, and of course, it was up to me and the last member to present the whole thing in front of the class.
I don't know why, but I always tend to end up being the guy who speaks during most presentations. Why me? What is it about me that makes people think that I'm good at speaking during presentations???
Besides that, we had our very first Mathematics Investigation. We had to "investigate" algebraic long division. Basically, we had to learn how to solve algebraic long division problems, find the "oblique asymptote" and "vertical asymptote" of the function, and predict the graphical shape of the final function. We had to learn all this, WITHOUT the teacher's help!
"That's why it's called an investigation..." teacher said.
Well, luckily, I managed to figure it all out, even without the teacher's help... If you want, you can try to "investigate" algebraic long division yourself too. It's all on the Internet. Just don't blame if you get frustrated or anything, yeah? [ smiles ]
And as for Mathematics Specialist, the past week has been mainly about Complex Numbers, Complex Numbers, and more Complex Numbers. "Complex Numbers" is actually Chapter 2 of the syllabus, since Chapter 1: "Polar Coordinates" has already been covered in the previous week.
Given "z" is a complex number, I learned about the modulus of complex numbers ( mod z, or |z| ), the principle argument of complex numbers ( arg z ), Cartesian form of complex numbers ( x+yi, x=Re(z), y=Im(z) ), Polar form of complex numbers ( r(cos
And believe it or not, that's just the tip of the iceberg! There's plenty more where that came from!
And yeah, I joined the Chess Club. Actually, I didn't know that there was a Chess Club in Sunway until today!
It was around 4.30pm. I was making my to the cafeteria to buy a delicious currypuff ( I was SO hungry at the time! ). I saw a few of my friends chatting together at one of the cafeteria tables. As I started to walk towards them, I noticed something out of the corner of my eye.
"Is that... Could it be? Is that a Chessboard?!?!" I thought to myself.
And yes, it turns out that I DID see a chessboard. A group of students were huddled around it, observing a Chess game in progress. Without hesitation, I quickly made my way there. And et voila, I discovered the Chess Club! The meetings are held every Friday, from 4pm until 6pm ( but members do have the flexibility to leave earlier if they have to... ).
And so, I signed up. And finally, finally, after SO many months, I managed to play Chess!!! [ smiles ]
Whew! I think my post is long enough already, so I'm gonna stop here.
I guess that's all for now...
May the Force be with you...
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