Hey all, thanks for all the encouragement... btw, the pictures for dbexperience 09 are thru the weblink http://picasaweb.google.com/ntudbexp/NTUDragonboatExperience2009# . I don't have time to update the website so if you wan't to view the fotos. here's a way to view it.. haah
As the weeks past, its no doubt things get busier and then the thought will resonate again in my mind. However, at the same time, i get reminded and cheered on to continue....
much so was Celine's talk to us the other night about not writing yourself off and giving yourself a chance. hearing that, made me to push more to do my work more efficiently so i can focus some time on my fitness as well... also an eternal struggle since i am also no good at that.
I have since managed to clock a few runs instead of none in between training days by quickly finishing my work and my studies.
of course, this comes at my own personal expense of my rest time, sleeping everyday around 2 plus - 3 aad waking up again at 7 just to do my work... dying man.. i'm dead tired by the end of the week.
things are progressing for my fyp .. though its rather slowly. Me and my partner jus finished the set up for a mock up for the steel frame we wanted to test on our patient. For those of you who do not know, i'm doing a robot assisted walking mechanism for a spinal cord injury patient. He's got problem standing straight up and has lost his sense of touch for his left leg and lost his strength for his right leg. Long term usage of the wheelchair has caused his leg muscles to be atrophied and lost their function so in reality, he can't stand and walk without support. For the next phase, i will be involved in the programming of the control functions for the robotic parts.
Besides, the stress from fyp, i guess i've been bothered by things back at home... (hence the depressive previous post). Every weekend as i head back home, my mom will tell me new stories of the many atrocious things that my maid did... The latest one was on friday in which she went out without permission and left the door unlocked, the gate ajar and wide open, recklessly sending an invitation for an open robbery... saying that she went to meet somebody.
Previously she stole my hp for her personal use in my absence while i was in campus as well as not fulfilling her chores at home... taking a whole week before she starts ironing the previous week's laundry... so what has she been doing back at home??
Things are getting bad from worse... god knows what will she do next. We don't ill treat her and she has her free time after dinner every evening and we don't really mind her socialising with the neighbouring maids as long as she does her stuff..if she needs something, we will help her get it and if she wants to get something we will help her get it.. going through the effort to find the most value for money one or even give it to her for free as a gift. Since the start of the year, she's been playing coy with us and hasn't been doing her work dutifully as she should and after repeated warnings then reprimanding, she's doing more and more stuff behind our back that leads to more distrust...
While bringing this up , i would remember that boon was asking me why don't we give my maid the camera and instead claim money from her. My parents initially were actually thinking about giving her the camera as a gift, but seeing her behave in such a way, it is undeserving of her to receive a gift at all... yeah, so what if she came so far off from home to work for us and it's not an easy task.. well.. i don't think its not an easy task.. especially cos she don't even do your work at all. My mom was even thinkin of giving her a hp cos she remembered that my maid mentioned about buying one before her term is up and i was telling her to just heck it since we treat her so nice but she just take advantage of us...
Where has the hardworking maid gone to man.. my previous maid was so much better. She does her work fast, and we would invite her to come watch the ch8 dramas after dinner.. brought her out to eat and have fun a couple of times too.. She has since gone back home and occassionally she will still sms us about things back here and update us about herself....
mutter. hate all this maid talk. troublesome and unnecessary. breed out of irresponsible people. the worst of the lot is actually my grandma's previous maid who in our misfortune become implicated with our family in an unhappy way. She's another slacker and she even took advantage of my grandma's poor health and old age to boss my grandma around. Somehow i believe she is the bad influence for my maid since they hang out together during family gatherings.
My mom and i were joking that imagine my grandma's previous maid working for my grand aunt instead. A super authoritative matriarch of her family.. she will definitely be chopped into a million pieces and made into pineapple tart or some kueh lapis.
Lastly, i would say thanks to my GF for always being there for me... i'm sorry that i'm busy all the time with work and db to spend time with you...
