... defined as a state of poor health.

Mmm... everybody seems to be falling ill or down with something...

My poor girlfriend came down with a bout of fever, sore throat last night. Thankfully, the doctor diagnosed her condition as just a viral infection and not anything serious. Really hope she recovers soon and finds her appetite back.

Insinyur 2009 just ended for the incoming batch of engine freshies... and news came in on Sunday that 2 of the freshies from a certain group have came down with H1n1 with many more falling ill..Probably due to the fatigue after not sleeping much for 6 days in a row. This brought a certain degree of fear in the orientation groups in the camps. The good news is that by now, many of which have recovered and are starting to feel better...

Some of the not so lucky people that have fallen include the much celebrated M'sian director Yasmin Ahmad and Felipe Massa ...

Yasmin Ahmad, the director who did my fave mcys ad, passed away last Saturday Night from brain haemorrage after suffering a stroke earlier on and passing out during a meeting .... she will be missed and her works of interracial harmony and family love shall be her legacy.

Felipe Massa, almost died in a high speed crash during the Hungarian leg of the F1 season. Although his life is no longer in danger, but the damaged he sustained during the accident might have ended his driving career.

haiz.

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It's been a month since the Prime Minister Cup 09. We made history once again by holding the trophy for two years running and we are champions and we will always be...but for the season of 08/09. However that's history and it's already the season of 09/10. The team has already gone back to its regular trainings minus the land training sessions. Although, to be honest, the break after the race was quite short, but i guess... it's much better to push it a little, a little earlier. We have plenty to make up for this year if we want to rewrite the history books one more time and hold the Cup for three years running.

Over the last weekend, it was my church's feast day. My mom told me that i ought to skip training for a day at least and give thanks for the blessings given to me for my previous academic year... for my studies, dragonboat and for the love of my life.

And so i did, and with the company of my gf, we went there... (Thanks dear for coming down with me once again). On my mind as i went forward and prayed at the grotto as well as i knelt down at the pew was to pray that for the next academic year, it would be a smooth year or at least i would be able to find a way round all the different problems in my life.

Seriously, i'm getting a little worried about how am i able to cope with the challenge of juggling my studies, fyp, my cca and yet not neglect the love of my life as well. I've always been a mediocre student, getting more B and Cs than As. I think i've gotten A for around 5~6 times only in my whole life in NTU, thankfully one was which my Industrial Attachment, which pulled up my GPA by a great deal. The FYP that i have chosen is also going to be a challenge to me as i have to do things that i have never done before such as developing a hardware/software prototype which would involve some degree of programming that i so hate since myYear 1 Computing.

For once in my life, i am also able to work towards my dream of working in the biomechanical industry in the near future. Previously my grades weren't good enough for me to choose the dream schools i had wanted to go to or the courses i wished i could go into and i had to work with whatever's left for me. Now, i can choose the modules i want and also a fyp topic that might give me a shot of realising my dream.

It's going to be a challenge for me though. These modules that i'm taking are not going to be easy, so much so that my coursemates kept repeating that i must be mad for taking up these subjects... I hope by God's grace, i would be able to work round the obstacles.... I wouldn't want to stand in front of the team and say i have to take a break bcoz i can't cope with my studies and maybe even quit my cca...