Press on, expect more, pray, fast, and God shall provide your needs.
At last, breakthrough in the project. Obtained very beautiful images, those which will actually literally make us cry, and make our supervisor jump from his seat, for joy. Seriously.
All glory goes to God. And I would like to extend my thanks to all those who prayed for me. God answers prayers!
Would like to share the images so much with you guys, but I don't think I am allowed to post the images here. Confidential stuffs.
Will be having my MEC4404 - Professional Practice presentation tomorrow at 1pm. Currently preparing the script, while listening to Yuna Ito - Trust You. And yes, feeling a little emotional at the moment. And yes, its from Gundam again.
You will be wondering, "What the heck, how can Gundam makes you emo?? Isn't it about robots, war and fighting and stuffs???" Well, yes, you are partly right my friend, but somehow, those are just the surface. As you watch more of the episodes, as you understand the characters better, their life are so sad. Love which are not meant to be, not fated. People who love each other, but can't be together, end up fighting against each other. Losing love ones.
At the end, the war, the robots, the moves, the graphics, don't really matter anymore. What really matters in the end, is how we relate to each other, is about relationship, is about where will we be in the future, what kind of person will we become.
The internet is terrible at the moment. Has been disconnecting over the weekend, as some of you may know. Now it is lagging and spiky. Pray that it will be fixed soon.
28"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Amen indeed. Today, God has given me rest from the most unexpected of people. Just now, I went to meet with my supervisor. Like every other meeting, I was nervous, paranoid, and pessimistic. Because of a bad past, my teammates and I are afraid of meeting with him. For the past, he is sometimes somewhat degrading on our work, which caused us very paranoid at times, hence the occasional panicking.
But it was different this time. He was very positive as we explained all our attempted methods to solve the problem with the timing. And he was very understandable and concerned. Prior to the meeting, we were afraid he use this ultimatum: "It's your project guys, so you guys have to find the solution by yourself..."
But instead he said these very words: "I think you guys need my help, I'll come over on Monday to have a look at the options available and we will try to solve this problem..."
Oh my God! Praise You! What a relief...to have a supervisor so supportive, even for a moment of time. The turn of events are just amazing. We are gaining more favor from the supervisor, although our stumbling block is still there, but as least our supervisor is with us in this. Praise God!
Thanks for the prayers, God is moving in my Final Year Project. And the time will come for breakthrough to happen!
Just yesterday, we (my teammates and I) were rocked by the news that apparently, our experimental apparatus is not working (as it should). I sent out many prayer requests, and really thank you guys for all your prayers, the apparatus is working again today! Praise the Lord!
So, finally, real work! Or so we thought.
I mean, I really don't want to sound whiny, but just that I have to tell someone how I am feeling at the moment. Utter tiredness, lost, and feeling like quitting. I keep asking myself and God. Although I know I should not question God, but somehow I kept on asking: "Why me?" "Why this project?"
Once again, we are hindered by another stumbling block. And the real work hasn't even started yet. I would like to go to details, but I think nobody understands the process anyways. In short, yea, once again, we are feeling lost and we are stuck. Still ZERO progress.
Its so low that if you'd ask me to imagine passing not to even mention scoring this Final Year Project, I can honestly admit that I can't. My only hope now as it has always been, is God, my Heavenly Father. I am clinging onto the hope that God is allowing the situations and environment to push me so low, is so that He will one day lift me up and place me on eagle's wings, just so that the people around me will believe that only God can do this.
As what Jesus said: "Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me."
Now I am only seeing how low can I go, before God lifts me up and show the people around me that it is by God's mercy, miracle and grace which I am saved from this trouble.
I can only hope that it will come really really soon.
Argh. Once more I KO-ed at 8ish pm and slept through the night. And now I am awake at 5.30am, 9 hours later.
Length of sleeping time: Fair Time of sleeping time: Slight extreme
And the thing is, I did not brush my teeth and shower before I crash. Well, that was not the plan anyways, the plan was to wake up at 10pm, finish off my tutorial and my journal, and raid Obsidian Sanctum + 2 Drakes at 11pm, and sleep at 1ish or probably 2. LOL.
[ Insert familiar quote: "Most plans will fail" here ]
Ok, anyways, I have from now till lunch time to finish off whatever I need or want to do, which includes: Finish off journal reading, complete tutorial question, shower, brush teeth, breakfast, watch Battlestar Galactica, daydreaming, download next episode of Gundam 00, do some exercise (?)... >___<
Today will be a significant day. Going to camp in the lab for the entire afternoon, hope can achieve progress on the project. And going for Kingdom Purpose at night. Hope Kuo Hao really registered for me as this semester will probably be my final semester attending it. Awww, sad but probably somewhat true.
Oh darn!!! Champion's League is this week! WOO! It's gonna be more interesting as some teams were on a draw or a close result. Hmm, if I am not mistaken, its gonna be at 7am in the morning match. Hmm, I see, my sleeping time is training myself for it huh.
Bah, I need sports! It has been 1 week and almost a half since I've done any sports. Ok, random rant.
If there's anyone out there, do drop me a message at the chat box. Pulleeaaaseeee...
Watched quite a few movies these few days. Watched 2 on the plane on the way back to Melbourne and 1 more with Sophie and Ah Suan.
Movie no.1: Eagle Eye by Shia LaBeouf & Michelle Monaghan
This is definitely one of the nicer movies that I get to watch during the summer. Besides Ip Man of course. Hehe. Worth watching, this show.
From Wikipedia: "Eagle Eye is a 2008action/thriller film directed by D.J. Caruso and starring Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan. The two portray a young man and a single mother who are brought together and coerced by an anonymous caller into carrying out a plan by a possible terrorist organization."
Movie no.2: The Traitor by Guy Pearce & Don Cheadle
Hmm, this show. Don't even have the info on Wikipedia. Well, overall, the show is somewhat quite predictable and only deserves an average from my point of view. I am sure not many even know this movie exists.
Movie no.3: The Wrestler by Mickey Rourke
From Wikipedia: "Robin Ramzinski, ring name Randy "The Ram" Robinson, (Mickey Rourke) is a professional wrestler who was a major star in the 1980s, but is now years past his prime and wrestling on the weekends for various independent wrestling promotions in the Elizabeth, New Jersey area. After a show, a promoter proposes a 20th anniversary rematch with his most notable opponent, the Ayatollah (Ernest Miller), who now owns a used car dealership in Arizona. Their first match together sold out Madison Square Garden, and Randy agrees, wishfully thinking this high-profile match could help him get back to the top."
This movie is kinda sad at times, but kinda draggy at times too. And man, I actually cried during a scene, where he was all alone. Probably because I was able to relate it to myself during that moment of time. Awww....rofl.
Good show nonetheless. Mickey Rourke got nominated for Oscars for this movie for Best Actor by the way. And man, although he is quite old, he is still damn buffed. o_O
Ok, next up, shows I intend to watch in the near future. And man, they are looking good. =]
Movie no.1: The Watchmen
Hmm, I was skeptical at first. After knowing that The Spirit was terrible, I wanted to avoid graphic novel movies. But then, a LOT of people say this is good. Hehe, suddenly felt like watching. Will probably do it next week. WOO! Whose in? Leave me a message.
Movie no.2: The Knowing by Nicholas Cage
1 word: WAHLAO! lol not really a valid word. But man, the trailer blew me away, sent chills to my spines. Watch it and you will know what I meant.
Movie no.3: Terminator Salvation by Christian Bale
Ok, what do you get if you combine one of my favorite actors and one of the more interesting sci-fi series ever. You get a blown-away me.
Yes, these trailers itself blew me away. Amazing. Please, watch it, I beg you.
From Wikipedia: "Set in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor (Christian Bale), the man fated to be the leader of the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators, and the future he was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet's operations, where they find out a terrible secret that may lead to the possible annihilation of mankind"
Ok, now time for my look-alike no.2! lol.
Haha. Who would have knew that there are 2 major football club managers who looks alike. And no, they are not brothers. =.=
Left: Guss Hiddink - Caretaker manager for Chelsea Right: Carlo Ancelotti - Manager of Italian giants AC Milan
Oh wait, maybe the other way around? @.@
Hope you enjoy this edition of my blog. And watch the trailers!!
Really no mood to do anything. Doesn't feel like there is anything to look forward to, although I know there is. Linger till the dawn of day just because you want to actually want to feel dead tired to actually hit bed. If not, thoughts will wander around and make you will feel broken down.
Simplest of things suddenly becoming so significant. Things like having a simple lunch with friends becomes something to spur on. Talking to family members seem so soothing. Even a movie about a lonely wrestler makes your eyes teary. Emotional music well, makes you especially emo.
You start refreshing Facebook home page every 5 minutes, waiting for something interesting to see, or to comment about. You wander around the same site for hours, reading the materials again and again. You don't seem to have the appetite for food, even the meal you usually enjoy takes you almost 2 meals to finish it.
Suddenly everything looks like a chore. And you've suddenly become so chatty on MSN. Just because you want company, company which can take you away from this shroud of loneliness. And you wonder, what can make this feeling just, go away?
Argh! Roommate, please come back! Friends, lets have a closer bonding!
Whoever said humans does not need friends is a big fat liar.
Alot of stuff happened when I touched down. Australia doesn't really like me. After we landed, we went to the baggage area to claim our baggage. And to our horror (our = me and my grandma), one of our baggage is missing. Whoa, really stunner man. So we had to lodge a claim at the baggage counter, and we had to go on ahead with our remaining baggage and just wait for their call. What to do, we went on ahead lo.
Then at the declaration area, I expected that guy to open the my grandma's bagagge which is full of dried stuffs, which I've already declare on the arrival card. But to my horror, suddenly he dig out some random vegetable seeds, which I didn't even know we checked in, and didn't declare. So kenala.
"You have the both of you to realise that you need to declare the seeds", he said. But my grandma doesn't know english and I filled up the card for her. So technically is only me, and I didn't know.
Hahaha...my present from Xinyi before I left. Patrick Star!!!
"Patrick Star is an overweight pink sea star who lives under a rock and is SpongeBob's best friend and so called Patrick is not very intelligent, however he still offers SpongeBob advice and encourages dangerous and/or foolish activities which often get the two into trouble."
Funniest character in Spongebob Squarepants cartoon, ever.
