What will be shall be

My final semester at a glance

Time really flies and I am going to graduate soon, prior to whether I pass all my modules this semester. This semester has really been a roller-coaster, really quite happening for me as an individual. To be honest, I would admit, without the help of my classmates I really don’t think I could have got this far. I really owe it all to them.

The first or should I say the most happening event is my attachment where I was posted to India together with 25 other students. This was the trip of my lifetime and I honestly doubt I will ever forget about it throughout my entire life. That was the first time I was away from home for so long and I was even alone when I went as all of my classmates already had their attachment.

What can I say about this trip? Well, in summary, we were supposed to go there and make a difference in their lives and instead it ended up with them making a difference in ours. We really ought to be thankful for the environment we were born in. Most of those students over there don’t even have a proper desk to write on.

Those 21 days spent over there passed like a breeze seemly like a dream. But the events that anchored together will stay firmly in my mind.

School started 2 days later after I came back from India. It was only after I reached Singapore did I manage to see my time table. It seems so cool as I only have classes on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. In fact I only had 2 modules to take, BA and IMGT excluding the 2 IS modules which I take every semester.

Horrors of horrors when I went for my BA classes on Thursday. Yes, one of my classmates for BA is the ONE. Yes! Of course not a pretty chick that I have been gorging at since year 1 but Mr Jonathan Lin Zhi Wei. In case you don’t know who He is, He is that very guy who goes around the school looking for empty classrooms carrying a bag on his back and a lap top on his hand. Most or should I say all students of ICT should know who he is. As what I say before, what goes round comes round, I never expect retribution will come in such a harsh way. Years of teasing and imitating Him has come back in the worst possible way. I was to be his partner for the final BA assignment. Pair work. Just me and Him.

But well, as what I always say and still stand by, What Will Be Shall Be, eventually we managed to pull it off. He wasn’t really that hard to work with although there were times where I almost exploded when he gave me some very lame and stupid excuses. Overall it was quite ok and he was quite cooperative although I would attribute that to the reason that my fist was twice his size. Haha..jokes aside. Honestly I think people ought to give him a chance. A chance for him to speak up and express himself although most of the times I still couldn’t understand him. But at least I am one of the very rare few who managed to work successfully with him. That is if I managed to pass my BA this time round.

Poly overall, was a school for the slackers. A place where people can miss 20% of their lessons which means 1 day of school every week. The place was still like a heaven until FYP comes. Yes, mention the word ‘FYP’ to the year 3s and they would tremble with fright. FYP is especially scary for bogus students like me. Bogus students are students who despite after studying 3 years of IT, still know nuts about IT. The FYP is a large-scale project and an individual one too. An accident waiting to happen. Somehow I managed to pull through thanks again to my classmates, who saved my arse for God-knows-how-many-times. Those days of worrying about deadlines and the inability to finish the projects are finally gone. But the horrors that come with it is enough to give my weak heart a big scare. Old men cannot take in such thumping stuff anymore.

The FYP report was okay overall. That was the only thing I am able to do on my own. The only little happening was me going specially out to get a printing cartage, a color one and a black and white one, making sure that the printer is in working order, all the files can be transferred properly to my sis’s com and upon printing, only to realize that I have no paper. Damn. Shit do happens although I often wonder why they always happen to me. The best way to console oneself, What Will Be Shall Be.

Finally, a little cause for celebration after the traumatizing FYP. That is I won the ICT soccer 7-a-side tournament for the 2nd year running with my team, Rebels. What a tournament this is and I am sure unless you are a player of the team, you will never understand why I am so especially happy to win this one again. All odds are really stacked heavily against us and only we knew what a difficult period we went through. Eventually it was the team spirit which carried us through and retaining a championship is always something special. Of course, there is also JJ to thank for. Special thanks to this nice bloke who came specially down to give a helping hand when we do not have enough people. That was really a very nice gesture.

For conclusion, I would like to give a little tribute to all my fellow classmates. You guys have really been great these past years. Full marks for everything. Although there have been some unhappiness and misunderstandings which I think is unavoidable whenever there are human beings around, I felt there are no regrets and I honestly think you people shouldn’t have too. We spent more happy times than unhappy times we had and I think all those should have made up for the unpleasant times. Why brood over those unpleasant things when we have much more happy moments to indulge in?

After this, each and everyone of us will be going our separate ways and looking for our own futures. But hopefully, in future, no matter what troubles or stress we may encounter in our quest for success, we all are able to think back the events we all had together in poly and that should be sufficient to put a little smile back on our faces.

Good bye and all the best, MMC class M02.

posted by malmoncolo @ 3:19 AM