The Gal – Nicole

By the time this post gets published, I am already at the grounds of Nanyang Auditorium, NTU, trying my best to robe on my academic dress, and to get my attendance taken and such.

Yes, today is the day of my convocation, or otherwise known as commencement as well.

I’m very happy that my parents, sister and the bf are able to make it for the ceremony itself.

I’m also very thankful for all the support and encouragement that my friends gave, and you guys simply rock. Thank you for being with me, and it means a lot to me.

Nicole

PS: A big thank u to Lu Yee – she gave me a convocation bear. XD It’s so sweet, that it’s at the convocation grounds with me :p

4 years, uncountable amount of tears, and sweat, not forgetting the hardwork, last minute chiongness, and rushing all the way for exams and assignments, all just for the piece of paper. Yes, a very valuable piece of paper (in terms of monetary value). All for the sake of higher education learning. Of course, not to mention about all that took place within 4 years in university.

iGave is basically a programme where graduates are invited to contribute a sum of money to the school’s funds, which are then used to help other students in need. I for one, owe it to part of this funding to continue my education in NTU. Without it, I doubt my education would have been possible.

Now that I started working, there’s a source of income (hurray), and it also meant that I could afford to give back a little something

This was sent to me via snail mail, as a token of appreciation.

I like the pin, because it’s special, and that it’s printed with the class of 2009. Yes, my convocation ceremony will soon take place and I will become a graduate, officially. Which means, I will no longer be a student. And that student days are over.

With love,
Nicole

Whats up beautiful people?! It’s already mid-week Wednesday.

Countdown to Convocation – 14 days.
Countdown to Graduation Dinner – 10 days.

Oh gosh, I am starting to feel slightly nervous, for all the wrong reasons.

Feeling thankful I could secure a car from BlackLiner, to fetch the family down to NTU on Convocation, as well as secured extra 2 tickets to ask my sister and the bf along to witness my convocation.

Work wise, learning loads of new stuff, and it’s still an eye opener at the difference between school and work.

Nicole

Final Year Project (FYP) is a step where all final year students in NTU must undertake, as part of the requirements to graduate with a degree. And I was no exception.

Terms like Finish Your Professor, Final Year Punishment, Find Your Partner, are amidst the many terms that I come across, and yes, I chuckled at these terms.

It was a trying year, doing my FYP, to say the least. For some reasons, whatever went wrong simply just went wrong.

I’ve lost count of the number of days I lost sleep over the project, the frustrations and tears that I cried during the project, trying to cope with my study load and the project, as well as rushing the report for submission.

Many thanks to my family, the boyfriend – Terence, as well as my friends for all the wonderful support and encouragement during the course of my project.

Though I didn’t really succeed in meeting all the objectives that I set out to, but I learnt a lot of lessons that classrooms can’t teach. And yes, it is these lessons that taught me a great deal on how to deal with other issues in life.

Now who says grades are the most important? There are other more important things in life than to grades.

Nicole

As with every semester, I will stay up to midnight to get my exam results and this time it’s no exception. But I am especially nervous, since it is my final semester of school.

Needless to say I cried after the results sank in to my head.

How I fared?

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It’s over.

My FYP Oral Presentation that is.

I am unofficially a graduate, till the official results are released.

Nicole

It’s a countdown to the official ending of the final semester. 3 days more to go.

I am to feel excited, but somehow I don’t. I’m pretty nervous though.

A lot of thoughts is running through my head now, and I am pretty sure I have to slay this inner demon of mine. and yes, not to mention a bit of health problems that is dodging me at the moment. Will get all these sorted out in due time (Wednesday, 6th May that is)

5th May: Oral Presentation for my FYP. 1300 hours, Tutorial Room xx, where xx is the room number that I am supposed to be in.

So in the meantime, I am so going to flip my brain cells and get work done.

Nicole

Dates to note: 5th May, 18th May and 22nd May.

5th May being my FYP Oral Presentation, 18th May where I start work. 22nd May is where my results are supposedly released.

Scary.

To be honest, I am scared, and worried. But I will still do my best. I pray all will be well.

By the time this post is out, my exams are all over! (I hope I will pass all the modules).

Now its time to rush for the last of my project.

Nicole

Its just one of the days where you wish you can have more sleep, but you can’t because of pressing matters. I gotta push on. 2 weeks more. Well, less than 2 weeks.

I will do a post on CodeIgniter (CI) Framework, on how it has helped me to build my project in less than 2 weeks. But I still trying to figure Python in it, so yeah.

Let’s pray I pass FYP.

Nicole

It has been a crazy semester for me, and the pain won’t be over till 5th May. Still fighting the exams and fyp monster. =X

It’s also my graduation semester, and I am still very worried about it.

And oh, my Industrial Attachment Certificate has arrived! Time to collect from school after the last paper next Tuesday!

Nicole