Grey November

BABI LU Thank you Gerald Ho for tagging me.

Each Blogger starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.

8 Thing You May/May Not Know Bout Me

1. I’m a pretty observant person and I notice stuff.
2. It’s funny how I can hear conversations across tables.
3. Girls rarely attract my attention; Cars on the other hand is a another question all together.
4. Level of service is crucial to me.
5. Never ever try pissing me off. You really do not want that to happen.
6. I have good taste in women’s apparel. Ask Grace.
7. I’m a food critic.
8. If you haven’t noticed, I’m very BLUNT. I speak my mind, regardless.

Life’s been tough in UKM. Being pushed around like a headless chicken is taxing and the light at the end of the tunnel is fast fading.

The Dean green lights us to change the previous unwanted courses to elective status, only if the Head of Department will issue a official statement. The problem here is he just won’t. Talk about being a prick.

0 kg! Record le!

Sometimes I just wish that I had these off my shoulder.

These 3 weeks have been very very negative and once again, this proves that photoblogging attracts more traffic than plain text blogging. University has been stressful, the problem has not been resolved but yet again, life just goes on whether one likes it or not. The boss is always right, no?

Was in Genting Highlands over the weekend.

First World Hotel

Its funny how it can be beautiful one one side, and not on the other.

Random shot

Reminds me that life just ain’t a straight road. It’s full of twists and turns, not knowing where it will take you.

First World Grand Ball Room

I attended the Lube World annual dinner just for the sake of trying to get lucky, hitting the lucky prize jackpot of automobiles. I didn’t get lucky though.

Instead, we were feasted with tranvestites hoarding the stage with their belly dancing and what so not. Drunk men eagerly jumped on the chance to fondle and caress these transexuals, perhaps the Cordon Bleu impaired their visual capability.

Ko ko…what are they doing?
Tak tau…just take picture for mommy and see lo.

This guy didn’t find it amusing though.

You see, UKM has an undergraduate guidebook for every faculty and we refer to this guideline for courses that we are supposed to take in the following semesters. One thing good about being in the Engineering Faculty is that we undergraduates do not have to go through the hassle of registering courses on our own as they are automatically registered according the each undergraduate’s discipline. All we need to do is to monitor the system and alter the necessary if their is the necessity too.

This are the courses that I’m supposed to sign up for in my final few semesters in UKM.

My major being Environmental Engineering limits me to only 2 electives which I have already chosen Maritime Engineering and Solid Waste Management. Now, the faculty took the initiative to drop us of our KW3213 Principle of Chemical & Biological Processes, a subject that preceeds a latter subject, Bioreactor System for a structural engineering course, KH3243 Road Engineering. Reason being that the course was deemed redundant by the industry and the Germany bound undergraduates had to take Road Engineering to qualify for the Germany twinning program.

Last semester, KH4133 Civil Engineering Management was replaced by a similar compulsory made course by the department, KH4193 Project Management for some odd reason.

This is the outcome.

Suddenly the department makes a 180 degree turn. After several board meetings, they have decided that both Civil Engineering Management and Principles of Chemical & Biological Processes are compulsory courses that must be taken to fulfill graduate requirements.

As a result, both Road Engineering and the Project Management courses have been automatically upgraded to electives for all Environmental Engineering undergraduates. As I am only allowed to take 2 electives, the chances for me to drop both maritime engineering and solid waste engineering is worrisome. These 2 courses are my choice and it differentiates me from the Structural Engineers, thus making me hanging on the neck as I’m neither a Structural nor Environmental Engineer.

Alas, my rebellious nature will continue taking the courses of my choice, Civil Maritime Engineering and Solid Waste Management even if I have to exclude them from my overall grading point system and presenting my neck on a silver platter since I have to take a massive 21 credit hours in my final semester.

21 UNITS.

WTF.

Yea, I’m freaking cheesed off.

Finally, I’m in my final semester in Civil & Environmental Engineering in UKM, looking forward getting out of the local institution to work in the real world. Emo posts are not my thing so this will be as short as possible.

Solid Waste Management and Civil Maritime Engineering are electives of my choice for this semester, taking me to a total of 15 credit hours for my final semester, which I can handle despite heavy projects and thesis works up lying ahead. Alas, UKM has knack of screwing its engineer undergraduates and they have a done it again.

Apparently in the previous semester, Civil Project Management (more on feasibility studies) was an optional course that we were conned into taking as a compulsory faculty course. This semester, the Engineering Department required us to take Civil Project Management (more on contract laws) again, stating that it’s our fault for not noticing that the previous one was an optional course meant for 3rd Year Undergrads instead of us 4th Year Undergrads.

This means that I am now taking extra 3 credit hours in my final semester whether I like it or not. 18 CREDIT HOURS IN MY FINAL SEMESTER.

Suicidal at best.

I’m seriously putting thought into auditing one of my courses to avoid affecting my overall grades.