FOOD!!! + 24Jan 09

Cooked dinner with one of my roomie on friday.. and of coz that dinner was one of the best i ate at home (CLV) for many reasons... have been eating chicken and beef with RICE (my fav) for the past few days and sooo the FRESH steak that we had was of coz a good change!! We specially went to the supermarket sobeys to buy it and so00o it was super fresh... n it's very convenient to go to sobeys as it was just a 5-10 mins walk from my place..

Our first dinner together on friday. Steak + fries + vege

One of my roomie. Lara from Iceland who can cook the steak very very very well!!!)

Our second dinner together.. steak + mashed potatoes + salad

YUM YUM YUM..

Went for a CNY dinner organized by the singapore malaysia alliance (SMA) on saturday.. =)

place - King Tin Restuarant..

the food here was fabulous and not that expensive BECAUSE a big group of us went n BECAUSE it's an activity organized by SMA.. it is definitely not because the stuffs here are cheap...

n by the time we finished our dinner, it was ard 9 plus and so there were no more bus back to CLV!!!

n because it was freezing cold outside, we had to cab back.. n the meter in that bloody cab jumps every 4 secs or so0o0o0o.. and because of that, the cab fare was like CAD$9.60 for just a pretty short distance..

so after dinner.. majority of the NUS, NTU and SMU students gathered at unit 35 in CLV for our house party... each of us bought along some tibits and abit of food here and there. there were quite a few decks of poker cards as well.. and those gaming chips.. and so0o0o all of us played till in the wee hours of the morning.. and i stayed till 4am plus before heading back to my place to zzz.. it was pretty fun just sitting, snacking, chatting and playing with others... in total, there were like about at least 15 of us.. =) and we had some ang moh visitors from other units too.. heard that over at unit 11. they were also having a party.. but it was a totally different kind of party that we were having.. pple over there mainly germans were like really partying - drinking, dancing and etc to the music..

and so0o0o Saturday was quite a fun and busy day for me..

went to brick brewery in the morning and afternoon before walking around in downtown kitchener..

the trip to the brewery was foc as it's organized by global cafe.. n each of us were entitled to 8 glasses of different kinds of beer. and haha.. i drank like only a few sips before i stopped.. don't really like the taste of beer although yihan thinks that it is good beer. ..haha.. =)

More pictures to come!! WATCH OUT!!!

ECE Symposium - 21st Jan

ok. more updates..

attended lectures and tutorials on weekdays.. completed some of my assignments too.. there seems to be like endless flow of assignments to be completed. so i was trying to clear as much work as i can during the weekdays.. went to take a look at the ece symposium on wednesday where the final year electrical engineering students were presenting their fyp stuffs.. N it was real cool and fun here. the projects and stuffs they did were like awesome.. n in my opinion, their fyp projects are definitely much better than the ones in NUS.. i am sure pple who have went to see it will believe me man.. they created things like virtual pilot nagivator which i think was one of the most impressed ones, computerized chess game, n even computerized table soccer game and the drum game that u can find in arcades.. and there are alot moreeee...

Computerized chess game

More about the computerized soccer table game (it took like abt 8 students to build this in abt 1 year)

the blue players are controlled by the computer and basically u can just play with the computer..

Other interesting projects

Bioengineering related ECE projects:

This prosthetic knee one is quite impressive too.. should have also taken a picture their prototype!!

monitoring system that analyze your ECG waveform to detect abnormalities in your heart beat.. sort of like a diagnostic kit..


N lastly, this is one of my FAVOURITE picture!!

that guy beside me has got cool hair!!

they are ECE fyp students we did the drum thingy.. i tried playing it but i was pretty bad at it.. bad eye and hand coordination.. haha..

n come to think of it, i should have taken the picture of the drum and dunno wat too...

updates

time seems to fly..



it has been almost three weeks since i am in canada.



so far, everything is great.. the pple, SOME of the lessons, the food, and everything.. except the weather for the past few days... it was like around -20 deg C. today seems to be much better coz it like ard -11 deg C.



went to watch an ice hockey match on friday.. for me, it's the first time i have watched such a game. so of coz, it's exciting and blah blah blah. plus waterloo won queens with a score of 4-0.. the match ended at about 10 plus and we had to brave the weather to get home.. it was freaking cool that night and soo0o we had to hide in the nearby building while waiting for the shuttle bus come.. hahaz.. this is so0o0 damn great.



went to St Jacob's market and conestoga mall yesterday. bought mainly food of coz.. the fruits like stawberries, raspberries, blackberries and etc are cheaper compared to in spore. bought some meat and sauce to cook too.. over there, i need to do my groceries and settle my meals myself.. and even laundry too!! talking abt it, i have to walk to the community centre three times to get my laundry done... this is so0o0o0o troublesome even though it only about 200m walk.. BUT with the kind of weather here, you have to dress like layers to go out.. soo0o0o, this is the times where i learnt to appreciate home coz over there, everything will be done for me...



and for me, i hope to be able to experience a winter storm.. cause i think it would be a one in a lifetime experience. plus if it happens, then there will be NOOOOO schooll.. haha.. most of the lectures here are so00o0o0o long compared to in NUS..

life in canada so far

has been more than 1 week since i have arrived in canada.

staying in on campus residence, columbia lake village south...

just finished watching a movie at the community centre.. popcorns n bubble tea were provided foc.. n there are like other forms of entertainment available that the community centre too - pool table, soccer table, ping pong table....

attended my lectures for a week already. lecturers here, in my opinion, are better than in NUS ones.. students here are also more willing to speak up and ask question during lectures too.. n the majority of the students are very punctual.. only a minority of the students like a handful of them are late.. n lecturers usually start on time.. nnnnnnnn lecturers can talk non stop for like 2 straight hrs with NO break!!

more interestingly, most lecturers dun upload the lecture notessssssss!! so0o0o0o0 students have to copy them down quickly during lectures while the lecturer is explaining.. this is soo0o0o0o different from NUS style n way of teaching... n for some reasons, they are pretty strict on copyright issues. so0o0o0 for some modules, students have to buy the course materials n for notes with like nice pretty little diagrams, students have to pay for the copyright thingy.. haha.. a set of course materials cost like CAD$26.04..

n for the finanical accounting module, we need a required tb which cost like over CAD$100. n fortunately or unfortunately, the tb will come with a code which we will need for our online assignments.. n soo0o0o0o for exchange students like me who are very poor n do not intend to buy any textbook, we have to pay CAD$40 to buy the code.. haha.. is it worth spending CAD$40 to get the 15% assignment marks????? so0o0o different from mastering physics can..

ok.. so much for studying... will definitely have more to come though.. keep ur fingers cross..

the weather..

is freaking cold over here.. on my first night here, the temp is like -25 deg C.. so far the temp is ard -10 deg C or higher.. but it has been snowing the past few days... n hopefully, the temp will NOT drop any further though it's pretty unlikely coz it will get colder in end Jan.. If that's the case, i rather there will be winter storm or sth like that so that all classes will be cancelled..haha..

=)