The results for this semester was the last thing on my mind when it was released, what with the preparation of NOC and everything. I didn’t think I’d do particularly bad this time around, but at the same time I knew it wouldn’t be a fantastic semester by any means. So it really wasn’t a [...]
Since my provisional acceptance into NCSV over a year ago, the much anticipated subsequent step in the NOC application process was the company interviews, and it’s something I’d been looking forward to this semester. The wait didn’t last longer than mid-October as that was the period of time the companies were scheduled to contact the [...]
The NOC experience means differently to different people, and making the decision to postpone it last semester forced me to reexamine my motivations for applying for this programme. I’ve always found the startup working experience to be the most attractive feature of NOC, and being able to intern for a year at the right company [...]
It’s kind of hard to believe that it’s been more than two years into my tertiary education, and sometimes I feel that I haven’t really learnt much over these last four semesters. It’s like I’ll study really hard for something only to forget it all the moment the holidays come, and this cycle just repeats [...]
The July 2010 batch bound for the NUS Overseas College programme in Silicon Valley left last Saturday morning, and although I was originally destined to be on that flight, I did not. I made the decision to delay my participation in this programme by a semester a few months back, and I’ve been meaning to [...]
The first week of the term is over, and it’s been the busiest first week I’ve ever had in my four semesters in school. Most of my time has been taken up by a single module, CS3216 (and quite expectedly so), and that’s mostly because it’s easily the only module I’ve been passionate about. I [...]
The third semester of my university term is just about over, and this has by far been the most challenging one of all. I look back with the regret that I did not manage my time better and of the wrong choices I made, but in this position now I know that the last four [...]
It’s been a hundred days since I attended the IDA ELITe programme briefing at the end of July, and since then I’ve managed to secure a mentorship and internship with IDA, with the former beginning on January 1, 2010. The initial pace of this programme has generally been slow but comfortable, which I suppose is [...]
My application for the NUS Overseas College (NOC) programme for July 2010 has been the focus of my last four weeks, and so far I’ve been successfully through the first two stages. I’m currently waiting for the result of the Round Two interview, although I’m not really sure when it’s due to be released. I [...]
That’s the number of semesters I have left before I graduate, and minimally as well. I finished my last paper today, out of four, and I’m glad that the ordeal is finally over. Time has flown pretty quickly this past semester, and I’m sure many will share that sentiment. It won’t be long before this [...]