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I know I just updated my blog yesterday. but, watever, i love writing :)

I just finished my presentation for my group project yesterday. I was so nervous before the presentation because the industry partner was there and I had a feeling that the professor didn't really like our group. But, when I thought about, it would the LAST/FINAL presentation for my undergraduate studies, so, I decided to let go all the unnecessary burden and give all out. And, I did it!! I think it would be one of the best presentation I had given :) *Floating in the air*

Really, 1 most class, and I shall be done with all my undergraduates. Whatever happened in the past 4 years -- sweet, sad, bitter, frustrating, there will be kept in memories that are stored in my heart forever! I don't know how future will treat me but studying in US definitely give me a different perspectives of world and life, and with I learned, that I am confident I can move on to the next stage :)

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Thesis checked
Thesis defense checked
Poster presentation checked
15-page geography paper checked
Paper n presenation for Problem solving class checked

Huhu!!!! My hell month almost reached the end! This also mean my undergraduate life almost ended too... After the presentation for my problem solving class tomorrow, I'll only have 1 lab report and a couple of exams. Can't wait, really can't wait. I'm thinking of going to New York City this Friday to get a hair cut and try the yummy pizza from the Pizza Suprema. Apparently, it got many good reviews!! Ermmm, should I go???

A thought

Yesterday, we had the NJ Tzu Chi 15th Anniversary Celebration. Coincidentally, it was also our group's turn to do the Saturday prayer. So, I decided to go to the office earlier since I haven't went to the morning prayer for a while, like 2 years :S

After the prayer, we listened to a clip by Master Cheng Yen. She said that we must keep in mind to do good each and every time. We must not take for granted that we are still young and we have the whole life to spend. No one knows what will happen tomorrow. And, when the time comes, we will be going to the other World on our owns and with what we have done. Another things she said that I found very thoughtful is that our life, 生命, is getting shorter each and other day, but our wisdom-life 慧命 will increase with the deeds we do. Not only will I keep this in my mind, and I will like to share it with the people around me. May your Wisdom-life grows each and every day! Amitabha.

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Last week was a busy week for me. I spend 3 days in California, visiting school. Decision was made, hopefully, everything will go smoothly. I also started working on my Earthquake paper, finished 9 out 15 pages so far. 40% more to go. I submitted my thesis last Friday. Though it was supposed to a rough draft, I don't think I'm going to continue on with my project. So, I would just say Good Bye to the thesis. I also printed my poster for next week symposium. Slides for next Tuesday presentation was 75% done. But, I didn't feel like working anymore today, just wanna relax and watch some Thai drama, whatsoever. Hopefully, I can wake up early tomorrow morning to work on the powerpoint.

U visit

I'm in California now, visiting my possible future school. Everything went well so far. I didn't meet any faculty yet, only had dinner with a couple of grad students. Life is great here according to them. The atmosphere was different here compared to Rutgers. It's more college town like here. The campus is expanding as I saw many construction going on. I guessed they didn't face much budget cut as in New Jersey.

One thing I really like about the school is the biking system here. Apparently, it's one of the pioneer in trying out baking system in US. Almost every student owns a bike. Many major roads in the school are closed for cars and are only accessible through walking and biking. I really like it coz as you know, I love to bike and I can't drive :P

Life was pretty hectic for the past few weeks. Attended 2 conferences which I think it's kinda waste of time. But, at least, they got me out from my crazy schedule. Thesis rough draft is due on the 16th. I'm almost 90% done with it coz my research was a complete failure and I didn't have much to say. The poster for poster presentation is 85% done coz again, I didn't have much to present. There is a 20-minute presentation on Thursday for food microbiology class. Thanks to my superb teammate, Lauren, who compiled all the slides, the rest of us didn't have to do anything but just to present for ~4 minutes each on Thursday. A quiz for Plant Gene Transfer is scheduled tomorrow, but since I was out of town, I requested to take it on Friday. But, my professor's response was that only 2 out of 3 quizzes would be counted into the final grade, and I did pretty well in the first 2, I could opt not to take the 3rd one. Love Dr. Chin, but I finished studying 3.5 out of 5 lecture notes on the plane :S (btw, Dr. Chin is my Malaysian professor who speaks with the familiar Malaysian accent :) ... Everything sorts of falling in place so far except for one thing.....

It's the 15-page Geography paper!! It's 0% done. I kinda take the course for fun, just to fill in some time and learn about other countries. But, the paper is kinda freaking me out. I've been proscratinating the paper since before spring break. Now, it's gonna due next week, I'm so freaked out! Seriously, I have never written any non scientific paper, let alone Earthquakes in Indonesia. Screw myself, seriously! (can someone motivates me to write it, please :'(