posted on Thursday, 19 July 2012 atGreat suggestion by Mutasim for my blog revival post! You should revive your blog too. :)
Well, here it goes.
I couldn't go to Singapore Poly because of my atrocious grades, so I went to Nanyang Poly because I didn't like Temasek Poly that much, Ngee Ann Poly's too far and Republic Poly was my last resort. But thank God I went to NYP.
How's NYP so far? Well, apart from the lack of fun facilities, I have to say that it's better than my secondary school: the always budget Damai. Even though there's a lack of canteens, places to sit, the long walk from Yio Chu Kang MRT, the school is still awesome.
Apart from facilities, I wanna say that the atmosphere in the school is great! Great classmates, great friends. Aircon in classes... Well, actually I hate aircon when it's too cold. And lectures, tutorials and labs are great places for learning.
Lectures - Sit in a hall filled with about 100 people.
Tutorials - Like a normal lesson in secondary school but with half the number of people because my class has only 21 people.
Labs - Hands-on with your classmates.
And what I'm studying right now?
Digital Electronics, Electric Circuits, Engineering Math, English, Physics, Thinking & Problem Solving Skills, Programming Techniques and PCB Design. 2 extra compulsory modules: Astronomy and Globalisation & Internationalisation.
I'll give a brief description of what I'm studying for each module!
Digital Electronics - If you could take a look in your phone, it's made up of integrated circuits, yeah that's what I'm studying in this module.
Electric Circuits - Secondary School's electricity topic, where you learn about circuits and assemble them with 9V batteries to make a lightbulb light up... Yeah, more complex stuff, learning direct current, alternating current and use a $20000 digital oscilloscope to measure an A.C. current.
Engineering Math - The name says it all. It's like A Math in secondary school.
Physics - Similar to the one in secondary school, learning about force, momentum and newton's laws.
Thinking & Problem Solving Skills - Name says it all. Given ridiculously easy tests and a project to assemble a working circuit board and design the layout.
Programming Techniques - Learn to make working computer programs like a wage calculator, table of powers using different coding techniques. My project is to make a working Tic Tac Toe program.
PCB Design - PCB stands for Printed Circuit Board. Well, we design circuit boards, learn wire wrapping, use our hand tools to solder components on the board.
Astronomy - Learn about the place beyond Earth, the galaxies, the stars.
Globalisation & Internationalisation - Learn about how the world developed through many different ways in many different ways.
That's as brief as it gets. Although there are many lessons to attend, I find the timetable quite relaxed compared to secondary school.
Mondays - 8am to 4pm
Tuesdays - 1pm to 4pm
Wednesdays - 8am to 12pm
Thursdays - 10.10am to 6pm
Fridays - 8am to 5pm
Now, I wanna talk about my CCA!
My CCA is floorball. For those of you who don't know what it is, google it! Quick tempo game, accurate passing and pinpoint accuracy of shots, that's what it's all about.
Training dates?
Wednesdays and Saturdays.
People get turned off by the fact that you have to go back and train on a Saturday. But it's really useful because it's the only day where you aren't tired from school or doing projects or studying.
I'm not very good in floorball, but I'll strive hard to get into the team and participate in competitions. So far, trainings have been fun and it really develops my knowledge of floorball.
Many won't believe that my coach is a young guy, playing for the national team but hey, floorball is a new sport, thus the young age of coaches and players. Well, that's basically all I want to say for my CCA.
Projects and studying for common tests have taken away my time for doing stuff like blogging and even playing my PS3.
And my school term seems short, it's like, 9 weeks of school, 2 week break, 9 weeks of school, 2 weeks of exams, 6 weeks break. End of semester.
Also, what I learn this semester will be totally different from next semester, well, it's good and bad at the same time, good being you don't have to waste a lot of time in your life studying the same subject, and bad being you have to learn a lot in a short span of time.
It's stressful, and sometimes stress makes me do stupid things, like talk gibberish and even wasting money on chocolates.
On non-serious matters, I really wanna expand my social circle in NYP, and maybe get a girlfriend on the way!
-sidetracks to personal life-
Nobody actually believes that I've never had a girlfriend in my entire life, really. I have been a kiddy-looking boy, with curly hair and big glasses, all I wanted was someone... Someone I can call "mine", someone that I can talk to about all my problems, someone that I'll be willing to travel across Singapore just to see her, someone that I'll lend a listening ear to.
OKAY that's enough.
-back to NYP life-
I don't want to make enemies though, but it doesn't hurt to make a few because a person with no enemies probably has many fake friends.
Well, that's about all I have to say about my NYP Life. I hope you've enjoyed reading it actually, and I appreciate it. Have a great day ahead! :)
- Amirul
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