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Done and Genius I Am

{ June 1, 2007 @ 3:03 pm } · { Experiment, Personal }
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I’M DONE!!! Finally, after suffering the pain for my experiment physically and mentally. But, a siao cha boh was there for helping me out through times of need and definitely all the encouragements kept me going. I really can’t say enough thank yous to you. :)

Drum roll please. I’m officially a GENIUS. Muahahahahahaha!(Self praise gets no praise. Yea yea! But I happy mar!) I managed to improve the performance of my wing and my Prof likes it a lot. And guess what. I gave some suggestions/improvements which could be carried out and he said he might consider all of those and will ask Imperial to send over some students to continue with my work. Take that!!! I was super happy when he said that. Who gets that remarks for projects man!

The fall back was that my presentation was a bit long and too informative. Well, I didn’t really pay too much attention to it because it was only just 10% of my entire report. What was important was the results I managed to obtain and that was it. Hehehehehe. Sounds so technical.

However, there is always a dark side. You all know that my infamous IC Prof said that my report was superficial. But aiya, don’t care la. Both sides will mark my paper and it seems they will take an average of them. So, I pray la this one in Norway will give me super high marks. :)

I have just printed about 300 pages but actually I think I have printed about 2 1/2 rims of paper. Don’t worry they will be all recycled for those which got rejected. Hey, if printing here is free why not take advantage kan? I know you all do it if you could so don’t give me that ‘Cheng Chun, you eco killer!!!’ look. :) I love this university. IC is so kiam siap for the amount we have been paying.

But now, it is almost time to say goodbye to Trondheim and I might be back in Norway for summer. It has certainly been one hell of an experience being here and a challenge to see me whether I’m cut out for this leaving my comfort zone.

June Post

{ June 1, 2007 @ 7:14 am } · { Experiment }
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First post of the month. People ah, I only post 54 posts last month okay! It isn’t overkill yet. :)

Anyway, my presentation is in 3 hours time and I’m slightly unprepared but it is just 10% of my project which I think it is quite small for the amount of effort we put into it like adding the animations, designs of slides etc. Oh well, tembak only la. I can’t really be bothered now.

More importantly, I need to finish my report and print it here since it’s FREE!!! I must take the opportunity. I’m going to miss this printing stuff when I go back to London. Eh but wait! I don’t need to go to College anymore(well once to hand in my report). YATTA!!!

Hehe. Wish me luck!

Wa Ai Si Liao

{ May 29, 2007 @ 4:53 pm } · { Experiment }
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My report got piaked by my supervisor in London. He said it is ‘superficial’. I had put in a lot of time into this report and now I got this remark. I just feel a bit demoralised. But I know he is one tough supervisor to please. I still remember he commenting on Felix’s lab report “Very good” and yet he gave him 56%. Bananas!

However, I think I’m quite lucky that I sent my report to be checked early by him. This would give me the time to refine and edit all the comments/suggestions he gave to me. Better take all these criticism and improve on it. I have to redo my graphs and as someone quoted, “Make it non-superficial”.

Jia You Cheng Chun!!!

The Report

{ May 26, 2007 @ 8:13 am } · { Experiment }
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After spending about 3 weeks, I think it is almost done. I have written about 45 pages and there are about 25 pages worth of data. I’m quite proud this time because I managed to do header and footers. It was a nightmare to do in Word 2003 but with Word 2007, it seems like magic.

For those who are free to proof check my report, do you mind helping me?

All I need now is just to add some more pointers to my discussion and I should be done. Then next, I have to do a power point presentation. Aiya. I hate those. My prof asked use to talk for 1 hour than the 20 minutes recommended. He is crazy!!! I just hope that I can get over this and take my flight home to London.

The weather is fantastic today. Super sunny which woke me up but on the chilly side. I might pop down to town later to get some fish burgers. Hehehehe.

8 more days to go.

Disaster

{ May 21, 2007 @ 2:59 pm } · { Experiment, Rambling }
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OH MY GOD!!! I just realised that I must have a logbook where I have to continuously write stuff from the beginning of the project. Oh well, I’m going to fidget and fudge my way through this. I have my mini Shell notepad but I don’t think that can cover up to 10% of my entire project.

Nevermind. Semangat a bit to go to the bookshop and get a logbook. BUT THEN! How can Union bookshop close at 3 p.m!!! Wah lau!!! This is cacat man. Aihhhhhhhh. Then I have to do my drawings for my kawaii vortex generators but then I can’t print.

More disasters after another. :(

Data, Data, Data

{ May 10, 2007 @ 10:29 pm } · { Experiment, Rambling }
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Aiseh. I just formatted about 22 pages of data from Excel into Word. I just hate doing tables in word and especially in ‘landscape’. I think I have another 22 more to go tomorrow with a different set of data. Not to mention, I have another 10 graphs to plot. Talking about a REAL experiment.

Well, I took a 15 min walk around my hall. I couldn’t stand staying in my room for the past 70 odd hours. I suppose I needed a change of environment for a while. That helped take a pinch of ‘worry’ out of my system that has been bugging me. However, no time to think of it now. I’m pressing for time with my report.

I think I worry too much at times. I should follow this siao cha boh’s advice, ‘Let go, let go.’ Short but effective. Hahaha. :)

Am I Too Good or What?

{ May 4, 2007 @ 10:54 am } · { Experiment }
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Oh my gawd! I didn’t know that my experiment would be so good(dunno whether that’s good or bad) that now I have to push it even further. You might not understand what I’m saying here but to summarise my wing here is over-performing. I never expected it to stall such as a high angle of attack.

But here is the sad case. I have to KEEP ON DOING IT until it stalls! Aiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Celaka, here I thought I don’t need to do my labour work in College anymore. There goes my Spiderman 3 plan for tonight.

Hmmmmmmmmm. I suppose I could come in on Saturday to do my experiment. Actually, that sounds better. The experiment can wait but Spidey can’t. Hehehe.

Scarred For Life

{ April 27, 2007 @ 9:45 am } · { Experiment, Rambling }
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Okay. May be it is over dramatic here but there is an 1 inch(2 cm) long, deep scratch on my forehead. Skin peeled off but luckily it isn’t bleeding that much. Well, of course it isn’t that deep until you can see my skull. That would leave me to be in the hospital by now. No worries.

I banged into the pitot tube in the wind tunnel. It was on top of the wind tunnel. I turned and it ‘doink’ on my forehead. Aiyak. There goes my beautiful skin. :(

It seems everyone will eventually bang into that pipe. I know my prof did. Hehehe.

Slow and Easy

{ April 27, 2007 @ 7:47 am } · { Experiment, Rambling }
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Once more, I think I have to do my experiment; the same pressing and clicking. But this time, I got move the Vortex Generators slightly forward. It is going to be a hell time for me because now I have to remove all of the tape I used and re-tape all of them. I spent nearly 2 hours setting that up and there goes another 1 roll of tape. So far, I think I used about 3 rolls of it.

However, this morning I reluctantly got out of bed. No idea why. I usually spring out of bed at the first ring of the bell. I’m still dead tired even though I didn’t do anything yesterday. Hehehe. I know. I know. You people out there still have lectures and all and on top of that still have to study. So, I’m pretty sure that you should be even more tired compared to me.

Since as for now they are setting up the wing for me, I think I shall start tabulating 700 points for me to calculate. And oh, I think I might just do half (3 sets) an experiment today. Don’t think my body can handle the work today. Wish me luck.

Finally

{ April 26, 2007 @ 10:23 am } · { Experiment }
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DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EXPERMIENT!!! I managed to finish all my test for my experiment. After mopping and getting all stressed up about it, it is kinda of over. But being a student from Imperial *cough cough* I did ask my prof to see whether there is anything else for me to do with the wing until he comes back.

Apparently, he is coming back in mid-May. My goodness. By then, I should have completed everything and I would be writing up my report. Oh well, these means I don’t need to go to College till then. Doesn’t this sound so nice. I still can’t believe that Freshers still have to attend lectures after Easter. Poor you. I will think of you when I’m in bed ya. :)
Anyway, here are my babies fabricated by the workshop. My Vortex Generators.

My babies.

They were taped on the wing. Such technologies we have these days.


43 of them on the wing. :)

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