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Hall Bash was a success thanks to the support the hall has given. But what touched me was the presence of all the seniors who came down to just check on things. I mean, they probably don't realise it, but their presence was appreciated.

To tell the truth, as the chief-programmer, I was pretty nervous with the proceedings. But things turned out fine and I even had some time to enjoy myself - drinking, chatting, wriggling whatever moves I have on the dance floor and then playing with wax. Haha...

Hopefully Hall Ball will be just as successful.
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IA has left me freaking frustrated. Okay, I know it is cool to work in National Stadium. I know it is cool to see James Wong, Vincent Ng, Belinda Lee, water flooding the office and being able to film myself in football action inside the National Stadium. But hell, the work here is tough.

I have come to a point that I feel guilty for the citizens of Singapore. Here I am, stumped with the bloody project. My job is supposed to work on the national athletes and then help them win medals to do Singapore proud. Yet, I find that the structure of the laboratory is not complete enough. We have 3 biomechanists. Of which one is doing his masters in NTU, the other is a part-timer and the last one is the head of the department. We have two other lab technicians who do a pretty good job. But seriously, how much can 3 half- involved biomechanists do?

So I come into the picture, supposedly to do a 3D model of a sporting activity. I chose wushu - trust me, it is already the easiest choice of the lot. Because if you look at the rest of the sports like swimming and sailing, the analysis will surely involve thermodynamics, that is, moving of bodies through a viscous medium. What I am doing now is a lengthy process. Is a project that once completed, is worth publishing a paper in International Sports Biomechanics journals. Projects such as these take years to do, not to mention at least 3 or 4 professors involved. So, I suppose Superman is supposed to complete it within 6 months of his IA all alone?

Flowplan of project..

And then, the actual results will still depend on whether the wushu athlete wins the medal. Imagine the costs involved - qualified manpower, costs of equipment that go by tens of thousands, opportunity costs and effort wasted. Then think about where the Singapore Sports Council gets the money from. Has it struck you that those ERP payments are going into erm... medals?

Okay, I know the mark of a rich country is the ability to be able to enjoy high standard of living - to enjoy music, watch plays, shake some ass in clubs, smile at people on the streets, win sports medals and then going home to that high class condominium with lavish facilities. I know too that I really hate the low-class pop culture here and yearn to see more people appreciating stuff that are more difficult to appreciate. But surely asking an unqualified undergraduate to do a some kind of PhD stuff is an unglamourous way of throwing oneself into the "high-class" range of countries?

So disgusted Superman is half inclined to read ISB journals all day and do a poor job on the project. And then risk getting a poor grade for his IA. What's worse is that my supervisors have already expected me to continue my "good work" here by doing my final year project with them. And chances are, I will continue my career with the government, with little chance of promotion, with little experience gained in the private sector. And then ending up probably busking on the streets of Orchard Road - showing off whatever mediocre football tricks I have.

I really need a break through. Like a miracle. Like how suddenly a ray of light appears. And then suddenly I master the AnyBody modeling programming language. And then getting a good grade for IA.

Okay, I actually need to work on the IA report. GAH!

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