We have been formally advised that this semester,the format of mid-semester exam will be the same as previous papers, however, none of the questions will be repeated.That is, all of the questions will be new. Sounds scary! As far as the current situation is concerned, the failure rate for Signals and Systems this semester is going to be a huge. This is a receipe to disaster!!!

 

I really feel like last year at this time now before did CA(Circuit Analysis)mid semester exam. I still remember the subject coordinator said to me right after the mid-semester exam last year,GO HOME TO CRY.Luckily,I still managed it to pass when 75% people failed!!!!!!!When my friends did it with me Aut 2005 for Circiut Analysis and some of them are still doing it now,this is ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING!!!

Yesterday (20th April)was my first day off during the so called Easter Break and I went to Blue Mountain which is 2 hrs from Sydney by train.

I took off the train at Katoomba stataion and walked for about half an hour to arrive at Three Sisters.Then,that was where the bushwalk or (climb the mountain)started. To my surprise,the mountain was so steepy and it took me almost 3.4 hrs to climb from this side of Three Sisters to another side.

I also tasted the Drinkable Water in the mountain which was awesome.I did not feel tired at all although it was such a long distance,mainly because the view was so beautiful.You cannot feel tired under such blue sky,fresh air,everywhere is green,can you?

I will try to put some pics a little bit later on.I will learn how to do this when I get sometime.Gotta get back to study now.1 day off and thats gone!

 

I went to have an tutor interview position today...the kids are so small to me,,they are year 1-6...Having viewed my reference letter from a senior lecturer in the Mathematical Department and my resume,the manager seemed to be quite happy.

The hard thing for me is not teach them how to do 8*7,or 352-765=?But teach them how to behave properly and polite and stuff like that?

I might take this job,just half day a week...oh..well..i gotta confirm with him anyway...

After interview,I went to back to lab and saw so many friends were struggling(concentrating)with IDS(Introduction to Digital System) assignment 2, which is basically,you have to show numbers 0-9 on the 7 segment display.Of course,you gonna use adder to implement this requirement.However,apart from this,students are also expected to shift numbers from 1 bit to another.Watching them doing this bloody assignment bring my memory backs to last semester,which I spent 70 hrs in the lab last semester doing this assignment.I understand it was a pain process and extremely time consuming,but having done your simulation individually for each block,priority circuit,adder+register(counter),binary_to_bcd,multiplexer,seven segment display,and having wiring the kit,you will jump around when you see your kit is working as required.Anyway,I did jump when I saw my kit is working as required.So,do not worry guys,enjoy the pain.No pain,no gain.

I might take some chocolate to my Year 1-6 students to make them happy:)lol...I can tutor high school people,but not sure those little kids..

As we have several days off for the easter break,lots of ppl gone to enjoy themselves because they do not have Signals and Systems. They do not have Fourier Transforms,Laplace Transforms,control systems...Good on ya,guys...I wish you have lots of fun and enjoy yourselves...

What surprises me is that when I went to library today,a huge number of ppl were studying there.I asked myself "what the hell is this"  Someone might say"oh..come on...its Easter Monday today,lets go somewhere to have some fun,to take a break,to enjoy yourself"...I thought a huge number of ppl are on holiday now,but actually its not true.Look at the hard-working ppl in the library,I like you all guys.Do not complain about the hard time we are having at the moment for us,Electrical Engineering(Computer Systems students),it will surely pay off in the future,my dear friends.According to Gerard Boardman,a great lecturer in Electrical Engineering at University of Technology,Sydney,not everybody can do Engineering and certainly not everybody can do Electrical Engineering because ultimately,Electrical Engineering is the hardest course at university,this is also the feedback from industry.So,we guys should be proud of ourselves how lucky we are.We can experience the great feeling having passed extremely difficult subjects when a huge number of people fail.This is also something so valuable as a person and its certainly in life.The important thing in life is not the failure,but how we face it after failure.

The workload of Signals and Systems and Advanced Electroncis have driven me crazy...Heaps of simulation,labs,preparation for mid-semester exam...Finally,a short break is coming, hopefully in which I may take a break and reflect some of things I have learned so far for those two subjects.

It is said that Software Embedded Systems is coming shortly into the degree now,it will make life even more difficult and tough,however,I look at the positive side...Oh,well..