Sunday, October 26, 2008

When was the last time ?

I chanced upon this cool note on facebook so thought it might be nice to share with ya'll

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When was e last time?

Mia: Don't you hate that?
Vincent: What?
Mia: Uncomfortable silences. Why do we feel it's necessary to yak about bullshit in order to be comfortable?
Vincent: I don't know. That's a good question.
Mia: That's when you know you've found somebody special. When you can just shut the fuck up for a minute and comfortably enjoy the silence.


Pulp Fiction

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Random Musings

Okay.. so I've been really lately and almost forgotten the existence of this blog. But honestly, there isn't a lot of things happening in my life either. Its still the same old me, going for lectures Mon-Fri.. skipping tutorials... 1 girlfriend..constantly going for cca meetings and hanging out with the usual bunch of people.

However, there is something new and that is the eco car project, part of a compulsory design module for all year 3ers. The first few weeks was spent going for what I would call basic theory lessons on automobiles, stuff that any car enthusiast would know. Following that comes the allocation of projects. There was Chassis, suspension, aerodynamics, CVT, super cap, electricals and fuel cell. Being ignorant on all the others, I conveniently chose Chassis and little did I expect that to a nightmare I am facing now.

With the week 9 approaching, I have a little more than 5 weeks to design the chassis consisting of wheels, brakes and steering. To make matters worse, the professor who will be grading us would like to have a car thats more road friendly, that spells a 2-seater, comfort, safe and noise insulation. Having a team of 3 guys doesn't seem to make matters any easier cos they are equally as clueless.

Oh and did I mention that we have to CAD them out using a software that none of us are familiar with ?

On another note, I am currently facing a recession too, no thanks to the panic selling of stocks in the global markets. Warrent Buffet once said "be greedy when others are panicking and panic when others are greedy". Well I was greedy 5 days ago when everyone was massively bailing out and 5 days later the bearish market had headed for the worse. ..Makes me wonder if the bearish market ever ever reach the bottom.