New Continent..

Okay, for those who knew, you know.. for those who don't I am not going to tell.. but the bottom line is I am out traveling.. to a new continent.. or more precisely, just 2 countries..

So far, everything has been okay.. nothing that we can't handle.. another 10 days or so before I go back.. shall update this blog whenever I can.. if I am not too tired.. :p Gonna enjoy this as much as possible before rejoining the rat-race end of this year..

Immism..

Here are some of my philosophical views on various things that I had posted in my FB.. :p thought I consolidate and publish them here too.. :)

Since all of them are in Chinese, I will try to provide an suitable English translation that is both vernacular and apt, which would convey the state of my mind/emotion when I wrote them...

回想走過的路途跌跌撞撞，滿身已盡是傷。。。
(Looking back at all the stumbling and falling suffered, wounds everywhere.....)
帶著平常心過著平凡的生活，這何嘗不是一種平靜？
(Isn't it not contentedness living a normal life in serenity?)
你把人家當朋友，別人把你當閑人。。
(You accepted them as friends, while they treated you like dirt..)
知足惜福，就已幸福。。
(Being contented and count our blessings is in itself a happiness..)
只要彼此關心，朋友不需要天天見面。。
(Daily meetups are not needed among friends as long as we have each other in our hearts..)
心中有愛，任何風雨都不是阻礙。。
(With love, nothing can stand in the way..)
無法主控他人，但能夠調適自己來面對。。
(You can't control what others do, but you can choose the way you react..)
與其感嘆著這短暫的相處，不如銘記著這有緣的邂逅..
(Rather than lamenting the short time we spent together, why not hold dear the memories we had..)
全心全意未必会换来真心真意，情场可能是如此，职场又何尝不是？
(Devotedness is not always rewarded with sincerity, it is the case in love, and maybe at work too?)
你不說誰懂,你不願誰肯？
(Who will understand if you don't talk; who would be willing if you don't? )
無意脫口而出的一句話，可能會影響有心聽眾的一生。。
(What is said innocently might affect the life of the person who took it personally..)
小孩的無邪，也許抵不過世間的險惡，但至少覺得希望尚在人間。。
(The innocence of children might not be enough to repel the evilness of the world, but at lease we know that hope is still alive..)
為喜歡的人，赴湯蹈火也在所不辭；對反感的人，舉手之勞也倍感負擔。。
(Would gladly go through hell for the people we like; for those we don't, even lifting a finger seemed such a chore..)
不能說出心中的愛是多麼無奈；不去試著活得精彩是多麼悲哀；
(What a torment it is to be unable to profess to those we love; What a waste it is to be unable to live our life to the fullest...)
無奈正全面蛀蝕着靈魂。。無力、無助、無言。。痛，無止境蔓延着。。
(Helplessness, gnawing my soul.. powerless, defenseless, speechless... pain, spreading eternally into the vastness..)
當年的低潮，當日的低沉，當天的低落， 原来當時低調的自己低估了低回的過去。。
(The lows of yesteryear were but a reminisce of my low-profile self downplaying the despondency of yore....)
就算已經理性地預知了，並不代表可以感性地接受。。
(Even though you might have predicted it rationally, it doesn't mean that you are able to accept it emotionally when it finally happens.. )
生命中終會有一些人：想遇卻遇不到，想躲也躲不了，想忘竟忘不掉。。
(In life, there are always people - whom you can't meet even if you wanted to, whom you can't hide no matter how hard you tried, whom you can't forget regardless..)
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More to come.. Any comments from those who are bilingual? How is the English translations? Good? Bad? So-so? Do give me some feedback..

It is OVER!! (Updates)

It is official.. :)

Wrote an email to Prof K to thank him for all the advice and guidance that he has given for the past few months, and at the same time asked him about my report.. And this was what he replied, in full..

Dear Imm,

You did very well. Professor Kt, in his question asked after your presentation was over, said that he was quite impressed with your work. I would mark your work, including your presentation as A+.

One request I would like to make is to send the electronic file of your report in full, and also that of your presentation to me. I keep all of the theses, reports and presentation files of all my students whom I supervised in my PC.

Other than that, I believe you do not have to do anything more to get your Master Degree from Waseda University GITS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

Warm regards,
Prof. K.

:) :) :) Yes, this email has confirmed that I did not have to rewrite my final report.. :) :) But most importantly, I feel a great sense of accomplishment because Prof Kt was impressed with my work.. Well, I must say that impressing Prof Kt is no easy feat, as he is the most feared and most demanding professor in my graduate school!! Most students avoid taking his classes and (literally) tremble while making presentation in his presence.. Yet, I do not fear him as I subscribed to his expectation of graduate students. Because, frankly, many of the students SHOULD NOT be allowed to graduate, much less earning a Masters degree with the kind of sloppy work that they churned out..

Anyway, except for a lone 'B' from Prof M, I have straight 'A's and 'A+'s for my Masters subjects... Haven't had so many 'A's and 'A'+s since primary school.. :p :p :p Out of my 4 theme researches (one for each semester), I got an 'A' from my own Prof.. :x while the other 3 Prof (Prof Kt, Prof M and Prof K) each gave me 'A+'... Never did I once get an 'A+' from him for any of his subjects, when even the strictest Prof (Prof Kt) thought that I deserved 3 'A+'s for his classes!! Enough said.

Now, I can finally put my mind to rest and concentrate on planning my holiday.. :) Will be flying off to another continent for a 14-days holiday next week.. :p Can't wait..

It is OVER!!

Finally... I am done with my Masters!! :)

For my presentation, I started off kinda shaky.. but I soon regained my composure.. in the end, I managed to present within the time limit given.. and more importantly, I think I managed to impress the Professors with my answers during the Q & A session.. even the strictest and most feared Professor was happy and satisfied with my responses..

The only concern I have right now is whether I need to amend or update my final report.. Other than that, I am not really worried about not being to graduate.. :p :p

Now that the presentation is over, it is time to plan for more trips in these last few months before I move back to Malaysia/Singapore for good around end of September.. :) :)

Almost there II

I am kinda relieved now.. the laborious part is over, at least for me..

Met Prof K at his home with Jim a couple of hours ago.. Did a rehearsal of my presentation twice, after exceeding the time limit the first time.. We went through my slides one by one and rewrote some of them.. Furthermore, Prof K had more or less approved my final report.. there is still some minor layout adjustments here and there.. but overall, the content is ok!! :) :) :) so no need to write anymore!! :p

We did all the above after enjoying a cup of tea prepared by Prof K and playing with his cat... :) It was such an enjoyable afternoon..

Shall do all the minor changes tomorrow.. For now, I just wanna rest my brain and have a drink.. :) :) :)