A little notice at here and greetings.

Yo.

At here sending some information about the registration on the SMP. It seems that there are some problem on the registration of the courses in SMP and I don't know when will the problem is solved... Just for your information, register for the courses that they are available at the moment.

Then...

Merry Christmas and Awal Muharam to y'all, as well as Happy New Year 2009

at here first.

Meet y'all around again at next week! Hopefully that you all get the good results (and for those who taking DA last semester).

P/S: Perhaps you might need survival guide for DA? Let me know.

A little news here.

'Mates, our result is out. Quickly log in to the SMP and let us know your result.

I have a slight improvement and some results are not good as expected though. However, at least my pointer increase and better than before. (I am afraid that my results for this semester drops since there are a lot 'killers'...)

I survived for this semester again. Hopefully at next semester I survive too.

Another thing... we might need to re-register for our course as it seems that the pre-registration is lost (but there is nothing in the list of registration if you scroll down to 2/2)...

Additional Information!

P/S: I still got no idea about the time table of Social Context, hopefully that the department will upload the time table soon. Wish you luck for the results.

Thanks. I am one year older now.

Well. 12a.m. just passed. And I have one more year older. Celebrating my birthday... nope. I don't celebrate my birthday (just have a dinner with my family). And that's why my friends don't know when is my birthday (well I am not interested on telling them too).

Thanks to my friends that have place me a benediction through various ways, and I am really appreciate it.

2 more weeks to go. Wish those are celebrating Muharam a happy Muharam as well as Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

P/S: Any updates regard to the course will still in here. But it seems that the academic department is lazy though since there are various holidays... and we already know about how 'efficient' they are...

Sharing a good game in holiday...

Nothing to do at holidays, and just keep on waiting for the result and playing games. Found out that this game (that I am playing) recently is quite good, therefore I am going to show this to my friends and PSP RPG gamers.

This RPG game is called: Eiyuu Densetsu: Sora No Kiseki the 3rd 英雄伝説6:空の轨迹 (JAP), or The Legend of Heroes: Sora No Kiseki 3rd. Unfortunately, this game is only available in both Chinese (translated by some editors and fans, salute them) and Japanese version, in both PC and PSP platform. This game was out at the beginning of the year, but unfortunately it is not available in Chinese version, and that's the reason I played this recently.

For this, this is the Extra Version for the game, after the FC and SC (First and Second Chapter) from the original game, and this is the 3rd, which the story is mentioned a year or two after the SC's story background. (I am playing the Chinese version as I don't understand Japanese...)

Below are the screen shots that I take with my PSP. Thanks to the translators and now I finally understand the game (bought the UMD a while but blurred..)

The battle interface, and this screen appears when one of the character (This is called Klaudia, the princess of one of the three empires in the story, but she got another 'disguised' name - Klose. For the 3rd, the main character is the one with green hair, named Kevin Graham.

One of the mini game's interface. Looks like Fist of North Star...

The dialogue of the characters (this is the female protagonist, named Ritz.)

Some other characters (the upper screen is called Josette Capua and the lower one in Japanese characters is called Oliver Linheim) in the game. Playable characters in the game are 16. (More than FC and SC as in FC you only have 6 playable and SC you have 8)

The language had modded but everything is still same (the only difference is I understand what the game's story is happening as it is Chinese and they translated it perfectly).



The difference with certain RPG game, this version have more better story interface (you will confuse if you not yet played the First and Second Chapter).

If you are going to ask my opinion based on the gaming criteria with the scale of A to E, then I can give the score as follow...

Gameplay: A-
Like most RPG game, this game is flawless in the RTS rule. Flexible orbments in the game allows you to create better spells and affects your status points, which makes you to think wisely for the built-up.
Story: A
Links the line from FC to SC and create a special story by using the Moon Chamber and Star Chamber in the game (to reveal the memory of the characters and show you some spoilers of the characters.
Interface: B+
For PC I am pretty sure it will be OK. But for PSP it might cause a little problem as the screen is too small and the words are not big. Might have a pain on reading the words.
Graphic: A-
Using both 2D and 3D and the details are good. However, the character in 3D might not so beautiful if compared to 2D...
Music: A
Nothing to say - Japanese game's music (especially RPG) are quite flawless.
Control: B
Not really easy to control if you are a first timer, especially for the battle as it is different with most RPG game (can say that is similar to Grandia). And you need to turn the angle always as in the normal interface (not the menu) is in 3D.

Not going to give more information as I think the screenshot shows better (and I am not a game critic nor faq maker). Try it. It is a good RPG game, for PSP and PC.

Mystery Letter?

Yesterday, I received an 'unknown receiver' letter, which is sent via Registered Mail. It was a post card, but at there, it has no information except my mailing name and my address.

This is how the post card looks. I wonder who sent this to me as my address at my hometown is quite 'rare' as not a lot of my friends know about it.

Holidays

Home sweet home. Alas... it is the time for relaxation and we should spend our month wisely with parents.

I think I am the first one got 'idled' when the holiday comes. Just gonna to think out what am I supposed to do in the breaks. Trapped in a small town like mine got something good or bad... sometimes.

Perhaps I will start to ask about the way to show out the result quicker. It is boring as it is a pain that for me to wait the result. Do anyone is worried about the courses for next semester (especially for those who is taking DA)? It is quite cruel for this but perhaps I am looking forward to hear a lot of news from y'all about the lecturers for next semester. I got my words on this: Even though he is annoying (sometimes), but just try to accept him. Of course you can ignore him, but not reject him as after all he is not a really bad (sometimes) lecturer too.

And at last... my foreign language is at the last level. Should put an end on this and really hope that the results for this into our result slip is abolished. We should focus on English more instead of foreign language. What my school did for this year is quite good as for my course they were forced to take English first before they take any foreign language (even though the amount of this batch's student is just 1/5 of my batch).

A lot of good PSP game is out too (Yugioh GX Tag Force 3, Warriors Orochi 2: Maou Sairin, Dissidia: Final Fantasy, WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2009...). Should waste the time for downloading the game as well as the OST. What more...?

The 'thoughts' of this semester.

A semester again, and I am going to do the ‘thing’ that I always do for every semester… the evaluation for my course for the moment. So far, this semester seems not really pleasant as there are trouble and also something bad (personal) happens around me..

Let’s get started. I will use the ratings for the index (scale 1 to 5), for course difficulty, the higher the rating, the harder the course. For stress, the higher the rating, means the course is stressful. For workload, the lower the rate, the ‘load’ is lower for this course. For ‘others’, the lower the rating, means there are no issue and the course is absolutely good.

DA
Course Difficulty: 3
Stress Index: 4
Workload: 4
Others: 2

Wow, this is one of the major course that most of our friends will try to avoid, just in order to buy some time and hope that the lecturer for this course change in the next semester. Sorry to say but the lecturer for this course still remains at the next semester.

This course is actually not that hard, the only issue about this course is the lecturer is somehow… strict. His lectures are hard to understand due to the ‘complexity’ of the words he used for the lectures. As it is actually an easy thing he made it complicated. Sometimes it is better if you study yourself and ignore the technical words yourself. The assignment is not that hard, but it is really time consuming as you need to do a lot of research to analyse this and that, as well as follow the way a researcher to do the research. I guess this has to do with his course taught too (after all he is the coordinator for research purposes).

Awfully to say, he might be a pain in his personality, but undoubtedly he is a good lecturer that will not bias (he said it, so I dunno about this). It is also true that this course will aid or affect us in our future PSMP as well as the way we do our practicum and also in daily life (we applied it indirectly). Well… Just a word from me, focus on what he teaches is enough. If he wants to do something else or to show off, let him be. There are some lecturers are even worse than him. (You will find it out soon enough).
His tutorials will be the best moment to kill you out. Beware. This is what I impress about him (not confirm yet), if he still giving the assignments as a solo work, and the presentations in solo too? Then there will be roughly 80-100 presentations and also solo assignments, and is the format for the mid term and finals for this course is still essay? A lot of questions remain.

P/S: His final is easy to score too! If he is really serious that he is not bias and taking account for the marks, then for sure I can score for this test… just if he is mean ‘bout that though.


LTA
Course Difficulty: 3
Stress Index: 2
Workload: 3
Others: 1

This is a ‘supposed to be 3rd year’ course to take. However, it has been taken by us at this semester, and this is taught by our coordinator. It is more about how we are going to assess our test and create a good test paper based on the criterions. Sadly, I have no idea that what I have learned for so far. Luckily to say, even though I don’t know what I have learned in the lecture, but still I can learn something through tutorial. His tutorial is really interactive (if compared to certain course) as most of the tutorials started and ended with discussion. We can say anything during the tutorial (as long as it makes sense).

The workload is quite heave due to the marks allocation, but this is a good opportunity for me as the mid terms and finals are only cost 50% of the weightage, it means that process is also important for us to score well. Not really confident that I can score this or not, a B or better is good enough.


Syntax
Course Difficulty: 4
Stress Index: 4
Workload: 1
Others: 3
This is the course that taught by a foreigner. What I learned for this course is… learned 50 and confuse 50. I am blur about what he taught after the mid semester exam. The tally of this course is also a ‘?’ as he did not mentioned it (maybe he mentioned but I am not sure). And a yay for him - he is the first lecturer caught cheaters on spot in the mid term exam. That is the reason he is mad for a day as there are ‘some’ of us tried to deceive him (and you know who it is).

The workload for this course is tremendously low. We just need to do an assignment, and a portfolio (we actually done that by week to week, perhaps he wants to see that any of us is not paying attention in the lectures). But, how much are the marks for those items?

Honestly, I cannot get the hang about this course, is because the atmosphere of the lecture. It is dull. And I cannot get any information about what I had learned even though I attended (and spent some time outside during the lecture) all of his lectures and tutorials. He has requirements for us too, so it is not easy to score for this one.


Psychology
Course Difficulty: 5
Stress Index: 5
Workload: 2
Others: 4

I don’t know what happened to the lecturers for this semester. What I can say that I am appallingly annoyed with this course. Who knows what happened to the first lecturer, from what I heard from the second lecturer, she had gone to further study for the moment, and we will be going to miss the first 7 lectures for this course. The second lecturer can ask us to change this course so that we can avoid that we learned nothing… but they didn’t do so, even the school too. How sad.

The total lectures for this course is not even 5 (even the second lecturer have any extra time or what) and I don’t have the idea about what I am supposed to do or learn or study, and the final for this is insane. 108 questions include 8 subjective, by paying RM10 to buy his book and study everything within 2 weeks?! Shoot. Not going to say about this anymore….


Pentadbiran
Course Difficulty: 4
Stress Index: 3
Workload: 2
Others: 2

This is another course I took for this semester. The lecturer for this course is really kind, and she seems to be really experienced in teaching (indeed she is as she has became principal for years before she became lecturer). This course is a bit tough (as she is using both English and Malay to teach), but it is not a problem as you can get the information from the notes and study yourself; you will get the hang so soon. Her teaching style is unique too, as she only teaches after we have presented our work (and that was the assignment, make a PowerPoint of your own topic and present it before you do your assignment in essay mode). It make we can understand the topic further.

The final paper is a bit tough, as we need to study 9 topics and only 6 out of 9 are chosen for the final paper. And this course for this semester is really unique. Even though this is a major school course, there are only 16 students (including me) taking for this course. It is rare somehow.


Computer curricular activity
Course Difficulty: 2
Stress Index: 2
Workload: 1
Others: 2

They said that co-curricular activity is used to save your pointers as it holds 3 credit hours, and it is true. I taken this co-curricular activity this semester (related to computers) and it seems that is not really that hard. The only thing that is stress enough is because I need to sacrifice my Saturdays and 2 mornings to study something that is not really useful. As a ‘kokum’ taker, I also need to sacrifice one of my Sundays to attend the carnival (if you have read my earlier post), just for the marks. This course is not really that hard unless you don’t have even a little bit basics on computers.

Others than need to waste your time on Saturdays, co-curricular activities are sometimes useful… on saving your pointers and money.


I guess there is nothing to say about Spanish. It is still tough as always, and now I hope I can survive and get a B- or something, and then I can say that I am relief enough. Rumors that the language result will not be taking account in next semester. Don’t know it is real or not (but I hope it is real though).

I think this also concludes the comments for the courses for this semester. It is for sure that next semester will be tougher than this one, so let’s strive together to survive for it. Let’s enjoy our holiday and meet again at next semester. Bon voyage and I will update this as soon as I can.