It's been almost 2 months since my last posts, as I was being hiatus from 'Blogger World' you see. All was due to good reasons of course as I was busy finishing my MSc Project. With a project that heavily deals with both hardware and software, all of my hardware arrived not only late but in separate intervals. Hence the last 2 months of rush circuit building, testing and integrating was hellish! On a brighter note, the 2 months went by rather quickly and soon it was dissertation hand in time.
To be honest, the report itself wasn't very pleasing as they were too much technical design information to squeeze in, but yet, I managed to finished all 100 pages of it (excluding appendix of course). Well, that's what you get for having 2 pieces of software and 4 circuits right? :p
My Hardware Circuits
For those who noticed, "Yes" it's all on one board since I was resourcefully limited in the university. But oh well, both of them work hand in hand seamlessly. Since I can't reveal too much details, nor I can thrill with with the trailer of the system, I'll tickle you with a teaser instead~ =D
Part 1
Part 2
With the dissertation handed in, project 90% done, it's time for a well deserved break! (Remaining 10% left for my Project Vivas 2 weeks after) This time it was off to Historic Windsor, home to the oldest castle in England. If it wasn't because of the fire incident back then, it would have still been the royal palace instead of Buckingham in London. It wasn't such a bad trip actually, as we got to see many interesting stuffs belonging to the royal family since 3 generations back!
Entering Windsor Castle Grounds
pics taken at main gate and centre tower
One interesting thing that I've learned during the tour was, there's the King and Queen's Chambers respectively in the palace. However, the King does not use the King's Chamber at all. Instead, it's used for official morning waking ceremonies, where royal and foreign dignitaries would greet the king in his morning attire. I dunno 'bout you guys, but it sure bewildered me when I heard it.
My munchy-licious 4 pound chicken burger. How to you eat something that's 30cm in diameter in one go?
Well, Windsor was the morning as we had plans elsewhere for that evening. With a 2 hour drive away, our next destination was yet another historical site, Stonehenge! Yup, you heard me, the weird stone formation that has been here since Mesolithic times. We arrived rather early to the site to view the stone formation and toured the ground. Not forgetting, while we were at it, who can resist taking random shots of everything! Day ended with us watching the sunset at Stonehenge which is noted as one of the 'Must See things in UK'.
Clear skies greeting us at Stonehenge
with driver, housemate and fellow masters coursemate, Xiong Ling
Stonehenge in a distant view
Encapsulated picture moments after sunset
After a long day trip, time for a 3 hour drive home and man, trust me it was surely tiring like hell trying to stay awake after a long day like that! Thank goodness we had some entertainment in the car, Lynn trying to learn Cantonese and Malay at the same time! It was rather funny as her native tongue is Mainland Mandarin. With the slurs and slips of the tongues, almost everything came out wrong. But I have to say, she learns Malay rather fast! Even we were impressed! O.O"
So that's pretty much what the latest happening in my life. Will update the other 4 unfinished blog posts that I've made during the MIA duration. But first, gotta prep for my project viva tomorrow. Somehow I can;t seem to feel anything definite about tomorrow's major agenda at all. Maybe it's because of the super short 10 mins of time given? Oh well, we'll see~
Signing off
~Ciaoz~
P/S : 4 days ago marked the 1 year anniversary of me being in the UKs. Celebrations you ask? Only had 'Mee Magee with Perencah Ayam'
LMAO!
