This is a mascot of NUS graduate in gold robe, which represents Bachelor of Science (gold with white represents Engineering, etc).Yes, indeed, I'm a Bachelor of Science, major in Physics now (since July 2011) and I can tell you that it was very hard and bitter for me to become a "bachelor".
When I was year two taking a module called Experimental Physics, Dr. Colla Massimiliano once said this to me: "Shame on you.", Prof. Tang Sing Hai said "I think you should go back and revise all your secondary school physics." and Asst. Prof. Ariando said "Seriously, are you *really* a physics major?". They said these to me while they, individually, examine my lab report and asked me questions (in NUS, we call it VIVA). I was stressed and panicked. I couldn't utter a word. I can only say "Er... I don't know.." I was so embarrassed for 3 different VIVAs! However, eventually, I'm still able to get through the module but with pretty bad grade (expected, right?).
I stared at the mascot yesterday and it brought me back all the bitter memories (low grades even though I've tried study very hard, studied until 2am to 3am, rain while riding bike to school and got wet, etc) throughout these 3 years of Physics education in NUS. This little soft toy really means a lot to me!
Now that I'm done with my bachelor and I think I should continue to do physics, as in do my own research without any supervisor. I wanted to do master in physics but unfortunately, due to my poor performance, I don't think NUS would like to have me as their master student. Well, by looking at the bright side, it actually opens up another window to me. I think it's pretty cool to do research (theoretical physics) without any supervisor! Many many thanks to Wu ZhenZhou for his motivation on me and his encouragement! As the matter of fact, in order to do theoretical physics, all you need are a pen, a paper, Mathematica or MatLab (mathematics is the boss of physics!) and the ability to reach all the research papers as your reference (as alumNUS, you can pay 5-year membership package of S$400 to obtain library membership so that you can reach all the research papers). Well, like what ZhenZhou said before:" it might be hard, but not impossible." Thanks again, Zhen Zhou!
Of course, research is only a "part-time job". Eventually I still need to look up a full time job to earn a living. I haven't decide what to do for my full time job yet at the moment and I'll think about it again while I'm travelling in Japan in mid November later.
Since I like to take photos and write "nonsense" which "provokes emotions", I'm also considering to write a book which consists of a lot of photos with my "poem", short story or simply my imagination with regard of the photo. Just like "Junction". I've already came out with the title of the book, namely "Photostories: Through my camera, through my mind". I hope you'll like it!
Well, here's my plan at the moment.
What's yours?
