Tarikh2 keramat...
10hb... Test on C++.
14hb... Due date C++ assignment.
18hb... Due date Verilog assignment.
21hb... Due date Research Skills - Literature Review assignment.
28hb... Research Skills Presentation.
Nmpk mcm lambt lg kn nak kene submit all the above assignments...
Hakikatnya masa yg diberi cukup2 sahaja to come up with a good design & report. A good design is one thing, a good report is another thing. I've been told that we actually need at least 4 days to work on the reflection of the report such as discussion & conclusion. Yeah, I've learned my lesson well from the previous assignment. I need more days to prepare the report.
For Research Skills subject, now we have to prepare the literature review on our MSc Project. Rasa macam program ni bukan shj taught program, tp taught+research program.
Writing literature review sounds easy, right? Yeah, that was what I thought at 1st... but it's not as easy as it sounds like. We have to prepare 4-5 pages, single line literature review ok. For this assignment we have to have at least 20 references! The references must be quoted in the text. Websites as reference is not encouraged. Meaning we have to read at least 20 papers/books. I'm not exaggerating. Aku baru baca 3 paper... hehehehe.
For Verilog, I haven't come out with the design yet. Have tried the basic code, it works. This is the 2nd assignment, sounds harder than the 1st one of course. Actually subjek ni memenatkan... every week we spend a lot of time on it. If there's no assignment, there'll be homework. Maybe I'll come out with the design during the lab. The lab session for this subject alone is 6 hours per week.
I have 7 subjects this semester! 1 subject basically 2 or 3 hours per week excluding lab session. Tarikh2 keramat kat atas, hanya utk 3 subjek... belum masuk lagi other assignments for other subjects yg bakal menyusul, maybe next week.
Besides the 7 subjects, kitorg jugak wajib attend department seminar every Thursday for 1 hour. We have to take notes of every seminar because there'll be assignment on it as well.
Everyday the class/lab is basically 10am-5pm, with just 1 or 2 hours break kecuali hari Rabu. La ni, balik kelas dah gelap sebab Maghrib pukul ~4:45pm. Hari Rabu relax lah sikit, sbb lab 2 jam jer. Tu yg sempat gi shopping. Klu takde kelas pun, kat lab still ramai student siapkan assignment/homework.
Kat sini klu hantar homework/assignment lambat, akan dikenekan penalty which is tolak markah. Tp aku tgk ramai jer yg dah due date pun, still struggle nak siapkan. Well, better late than 0 mark, rite.
I don't know how in the world some people say study here, in UK is easy, banyak masa free. Maybe in other universities??? But here in UoL, 1-year MSc course in engineering means you have to forget travel on weekend. It's unwise to take the whole weekend off with bundle of assignments waiting to be finished & a lot of subjects to revised. 6 minggu berlalu, aku masih terperap dalam Liverpool.
However, aku tak lah terkejut sgt dgn kesibukan program ni sbb I've been warned by an undergrad student who used to live with an ex-student of this program that I'll be very busy that I won't even have time to miss home & my family in Msia. She's absolutely right.
Don't take me wrong. I do miss home & my family... but I just dont have time to melayan perasaan itu ok. So, since the class has started, I never suffer from homesickness.
So, if you plan to undertake the same program, think again.
Well, if you somehow stuck in the program, I'm sure you'll manage just like I'll manage.
InsyaAllah.
