Thursday, September 27, 2007
and I find rest in You...
"Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you." 1Peter 5:6–7
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
i just embarrased myself big time this morning when i met my co-supervisor. initially, the plan was to meet up to get her signature for some stuffs.. so then, when i met her..i decided to ask her some stats stuffs... and here goes the conversation..
me: .....so i was wondering if it was alright for me to go ahead with that analysis..
sup: ..well you could do that, but due to the sample size..blah blah....its better if u do a visual inspection to......
me: oh hmm..visual inspection.... there is a function for that in SPSS!?
it took me about 5 seconds to realise what an idiot i was........zzzzz.
my supervisor almost burst out in laughter, and i could see that she was trying to hold her laughter throughout the conversation after that.
i cld argue that i wasnt quite awake when i met her and stuff..aha. but sighs!
me: .....so i was wondering if it was alright for me to go ahead with that analysis..
sup: ..well you could do that, but due to the sample size..blah blah....its better if u do a visual inspection to......
me: oh hmm..visual inspection.... there is a function for that in SPSS!?
it took me about 5 seconds to realise what an idiot i was........zzzzz.
my supervisor almost burst out in laughter, and i could see that she was trying to hold her laughter throughout the conversation after that.
i cld argue that i wasnt quite awake when i met her and stuff..aha. but sighs!
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Thank You Lord, for the love I don't deserve..
what can I give, that is not already Yours...
who am I to choose how to live..when all I have to loose, is what You give.
Lord, take my all, my everything...
Here I stand forgiven..Lord for You, my life I'll live.
Lord to You I surrender..I surrender all...
who am I to choose how to live..when all I have to loose, is what You give.
Lord, take my all, my everything...
Here I stand forgiven..Lord for You, my life I'll live.
Lord to You I surrender..I surrender all...
Thursday, September 20, 2007
5 weeks plus to thesis submission. i am officially stressed. what's grieving me now is the stats part. the whole analysis.......it is just too damn difficult. my head's cracking, falling apart..i dun even wanna rant on this now. this is nightmarish...the last thing on my head before i sleep is this freaking analysis part for my thesis. everything is thesis thesis thesis~
but anyway, even though it seems almost impossible to get pass this whole stats thing now (wails!)... there isn't a doubt that i'll get my thesis done. just a matter of how much hair i'll drop...haha.. grah.
so anyway, with that (plus, quite a number of people have asked)...so what's my plans after hons....... ? Answer: I honestly don't know. There are just too many factors that i hafta take into consideration. and i just don't have the time and energy to think about it now (well, maybe i just don't wanna think about it, not too sure myself).
haha. okays...i wish i had more to say... but my life's been pretty uneventful lately. i've got nothing on my mind now other than my thesis.
edit:
how many times have i used the word 'thesis' in this one short post. ugh. terrible. im sick of that word. haha. zz
but anyway, even though it seems almost impossible to get pass this whole stats thing now (wails!)... there isn't a doubt that i'll get my thesis done. just a matter of how much hair i'll drop...haha.. grah.
so anyway, with that (plus, quite a number of people have asked)...so what's my plans after hons....... ? Answer: I honestly don't know. There are just too many factors that i hafta take into consideration. and i just don't have the time and energy to think about it now (well, maybe i just don't wanna think about it, not too sure myself).
haha. okays...i wish i had more to say... but my life's been pretty uneventful lately. i've got nothing on my mind now other than my thesis.
edit:
how many times have i used the word 'thesis' in this one short post. ugh. terrible. im sick of that word. haha. zz
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
friends agree!? =p
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Friday, September 14, 2007
i am now in the library...about to start a crazy night of data entry + figuring out nonlinear-regression. i hate this (because this is my 3rd data file!! and its no joke keying in all those crap man.....advance warning to all who may talk to me in the near future. if you think im not looking at you when im talking...i actually am. its just my eyes gone abit kuku. blame it on the amt of data entry i hafta do). like 1000 plus rows of data...and i have to do it twice over for this 3rd data file....this is crazy. not that i did up the previous files wrongly...its just that there are different uses for each. crazy crazy crazy...why me!?
i got stucked trying to understand the nonlinear regression thing, then i emailed my ex-tutor last night who taught me Methods 3...and he met me this afternoon, then he couldnt figure it out either, so then he called another tutor (this guy tutored me for Methods 2...and he couldnt figure it out either!).... like sighs...but then i've gotta say i've got excellent tutors/support here at Murdoch. haha...it was totally not his business at all...but he so willingly sat down with me for no less than 1hr 30min...trying to figure out how to analyse my data...and talking through some concepts with me. though he couldnt help much in the end, but still awesome. appreciate it alot. oh and he said he'll get back to me after he got some stuffs figured out. like how cool is that?
so anyway, guess who was the first to greet me while i was walking to the library. it was my hons classmate..haha..and the moment she saw me....she just couldnt stop laughing. i dunno why. haha i guess its just that common understanding that....stats is abt to drive us mental. then she had to ask me a zillion questions (okay not that much...just one is enough to kill me actually) abt her stats stuff for her study....i was really trying hard to digest what she say, and i tried my best, but still could only offer her some not-very smart suggestions and advices...haa...i promised i'll get back to her. haa..zzz. so i better. oh, and i finally got to know her name when i asked for her number. haha...like i've been talking to her for so long, but i just can't recall her name...and too embarrassed to ask after so long. loL....zzz
anyway for now.....back to spss.
li-chan~! that couple who so shamelessly+rudely invaded our comfy table+seats in the library when we were still there........is sitting right opposite me now! hahah. okay..v random. but anyways...cos it took me abt 1min to realise who they were....look familar mah.
but okay..enough crap.
edit:
oOo...okay..not bad. finally at 1.05am. im done with my data entry (i suspect theres more to come actually. once i get another email from my supervisor.......)..... 2 1/2hrs...not as bad as i thought it would be. but thats becos i've aready spent yesterday and this afternoon doing it.
oh and yes.. although this is very unorganised..ima blogging in a very non-chronological order..anyway who cares.. went for prayer meeting before coming to the library. i believe very much in the power of prayers, and how there is synergy when more ppl gather together to pray...but today was waaaaaay out of my comfort zone. somehow i've been shoved to the front to be prayed for in proxy for my mum...it was abit too much fuss for me...and im probaly the kind of person who really dislike fuss and attention, and dislike bothering ppl with my stuffs.....then i just feel weird. but then again...i guess its not abt any of that...but believing that God is hearing all those prayers, and that we in turn hear what He has to say. more imptly, Ps Benny mentioned tt prayer is abt submission..... so i guess, comfort aside... but also.. thank u all who have been keeping me and mum in prayers. although i dislike the fuss..i still appreciate your prayers!
i got stucked trying to understand the nonlinear regression thing, then i emailed my ex-tutor last night who taught me Methods 3...and he met me this afternoon, then he couldnt figure it out either, so then he called another tutor (this guy tutored me for Methods 2...and he couldnt figure it out either!).... like sighs...but then i've gotta say i've got excellent tutors/support here at Murdoch. haha...it was totally not his business at all...but he so willingly sat down with me for no less than 1hr 30min...trying to figure out how to analyse my data...and talking through some concepts with me. though he couldnt help much in the end, but still awesome. appreciate it alot. oh and he said he'll get back to me after he got some stuffs figured out. like how cool is that?
so anyway, guess who was the first to greet me while i was walking to the library. it was my hons classmate..haha..and the moment she saw me....she just couldnt stop laughing. i dunno why. haha i guess its just that common understanding that....stats is abt to drive us mental. then she had to ask me a zillion questions (okay not that much...just one is enough to kill me actually) abt her stats stuff for her study....i was really trying hard to digest what she say, and i tried my best, but still could only offer her some not-very smart suggestions and advices...haa...i promised i'll get back to her. haa..zzz. so i better. oh, and i finally got to know her name when i asked for her number. haha...like i've been talking to her for so long, but i just can't recall her name...and too embarrassed to ask after so long. loL....zzz
anyway for now.....back to spss.
li-chan~! that couple who so shamelessly+rudely invaded our comfy table+seats in the library when we were still there........is sitting right opposite me now! hahah. okay..v random. but anyways...cos it took me abt 1min to realise who they were....look familar mah.
but okay..enough crap.
edit:
oOo...okay..not bad. finally at 1.05am. im done with my data entry (i suspect theres more to come actually. once i get another email from my supervisor.......)..... 2 1/2hrs...not as bad as i thought it would be. but thats becos i've aready spent yesterday and this afternoon doing it.
oh and yes.. although this is very unorganised..ima blogging in a very non-chronological order..anyway who cares.. went for prayer meeting before coming to the library. i believe very much in the power of prayers, and how there is synergy when more ppl gather together to pray...but today was waaaaaay out of my comfort zone. somehow i've been shoved to the front to be prayed for in proxy for my mum...it was abit too much fuss for me...and im probaly the kind of person who really dislike fuss and attention, and dislike bothering ppl with my stuffs.....then i just feel weird. but then again...i guess its not abt any of that...but believing that God is hearing all those prayers, and that we in turn hear what He has to say. more imptly, Ps Benny mentioned tt prayer is abt submission..... so i guess, comfort aside... but also.. thank u all who have been keeping me and mum in prayers. although i dislike the fuss..i still appreciate your prayers!
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
i had a rather interesting day today. finally met up with my supervisor in uni. well, as most of u know, shes on maternity leave this whole sem. but then she had to brief me about this new stats thingy that she wants me to use for my study. so anyways, she brought her baby along...hahah, and it was really quite an amusing sight..seeing her carry her baby, and doing all the motherly stuff. i mean like...it should be normal..but then cos shes my supervisor..so thats kinda not the scenario i'd have in mind when we meet up. aha... then we had to proceed to the education&humanities building to use the program that they have and we don't (like im wondering why does the psych faculty not provide anything that we need.....dohz...) so anyways....off we go, my supervisor, the baby in the pram and I...haha.
after we reach the computer lab in EH building...she was carrying her baby and trying to guide me through the RUMM program...and cos she hasn't played with the program for quite sometime..so we had to trial and error for quite awhile. then baby started to make quite abit of noise...and we had to head back. haha... but i think we did churn out quite abit of stuff for me to do more work, before i bug her again.
really appreciated her coming all the way down to uni to sort some stuff out...but i felt bad as well~ zzz. haha... didnt help when today's weather was really nasty. poured big time as we step out of the EH building...and then we had to run back to the psych building..with baby, pram and all. quite drama mama.
so anyways....i did quite alot of readings/homework on wat this Rasch modelling thing is abt..thank God i didnt meet her with an empty head...but then, its one thing to know abt the theoretical stuff..and quite another to churn out some useful stats using the program...so yeah...i guess i'll need to head back down that lab and figure the rest out myself.
and...i'll hafta hand in my 1st draft for thesis in abt 2 weeks time.
and.....today's the start of FCC's 21 days season of prayer. im glad i went. i missed last cell and sunday service cos of this super nasty headache+backache+flu+fever+sorethroat+cough.... horrible. so anyways....im muchmuchmuch better now...left with abit of cough and sorethroat.
okay methinks, im gonna be slightly stressed this week. haha..
anyways...ops..way past sleeping time.
hope everyone's doing fine! be well and God bless. =)
after we reach the computer lab in EH building...she was carrying her baby and trying to guide me through the RUMM program...and cos she hasn't played with the program for quite sometime..so we had to trial and error for quite awhile. then baby started to make quite abit of noise...and we had to head back. haha... but i think we did churn out quite abit of stuff for me to do more work, before i bug her again.
really appreciated her coming all the way down to uni to sort some stuff out...but i felt bad as well~ zzz. haha... didnt help when today's weather was really nasty. poured big time as we step out of the EH building...and then we had to run back to the psych building..with baby, pram and all. quite drama mama.
so anyways....i did quite alot of readings/homework on wat this Rasch modelling thing is abt..thank God i didnt meet her with an empty head...but then, its one thing to know abt the theoretical stuff..and quite another to churn out some useful stats using the program...so yeah...i guess i'll need to head back down that lab and figure the rest out myself.
and...i'll hafta hand in my 1st draft for thesis in abt 2 weeks time.
and.....today's the start of FCC's 21 days season of prayer. im glad i went. i missed last cell and sunday service cos of this super nasty headache+backache+flu+fever+sorethroat+cough.... horrible. so anyways....im muchmuchmuch better now...left with abit of cough and sorethroat.
okay methinks, im gonna be slightly stressed this week. haha..
anyways...ops..way past sleeping time.
hope everyone's doing fine! be well and God bless. =)
Friday, September 07, 2007
NewLife College
as promised. some photos I took while doing testings at NewLife College. it was their book-character dress-up day, haha. did my testings on Mr Incredible...and, can you spot Inspector Clouseau? loL
tragic!
thats my car's antenna! :(
using it to make contact with mars now...? erms. haha
how much to fix that? any idea, anyone? any lobang!?
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Data collection COMPLETE!
finally done with data collection! whoopee~!! 78 participants in all~ short of 2...but thats alright methinks. it was tough getting schools to agree helping out with my study, but no regrets totally. i think i rather work with kids than with adults. really good experience. tiring but fun. and the last school that i did testings in was really really good. the principal and staff were super helpful and friendly. even made a sign for me to blue-tack it on the door "testing in progess, please use copier in ELC"....orh, i had an entire photocopier room to myself. haaha. that was cool.
anyway im really glad this testing phase is over...now i just hope my data makes sense.....loL. i keyed in all my raw data into SPSS...and..haha, i don't know what else to click besides checking for correlation.. its time to read up and refresh my memory on stats.. then again... i think i'll be using some model that i've never came across before in my previous stats units. Rasch model...anyone familar with that? haha. zzz.
anyway im really glad this testing phase is over...now i just hope my data makes sense.....loL. i keyed in all my raw data into SPSS...and..haha, i don't know what else to click besides checking for correlation.. its time to read up and refresh my memory on stats.. then again... i think i'll be using some model that i've never came across before in my previous stats units. Rasch model...anyone familar with that? haha. zzz.
Sunday, September 02, 2007
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