Engineering Design eXhibition 20 (EDX 20)

My 3rd year 1st sem (July 2007-Nov 2007) was one of my busiest semester ever. I’ve never been that busy! Man…imagine I have 6 subjects and out of the 6 subs I’ve got 4 labs! This is the semester with the most lab(s) ever. And I’m loaded with never-ending assignments, lab reports, tests, projects. I remember one of my uni lecturer ever said that my uni, UTP has the highest work load if compared to other uni in M’sia *aww*.

In addition, I was the leader for my Engineering Team Project. Can you imagine how busy I were? Wow, that’s crazy! I was pretty satisfied with what I’ve done last sem though. Even though my result did not meet my targeted result but I’m happy that I’ve improved and this is the best result I’ve got if compare to the previous semester(s).

My 3^rd Yr 1^st Sem in uni was awesome, it was full of unexpected surprises, not forgetting the ups and downs and it was so happy! (don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I found a bf or whatsoever, it’s non-related to relationships thingy but related to academic, purely on academic and achievements).

So, for my uni, 3rd Yr 1st Sem, it’s compulsory for us engineering studs to take a course, Engineering Team Project (ETP). My group was no.26. They will arrange u randomly in a group of 6, some 5 though. U can’t choose ur own members, the lecturers will arrange it for u. I was put in a group of six (five guys and me, the only gal). Don’t call tat a bliss, I wished if thr was at least a gal in my team but….wat to do? So in my team there’s me n Faqih fr E&E eng., Saiful and Nik fr Chem. Eng., Saffuan fr Civil Eng. and Luis fr Mechi Eng.

Well, it’s cool to work in a team involving ppl fr various disciplines of engineering. A v good experience. So I was being elected as a leader (bullied by 5 guys, jkjk!). Wat to do? 1 of them was saying “u proposed the topic, so u bcome leader” When the lecturer ask “so, have u guys choose ur team leader” Another guy said “I strongly support Ling to becomer leader, she was putting so much effort to contact all of us during d break n..bla…bla…bla”. I was *speechless*.

Initially, I was expecting 1 of d guy would be the leader, then who knows he threw it on me. I did not want to be a leader, I don’t have the confidence, I can follow well but I don’t think I can lead n I don’t wan to hold such a great responsibilities. I’m afraid if anything goes wrong wif my team, I’ll get all the blames.

Well, I did put a lot of effort to contact each of every them during our sem break to discuss ’bout wat we gonna for our ETP. Very nervous tat time, I don’t wan my grades to be screwed off, 3 credit hours u c.

Blame it on my uni, where got ppl like my uni mgmt so stupid want us students to contact our team mates during the sem break, then gonna choose our title before the sem start…not every of them got internet okay, so most of them no idea abt this. Then hor, not every1 bother to check their uni mail box oso. No mobile number given how to contact ar? We were v randomly grouped 2gether, I don’t knw any of my team mates, NOT AT ALL. Wah, got to ask ard my unimates if they knw tis n tat guy or not, no? nvm… yes? wats their mobile no.?

So this ETP drove us crazy as well, esp the report(s) part. Walao eh, jia lat. I was fortunate enough all of my team mates was very co-operative, although there was some miscommunication / misunderstandings in between, but we managed to pull it through. This is my 1st time as the leader of a team, I think I did it pretty good, for my 1st time, though can be improved more. It’s a v good chance for me to learn, for me to realize my weakness. I think I was a bit too slumber, nt strict enough n nt so organized. I’m still not good at leading, well, my 1st time .

So, thr was this Engineering Design eXhibition (EDX) which is organized once every semester, for the chosen certain ETP teams and Final Year Project (FYP) teams to exhibit and compete among each other. My team was 1 of the 30 qualifying groups out of 90+ other ETP groups for the 20th EDX *lucky*. Me and my teammates was extremely surprised and happy. I was v happy to be 1 of the qualifiers, at the same time feel unhappy as well. We all did not want to commit our precious time for this EDX. We were so busy wif the neverending assignments and tests, some more hav to re-do our poster, decorate our booth for this EDX. Furthermore, if u win sth it won enhance ur grades or u’ll get A by qualifying in EDX. But since chosen, so wat to do? 1 of the good things is me n my other good frens cum housemates (Reena, Woan Chin n Li Yen) also qualified for EDX. Got company, v good!

I rmbering like spending 1 whole nite to modify my poster, 1 whole noon to decor my booth n some of my teammates was so eager n so excited to decor the booth beautifully. However, I was like, ‘i don wan to spend my time for this, I have to focus my studies, I just wanna make this simple simple can dy’. Haha, a bit bad of me. Bobian lar, I can’t afford to screw my test, man!

The EDX was held 2 days, walao, waste a lot of our precious time! Just stand / sit there exhibit our prototype, then when studs or lects come, u got to explain d same thing over n over again. Some of them ask u v challenging quest and criticize u but some of them giv u v +ve comments . My team made a solar cooker box mar, then they wil ask like “reli can cook ar?” then ask wat if this n tat, why not this n that, why don this n that, wahhh~ cannot stand it! but got to bear wif it!

So for this EDX, there was a 3 judges evaluating, ur team, just 1 or 2 ppl present can dy. Darn it got 1 guy kept stalking me fr the beginning of my exhibition till the judge evaluation, made me can’t present well and I pass it to Luis, he’s reli good, talk wif confidence, I was distracted by tat stalker else I could hav done better. How I wished if he just get out of my sight! Then 1 of d judge kept asking me quest while Luis presenting our prototype so I busy answering tat particular judge questions.

The 2nd day was the last day n oso the prize giving ceremony. I did not attend coz I have a test on the next day itself. At 1st, I thought my team wouldn’t win anything at all. But heck, my teammate sms me “ling, we have won blabla” then sms again told me that we won this n tat.

Another teammate called me telling me we won this n tat. Wah! I listened dy damn excited n happy, straight go fr my hostel room to the Undercroft in the Chancellor Hall of my uni to attend the prize giving ceremony. Reena was saying tat too bad I wasn’t there when they announced tat my team got Silver Award else I’ll be the one on stage. Nvm lor.

Wah super happy, overall we got a Silver Award, 1st for Best Presenter n 2nd for Best Poster. It’s such a miracle! Me n my teammates were overwhelming happy! Everything turn out to be so great! N this is so memorable. It’s one of the happiest n best thing tat ever happened to me in my uni life.

Allrite, n it’s photo session time:

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