Last semester seemed like a figment of my imagination, given how drastic the world changed in the past few months, I could barely remember how it was like walking on campus with people without masks. However, since I don't really like to interact with people, working from home is quite welcomed yay. The only thing I miss is to hang out with my friends, even though I usually like to stay at home and read manga HAHA.
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CM4013 | CURRENT TOPICS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY | 3 AU | MPE
This course is actually easier than CM4011. My friend said usually the "Current topics in ..." courses are actually easier since they are meant to be an introduction. But easier does not mean that I can do well HAHAHA. There is one mid term of 30 % weightage, and 10% goes to clicker questions during lectures(which I tried to attend in the first half of the semester but I got lazy...) Lecture was 2 hours per week, and there was another 1-hour lecture slot on another day but we are supposed to do e-learning so no need to go school.
I think the most memorable session was the first lesson which the lecturer had a bag of 50 numbered apples and asked a student to come and pick 5 of them randomly. (the lesson was about sampling methods) I still couldn't believe that there were 50 apples in the bag??? Or maybe there wasn't...I have no idea
We learnt about biosensors and immunoassays which are not difficult to understand, but need to remember how to draw the binding of different antigens and antibodies. For me, the hardest part was the DNA sequencing methods like Chain-termination, Illumina, and one that makes use of fluorescence which I had trouble imagining how it works. I think my friend who learnt these in a different course was exasperated when trying to explain to me HAHA. In the end I watched videos to understand better. I think I get confused easily, is this reversible? irreversible????
Oh and the last chapter is about nanotechnology yay~
Oh and the last chapter is about nanotechnology yay~
CM4017 | BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND SENSING | 3 AU | MPE
Actually I decided to take this is because I thought it would be too boring if I took the exact same set of MPEs as another senior who has a chemistry blog. I mean I already took 3 of the same MPE HAHAHA. Sometimes I think its good that I rarely talk in school since everyone is going to avoid me if people know that my priorities are so messed up.
This is a combined course for both physics and chemistry students, so the prof assured us that it will not involve too deeply in chem or physics. Which is true but the content is A LOT and the slides are very wordy cos the lecturer said it was meant to be like a textbook and we don't need to refer to other textbooks for the course. There is a slight overlap with CM4013 as we learnt a bit on biosensors too. Those who took CM4014 will also find some of the content familiar as we learn about SERS. I feel like this course focuses more how light and sound waves are involved in imaging, there are also calculation questions but those were easier than CM3041.
There are 2 mid terms and each one is 20% of our final grade. The questions did not require us to write a lot, but we have to remember the content well. This is quite bad for me since I really cannot memorise stuff HAHA. I did better for the second one cos my friend helped me to study😍. For the finals, I just re-attempted my tutorials and pyps twice and highlighted and underlined everything. Some of the questions from tutorials came out in the final exam so please review tutorialsssss.
MH8300 | IT'S A DISCRETELY DISCRETE WORLD: MATHEMATICS IN REAL LIFE APPLICATIONS | 3 AU | GERPE
Actually I didn't have to take this if I changed one of the ue I took to gerpe HAHA. And after the sem is over then I heard from my friend that the course category for past courses can be changed lolol I dumb.
We had to watch the online lecture before going for the weekly 2-hour tutorial. The good thing is we only had to do the tutorial during tutorial, and we got to discuss in groups so its good for me HAHA. The content before recess week were quite easy and I managed to score above average for the mid term even though I didn't watch the lectures much :x Which is why I got complacent and continued to slack off when the content gets more complex HAHA.
Oh and the lecturer emphasised that there is no bell curve. PLEASE ATTEND THE LAST REVISION LECTURE. The lecturer said he will only release the answer for the previous year's paper only if 250 people attend, and he will take attendance using clickers. OF COURSE I DIDN'T GO😭. I thought the answers will be uploaded to ntulearn if there are enough people, but turns out that only those who attended could scan the qr code and access the answers from the screen lol. It wouldn't be a problem if I have more friends but I have none in the same course as me HAHAHA. Also the webcast cameras are like lopsided and didn't capture the screen fully so the only way is to attend the lecture HAHA.
CONCLUSION
After writing all these, I realised that I have been setting bad examples one after another in every semester. So I'm really thankful for the people who still read this blog even though the author is a lazy ***. I hope everyone who reads this has obtained some useful information/entertainment/inspiration(😶).
BYE
GRAD ALR
(IS THIS SOMETHING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT ?)
This may or may not be my last post
Actually I decided to take this is because I thought it would be too boring if I took the exact same set of MPEs as another senior who has a chemistry blog. I mean I already took 3 of the same MPE HAHAHA. Sometimes I think its good that I rarely talk in school since everyone is going to avoid me if people know that my priorities are so messed up.
This is a combined course for both physics and chemistry students, so the prof assured us that it will not involve too deeply in chem or physics. Which is true but the content is A LOT and the slides are very wordy cos the lecturer said it was meant to be like a textbook and we don't need to refer to other textbooks for the course. There is a slight overlap with CM4013 as we learnt a bit on biosensors too. Those who took CM4014 will also find some of the content familiar as we learn about SERS. I feel like this course focuses more how light and sound waves are involved in imaging, there are also calculation questions but those were easier than CM3041.
There are 2 mid terms and each one is 20% of our final grade. The questions did not require us to write a lot, but we have to remember the content well. This is quite bad for me since I really cannot memorise stuff HAHA. I did better for the second one cos my friend helped me to study😍. For the finals, I just re-attempted my tutorials and pyps twice and highlighted and underlined everything. Some of the questions from tutorials came out in the final exam so please review tutorialsssss.
MH8300 | IT'S A DISCRETELY DISCRETE WORLD: MATHEMATICS IN REAL LIFE APPLICATIONS | 3 AU | GERPE
Actually I didn't have to take this if I changed one of the ue I took to gerpe HAHA. And after the sem is over then I heard from my friend that the course category for past courses can be changed lolol I dumb.
We had to watch the online lecture before going for the weekly 2-hour tutorial. The good thing is we only had to do the tutorial during tutorial, and we got to discuss in groups so its good for me HAHA. The content before recess week were quite easy and I managed to score above average for the mid term even though I didn't watch the lectures much :x Which is why I got complacent and continued to slack off when the content gets more complex HAHA.
Oh and the lecturer emphasised that there is no bell curve. PLEASE ATTEND THE LAST REVISION LECTURE. The lecturer said he will only release the answer for the previous year's paper only if 250 people attend, and he will take attendance using clickers. OF COURSE I DIDN'T GO😭. I thought the answers will be uploaded to ntulearn if there are enough people, but turns out that only those who attended could scan the qr code and access the answers from the screen lol. It wouldn't be a problem if I have more friends but I have none in the same course as me HAHAHA. Also the webcast cameras are like lopsided and didn't capture the screen fully so the only way is to attend the lecture HAHA.
CONCLUSION
After writing all these, I realised that I have been setting bad examples one after another in every semester. So I'm really thankful for the people who still read this blog even though the author is a lazy ***. I hope everyone who reads this has obtained some useful information/entertainment/inspiration(😶).
BYE
GRAD ALR
(IS THIS SOMETHING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT ?)
This may or may not be my last post
