Yipee ALL CHAPTER DRAFTS DONE

and I'm so happy.

Thank you, Lord, for helping me get through 1/3 of the docu battle. Without you, this miracle will never happen.

I can still vividly remember that day when I was about to give up. That day I was looking for an escape from this hellhole. I thought about shifting to ME EE (because no thesis is required in that degree) or paying up my debt or even "accidentally" ending my own life just to really escape from this tight bondage.

But now, it really is a miracle.

Now I'm finished. I'm almost there. Drafts of all chapters and appendices finished. All I need to do is:

1. Revise remaining chapters.
2. Send them to Sir Escoto.
3. Defend my thesis.
4. Revise docu according to defense results.
5. Print final docu.
6. Submit to grad office for approval.
7. Photocopy it.
8. Hard bind it.
9. Submit to grad office by May 31.

These look like a lot, but the bulk of the work is really in items 1, 3, and 4 only. :)

So Hope, please do not abandon me. :)

Our 90nm chip. :)

Adrenaline Rush

I can't believe I finished my documentation. Well, almost. Only the last chapter (summary and conclusions) left. Just a little bit of stretch and I'm almost there. One-third of the documentation battle won. If you're curious what the remaining parts are for, one third is revising it based on the adviser's comments, and the remaining part is majorly revising it based on the panel members' comments which can be really huge.

So I took a break and relax a bit. I feel nauseous whenever I try to write again, the letters are spinning out of the screen and making my eyes hurt. This is probably the effect of sleeping at 2AM and waking up at 5AM three days in a row. Even blogging about this makes my head ache.

So what keeps me going? Physically I'm tired. And mentally, of course. I don't even bother to check if I have my grammar and spelling right. My contact lenses are starting to blur due to the lack of hydration (due to the lack of sleep). I really want to go home, hug my dog, and sleep until my body had too much rest.

But I need to finish this. I know I'm almost there, and giving up is really an imbecile idea. So now I depend on my adrenal glands to keep pumping out that magical substance called adrenaline. I cannot and will not drink any energy drink because that will FOR SURE leave me in a limp-like state. I tried that before during my undergrad years; I do not want to do it again.

So my dear adrenal glands, hang in there. Do not fail me, and I promise I will always eat for you.

our twin adrenal glands.

P.S.
I feel energetic again. Thank you, adrenal glands, for your prompt response! On to Chapter 6! :)

Heartbreak

I am sad and sad and sad.

I am disappointed in Globe for making me wait this long. For making me envy the person beside me. For giving me hope but then take it away immediately.

:(