Replace “Soviet Russia” with “Temasek Polytechnic”. In case you’re not familiar with the title, see Russian reversal.

Students in my school have to undergo a period of internship and/or complete a major project for the first semester of their final year. In my case, both were lumped together in one huge chuck. Its been about 6 weeks since I started, so now would be a fair time to review my experience.

Once again, the czarist school planners fouled up and the company my group was supposed to be attached to pulled out after our initial meeting, claiming they had too many students. Good foresight by the management right there. However, we inherited the original proposed project anyway. I’ll skip the technical mumbo jumbo associated with the actual project.

The objective of the entire semester is to simulate a working environment. Thus far, the only thing they got right is the dull looking work cubicle and stiff hours.

Reading nerfbat.com on my laptop

Other than the fact that my group wasn’t attached to a company to begin with, and hence no pay (you don’t get any even if you were attached anyway), we had to fork out an additional $4.80 for a stack of paper with horizontal and vertical lines across it and a formally dressed up page smacked right on top of that, otherwise known as the log book, intended for some apparatchik to gloss over and penalize you for leaving out the minor of all details. As of now, 6 weeks in, I’ve written zero things in it.

Time management is of utmost importance. When you spend your entire day locked in a cubicle, you have to make the most out of it. Therefore, I allocated the entire chuck before lunch for perusing through all my RSS feeds. Now that I’m updated with the intricate happenings of the world, great! Time for lunch!

Despite my rants, I genuinely enjoy working on my project, something that not everyone can agree with.