qualities of a mechanical engineer

Personal Qualities
Mechanical engineers need to be:

self starter
adaptable
creative
practical
patient and persistent
accurate, with an eye for detail
able to work well under pressure
able to work well independently and in a team.

"You need perseverance in this job. Your design won't always work the first time, so you need to make sure you learn from your mistakes and move on."
Simon Kean - Acoustic Consultant

Mechanical engineers should have good hand-eye co-ordination.They may need to be physically fit because they often make site visits or work in factories. Sometimes site visits involve crawling into tight spaces or making inspections at heights.

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i am really grateful.
even there are many things i dont have..
but at the same time thr are many things that i had.
my aunt who always support,remind,worry,help me out.
my frens who always be my listener,give me advices non stop whenever i feel bad,sad..
no matter same age or seniors..thanks a lot..
i am really lucky to have all of you who guide me all along.
but i am being too dependent and indecisive..
i m not young.
i must be sure what to do with my future.
be more responsible to myself.
try not asking others help so often/..
because when i collapse..it will be hard for me to stand up.
be more confident with myself i can do it!!

CHange Attitude

Hmm
All this while i had this problem..
the over winning desire..
when i collapse ..i feel like i lost my confidence to do other things
like almost give up,depressed.

But i must stand up..if i continue with this attitude ..
I will be static and wont go anywhere.
in working life,it will be harder to cope.
it's time for me to change.
I must realise that our life curve is fluctuating.
thats what make life more interesting.
learn from it.
(go exam in peace,dont be influenced,BELiEVE You CAN DO it!!)
we wont be in bad times always..
I m sure good times will come..
PROVE IT!!dont surrender to negative minds.
and that happen when I believe it and had confidence in it..
Solve the problems..
try my best so that I would not regret..

working hard and burning desire to get something is good.
but overwhelmed by it will backfire instead..
so just give ur best,try your best,and the result just let it be..

We as mechanical engineers do something for a purpose

Second consultation and the final ones.

As i know,my biggest problem will be thinking too much and worry too much.
Then,My biggest fear is do not know how to solve problem.

Here it is

Hmm worry
You are thinking too much because you worry
You worry is because you want to get all your things done.
it is because you reli care and want to get good marks for it.
you nervous and worry because you care
BUT if you put everything aside means you don bother at all.

SO don stress and worry too much.I would say it is a negative thing.
Just be calm OK..you can do better.
Do in a happy manner.Be optimistic.

Well to achieve your goals,A+b+c+x+y(composite)


Time management
Core to everything.You must learn to manage your time starting from now.
In working industry,if you dont manage your time well,you will really make a
mess out of everything.Setting time table,
maybe study break study break.
maybe study time ard 2 hour.but most probably you might extend it.
as long as your study time must be that much.(eg if set 2 hrs must be 2 hrs)
but for personal time can reduce it
Be prepared earlier,means read through one round few days before exam.


Priority

Base on the deadlines. ( which 1 "die" first)
base on which you are more confident in doing it.
while dividing times,this 20%,that 10% n another one 50% ..
make sure everything you balance it.
Study always come first.
if you insist on finishing something today eventually you can make it.


Set your Goals(DRIVING FORCE)
Your biggest aim?
scholarship.
study oversea (the weather-woo very cold,culture,people thr,..)
go for it!!
never borrow money to go oversea like me..

attitude
discipline
never give up easily
self confidence(you can do it)

STUDY SMART
we as mechanical engineers do sth for a purpose
-approach lecturer more often(build a rapport) by knowing how he teach and how he will examine you (hmm this lecturer is like this,like that,oh i think he will ask like this and wont ask that type of ques)
-dont memorise blindly
-listen and digest whatever lecturer said.when you fully digest it the knowledge is all yours. because no one can take the knowledge from you.
so dont listen blindly..you will gain nothing.
-study past year questions to know the style.get ans from lecturer
-get the feeling of a subject.
-dont understand browse the internet to get more visualisation.

BALANCE(TAI CHI)

whatever pressure,stress,motivation words and nervous..
you must use it with the correct energy..
just like doin tai chi.
tai chi is just like a bouncing a ball in your hands.
with proper motion,the ball bounds correctly BUt
if you use too much energy the ball will bounce somewhere else right?
hmm..
eg dont take peer pressure too seriously (wow someone race with you is good,
but if you too into it,then it will cause stress)
dont too nervous or too worry..
just moderate..


TRIALS AND ERRORS
dont be defeated by the tough questions.
dont afraid making mistakes while attempting questions.
you learn from it by seeing the questions from different views.
(hmm,this way i cant solve it,i use other way,that way cant i use the other way)
if too frustrated with it,
maybe you can just leave it awhile(put aside)
then come back to it later on.
maybe you can study other subject more relaxing?
autocad,programmin..or some fundamentals of other subject.
then when you come back and solve the ques,you feel more relieve.
(ah,finally i got it)
by doing this,you will remember and understand better.
So y=mx+c
while solving this question,
you will get higher marks on the working than final ans.
SO the Learning curve is more important.
sooner or later you gotta solve problem.
solve during exercise is better than during exams
during job interviews,they will ask you..can you handle pressureSS??
how?time management ..and ++++
i havent fail.i have found 10000 ways that dont work. -thomas alva edison.


BOOKWORM?
even you get first class.thr is no point.
it is because you dont know how to apply all your theories in working life,it is useless.
by that time you dont know how to solve problems.
you will feel I Was so IDIOT..
four years.. nothing but theories.


Following routes

• prepare before lecture.get the feeling of the subject.dont wait til lecturer teach


• Ask watever queries during lecture.impress lecturer as well


• then Maybe u can recall everything by thinking all over what you had learn.

my spm result not so good,If I can make it..Y cant all of you?

Pushing force+priority+time management+tai chi +ATTITUDE= goal

My goals

Now i had a better picture on my goals(education) :

• BReak the poverty cycle of my family.
• To learn as much as possible to enable me to apply my theories while working later.
• it is worthwhile to face challenges..No hard no fun..haha..as i am studying the course that i am happy with and had strong desires towards it.
• TO be a mechanical engineer ..which field still in consideration.

Inspiration

I think finally today i found the right person who can actually give me the real picture on
how to persevere through this tough course.
Well all this while i always had the problem knowing clearly that i had to study hard but
sometimes my mind wanders and the determination is not strong enough.THus, i tend to procrastinate..
ok..
this would be what he say but not exactly in the same words but almost same meaning:

Wat motivates me will be my parents.They do not force or anything but they ask me to make
my own decisions.Maybe your parents dont care or ask you to take accountancy is because they dont wana pressure you too much. So i cant disappoint them.I am also from a poor family so
my parents cant afford to support my education. I had to figure the way out myself.

THen it will be motivation.What drives you or what you really want in your future.
For me,I want to be successful or how to say,to get better recognition or get promoted easily.
LAst time i just study diploma for three years then i work in industry.Then,I find out that it will be hard to get a promotion.Impossible the bos will send an engineer with only a diploma qualification to represent them in oversea such as Germany.Ppl might query "IS THIS THE BEST YOU CAN GET?so a degree or phd holder are more recognized.Therefore,I decided to
borrow money from bank which is a lot more than you can imagine to study degree overseas.I support my education for myself. AtUK,I work part time in a restaurant to support my living expenses.It is really not easy because the next day you went uni you tend to doze off.while studying there,I keep collapse and stood up and collapse and stood up.There is one year I gotta stop studying as i do not have enough money.Do you know how lucky you are so you must appreciate what you have now.Then i manage to get good result and obtain a scholarship to study my Phd.

Hmm,then i said most ppl discourage me to take ME as it is tough and so on...y dont just take accoutancy.(ppl said)

Well,If you really like the course you are studying then it is fine.Keep it on.Deep down inside your heart,you must know wat you really really really want to achieve.Accountancy will be very boring,everyday sit infront the desk balance and unbalance..
BUT engineering you had lots challenges.IF you dont like engineering
then dont waste your time taking this course.Y u take engineering at the first place?
challenging right.You want your life to be tired sometimes,relax,satisfaction,make you feel sad
hard but happy and enjoy...SO this engineering life will make the fluctuate curve in your life which is more meaningful and colourful.

As you said as women why would you want to work so hard ..(haha)
Just like my wife,she is a quantity surveyor. SOmetimes she will complain why do i need to
work so hard just like a cow or Sh*T.However,she feel happy and had strong sense of satisfaction when she is able to finish her project and present it to the clients.She is not very "nu qing ren"that type but she was happy with all the effort she put.SEE,it is challenging and tough but if you are able to do wat you like it is worthwhile doing it.
Do you know the world most famous C n C programmer is actually a women? women are good in calculation and they make good engineer bcos they are more "xi xin"..hehe..

When I look back laz time,I feel that everything is just like a joke..
Why i spend time thinking abt ("relationship"i think,,) then do badly in my spm. instead of spending my time study hard
gettin gud result,go for local U den get a good job..which i can earn more compare to now.
WHY AM I BEIN SUCH A DUMB?
or else i would not had waste so much years.Now i am still paying back the loans i borrowed for my degree program every month which is a big amount of money every month.

My principle,as a student we must always try our best to understand everything that our lecturer teach.You are lucky because you had a mechanical engineer who share experience with you.LAst time,i know nothing. Then as a student never ever be overconfident.we must always be humble. OF course exams,cgpa grades and assignments are important in terms of grading and puttin you in first or second upper or lower class honour. HOwever it is part of the process and it is nothing.Wat is more important is listen properly and pay attention to what your lecturer is teaching. It might be useful in the future while you are working in industry. So the course is not only abt scoring in exams but preparing yourself to be an engineer.Learn as much as possible. What is the point for a person who scores 100% in exams but during interviews, when they are asked to present sth,they are blanked??

DO not worry graduated as a mechanical engineer because there is a lot of jobs out there waiting fo you.As mechanical engineers are very versatile since they know everything about mechanics and...

SO now you must study,
first i would say yourself because you are the one who r going to work in the future.
you are the one who decide what you want. you are the one who are goin to live together
with your spouse to face challenge for the rest of your life.

Then it would be study for your parents.
Without them there wouldnt be me or you.
So you must do sth to make them proud.Now they might wont be bother but when you are succesful getting first class honour during the graduation with prizes and stuff..
they will be very happy and even show off to their relatives;)

ATTITUDE IS VERY IMPORTANT IN DETERMINING YOUR FUTURE.

wow,I think i wrote out almost 90% abt what he said..not bad huh..haha

my goals...

hmm,afta readin sum1 blog on his goals,i wana set mine as well..
wat he said was right..wif goals,,we will live life in a more meaningful way..
for me,wif goals i wun be lost n noe wat to do all the time..

short term goal
well for now..
1) get the best result as gud as i can in my year 1 sem 1..very important
2) help out in household chores as much as possible
3)always follow timetable at least 90%

midterm goal
1)enjoy my holidays
2)help out my aunt in wateva neccesary
3)master my programmin n autocad well
4)master my maths which rusted long time ago..so tat nex yr will feel better
5)maybe workin ...to earn some moni..
6)improve my singing

long term goal
1)taking gud care of my heALTH
2)lose weight..haha
3)change my image..physically..if gt moni lor..
4)excel in academics
5)enjoy life to the fullest..wah..

DREAms
-straighten my hair..desperate til i dreamt on gettin a voucher or sth
-got a new hp..
-problems can b solved..
-wat solution???marry A rich man...kao tim..haha..jz kd
-singin gracafully in front of stage..winnin utar idol..hehe
-not 4get..be a successful engineer to make myself proud n also my aunt,family n mr ho..wakaka

very pack week

hmm..tis week 2 test ..
nex week 1 test n 2 assigment to pas up n one oral presentation..
wah..reli reli reli busy.
hopefully i can do evtin acc to plan ..
hmm..cos postpone smore..will die..
reli hope my stomach will b gud lah.plss//...
health is reli important..
afta finish evtin tat gota neet deadline tis week
den next week can hv proper sleep..
maybe my bloated stomach x strike again..
hopefully..

i M the heroin of saving the egg!!!!walala

hmm,
Boon yew n kee chean n wei fong asked me to join save the egg challenge...
at first dun feel like joinin coz too many assignments n test..
but doni said wana join anot..besides can relax abit so join lor..
hehe..
the most important thing is i duno wat the whole challenge abt..i tot it was some game
or sth which run here n thr bringing the egg..nice imagination huh..wakkaa..
mana tau..
u had to create a model wif 3 papers,a thread,2 small stones n tape..
hmm..i was like wat...how to do..omg..klor..oso blur blur lidat...laughin t o doni..
say how ah..nvm..v jz cum to support..haha.,,
so went up to 2nd floor n start doin our "model"..
ok look left n right..ppl r start doin wif their creativity..oh my god..both if us were like wat to do??den i ask doni can3 ppl wan meh??
she said can lah but x find ppl..
den saw yao rong..ask him joined our team since oni 2of us..
ok at 1st 3 of us..still blur..
den yao rong said his clzmate all so geng..analyse at home,do research n evtin...
we...nothin.ppl do parachute .den v oso do lor..
doni suggest cone as base..oklor..
so start doin..
den i fold the paper so many times til the paracute gona tear soon..
so can say our model was the ugliest...
when testin straight away drop wif 9.81 gm/s..dun play play..
i laugh like..wakakka..
ev1 who pass by our group look down on our model..
wif sarcastic smile..
doni n me was like..aih hopeless lah..our egg sure die=='''
hmmm,

24 groups joined..
den it was time for us to test our models..
hmm..
yao rong will b the 1 who "test" it //haha//
den 1st ten group..
their model so hi-tech n canggih but...
all pecah or crack..
den x wait for my group cos gt maths tutorial..
so rush to clz ...
mana tau i c my file..
oopss...it was doni's file..
den i called her..n she told me wif full excitement..
we won the challenge..1st smore..rm30...our egg dun break..
i was like..wat..unbelievable...OMG!!
acc to her,our parachute drop down in a curve shape den sliding down..
hmm...y x break leh..
luckyz.>??
coa yao rong poke a hole on the parachute??
cos i do the parachute senget a bit accidentally ??
or v hv hidden talent..wakaka./spontaneous wan...
haha..neway reli hapi..
x expect such a wonderful result..
WE a the EGG saviour...haha..
most of all we beat all the seniors..
the oni year 1 sem1 group..huhuhu...

hmm..rushing week

since angie ask me to post more so i tried maybe at least once a week.
hmm,due to laz week pack schedule,i postpone lots of my work esp reports
and laz minute revision for my final programmin test.
so dun have enough sleeps,tired,panda eyes=TERRIBLE..omg..
some funny stuff happen to me this week..well i m blurred sometimes.

i see my timetable,,SE2 duno sth..ok..
then i head 2wards SD block..confidently went upstairs..
eh,y look so diff..omg..wrong block,,,so humiliating.
x wonder my clzmate who is followin behind me hesitate to go upstair..
omg...

while doin exp on tue,
not to say funny but..nvm...
the hardness machine is placed in a high position so i x reach to see the microscope..
tutor seems to b so prepared with the chair for me to stand on it..
sighh..then a guy teased his fren who is shorter a bit than him(short wintermelon)
indirectly shootin me!!
omg..so hurt..
whenever i wana use the microscope,i hv to use the chair..so its sth like tongkat..
afta tat,my fren mR L cum over n laugh at me"yw why u seem so san fu?"..
teruk betul..
hmm..

just now when for a haircut..
tat hairstylist is reli reli reli chicken.!!
my hair is naturally so thick.
wat can i do..
u noe wat he said//
if an ant went into my hair..
it will lost ...
then cant find way out..
at laz suffocated n died..=.=
lame..

thur and friday had excruciatin stomach pain..
so delay quite number of things..

this week I learn a very good lesson..
first of all v will nvr noe wat will happen to us tmr or the day to come
so it is better to do sth very important first then postponing it.
then theory of life,we cant choose to wat happen to us but we can choose
wat to do to wat happen to us.oh,so hard to udstd..haha..
so just accept it..jz like prof ramesh said v muz always change our mechanical properties
in order to adapt to the bad situations.
His theory on working hard towards success does had a big impact on me.he will be my second MR HO..
esp when he said if u dun do ur best in ur first half will be ok..
but in the second half of the game,you canot afford to do mistakes.
change ur strategies if the previous dont work or else you will not achieve ur goals.
then,You do not study only for urself,think about those who pay for your fees,whose who wish
for your success.

Hmm,kinda borin evtime i talk about this..but is gud to boost my burning desire to study.
hehe..
wat a topic..

anyway,blogging seems interesting to me now..
hmm..
hardwork brings success!!!

new life in utar

well the new chapter in my life had began a month ago in UTAR.
It is quite a challenge for me to be the only girl out of 70 students in my course.
Many would said that oh you r so lucky,,..Choose slowly..
but i feel kinda worried and unhappy sometimes since guys and girls wavelength r different in some ways though.
Since i d boost my courage to take up this course,I must overcome this barrier.
Or else how am i suppose to survive in another 4 years in this field.

Almost everyone in this world procrastinate and so do i.
At first I had the burning desire to study because I told myself,
It is ok to make mistake in life but it is unforgivable if we make the same mistake again.
I told myself,SYW due to ur lack of confidence,avoid from facing difficulties,easily influenced,overconfidence ,and most of all VERY POOR TIME MANAGEMENT especially postpone til the next day as the day nvr comes cause a disaster in your stpm.
Do u want this tragedy to repeat??This is your only and FINAL chance to prove not to anyone but YOURSELF that HARDWORK BRING SUCCESS!!!and nth is impossible..
rmb,A KEY TO SUCCESS IS CONFIDENCE AND A KEY TO CONFIDENCE IS PREPARATION.

You must always rmb that u r different fr other ppl.You must appreciate every minute and second coz TIME flies and nvr come back.Y dun do sth important first,den u continue ur other procrastination.Dun forget that U have to master 7 subjects in 2 months now added with assignments,practical reports and tutorials.
YOu don have time to b wasted anymore.

Furthermore,U RELI have to get a scholarship next yr.so U reli have to work out this time without any hesitation.Or else who will be paying for ur tuition fees?Wana burden her smore?
NO WAY!!!so trust urself and do the right thing..BElieve that u can do it.
instead of sacrificing sleeping time,sacrifice ur Tv time ,msn,talking on the phone ,,
as sacrifice sleeping time is reli reli a bad idea..tired eyes,unable to concentrate..TERRIBLe!!!