I HAVE NO LIFE!

I need to scream, I need a break and I can't wait for this semester to be over.

I have been keeping to my resolution with little variations. However, I realised I have totally no life this semester. I spent my recess week doing project and studying for my mid-term, mid-term week to catch up on my readings and films (for my modules), weekend doing my projects plus tutorials and today doing my E-learning! I have no life. My life is only filled with school work and nothing else. I seriously hope December will come quickly. I deserve a break!

People who saw me watching films during this semester kept thinking I am back to my favourite entertainment - watching dramas/movies, but NO I am watching films as a requirement for my modules. Can you imagine watching documentary, recent movies, animes, black-and-white movies and finally doing an analysis of the films? I enjoy watching shows but really hate it when I have to watch it from an academic point of view all the time.

My only sources of entertainment for these 3 weeks are making mooncakes, watching The Legend (太王四神记）, and playing Sunshine Ranch and Roller Coaster Kingdom on Facebook.

I seriously need my life back!

New semester resolutions

1. Read all lecture notes before lecture
2. Read all required readings before lecture (GEK1021, JS2216)
   
3. Do all my tutorials at least a week before due date
   
4. Study every weekend without failure
5. Watch all required films before lecture (JS2216)
   

Going to MIA from my blog

I am going to start going MIA from my blog soon. In fact, I always do but never inform in advance. Haha. School is going to start next week and I am going to be really busy cause this is the first time I am taking 5 modules in 1 semester and most of them are very heavy. Hence, I will start going MIA until I find the time to blog.

Before I go MIA from my blog, I want to share some bags I bought recently. Waiting for the seller to update me on the postage charge.

Bidding

CORS screwed up my timetable AGAIN! Have to work extra hard next semester in order to maintain my CAP. CRAP! At least I got 3 modules already but all 3 are known to be killer modules. Please wish me luck everyone.

Kelly is right-brained

Kelly is right-brained, meaning she uses her right brain more than her left, therefore please tell her the main idea in future before you move to the smaller details. =D


Just for fun, I did a test to check if I use my right or left brain more. I always thought I use my left brain more since I am right-handed and it has been assumed that right-handers use the left brain and vice versa. However, it seems that I use my right-brain more.

Right-brainers are known to be holistic, random, concrete, intuitive, non-verbal processing and fantasy-oriented processing. I guess that suggests why I can't understand lectures. Haha. Lecturers do not have the habit of giving a broad picture before beginning the lecture, therefore it usually takes me until after the lecture and during revision to understand the lecture. Furthermore, I am a non-verbal processing person, I learn better with images or diagrams rather than a long description of something. Plus, I need to feel or touch something (concrete) in order to understand. At the same time, I am a intuitive and fantasy-oriented processing person. I based most of the things on intuition and when it doesn't, my sub-conscious mind will enter my day-dreaming world. Haha. Most importantly, I am a very random person. As and when I like it, I can change the topic/subject. =D

Therefore, please tell me the broad picture first before you tell me the smaller details in future. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. =P

And, I need to start training my left-brain such that I can be a more linear, sequential, symbolic, logical, verbal processing and reality-based processing person. Haha.

DO you know you CAN train the side of your brain that is less regularly used with one simple exercise? If you want to train your right brain, look with your left eye and vice versa.

If you spotted me on the road with my left eye closed, I am training my left brain. =D

Not happy

I am not very happy with my results. T________T

Though my CAP increased by 0.4 but I am still not satisfied cos my grades are not very good. 2 B+ and 2 B. If only my Bs can change into B+, my CAP will have a bigger improvement. T____________T

MIA

I AM BACK!
I had been MIA-ing for approximately 2 months. All were because of school work, stress and LAZINESS. =P

A quick update of what I have done for the past 2 months (about):
Attend lectures, attend tutorials, go home, give tuition, do projects, do tutorials, read mangas, watch dramas, sleep and recently, study and exams. My life is as boring as ever. -.-'



BUT, now that freedom is here to 'visit' for 3 months, I want to do so many things.

1. meet up with friends
2. go shopping and pamper myself
3. play restaurant city (target: level 27)
4. shop for my cousin's 21st present (give me some hints and NO car =D)
5. spring-cleaning (though it is not spring anymore)
6. bundle my notes -.-'
7. (reluctantly) work
8. (VERY VERY reluctantly) check my exam results
9. watch the drama and movies I bought before the exams
10. look for a bf? LOL (got anyone to intro? wahahah)

There are simply so many things to do. I heart 'you' so much, FREEDOM!!!

Oh, by the way, I fainted again last week. Wahahaha. Finally know the reason to my 'annual' fainting drama - Normochromic Normocytic Anaemic (don't ask me what is that cos I have no idea, just take it as anaemic). Hehe.

1 result out

19.5 out of 30 for Microeconomic. Reason for this low mark is because I did the 2nd question wrongly. Sob!!! I got the 3rd question correctly and 11 out of 14 for my MCQ. Have to work hard for my final paper.

Battle: Mid term

The battle is ENDING!

I have been trying to be diligent and study hard for my mid term papers, I call it a battle against my laziness. Along with revising for the mid term, I had a project due during the week of revision. With a project and uncorporative projectmates, I had a really hard time concentrating on my revision. Finally, the project was submitted and I could concentrate on my revision. I spent 2 days revising for New Media and the paper was do-able though I am not sure if I answered the questions accurately.

After which, I had 3 days to revise for 2 economic papers. Yes, 2. Guess what happened? I was so stressed up because there were a hell lot of stuffs to remember for both papers, and they were 1 immediately after another, that I slept at 4am almost everyday. It was so crazy and the day before the papers, which was yesterday, I felt like crying and vomiting because the revision for both papers were only half-done.

Thankfully, I managed to complete 80% of the revision for both papers by this morning and managed to pull through both papers with probably slightly above pass.

The battle is ending with only 1 more paper left. Please pray for me. (=])


ON A LIGHTER NOTE, I am going to re-watch Fated to Love You. Hehe.

SUPERB pissed off

I am superb pissed off now. I can't understand my New Media projectmates with the exception of only one. Only 1 girl and I are doing all the work while the others are like this project is none of their business. They don't turn up for online meeting, don't even bother to ask what we discussed during the meeting then when they finally turned up they made everything we did become trash then they push back the progress. Super pissed off. Just what do they want? Can't believe that I actually met these kind of people for my project.

They think we have forever to do the project when our deadline is this Friday. Just what the heck do they want?!

2 more days to school reopen

I still want to take 1 more module but apparently none of the modules are attracting my attention except those that cost a lot of points. Wondering if I can get my last module today considering the fact that I have limited points and am going out soon. Zzz...






Yesterday was my brother's enlistment. A brand new experience from my bro's enlistment. This time, they took us to the bunk first and on the way there, I spotted a monkey along the roadside. LOL. Only my father and I saw it sitting there. So CUTE! (=P) My brother is in the Y company and his bunk is the old SISPEC building which is more spacious and comfortable but older than the rest of the BMTC. Then we headed back to the auditorium for their oath taking ceremony and finally early dinner.

The dinner was just fried rice, sausage, bun, broccoli, baby carrots and a bowl of mushroom soup. I love the broccoli, baby carrots, bun and mushroom soup. The fried rice is too bland and the sausage is too dry. But it is overall a rather good meal. I will miss the mushroom soup. Sob.

CNY is coming so is school reopening

I am not very excited about school reopening. I mean, it is crazy to think that I look forward to the 3 hours back and fro from school. Which is the reason why I am trying to plan for 3 days week instead of a 4 days week like last semester.

BTW, did I mention that I got back my results? ALL PASSED! Something unexpected because Japanese Studies paper is so tough and my 2 failed mid term papers were thought to give me a couple of Cs. Instead, I only have 1 C and it comes with a positive. Hehe. Well, my CAP (equivalent to GAP) is 3.38 before exercising my S/U option. After much contemplating, I decided to only S/U 1 module which is the 1 I got a C for. After the S/U, my CAP becomes 3.67. Considered high among my fellow peers. Well, I just have to work harder.

And I don't like the food in school. They really taste horrible especially when you compare them with TP's food. I am also not thrilled to walk up and down all the stairs in school. It still needs a lot of getting used to.

Finally, I am looking forward to CNY. It is finally here again. Hehe. Can't wait to see everyone again.

Exams and after exams

Exams are finally over. I am glad and yet very worried. I did not do well for my mid-term and the final papers were difficult. I really hope I can at least get B for Econs, C for JS and pass for the other two since I am going to S/U both. *Praying hard*

My bro is back!!! He came back on the 29th November which was a few days before my last paper. I couldn't wait for the end of my paper and it is finally over. My last paper ended on Monday 7pm but I only reached home at about 9pm as I couldn't get onto the first bus and had to wait very long for the next bus. After I reached home, bro transferred several files to my laptop to entertain me. Hehe. Slept at about 12 midnight and woke up early the next day to laze around and to Singtel to recontract my plan though I was mentally and physically tired.

I am still tired today but I started spring cleaning my cupboard, the boxes under my bed and also the drawer holding my dramas. I am done with them and tomorrow I will start clearing my wardrobe and start fishing for my stuffs that are lying around the house. Hehe. After that is time to buy New Year clothes. Time passes so fast. Can't wait for New Year to come.

Still alive

I am still alive in case you are wondering where the 'hell' I went to. (=P) I am just too caught up with school and revision for the upcoming exams. I promise a lengthy update after my exams and occasional updates in between. (=>) Off to bed. Tata.

Hectic week

Since mid-term is over, it is now the beginning of project time. This week is so hectic. So many projects that need to be done. SSA, IT, EA & JS projects.

SSA: - 1st meeting this Tuesday
- Each to find information on either economic or social impacts
- Information to be sent to one another this Sunday 2359
- To meet again

IT: - Meeting on this Wednesday
- Finished correcting my part of the presentation
- Waiting for my group mates to tell me how is my part and what to improve on
- Start on assignment next week

EA: - Only received the instructions today
- Paired up but haven't start planning for any meeting

JS: - Several meetings online and offline
- Outline is good and need to start looking for sources
- Photocopied some information from a book yesterday
- To meet up next week

Projects aside, a little joke to liven up this blog.

Suggested by Hui Min on Monday, we went to the Engineering school canteen for lunch and got a big shock when we saw the queues. They were super long and very messed up. As we were walking and trying to find the shortest queue to join, we overheard this girl asking the guy in front of her a question. The conversation went like this:

Girl: "Excuse me, may I know what are you queuing for?"
Guy: *Shrugged his shoulders* "I don't know."

LOL!!! We burst out laughing the moment we walked past them. That was how bad the queues were and we left immediately for Mcdonalds'. Haha.

End of mid term

I had my last mid term paper yesterday. Among all the papers I sat for, the first paper is the worst and the last is probably the best. I don't even feel like talking about the first paper. I just hope that I will at least get a C and not anything below it. (T_T)

Though I thought I had been well-prepared, I have been thrown off-guard by the papers. They are so different from the tutorials and lectures. Sob. Worst of all, some of the questions do not make any sense to me. ARGH!!!

This the probably the worst mid-term I ever sat for.

I am really glad that it is all over and I can finally start my projects and try to pull up my grades.

Need to go listen to JS webcast. Tata.

Recess week

I should be studying and fully utilising this week to catch up with my reading but I am obviously not doing that. I have been watching dramas and surfing the net for the past few days. Erm... I admit that I did study a little bit but that is only writing notes and I only completed the notes for two modules. I want to cut ties with dramas but I can't. Haiz.

Met up with the girls on Thursday and yesterday.
Thursday:
Had Subway and we chatted about various stuffs till 11+pm. I really enjoyed the time we spent together and am so glad that our friendship is still strong even after 7 to 9 years. Hehe.
Yesterday:
Mae's 21st celebration. It is earlier by 2 months. LOL. Cause she will be leaving for Japan next Friday 1am and won't be back till next year August. I will miss her. Waiting for people to send me photos. Hehe.

By the way, I set a new record. I drank 4 cans of Red Bull this week because I want to keep myself awake throughout the day and it did work. Need to buy more Red Bull tomorrow. (=D)

Scary

There is only one word to describe the English lesson today. "Tense"

Our tutor came in with a 'black' face and started handing out our synthesis assignment. I got 58% for the assignment and the highest was 62%. After giving back our assignment, the tutor started scolding and asking us what was it that we don't understand about synthesis. So scary. The whole class were holding our breathe, fearing that any wrong reply will trigger another explosion. It was really that bad and we had to do our presentations after the moody confrontation. I was constantly looking at the tutor's face for any change in mood. She kept a stern face all the time till Hui Min's and Amanda's presentation. I was so thankful that she finally smiled.

All I can say is, the English class today is so stressful!!!

Studying feels great!

As my title suggests, I am really happy to be studying again. Having spent more than a year idling around and working aimlessly, studying with an aim feels wondeful. Strangely, I enjoy running around and chasing after buses to get from one school to another. (=D)

BUT, studying also has its cons. I haven't been getting enough rest, watching the dramas and movies that I wanted to watch and I feel that my eyes are going to pop out soon. Lol.

Luckily, we are having a one week break next week before our mid-term. Hehe. I can finally wake up late. (=P) Looking forward to recess week. (=D)

Catching up

I am starting to catch up now. Finished my JS reading 2 and almost done with my Changing Landscapes reading. What I need to do this week is to finish JS reading 3 and 4, E-commerce readings, Econs tutorial, Synthesis assignment and Preposition presentation. I will also need to start on my projects but basically I am catching up. So happy about it. (=D)

I am off to study. Tata.