Thoughts on Y3S1
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, my fifth semester in school has ended. It has been the hell of a roller coaster ride this semester, and I have never felt so tired in my life before. I guess I am losing steam and all my fighting spirit. T.T
Started the semester on a bad note because I was forced to drop NM3230 after two weeks of lessons because there were insufficient tutorial slots for me to bid for. I had to go through so much trouble to drop the module and take up a replacement module. I 'reported' to the NM office every single day to request them to process the system quickly but they were still taking their own sweet time until I emailed my professor and tutor for help. The problem here was not because I kanchiong/kiasu, but the fact that I already missed two weeks of lessons for my replacement module (NM2201) and that there was no webcast available. I have to catch up rights? If not everything will just snowball.
From individual assignments to projects and exams, I screwed up every single component of assessment for the replacement module T.T The content for NM2201 is so heavy that I thought that it is a level 4000 module in disguise. I felt much regrets for not heeding Amanda's advice to drop this module, but then again, I also blame it on the NM office for forcing me to drop NM3230. Perhaps if I continued on with NM3230, I would have done better.
I guess I have a love-hate relationship with my professors.
I think I have generally nice professors and tutors. I purposely chose to take modules under Aaron because I really like him as my lecturer. He is so naggy, but he really helped us a lot for our project. I am really grateful to him. Thank you. It's so annoying because he wouldn't be teaching next semester - he converted to full-time PhD student. :(
Secondly, I would like to thank Nick for being so nice and helping us so much with our videos and films. However, I just hope that he can give us honest feedback so that we can improve rather than just paying us compliments all the time then 'stabbing us in the back' (I had a shock after checking my gradebook).
Lastly, my psychology professor Nicholas is really a good lecturer. He really is. His explanations are very clear and well-explained. I think I learnt the most from this module out of all the other psychology modules that I have ever taken. But he scarred me for life because he always call me during tutorial LOL.
I'm proud of myself for surviving PL3233 with me, myself and I alone. I really hated the tutorials because my lecturer-cum-tutor will always pick on people to answer questions and his questions are all so chim that my bird brain is unable to provide me with answers (and he calls on me every week).
But then, I am glad to have two 'friends' whom I always sit with during tutorials. At least there are familiar faces that give me security whenever I go to tutorials to fight battles. I call them 'friends' because as I was typing this blogpost, I realized I didn't even ask them for their names LOL. Wth. My bird brain is at it again. But I guess we won't ever see each other again, because this is the very last psychology module that I will be taking. LOL. What a bittersweet feeling.
Sighs. No idea why everything seemed so much more difficult this semester. All my modules seemed to be much more taxing, much more difficult, and much more demanding. x.x
That sudden realization that my newly-made friends will soon revert back to being acquaintances.
The biggest (and only) takeaway from NM2201 is Edmund. He is my project groupmate for NM2201, who also happens to be in the same tutorial class as me for NM2209. I'm grateful that we took two modules together - at least I have a friend to go to lessons with. However, just as we were starting to get closer, I feel bittersweet because we wouldn't take any modules together ever again. So I guess we are back to being acquaintances?
Jeanette as well. I attended NM2209 tutorial alone yet I'm thankful to have met a nice groupmate. Jeanette is so on-task and we quickly finished preparing our presentation slides in like three days? LOL. After five semesters in school, I really learnt to appreciate efficient groupmates much more. But again, I guess next semester is her graduating semester, so we probably wouldn't take the same modules ever again. Why are university friendships all so fleeting?
I also met new people whom I grow much much closer to, although I'm not sure how long this friendship will last.
I am super glad that Regine is in this shit with me together. I am suddenly more grateful than ever to have embarked on the Korea Summer School programme. If I didn't agree to staying with strangers (LOL, I ended up sharing an accomodation with Vivian, her friend Jiashu, and Jiashu's friend Regine), I wouldn't have known Regine. And then I will be suffering alone for the rest of the semester, taking modules alone.
It was pure coincidence that Regine and I took three modules together, and we were even groupmates for one of the modules. I practically lunched with her everyday because I see her around four days a week? Thanks Regine for putting up with me and for being my friend. This was the first semester that I didn't feel so alone in school. LOL. We should meet up often with Jiashu and Vivian as well!!
And also, Belle. Fortunately, I had the opportunity to work with her for two projects. She is more than a project groupmate, I'm really appreciative because she often advises me on many things, be it school, work or life in general. She makes me see things from new perspectives, and I often get a lot of insights from her. She is ever so selfless, so willing to share her experiences. Simply talking to her often give me the impression that my thinking has matured. LOL!
I'm grateful to have met Lianjie on my Korea summer school exchange as well. He's an idiot, and I like annoying him, so he became my self-proclaimed best friend during the trip. LOL! On a side note, I was editing my Korea trip vlogs but the software kept crashing on me halp. T.T
Old is gold. I love the fact that I can be myself whenever I'm with my old friends who have known me for a few years. They keep me sane.
This semester, I dragged Yanlin and her friend, Koey, to attend CP2201 with me. It was an easy module, but the only thing that I found annoying is that lessons end at 9.30pm. It was really tiring, especially when I have a long day. But it helps that CP2201 lectures got more interesting towards the end. (: I'm grateful to have them with me because I was struggling to understand all those chim chim financial terms LOL. I suck.
For the first half of the semester, I was happy to have Vivian Phang as my lunch buddy in school. I'm sorry for pangseh-ing her for the rest of the semester because I forever am using whatever breaks I have to work on my video projects. But I'm glad that she is still there for me. She's one of the few secondary school friends whom I still stay in contact with actively. LOL. Feeling really blessed.
The friends who stood by me as always, thank you Amanda, HuiQi, Vivian Ng, JJ, Longyuan and Clement. Thanks for being the constants in my life, for encouraging me, for entertaining me, for making me feel that I'm not friendless after all. (:
Also a huge thank you to my NM friends, Dewei, Chermin, Jamie and Licheng, I'm sure that I had drifted away from y'all because we didn't take modules together. But thanks for thinking of me at times, remembering me and asking me out for badminton, for meals and trips. I might not be able to join y'all often, but I really appreciate y'all for asking :D
Life is never smooth-sailing. There are bound to be up-and-downs.
Indeed, I too have my fair share of ups-and-downs. Sighs. I hope that things will get better in the next semester.
(Ripped from favim.com)
Started the semester on a bad note because I was forced to drop NM3230 after two weeks of lessons because there were insufficient tutorial slots for me to bid for. I had to go through so much trouble to drop the module and take up a replacement module. I 'reported' to the NM office every single day to request them to process the system quickly but they were still taking their own sweet time until I emailed my professor and tutor for help. The problem here was not because I kanchiong/kiasu, but the fact that I already missed two weeks of lessons for my replacement module (NM2201) and that there was no webcast available. I have to catch up rights? If not everything will just snowball.
From individual assignments to projects and exams, I screwed up every single component of assessment for the replacement module T.T The content for NM2201 is so heavy that I thought that it is a level 4000 module in disguise. I felt much regrets for not heeding Amanda's advice to drop this module, but then again, I also blame it on the NM office for forcing me to drop NM3230. Perhaps if I continued on with NM3230, I would have done better.
I guess I have a love-hate relationship with my professors.
I think I have generally nice professors and tutors. I purposely chose to take modules under Aaron because I really like him as my lecturer. He is so naggy, but he really helped us a lot for our project. I am really grateful to him. Thank you. It's so annoying because he wouldn't be teaching next semester - he converted to full-time PhD student. :(
Secondly, I would like to thank Nick for being so nice and helping us so much with our videos and films. However, I just hope that he can give us honest feedback so that we can improve rather than just paying us compliments all the time then 'stabbing us in the back' (I had a shock after checking my gradebook).
Lastly, my psychology professor Nicholas is really a good lecturer. He really is. His explanations are very clear and well-explained. I think I learnt the most from this module out of all the other psychology modules that I have ever taken. But he scarred me for life because he always call me during tutorial LOL.
I'm proud of myself for surviving PL3233 with me, myself and I alone. I really hated the tutorials because my lecturer-cum-tutor will always pick on people to answer questions and his questions are all so chim that my bird brain is unable to provide me with answers (and he calls on me every week).
But then, I am glad to have two 'friends' whom I always sit with during tutorials. At least there are familiar faces that give me security whenever I go to tutorials to fight battles. I call them 'friends' because as I was typing this blogpost, I realized I didn't even ask them for their names LOL. Wth. My bird brain is at it again. But I guess we won't ever see each other again, because this is the very last psychology module that I will be taking. LOL. What a bittersweet feeling.
Sighs. No idea why everything seemed so much more difficult this semester. All my modules seemed to be much more taxing, much more difficult, and much more demanding. x.x
That sudden realization that my newly-made friends will soon revert back to being acquaintances.
The biggest (and only) takeaway from NM2201 is Edmund. He is my project groupmate for NM2201, who also happens to be in the same tutorial class as me for NM2209. I'm grateful that we took two modules together - at least I have a friend to go to lessons with. However, just as we were starting to get closer, I feel bittersweet because we wouldn't take any modules together ever again. So I guess we are back to being acquaintances?
Jeanette as well. I attended NM2209 tutorial alone yet I'm thankful to have met a nice groupmate. Jeanette is so on-task and we quickly finished preparing our presentation slides in like three days? LOL. After five semesters in school, I really learnt to appreciate efficient groupmates much more. But again, I guess next semester is her graduating semester, so we probably wouldn't take the same modules ever again. Why are university friendships all so fleeting?
I also met new people whom I grow much much closer to, although I'm not sure how long this friendship will last.
I am super glad that Regine is in this shit with me together. I am suddenly more grateful than ever to have embarked on the Korea Summer School programme. If I didn't agree to staying with strangers (LOL, I ended up sharing an accomodation with Vivian, her friend Jiashu, and Jiashu's friend Regine), I wouldn't have known Regine. And then I will be suffering alone for the rest of the semester, taking modules alone.
It was pure coincidence that Regine and I took three modules together, and we were even groupmates for one of the modules. I practically lunched with her everyday because I see her around four days a week? Thanks Regine for putting up with me and for being my friend. This was the first semester that I didn't feel so alone in school. LOL. We should meet up often with Jiashu and Vivian as well!!
And also, Belle. Fortunately, I had the opportunity to work with her for two projects. She is more than a project groupmate, I'm really appreciative because she often advises me on many things, be it school, work or life in general. She makes me see things from new perspectives, and I often get a lot of insights from her. She is ever so selfless, so willing to share her experiences. Simply talking to her often give me the impression that my thinking has matured. LOL!
I'm grateful to have met Lianjie on my Korea summer school exchange as well. He's an idiot, and I like annoying him, so he became my self-proclaimed best friend during the trip. LOL! On a side note, I was editing my Korea trip vlogs but the software kept crashing on me halp. T.T
Old is gold. I love the fact that I can be myself whenever I'm with my old friends who have known me for a few years. They keep me sane.
This semester, I dragged Yanlin and her friend, Koey, to attend CP2201 with me. It was an easy module, but the only thing that I found annoying is that lessons end at 9.30pm. It was really tiring, especially when I have a long day. But it helps that CP2201 lectures got more interesting towards the end. (: I'm grateful to have them with me because I was struggling to understand all those chim chim financial terms LOL. I suck.
For the first half of the semester, I was happy to have Vivian Phang as my lunch buddy in school. I'm sorry for pangseh-ing her for the rest of the semester because I forever am using whatever breaks I have to work on my video projects. But I'm glad that she is still there for me. She's one of the few secondary school friends whom I still stay in contact with actively. LOL. Feeling really blessed.
The friends who stood by me as always, thank you Amanda, HuiQi, Vivian Ng, JJ, Longyuan and Clement. Thanks for being the constants in my life, for encouraging me, for entertaining me, for making me feel that I'm not friendless after all. (:
Also a huge thank you to my NM friends, Dewei, Chermin, Jamie and Licheng, I'm sure that I had drifted away from y'all because we didn't take modules together. But thanks for thinking of me at times, remembering me and asking me out for badminton, for meals and trips. I might not be able to join y'all often, but I really appreciate y'all for asking :D
Life is never smooth-sailing. There are bound to be up-and-downs.
Indeed, I too have my fair share of ups-and-downs. Sighs. I hope that things will get better in the next semester.
In a world filled with possibilities
From labels to judgements
From love to hate
Who will you choose to be
Or will you let society choose your me.
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