yes this is an update of my life.
gosh, finals is such a drag. i want to faster clear the remaining three papers as soon as possible. getting so restless and counterproductive. at times i know i ought to be revising here and there but somehow or rather i take more breaks i used to during the reading week and more frequent as well. ohh wells, thank goodness for relaxing Saturday as well.
managed to catch two movies, one on laptop and one in cinema.. haha. caught "The Founder" on laptop while "Guardians of the Galaxy 2" in cinema. the former film is a film on the road on the famous fast food chain we see everywhere known as McDonald's. decent movie and rather sad also i would say. the latter film is nice.. go watch it and i shan't spoil it here. until next time then, cheers.
Saturday, April 29, 2017
Friday, April 28, 2017
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
vertical line
yes this is an update of my life.
restless mind not ready to go on and revise for the next three papers coming up next week. so i shall write about the second final paper i had couple of hours earlier. well, to start of, i disliked the 1pm to 3pm paper timing to be honest. rather have the 9am to 11am or the 5pm to 7pm slot. having the midday slot is tricky for i am always unsure how much should i commit to eating lol. should i eat lunch before paper and risk food coma during the paper? should i eat lunch only after 3pm? well in the end what i did was to snack every hour that i am awake until the start of the paper. well, it worked pretty well i guess. did not really feel hungry throughout the paper. the only thing was that i had to have a rather early dinner.. which leads to the fact that i probably would be having supper before i sleep tonight.. lol.
next, the paper itself was pretty easy i think and that is not a good sign at well. easy paper means simple mistakes might jolly cost a grade. easy paper means the bell curve will be insane. hell.. i think the bell curve will be more of a line.. vertical line at the right end. ohh wells, really hope that i can get at least an A- for this module to cushion the poorer results that i will be getting from my core modules. until next time then, cheers.
restless mind not ready to go on and revise for the next three papers coming up next week. so i shall write about the second final paper i had couple of hours earlier. well, to start of, i disliked the 1pm to 3pm paper timing to be honest. rather have the 9am to 11am or the 5pm to 7pm slot. having the midday slot is tricky for i am always unsure how much should i commit to eating lol. should i eat lunch before paper and risk food coma during the paper? should i eat lunch only after 3pm? well in the end what i did was to snack every hour that i am awake until the start of the paper. well, it worked pretty well i guess. did not really feel hungry throughout the paper. the only thing was that i had to have a rather early dinner.. which leads to the fact that i probably would be having supper before i sleep tonight.. lol.
next, the paper itself was pretty easy i think and that is not a good sign at well. easy paper means simple mistakes might jolly cost a grade. easy paper means the bell curve will be insane. hell.. i think the bell curve will be more of a line.. vertical line at the right end. ohh wells, really hope that i can get at least an A- for this module to cushion the poorer results that i will be getting from my core modules. until next time then, cheers.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
lengthy
yes this is and update of my life.
surprise. i am updating here again in midst of my two weeks of finals. well, if you know me well enough you would know that only during the study week i am a hardcore mugger. however, once the first paper begins, i will start to take it slow on the revision and instead invest more on rest/sleep time. my personal belief is that the bulk of preparation, content wise at least, is done during the study week. yeah, the other part of preparation that is key to taking on finals would be resting. having an awake mind helps me a lot. that is why i will never understand how some people can survive on minimal amount of sleep prior to their papers and still do well. bless their genes.
so had my first paper last evening. walked out knowing i tried my best. that is the most important thing. don't like walking out thinking or feeling that i could have done better. no matter the results i guess it will be what i deserve. tomorrow will be the next paper.. a paper that i barely revised. well, that is due to the fact that there are not many practice questions to prepare me for what to expect tomorrow. no PYPs, not many tutorial questions. content wise also so vague and broad that i don't quite know what to focus on other than the few calculations and little content.
at the end of this week, i will be barely halfway through my finals. 5 finals but will be done with only 2 by this weekend.. lengthy finals period is kind of a norm for my major i guess. been numb to this shit since year 1. until next time then, cheers.
surprise. i am updating here again in midst of my two weeks of finals. well, if you know me well enough you would know that only during the study week i am a hardcore mugger. however, once the first paper begins, i will start to take it slow on the revision and instead invest more on rest/sleep time. my personal belief is that the bulk of preparation, content wise at least, is done during the study week. yeah, the other part of preparation that is key to taking on finals would be resting. having an awake mind helps me a lot. that is why i will never understand how some people can survive on minimal amount of sleep prior to their papers and still do well. bless their genes.
so had my first paper last evening. walked out knowing i tried my best. that is the most important thing. don't like walking out thinking or feeling that i could have done better. no matter the results i guess it will be what i deserve. tomorrow will be the next paper.. a paper that i barely revised. well, that is due to the fact that there are not many practice questions to prepare me for what to expect tomorrow. no PYPs, not many tutorial questions. content wise also so vague and broad that i don't quite know what to focus on other than the few calculations and little content.
at the end of this week, i will be barely halfway through my finals. 5 finals but will be done with only 2 by this weekend.. lengthy finals period is kind of a norm for my major i guess. been numb to this shit since year 1. until next time then, cheers.
Saturday, April 22, 2017
pause
yes this is an update of my life.
life moves a little too fast and hectic at times. there will be signs to slow down and i am having some signs to take a decent day of mugging. though i cannot disregard my obligations to coaching my tutees, i have decided to not do any revision while i am home. just enjoy my weekends just a little bit before taking on the next 10 days or so with full energy and motivation.
yeah.. motivation. still searching for it though haha. i realised that over the past course of 5 weekdays that the amount of time i have invested into studying everyday is more than the amount of time i have invested into sleeping. while i am somewhat impressed with that lame personal achievement, i am shocked that i had to resort to such methods. then again, i did decide on taking 6 modules with 5 final exams at the start of this semester. mentally draining to be honest but i am glad a little more struggle and i will be done with this semester. next up will be focusing on my summer goals. until next time then, cheers.
life moves a little too fast and hectic at times. there will be signs to slow down and i am having some signs to take a decent day of mugging. though i cannot disregard my obligations to coaching my tutees, i have decided to not do any revision while i am home. just enjoy my weekends just a little bit before taking on the next 10 days or so with full energy and motivation.
yeah.. motivation. still searching for it though haha. i realised that over the past course of 5 weekdays that the amount of time i have invested into studying everyday is more than the amount of time i have invested into sleeping. while i am somewhat impressed with that lame personal achievement, i am shocked that i had to resort to such methods. then again, i did decide on taking 6 modules with 5 final exams at the start of this semester. mentally draining to be honest but i am glad a little more struggle and i will be done with this semester. next up will be focusing on my summer goals. until next time then, cheers.
Friday, April 21, 2017
Thursday, April 20, 2017
bloated
yes this is an update of my life.
i shall take the chance to update a little of my life now. my stomach is somewhat taking longer than expected to feel less bloated from dinner. past few days' of lunch have been really simple due the fact that i did not want to lose my revision momentum during the day. as a result, dinners have been somewhat heavier. if dinner was light. supper comes naturally. so yeah, now my stomach is rather bloated for me head to the bathroom to bathe so here i am.
having five finals is no joke. i find myself, while still being rather productive so far, not having sufficient time to do the necessary preparations and what not. putting my best efforts but the limiting factor is always time. my initial hope was to put almost equal efforts into all the modules but now that i have look at the time i have left.. i wonder if that is even possible. come to think of it, the main reason for this feeling of time constraint is due to the fact that i have three modules that require the writing of cheatsheet.
yeah cheatsheet might come in handy and provide a sense of security during the paper. however, i personally feel it would be better to have exams that are entire closed book or just open book. probably because i am a statistics student. so much information and concepts. if you want to test our understanding, closed book. if you want test our techniques, open book. ohh wells, what to do.. suck thumb. until next time then, cheers.
i shall take the chance to update a little of my life now. my stomach is somewhat taking longer than expected to feel less bloated from dinner. past few days' of lunch have been really simple due the fact that i did not want to lose my revision momentum during the day. as a result, dinners have been somewhat heavier. if dinner was light. supper comes naturally. so yeah, now my stomach is rather bloated for me head to the bathroom to bathe so here i am.
having five finals is no joke. i find myself, while still being rather productive so far, not having sufficient time to do the necessary preparations and what not. putting my best efforts but the limiting factor is always time. my initial hope was to put almost equal efforts into all the modules but now that i have look at the time i have left.. i wonder if that is even possible. come to think of it, the main reason for this feeling of time constraint is due to the fact that i have three modules that require the writing of cheatsheet.
yeah cheatsheet might come in handy and provide a sense of security during the paper. however, i personally feel it would be better to have exams that are entire closed book or just open book. probably because i am a statistics student. so much information and concepts. if you want to test our understanding, closed book. if you want test our techniques, open book. ohh wells, what to do.. suck thumb. until next time then, cheers.
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Monday, April 17, 2017
Sunday, April 16, 2017
time to read
yes this is an update of my life.
been rather busy lately and not very motivated. probably due to the fact that it is reading week again. a time where all students scramble to catch up 13 weeks of knowledge and skills in less than two weeks before heading into the battlefield, otherwise know as the final exams. i am also one of them. hence will be off the grid for a longer while. will be sharing music here that's all. as for real updates and what not i will do so whenever i feel free enough or wait right after my last paper. press on people, the end is near. until next time then, cheers.
been rather busy lately and not very motivated. probably due to the fact that it is reading week again. a time where all students scramble to catch up 13 weeks of knowledge and skills in less than two weeks before heading into the battlefield, otherwise know as the final exams. i am also one of them. hence will be off the grid for a longer while. will be sharing music here that's all. as for real updates and what not i will do so whenever i feel free enough or wait right after my last paper. press on people, the end is near. until next time then, cheers.
Thursday, April 6, 2017
under the bus
yes this is an update of my life.
i have slightly less things to do today. or rather, i have decided to rest a little more today. as such, this is where i will be first.. updating my blog with a legit post about what's up. reality check: it is week 11; less than a month's time to finals; about a month's time to summer break.
things for sure have heated up in terms the amount of assignments and projects due in the next couple of weeks. on top of these, i still hope that i can start revising for finals. starting revision only during reading week will not help.. especially when you have 5 papers, 3 of which are core papers. well, as some might have remembered me mentioning, i am overloading this semester. however, the 6th module is now done. yes, officially done.. no more classes and no more submissions or presentations. time to focus on 5 modules.. lol which is what a typical student will be doing if he/she does not overload.
summer is coming. i hope to get the internship i desired as well. unsure of the progress but still keeping my fingers crossed. apart from that, been doing up a rough to-do list for the summer. shan't reveal those boring things for now until i managed to accomplish them. if you do not hear anything about them then yeah i probably became a sloth in the summer.
moving on from work and study stuff.. i am pretty amused at how an asshole some people can be. they can be willing to throw a friend right under the bus with a snap of their fingers. they can abandon you, leaving you behind to taste their dirt in a blink of an eye. well, this time i wasn't really involved but a good friend was the victim. guess my faith in humanity stays. whenever i meet someone new, i will always assume the worst of the person. he/she, through interactions and actions, will then be decided if they are part of my list of friends. be nice but don't be foolish. until next time then, cheers.
i have slightly less things to do today. or rather, i have decided to rest a little more today. as such, this is where i will be first.. updating my blog with a legit post about what's up. reality check: it is week 11; less than a month's time to finals; about a month's time to summer break.
things for sure have heated up in terms the amount of assignments and projects due in the next couple of weeks. on top of these, i still hope that i can start revising for finals. starting revision only during reading week will not help.. especially when you have 5 papers, 3 of which are core papers. well, as some might have remembered me mentioning, i am overloading this semester. however, the 6th module is now done. yes, officially done.. no more classes and no more submissions or presentations. time to focus on 5 modules.. lol which is what a typical student will be doing if he/she does not overload.
summer is coming. i hope to get the internship i desired as well. unsure of the progress but still keeping my fingers crossed. apart from that, been doing up a rough to-do list for the summer. shan't reveal those boring things for now until i managed to accomplish them. if you do not hear anything about them then yeah i probably became a sloth in the summer.
moving on from work and study stuff.. i am pretty amused at how an asshole some people can be. they can be willing to throw a friend right under the bus with a snap of their fingers. they can abandon you, leaving you behind to taste their dirt in a blink of an eye. well, this time i wasn't really involved but a good friend was the victim. guess my faith in humanity stays. whenever i meet someone new, i will always assume the worst of the person. he/she, through interactions and actions, will then be decided if they are part of my list of friends. be nice but don't be foolish. until next time then, cheers.
Monday, April 3, 2017
Sunday, April 2, 2017
too close for comfort
yes this is an update of my life.
hello April.. yet another scary month for a college student in local university. the arrival of April means that a student does not have much time left before he/she is faced with the final exams. yes, it is slightly less than a month left to finals. or to put it in a scarier way.. this is the month of the start of finals. yeah.. let that reality sink it for a while.
fire that once burn so strongly at the start of the semester is not flickering, trying to keep itself lit until the end of all the finals. as usual, as much as i wish to start my proper revision, there are so many submissions that require my attention first. by the time all those are done, i will be at the start of reading week. 5 finals this semester. while many like to boast how few finals they have now and then, i realised the least number i had over the past semesters was 4.. lol and that is probably the most for some. i'm numb to the pain haha. numb to the fact that i have more papers. numb to the fact that i will be ending my last paper later than most of my friends.
time to search for the motivation to power through to the first week of May. until next time then, cheers.
hello April.. yet another scary month for a college student in local university. the arrival of April means that a student does not have much time left before he/she is faced with the final exams. yes, it is slightly less than a month left to finals. or to put it in a scarier way.. this is the month of the start of finals. yeah.. let that reality sink it for a while.
fire that once burn so strongly at the start of the semester is not flickering, trying to keep itself lit until the end of all the finals. as usual, as much as i wish to start my proper revision, there are so many submissions that require my attention first. by the time all those are done, i will be at the start of reading week. 5 finals this semester. while many like to boast how few finals they have now and then, i realised the least number i had over the past semesters was 4.. lol and that is probably the most for some. i'm numb to the pain haha. numb to the fact that i have more papers. numb to the fact that i will be ending my last paper later than most of my friends.
time to search for the motivation to power through to the first week of May. until next time then, cheers.
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