There there...

As Exams draw nearer...

I'm still pretty intimidated by the fact that exams are so near... and they want to test on SO many topics! Crazy people. We don't have minds like Einstein oke... we are people with NORMAL human brains. Anyway, the some Australians here are super good. They don't do their homework and they can just sit there and understand everything. I'm like looking up(at the teacher) and looking down(reading text). SO IRRITATING! ARGH... yea... so it's a unfair world, but it doesn't have to be this frustrating right? Anyhow, felt really SIAN today. definition of sian = boredom + stress. WORSE combination. So since i'm bored and stressed i figure i go watch TV... "The HOUSE" Very good show!!! I also watched "Everybody loves Raymond". I actually tot that the Raymond show was super boring back in Singapore so i never watched it even once. But hey! I was wrong! it is very hilarious, be prepared to laugh ur pants off. Pardon my language... i guess my tone just changes when the stress comes in. Never happened back in SP becoz there were funny pple who made intelligent jokes.

Next goal is to look for people who are humorous enough... not lame. Lame is not humorous... overly lame makes a person appear dumb. Yea... miss all those laughter in SP. Haven't laughed much since i arrived here... nothing to laugh about!

By the way... i'm frustrated becoz of a lousy tutorial teacher who is a student. I can't believe i paid 2000 AUD to be taught be a student. Oh well, they do this in NUS too... tot i will just give everybody alittle insight to University life and to prepare those for what is to come in University. Firstly, you have to bid for timetable oke... that means... planning out ur own timetable. So like myself, its Mondays and Fridays are off. Before you all go WAH SO SHIOK AH, my tues and thurs runs from 10am all the to 6pm. FULL! On thurs i dunt even have time to eat lunch oke...

Though ur timetable is already nicely drawn up, IT'S NOT CONFIRMED! Reason: Your tutorial/ lecturer might SUCK BIG TIME! So you have to go find another lecture/tutorial to attend. A friend from NUS was telling me that they have lousy lecturers too... from China, cannot explain properly in english. Yep, so nothing is settled! Imagine all the changes and adapting i had to go through... ...

Next, your not spoonfed anything! You got to read up on ur own, find the textbk and READ!!! ALot of Reading... and the textbks are SUPER expensive. Its a MUSt buy to have textbk, or else it's like driving w/o getting ur license.

I've been changing my tutorial class EVERY WEEK! Not that i enjoy doing it... sometimes its for better teachers, sometimes its just to have a more organised week. OH and one more thing... you have to print all ur notes out urself... so... no class rep like Jimmy to help you with it! Be independent and pro-active in everything!

Yea.. the key thing over here is to have alot of good capable friends, so when anything goes wrong, they're there to pop over and help you with it. Oh and over here a car is almost like a necessity. Bus intervals are SO irregular during weekends! Yea... by the grace of God, he found me a friend who HAS a car! Haha... he drives me to church every Sunday to and fro! Yes yes... he IS rich, not really sure what line his parents are in, but.. he lives in a BUNGALOW and has cats, dogs, chickens and alot of other animals in his house! Haha... rich la rich... tat's why he dunt do well also nevermind. Anyway, he's doing this degree only becoz he is waiting to become a pilot. Pilot has got a minimum age and that's 25! So... just nice after getting a degree he go for training to become a pilot. Nice guy but ultra lazy and slack... ... he just wants a pass... how ridiculous... you pay so much money just to pass... tsktsk. What to do... he rich mah.

Thoughts for today: Ce<= So, Pe <=So
Ca<=So, Pa<=So
a = american stocks
e= european stocks

Compass of my soul

Compass of my soul
Have been feeling alittle loss lately, been restless, frustrated. Sounds like i didnt start the week well eh? Well.. it doesn't matter how each of us start our journey but how we end it!

Sometimes, you've just gotta stop whatever your doing and just devote alittle of time to figure out your thoughts and the direction your taking. If i may just go alittle into the spiritual aspect, I found hope and purpose once again in Him(Jesus). So i realise perhaps i was focusing the wrong aspect of my life. Shan't go too much detail into it. One has to always look forward and focus on the primary goal agree?

My nerves have been calmed, a bigger picture has been put forth and planted in my heart. It makes doing work a whole lot easier you know...

No pictures this week... none next week either... its exams and test week. So will be doing alot of reading and studying... the thing abt this university is that they dunt have past year papers for mid-semester... and i'm thinking that the reason is because they probably just 'recycle' the questions. haha... yup... so alot more work and effort to put in as the weightage is rather substantial. Would be aiming for a 7(distinction) so that in this i may glorify Him.

But.. i think i'll just showcase the room in which i am staying in right now. I like to call it my 5 star hotel. Really blessed to have this room because my flatmate has already registered for broadband before i arrived. I can't imagine having to use 56k like some of my friends. Also, it's very well maintained, alot better than the hostles, and other apartments. Plus its only a 5 minute walk away from one of the MAJOR shopping centres in Brisbane! In addition it has a fantasitc location. 5 minutes away from the bus interchange, and 5 minutes away from the train station(like MRT). What more could i possibly ask for? So welcome to my little temporary nest!

Haha man i sound like i'm selling away my apartment!

Work is Piling...

Work is Piling...
It has only been one month into school... and imagine taking exams with just one month of knowledge of that subject! Argh... sheer stress... it's really pushing my mental strength to the max. The agony of trying to grasp a single topic is just mind boggling. Well.. actually not really mind boggling... its just that the lecturers here use SUPER sophisticated words.. to explain a very simple concept by just using PLAIN words. I guess that's university reality bite for you. Never had such difficulty in Poly... coz majority of the teachers were really good, clear and motivating.

Well, now i know what it means when newspapers say Singapore has got world class education system. Truly, it does... honestly, the teachers there are really fantastic, two thumbs up for them. Actually, the diploma is enough to equip us for the real world. Essentially what i have learnt there is also being taught here. Just that over here... i'm getting a DEGREE... just a piece of paper to say i've graduated from a university. It's tougher over here... becoz the teachers can be quite unapproachable... they give the "what? so simple and you don't understand" kinda look and... yea... what's their problem.. we're paying them. They can be EXTREMELY impatient too... but there are the minority who i must say are just fantastic. Very patient.. very understanding.. but.. still nothing compared to the teachers in Singapore... Singapore rules..

Well... enough about school... today i went to school for consultation on the project that my group have to do.. .and i completed my part already. My group is SUPER DUPER SLOW!!! Sad to say their from SP. I wanted it completed by today.. hence the consultation. But... i was the only one who has completed my part. So disappointed... when we went to see the teacher... i was the only one telling him abt my part... and discussing issues with him... the rest was just sitting there listening going.. "uh huh.." What a WASTE of the teacher's time and... yar.. think it just didn't started off well. I'm trying not to be too judgemental over here... but when something has to be done by a certain day... it has to be done!

My previous class still rocks... never had much trouble with them... coz what can i say.. their all capable people. Maybe abit lazy at times... but nevertheless... they always deliver.

With so much said... and so much left undone... haha... i think i better go back to hitting my books.

Prayer request: More time... less work... and.. please please pray i get a job soon. The living expenses here is really high... and the cash would come in handy.

Thanks!!!!

Love ya all... byeie!

Haha... yea... my first picture is out! Can see the ang mohs behind us having a whale of a time. This picture was taken during my day out during the Ekka event. Basically, the aussies showcase thier cattles and there's horses too!

I also watched some horses racing ard the track, motorcycle stunts as well as 30 mins of ongoing fireworks! Cool right?! Haha... actually fireworks are quite common ard here... yea... and it was FREAKY cold! I am actually shivering... too skinny i suppose ... Bleh...

Anyway, now my blog is open to my ex-classmates in poly... ouch... cannot be too transparent already haha. Must be more discrete. No gossiping please! Yea... this is only for like "updating" purposes? yea... anyway i reallie miss everything abt singapore... i'm doing this slide movie kinda thingy which comprises of all the pics! My way of appreciating you all... there's too many things that is going ard here to type it out in words... so... hmm... will see when i got time then i type everything out lah. Love ya all... and miss you all oh so very very much.