The End

This will be my last post for this blog. Exams are over, classes have ended and holidays have begun. There isn't really much to say except that this class ROCKS MAX and was most probably the only class I can attended without feeling pressurized and knowing that I will not doze off in the midst of lecture. But the best part is, I made friends. Unlike in other lectures where it's lonely and quiet for me, I could actually be myself in this class. I saw myself from my sec school/JC emerging again, making wisecracks, stupid comments and acting weird. Which was actually fun. Well, I guess that's it. Oh, and a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who made this class a great one (and one of the two reasons why I will survive my first sem at NUS and not screw up my CAP THAT badly XD). To Dr. Jessie, coursemates and friends, hope to see you guys around next sem.



Goodbye, until we meet again..... :]

And it's over.... Well, not quite!

Wow, I can't believe that it's already the end of Sem 1. Or at least it's going to be. My SUJA is done and submitted, my oral presentation is over and all that's left is the final exam. I'm not sure how I did for the OP but I think I might have confused my classmates XD On the other hand, I'm super pleased with my SUJA. 2800+ words! A new record in my writing streak! XD It might not be that well written, but I think it's the only assignment I am satisfied with out of ALL my 5 modules this sem.

It's the final countdown! Let the war begin! 8D

*marches on to impending doom of finals*



XD lolx...

Ants...

Ok, this is a totally unrelated post but I really want to share this short story told by my lecturer in the social work module I was taking. It's really thought provoking in it's own way but it's actually very sad too when you come to think about it.

Lecturer: I deal with children from abusive homes according to age group. I once posed this question to my 6-9 year old group, "if you could be any animal, what animal would you like to be?" Many responded "I want to be a tiger/lion/bear so I can eat my daddy up!" (the dad is the abusive figure in the family). But there was this 8 year old girl who took a really long time to think. When she was finally done she said:

8 yr old Girl: I want to be an ant.

Lecturer: *surprised as she has never heard before an answer like that* Why of all the animals that you can choose do you want to be an ant?

8 yr old girl: I want to be an ant so people will step on me and I can go to God......

I felt my heart just break right there and then.

A Good Day?

It's 10/10/10 =) and I submitted my completed SUJA! Finally! I actually finished it a few days earlier but I kept on trying to refine it cause the language seemed so informal (I think it still is =S). Anyway, I finally got it into TurnItIn and it garnered a plagiarism index of 19%, a drop from the previous 22% =D Oh goodie... I hit 3014 words (coulld have been nicely 3000 if certain citations, especially those involving no authors, weren't so long =.=). Anyway, pretty satisfied =D

P.S.: On a sidenote, I made it into my first Hall Committee =) This day is gooooood..... ^_^

Cheers max!! 8D

The Process Part VII.

11.50 p.m.: Ok, I am toast. I really can't take it anymore. I haven't slept since yesterday, I desperately need a bath, I'm heating up and my brain cells have reduced by 80%. I have just barely enough to type proper English. I just submitted my SUJA draft. 60% done with 1716 words and citation. As much as I want to submit a completed report, I just don't have enough material at the moment (I'm like using the same sources over and over again) and my brain just can hold on much longer. I'm gonna crash and burn now before my brain crashes and burns tomorrow. Good night people.

The Process Part VI.

11.11 p.m.: More than half way there. Not enough materials. I don't think I can submit a complete draft =( Like a zombie now. Haven't slept since yesterday. Need more info or at least, more time. I hate sourcing. =(

Oh, 11.11.. Make a wish *wishes fervently for faster sorting skills and MORE INFO! =.=*

Oh, and I actually submitted a half baked draft earlier because I thought that the deadline was 1200 hrs whenit's supposed to be 0000 hrs. I only found out when I realized that the deadline on the TurnItIn forlder was written 11.59 PM and not AM XD XD Anyway, it was a pleasant surprise that my article manage to generate a 21% originality after processing about 30% of the article or so. I expected it to be the epitome of plagiarism XD

Word count: 1716

The Process Part V.

11.20 p.m.: Gosh... Only 12 and a half hours to go.... =( Guess it's gonna be me, my cookies, muruku and the laptop ALL night again.

Thank God tomorrow is a no practical day. And lectures are canceled PLUS tutorials are through IVLE ^_^ (not like the last two will make a difference cause it'll be after the deadline anyway).

Word count: 286