Hmm.

I'm blogging now in the school library. I have about 3 hours before TVprod begins. I went down early to meet dar for lunch. I'm such an indulgent girlfriend, hor? (Bee, I think I'm starting to spoil you too XD)

The past two weeks (well, past week. I'm still in my second week of school.) But if the first week's the gauge for anything to go by, the rest of the semester might very well just be hell. In the form of projects, deadlines, tests and exams.

Bah. I have two examinable modules this semester. And for next semester too =.=

Anyway, one good thing is that my timetable isn't the worst. (Yerr, unlike many other courses, we don't get to choose our timetables.)

Monday: 9-5, 1 hour break
Tuesday: 9-6, 3 hour break
Wednesday: 9-1, no break
Thursday: 3-6, no break
Friday: 1-5, no break

I used to have Japanese class on top of everything else but as said in my previous post, I have withdrawn from Japanese class, together with a refund, though incomplete.

Digressing from my description of my timetable, I have something to say about the NP site, regarding it's EP programme. It's so misleading.

It says there that there would be no refund for withdrawal requests received after Week 1. Hence, I was in two minds about quitting Japanese class.

1. If I quit Japanese class, about 200 bucks would be going down the drain since I'd already paid for the class, the classnotes and the textbook to boot, none of which were very cheap. (Bloody textbook cost about 20 bucks. $17.90, if I'm not mistaken.)

2. I'd already missed 2 classes (shall elborate on that later) and work is getting scary. Well, I might not have much work to do now, but I can forsee many sleepless nights in the future. And I seem to be rather sickly this year. Staying in school for 11 hours would be a horrible drag on my health. Imagine doing that on top of what seems to be an endless stream of assignments and projects.

Anyway, yeah. So I was worrying about wasting the money. But at the same time, I really didn't want to go for Jap classes anymore, no matter how interested I was in wanting to learn the language. So I discussed the matter with mummy. It was more of a "you dowan to go then don't go lor."

In the end, I decided that I would try to appeal again if there were any classes on Friday and if there weren't any spots or no classes at all, then I'd withdraw from class completely. I checked with the lady there if there were any classes for Jap 103 on Friday but there wasn't.

I must say I was feeling quite relieved when she said that. Because it meant no more staying in school until 8!

So I asked for a withdrawal.

And just for fun, I inquired about a refund. Then, she told me that there WOULD be a refund, only that it wouldn't be complete, because classes had already been going on for 2 weeks already. So I'd just get the money back for the classes I wouldn't be attending =.=

Crap la. At least say that there wouldn't be a complete refund on the site or something, instead of saying that there wouldn't be a refund at all. Okay, maybe they're doing this to prevent people from signing up for classes, then withdrawing at their whim. But really, it's money can? And I was feeling so sick over it.

But at least I'll be getting like, slightly over a hundred bucks back. Into the giro account thingy.

Okay, back to the timetable.

Mondays are the same, have been the same since Year 1 Sem 1. Lecture after lecture, after lecture. We're being barraged with information we're expected to retain in an ice box of a lecture theatre. For like, 7 hours. At least there's an hour's break. And at least the LT's close to the canteen. There's something about cold, the lectures and the shivering that makes you hungry all the time. Or maybe it's just me. Lucky there's canteen 1 like, next door. So I can grab a quick bite between lectures =D

And poor En Ping. She has her timetable drawn up in a way that she has all her tutorials in one day. And so, on Tuesdays, she has no classes except advert lecture. At like, 4pm. So if all our modules decide to have an assessed tutorial in the same week, hurhur. Poor En Ping.

My Tuesdays, on the other hand, are... bleh. Tutorials from 9-1, followed by a 3 hour break until 4, for advert lecture. Actually, come to think of it, the long break doesn't seem so bad after all. I can get some work done... Or hole up somewhere and read, sleep, or watch a movie. Surf pr0n, maybe.

Wednesdays are alright, with tutorials only from 9-1. But that means I can't see dar, since his class starts at 1. And it also means I can't annoy him on the bus ride home =( Unless I wait for him for like, 4 hours? Bah.

Thursdays are okay as well, with only tvprod from 3-6. Except that the 9th floor of the FMS block is cold. Even colder than my LT. But that's because of all the equipment in there. They can't overheat or they'd have to spend millions buying new stuff or repairing them. Note: Buy and bring parka for tvprod. And the lesson last week was boooooooooooring. I'm amazed how that guy can talk for 3 hours straight. I swear I was trying my best to pay attention, but somehow, my attention always wandered elsewhere, and I would find myself nodding off.

Bleh. I'll have to face that relentlessly cold room later. Dar would really love to be in there.

Fridays are good. Friday is IS day. And I'm taking French. The teacher's really nice. She gave us candy! Lollipops and chocolate. Except that now, I'm not very sure if I can remember what she taught. I can only remember spending 6 bucks on frozen yoghurt. My favourite combination of an oreo cookie, mango and longan=3 I think I shall buy another cup tomorrow.

It's quite amazing, I might say, how fast I can slip back into the routine of school life. Waking up at the unearthly hour of 6, sitting through lectures, crawling through tutorials... As usual, I didn't get much sleep on Sunday night. Pre-school jitters. I made it through my lectures but I wasn't so psyched about Japanese class. That's when I missed my first lesson, because I was sick. Dar then refused to let me to go to class and draggd me to see the GP. I was floating through the rest of the week on a drug-induced high, feeling light-headed and woozy.

Then came the second week. For Idunnowhatreason, I didn't get any sleep at all on Sunday night. It's amazing how energetic I was for the rest of the day. Well, sort of. I fell asleep halfway through mm lecture because I stopped taking notes (battery was dying, you see.) And mm ended early, leaving me another hour to snooze before mrm. I find that if I'm taking notes, then I'd be having no trouble staying awake. But I feel bad though. Because I couldn't sleep, I stupidly called dar. Then he stayed up until like, 4 plus talking to me. After which I made him hang up the phone so he could sleep. And of course, I still didn't get any shut eye. But I was more energetic than him =D He was generally being a zombie that day. And after that whole day of lectures running on no sleep at all, I didn't go for Japanese class (I'd already asked mummy if I could skip class... and if I could quit.)

I was out like a light by 11pm.

Tutorials this week have been okay so far. Now I only have tvprod and French to conquer, before Saturday comes around again. My last day of work, I think. I really have to quit now, because I'm afraid that I'd be unable to cope with the workload. I really need to rest whenever I can this academic year. So no more work =( I wonder how they're gonna take it at PHO. A lot of staffs and managers are leaving. I feel bad for leaving them in the lurch... But... Yeah. Studies first.

I shall end this longish post here. Dar's done with lab and is coming to accompany me in the library =DD

Au revoir.