more reaons to hate.
saturday afternoon a lot has happened the past week and a half. oddly, when i'm one semester away from completing my undergrad studies, i find myself questioning why in the world did i have to take IT. i don't think i've lost the passion for it, more likely i've become jaded from it all. having to keep up with the changes every so often, needing to study like my life depends on some weird-ass logic proving that i won't ever use in my life. so why am i torturing myself?
comp2600 was an epic disaster. it was by far the worse paper i've ever taken in my entire academic life. i know i prepared hard for it. i started reading up over the holidays in preparation for it, did my tutorials and assignments faithfully and had quiet confidence that i could clear this piss-shit of a module. but when i flipped the paper opened during reading time, it was as if everything i've learnt and studied for was a fucking joke. i should have known that when the lecturer said it was easier compared to last year's paper, it was a joke, a ploy, a conspiracy even to get us all complacent. i should have known better.
contrast that to infs3059 the day before. 45 mcqs. was done with all within the 15 minute reading time. when we could start writing at 0930, it took me all but 2 minutes to shade in all my answers before i sat there waiting for 1000 to come. at times the half an hour room seems ridiculous but i see the need for it considering there are people who are perpetually late. i find it hard to fathom how people can actually wake up late for an exam or worse yet, miss the entire exam because they "forgot about it". that's extremely unbelievable for me.
then there was floorball semi-finals. i'm finding it less and less challenging to play here in canberra. with only a handful of good players to play against, i think i'm losing my edge. i find myself losing my touch for dribbling though on the flip side, i'm a much better shooter now. then there's the sportsmanship issue. some players just no nothing about it. touch me and i'll send your ass to the penalty box. unfortunately players will never know when to not touch referees and how not to curse referees. and let's not forget team-mates who are basically glory-hunters. get your damn head in the game and look up! why do all people like to take a blind shot, shoot from weird distances/angles and just absolutely refuse to pass the ball to another person in a better position?! it baffles me. there's a reason why you play with players who are of better caliber - you learn from them, you don't try to outplay and/or outsmart them because we've been there before, we've tried the same tricks as you.
then there's shit aussie administration and poor sense of urgency. i hate it when i'm faced with datelines and the redtape in all things admin here in australia is nothing but bordering on just being anal or dare i say it, discriminate. for every day i spend in australia, i find myself hating this country.
i just want to finish my degree, maybe do my honours (which looks all the more unlikely now since i think i'll actually fail comp2600) and then head home to work. a big part of me longs to relive my poly days. the best times i've ever had so far. uni life is a bitch, i knew that. but when you have somewhat discriminatory lecturers, sometimes even fellow classmates, the people you meet in hall and even your fellow singaporeans are all so political and condescending, it leaves you speechless and makes you wonder what the fuck is wrong with this world.
comp2600 was an epic disaster. it was by far the worse paper i've ever taken in my entire academic life. i know i prepared hard for it. i started reading up over the holidays in preparation for it, did my tutorials and assignments faithfully and had quiet confidence that i could clear this piss-shit of a module. but when i flipped the paper opened during reading time, it was as if everything i've learnt and studied for was a fucking joke. i should have known that when the lecturer said it was easier compared to last year's paper, it was a joke, a ploy, a conspiracy even to get us all complacent. i should have known better.
contrast that to infs3059 the day before. 45 mcqs. was done with all within the 15 minute reading time. when we could start writing at 0930, it took me all but 2 minutes to shade in all my answers before i sat there waiting for 1000 to come. at times the half an hour room seems ridiculous but i see the need for it considering there are people who are perpetually late. i find it hard to fathom how people can actually wake up late for an exam or worse yet, miss the entire exam because they "forgot about it". that's extremely unbelievable for me.
then there was floorball semi-finals. i'm finding it less and less challenging to play here in canberra. with only a handful of good players to play against, i think i'm losing my edge. i find myself losing my touch for dribbling though on the flip side, i'm a much better shooter now. then there's the sportsmanship issue. some players just no nothing about it. touch me and i'll send your ass to the penalty box. unfortunately players will never know when to not touch referees and how not to curse referees. and let's not forget team-mates who are basically glory-hunters. get your damn head in the game and look up! why do all people like to take a blind shot, shoot from weird distances/angles and just absolutely refuse to pass the ball to another person in a better position?! it baffles me. there's a reason why you play with players who are of better caliber - you learn from them, you don't try to outplay and/or outsmart them because we've been there before, we've tried the same tricks as you.
then there's shit aussie administration and poor sense of urgency. i hate it when i'm faced with datelines and the redtape in all things admin here in australia is nothing but bordering on just being anal or dare i say it, discriminate. for every day i spend in australia, i find myself hating this country.
i just want to finish my degree, maybe do my honours (which looks all the more unlikely now since i think i'll actually fail comp2600) and then head home to work. a big part of me longs to relive my poly days. the best times i've ever had so far. uni life is a bitch, i knew that. but when you have somewhat discriminatory lecturers, sometimes even fellow classmates, the people you meet in hall and even your fellow singaporeans are all so political and condescending, it leaves you speechless and makes you wonder what the fuck is wrong with this world.
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