Wow! Time sure knows how to whizz by, huh? Give it another week or so, then I'd be "absent" here for 2 months. I know, my bad...
Okay, so what's been happening? If you read my last post, I registered at UKM on the 3rd of July. But my classes didn't start until the 12th. As it is, I could only take up two classes this semester coz the other classes weren't offered until next semester. Anyway, the two classes that I'm taking this semester are "Introduction to Psychology" and "Research Methodology", both of which I'd already done during my undergrad days. I could appeal and ask for exemptions for both these courses, but that would mean I can only register for classes next semester. That means I'd have to go back to work for another 5 months or so. Something that I'd never do, not if I can help it. By right, I should have been granted automatic exemption from these 2 papers, but why should I have to suffer because of some other people's foul up? I don't care, I'm taking these two papers even if some people callously accuse me of wasting time and the Government's money unnecessarily. I mean, who the f**k do they think they are, going around judging me like that?
So how's student life? It's pure heaven, I tell you. It's a far cry from my undergraduate days, with money stretched to the limit and schedule packed to the brim at times. I mean, this semester I only have four hours of classes, no tutorials, and in the past 2 months or so, I only have been given one measly assignment. ONE! I finished that in less than 2 hours, even though we were given about a week to finish it. Granted, my mid-semester test will be in less than 3 weeks, but that will only cover about five topics. I'm not saying it's gonna be a breeze, but I hardly think it's something to lose sleep over. So, what actually HAVE I been doing?
The first month or so, I've been enjoying myself to the fullest. I watched movie after movie, bowled my hands sore, raked up the mileage on the car. Heck, I watched more movies in the first three weeks compared to the past three years! But eventually, the novelty wears out after a while. Even the Internet and X-Box lost their appeal to me. So in the end, I just stayed at home. And now, I'm in the midst of planning little projects to keep me going. For starters, I've started cooking. I bought a thick recipe book and I've started cooking for dinner. Nothing fancy, just normal everyday cooking with a dash of recklessness, I reckon. The first time I tried cooking, it took me about 5 hours to prepare dinner. Eventually, now it's down to just over three hours. I've taken short cuts to the everyday humbug of cooking, like blending onions, chillies, garlic et cetera and putting them in small plastic containers so that I don't have to spend hours just preparing the essentials for every meal.
My next project would be to upgrade my sister's PC. She wants to convert her PC into a gaming machine, so essentially some core components need to be upgraded. I've had her PC for about two weeks now, but I'm only going to open it up tomorrow 'coz I haven't been much in the mood to tinker with minute parts in the PC. So that should keep me busy at least until the end of the month.
My third project would be to upgrade my X-Box's hard disk. Right now it's got something like 10Gb, but it's very much lacking in terms of keeping my favourite games. So I got me an 80Gb disk, but still haven't figured out the instructions on how to change the X-Box disk. I guess that can wait till next month, though.
Anyway, anybody got any ideas what I should do after my third project? I'd like to write a bit about my cat and my Streamyx, but let's not overdo it for my first posting in weeks, shall we?
Okay, so what's been happening? If you read my last post, I registered at UKM on the 3rd of July. But my classes didn't start until the 12th. As it is, I could only take up two classes this semester coz the other classes weren't offered until next semester. Anyway, the two classes that I'm taking this semester are "Introduction to Psychology" and "Research Methodology", both of which I'd already done during my undergrad days. I could appeal and ask for exemptions for both these courses, but that would mean I can only register for classes next semester. That means I'd have to go back to work for another 5 months or so. Something that I'd never do, not if I can help it. By right, I should have been granted automatic exemption from these 2 papers, but why should I have to suffer because of some other people's foul up? I don't care, I'm taking these two papers even if some people callously accuse me of wasting time and the Government's money unnecessarily. I mean, who the f**k do they think they are, going around judging me like that?
So how's student life? It's pure heaven, I tell you. It's a far cry from my undergraduate days, with money stretched to the limit and schedule packed to the brim at times. I mean, this semester I only have four hours of classes, no tutorials, and in the past 2 months or so, I only have been given one measly assignment. ONE! I finished that in less than 2 hours, even though we were given about a week to finish it. Granted, my mid-semester test will be in less than 3 weeks, but that will only cover about five topics. I'm not saying it's gonna be a breeze, but I hardly think it's something to lose sleep over. So, what actually HAVE I been doing?
The first month or so, I've been enjoying myself to the fullest. I watched movie after movie, bowled my hands sore, raked up the mileage on the car. Heck, I watched more movies in the first three weeks compared to the past three years! But eventually, the novelty wears out after a while. Even the Internet and X-Box lost their appeal to me. So in the end, I just stayed at home. And now, I'm in the midst of planning little projects to keep me going. For starters, I've started cooking. I bought a thick recipe book and I've started cooking for dinner. Nothing fancy, just normal everyday cooking with a dash of recklessness, I reckon. The first time I tried cooking, it took me about 5 hours to prepare dinner. Eventually, now it's down to just over three hours. I've taken short cuts to the everyday humbug of cooking, like blending onions, chillies, garlic et cetera and putting them in small plastic containers so that I don't have to spend hours just preparing the essentials for every meal.
My next project would be to upgrade my sister's PC. She wants to convert her PC into a gaming machine, so essentially some core components need to be upgraded. I've had her PC for about two weeks now, but I'm only going to open it up tomorrow 'coz I haven't been much in the mood to tinker with minute parts in the PC. So that should keep me busy at least until the end of the month.
My third project would be to upgrade my X-Box's hard disk. Right now it's got something like 10Gb, but it's very much lacking in terms of keeping my favourite games. So I got me an 80Gb disk, but still haven't figured out the instructions on how to change the X-Box disk. I guess that can wait till next month, though.
Anyway, anybody got any ideas what I should do after my third project? I'd like to write a bit about my cat and my Streamyx, but let's not overdo it for my first posting in weeks, shall we?
