My blogging reflex/impulse seems to be triggered by hot showers...i don't know why. could be because hot showers make me feel relaxed, and helps to put me in a blogging-optimized state of mind.
so, school has been ongoing for a week and a half already. it's not the worst-case scenario that i had in mind, but it's not the best-case one either. i haven't met anyone who has swept me off my feet (yet), nor have i done any sweeping of my own. perhaps a week is too soon for such stuff to happen. on the bright side, i'm not drowning in the workload either. guess i should wait a little longer. anyways, now that the various rounds of bidding are over (for me at least), here's my final schedule:
of course, you don't see my full-day monday labs for weeks 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, and 10. believe me, they're there. i should know. what you also don't see is the 90-minute travelling time between home and school. so, even though it looks like i have mostly late days, i'll still be out of the house fairly early, and reach back home fairly late. i don't even want to think about when my NCAP course starts in around one and a half months' time. i'll get off at 10:00pm on tuesdays and thursdays, which are the days of the course. just imagine - five weeks of reaching home at 11:30pm on those days!
despite my griping thus far, i'm actually pretty ok with the schedule. looking from a more optimistic perspective, i only have early classes twice a week, which means i only have to wake up at the ridiculous time of 5:45am on mondays and thursdays. furthermore, wednesday's an off day! this is the first time in my life as a student where i have zero classes on a school day. to be perfectly honest, it feels a little odd not to have a home tutor or subject teachers checking up on me when i'm late for/missing from school. liberating, but odd.
the ONE thing i absolutely can't stand about going to NUS is, well, going to NUS. i dread going to school...not because i have tough modules (well, i do, but that's besides the point) or because i'm unhappy there, but because the travelling is a nightmare. i swear, nothing says "ugly singaporean" like crowded public transportation. people start to crowd around the area in line with where the train doors would be the moment they hear the safety announcements. what's worse is that they rush into the train...only to stand right in front of the door, even though there's space further inside. so much for courtesy campaigns, eh? now, i've taken to bashing through the crowd when i get off the train at a particularly crowded station. i'm not really apologetic if i hit anyone either. the way i see it, they deserve it for being inconsiderate.
and if you thought trains were bad, just wait till you see bus 95. it's the only link between buona vista MRT, NUH, and NUS. so, you can imagine how high in demand it is. worst part is, the waiting time can be as long as 15 minutes between buses. naturally, it's quite a fight to get on the bus, and the lucky passengers that do make it suffer from "sardine syndrome", since everyone has no choice but to be packed that closely together (kind of like a supercritical fluid, which we were learning about yesterday). it doesn't help that the bus drivers are prone to jamming on the brake suddenly, and generally making the ride as unpleasant and uncomfortable as possible. arrgh. travelling to and from school generally puts me in a pretty bad mood. i think i'm going to try a new route tomorrow. bus 56 to toa payoh, then 151 to the engineering faculty, and shuttle bus to science from there. hopefully, the travelling time will be the same (or if i'm lucky, even shorter) than what i'm experiencing at present. most importantly, i'm really really hoping that it's less crowded.
like i've mentioned in an earlier post, i'm starting to get hooked on naruto. not the best time for it to happen, but it's not like i'm hopelessly addicted either. it's quite interesting, actually. pretty good character and plot development. oh well. i think it won't bug me that much as long as i don't let it get out of control.
well, i think i'm going to call it a night here. was planning on doing my lab report and maybe a tutorial or two after publishing this post, but screw that. there'll be time for work during my 2-hour break tomorrow. right now, i'm just going to relax and enjoy the remnants of my day off before school tomorrow.
so, school has been ongoing for a week and a half already. it's not the worst-case scenario that i had in mind, but it's not the best-case one either. i haven't met anyone who has swept me off my feet (yet), nor have i done any sweeping of my own. perhaps a week is too soon for such stuff to happen. on the bright side, i'm not drowning in the workload either. guess i should wait a little longer. anyways, now that the various rounds of bidding are over (for me at least), here's my final schedule:
of course, you don't see my full-day monday labs for weeks 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, and 10. believe me, they're there. i should know. what you also don't see is the 90-minute travelling time between home and school. so, even though it looks like i have mostly late days, i'll still be out of the house fairly early, and reach back home fairly late. i don't even want to think about when my NCAP course starts in around one and a half months' time. i'll get off at 10:00pm on tuesdays and thursdays, which are the days of the course. just imagine - five weeks of reaching home at 11:30pm on those days!
despite my griping thus far, i'm actually pretty ok with the schedule. looking from a more optimistic perspective, i only have early classes twice a week, which means i only have to wake up at the ridiculous time of 5:45am on mondays and thursdays. furthermore, wednesday's an off day! this is the first time in my life as a student where i have zero classes on a school day. to be perfectly honest, it feels a little odd not to have a home tutor or subject teachers checking up on me when i'm late for/missing from school. liberating, but odd.
the ONE thing i absolutely can't stand about going to NUS is, well, going to NUS. i dread going to school...not because i have tough modules (well, i do, but that's besides the point) or because i'm unhappy there, but because the travelling is a nightmare. i swear, nothing says "ugly singaporean" like crowded public transportation. people start to crowd around the area in line with where the train doors would be the moment they hear the safety announcements. what's worse is that they rush into the train...only to stand right in front of the door, even though there's space further inside. so much for courtesy campaigns, eh? now, i've taken to bashing through the crowd when i get off the train at a particularly crowded station. i'm not really apologetic if i hit anyone either. the way i see it, they deserve it for being inconsiderate.
and if you thought trains were bad, just wait till you see bus 95. it's the only link between buona vista MRT, NUH, and NUS. so, you can imagine how high in demand it is. worst part is, the waiting time can be as long as 15 minutes between buses. naturally, it's quite a fight to get on the bus, and the lucky passengers that do make it suffer from "sardine syndrome", since everyone has no choice but to be packed that closely together (kind of like a supercritical fluid, which we were learning about yesterday). it doesn't help that the bus drivers are prone to jamming on the brake suddenly, and generally making the ride as unpleasant and uncomfortable as possible. arrgh. travelling to and from school generally puts me in a pretty bad mood. i think i'm going to try a new route tomorrow. bus 56 to toa payoh, then 151 to the engineering faculty, and shuttle bus to science from there. hopefully, the travelling time will be the same (or if i'm lucky, even shorter) than what i'm experiencing at present. most importantly, i'm really really hoping that it's less crowded.
like i've mentioned in an earlier post, i'm starting to get hooked on naruto. not the best time for it to happen, but it's not like i'm hopelessly addicted either. it's quite interesting, actually. pretty good character and plot development. oh well. i think it won't bug me that much as long as i don't let it get out of control.
well, i think i'm going to call it a night here. was planning on doing my lab report and maybe a tutorial or two after publishing this post, but screw that. there'll be time for work during my 2-hour break tomorrow. right now, i'm just going to relax and enjoy the remnants of my day off before school tomorrow.
-random thought of the day: Need to get a new coloured ink cartridge.-
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