Normally, i enjoy lab sessions. even though it's somewhat of a rush, and some experiments may require redoing, i at least have a general sense of direction about where the entire thing is headed. today's lab was...kind of disastrous, because i was basically a headless chicken. actually, it wasn't even a lab-lab. we did everything on computers in the computer centre (i got spectacularly lost in the maze of buildings again while trying to find it.). essentially, we were supposed to use a computer program to run some calculations on some molecule models to get some data about their molecular orbitals. that's all fine and well, except that i had no idea what the hell a molecular orbital was. come to think of it, my current idea isn't THAT much of an improvement over my old one. the fuzzy edges are a little more defined, but that's about it. i just hope that things will clear up when we formally learn about MOs in lecture/tutorial, because it's difficult to make sense of data when you don't know its significance.

horrible lab aside, today turned out pretty ok. finally overcame the z-monster's temptation this morning and got to my 8:00am lecture 10 minutes early. go me. now let's see if i can do that again next monday. you know, i realized something. the earlier i leave home, the shorter my travelling time to school will be. conversely, the later i leave, the longer i'll take to reach school. don't know why. probably has something to do with the proportion of people who are early, on time and running late.

for some odd reason, there's one lecture in which i'll never fail to fall asleep. that happens to be my general chem lecture. i'm guessing that it's due to a combination of factors, like the time of the day (12:00pm - 2:00pm), the dim lighting conditions, and the professor's (slightly) droning voice. arrgh. i think i'll drop him an email requesting that the back rows' lights all be left on. that should help. worst case scenario is i'll review the lectures on webcast. seems like an awful waste of time and replication of effort, but what to do? have to make myself understand it. doesn't help that mid-terms are coming up at the end of the month. that's just another 3 WEEKS! 21 days to study about 4 weeks of content. not too difficult, as long as i can wrap my head around some of the more incredulous ideas. which reminds me. i need to come up with a handy formula list for physical chem. but that can wait for tomorrow. i'm feeling too tired to do it now.

-random thought of the day: Should I go to school early tomorrow?-