Saturday, June 9, 2007

EXAMS... june 4-7 and 13

We've been travelling and playing and have built up sufficient guilt to mug 24/7 in the week leading to the exams, it is just like in NUS... yikes! It is especially torturing when the sunny weather outside makes one wants to play and picnic outdoors =(

The exams are mostly at 1600 - 1800 which is horrible because the waiting and mugging on that day drains me out. I prefer morning papers because then it is over and done with quickly and I can go on to the next paper. After exams, I heat up pizza and eat before hitting the books again. Exam hall etiquette here is a new experience, silence is mandatory unlike in NUS where everyone erupts into furious comparisons of results once the papers are collected. People can bring in food though, it is hilarious to see one guy gulping down Red Bull during the paper.

Oh well, four papers done and one more to go. I think I would pass although not brilliantly, sob. There was one paper that was so bad that an impaired performance thing has come up. It is held when too many students complained. This module was taught by a few lecturers, one is the humorous and excellent Henk Versteeg, our SEP coordinator and everyone banked on his portion to pass, the other is someone who was absent often and covered the subject so poorly that an online discussion went something like this:

"... can't seem to find this in the notes... ..."
"... think this is what you're looking for and the notes are rubbish, you're better off with the textbook..."

so there is going to be a kind of collection of signatures next week to justify all the complaints and action is to be taken which is rather cool.

Anyway, I have taken a breather by watching a wonderful Korean show called "Innocent Steps", about a girl from China who replaced her dancer sister as partner to a top Korean dancer making a comeback.

It has both funny and touching moments, and I like this kind of shows as I believe in telling great truths with humour. I thought the guy one ugly dude at the beginning but fell in love with him later on... haha. I liked the girl right from the start, so cute and pretty!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

i like the story of innocent steps because it shows that there is no imposible in love