Saturday, March 3, 2007: no time for nuts
Things are getting so hectic now, and its only the first week of uni! i guess its good in a sense, having just the right amount of activity to busy myself with, like school (or uni, whatever you call it. lectures to rush to, figuring out where everything is, settling down, printing stuff, borrowing boring old dusty books from the library for readings, whatever you name it), ocf (like winter camp comm stuff, freshie stuff to organise, etc), studying (yes, this is a category on its own! there's so many things to study!), getting organised, and now i've started work at chilliz (once known as student cafe) and yeah, things are starting to pick up! no time for blogging or myspacing, which is rather sad i feel. but oh well. i think i'm starting to get used to it already.
uni. how do i describe it. so different from high school. in high school, you kinda know everyone, or at least recognise the faces, the classes are tiny, teachers are fun and exciting, you know and understand things, well, most of the time anyway. in uni, i think the thing i'm struggling most with is the friends and understanding what the lecturer is trying to say. amazingly, the friends part has been so looked after by God. by his provision i've made at least 1 friend in all my lectures! in math: tim, in hist: louise, in micro & FA: sein, leo, tommy, alan, dwenna (which i met at orientation). so this is really cool. strangely i havent met a non-aussiefied asian (i.e. those who're here for the first time) hopefully tutes will be okay. but i'm sure God will provide!
the worst thing is when the lecturer talks in his own language. for example: in math, i dont understand much because the terms he uses arent really explained.. i guess you could always just guess the meaning or check it up on wikipedia or a dictionary, but you need to know it at that instant because its the crux of understanding the topic and grasping the concept of it, before you go home and forget what the lecturer was trying to get across to you. like me now. or like in FA, where i havent done accounting before in TEE (well i guess alot of people also havent done it before but have to do it in first sem because its compulsory), so i dont really understand anything in lectures, so i just glaze through a lecture. its not funny. because we already have homework and i dont know how to do it. i need help debs/jason/jon/raymond!!!!!!! save meee. (i think its so cool how my housemate is doing econs so whenever i need help in my subjects i can ask her. i'm so thankful for God's provision really. how everything always happens at the right moment, just when i need it, or not expecting it. too amazing to be just by chance/luck.)
driving lessons are really cool too! i think i can become a really skilled driver! :P haha, *ego* but of course the key word is can. haha, so i have the potential (and so does everyone, really), but i dont think realistically i can. hahhaha. i think i'll need ah long (my driving instructor) to sit beside me every time i drive so that he can step on the brakes (his car has pedals on both sides) before i crash into the car thats in front of me. i'm not very good at breaking you see. or changing gears from like 4 to 2 (larger to smaller). or starting up. i must remember: put to gear 1, lift up brake, hold onto clutch, tap on accelerator, gently lift up clutch to a certain point where the engine starts to revv up, and then when the car starts rolling, release the clutch completely, and tap on the accelerator more. and then after like 2 seconds, change to gear 2. haha. (saying is one thing, doing is another! there's so many things to do!) and i abhore roundabouts. how much do they want you to signal! its crazy! you need to signal right to stay in the roundabout, then left when you want to exit. and cos the roundabout it so small, i keep forgetting to change signals. and then ah long will scold me and then we have to go through the roundabout again so that i remember. ahh. but seriously. driving is quite fun. haha. when i eventually get the hang of it. (:
so ocf has just started too! yesterday was the first meet of the semester! public meet number 1. home bs officially starts on the 16th of march! i think one of the bs groups is going to be at my house. (: what an awesome location. i think its just because me and debs are both ocfers though. haha. but ): i'm not going to be in the same bs grp as jeannie and geraldine! but i guess its okay. (: we get to share the craziness around ocf anyway. (: at least we still have more discipleship with glenna! cant wait! i love my evil twin. (our group has officially become a quadruplet, because of our new additions, geraldine and my brother.. haha, its really quite funny actually. :P) i cant believe i've crossed over to the older side, just because i'm in uni now. the youngest of the oldest, says esther. but i guess things have to change. i've learnt that the hard way. i've realised that i need to accept change to allow God to work fully in my life. which can be difficult, cos i tend to stick with familiarity. mm.
oh well. time to do my laundry. updates when i next can!
a shout of praise.
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