Uni Life Begins here

Alive!!! Day one at mq main- being always in only E3A & 3B, this day was a total shock and uncertainty. I guess i was expecting it a little prior to it but still it was one that did to a certain extend took me a back.

Started my 1st lecture at 9am. It is a much better timing than my time at SIBT. It was dry itself for the actual text of the session (CHN232)but the lecturer was rather interesting she kept side tracking into her personal life & experience. I must say that she does have quite a bit of sense of humour at her age. haha.. she is pretty old; probably around her fifties. For this morning class, i manage to drag joey along. So the two of us were us entertaining ourselves most of the time other than the times where we are laughing at the lecturer's jokes of her life.

Well, very quickly 2 hours past (wonder how quick is quick; i was looking at my watch half the time and thinking when the lesson will be over) so joey and I decided that it being the 1st week of class for the year, we will be sociable and go over to add to the atmosphere of O- week. Honestly, our aim was to collect free- goodies. I must say, we did quite a good job in our collections of "goods" haha.. it was funny cos we are always trying to get away from not signing up for the events and just grabbing all the freebies. Spend an hours or so there then headed back to college for lunch.

Noon i was out in the uni once again for yet another class; this time now it is my core unit so had to really focus. I guess it being a 200 level subject- oh i mean STAT 270; it was pretty ok. It would probably be better if i had done stat 170 last semester but i have done 170 like abut 1.5 years ago so memory of it was rather shallow but i suppose i will cope- we shall see.

That lecture when for an hour and i was in the line to queue for mine books for the semesters. Both the course notes & text sections. It took me about 1 hour to get both done. Not too bad for the fact that i was expecting it to be 2 hours wait each heee... so yep. Oh, by the way books in uni is not cheap at all. Each one like about 100 dollars-------- that's like RM 300 after i convert to Malaysian Ringgit. lol....

Had an evening class ACCG200- it is the most most most boring of all my 3 lecturers for the day. Seriously, it is crazy- the lecture had about 4oo people in the theatre and there at the stage is an old lady mumbling her words. I have no idea what she was talking about and my 3 other friends literally slept through the hour lecture. I did not want to be rule so i tried to be awake but had to kept drinking water to make sure i am not going into my lala land. As i look around the lecture theatre, everyone was either playing with their mobile or having "dinner". It is super boring!!!!!!!! I had since mad up my decision to drop that subject for this semester and take it up next semester and hope that the lecturer for this unit will change. I was thinking about it for the last few week if i will want to take it up so now after the 1st class i have made up my mind.

All in all it was lecture all the way through as there is no tutorials for week 1. That's such a good thing. Here is one more positive thing off uni as compared to sibt.

I am tired out by the classes not mentally cos i don't think i actually did take in any knowledge it being the 1st class but physically as the classes are located so far apart. But, it is good exercise for me so i shall not complain about it.

P/s: Thanks phoebe, for trying to assist me in my search for my lecture room this day. haha... you are my personal SOS.

This is officially my last day of holiday before university life comes back on tomorrow. I am excited yet also nervous about going into academic. I like having holidays but i just don't feel as productive during that time. Many a time, i feel i am more busy during the vacation then during my studies time- i guess the reason is because i am out half the time either working or socializing. Oh well, things will return to 'normal' after tomorrow. Got to work hard once again so as to be able to successfully complete the race in tertiary education.

When to church this morning. It is the last day that service will be held at Kent Road Public as God is leading and guiding us into His plans and purposes and to provide all that is needed. Being a member of the community i will play my part through prayers and support for a smooth transition to the new location @ Shepherds Bay. God has been a wonderful & amazing God & we should rejoice in celebration all that God has done and is doing amongst us. This day was also the first time that i have the opportunity to hear Pastor Jun Galang preach & his wife Cherry singing to the melodious music. Cherry has an awesome voice, she will be a great worship leader. The sermon on the house of joy really touched my heart as well. Indeed i enjoyed this morning service.

The move from one location to another have put in the position to start thinking if i will be moving on to another church. As much as i love the community in my current church it is just quite a distant to travel to & fro every week. I am currently still in a thinking process on this aspect. Some of my closer pals whom i have made throughout my time spend in the Church, have either decided or have already make an alternative route in terms of their faith with the Lord. Now, it is going to be for me to pray about it and give it a serious thought.

Anyhow, away from the holy bits; i when down to Eastwood. There is no main purpose for my trip there other than to just pass something to Shanna and just spend quality and quantity time for we will both be busy when the semester starts. Had lunch & then when on shopping spree. It is good to meet up and being about to just buy stuff (well, we got goods that were necessary only as we both are trying to budget out our expenditure) - yep, entire afternoon was gone.

Evening came back- when for an evening walk with Phoebe in the uni. It is good to catch up with her as since her return i haven't been able to really get together with her and go on with our usual task. So ya, walk walk & gossip about what is happening in both our colleges. haha... it was fun though not all that healthy to be gossiping but that's the talent that most girls have don't they?

Will be doing some clean up of my room & having some quiet time tonight to get myself prepared mentally & physically for tomorrow- day 1 of year 2.

That's all for now

Orientation @ alumi

hello hello----- am back onto it. Well, shall give you an overview of what is happening in my life for the last 3 days.

I had had a pretty rough 3 days helping out in the orientation of my alumi with today being the worse of the three. I realise something; the more you think that the last day things will be easier and that all will be smoother in terms of the running of the events but it is just the exact opposite. I had got the worse nightmare in the aspect of my 3 years of doing orientation.

Day 1 (wednesday)

Start of the orientation- tested all the equipments necessary for use- perfect all in good shape- 1 hours down the event, the dvd player sound system decided to go into coma- so had to just use human voice with powerpoint slide- then just merely half an hour later the ppt slide disappear (for whatever reason, god knows)- now all the speakers for the rest of the sessions had to use nothing but their voice to try to make the new students feel welcum on one hand & provide the necessary information to be given to them- in the end, we have to get IT support to come in and fix in as we move onto the next group in the other room. After all the hours and fixing as we go on running yet the next group of orientation, all was well. What else can go wrong- just as i ponder, the academic director walks in and then i realise what is just about to go wrong- the ppt slide loaded on the USB for her was not the right one- she was indeed not at all pleased. NOthing else when wrong for that day- it was enough of badness in that one day. Of course, not forgetting having to have to deal with some really troublesome students along the way but it was alright.

Day 2 (thursday)

Had the largest number of enrolment- like 5 groups of 120 students. I was completely exshauted after that day- My legs were about to give way. The only one big thing that when wrong was both the computers in the rooms failed to work and we have to move 120 students for each and every session to another room and having to make quite a number of mentors work extra hard in terms of being a 'cleaner' for that spear of 15 minutes (i guess i literally exploited them) but can't help it. That's a hell job to do and having to run from one end to the other end to get the speakers for the various section of the orientation to be on time. The time was so limited and yet the people are just not being on time. Anyhow, it was that one major room that failed on me that i had had so much more extra work and explanation to do to the new students who have no clue why we asre moving them every so often. I feel so sorry for them, for the fact that i have some of them who had just touched that that very same day and they must be feeling so lost and tired. My heartfelt apology goes out to them.

Day 3 (Firday- today)

Crazy time!!!!!!!!!!! Very certain & no doubts at all. Room move again as the unwell lectun once again goes into hospitalization even though it was resuscitated for the last 2 days- Insufficient mentors for the late orientation- new student emergency (felt sick; like seriously so sick that we had to take him to the medical centre)- really really blur mentors who have no clue what he is doing at all- anxious & grumpy parents- very irritated freshers who are not able to withstand the time needed to wait for their paper work to be done- crying babies (well, here i mean that having to have new students who is like 21 years old crying just because she can't get the time table ideal to her plan; she was crying her lungs out i am sure) - my supervisor who i was assisting had to leave suddenly due to an urgent matter so i had to be the one taking charge of the orientation and make sure the new students get the information and settles in. It is madness, i have never like really never try to run an orientation on the spot with no training to it and having 70 kids on my hand to make sure all is going to fall in place.

Oh well, now that all is over, i am so relief. I must say that i had had the chance to meet some really cool personnel from the various sectors and it had been fun having to work with them even though there was times that things are just so stressful that i get cranky on students and others. All in all i had all things in control other than the final bit this evening that i break down. I guess the last 2 days and this morning did wear me out quite a bit so i just had to let it out this evening (it was also partly cause by a particular student shall not name who here but he/she knows it i am pretty sure)

Yep... a long update for the last 3 days. The weekend will be busy but will be exciting i am sure. haha... will post on them as time goes by.

Bye for now

Finally enrolment is done!!! It was not easy but thanks Caroline & group- Jenna & Kylie for your help. You all make me feel so much more at ease with going into life of a big crowd. You are all TOPS!!! I know i will need more help in the near future as i settle into my academic life in there. Thanks once again.

Hmm... well, when to Eastwood today- for a doctor's appointment it was not too bad but not the best. Had a bit of a drawing theapy; my doctor is really good in drawing haha- we end up debating if what she drew was a duck or an emu. For one fact, i can't drew but i can scribe very well. haha; all in all it was not too bad but i am mentally drain for the day

I will not be blogging heaps this day- got to go and prepapre a speech for tomorrow's presentation and be up by 7am to get to my destination.

Anyway, to conclude, Andrew is an awesome OT lecturer!! I really love his class; he make me enjoy the night class so much that no matter how tired i am i will still be wide awake. anyhow i am getting to understand OT better now- hope that my faith will strengthen as i move on.

Today was better than yesterday on the whole.

Enrolment

Hellohello,

Not a really positive day to start with but i guess it is just another quest towards going into the university life.

I shall keep the day's story on what happen short and sweet. Don't really want to bore anyone or trying to repeat my frustration.

Started my day at 8am, this is so much earlier than having classes in the morning. Well, started off at the Macquarie International Section- it was not that bad. After like about 30 mins of waiting, i manage to get some help which was great. Praise the Lord. Then, waited for like 3 hours for the seminar that was compulsory. I did nothing productive other then socializing with SIBT returners and then pop to mac for lunch with John throughout the waiting period.

The talk was finally over; great so now i thought it was time to start to get the enrolment done and i shall have the rest of the evening free. That did not go the way i planned which pissed me off totally.

I was being push from one end to the university to the other end by some idiots that know nothing but still act as if they know everything. They can't even be bothered to hear what i have got to say with my issue on the enrolment. Seriosuly, going back and fore from one end of the uni to the other is not funny at all!!!! The campus is not small. Worse, they make me go home and say that it will be better doing at home and i will be able to get it done, being one who follows all instruction i did as told. Got home, when online tried to enrol.... damn can't do it. So decided to do back to uni; they then told me oh, have to go to XXXXXX to do it. I did but to no avail ( don't want to elabrate here). At this stage, i am at my boiling point. But, they still got it really annoyed by telling me all the nonsense that i don't need/ want to know; i decided that if i will to blow up there, it will not look good so i gave up on my part and when home for a nap. After that, i tried again but still hang!!!!

I am going to give it another shot before i forgo my enroling into it.

Hope that tomorrow will be a better day.

Happy Sunday

It's a Sunday!!! When to church this morning... haven't gone to it since i came back from my trip back home. This week being a holiday week gave me no reason to not go. So, yep... i did. It was good to meet up with everyone though many had since left and move on further into life.

Check my final examination results just a day or so ago. It was good i would say on the whole. For the fact that so much things happened prior to it and i was still able to perform in my paper, i am content. Well, so i will be giving myself a gift for my achievement and also in celebration of moving into the year 2 of university life pretty soon.

Also, i was really glad that my dearest RC juniors had done well in the footdrill competition this year- being 2nd in the south district. They are a loveable group of juniors and on this note, thanks Crystal for updating me at the first instead. I am so pleased with the achievement of SMSS RC. You all ROCK!!! Once again Congrutulations.

I excited to be meeting up with Phoebe soon. It had been 3 months since we last saw each other. Will be spending the evening together most likely. It really depends i guess if she will be too tired. If not tomorrow, i will be dragging her with me to my orientation in MQ. muhahahaha...

THat's about all for now... will post on more later on.

Have a Great Sunday Ahead

New Phrase of Blogging Life

Welcuming into a new phrase of life- moving on from friendster blog to blogger blog! Much of the influence came from Crystal as well as her never- say- die to follow up on how my new life blog is coming up. Thanks mighty little one.

After much though, this is probably a better place to share my joy & sorrow as compared to my previous blog (those who know me well enough could prabably guess why). Also, the plus is that there is more stuff to do here than the other.

Hopefully, my committment here will last- don't have really any reason why it will be blog- dead but sometimes, there is just too much on my plate that there will be a time where stillness comes into place here.