Oh boy, it's been awhile since I last wrote, huh? I guess it's time for a quick update.
School's been okay, although I can feel myself slackening. I feel like I don't have as much work to do this sem, and heck, I don't even know what is tested during midterms and what's not lol I think last sem I had more work to do, since my Indonesian mod had like work to do almost every week, and we had to read our evolution textbook almost all the time. This sem, we just get lectures and some tutorial worksheets and quizzes to do, but I feel like it's less work compared to last sem.
Also having afternoon classes means that I won't be productive in the morning before I leave for school, or when I come back lol orz Like if I have a class at 12, I usually leave at 10.30, so I have an hour to travel and half an hour to eat lunch. I wake up at 8-9, so I don't do much in like, an hour or two before leaving the house. Coming back, it's probably 6, so it'll be dinner, and then just slacking lel orz That aside though, maybe I should try waking up early so that I can at least do something in the morning before going to school. That's a possibility.
I should probably mention how lucky I was in getting my science comm mod lol I tried bidding during the first time (I failed). So, I had to wait either until the end so I could appeal, or wait for more classes to open. An extra class was open for bidding in the last round of bidding, and omg I didn't know how much to bid, 'cos I didn't want to sacrifice all my points just for this. So, I bid like 650+ points for it. You know what the minimum winning bid was? 670+ and I was like FFFFFFFF I WAS SO CLOSE So no choice, had to appeal lor - which in hindsight was a blessing, 'cos I managed to get a class for only 315 points!! Like!! Hekc yeha man
I kinda like it, 'cos it's what I want to do for a living. Just that uh, sometimes lessons are boring and I don't really pay attention lol orz And actually writing a scientific article is tough. I need to figure out what the highlight of the research is, what I want to focus on, what information is important, how to simplify it, stuff like that. I'm currently not happy with what I have written right now, but then again, I haven't really finished writing what I wanted to put down anyway, so only time will tell.
I've kinda tried to get more involved in CSS? Like they usually have Saturday happenings at the Office for Young People, or they have weekday masses in school/church nearby - and I don't go for those things orz There was a Chinese New Year dinner though, and after being asked repeatedly if I've RSVP'd yet, I finally caved in and just said I'll go. It was okay, got to see some people I've never seen/non-regulars. There was also a Catholic Awareness Week thing, where for two days, a bunch of other diversity groups were holding booths in U-Town. I signed up for it, 'cos hey, I know some stuff after helping out in Catechism, I guess I can be of some use. For three Wednesdays, there were preparation sessions about Catholic teachings and stuff, so that when people ask us questions, we know how to answer. Unfortunately, I missed all three.
The first time, I was coming back from getting my haircut and was wondering if I should go home or not. In the end, the first floor and basement at home was flooded with drainage water (plumbing and toilet works at home were nearing completion, but I guess there were some unaddressed issues), so just as well I went home to help my bro to mop it all up. The second time, was a CNY reunion dinner on my dad's side. The third time, was after I got 1 out of 5 questions correct on our graded chemistry quiz, I dragged my crushed soul back home instead lol So yeah, I guess I've been trying to get more involved.
I'm also helping out in a second round of TOB in church - this time, with a boys group. For some reason, this year was like 2/3 boys and 1/3 girls. I was initially hesitant about taking a boys group, even if I had another dude facilitator with me, because I didn't know how to talk to fifteen-year-old boys. (Do y'all uh, like memes?) Turns out, they're quite willing to answer questions I pose to them, and they talk to me, so that's nice c: I guess the thing about girl groups, is that they can be quite guarded sometimes, and would rather talk about other stuff with their friends. Also, my mum and I are just hanging around for TOB, we're not in charge of the rest of the Catechism year for the sec 3s.
My sister is getting married this year. That aside, Hans could possibly come back around then!! So that's something to look forward to do and to get me through the rest of this semester. I think that's mostly it, for now. Gotta go back to figuring out what to focus on for midterms :/
