Life...and other afflictions

The rantings and uninteresting events of my life

Friday, July 16, 2004

Finally, exams are OVER!!! But I am in no way relaxed. Actually my last exam was yesterday, but I had to spend all evening and all night doing my Didaktik homework. I swear I was going blind after staring at my typing from 6pm to 3am and from 5.45am to 10am, then from 1.30 to 4.00pm...ugh. And guess what? I walked all the way to school just to put it into the letter box...then well, well, after walking home, I realised that I forgot to submit some of the sheets! ARRGGH...so I wanted to take the bus to school this time, but I just missed it. I also strained my calf while crossing the road...too sharp a turn? Well, since I'm on this "whatever can go wrong, can and will go wrong" spiel, I just have to let you know that my printer screwed up too! Firstly, it scrunched up my paper, so I couldn't hand it in. So I opened up my new paper...and turns out, the ink smudged...can you believe it? Ugh. But I am super happy that it's DONE! I haven't worked so hard and slept so little for so long!
 
Well, the last exam was pretty okay, considering I didn't quite study for it and I didn't actually understand much for the class. But there was no pressure anyway, since I knew I was probably gonna fail anyway. So I just took it easy and wrote what little I could remember.
 
Okay, gtg...have to pack my stuff for Aachen! Leaving tonight!

Monday, July 12, 2004

Bleargh..everytime I start to study, I end up sleeping. Not that I really want to, but it just happens. Probably too boring..and once you are horizontal, you just can't get up anymore. You fall asleep instead. I need a good chair that doesn't make my back hurt when I sit there too long...cos if not, I'll sit on my bed...and if I sit on my bed, we all know I'll just sleep.

Well, basically one exam left. Plus quite a fair bit of homework really. Ugh. Can't wait till Friday. Though I may have to burn the ol' midnight oil to get the homework done. But what the heck...I'll do in on Thursday night, after the exam. I think I should just focus on the exam first. The main problem is that I can't decide what to do first...like which one is more important and which one I should give priority to. It thus ends up being totally unproductive.

I got back one exam...got a 1.3...but overall grade was 1.0. I think she was quite generous. I take back all the bad things I've felt and said about her. We'll be getting other papers back from tomorrow...ugh. I don't know how they will be...I don't want anything worse than a 2.0 for any English thing. I mean not that I am smart or ambitious, but hello, if I can't get 1s and Germans do, then I'll have to rethink my entire life spent speaking English. It's not about snobbishness or arrogance. It's about reality...being realistic, knowing which level I have to achieve based on the circumstances. It's actually even more pressurizing than being in Singapore, cos there I have no advantage and thus will not be expected to do well. I can get any grade I like, because technically, everyone's equal. I'm trying to tell this friend of mine to not compare her grades with mine...it's like me trying to compare my German with hers...like totally unrealistic and irrational..but oh well, people like being that way: IRRATIONAL..it's an inherent human trait.

Oh well...gotta get back to my revision...after I check a few things online.