//Piano exam’s result// My piano teacher handed me the mark form (=result) last Sunday. I passed… with distinction! (Didn’t see that coming, though…). Initially, I only hope I’ll pass (like around 100-110) but I never expected it to be 133/150! Nevertheless, I’m happy and feeling grateful to God and everyone who helped me throughout my exam-preparation. (So my decision to live outside the university campus as a non-residence has proved its worthwhile-ness …)
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//Amusing : “Yes, I must.”// I had an amusing conversation last Saturday during my dragon boat club meeting. There was a new member (meaning : just switched course). She didn’t bring any extra clothes so she wanted to borrow from this one girl (who didn’t join the activity/excused for I-dunno-what). I guess the girl refused to lend her ‘cos the new member asked me later on whether I encountered a selfish person (in university) before. I was thinking of those who’s selfish with their knowledge but apparently she meant the person who didn’t want to lend her clothes. I could see that she’s totally pissed off ‘cos she kept repeating the same issue. Secretly inside my mind, I was thinking what I’ll do if I’m asked the same question. And… I would do the same. I won’t lend my clothes to a stranger. I can’t just do that… unless I’m ready to mourn for my soon-to-be lost clothes. It’s my problem, really.. As much as I want to trust that people are naturally good, in reality, it’s the other way round. Anyway. I think she failed to see that not everyone can be as flexible as she is. But the amusing thing wasn’t this.
It’s this:

Her : So are you going this Sunday? [the lecturer said there’s no activity next Saturday but we can opt to go and see a rowing competition on Sunday]
Me : I'm not going.
Her : You have other activities...?
Me : Yeah. I'm going to church. [Thought : ..and I have piano class.]
Her : *silence*... You must go to church?
Me : *smiles awkwardly* Yes. [Thought : What the..?]
Her : What is your religion?
Me : *a little bewildered* Christian.
Then, moment of silence.
(The conversation was originally in malay & she’s not chinese or indian.)

Maybe not everyone will agree with me, but seeing it from my point of view, it’s pretty amusing.
//Study life so far…// It’s almost a month already. How’s my study going? Okay. So-so. Frankly, not so well. You know what? I finally get it. I finally see it. I understand why those in university can’t spare much time to blog (before entering university, I always blog-surf to read about university students’ life). One word. Busy.
It’s very overwhelming! Can’t miss class (100% attendance is compulsory)… Sometimes classes are cancelled… So you waste time waiting for that class (if you are informed last minutely) & you’ll have double (I can’t bear thinking of triple ones) doses of that class next (or future) week. Wow. Even my class-free day (Thursday) has started to be cluttered by substitute/lab/tutorial classes. Wow. I appreciate my weekends more now because that’s the only only days I can sleep all day. Okay, maybe not all day. I need study time too. Erm. Wait. What study time? I barely have time to study/revise. I feel really tired after class… no mood to study. *sigh* My “procrastinazy” (procrastinate + lazy, lol. Other people actually used the term too.) disease has re-occurred.
Well, that has to change this week. I need to allocate time for studying/revising… Oh, yeah. Funny thing I noticed : there are other math students who’s carrying STPM Pure Math book(s) everywhere. Are they using those STPM reference books as “reference”??? Fortunately, I didn’t throw away my books away. I can re-use it then.
//Group Hate (whining mode)// Group assignments, group projects – all that are so bothersome! The bigger the group, the crappier it become… It’s so hard to hold a meeting when everyone’s timetables are different. I want to work alone! I want my own working space!
//Extra thing... // I found my unspoken speech (done in 2007, when it was rumoured that one of us had to give a speech. Lol. Of course, no such thing happened). The written and then unspoken speech still exists…online. From @enilyram/Ren-chan's blog.

2 comments

1. Anonymous on 9 August 2009 at 11:53

   congratulation on d wonderful mark! distinction man~~~
   ps: u shudn't use churc as an excuse :o

    
2. RuYanda on 9 August 2009 at 16:46

   Thanks! ^_^
   
   It's okay, really... It wasn't compulsory to come. The couch wanted those who's able to come to go see the rowing competition between UNIMAS and UMS.