I was reading my Exam S1 diaries (ha!), & I thought it was interesting to read what I thought of the courses I'd taken in the past. So I'm continuing that new tradition for Semester 2's.

[ Part 1 of 2. Part 2 is here. ]

Mathematics II - Basically, we learnt about Calculus (only). Could've been easy to grasp if all the notes are in English. Hmm. But, to be frank, that wouldn't do any changes to me. I would still slack off. Bleh.

Anyway. The lecturer was good. I think. She's going to teach us again next semester. *No! I'm not cringing in fear!* She was also our dedicated tutor. It was a sad story, really. Just after a week of tutorial classes, the other tutor guy backed out. I don't know the real reason but in the end, our lecturer became our tutor as well. Now that I'd said it... I think that's sad to hear too. Hmm.. But I salute her for the dedication & patience she had shown during those tutorial classes. I always didn't finish my tutorial homework. I survived to tell the tale.


Statistical Package Programming - I think I made a small mistake in translating the course name. We didn't learn anything about programming a program that is used for Statistics (I thought it meant that). It's about using the SPSS program and some stats stuff.

The lecturer taught us "Economic Statistics" (Semester 1). She didn't make much impression last semester. But I like her now. She kinda helped me a little during mid-term exam. Not by giving answers, NO! I might repeat "Economic Statistics" next semester and I'm glad she's still the lecturer for the course. I said 'might' because I don't like the timetable for the class (still considering the pluses and minuses). I don't want another Monday morning class.


Data Structure (Introduction) - The lecturer is from the Engineering school/faculty. I don't really have much impression about her... other than her straight-forward way of teaching and somewhat strict. She's likeable actually, to be honest.

The lessons were held in the afternoon. An unfortunate time for someone like me. I'm always sleepy at this time (there were two classes in the morning too on the same day...). So, it was always hard for me to pay attention even though I find the lecture topics interesting that day.


Object-oriented Programming - Same as Structure Data classes. This one was held every Monday evening. *smiles embarrassedly* I often dozed off during the class & I sat in the front.

I admire the lecturer. My admiration doesn't have anything to do with the iPhone he's using or his colourful tertiary education background. He just looked like someone who's easy to talk to (ask questions), he didn't mind us asking him about Data Structure problems (both C++ language). Hmm.

I kinda like the lab sessions too. There were two lab assistants that "took care" of us during lab sessions. The lecturer just gave us the questions/assignments and we were supposed to create the program during lab. At first, it was awkward. In Semester 1, our C Programming lecturer himself gave us the codes beforehand... So, I thought it was the same for this course's lab sesion. But no. You had to do it yourself. Awkward was when the lab assistants walked around and had some good laughs behind our backs (yep. Our programming skills were below par).

[to be continued...]