Whew, it’s been quite a long while since I last blogged. Suddenly, it’s the end of the 1 week study break. It didn’t seemed like a break at all. I was working hard throughout the week, trying to catch up with schoolwork and projects. I’m still not done yet, and there’s only 1 last day before school reopens.

In the coming week, I’ve got a mid-term paper worth 40%, plus a project to hand in and a presentation to do for the same project.

I think I need to work harder to secure better grades this semester to pull my average up… so that I can relax a little bit in subsequent semesters when the modules will get progressively more difficult.

Come to think of it, there’s only slightly less than 2 months to go before the final exams, with lots of project deadlines coming up soon too. Life in uni certainly isn’t a bed of roses even though I’ve got some prior background education from polytechnic.

In one of my project groups, I was unlucky enough to be grouped with a couple of unmotivated teammates. I ended up having to do most of the co-ordination work. I guess the only consolation I can give myself is that sometimes in life, we really have no choice but to work with whatever people that we are assigned to. Even if it seems unfair, there’s no choice but to accept it and try our best to do good with whatever that is within our control. I suppose it is a good learning experience, an opportunity to train myself to work under such circumstances.

On the other hand, I am planning for some exciting stuff this summer holidays. I intend to apply for a summer exchange programme in China. Also, hopefully I can meet my mom and PY there for a holiday right before/after my exchange (so as to save the airfare).

When I first came into uni, I really hoped to go on a humanitarian trip to a poorer country to volunteer. There are certainly lots of opportunities. However, all of them required high commitment throughout the entire semester, which I find it difficult to fufill due to the high workload I’ve got. I hope before I graduate I can at least participate in one such event. It’s kinda like a promise to myself that I made when I first came in.

Sigh, back to books…

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