summer vacation has come to an end. as much as i would love to whine like a juvenile and lament that the new semester is starting, might as well suck it up and put an end to the holiday mood.

the holiday started off great. 2 weeks after my finals i flew to Europe and had the time of my life. slight exaggeration there but you get my point. Amsterdam, Germany, Paris. Oh how i wish i could lie on the grass and appreciate the beauty of the Eiffel Tower. by the way, do you know how people would label you if you relax on a field in Singapore?

i returned, had a 2 weeks rest, recovered from jet lag and headed for Arts Camp. we had a batch of awesome freshmen (read this, i'm finally giving a compliment!). since the Europe trip literally emptied my bank account, it was time i found a job. needless to say, i spent a month performing monotonous and brainless tasks. wasnt it just about the cash? AND THEY STILL FUCKING OWE ME MY PAY.

then it was Phuket! a short, nice getaway. darn i have yet to upload the pictures *guilt-face. anyway we got scammed on our first day, those who wanna know more please have lunch with me in school haha.

for the past few weeks, i was put on an emotional roller coaster ride, in almost all aspects of my life. i now have my priorities rearranged. i will not commit to anything i cant promise, hence i quit. like what someone told me, whatever people think is secondary, you dont have to answer to them. just be answerable to yourself.

i forsee this semester will be catastrophic. the 5 modules that i'm taking, well constitutes part of the catastrophe.

ec2102 - macroeconomic analysis. since when was project a part of this module? i thought i could get through this purely by examinations but no. the new lecturer wants to try out different pedagogical methodologies. i'm sure. closed book examination for this semester, but may evolve into an open book exam in the near future, thats what IVLE says. thanks for making us the guinea pig? dont you ever become another anthony chin.

ec3371 - development, not developmental, economics. looking at the class roster, i am one of the rare few year 2 jewels. it says econometrics (its just a flowery term for statistics) background preferred. when i took a look at the lecture notes - oh the horror. it wasnt stated in the bloody module pre-requisite that you NEED econometrics background. how is it fair to me??? did i forget to mention that it is also another project module.

lag3201 - german 3. ich habe viele grammatik Regeln und Wörte vergessen. Deutsch 3 ist schwerer als Deutsch 2, und nimmt frigging 6 Stunden pro Woche. ich habe noch nicht meine Gastefamilie eine Email geschrieben. meine Freundin sagt ,,Das ist nicht gut!"

cl1101e - 汉语导论. as much as i love linguistics and chinese, it has finally dawned upon me that i am going to compete with all the ATs. not a good sign. with 2 term papers to hand up, that is going to drive me crazy.

gek1500 - inside your personal computer. honestly, i dont give a fuck about whats inside my computer, i took it merely because it was only supposed to have 2 mid-terms and a final exam. all of which were true-false, MCQ and short answer questions. but when i went into the IVLE page, i saw 'Individual Project'. *flips table.

sorry for sounding so angsty, like i said, i am on an emotional roller coaster ride.

while everyone is starting school tomorrow, its my tutorial day so its still an off day (for now)! off to JB i go. ciao.