You guys just keep me going!

Hello people,

Yes, I know this is one Long overdue post. I've lost touch with blogging ( as if i've got a hold of it before...yeah i know what all of you're thinking ) but you guys just keep me going!

All the comments and replies (the few) just proves something about my blog. It is not willing to accept its demise.

More often than not, I always get a lot of inspiration from reading your blogs, and would pledge to revive my own blog. But every time I tried, there seemed a million excuses to forsake it. I guess its just not my cup of tea.

However, let me share with you my current Position as an Undergrad at Uni Melb.

I'm currently doing a Bachelor of Science (new melbourne model) degree, juggling 4 core subjects for the first semester, namely Biology, Chemistry, Engineering Systems Design (ESD), and Advanced Maths (totally unnecessary). The three core subjects will enable me to do Life Sciences for the following years. For the sake of diversity, I widened my major options to the engineering fields as well ( as they receive more PR points ) and took up the unnecessary Advanced Maths subject. Yes, it is really REALLY unnecessary.

Advanced maths is sucking up my life; my energy; my freedom; my EVERYTHING. LOLz.

Every chapter is brand new (to me), and lectures move on week by week at the speed of light! Yup, thats University life, but hard work itself will definitely not pull me through this subject. Certain topics are not even listed in the text book! To resolve this, I have borrowed 8 MATHS books from the library and read them. Problem is, I still don't seem to understand certain things. Sigh.is.all.i.can.say.

BUT, when I actually got to do some questions, the feeling was overwhelming. 1 question in 2 hours, with self study and research, all I can say is pure satisfaction. It got even better when I taught someone who taught me instead the week before. WOW! And I felt more motivated to do more, as though I saw the light at the end of the tunnel.

Then ALL the confidence fell hard, when the lecturer started a new chapter. It was like a new beginning of struggle once again, Dejavu some may call it. I climbed the steps again struggling the steepness of each step. And I was found to be seeking help from the person whom I helped before. LOlz, Its good, and its what tutorials are for, but I wish I could learn it myself.

SO what i need to pass this subject is, PERSEVERANCE !


ESD has been really challenging too, but I'm liking it. We have 3-hour workshops every week, which practically drains your brains empty. They're designed to depict the real-world engineering work field, where you work in teams to solve problems. Of course we don't work on problems straight away, we were first trained to develop problem solving skills. Eg. mind mapping, brain storming, problem identifying, sourcing for information etc. All they do is give us a problem, and we solve them using a computer in front of us. Each session is assessed, and work must be submitted at the end of the workshop. Imagine researching on stuff not heard before, yeah, now you can see how brain draining it is. But you'd feel really great at the end of each work shop, at least i did. I LOVE IT!

Thats about all that is new in the subjects I'm doing.

Recently I have been hanging out with a lot of christian friends, attending church and cell groups. I really love the cell group meets, as it teaches real good lessons in life (just like sunday schools), and ultimately, motivates everybody to accept their challenges in life.

Oh, and some of them are fasting before camp, to make their purpose more significant ( i think ). They can fast on anything that they feel, they cant live without. So there are some who fast lunches, fast from going out, fast from 'not' watching TV. lolz. I was just thinking, if I were to fast, that would be fast from cooking.Lolz

Yes, I really REALLY enjoy cooking and eating as well. I'm good at it. HAHA. So far, I've cooked Bak Kut Teh, different types of Curry, lotus root soup, ABC soup, ginger onion chicken, black pepper beef, red beancurd pork, fried chicken, scallop broccoli, chicken groundnut porridge etc.

More food has been even planned in my mind too, like muscles,radish soup, typical carbonara, lolz. yeah. I cant live without cooking. that would be a really good fast isnt it? hehe.

Oh well, I have said enough. I shd be back completing my assignment on researching the lecturers' research field. Yeah, really weird assignments they have.

Till my next post soon, or next century! Dont bother waiting!