Wednesday, February 22, 2006

wH@+ to StUdy?

Single Major, Double Major or Triple Major???

Not really sure wad i wanna do.. hai.. dunno if i can cope.. im not exactly the smart/genius type.. though i can be hardworking at times..

I dun wan to be contented wif a degree of a single major.. i prefer to haf a colourful degree in which im specialise in many fields of commerce.. hai..

hope some people can gimme some advice on wad to do..

Enrolment sucks.. Me and my friends went there early.. at 830am.. though it stated that it starts at 9am.. when we went there.. there were already like 100 over students there queueing up.. talk abt kiasu singaporeans.. guess the culture of being kiasu among singaporeans can be seen in UWA haha. There were queues everywhere.. from getting advice from the course adviser, to getting the Dean to sign our enrolment forms, to getting our pictures taken for our student campus card, to summitting our enrolment forms.. gosh.. think i spent 6 hours queueing up the whole day..

the worst part wasnt over.. I was given one day to draw out our own timetable and choose which lectures/tutorials/lab lessons we wanted.. no more in sec school/JC where the timetable is planned for u.. in UWA, we r being treated like an adult (a very common phase by our seniors when we asked them for help.. sigh) by the time i finished wif the messy timetable.. it was already 9pm..

That was my 2nd day at UWA.

ps. i planned in such a way i might haf a 4 day work week in which i would be free on FRIDAY! woots!

+oUchdOwN

Im finally in australia.. wow. the feeling is really really different here.. The time has finally come to be even more independent.. (as if the army hasnt made me a MAN yet!)

The feeling of hafing to fend for myself, coming to a foreign land. wif no kin nor friend is really a scary thought.. But no choice.. im here to study and get a degree... i haf no choice..

Leaving Changi Airport was kinda emotional.. my mum cried.. so did my gf (i think). parting them was really difficult.. only God knows what lies in the future.. I juz haf to leave things to God and He will take care of them for me.

Touched down safely at 1425hrs on 17th FEB.. had to wait there for abt 2hours to wait for the other international students to touchdown so that the UWA driver can drive us all back at the same time. in the mean time.. i went to get a phone line and a international calling card.. in the 1st hour after touching down in Perth.. i already spent AUD100 dollars already.. gosh.

Met other singaporeans and malaysians at the airport.. quite nice people.. haha

Im currently staying in Currie Hall, a hostel near the UWA campus.. 5mins walk away from campus in fact.. its really convienent.. haha people around here are nice! very friendly.. made alot of friends here.. i do haf a clique here now.. a group of 4 people.. really nice people 3 singaporeans and 1 cambodian.. haha.. really expanding my social circle here..

juz finished my 1 day orientation. wasnt that spectacular.. watch this space for more updates of my life in Australia.