At the time I’m typing this sentence it is 1514 hours, Thursday, April 10, 2008. I’m taking a break from revision as of now. I got to bed at 0400 hours again due to my flatmate’s music again. He’s got some annoying screensaver which plays rap music at absurdly loud levels. To add to that, his sound system has a subwoofer integrated into it. And to salt to the wound, he WASN’T IN, and had conveniently locked his room door, which prevented me going in and disabling the system myself. So… I had to move my bed to the other end of the room and play Rachmaninoff and Chopin at a reasonable volume in order to drown out the “Boom…. Boom… BoomBoom…” sounds coming reverberating around his room and therefore finding their way into MY room via conduction with the wall that separates our rooms. Anyway, I woke up at 0840 for a 0900 hour tutorial which lasts for 120 minutes, and was located across the university campus, a good 10 minutes away. I showered with haste, got dressed, put on contact lenses, donned sunglasses and headed off at great velocities toward the general direction of the tutorial. Turns out, I was 20 minutes late for that one. However, they were actually not too far into the class, as I later found out that everyone had arrived at about the same time I did, being first week of university and all. The topic for the day was the discussion of the writing of reports, how to write them, what to include, etc. Our coursework for that particular module (Social Anthropology) was a fifteen minute presentation on an Economics topic of our choice. There are officially four people in my team (hooray, I’ve been picked as team leader again…), but so far I have only been able to liaise with ONE person. The rest have gone all AWOL and my attempts to contact them for the past two weeks have proven unsuccessful. Fine, if you really don’t want to contribute to this topic, don’t bloody call me up on the day before the presentation and ask me what you’re supposed to do, you lazy bastards. We’re supposed to meet on Saturday to discuss why a Big Mac meal is cheaper in the USA than in the UK, calculated to Purchasing Power Parity US$. Analysis into the exchange rate and various government (monetary, fiscal) policies are topics that are open for consideration, although I’ve got it sorted out. I’m not going to do ALL the work and just let everyone sit back and read from the paper. I’ve insisted that my other team member READ UP on Purchasing Power Parity in order to gain some understanding before our scheduled meeting at 1340 hours Saturday, April 12, 2008.
Right now, I’m in the common room, having just finished a 2 hour long session of revision on Development Economics. There’s a mock exam tomorrow and I think I’m fully prepared for it. Immediately after the Social Anthropology tutorial, I had a Development Economics seminar. The tutor was well impressed because I managed to answer all the questions he had set for the class that day without any external (textbook, lecture notes) help. Straight off the top of my head. I also managed to partially own him by talking about distorted markets and saying that sometimes monopolies had the power to drive prices up and therefore the distribution of wealth and income would not be as moderated as we would have liked them to be, in the context of using GNY (Gross National Income) as a suitable method for measuring a country’s development.
Which reminds me, I really ought to finish that 1500-word essay on the Jobseeker’s Allowance and Unemployment. I have 500 words left, and that should take me a grand total of thirty (30) minutes to finish. I intend to do that tomorrow after the mock exam, when my mind is clear. So far, everything is great. I still need to revise Maths Statistics for Economists, though. And Fundamentals of Finance is looking quite shabby at the moment. Lucky my lecturer uploaded past year papers onto the web. I can practice on those papers in preparation for the exam. I’m not planning to score any firsts for this module. It’s a 3 month module and does not count toward my final grade. And more importantly, the textbook that I was recommended to purchase was well over a hundred pounds! Not worth it for 14 lectures and 3 workshops, I don’t think.
For Sociology, though. I’m not at all prepared, but I will be soon. Basically, it’s revise 6 topics, and a definite First. Fordism, Taylorism, Workfare, Motivation, Post Fordism and Unemployment are the topics I plan to delve into in the coming month. My exams start on the 15th of May and I know, most of you people think “Yeah, it’s a month and a half away. PLENTY OF TIME.” But NO. I have 6 modules to study for, and Time Is Running Out (Muse). Economics is easier than most sciences such as Aeronautical Engineering such as the revered Christopher Ho and Menzie Kee are studying, and medicine which the sturdy Maevis Tan and Chun Wai SIN are reading. However, it does require some effort on the part of the student. Plus, Mr. Ben Bradley and Joel Lee Weng Yew as well as Lee Weng Hon respectively study and studied Economics in their tertiary education. As long as I follow in their footsteps, the Win is confirmed, or “FOR THE WIN” as Yi Xuan WOO very graciously puts it.
Today, I turned down two jobs from my catering agency, because I’m meeting with one of my friends whom I haven’t seen for up to 5 years. She’s in the University of Sheffield, and she’s working in Manchester this week, so I only have ONE chance to meet her before she goes back down to university, where Matthew Ng is coincidentally currently residing. I have invited Chun Wai SIN to come along to break the ice, so hopefully tonight will turn out to be a successful one in the occasion that I don’t make a fool of myself, which I don’t, really, with the exception of being around Ben Bradley, Thomas Maxwell, Christopher HO and Yi Xuan WOO. Anyway, the catering firm I worked for wasn’t too happy about that. The bloke said “Is she dying of a deadly disease?”
To which I replied “No.”
“Well, see her another day then.”
“I can’t, she’s leaving Manchester today.”
“Ok, alright, alright.” And he hung up. I was like -_- oh well. At least I’ve got a proper job football stewarding and getting paid £7.90 and training to get paid £11.00 minimum wage. You can just piss off if you think you can treat me that way. I don’t NEED to work for you. I CHOOSE to work for you, and at the end of the day, I’m getting a degree, and getting a proper job, so you can treat me how you want for now. Just don’t be an arse when you’re serving me in a posh restaurant next time and I ask you to polish my boot and bring me the manager because your service is crap.
Outside, it’s pretty sunny, although the photos don’t do the weather justice. The photo below shows the view of the main road, Oxford Road, from outside my dorm.
As you can see, someone’s taken some onions from my abundant source of roots and placed them on the windowsill, where onion springs have started to sprout from their ends. Good, then I won’t need to buy any more spring onions for the near future. I’ll just *snip* and use them for my latest recipes. I probably should start posting pictures of University Cooking 101: How to effectively sustain yourself by self-subsistence. I recently learned how to make Pad Thai; that’s a Thai dish (Surprise surprise), which consists of vermicelli, Pad Thai sauce (bean sauce with added spices and herbs), egg, peanuts, spring onions, soy sauce and chilli flakes. Successfully made that yesterday for dinner, with some vermicelli and beef leftover for future ventures into the world of cooking.
And here is my study table. Well, it’s actually the common room of our flat. I don’t use my own table because it’s too small to fit all my study material on. I bring my laptop out, and plug it into the radio to play my favourite Chopin, Nightwish and Dream Theater pieces of music. And Behold:
My new music book, Chopin Polonaise. I intend to put my accommodation’s piano to good use in the next few months leading up to the exam and then post examination period where everyone’s gone home and it’s all quiet save for Thomas Maxwell and Ben Bradley coming over and eventually Matthew Rust and Kit Jimmy Koay Perry for the camping trip and for paintball. Good fun good fun. Okay, I’m due to meet my friend in an hour’s time so...
Signing out,
Right now, I’m in the common room, having just finished a 2 hour long session of revision on Development Economics. There’s a mock exam tomorrow and I think I’m fully prepared for it. Immediately after the Social Anthropology tutorial, I had a Development Economics seminar. The tutor was well impressed because I managed to answer all the questions he had set for the class that day without any external (textbook, lecture notes) help. Straight off the top of my head. I also managed to partially own him by talking about distorted markets and saying that sometimes monopolies had the power to drive prices up and therefore the distribution of wealth and income would not be as moderated as we would have liked them to be, in the context of using GNY (Gross National Income) as a suitable method for measuring a country’s development.
Which reminds me, I really ought to finish that 1500-word essay on the Jobseeker’s Allowance and Unemployment. I have 500 words left, and that should take me a grand total of thirty (30) minutes to finish. I intend to do that tomorrow after the mock exam, when my mind is clear. So far, everything is great. I still need to revise Maths Statistics for Economists, though. And Fundamentals of Finance is looking quite shabby at the moment. Lucky my lecturer uploaded past year papers onto the web. I can practice on those papers in preparation for the exam. I’m not planning to score any firsts for this module. It’s a 3 month module and does not count toward my final grade. And more importantly, the textbook that I was recommended to purchase was well over a hundred pounds! Not worth it for 14 lectures and 3 workshops, I don’t think.
For Sociology, though. I’m not at all prepared, but I will be soon. Basically, it’s revise 6 topics, and a definite First. Fordism, Taylorism, Workfare, Motivation, Post Fordism and Unemployment are the topics I plan to delve into in the coming month. My exams start on the 15th of May and I know, most of you people think “Yeah, it’s a month and a half away. PLENTY OF TIME.” But NO. I have 6 modules to study for, and Time Is Running Out (Muse). Economics is easier than most sciences such as Aeronautical Engineering such as the revered Christopher Ho and Menzie Kee are studying, and medicine which the sturdy Maevis Tan and Chun Wai SIN are reading. However, it does require some effort on the part of the student. Plus, Mr. Ben Bradley and Joel Lee Weng Yew as well as Lee Weng Hon respectively study and studied Economics in their tertiary education. As long as I follow in their footsteps, the Win is confirmed, or “FOR THE WIN” as Yi Xuan WOO very graciously puts it.
Today, I turned down two jobs from my catering agency, because I’m meeting with one of my friends whom I haven’t seen for up to 5 years. She’s in the University of Sheffield, and she’s working in Manchester this week, so I only have ONE chance to meet her before she goes back down to university, where Matthew Ng is coincidentally currently residing. I have invited Chun Wai SIN to come along to break the ice, so hopefully tonight will turn out to be a successful one in the occasion that I don’t make a fool of myself, which I don’t, really, with the exception of being around Ben Bradley, Thomas Maxwell, Christopher HO and Yi Xuan WOO. Anyway, the catering firm I worked for wasn’t too happy about that. The bloke said “Is she dying of a deadly disease?”
To which I replied “No.”
“Well, see her another day then.”
“I can’t, she’s leaving Manchester today.”
“Ok, alright, alright.” And he hung up. I was like -_- oh well. At least I’ve got a proper job football stewarding and getting paid £7.90 and training to get paid £11.00 minimum wage. You can just piss off if you think you can treat me that way. I don’t NEED to work for you. I CHOOSE to work for you, and at the end of the day, I’m getting a degree, and getting a proper job, so you can treat me how you want for now. Just don’t be an arse when you’re serving me in a posh restaurant next time and I ask you to polish my boot and bring me the manager because your service is crap.
Outside, it’s pretty sunny, although the photos don’t do the weather justice. The photo below shows the view of the main road, Oxford Road, from outside my dorm.
As you can see, someone’s taken some onions from my abundant source of roots and placed them on the windowsill, where onion springs have started to sprout from their ends. Good, then I won’t need to buy any more spring onions for the near future. I’ll just *snip* and use them for my latest recipes. I probably should start posting pictures of University Cooking 101: How to effectively sustain yourself by self-subsistence. I recently learned how to make Pad Thai; that’s a Thai dish (Surprise surprise), which consists of vermicelli, Pad Thai sauce (bean sauce with added spices and herbs), egg, peanuts, spring onions, soy sauce and chilli flakes. Successfully made that yesterday for dinner, with some vermicelli and beef leftover for future ventures into the world of cooking.
And here is my study table. Well, it’s actually the common room of our flat. I don’t use my own table because it’s too small to fit all my study material on. I bring my laptop out, and plug it into the radio to play my favourite Chopin, Nightwish and Dream Theater pieces of music. And Behold:
My new music book, Chopin Polonaise. I intend to put my accommodation’s piano to good use in the next few months leading up to the exam and then post examination period where everyone’s gone home and it’s all quiet save for Thomas Maxwell and Ben Bradley coming over and eventually Matthew Rust and Kit Jimmy Koay Perry for the camping trip and for paintball. Good fun good fun. Okay, I’m due to meet my friend in an hour’s time so...
Signing out,
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