Out of My Mind

After nearly two-month long break- semester break, Hari Raya Haji, Chinese New Year and some other holidays, all rolled into one - I managed to drag my cute ass down to college to register for the new semester. ;p The first class just started today. My brain has turned into mush. It has become so easy for my mind to wander off instead of concentrating on what the lecturers are teaching. Even with the new semester, I felt like I'm going through the same things all over again.

The same lecturers, the same cliques, the geeks (that's me !) sat in front of the class while the talkative ones sat at the back, the same venue where my classes are conducted, the whole thing. Sometimes, the cliques are even divided by race, malays with malays, chinese with chinese, you get the picture. Mind you, I'm not like that. I simply can't comprehend why some people would do that. For me, hanging out, studying or sitting together in a class with racially mixed people gives me the chance to improve my verbal skills. This is true when you have to speak in English. I guess, the most simple reason why they would want to seat with people of the same race is they want speak in their mother tongue. Another thing is, even though, there are empty seats in the front, they still choose to sit at the back. I mean, it's understandable that you would feel a bit hesitant because you wouldn't want the lecturer to direct his/her questions at you. But, come on ! It's so lame. If you don't know the answer, just tell the lecturer, you don't know. It's as simple as that. Even if you answered wrongly, it's okay because you tried. I would be a hypocrite if I said I've never done it before. At times, I would sit at the back when the lecturer just didn't do it for me in terms of teaching style. I have met some lecturers who have this innate ability to induce sleep on students. Teaching and speaking in only one tone of voice. Can you believe it ?! It is especially trying if you have a class after lunch where you have to go into study mode on a full tummy. Hehe ! What irked me the most, however, is lecturers who don't have an "above average" English competency. To teach, shouldn't you have an impeccable English ?! I don't mind lecturers who speak in Manglish. Please, we are Malaysian. We can make everything Malaysian. Hehe ! There's bound to be an occasional "lah" at the end of a sentence. In a way, lecturers can influence their students. How awful it would be if a lecturer can't even spell correctly. There's this one lecturer who has perfect English. When he speaks or while he's teaching, I found myself instantly perked up (right after with the "lecturer who induces sleep" class) and pay attention to what he's saying/teaching. See what perfect English can do for you. LOL !

This semester has one redeeming quality though, there are no techical subjects like programming. Hooray ! As I've told you before, I'm really not cut out to be a programmer. Almost all subjects for this semester will be theory-based. Naturally, with this kind of subjects, the assignments will be doing a couple of written reports which I like. Weird, huh ?!! However, as much as I'm happy about the lack of programming for this semester, I can't totally brush off programming. This is an IT degree after all. I have a final year project to think of, a compulsory requirement to get my degree. For this final-year project, I have to create a program/software which is my own. How tough is that ??! I got an idea on what to do as it was a suggestion given by my lecturer. She told me if I did well, I might get an A. I wish ! ;p

It's gonna take a while before I got into the hang of things.