Phew. It has been a while since I last updated this up-to-date blog. (==")
Alright! So what would it be this time?
Hmm...lets see...
I guess I should just use simple point form format to summarize any interesting (to me) experiences I had when I was at Genovia.
.......
Then again, maybe not.
So far, and currently (and please please, not for long, please) things have been really focused on uni studies, studies and just more studies. Can't help feeling proud of myself that I have successfully overcomed 1/4 of semester one, given that literally 3/4 of it will come crashing to me in the next two weeks, in fact its starting tomorrow! Lol. Furthermore, I have five papers to sit for this semester (one of which was completed last Tuesday), instead of the normal 4. I know I shouldn't brag about my busy-ness simply because i'm not alone in this and everyone is exhausting smoke from their heads. Oh well, probably that is why it has been so foggy the past few days. [Laugh like a poor stand up comedian]
I don't know about the others, but I realised that term two really flew past so quickly due to the huge workload we had. "Time flies when you are having 'fun' ". What a dull semester I have to say, aside from some interesting events we had from time to time, like the CMSA hike, Miss Saigon, Sledging etc.. But seriously, most days, all I was looking forward to was the end of each horrible chemistry and fluid lab I had to complete and a reasonably good night sleep after an exhausting fluid, mass-balance and chemically retarded day. Oh well, deep down i'm grateful because to be honest, studying is really a privilege not many people can have, and engineering actually does teach you a heck lot of other stuff and skills many courses don't offer!
To make things even retarded...Someone actually STOLE my bike! The one thing I thought would never happen, at least in Christchurch, where there are millions (ok, a bit too exaggerated but you get the idea) of bicycles around, actually happened to me! I did what anyone could possibly do - use a fairly good sturdy lock - but the thief had to ease his itchy fingers and cut the lock. I was at the police station the other day to collect my event number for insurance claim, and the community volunteer, who is from Malaysia apparenty, said in his 1/2 NZ 1/2 Malaysian slang, "Actually NZ is not so safe you know, things like these happen all the time". Oh well, after being really dissapointed with NZ and the thief for that short period of time, I got over it, and hope that NZI would do something favourable for me. I loved my bicycle, since the brand is quite unique, and not to mention I had many awesome 'bonding-time' (Khoo, 2009) with my bicycle. Oh well...maybe soon I'll get a NEW bike...hyeh...hyeh..hyeh...!
This feels so weird, blogging in the eve of exams.
Anyway, despite the depressing uni stuff we all have to go through, I really am glad to have great people around me to experience NZ together. Church for instance, ENLI, Re-fuel, music practices and ICF. I realised that I've grown to adore Christchurch so much, for its beauty and also the people here. There are so many things I want to do in NZ, one of them of course is to conquer the great majestic Southern Alps. *drool*. NZ is seriously beautiful people, I mean it! =D
Looks like its getting late, want to sleep early for tomorrow! Just a random update!
Nitez people!
CALVIN
