getting old or getting mad cow
There is this one module that I've really wanted to take in university. I did remember telling myself and someone else that I'll take it before I graduate and as much as I've been making empty promises to myself... I did manage to get that module in this my final semester. I had even wanted to major in this discipline but chose engineering (wrongly??) for certain reasons.
So you can say I'm happy and excited. But the problem is that the lecture is from 6pm to 8pm and that after a full day in the laboratory so I am actually having problems concentrating and staying awake in lectures now. This usually happens only the engin modules but seldom for the arts modules. I'm degenerating. Fact. But I'm still excited. Had the first "tutorial" or discussion group as they call it and it was pretty relaxing other than the fact that I had to do a bit of an amazing race during the two-hour lesson and I admit that was entirely due to me.
Which brings me to what I actually wanted to say.
My memory is failing me. Big time.
I'm forgetting more and more things which is not the case in the past. And as the studious engineering undergraduate that I am (let me vomit first)................................ let me provide you with a couple of case studies that happened these couple of weeks.
There was this one friday and I was supposed to reach school at around 1 or 1+pm. I had wanted to wake up at 8am and come to school early to do some fyp before the research program activity (for the module I mentioned earlier at 1.20pm) but as it always happens I woke up at 8 to press the alarm off and then the next thing I knew it was 10am already. So I did wake up and washed up and blah blah blah before going to school after lunch. I was taking bus 188 that day and for those who are not very sure of its route let me provide a little revision. It goes something like this: MY HOUSE --> BT BATOK POLYCLINIC --> IMM --> CLEMENTI --> PIE --> NUS ENGIN --> FONG SENG --> PRIVATE HOUSING --> HARBOURFRONT. Something like this. What happened was I fell asleep during the ride (very common in fact). I remembered seeing IMM but when I opened my eyes I only saw private housing. The usually calm me did panic I must admit and then I saw someone my age getting off as the bus was just approaching a bus-stop and I immediately jumped up and followed suit. I was lucky. that was the bus-stop that led to ths sheares and temasek halls at the other rear end of NUS and I was at last able to make it to Arts just in time for the activity. Another stop and I might not even know where I am anymore. But the thing is I remembered IMM and nothing else. Not even falling asleep.
Then we are supposed to act as human research participants for the research program I was talking about and we are to sign up for tests and activities that we are interested in to fulfill certain points requirements. Each half hour will credit us with one point and so on. I happily signed up for two studies this morning (Tuesday) from 9.50-10.20am and from 11.00-11.30pm. I'm having the discussion group tutoriat at 12pm. Great timing and planning right?! Or so I thought. The thing is the lesson is actually at 10am not 12pm as pointed out by MH and HS during dinner the day before. This time I indeed did froze for a while. As this was later on proven to be true and that the research program participation is compulsory and each person is at most given only two "no-show" chances before being kicked out and I did sign up for two that morning and that it was already too late to cancel (which is to be done at least 48 hours before the study) and so I did froze. Which explains the amazing race thing I was talking about. But it was always in my mind that the lesson starts at 12pm and I was quite pleased with my planning and it turned out almost horribly wrong. But I was lucky again I think and managed to do both studies and also the tutorial class all at the same time. Better not tempt luck again.
Bad memory. Old age. Or MAD COW??
I think its the latter.
But thanks to MH and HS for the timely reminder and also for taking this module with me even though they did not have to.
So you can say I'm happy and excited. But the problem is that the lecture is from 6pm to 8pm and that after a full day in the laboratory so I am actually having problems concentrating and staying awake in lectures now. This usually happens only the engin modules but seldom for the arts modules. I'm degenerating. Fact. But I'm still excited. Had the first "tutorial" or discussion group as they call it and it was pretty relaxing other than the fact that I had to do a bit of an amazing race during the two-hour lesson and I admit that was entirely due to me.
Which brings me to what I actually wanted to say.
My memory is failing me. Big time.
I'm forgetting more and more things which is not the case in the past. And as the studious engineering undergraduate that I am (let me vomit first)................................ let me provide you with a couple of case studies that happened these couple of weeks.
There was this one friday and I was supposed to reach school at around 1 or 1+pm. I had wanted to wake up at 8am and come to school early to do some fyp before the research program activity (for the module I mentioned earlier at 1.20pm) but as it always happens I woke up at 8 to press the alarm off and then the next thing I knew it was 10am already. So I did wake up and washed up and blah blah blah before going to school after lunch. I was taking bus 188 that day and for those who are not very sure of its route let me provide a little revision. It goes something like this: MY HOUSE --> BT BATOK POLYCLINIC --> IMM --> CLEMENTI --> PIE --> NUS ENGIN --> FONG SENG --> PRIVATE HOUSING --> HARBOURFRONT. Something like this. What happened was I fell asleep during the ride (very common in fact). I remembered seeing IMM but when I opened my eyes I only saw private housing. The usually calm me did panic I must admit and then I saw someone my age getting off as the bus was just approaching a bus-stop and I immediately jumped up and followed suit. I was lucky. that was the bus-stop that led to ths sheares and temasek halls at the other rear end of NUS and I was at last able to make it to Arts just in time for the activity. Another stop and I might not even know where I am anymore. But the thing is I remembered IMM and nothing else. Not even falling asleep.
Then we are supposed to act as human research participants for the research program I was talking about and we are to sign up for tests and activities that we are interested in to fulfill certain points requirements. Each half hour will credit us with one point and so on. I happily signed up for two studies this morning (Tuesday) from 9.50-10.20am and from 11.00-11.30pm. I'm having the discussion group tutoriat at 12pm. Great timing and planning right?! Or so I thought. The thing is the lesson is actually at 10am not 12pm as pointed out by MH and HS during dinner the day before. This time I indeed did froze for a while. As this was later on proven to be true and that the research program participation is compulsory and each person is at most given only two "no-show" chances before being kicked out and I did sign up for two that morning and that it was already too late to cancel (which is to be done at least 48 hours before the study) and so I did froze. Which explains the amazing race thing I was talking about. But it was always in my mind that the lesson starts at 12pm and I was quite pleased with my planning and it turned out almost horribly wrong. But I was lucky again I think and managed to do both studies and also the tutorial class all at the same time. Better not tempt luck again.
Bad memory. Old age. Or MAD COW??
I think its the latter.
But thanks to MH and HS for the timely reminder and also for taking this module with me even though they did not have to.
ChRiS delivered @ 2:19 AM
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