Tuesday, September 05, 2006
I wanted to do something relaxing before I tackle the draft of Paper 1 so I thought I would contribute a post.
Hmm...it seems so recent, yet so long ago that I met up with PY, JY and SY to surprise XX. I miss everyone.
Anyway, last wk, my very good friend's mother died of stomach cancer. She was only 51. In primary school, she used to give my sis and I lifts home after school or school activities. She would talk to us, my mom and we were on rather good terms. After primary school, I saw her only a few times. But I always remember her kindness and generosity. It was a shock for me when my mom told me. Got me a little frightened too, especially with my recent brush with cancer. But I suppose dying is the easy part, it is the suffering and torment you go through before you die that is hard. At least she didn't suffer long - she was diagnosed only 5 mths earlier and apparently she didn't feel any pain. But she lost alot of weight. During the last stages of her life, she weighed only 33kg.
One of the modules I am taking is Introduction to Japanese Studies. The lectures are interesting. The lecturer likes to use videos. On our first lecture, she showed us a video on baseball in Japan to demonstrate group model in Japan. The part I am dreading is the group academic paper that we have to do. The girls in my group are nice, but too laidback for my taste. They are even more laidback than Sherman and William!! I am beginning to appreciate Sherman and William more:) An outline is due on the 18th and we have to include the books and journals we will be referencing to, so which means we have to start researching now cos the books are thick. If I hadn't came up with suggestions, we won't even be researching now. Still, they don't have any sense of urgency. The funny thing is that no matter how many times I tell them, they don't seem to understand that Internet articles cannot be included because most are not considered as academic materials. It is either them or that I am from Mars. Different frequency. I am especially anxious and worried because the academic paper counts for 30% of final grade and I need an average CAP of 3.5 to stay in USP. I honestly think project work is a jinx for me. Hopefully they will turn out okay. Because they are meek and mild and laidback, I am taking on the leadership role - and I am afraid and worried a similar situation to PW will occur.
Oh, I finally can eat seafood. yay!:) I 'celebrated' it by having tim sum on sunday with my family. We went to crystal jade at the airport on sunday, partly because my dad was leaving for a business trip. At crystal jade, I saw 5 people from hwa chong, same batch as us. I think they were from S60. I overheard them talking about USP and they said stuff like 'I'm glad I'm not in USP cos people in USP are nerds'. Maybe I am nerdy but most of the people are not. We are like everyone else.
Which reminds me that I have to start tackling the draft for Paper 1 of my writing module. It's due on sunday and I have to submit a response paper for another USP module next
wk :(
I'm having lunch with eugenia and alexis on thurs!! Can't wait for thurs to come!
Take care!
kaixian
rmb to sign off! sang at 4:53 PM
