My first final is 3 days away and I'm now in a healthy state of near-panic, because the last 3 days have been mostly spent valiantly attempting to conquer Japanese, with the net result being a woeful sense of inadequacy whenever I tackle one of the sadistically difficult translation exercises my professor seems to love so much.
I need to start seriously memorising signalling pathways and cell cycle protein interactions for cell biology - a boring course that is only hard because it isn't graded on a curve and the absolute cut-off for an A is plain ridiculous.
Organic chemistry... well, I've always had annoyingly high expectations for that one after getting a 102/103 for my first midterm, but that was, of course, a bad idea, because ever since then perfectly decent grades became hideous disappointments. I'm very much afraid that organic chemistry has caused me to revert to the bad old days of primary school academic kiasu-ism, at least where this course is concerned. I still find synthesis problems and mechanisms... interesting (not to use the word 'fun', but well), but organic chemistry has put me in a state of semi-despair and utter self-disgust, because I'd thought that I'd grown past petty grade grubbing, and well, no.
And, erm, the music course that I took pass/fail? Got a 97 on the final exam. And apparently my paper on "The Music of China's Minorities: Constructing Ethnic and National Identities" was "well-written and well-structured, with an excellent bibliography", when I was merely having fun with Chinese Communism. Needless to say, an A which isn't going to show up on my transcript. Nice.
Back to memorising more Japanese set phrases and paired adverbs which our professors completely glossed over in class. *cries*
words were spilled on Friday, May 12, 2006
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i was going to talk about this second-rate overachiever thing, but it'd only end up being a who's-more-fucked competition. if i knew the solution i'd be a happier person myself.
so, uh, random love and take care and good luck for finals.
so, uh, random love and take care and good luck for finals.
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: 10:33 AM
: 10:33 AM
"random love". heh.
much appreciated. :D
*contemplates going for breakfast/lunch/dinner in half an hour's time
much appreciated. :D
*contemplates going for breakfast/lunch/dinner in half an hour's time
well, i'm trying. but -
i have discovered caffeine pills. the dining hall doesn't entice me anymore so i subsist on soy milk, sushi, cup noodles and whole grain crackers. and it's been raining continuously for about a week now and it's too bloody depressing.
i have discovered caffeine pills. the dining hall doesn't entice me anymore so i subsist on soy milk, sushi, cup noodles and whole grain crackers. and it's been raining continuously for about a week now and it's too bloody depressing.
... so, how long does your finals period last? don't you dare die in a foreign land.
there's this story about the Boy Who Took Amphetamines To Study For His Exams, apparently. he went off them just before the exams and couldn't remember anything that he'd studied during the amp high. it appears that if he'd only continued taking the things it would have been all right, though.
your first final is today, is it not? (at least, it's been three days since your post.) good luck.
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there's this story about the Boy Who Took Amphetamines To Study For His Exams, apparently. he went off them just before the exams and couldn't remember anything that he'd studied during the amp high. it appears that if he'd only continued taking the things it would have been all right, though.
your first final is today, is it not? (at least, it's been three days since your post.) good luck.
# posted by : 10:37 PM
: 10:37 PM