Sunday, February 28, 2010

Rants

Why do chemical engineers have to do MLP? The university must be thinking that we have too much free time. If the university think that it's such a good programme, then get all the engineering courses involved! Why only us??

In my e-poster group, I realise most of the members have less than 10 hours of lecture every week. For chemical engineering students, we have about 20 hours per week excluding the extra meeting time for lab work. When we were trying to arrange a time to meet up for the e-poster discussion, Tom and I would always say  


'No, we have lecture. After 4pm please!'  

'Then I guess no one here would have lectures at 9 right?'

'Very sorry but we do have lectures at 9am!!'

EXCUSE ME UNI! WE ARE NOT FREE AT ALL!!!

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Counting hours..

I've been doing volunteering, involuntarily

20 hours at least for 10 credits!
Hold on..
20 hours of volunteering + 1 e-poster + 12 online discussions + 24 hours of lecture = infinity hours for 10 credits


And I just got back from shoveling soil, after painting my tyre. I got my white coat stained with red paint, my white shoes covered in mud and my jeans stained with mud, my arms aching for pushing the wheelbarrow and my nap time gone!


Anyway, I enjoyed my volunteering in Minehead Resource Center where we made pancakes for the elderly. It was my first time making and tossing pancakes (with 2 failed products ) ! They were so glad to have us there, even though it's a day after pancake day.


 my best friend, Candy

Jemma with the chef of the center. She had to pushed the trolley around to serve the elderly

Annabel and Jemma putting filling the pancakes

Sorina who handled two pans herself 

our fillings for pancakes

And I am still counting how many hours I've done...

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Sleep is my only homework

I realise I can never get enough sleep. I can still feel sleepy even after 14 hours of sleep. It has nothing to do with my body clock starting another cycle or what. I only have to touch the bed and instantaneously feel sleepy, but seldom fall asleep immediately. Even though I love sleeping, I can never sleep while sitting, and that's why I hate long haul flights. I really dread flying to UK and back to Malaysia.


Lecture at 9 this morning but I woke up at 8.30am, and of course, I missed the lecture. I didn't hear the alarm ringing at all. Even if I slept earlier last night, I doubt it's going to make any difference. So who's to blame?? I really did not intend to skip the lecture!


So, it's 11th Feb today. Three more days to the day I love the most in a year. Not Valentine's Day but Chinese New Year. Seriously regretting coming to UK for this reason! Apart from a few red lanterns at Albert Square and in some chinese restaurants, there isn't any new year mood in Manchester. How sad!


我要过年!!

Anyway, wishing all my friends a Happy Chinese New Year! 

 

Friday, February 05, 2010

Update~

8 reasons why I regret coming to UK:

1. Manchester's weather is depressing.

2. Trying on clothes is so much hassle with gloves, scarf, cardigan, coat....

3. It's poundsss that I am using.

4. No good Malaysian food. (like laksa, kueh chap, spicy crab...) but the dim sum is superb!

5. Water and food turn cold so easily and I hate eating cold food.

6. WATER TAPS! The cold one is really cold and the hot one is really hot. So, I hate washing dishes.

7. I don't get to celebrate chinese new year like how it is in Malaysia.

8. Mum's cooking... I only go back once a year.. for three months. But 9 months in UK!!!


But I've learnt that human beings are just human beings, no matter what race you are. Drop your superiority or inferiority complex.