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chiisanahitomeh.
finished my Engineering Digital Computations class. which ended with a SUCKY quiz. even when we had to work in groups of three, we (i) still suck. i don't think we even did it right. well the conditional formatting was okay, but that's the second part, which responds to what the first part does. so when the first part fails, the second part would probably fail too. unless my lecturer will give separate marks for part 1 and part 2, i think i didn't get a single mark on this quiz.
with that, this is your ever-unstable Nadia.
but what's done is done, so i can only hope i don't do anymore mistakes for coming quizzes. the quiz wasn't that hard i think, but it WAS because it needed us to apply our physics and maths knowledge into macro programming, plus a tiny bit of knowledge on how bombs work. yep, bombs. well to me it seems that way, i dunno how the others look at it.
if anyone out there reading this, can you tell me if bombs have a set time to arm? i mean, the time it needs to detonate is not varied by height or distance or anything right?
that's one of the reasons i don't really like group works. sure, i can ask a lot of stuff if i don't understand, and exchange ideas and stuff, but sometimes the majority rules out the minority. they have a good reason to do so too, it's because i don't have strong proof and reason to overrule them. my groupmates weren't bad, i respect them highly, and their knowledge is far superior than mine (me = frequent memory loss, selective memory, clueless most of the time, slow) but somehow i think what i did was right. or that's just my ego getting the best of me.
hell what we really needed to fix the problem was MORE TiME fuckdammit. or more sense in physics, whichever comes first.
i finally got my Wind Blown Clouds (by Alec Finlay) book!! it's a book of pictures of clouds and some poems' excerpts. i've been wanting that for like a year i think. and i got it from Amazon.com for a cheaper price than in MPH/Borders in Malaysia. heheh.
yeah...i think that's it for now. this is already a lot of rants.
til then.
finished my Engineering Digital Computations class. which ended with a SUCKY quiz. even when we had to work in groups of three, we (i) still suck. i don't think we even did it right. well the conditional formatting was okay, but that's the second part, which responds to what the first part does. so when the first part fails, the second part would probably fail too. unless my lecturer will give separate marks for part 1 and part 2, i think i didn't get a single mark on this quiz.
with that, this is your ever-unstable Nadia.
but what's done is done, so i can only hope i don't do anymore mistakes for coming quizzes. the quiz wasn't that hard i think, but it WAS because it needed us to apply our physics and maths knowledge into macro programming, plus a tiny bit of knowledge on how bombs work. yep, bombs. well to me it seems that way, i dunno how the others look at it.
if anyone out there reading this, can you tell me if bombs have a set time to arm? i mean, the time it needs to detonate is not varied by height or distance or anything right?
that's one of the reasons i don't really like group works. sure, i can ask a lot of stuff if i don't understand, and exchange ideas and stuff, but sometimes the majority rules out the minority. they have a good reason to do so too, it's because i don't have strong proof and reason to overrule them. my groupmates weren't bad, i respect them highly, and their knowledge is far superior than mine (me = frequent memory loss, selective memory, clueless most of the time, slow) but somehow i think what i did was right. or that's just my ego getting the best of me.
hell what we really needed to fix the problem was MORE TiME fuckdammit. or more sense in physics, whichever comes first.
my classes became more challenging lately. that's just as expected ne. of course classes will get harder, because we learn what we don't know, and learning the unknown requires more attention and comprehension of the subject in order to really understand the subject. so i have to put more attention on my classes -- ganbatte, myself!!
my Thermo class is going better than my last quarter's class (yes i have to repeat that class, haha) since the lecturer is more considerate (read : teaches us as though we are extremely new to the subject, which is really my type of lecturer, therefore he'll explain everything thoroughly). i'm gonna have my first Thermo test next week, so again, ganbatte, myself!!
my Spanish class is going good too. more phrases to memorize of course, but hey that's a language class, wuddaya expect. i got full marks for my first test last week (yay happiness!!). honestly i wasn't even sure i could get high marks because i forgot a few words and the response. but luckily i got it right, so...yay me!! got to hold the marks til end of this quarter, hopefully, mm-hm. oh just to let you know : in today's class, when my name got called to demonstrate any dialogues in Spanish in front of the class, i accidentally said "fuck" in my seat. i didn't realize the whole class could hear it until my lecturer said "so, Justin (i forgot the guy's name), in this case you should say 'ay caramba!'." it's good that my lecturer didn't really got mad or anything. plus me swearing is more like a reflexive-thing, you know, something i can't control freely. ahaha. so i think basically the whole class would recognize me as "the swearing girl."
my Computation class is, and will rapidly goes, harder by every topic. we basically just deal with Excel, from basic formula to functions. today we started on macro programming, and next class should be VBA -- which is hellish-hard compared to what i glanced at in the notes. the lecturer is really friendly and helpful as long as you know what is alrady given and such. like if you ask for something that is already stated in the questions, he won't really answer anything more than that except if we needed further explanation or something. he's kinda intimidating, but as long as we pay full attention in his class i think we can pass this class with great grades.
my political science class (i'm taking Introduction to American Govt) is okay. i got 84/100 for my first test (which is a B grade...). meh i think that's cool enough, since i didn't really went through the notes thoroughly and i mixed up some of the terms and definitions and stuff. i'm just proud of myself getting 20/20 for the essay (well almost all of my friends got full marks on essay but yeah, they're them, i'm me). but me being a pain-in-the-ass-egoist, i can't really accept people getting higher marks than mine, even if they do deserve it. ah well. work harder next time ne.
talking bout egoist.
i think i am one, if egoist means 'your ego gets the best of you' or 'your ego comes first, your kindness second'. i put importance on myself first. i have a reason for that : if i don't take care of myself first then how can i take care of others? we need to make sure our own self is okay before straightening others out ne.
but i'm learning to accept others' opinions and ideas more now. i have to be able to judge what's right and what needs correction -- therefore i need a strong basis of knowledge. as an engineer i have to work in a group environment whether i like it or not, so i'll better start now, slowly, until i get the hang of it.
hmmm what else.
my Thermo class is going better than my last quarter's class (yes i have to repeat that class, haha) since the lecturer is more considerate (read : teaches us as though we are extremely new to the subject, which is really my type of lecturer, therefore he'll explain everything thoroughly). i'm gonna have my first Thermo test next week, so again, ganbatte, myself!!
my Spanish class is going good too. more phrases to memorize of course, but hey that's a language class, wuddaya expect. i got full marks for my first test last week (yay happiness!!). honestly i wasn't even sure i could get high marks because i forgot a few words and the response. but luckily i got it right, so...yay me!! got to hold the marks til end of this quarter, hopefully, mm-hm. oh just to let you know : in today's class, when my name got called to demonstrate any dialogues in Spanish in front of the class, i accidentally said "fuck" in my seat. i didn't realize the whole class could hear it until my lecturer said "so, Justin (i forgot the guy's name), in this case you should say 'ay caramba!'." it's good that my lecturer didn't really got mad or anything. plus me swearing is more like a reflexive-thing, you know, something i can't control freely. ahaha. so i think basically the whole class would recognize me as "the swearing girl."
my Computation class is, and will rapidly goes, harder by every topic. we basically just deal with Excel, from basic formula to functions. today we started on macro programming, and next class should be VBA -- which is hellish-hard compared to what i glanced at in the notes. the lecturer is really friendly and helpful as long as you know what is alrady given and such. like if you ask for something that is already stated in the questions, he won't really answer anything more than that except if we needed further explanation or something. he's kinda intimidating, but as long as we pay full attention in his class i think we can pass this class with great grades.
my political science class (i'm taking Introduction to American Govt) is okay. i got 84/100 for my first test (which is a B grade...). meh i think that's cool enough, since i didn't really went through the notes thoroughly and i mixed up some of the terms and definitions and stuff. i'm just proud of myself getting 20/20 for the essay (well almost all of my friends got full marks on essay but yeah, they're them, i'm me). but me being a pain-in-the-ass-egoist, i can't really accept people getting higher marks than mine, even if they do deserve it. ah well. work harder next time ne.
talking bout egoist.
i think i am one, if egoist means 'your ego gets the best of you' or 'your ego comes first, your kindness second'. i put importance on myself first. i have a reason for that : if i don't take care of myself first then how can i take care of others? we need to make sure our own self is okay before straightening others out ne.
but i'm learning to accept others' opinions and ideas more now. i have to be able to judge what's right and what needs correction -- therefore i need a strong basis of knowledge. as an engineer i have to work in a group environment whether i like it or not, so i'll better start now, slowly, until i get the hang of it.
hmmm what else.
i finally got my Wind Blown Clouds (by Alec Finlay) book!! it's a book of pictures of clouds and some poems' excerpts. i've been wanting that for like a year i think. and i got it from Amazon.com for a cheaper price than in MPH/Borders in Malaysia. heheh.
yeah...i think that's it for now. this is already a lot of rants.
til then.
