Oral Exam

I did my French oral exam today.
I think I was really really stiff and nervous back then.
My partner seems much more relaxed and composed.
I do hope that both of us got good mark, I know we didn't really put much effort on this but I think we did quite well! :)

Soon after the exam, I went to Caulfield to finish off the last assignment.
I was prepared to go home at about 11pm-ish, but it turned out that we finished quite early, about 10pm.
We'll be meeting up again tomorrow afternoon to give final touch, hopefully it will be finished by tomorrow so I can start my exam preparation.

Fingers crossed!

Assignment Frenzy

Here I am again, after vacuuming myself (unintentionally) from blogging.

And again, there are so many things I'd like to write, but as it's gonna be boring if it's too long, let me just write some.
Today's topic is Assignment! Very familiar and 'friendly' word for us students.

I've got not that many assignments actually, only a few major assignments, heaps of small assignments and tests throughout the semester.

The big problem is that these assignments are coming like a flock!
One by one occupying you till you disregard the major assignments!
And as you guessed it, we planned to do this major assignment bit-by-bit week-by-week but it did not work that way as we have our own assignments.

What makes matter worse, now we have a missing group mate, smart eh?
We couldn't contact him since Tuesday last week.
He said he twisted his ankle and couldn't come to uni for group meeting, my friend suggested to have the group meeting place moved to his house as he live nearby uni.
As you all can guess now, communication ceased.

Up to now his phone's dead and other means of communication are not replied (Facebook, email, msn, text message)
At first I didn't really care, since that was what he did before but he finished his part on-time.
Apparently, he didn't contact us back until Friday and we decided to email our lecturer.
We already did major parts of the assignment starting Thursday and we couldn't proceed as we needed his part.

So on Monday, we (my friend to be precise) did his part and we continued our assignment without him.
I hope we can finish that part today, we finished the calculation but my friend freaked out as we got negative figure on share price which is impossible in real life. I told her many times that that means the company is in big trouble.
Well, I clarified my opinion to my tutor and he said that I'm on track, so I don't really think that we need to do anymore adjustment on our calculation.

Hopefully I can finish this major part today and then focus on my oral exam tomorrow.....
After finishing this part, I still have three parts I need to finalise before given to my friend for final editing and I need to prepare French oral exam as well! And then after that I really really want to focus studying for exam, I'm freaked out!!!

Ciao then!

Full blast week 11 & 12

Omg I can't believe it's already week 11.
And there's still much to do, I believe I won't be able to start revising for exam before week 12 finished.....

Yesterday I was in uni from 10AM till 8PM, the same thing almost happened today, 11AM-7PM.
This week and next week's gonna be full of assignments and test, thanks to them my schedule is super-packed!

I won't have much relaxing time even on weekends, there will be only study and work now.
Ok, I believe I need to give my best for a month, then I'll be free!
Next semester I'll still be in uni, but I'll be learning only and French only! Big YAY for me! :)

Just think about it, I'll do my best for one month, then next semester will be my last and happiest semester in uni.
I'll be able to study only language, I will have heaps of time to try new recipes and cook, I'll work part-time, etc etc.

Yes, so no more complaining, I've promised myself not only complaining about stuff but try to resolve my problems.
I don't stop myself from complaining, because it shows that I'm still not satisfied with things around me that's why I need to fight for the better!

Ok, time to go back to assignment!

Chillin' up in an Already Chilly Day

DAY OFF AGAIN!
Oh how I'm so happy enjoying this.
I've got 2 days off now, which is standard here.
One of these days off are Thursdays, the other one is Sundays.

I slept quite late last night, Youtube-ing, I know, sounds so silly.
But I just can't stop clicking those videos, they just kept popping out and I can't resist watching them!
My alarm is set on 8AM, which I postponed to 9AM, when I actually already awake at 7AM but resisted to come out from bed.
I the end I got out from bed about 10AMish since I enjoyed playing with my itouch until I lose track of time.

It's still raining and I realised that it will be lunch soon so I opened my fridge to find that there's nothing for my lunch!
Actually I have something but I refuse to eat instant noodle or fried dumplings, I don't want to eat just eggs or floss.....
The only veggie I have is carrot, and no meat at all.

I looked out the window and see that it's still drizzling outside.
A huge dilemma come to my mind, what to do? Eat these stuff in the fridge or go out in the middle in this rain to buy something.
Nah, I'm not going to drench myself in the rain, it's gonna be an extremely busy weekend starting tomorrow, can't afford to get sick at all.

I decided to make.... risotto!
Yeah, only rice, carrots, onions and garlic as ingredients, lucky me having some stocks and spices ready all the time.
When I'm halfway to my cooking, my friend called and ask to go out for lunch, banzai!
I'll be able to buy something without rain as a hassle!

I think I'll have this risotto for tonight then. ;)

Embracing Winter

Owie, it's so cold today!
What's worse, it's raining quite hard now and I still don't have any umbrellas!
I know I need to get ready, but I don't think I will be going to uni in this kind of weather.
I hope they rain will stop for about an hour to give me time to go to uni.
I can skip my classes of course but I don't want to do it since it's already week 10 and I never skip tutorials.

It's supposedly still Autumn these days, official snow period is still one month away yet it's expected to be snowy in the mountain region. Maybe it's time to consider it Winter now. The seasons are being upside down like when Summer didn't feel like summer at all and now Winter is coming a month ahead, global warming I suppose? Anyway, it's freezing especially in my room! I am planning to buy a portable heater this weekend, hope to find a good cheap heater.

The rain doesn't show any sign of stopping, maybe I really need to plan something.
Hopefully it stops in about an hour, I don't mind being late for lectures.
But if it doesn't stop in 2 hours, I really need to swallow vitamins and bring a tube of warm drinks along with me as preparation to be drenched in this freezing rain.

Fingers crossed!

Melbourne's Coldest Morning

Not to exaggerate things but it's true.
This morning was recorded as Melbourne's coldest morning in April over the last 3 years!
Yup, 3.5 degree just before 6AM.

It was sunny today, but I should have known Melbourne better than that.
I thought it would be a nice warm weather outside so I decided to wear my 'not-so-thin-yet-not-so-thick' jacket.
As a result, I didn't feel comfortable today as the chilly weather got into my body, bah.

Despite this chilly experience, I had a quite nice day today.
My day started with my one and only morning class for today, which finished at 11AM.
Then I went to computer lab to print some study materials, continued by going to bookshop to take daily newspapers.

Then I decided to go to city, I thought it would be good to have lunch with my friends.
Guess what? I ended up having lunch alone, but that's fine though.
As soon as I arrived at the city, I met up with a friend whom I was planning to ask her to give movie voucher to her housemate.
Turned out that I messed this stupid unorganised brain of mine, she didn't ask for any movie vouchers, silly me.

No probs, I started preparing my lunch now.
I bought 4 macaroons for dessert, which are chocolate, coffee, hazelnut and pistachio.
Then I went to a famous sushi shop to buy a spider roll and an onigiri.
My meals are complete now, time to go to the venue.

I decided to go to Starbucks, where I ordered a tall Mocha and paid with Starbucks Card, schweet, no more cash payment for today, hehehh.
I sit myself into a wooden chair and comfort myself on this big table upstairs.
I really like big tables since I scatter my stuff on table.

After I finished my lunch (and dessert), I played with my ipod before starting to study.
I spent about 3 hours in Starbucks before I decided to go have a walk around the shopping precinct down there where I can see from my window.

I got myself a pair of knitted glove, now I've got my hands sound and warm outside.
Then I took the train back home in which, as it was peak hour, was not a convenient ride at all.

As soon as I reached home, my housemate and I started preparing for dinner.
We had pork curry and melon milk for our dinner.
And of course, as usual, we had dinner in living room while enjoying television. :)

Now it's 10.33PM, I had a nice hot organic fragrant green tea before bed.
Gonna enjoy French tutorial tomorrow, can't wait to give good news to my tutor. :)

10, 11, 12, 0.

It's week 10 semester 1 2011 for Monash Academic Year.
The stress should be piling up for most students as it's closer to exams and assignments are mostly due this week.

Not really for me.
My assignments mostly due on week 11 and 12, which still leaving me (a bit) stressed, not because they are due, but the number of assessments I'll be getting these 2 weeks!
I will have about 3 assessments due PER WEEK, how good is that?

At least I have time to schedule when to do what, which is better that having the initial week 10-12 assessment due until my lecturer moved those due dates to week 11 and 12.

Last week I didn't really do my assignments.
I studied French, since I'll have oral test in week 12 and I'm pretty sure last minute stuff doesn't work on languages.

AND, I was busy with my study planning.
I got to omit my plan to take winter semester which for silly reason I can't take the subjects. The first reason was late enrollment and I think it was dumb of me not emailing the subject coordinator despite the closing date of end March and announcement in website that information will be available early April. Second reason was unit requirement, fair enough.

That's one thing's done, now I've already planned what to do next semester.
Oh, and sometimes it's really really good to discuss things thoroughly with your family. I got the support I needed, and now I already know what I want to do after graduation. :)

Gloomy Melbourne's ahead this week, hope it only rain when I'm indoor, lol.

Each's Special Occasions in May

It's the 5th month of the year which mark that we're almost half-way through each year.

May is one of special month for me.
Because it's the month when my little brother is born.
Yes, it's today! I'm now waiting to make a phone call to Indonesia to congratulate him. :)
And it's kind of funny for my brother, if I have to say, because his birthday is exactly the same day, month and year as his two best friends, HBD!
So in total, there are 4 people having birthday today, but I think there are some more who is celebrating their birthday today, lol.

Today's also special for my friends who used to take same subjects as me since it's their graduation ceremony tonight! I'm happy for them even though I'm a bit envious.

Today's also kinda "special" for me.
Yes, tonight I'll be having mid semester test...
Great, huh? Just when everyone's celebrating today, I don't get to join in the festive mood. But I do hope that it's a good sign for me, for the test to be done just right for me, haha......

Anyone else's special occasion today?

Winter Sensation

It is true when it was May 1st many people post things like "May low" (read: Mellow).

This week it's gonna be raining all day every day, or so I saw in the one week weather forecast, but I hope not.

It was still dark when I woke up at 6am this morning, I thought I woke up at about 3am when I opened my eyes. And it's true that in Australia you need to keep watching the weather forecasts, unlike in Indonesia at all where we don't bother a bit about tomorrow's weather.

It's good that despite all upcoming assignments and tests, I don't feel moody at all.
There's a bad part of it, I feel kinda relax yet stressed at the same time, I just don't know why. The only thing I know is that I am not ready yet and I need to start now! Wait, that'll make it 2 things.

Anyway, I had my usual breakfast menu, a bowl of cereal containing 2 weetbixes with some other cereals and a glass of coffee. I was enjoying reading Sunday's paper as well where they've got these travel articles I love most. How I wish I can spend my life traveling around the world like that. I also spend my morning reading my French textbook and browsing internet.

Hope this week will be a good week despite Melbourne's moody weathers.
I'm coming back to uni after a week and a day break!

Embracing May 2011

Today's Sunday, May 1st 2011.

I woke up at 7am. Early? Nah, this is the latest so far for my Sundays.
I've been working on Sundays this semester and this is my first Sunday of 2011 that I've got my Sundays off. :)

Today's plan:
Brunch
Grocery shopping
Body Combat
Chat with family
French assignment
Study for mid-test

Quite a bunch of list and need to be done today!
That's fine, new month, new resolution.

Oh, and my brother's birthday is in May, am looking forward for it, even though I won't be able to celebrate it with him.