Updates! Updates!

Wow, i realised i haven't updated my blog in a really long time... But well, life has been abit more routine nowadays so i felt it wasn't too interesting to post daily. Here's a brief breakdown of the events for a normal week:

Mon Rest & Relaxation (unless Projs/Assignments are due)

Tues 2 x 2hr Lessons but it'll be over by 3.30pm 

Potluck followed by biblestudies @ Nate's place

Wed More R&R, but it usually means prep for friday's stuff

Thu Thu's like wednesday, throw in some tennis, doing groceries, etc..

Fri Finally~ its Friday and lessons are over for e week!

Sat On Sats we plan to visit other countries but end up oversleeping =)

Been planning to go brussels for quite some time now, we'll get 

there eventually, hope dennis manages to get cheap tickets!

Sun Church @ 10am or 5pm(two services), Prayer Mtg @ 8

That pretty much sums up an average week, on really good weeks i get a free friday off (because they'll have lectures which will be cancelled due to the unavailability of a guest lecturer), but on bad weeks we end up spending all the free "R&R days" meeting up to do projects.

The past two weeks have been hectic, with presentations or assignments nearly every tutorial/seminar. One thing about the 8 week modules here is that they give students very little breathing space in between lessons and i kinda dislike the fact that there are so many readings to cover. Feedback most students (including locals) have given is that the readings are way beyond our level, because they include some masters level readings inside our pre-requisites and we're forced to try and understand all the high-level statistics and models that they use. Its the extreme opposite of spoonfeeding, where the students cant focus on the key learning points because the subject matter is beyond our understanding. Fortunately for us, they're compenstating for this by making the exam MCQ-based... so at least we'll get 25% of the marks if we tikam tikam. (btw, all these bad comments were only about the International Financial Management module)

Meanwhile, back in the hostel... 

The top few things we usually do

(!Important Disclaimer! They're not in order of priorities):

1. Cook 

2. Wash clothes 

3. "Relax in bunk" (Playing com/watching anime/dramas)

4. Watch TV (only during our meals)

5. Go walk walk or exercise

6. Buy groceries

7. Play tennis (more like picking balls though haha)

8. Chat with neighbours/fellow exchange students

9. Read books

10. Mug or invite groupmates over for projects

11. Skype/MSN/EMail

12. Check out www.ryanair.com for cheap air tix =)

13. Plan the next few travel destinations

14. Play piano using some cheapo software called Midipiano

15. Enjoy life 

Living in a foreign land(or even in your own home back in Singapore) requires a great deal of discipline... And if you understand computer game lingo, you'll understand that i didn't pump much "stat points" into that really important trait. Its a constant struggle to get my priorities right and do the important stuff first, but i'm praying that it'll be one of the many take-aways at the end of this exchange. 

Crap man... the IFM paper's on 31st March and Strategic Management's on 2nd April... gotta TRY to start mugging already