this year i have chosen to take up francais (as seen above) in l’universite, it’s tres difficile mais je l’amour my class. (time for some google translate)

so far i think the most helpful phrase i have learnt is “je ne comprend pas” which means i do not understand, i think its more significant than screaming “OUI OUI” at everything le professeur says, cause then she’ll start talking really fast in francais and then you’re even more lost.
maybe i should aim to end up writing a whole blog in french?

anyways second week of uni and what does it bring? tons of flu infested etudiants, most of the infectious virus subsiding in second years. and yes i have become a victim to the disastrous flu, which has left me tired and hazy, it’s a wonder how I understand anything that goes on in a lecture. But yes, the flu is a fun thing to play with, kinda like that yawning thing, it’s “addictive” and when someone yawns a chain reaction occurs? well today it was the cough chain reaction. one cough among the silence resulted in 20 people coughing one after another to break the perfect silence, i’m sure it works for sniffles too but sniffles are so silent it cannot be heard across a lecture hall, no matter how quiet the room is. but could you imagine if our sniffles were as loud as our coughs LOL, that would be a funny sight.

anyways time to learn more french and to watch the newest episode of Glee
hope you had a splendid week,

hearts, li-ming

today while half asleep i was texted by my friend that the chemistry 2 results were up on the uni website. it’s weird when results are out, everyone goes into a frenzy and as we are human, we like to keep our integrity intact. we are afraid that we’ve done bad and care about how others perceive us. some how we are intrigued on how others did more so than ourselves, cause we like to compare ourselves. it gives us a little bit of excitement and joy from within to say, i’m smarter than that guy. we love excuses, we love to blame our bad score on something, where it be sickness or house moving, we love excuses to make ourselves feel better for not achieving a higher mark. But there is one excuse that is used more than any other excuse, and that excuse is “I didn’t study” but this excuse is not just used for when we haven’t achieved a high mark but it is also when we’ve achieved a really good mark. It just makes life look effortless when we achieve a 87% with the saying ” I didn’t study” makes us look smart, makes it look flukey also makes those who got lower and studied feel worse. and maybe that our aim when it comes to results but i think the reason to why we say “i didn’t study” is because studying is a nerdy lifestyle and if we study we should have gotten a higher mark, also if we said we’ve study it looks like we have no life and we expected a high mark. Using the excuse “i didn’t study” makes us as a person feel more accomplished it feels like i’ve put in just as much work as someone who got 60% and “didn’t study” but I got 87%. I don’t think when anyone says “i didn’t study” is telling the truth, because we all have that last minute rush, you can’t help it. it occurs 1-3 days before the exam where you think you’re invincible and can achieve a whole month’s study in one night, and may i add that is why you did so bad. “i didn’t study is not an excuse. i kinda feel sorry for those people that actually do receive a mark close to a fail, because the whole of society will look and them and think … you’re stupid. ok i’m not saying we all do this but like in you head, in your brain somewhere you’ll be thinking “what a bad mark, and all they can do is laugh and make a joke out of it. at least they are strong enough to grin and bare it and even make a joke out of it.
ok since i have to go to a meeting really soon ill just wrap this up, basically the reason i’m blogging is because i got my chemistry 2 result and excitedly i will say i got 84% which is a H1, I’m so grateful and thankful to God and I did study=]

hearts, li-ming