Finally a Day Off

I had a day off yesterday - finally - after a long week or rather, weeks of classes... but didn't end up doing anything productive. I was really wanting to finish this reflection report but didn't get my head around to it and started watching at least 2 episodes of Desperate Housewives. Then towards late afternoon, I managed to organise my folders and sorted out recent lecture notes. I thought that might get me started into the whole studying thing, but it didn't really - I saw that I had Smallville shows, and ended up watching at least 3 episodes. So yes, it was a very unproductive, unconstructive day. And then it was church time. I visited Hillsongs, it was the young adults service that I went to, and my verdict - overwhelming! Actually, it was too overwhelming, and in the beginning, it was a little scary because we were supposed to have a bbq in church and halfway during our trip to church, they said now it's at someone's house. And right after, we didn't know where our bus went, so everyone just said to get into any car that we could get into, to go to Hillsongs. So that was a bit strange. It was a Brazilian bbq, so it wasn't too bad though, and the people were nice. Everyone was just really noisy and you felt like you were back in high school. Haha! Well, we got to church and the service hadn't started yet, and there were all these young uni students in their early 20s who were bopping around and doing mosh pits. The music was ultra loud and it seemed like a clubbing scene. Plus some of the worship songs were just really club-like - lots of jumping and screaming... But I guess if that's the way they feel God and the way they will grow, then it's great. But for myself, I think the loud pumping hyper music might take a bit of the focus away. I don't mind some really happy "jumping" songs, but others are a bit much personally like the whole b-boy rap they were doing in the beginning on a Christian song. I think I still prefer my quiet reflective moments with God - just helps me focus on Him more. I wasn't expecting a few things, especially during worship and before and after the services, so it was a little of an eye-opener, but the message was really powerful and good. But if it were a non-Christian, I think they'd just say yes to God anyway, because of the fun and entertainment they had... and that can always be dangerous... So in my quest to look for a church, I think I need something in between Wesley and Hillsongs and I haven't quite found it yet... There was a shuttle from the church back to the shopping mall near my place, and I got back about 10.30pm. Good thing my morn class today was cancelled otherwise I'd have to get up really early and usually I sleep by 10:30.

Woke up today feeling really bad because I had such an unproductive day yesterday, but hopefully tonight will be better and I get to do a bit of my reflective assignment. I am attempting to finish it off tomorrow! Crossing fingers and toes!!

At least some time last week, I managed to catch Confessions of a Shopaholic with my coursemates. It was good, although it doesn't prevent you from shopping, it actually makes you want to shop. I do wish I had a lot of cash to shop though... And my coursemates and I, because we are Macq Uni students, we got upgraded to the Silverscreen for free! And we were the only ones in the cinema. It was pretty awesome. Also when TY was down, we managed to catch Watchmen. It was alright actually... a bit draggy I felt... and I was wanting something more light-hearted, but it was actually quite dramatic, so a little bit of a disappointment... I still wanna catch more movies, but there's just no time for anything with this course!!

An "insane" course

At the moment, am having uni 9-5 Mon-Fri except for Tues which is only a 2-hour pract at the moment, but from the week after next, it'd be uni 9-5 Mon-Fri (same as working hours)... The only difference - when you are done with uni classes, you still have to go to the library after class and also continue working at home through the night. And this is me at the moment - on a typical day, after class, library till about 6pm (class ends at 5pm but there's no point leaving uni then cause of the peak hour jam - so 6pm is a better leaving time...), get home and cook dinner, rest for a bit, shower, look through lecture notes for about an hour, and then it's time for bed. There's seriously no time!! Weekends - work on Sat, church on Sun, and practically having study time on Sun from 2.30 onwards (remember though that I have to sleep at 10.30 latest on Sun for next morn)... And already I'm getting throbbing frontal lobe headaches from too much info gathered per day... I think my brain is tired and can't cope very well... =( But am sure the 2 years would go by real quick. It's only the third week, but I feel like it's been a year already! I've definitely learnt a lot and have made a few more Syd friends since the start of this year.

Having a test on Mon! Please pray for me!! It's on anatomy and physiology, and don't think I'm that good in the physiology section and applying logic and concepts together... at the moment, my thoughts are quite segregated and I only have one day left!! I need the memory and focus and just being able to analyse it all logically. If only I can fit all the concepts and terminology like a jigsaw, that'd be great - and am good in jigsaws - but if only that skill can come across for this test. You can probably tell I'm really worried, but really wanna do well in this course at least. The test is 15%, and I hope for excellent grades, cause that would contribute towards my final mark anyways.

My Brain Goes ARGHHHH!

This is my blogging moment about classes so far. It's only the second official week of uni and my brain is screaming. Too much info, too much thoughts - just a big overload. I can't even speak properly at times... I just feel so behind with lects at the moment and not really getting lots of stuff. I get some bits but they're only bits and am really worried... Then there are all these smarties in the class who seem to know it all and ask so many intelligent questions all the time, and half the time, I'm thinking "Why didn't I think of that?" My attention span is just deteriorating. It's full concentration with a large hot choc for the early morning class and then it just deteriorates by about 2pm at the start of the next class.

Practs are really fun though. We get to probe our classmates' ears... haha! Not really... but yeah, we do testings on each other. And we have computer simulations too. I enjoy the practs! I think I get a lot out of them even when am tired.

Hopefully it gets better as the weeks progress and I'll be up to date with the lects...