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Wednesday, November 03, 2004

Midterm Week

I have been busy studying for midterms. Last week was dreadful. I had four midterms altogether in 5 days. Fortunately, the due dates for some assignments were changed for our sake. Engineering professors are understanding teachers.

I got my thermodynamics midterm paper back. I did pretty okay, I could have done better if not for the 2.04950kg that I mistakenly wrote as 2.4950kg. I lost lots of marks in the first section because that answer was wrong. Sigh. Sigh. sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...the last thing I needed was a calculation error!!

Yet, math was excellent. I did very well on the test scoring a 90 for the term paper. Yes! But math finals will be death for us (that was what my professor implied). I understand what he meant. The stuff that we are learning now is brutal. Double and triple integrals...oh! The assignments are not easy anymore.

My, the first time in my life - a D for english. On a grammar test. With only 20 questions. Yikes. I was shocked, but I accepted it. I looked back at the paper and discovered the many grammar rules that I did not know. Anyhow, it was not a big deal for me. In fact, lots of people (including the native speakers of english) got C and C- on this test. I guess grammar is just a real pain. Haha.

I received good news from home. My long lost aunt reunited with her blood-related relatives last week. She came back to her hometown with the sole purpose of asking for forgiveness from her mother, brothers and sisters. However, she was upset that my grandmother passed away 5 years ago. Still, she was happy to know that she has many siblings! My aunt was given away for adoption when she was born because my grandmother could not support the family during those days. She is now residing in Australia and has two daughters (both of them have graduated). This means I have two new cousins! It was really nice to see the photo that she took together with my other uncles and aunts. What a big family! ALmost 12-13 children of the Ling family. I hope to see her sometime soon when I am back in Malaysia. She told me that she wanted to come to Edmonton for my graduation! Haha~~

Okay, should I go for my seminar class. I guess I will...I am so tired of school. Sigh. But what can I do? My job is to study...

Yun @ 5:21 AM | |

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Home: KL, Malaysia
School: U of A

I am someone who frets a lot - I call it a psychological disorder. I am constantly trying to escape my complex mind which, very often, drives me and my close companions to the edge of insanity. Born under the sun star Libra, I am greatly affected by a disease called "indecisiveness". Nicknames were never part of my dictionary until I met some people who decided to name me "turtle". Soon, I was representing a zoo of hamsters, "sotongs", pigs, cats, etc...

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