Like a coiled viper….he strikes!

(Johnny English never ceases to amuse me).

I’m sure most of us are feeling the stress of the exams creeping up, of course for me it isn’t helped by the fact that I have 3-4 assignments due at the end of the semester – however I can’t really complain, for the only subject I really have to study for is my Psychology breadth subject (the only other exams I have is a major Aural Exam, and a Music Theory/Composition exam in which there isn’t much to revise for starters).
I find it a nice feeling that my VCE exam study habits still remain, but the social aspect of Uni really relaxes one’s self to a point where exam aren’t a major stress factor. The reality of it is, you’ll have to sit that exam unless you plan on failing or barely passing the subject so you may as well get all those negative thoughts out of the head.

One of my friends (who’s a 4th year Science/Engineering student – and is only 18 years of age…) invited me to a SEE (that, is, the Society of Electronic Entertainment) session and I have to say the environment was very different than expected. Of course, not having played games seriously for a while, I suppose it was fairly unexpected to start with. But 20 or so people talking and eating food whilst watching four people battle it out on Super Smash Bros.: Brawl on the Wii, I just sat back and thought ‘Awesome’. Diverse community wise as well!
Today, I revisited the Chess Club after not having attended for three or so weeks and it felt nostalgic. I suppose this comes from having played chess when I was young, but nothing beats a mental workout especially when you’re lacking an hour or sleep or so. I drew one person and then lost to him in speed/rapid chess, and spoke to him afterwards as we headed off to class, which brings me to my next point in this post.

I’m fairly surprised at the large amount of students that are attending from overseas, mainly because the composition of overseas students in my high school were mainly Chinese who usually distanced themselves from the general crowd. The University really is that culturally diverse, and it’s always a nice feeling to be meeting new people ever week (although remembering their names is another thing!). I also admire the number of disabled people who manage to attend classes, and regularly speak with one who’s confined to a wheelchair (I’m not aware of what she suffers from, but it seems impolite to ask!) who attends one of my music classes as a breadth subject.

Good luck for exams, even to you Year 11s and 12s who are silently reading this blog and have mid-years =P.