I'm back!

It has been quite a while, hasn’t it?

It’s nearly 1/6th of the way into the semester and I’m already starting to actually study. That’s a massive change from last semester – this time last semester I decided that I was lucky just to pass my Biology practicals. My inability to draw hindered my prospects of passing practicals that involved drawing things – whether plant cells or digestive systems. The business of near the end of semester and swot vac are gone. So was the horrible exam period where my first 3 exams occurred a day after each other. After the fact I found out that it could’ve been grounds for special consideration, grrrr. As always, my habit of becoming sick after a stressful period resulted in another really bad cold in the holidays.

All too soon the new semester started. With the new semester came new timetables, which brought with it the system loved and loathed alike by many students, Alloc8. The swap spam became prevalent in many inboxes, which annoyed me to no end. After all, I strongly suspected that many of the emails could have been avoided had the student seen a timetable changing official.

I then had a very uneventful first week.  I caught up with friends I had not seen since we had broken up for the holidays. I renewed my tradition of sitting on a peak express train on the floor and studying at 7:30am. I renewed my tradition of sitting on a peak express train floor on the way home with some of my friends. I also got hung from a hydraulic crane.

Then came the business of this week. I proved that I can stay away from Solitaire. I managed to control my MSN addiction. I proved to my physics demonstrator that the only girl in the group was a total airhead, by stuffing wet paper towel down a 100ml beaker. I then redeemed myself in the eyes of the biology department. I managed in my biology tutorial to

a) come prepared

b) actually know something

c) not fall asleep

It was a personal best. Now I’m off to prove to my physics tutor that I can actually complete a tute sheet before the tute, which would be an absolute miracle.