Examinations is over, here comes holiday!
Though it's not a long-waited holiday since this semester passes pretty fast! (: I think it's a good sign anyway.
As a tradition of concluding and putting some thoughts for each modules I took, here comes the conclusion I have:
(Anyway, I only took 5 modules this semester.)
1) HS302 Understanding Social Statistics [CORE]
My first reaction was like MATHS?! I knew we going to touch statistics for sociology but I "didn't know" I got to take it like so fast. Prof Prem, who is a new prof, took our lecture group. Well, didn't really like his slow teaching style at first cos it seems to "waste" time. But in fact I realised I prefer that so I can read the lecture notes while he teaching and if I don't get it I'll just have to wait for that part. Moreover, we can do the homework during lecture! Naughty Valerie end up like us doing the "homework" which is supposed to do at home! (that's what she said!) HAHA. And I prefer to be taught step by step (: Tutorials were pretty fine since free-from-stress! As in the tutorial is just going through those homeworks which weren't that difficult. Midterm was a disaster despite the fact that I thought it was okay! D: A C+ really hit me bad cos I thought I knew the answer. And yeah it's stupid essay portion was pull down the grade! Stupid essay for statistics. HMMM. Finals seems to be pretty easy AGAIN. I finished it almost 45minutes earlier after checking for 3 times. Yet I stayed and continue checking the whole paper twice again. I hope this time round i got them right instead of getting the wrong feeling again. I want to pull up that stupid C+ for my midterm. I demand a B, can I? It's hard though, since many scored well for midterm AND i supposed they'll do well for their finals too. OH WELL, if only that I scored well for my midterm D:
2) HS207 Understanding Globalization [PRESCRIBED MAJOR]
This module was taken out of not choice. This module was taught by Caroline Puss, a swiss professor (: Swiss! How great would it be to go Swiss right? HAHA. Anyway, I thought I wouldn't take something related to globalisation but end up I still take. HAHA. I guess for most lecture my body presence without my mind. LOL. Tutorials were pretty fine since there aren't formal presentation. We had tutorial in interactive tutorial room, where we can sit in groups to discuss and then connect our lappy to the screen. Didn't like the idea initially but actually not bad cos if we were to present, we just sit and talk! I only presented once but I read all the tutorial readings! HAHA(: Met good people who made the tutorial not so bad too (: Did essay with Valerie and Yi Lin (: Too bad, our essay didn't get the grade we want D: Finals was BAD. I couldn't understand the paper. It's the first time I feel so blank for a paper! Not totally blank-minded but I just couldn't understand what the questions are asking for. Reluctantly, I squeezed whatever came across my mind and do the paper from the back. I felt so stupid that the 40marks question was asking for something which I know, yet the inability to apprehend the question made me lost them D: ARGHH.
3) HS314 Health, Medicine and Society [PRESCRIBED MAJOR]
I enjoyed this module the most for this semester! Prof Genaro, a Mexican who stayed in Japan for a few years/interested in Japan, is quite a good professor! (: I got to admit that I dislike his lecture at the start cos' there's no headings! HAHA. But as time passes, I think his lecture is pretty enjoyable! I like all the movies he showed us-Das Experiment, Girls Interrupted and the Sea Inside! Wait, I don't really enjoy the last cos not as drama as the first 2! You may want to watch them, they're all award winning movies (like Oscars award)! Tutorials were pretty okay too, we had to discuss the readings by each contributing (provided that the tutor calls me) some points to the mindmap on the whiteboard(: Readings were readable, some quite interesting to me! Despite the fact that I didn't complete both books for the CAs, I managed to get B+ which I'm pretty happy with! But I managed to finished the book on Understanding Men's Health before exam la. The one on women's is too repetitive. Finals was a bit hard, still I hope for A- or please at least maintain my B+for this module!
4) COM204 Basic Media Writing [UNRESTRICTED ELECTIVE]
Took this elective since I've the thought of minoring in communication studies. Honestly speaking I was quite stressed out with Duffy, an angmor, as my tutor! The tutorials were meant to be quite relax but still i do get stressed up sometimes. LOL. There was once he asked us about our favourite website. I was HMMM what's my favourite site? I only go Facebook, blogs, hotmail -.- So I thought of XiaXue's blog. HAHA. I'm not going to say what he said about it but he commented that I'm like people without stress! I forgot how he put fore but he mentioned something like that. HAHA, am I really someone without stress? I don't know. To some yes, to some No. I remember someone asked why do I look so happy or another stating that I look damn stress for exam. LOL.
5) HP805 Introduction to Human Resource Management [PRESCRIBED ELECTIVE]
A rather slacky module which I like! There's only 3 hours of lecture from 4.30-7.30PM. I felt so guai that I attended all his lecture (though I sneaked off early for 1 for Biz plan meeting,HAHA)! The textbook is so thick that kept me away from it. Read through 4 chapters for Finals which is very not bad liao! Since it's the last paper on Monday (I had 3 papers on Monday), I decided to SU it! Sadly, the essays came out to be easy! As in there're all within what I expected! Too bad I SUed! However the True/False was quite tough but i only checked once and left the hall 30minutes earlier(: Oh ya, I came to learn something important. READ EXAM QUESTION CAREFULLY. Don't just vomit whatever you know. Maybe you can, but something relevant please. For instance, I heard this girl telling her friend she know how to answer the question on How to speedily reduce labour surplus and she listed everything (all the 9 methods). She seems to missed out the word speedily. To be frank I nearly wrote all too, but I realized it while I copied the question as part of my answer for the first line of my answer! HAHA. End up I prevented myself from writing 4 or 5 items that are irrelevant (:
Anyway I realised that I always learn the most before finals! HAHA, that's when I can feel that in fact I've learnt so many thing! HAHA. That applies in all levels, maybe except in Secondary school. LOL
And I actually felt that I'm a mugger for this examination! Perhaps I had longer study break this time round that I felt that I should make use of the time to study. Went to library to study with HL, adele and starbucked with adele and yilin! (: And yes I stayed in my room to study and study! Sorry but I felt like praising myself for studying and not to be lured by computer! X: I have to pull up my GPA, I'm no longer that complacent. I need a better GPA. But I got to be realistic. I know what I wish for and what I worked for may not be what I get. Honestly speaking I don't think I'll get what I wish for based on how I felt. ARGH, shall wait till June 6th/19th then worry.
Oh ya, got to know a few new people from Sociology too! HAHA.
1. Yi Lin- Not that I know her this semester only la, in fact I know her in year 1 sem 2. But this semester, I got to know her better cos of HS207 (:
2. Sarah- Got to know her through HS207 tutorial. She's a friendly and easy-going person, I like! HAHA.
Okay, I'm so sorry for such a wordy post. It's so kind of you to read till this part. It's okay if there's no one who read till here cos at least I can always refer to this post whenever I want. HAHA.
Have been tidying up my cupboard and I'm still tidying! Finally I decided to recycle my Biology and Econs notes! D: And haha, I love to tidy cos I'll get to see those work that I've saved! Like a book on creative writing. BHL is so mean la. I shan't say more. HAHHA. People with the book, go read it. The girl before her will hate her. OOPS.
Okay shan't talk more, the post is getting too long! night! (:
LOVES,
BEAN. (:
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