My last paper (the yucky geology one that I failed miserably at preparing for) finally came and went yesterday. ZOMG, I must say that those 5 days I spent counting down to that paper seemed like the longest 5 days of my life (note the gross exaggeration here, but cut me some slack - it was pretty bad, kay!).
But the realisation of what this all means just hit me a few minutes ago (thus my writing this post) - another year of my uni life has come to an end. I'm sad and excited at the same time. Sad because, I don't know, I guess I'd have liked this year to last longer? This has been a pretty amazing semester for me and if I had the chance, I would do it all over again but in exactly the same way (except I'd study harder for my exams :p). I've gained so much from this whole year - in terms of experience, and knowledge (and weight! hehe). I just wish there had been more time to do more things. But doesn't everyone? At the same time, I'm excited because I'm 3/4 of the way through with my course!! This time next year, I'll be preparing for my graduation... Ready to enter the working world and become a SUPER ENGINEER! Haha. Too much? :p
It's scary how quickly time flies. I want to shout "SLOW DOWN!!!" - to make it slow down. But I'm pretty sure that's not physically possible. So I'll save myself the embarassment and just pretend to be all calm and composed here ;)
Another thing that's just happened here in Australia - the National Tertiary Education Industry Union, NTEU has just announced a strike which unfortunately involves my exam results! At first I was thinking, "omgomg, I'm not going to get my exam results back" but then I realised that it might be a good thing considering how crappily I answered some of my exam questions this time round... So NTEU, I fully support your strike!!
But on a more serious note, I was just reading an email sent by one of my lecturers to our whole Civil Engineering class and I realise how important it is for the NTEU to be having this strike - the teaching staff at universities across the country and underpaid, over-worked and under-appreciated. The government has not been hiring enough staff and as a result the student-teacher ratio is too high, the teaching staff cannot possibly divide their time well enough to cater to all the students' needs. This strike is long overdue and if the government manages to come to a settlement with the union, I'm sure it will be for the good of not only the NTEU members, but also tertiary students all over the country. I must say that some of my lecturers and tutors are amazing people - they are so dedicated to their jobs; they answers our countless questions with such patience; they still find the time to reply our emails. They certainly deserve more.
But for now, the streets of Melbourne city beckon - retail therapy, here I come!!!
Omg, that line was so bad. But I like it anyway so I'll just leave it there :p
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