Day 113 -- Another typical school day

Well, there aren't much about the day. Like a typical Thursday, I had a full day of classes and I'm sometimes confused with my love-hate relationship with it :/

And I am going to Alishan tomorrow, so hopefully it'll be good!

Day 93 -- Flu flu go away~

Played catch with the flu bug and I lost, so my forfeit was to stay indoors for the whole day. Well, it wasn't all that bad, considering I watched 2 shows -- Pitch Perfect and The Perks of Being a Wallflower all in 1 afternoon. 

But then I still attended the Korean party my neighbour organised at the rooftop. It wasn't as big as the previous one, but the food tonight was awesome as well! We had rice cakes, Kimchi pancakes and Korean sushi! Trust me, life is good! Ok, not so when the flu is not getting any better. And I just learnt that my Korean neighbour is going to leave soon! So sad.. Guess it's time for us to say goodbye soon.. Oh wells~ It's inevitable right? What needs to come will eventually come. Just prepare for it...

Day 90 -- I can't stop snacking!!

I'm so frustrated with myself today! For the whole day (minus the time I'm not in dorm), I'd been snacking away. And that was on top of my normal meals :(

So I was discussing this issue with Miyuki on our way out for dinner trying to find out the reason behind my binge snacking, as I will call it. Perhaps it's because I have nothing much to do in the dorm and hence my mouth will itch for snacks. Oh wells..

On a happier note, I got back my last mid terms paper today and I'm glad to say I passed with flying colours!! I got a whooping 95 for it! Seems like it's the best grades I'd been awarded in years! But now that all the midterms had been returned. It's time to prepare for the finals.

Oh gosh! 5 more academic weeks, 6 more weeks in Taiwan :O Time really flies :((

Day 76 -- Monday blues

I guess that knee injury I had yesterday caused my really foul mood earlier today. Didn't sleep well and woke up with a HUGE bruise on my knee. But then, I still went for training in the evening and even did jumping jacks. I'm really all out to torture myself, but that's what I excel in :p

Now I'm rushing all my assignments, hopefully I can get them edited soon! I need my sleep :(

Day 72 -- End of hell week!

Finished 2 papers today and hello my dear long weekends! I had so much trouble concentrating during the 2 papers today because all I wanted was my bed in dorm. But I still managed to finish the papers on time and hopefully I did not submit any rubbish to the teachers. I can't really do anything to them since I had already submitted them, but now it's party time!

I'm already making plans for the long weekends and I really hope I can fulfil them, one by one. Now it's time to crash 'cause I'm dead beat.

Day 71 -- Mugging day

Spent the whole day (literally!) studying for my 2 papers tomorrow and I'm not sure if it's because I haven't really started studying, it seems like a whole torrent of information that's engulfing upon me. No joke. When I looked at the notes, it felt as though I'd read them somewhere, but then when I reviewed it again, they looked alien to me.

I can't even remember when was the last time I studied so hard for, erm Mid terms? This is really unheard of from me I think. But this only shows that I got to buck up in order to ensure I can get all my credits transferred back in NTU #sadlifedoesn'tendhere

And I do think I'm getting less and less resilient to stress. Looking at the amount  of snacks I had just now and the urge to club right after all these papers are strong evidence I need to build up on my stress management. It seems like the stress-resilient Vivience wasn't brought along in this trip.

Back to my notes again.. And hopefully I can sleep by 3~

Day 58 -- What a tiring day

Thursdays have always been my craziest day. Lessons from 10-6 with only one hour lunch break in between, then dragonboat training at 6.30pm. However, today seemed like the worst Thursday I had ever since I got here.

Firstly, I had a really terrible insomnia. Just imagine it's such a hectic school day for me and all I had was only 4 hours of unfitful sleep. Wasted (literally) 1+ hour at the police station because of some dispute with my debit card, but it's been resolved.

Anyway, I've got a presentation just now, and I SCREWED IT BIG TIME. No exaggeration. I meant it. I thought I was quite well prepared. Yet, when it's my turn to lead the class into the activity I'm in charge of, I couldn't and worse still I forgot what I'd prepared beforehand. Without any notes to refer to, you can sort of have an idea how bad I fare for this presentation. And all I'm left with is the fnal assignment coming in a few weeks time. Hopefully by then I can score better.

Right now, I'm making myself really tired so I can have a proper sleep tonight. Hopefully when I wake up tomorrow, it'll be a better ahead!

Ciao~

Day 43 -- It's midweek (again)

Today was a rather unproductive day of me trying to finish up my report which is due in less than 12 hours, and I am 0% done. I'm not kidding, I am 0% done with it and seriously speaking I have no idea how to start on it. For the first time I am writing something which I have no confidence in at all. This kind of feeling sucks! I'm not sure, but I always feel so inadequate when doing each assignment of this module or even during the class. The students there seemed to always know what they are in for, and me, I'm just struggling to keep up. Oh well, I guess other than ranting on this platform, I should get my assignment done. Got such a long day ahead somemore.. Oh gosh, I could really do with some help :(

Day 40, 41 -- Viv isn't feeling too good

Shall do a combined post today because I ain't feeling too well now. Where it all started from (I think), my brunch yesterday.

For the first time in my stay here I decided to have those traditional milk tea in the breakfast store, but right after I finished it, my stomach began to churn, something like an indigestion T.T
And to cut things short, it got so bad in the middle of the night that I got a bad case of gastritis that kept me from sleeping properly and also a bad bad headache this morning.

Worse still, the convenient stalls here don't sell antacid and I'm already unwell as it is to get out of school to get it -.- oh well, I just hope that my gastric will not worsen, or till I feel better to get out of school to get it :(

Ok, end of my rants and thanks for putting up with this!

Day 23 -- Waking up on the wrong side of the bed

I literally woke u on the wrong side of the bed this morning. The weather today was great for a sleep in but I got to rise early for a morning class (that's the most terrible feeling ever!). Anyway, I got to climb down the bunk bed but I missed my first footing and got myself landed in an awkward position. And it took me seconds to register what happened and to figure how to climb down. Thank God I managed to grip onto the ladder, if not I may be in the hospital right now.

And the bad day just continued with me getting my first assignment back. And all I saw was ssome really demoralising comments on my work and a big fat cross. The teacher later explained that those with the crosses meant that the work was not up on par A.K.A I'd failed the first assignment :'( What a joke, seriously. Throughout my 3 years in NTU, no matter how tough the module may be, I'd never failed any assignments. Yet, I got an U grade for my first assignment in Taiwan. Saying that I'm not affected will be a lie, but I'm not allowing this failure to deter me from doing a better job in the future! I am sure I can conquer this module!

But the night ended well with me going out for dinner with some classmates after our lesson. The dumplings were so good and they say there are better ones which we had made plans to go together soon! On the way back to the dorm, I went to attend the photography club's introduction session and to my surprise, I saw Alice and her friend in the auditorium! What a coincidence!

I really salute Alice. Other having to clear 30 credits this semester and a member of the Guitar Club, she's also playing table tennis for her faculty and still very involved in other campus activities as well! She is really a true-blue super woman!

Now it's time for the books because I can't allow myself to have another failure here. See yea~