So I bought my Philosophy book 2 days ago and I have not heard if it’s been processed or what not. I got the confirmation email but no status on whether they’re in shipping mode etc. Then today I googled around and found that Google books has the full version! :eek: First of all, I didnt even know that Google has a Google books. Second, I didnt know my book would be there. I am so sad since I just paid around $27 Canadian on the book and I havent even heard if its going to be shipped soon…. So much for not buying too much books as it is. But really so far I’ve only purchased around $40ish worth of books which is not too bad. One book I found online and others I borrowed or I dont need books.

This week has been an easier week that last week. Thankfully, my mood last week did not continue. I’m in the mood to learn. And slowly going to that school mode again. It was just that monthly visitor.. That’s all it was…

Alright so thank God my first week for school has ended. The past entries which was typed from last week stated that I WAS excited about school. Well now I’m not so happy about it. This has probably been the longest week ever. Its not the fact that I can no longer sleep in. It’s just that the people that I hang out with in school is in other courses therefore when group project comes, I dont have partners. I would have to ask other strangers if I could be in their group. I shouldnt complain about that but it’s tough when people that they hang out with are automatically their partners. These people are strangers to me, I would have to play nice and get on their soft side so they agree to work with me. It really sucks. I hate school now. I shouldnt be complaining this early since I have months to go but I needed to vent this out. Then also the classes I’m taking sucks big time. The subjects dont interest me (we have to take them.. no choice). I only have 1 good prof unlike 2nd year. The one with the good prof, the material is not exactly easy to understand either. Books, I have to buy one book (which is ok) but I wanted to use my friends book. The prof changed books so I cant even do that anymore. Then my liberal, even though the prof is supposedly really good, the material is really dry. Plus we have to write a 10-page essays and a presentation. I hate essays. I could barely write 5 pages! And I also despise presentations since I dont like to speak in public.

One good thing did come out this week though. I finally bought myself a laptop. It’s one of those fancy HP that has a twisty monitor. It’s only 12″ so it’s really tiny and cute. It has a built-in webcam and microphone. I still need to install linux on it for school and I’m having a hard time doing that. I can either install it in the same hard drive as my windows (partition is a scary thought in case I screw up) but I heard that there’s a possibility that the Vista bootloader will fail. I dont want another burden already! :x Or I can remote desktop to my own linux box at home. Or use a virtual machine to install the O/S. :slant: So those 3 are my choices. Right now I am rooting for choice #3.

Then another thing that just came to my lap is this new part-time job as php/mysql developer for my university. I start next week and by then I hope I’ll have some kind of idea on what the application that the university is about. So I’m a busy beaver as it is. This is what I wanted during my 1 year hiatus a year ago from school, the busy-ness. But I did not want this feeling of uncertainty with classes and what not. i have to stop being so miserable and just get it over with.. Another thing that really got to me today was when I was talking to a classmate and she mentioned that she is taking Robotics. She said that theres no midterm & final in the class and its only pure evaluation. I asked her if its a mostly older students there. Then she said ‘What do you mean? We are the older students.’ It really shocked because I completely forgot that she’s right. We ARE the older students now. 3 years ago, I was so scared as a newbie and as a new student in university. Now there’s no one to be scared at. It’s like we’re almost there. Well not me since I have 2 years left but yeah. It’s crazy. Before when I went to a lab and saw an unfamiliar face, I automatically assumed that they were 3rd/4th yr students. Now I cant even do that anymore. I can now assume that when I saw an unfamilar face that it’s either a 1st/2nd year student. :sowhat: Crazy.