Current Mood: Stressed

So I had my first exam today and I didnt really study as much as I should have last night. So I came sorta unprepared. Oh well. There was some hard questions that I didnt expect. The prof didnt teach us how to use those sql commands so I didnt know how to use them. I went totally beserked trying to figure out how to query the statements. But finally my 2 hours was up so I couldnt figure how the correct sql query. Meh. :freak:
On a crazy note, I’m staying overnight in school on Friday to study for philosophy. Why? The philosophy exam is on Saturday. Crazy I know. Who has exams on Saturdays? I think this is the first time that the school has put exams on weekends. I am not impressed with the time. I dont mind going to school on Saturday for an exam but why have it so early? Therefore, I am staying over night on Friday to study on it. It works out well since I have an exam on Friday 3 pm. It’s going to be pretty weird sleeping on the work couch. I dont usually like to sleep in places other than my bed but this is because I’m desperate. Hopefully this will be the last night that I’ll be doing this. It’s kinda like camping.. but in school.. and by myself.. :no:

Current Mood: Okay

So here’s the plan for the next semester, sit in the front of the class to prevent distractions from those who site in the back. Well not really the front but more like 2nd or 3rd row. Take notes by hand not computer notes. I admit ever since I bought my first laptop this semester, it’s been difficult to pay attention since I can just go to facebook or hotmail whenever the lectures get real boring. But what I noticed that if I do write down my notes, I tend to pay more attention to the lecture no matter how boring the material is. Of course, I cant say the same thing if I did not have enough sleep the night before. Hence the French Vanilla / Hot chocolate that I would have to purchase 10 minutes before the class will have to do. Also, this would save ink cartridges since I wont have to print as many notes. Only print the necessary ones! :wink: Unless the lectures are basically copy-the-notes-in-the-white/black-board-otherwise-youre-screwed class, then I am writing down the notes in a loose leaf paper, from then on. I also noticed that I’m going to have 2 labs in the next semester, so that should be great since labs are great for extra marks! I did miss labs this semester. I wish we had them in courses like AI. That definitely would have boosted up the midterm. Speaking of which, I only have 2 exams left: AI and some other hard course. It’s exams like this that I wish it was multiple choice in AI. I really could use it. I have about 60+ definitions that I have to memorize by tonight in AI. I dont think my brain is big enough for that much information. :banghead:

Current Mood: Depressed

Argh :banghead: I really want to comment on my prof’s blog since his post is just so damn arrogant. If you dont know what I’m talking about, I blogged about him in here. I wont post his url since he’s got a tracker which will lead to my site ranting about him. So basically in his latest post, he states that he was disappointed at how poorly his students were on the final and that simple questions couldnt be answered. He also states that out of the 50 students, he thinks that only 5 probably read the book and knew what the hell was going on in the course. I have to admit. I dont think I did too well in the final. I just wish I had more time to study for it. But it was a tough exam. I’ve never felt so clueless in an exam for a long time (aside from the one I had the day before). Even the smart students in the course have low expectations after the final. Some guy who normally wants A’s just wanted ‘to pass’. I do too. I just want to pass but at the same time, I want a B. Now after the final, I’ll probably just get a C. :weeping: This will definitely lower down my GPA plus all the other finals that I did horrible on. I guess after I see my final marks, will definitely depress me. It’s to be expected that it’ll lower down the GPA. This will force me to study my arse off next semester which I heard is worse off subjects than the Fall.

Current Mood: Okay

As expected I did horrible on AI. I really wanted to at least get a C on this but I didnt. Ugh. I did pass though so that’s good.. I suppose.. But on a lighter note, I got an A on my introduction to database. I was surprised about that. I didnt expect to get a good mark since I did poorly on the midterm. But I guess the main project and final boosted up the mark hence an A. :jump: I’m satisfied with my mark despite the AI mark. It’s my lowest thus far. I dont think I will be posting it when I send out my resumes when I apply for the upcoming internship in the summer.

I still havent finished my Xmas shopping. I have my sister, mother and friend that I got for Secret santa left. I already know what to get her so it should be okay. Anywho, I was watching this tv show and it was about hating Toronto. In fact the title of the show was ‘Let’s hate Toronto’. I honestly did not know the rest of Canada hated us. I know that we’re not that nice. Believe me, I know how rude Torontonians are… Every person that’s not from Toronto that I’ve asked what they think of us. Rude is one of them. The first time I heard that I was offended but since I hear it more now, I dont mind it. I agree. We are rude. It’s not something to be proud of but it’s the truth. It doesnt really surprise me… :slant:

Current Mood: Bored

I’ve finally got my HP laptop fixed after many rants on how crappy their laptops are and how inadequate their help desks are. It turns out the motherboard needed to be fixed. It wasnt because the adapter was broken (which was the first guess) or the battery (2nd guess). It was the motherboard. I shipped it on Tuesday and I just got it back last night. I admit, I am pretty impressed since it didnt take them a week like the agent said it would. I guess due to Xmas coming up they didnt want to fix any laptops during the weekend but instead spend time Xmas shopping? lol So now I’m going to try not to screw up the laptop again. I’m also glad that I finished all my Xmas shopping. I dont have to shop for alot of people so I’m happy with that. I have to buy myself lots of Xmas shopping after the holidays where everything is going to be on sale (and hectic). :slant: I didnt realize how difficult it was to find foot scrubs or foot lotions in stores out there. I had to go to practically every store in one of the largest malls in Toronto and I didnt find any! I just went to the local drug store 10 minutes away from my house and found it there… :sowhat: Waste of my time.

Oh yeah one last time I have to say about the horrible prof I had last semester. He states in his blog that he gave one student an F for failing to take the exam. It turns out that the student did take the exam. The prof just misplaced the exam paper. Once he found it, the student ended up getting a B… What kind of teacher loses an exam?! :devil: Useless.. I know that he’s not perfect. He is only human. But dont give them an F without actually speaking to the student. There are reasons why those exam invigilators take attendance during the exam you know. So you can use it to track down if there are any students who didnt take the exam… Ugh, useless.. Definitely useless.

Current Mood: Guilty

So I just wanted to say Happy Holidays to everyone and to those who dont celebrate Xmas. Since yesterday I’ve been spending my time watching the first and second season of Oz. Ever since I bought the dvd’s I haven thad time to watch them until now. What a great way to kill time until school starts once again on Jan 7. :embarass: So thats that. I really should be doing some ‘work’ but I have been lazying around and doing nothing. Tomorrow is Boxing day (if you live in Canada). It’s where all the stores put their items on sale right after Xmas. I know the mall is going to be so packed I wont even bother going. I might go a few days later where there’s less people. That also means less items on sale. I really want to buy more RAM which is on sale for less then $50. But I’m so afraid it’ll be so hectic I wont be able to buy it. So I think I’m just going to head to the gym since I havent been there in months! Theyre charging me $30+ and I’m not even going as often as I used to. Not to mention the fact that I’ll be gaining a lot of weight due to the holiday food I’ve been stuffing my face in. So yeah thats just one small blog update.

Current Mood: Okay

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I’m not really insulted. I rarely put anything worth while in here. Just a place where I can rant and b*tch about my daily boring life. Mind you I do use this blog in my resume…