My First Week at CIC

First week(excluding orientation) was alright. Just had to go to classes and buy books. The books are really expensive (My friend paid AUD100 for Physics 2nd-hand book). I have not bought all my books yet.

Some stuff that I had to do that I never had to do before:

1. take the bus everyday


2. do my own laundry


3. put sunscreen everyday!!

Some stuff that happened:

1. got lost while looking for the bus stop to go home, ended up in the student guild area


2. got lost again, this time, I ended up in the car park


3. went to 2nd-hand Book Sale (sold my students) - managed to get 2 out of 4 books that I need for thi semester


4. found out that there was a 2nd-hand bookstore that sold books at a much much cheaper price (it was too late when I found out, no books left)


5. went to the library to look for the books, but got blur, so I had to ask for help from a librarian

Bus experiences:

1. missed the bus stop and ended up in a shopping mall, then had to take another bus back again.


2. almost missed the bus because I didn't hail it.


3. kinda got scolded by the bus driver and 2 elders because of 1 and 2


4. every trip is AUD0.90, sometimes AUD0.60 I don;t know why the rated are different

Classes and Lectures:

1. changed my schedule and units many times over a long period of time(one and a half weeks)


2. Taking 8 units over 2 semesters (which means I'll probably be back around October before I go back in February again)


3. Exam is in Week 13 (now is still in Week 1)

Units for Semester 1:

Communications 1:

• All the girls in the class(other than me) are Indonesians (except one who is pretty much Australian)


• I'm the only girl who did not sit with a girl (cos odd number, and I came in later than the other girls)


• I'm sitting at the last row in class (same reason)


• I'm going to sit somewhere neared to the front in the next class (hopefully)


• I have not met the lecturer because it was another who taught us for Week 1


• I'm praying that the lecturer is a good and patient (haha..)


• I asked around, according to senior students, should be a piece of cake (hopefully)

Mathematics 021 (Form 4)

• I have not been to the class yet (missed the first week because I took too long to decide on my units-the mentor give wrong info-agrhhhh)


• Heard that the lecturer likes to tease and say stuff about his students


• Most students, generally don't like him

Physics 013 (Form 4)

• Out of about 40 students, only about 4 are female


• According to the lecturer, JB, guys cannot work with girls


• But I don't wanna work with girls only (because from what I observed, most of the other girls won't be putting in much effort in projects and assignments)

Programming:

• Out of about 25 students, 2-4 are female


• Again, according to the lecturer, JB, guys cannot work with girls


• And guys cannot ask girls for help, unless the girl ask them for help


• I don't like this unit!!


• This is SOOO not me


• But, its an open book test (haha), and you can use any saved projects when you are sitting for the exam

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Lecturer JB:

1. has a great sense of humour


2. despises John Howard and George Bush


3. students cannot refer to him as 'Sir' (or mister) If they do, for 4 or more times in one semester, they will fail


4. when there is something he likes or he thinks is cool, he says:

COOL BANANAS!!!

(extracted from www.myzoetrope.com)

(cos we learning about plagiarism)