1st day of uni

and it marks the beginning of the final year for the 3-year course

yay, 1st lecture from as early as at 8am, i attended it, without being late~
after my only 3 hour 'nap' from the night (or morning) before..
and didn't doze off during the next few lectures as well

but now i'm feeling sleepy,
well, looking on the bright side,
think it can at least help improve my currently still nocturnal lifestyle..

hmm, just hoping i can make it throughout the rest of the whole sem
probably this positive energy just arise from being just the 1st day and the feeling of starting over afresh..
after our 3-weeks long break
will see if i can really stay disciplined to go to lessons daily by 8am..
*fingers crossed even though this ambitious new sem resolution might not be met anyway

no unfamiliar faces,
same lecturers we see from the previous semesters.

for human nutrition,

1st thing done by lecturer was requesting a couple of students to read out the unit outline/synopsis & objective..
quite interesting, reminds me of those primary/secondary sch days when the teacher asked the class to turn the textbook to page '??' and ask student 'x' to read one part and another student 'y' to continue on to another part...lol

apparently, the lecturer thinks we've covered some of the basic, important things for human nutrition, but i only recalled biochem studying loads of DNA and protein instead of how nutrients are processed in the body..

high expectations required from this lecturer and i doubt i can meet them *sigh..

then sneaked in to env health class,

the lecturer's got a sense of humor and her class won't be boring really, i guess
but i did not enrol to this unit & still pondering whether to change my elective from retail management principles to this one..or should i at least wait until i attend the lecture 1st..

in a sort of dilemma now as each has its pros and cons of outcome that i need to get a compromise and balance in between so i can make a decision of which to choose in terms of what will be useful and that won't drag down my grades at the same time..
any suggestion from anyone would be helpful.. >.<

right after that,
went to the instrumental analysis class
(one which i thought i escaped from it but end up dropping back towards it..sigh)

it's a hard unit for me,
the labs and the assignments..

and there was the usual, same, old grandpa-like lecturer (who prefers to mainly face the computer instead of making eye contact with students) already starting to teach some chemical analysis stuff..bit boring and there's lots to know about..

lastly, recombinant DNA tech..
(one which i would rather not take if it weren't changed to as a core unit)

and it was our brilliant prof,
teaching a big class this time,
which means less focus to individual or small groups
(phew, because encounter or discussions with him would make one feel awkward in a difficult situation not being able to get to what he wants)

even after the last sem interacting with him, but still i realize i couldn't capture what he really expects..

to understand him, it's unless you try to go inside his head and explore what's on his mind (which is kinda impossible)

most of the time, he seems like he's in his own world, fascinated by the nature and 'behaviour' of the microbes/enzymes/cells, concerning whether they're happy, healthy or forced to produce the desired components..
and how to cleverly manipulate their DNA in order to achieve purpose of some sort...

but at times, he's friendly to students too..
well, i guess we'll be hearing more of his little staggering of speech from some repetitive single words at some point in the midst of lecture and also his signature laugh from time to time..even if you don't get it..

after all, first day was not too bad..
maybe because stress is only yet to be felt soon afterwards..for sure

anyway, that's about it for 1st day, bye bye day 1..

welcome back to uni life, could sense it's gonna be way tougher, with more great challenges ahead..

well, gambateh everyone..