marco

Hi Amos and Lionel,

Are either of you interested in doing some tutoring next semester? I'm after
a tutor for Hydraulics I (CIVL2130/ENVE2602), a unit in which you both did
very well. The tutor will have to give two 45-minute tutorials per week, and
mark 6 assignments during the semester. Payment is at UWA casual rates,
which is about $170 per week (for giving 2 tutorials) and $35/hr for
marking.

Let me know what you think.

Marco

I love my life. MARCO IS KING. Now if only I manage to get vac work in Perth...

In Kuching atm, been out with UK people, eating, swimming... Gonna climb Mount Santubong and go Damai soon, it's gonna be awesome! :D Pics up when people upload them. :D

Results out on July 7. Soft release indicated I passed everything, so that's good. Here's hoping!

Au revoir,
lamomok

liberté

Yes! It's finally over, the exams for the most hellish semester I have ever had the anti-privilege to go through. And what a ride it has been! Right from the get-go, day one, I had assignments, labs, tests, tutoring, Multicultural Week organisation etc etc non-stop - I can honestly say that there has not been a week this semester where I have not been stressed or cranky at something or someone. I am so relieved that it's over and I got through without losing my remaining fragments of sanity. Next semester is shaping up to look pretty cruisy in comparison to this one :). And I can't wait!

The exam period itself was most taxing; it involved many night in Business School, cramming (i.e. playing Plants Vs Zombies) the most useless bits of knowledge into my head. And I think that I will forever have the name 'Katz and Firoozabadi' and 'Lohrenz Bray Clark' impinged in my mind. It was VERY stressful to say the least, but studying with Vinci and Nut helped to ease it somewhat. Meals during study break consisted of Nandos or homemade pizza eaten at 11pm at night (my official dinnertime during study break was 11pm :() but there were a few times we went out to eat i.e. Japanese food, Eggs Benedict (which was awesome) and Broadway of course. And the exams themself, they were pretty alright. ELEC3320 had a mistake in the paper, and was pretty simple but this suggests that it will be scaled-down; CHPR4531, I made a huge blunder in one of the calculations but I hope follow-through pulls me through, otherwise, a very manageable paper; CHPR3530 was again, good, though I rushed like crazy towards the end because of TERRY EDWARDS :@:@:@ asking so much in so little time. The final paper, CHPR3432 was only yesterday, and it was good; walked out early because I couldn't stand the tension anymore (there was so much of it the exam hall was undergoing plastic deformation) - and got the funniest feeling. I was in a daze and felt totally unsure of what to do once I left the exam hall LOL. EXAMS HAVE THAT BAD EFFECT ON YOU. Hopefully, my efforts (or should I say lack of effort) will reveal some rewards (or comeuppance) come July 7. :P

As for celebratory gestures, surprisingly I have been to none. Was supposed to go to the tav after Kinetics yesterday, but in my daze, I totally forgot and was halfway home on the train when I suddenly remembered I was meant to go to the Tav LOL. Last night, Andu wanted to go drinking but he didn't organise anything (:@) so nothing happened. Peeps went to Wilfred's to play poker and god-knows-what, but I opted against going. Needed to repay my sleep debt. But tonight, I shall be going to TRIGG BEACH ISLAND CAFE :D:D:D where I will be splurging on food, glorious food, a commodity I will not scrimp on. :D

And as an endnote, I actually got nominated for an Early Career Teaching Award by the Faculty :s... Let's see what's in store...

Au revoir,
lamomok

'teacher's day' comes home

COME HOME, COME HOME... I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU, SO LONG SO LONG... :D

I LOVE THIS MUG. THANKS TO WHOEVER'S NAME IS ON THIS MUG.

AND THAT'S NOT ALL. They also got me a BIRTHDAY CAKE :$... And while they were lighting it up, I kept on vehemently denying that it was my birthday, and that I was born from a rock and did not have any birthday, etc etc... But yea, the cake was good. :D Thanks guys, it was awesome. :)

AND THAT'S NOT ALL. Later that night, one of my students told me over Facebook that she actually took time out to nominate me for a Teaching Award. I was like, "I'm not even staff... I'm not eligible... :s And anyway I'm not THAT good." But she said it didn't matter! MAN. I nearly died on the inside. I LOVE BEING A TEACHER. HAHAHAHA...

Anyway, back to work!

Au revoir,
lamomok

negligence

I do realise that I haven't been updating my blog - in fact, I haven't updated this blog since April 21st, Sago's hack-post notwithstanding. That's more than a month ago! :o I have never neglected this blog for such a long period of time; but this semester, all these breaks have good reasons behind them. The four units I'm doing have been slowly killing me over the course of the semester, with every passing week, they cut into my veins and cause my life force to trickle out like... Trickling life force stuff. So yea.

Not a week has gone by this semester without a combination of at least three or four of the following: an assignment, a lab report, a test, a compulsory tute - you get the picture... And in 3rd year (and also - ESPECIALLY also - that one 4th year unit I'm doing), the assignments are not child's play. I remember a time when 1st year seemed hard. Hell, I remember a time when HIGH SCHOOL seemed hard... Well, I now know what HARD is. This compounded with the fact that I'm also involved in the Chem-E Car Competition, organising the logistics of Multicultural Week; and with the extra load of 12 hr/week teaching commitments makes for a pretty hellish semester to say the least. Balancing this ever-growing pile of shit to do was the HARDEST thing I've ever had to do. And is also the reason why this poor blog has been neglected.

But no worries, because this semester will be over very soon. It's the last week of uni, and after next week's study break, it'll be exams. I have 4 exams, on the 9th, 13th, 16th and 17th before I can look back on this semester and smile, saying, "Been there, done that." But until then... It's back to work. Here's hoping I don't pull a karoshi before the end.

Au revoir,
lamomok

Sago

is so cool!

I logged onto my GMAIL on his laptop, and it has kept me signed in since then.

So i'm going to write a post about how awesome sago is.

HE'S AWESOME :D

des mots

3 THINGS THAT ANNOY ME:

1. When people spell 'definitely' DEFINATELY. There is no such word as 'definately'!
   
2. When people spell 'dependent' or 'independent' as 'dependant' and 'independant'. Firstly, 'dependent' is an adjective and 'dependant' is a noun; so it would be correct to say 'I am dependent' and 'I am A dependant', BUT people ALWAYS say 'He's very dependant' which annoys the hell out of me. In the same way, it's 'independent', not 'independant'; and in fact, there is no such word as 'independant'!
3. When people spell 'weird' WIERD. Now THAT is just weird.

Au revoir,
lamomok

rage

I HATE THIS. MY TUMMY IS SO HUNGRY FOR FOOD BUT MY MOUTH IS ACTING LIKE A FKIN NOZZLE AND RESTRICTING THE FLOW OF FOOD INTO MY MOUTH. AND IT'S NOT LIKE I'M TRYING TO EAT A STEAK! I'M EATING FRIGGIN SOUP AND SOFT-BOILED EGGS! THEY'RE GOING THROUGH MY MOUTH AT A FLOW RATE OF HALF A SPOONFUL EVERY 10 SECONDS... THIS IS RIDICULOUS! I'M SO HUNGRY!!!!!! :@:@:@:@

THE FACT I DOUBLE-POSTED TODAY SHOWS HOW ANGRY I AM!


WROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!

Au revoir,
lamomok