Reflection
I am a bad bad girl er... last year.. see suppose to do this post before 2007 BUT keep 'forgetting' it so here i am.... now instead of reflection 'this' year i have to replace it with 'last'. bad right? Also forgot to er.. polish teh ceiling of our bathroom as mum requested. la la la~ well... technically it's still 2006 in America right? :P
2006 had been a really interesting year for me, for one it was a year that i looked forwarded to all throughout uni. Just the thought of being able to take a food product developmjent course was what sustained me to crawl my way out of many what seemed to be pointless papers that we were required to take, especially in the second year. But of course with interesting papers comes hard work, espeically in the second semester, with 2 bio papers, 2 foodsci, one of which is internally assessed which means a lot of reports to write, not to mention the hellish timetable, starting at 8am and finish at 6 everyday. I know comparing to a lot of courses, the workload I got was nothing, but nevertheless it was hard for me, considering it was the only 4-papers semester i had since year 1. But nevertheless, here i am, having graduated, with grades that i am really happy with. But I guess one thing really bugged me, that this was a year I was meant to really enjoy, and yet I let myself got so carried away with the amount of workload that it was hard to say whether I actually enjoyed it or not. I mean sure food product develeopment was fun to begin with, but soon it became a frustration to keep improving the formulation as it didn't turn out nearly as nice as ones made from normal flour. Sure nutrition sounds interesting (thanks to mike who always told me how good that papers was), which it was, but soon it became so complicated which make me wonder why i didn't take easier optional papers. Micro was suprisingly better this year, I actually quite enjoyed it, tho it's prob coz I have quite a few work experiences with micro which meant i was more interested in the subject.
The point is, this is how I wished i had felt during the year. I am happy that the food science lecturer gives really good notes, I feel lucky that i get to produce my own product, like the industry ppl say, it's rare in a industrial setting that ppl like us get to freely create any product as we pleases, it's a really good experience. I am happy that I took nutrition even tho it was harder and it meant stayign at uni till 6 everything, coz the course was really interesting, which no doubt it was, not to mention all the lecturers were really enthusiastic about the course. I am so lucky that although i have to be at uni at 8 everyday, I get a ride (however early) not to mention I have a mum who loves me so much that she wakes up earlier than me every morning to make me lunch. I am so grateful for all the friends I have, who gave numerous support when I needed it. To ppl who listens to me when I really need to just, complain about something. Danny of course probabily heard the most complaints, which I guess I should improve on because he hate not being able to do anything about my 'complaints'. Also Mike who actually called me up one night when I told him I am not gonna sleep and just finish my essay, and tell me it is always better off to have a better night sleep and work in the morning, than unproductively work throughout the night. One advice which work miracles comes exam time. And to those who luckily escaped my wrath of complains, despite our busy lifestyles, we still make an effort to meet up and be able have so much fun just by each other's companiment.
I don't normally make new year resolutions because I always tend to forget it by the 2nd week. But this year... I really want to make an effort to be more grateful, and more optimistic about things. There's always two sides to a coin, two sides to everything, why live in misery when happniess is only a flip away right?
2006 had been a really interesting year for me, for one it was a year that i looked forwarded to all throughout uni. Just the thought of being able to take a food product developmjent course was what sustained me to crawl my way out of many what seemed to be pointless papers that we were required to take, especially in the second year. But of course with interesting papers comes hard work, espeically in the second semester, with 2 bio papers, 2 foodsci, one of which is internally assessed which means a lot of reports to write, not to mention the hellish timetable, starting at 8am and finish at 6 everyday. I know comparing to a lot of courses, the workload I got was nothing, but nevertheless it was hard for me, considering it was the only 4-papers semester i had since year 1. But nevertheless, here i am, having graduated, with grades that i am really happy with. But I guess one thing really bugged me, that this was a year I was meant to really enjoy, and yet I let myself got so carried away with the amount of workload that it was hard to say whether I actually enjoyed it or not. I mean sure food product develeopment was fun to begin with, but soon it became a frustration to keep improving the formulation as it didn't turn out nearly as nice as ones made from normal flour. Sure nutrition sounds interesting (thanks to mike who always told me how good that papers was), which it was, but soon it became so complicated which make me wonder why i didn't take easier optional papers. Micro was suprisingly better this year, I actually quite enjoyed it, tho it's prob coz I have quite a few work experiences with micro which meant i was more interested in the subject.
The point is, this is how I wished i had felt during the year. I am happy that the food science lecturer gives really good notes, I feel lucky that i get to produce my own product, like the industry ppl say, it's rare in a industrial setting that ppl like us get to freely create any product as we pleases, it's a really good experience. I am happy that I took nutrition even tho it was harder and it meant stayign at uni till 6 everything, coz the course was really interesting, which no doubt it was, not to mention all the lecturers were really enthusiastic about the course. I am so lucky that although i have to be at uni at 8 everyday, I get a ride (however early) not to mention I have a mum who loves me so much that she wakes up earlier than me every morning to make me lunch. I am so grateful for all the friends I have, who gave numerous support when I needed it. To ppl who listens to me when I really need to just, complain about something. Danny of course probabily heard the most complaints, which I guess I should improve on because he hate not being able to do anything about my 'complaints'. Also Mike who actually called me up one night when I told him I am not gonna sleep and just finish my essay, and tell me it is always better off to have a better night sleep and work in the morning, than unproductively work throughout the night. One advice which work miracles comes exam time. And to those who luckily escaped my wrath of complains, despite our busy lifestyles, we still make an effort to meet up and be able have so much fun just by each other's companiment.
I don't normally make new year resolutions because I always tend to forget it by the 2nd week. But this year... I really want to make an effort to be more grateful, and more optimistic about things. There's always two sides to a coin, two sides to everything, why live in misery when happniess is only a flip away right?
Happy New Year Everyone.
I hope 2007 will be a great year for everyone!!!! ^^
I hope 2007 will be a great year for everyone!!!! ^^
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