Everything's in the fast lane and if you don't catch up, you're gonna get left behind. I thought pavement materials is as easy as knowing the materials. I thought wrong. It's EVERYTHING about the materials, in terms I have never heard of in my life! And the worst thing is, I am not even exaggerating! You know what rheology is? Of course not. When did you ever had to use the term 'rheology' in your life.
yep. I still don't get it either.
And the list goes on. The reason I don't write em in here (to make my point) is because I forgot them. There's just soooo many scientific bituminous (or asphaltic for that matter) terms that I had to pretend I know, so I don't get questioned in class.
I'm not saying the lecturer is bad. He's awesome in his ways. Hell he knows everything about pavement materials without glancing at a book. Even I wonder how on earth could a human being keep so much input in the brains without ONCE referring to anything? But the thing is, we (the students) are not like that. We just woke up happy one day and suddenly had to learn the rheological properties of bitumen. At least now I know how my students feel when I talk and talk and force them to listen and understand, when they clearly don't.
So i got a book. A copied book which is illegal in most countries. But we can't help being Asian and the reason why we are not poor is because we tend to save a lot from piracy. And I got another book which is NOT a copy. An original book by the professor himself. I don't know why I'm writing this down but since this is my master's journal, everything is important.
we bought a book
Friendswise: All is well I can assume. I got some girls who laugh as much as I do. There's a couple of girls who have this weird, snobbish aura, but ignorable. The other guys tend to stick with their cliques. I guess to avoid complications knowing how the minds of the local work. But I will survive.
I should start reading through notes before class begins. My laziness is killing me.