Monday, 27 February 2017

Presenting Me~

When I was a child, my ambition was to be a singer. But then my voice sucks. So I decided to be a reporter or a TV presenter. And then a lawyer and finally a lecturer. It shows how I am interested to present stuff to people. I may be studying engineering, but I will always be a lecturer deep inside. We were given an assignment to be presented last night in class. So this is the poster:



Ahh... I miss teaching. I miss being in front of the class, telling stories to my students. I can't wait to return there. Just gotta finish this first.

Sunday, 26 February 2017

First 2 weeks Summary

So... 2 weeks have passed since semester started. I have to be honest the heat is up! I registered for 4 courses + dissertation this semester and it's already causing me insomnia. Anyway, before I start venting to you about what's causing me to count sheeps to sleep, let me summarize (briefly) the past 2 weeks.

Monday's class was okay. We have a new lecturer in store. Dr F. A young, fresh, new face to the team of grand professors. The subject is "Highway Design" where we would be learning how to geometrically design roads. By geometrically, I mean the crazy horizontal and vertical alignment noone ever cared about. So far it has been 1 class, with a group assignment. Can't comment much yet about this subject so we'll see how tomorrow goes.

Tuesday's class is a repetition of the crazy semester last year was. Remember when i said Pavement Materials was the most stressful course? Well, dejavu. This course, Pavement Analysis and Design doesn't seem to appear any different. Already the class feels too long, and scary. My fingers know the pain best as it tries to catch up with the speed of the lecture. Oh the pressure!

Wednesday's class is a bit relaxful. At least for now. Taught by Dr L, it feels familiar, laid back and interesting. The course is called Advanced Transport Engineering, so I have a feeling something calculusly is on the way to confuse the brains. *shudders*

Thursday's class. Well. I have to carefully pick my words to make sure my feelings about this course is not misinterpreted. The subject is called highway capacity so it's about how certain expressways or highways are capable of handling the crazy volumes of traffic. I gotta love the course as my forte is traffic but the lectures are not making it easy. Handled by traffic genius Dr H, it appears to be interesting. What's missing is Prof R's humor.

So four days of classes, four different lecturers. Masters ain't for the weak, I tell ya.


Wednesday, 15 February 2017

Semester 2 2016/2017

Hello bishes I'm back!

As much as i feel like i'm dragging my feet to classes this week, i have to admit i am looking forward to this semester. Probably because i had started to feel like a fat lazy whale at home doing nothing but playing video games. So i am back, staying at my sister's house like a poor homeless and going to classes everyday. I have registered four classes and dissertation for this semester. And right now, as usual i am the first to arrive in class. I've been here since 4.30 coz i'm a brilliant student like that.

So.. this semester you'll be looking at me going through these courses:

Monday - Highway Design
Tuesday - Pavement Analysis and Design
Wednesday - Advanced Transport Capacity Analysis
Thursday - Highway Capacity Analysis

And all with different lecturers so this should be interesting. I have to admit this journey has been a good one so far. Last semester was fun, i'm getting good at wasting money on food and make up and i managed to achieve good grades. This semester is yet to be reviewed.

Monday, 6 February 2017

So... Results are out!

Finally today I was able to get ALL my courses' results. Honestly, I have to admit I got more than I deserve. So, thank God for all that He gave me this semester. Next week new classes start so i gotta be up and prepared. Can't believe 6 weeks of holidays are over! Where did my time go besides Australia?

Road Safety Audit -A
Statistical Methods in Transportation - A
Pavement Materials - A

...all seem to be going well when suddenly...

Pavement Management System - B+

B+

Well...well well... At least now It can be confirmed that as much as I am good in analyzing accidents and deciding what road materials to use... I suck at managing the roads. Imagine that. I'll just pay someone who is good at choosing what kind of rehabilitation methods to use on a broken roadway. I can't even differentiate crocodile and block cracks so yeah... B+ is probably exactly what I deserved.

yup!

So First semester is officially over. And I successfully passed. Alhamdulillah. Next semester will be tougher as I'll be doing my dissertation. Yikes. Time to move on and kick ass again.