4 posts tagged “school”
...at least before I graduate! I finally managed to put guns to the heads of my thesis mates and made them stay overnight at my house last weekend. I tied them to the chairs with laptops in front of them so they would stay put and type away. :)
I suppose a normal group wouldn't take that long to finish a thesis (it took us all Saturday night and all of Sunday!), but then I guess it depends on how lazy everyone is feeling like. Once we were able to settle down, we began reading very slowly and adding stuff to our RRL (very slowly too!). It doesn't help that lots of scholars use deep words and run-on sentences to make themselves sound academic!
In the end, however, we persevered and managed to churn out the first draft by 6 PM of Sunday. My thesis mate passed it to our mentor this afternoon, and we're going to meet up with him on Wednesday morning. Hopefully we won't have to change too much, and that we can have our defense next week, because I'm leaving for the States on April 1...
It's a long story. My family wanted to go for several reasons. My mom and sister went first, my brother's going on the 28th, and my dad and I are leaving on April 1st. I didn't want to go because of schoolwork and finals, but my dad wouldn't go without me and so that meant I had to go too, or suffer his indirect whining for the rest of the year. Well, I do want to go too, just not at such a crucial point in my academic life! He's offered to sacrifice his vacation for me several times, but I know I'll never hear the end of it if I took that offer! So I had all my finals scheduled; good thing my other professors are understanding.
And besides that, Holy Week is really the only time (this early in the year) when we can take a vacation as a whole family. My eldest sister, who is working in Singapore, will be leaving on the 2nd of April.
Let's hope everything goes well! :)
Thesis, OJT, graduation preparations and scholarship matters all rolled into 3 hellish months!
What fun this will be!
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Well, there was supposed to be some witty item on here about how I'm graduating and all that, but while inserting a picture, I accidentally clicked something and BAM. When I pressed 'back', nothing was left of said witty blog post.
So you'll get the condensed version. Basically tomorrow's the start of the last term of the school year, and I'll be graduating in July. Then, more talk about how companies generally take advantage of fresh young graduates whose resumes suck (or at the least, very mediocre), and they are stuck with overtime and low salaries.
NOTE TO SELF: Copy-paste posts into notepad next time, in case of unforeseen situations.
So yes, I think I may need to do my own list of things to do to keep me organized. But first! My mother and sister came home from Singapore two days ago. They were there visiting my eldest sister who is currently pursuing her MBA in the National University of Singapore on a partial scholarship. I had wanted to go as well, but I have school, damnit. While the books I asked for were bought for me, my sister bought a bunch of dresses and skirts which were really very pretty. I'm envious she bought one for her best friend but not for me ;_;!
In any case, the books I got:
- Globalization and Its Discontents by Joseph Stiglitz
- From Eroica with Love 3 (english translated)
- 八月の路上に捨てる (Hachigatsu no rojou ni suteru - Throwing Stuff Away on a Road in August) by Takami Itou
- 介護入門 (Kaigo nyuumon - Introduction to Nursing Care) by Mobu Norio
Thus, I can then make a list of the books I need to read for school. This includes two books for Japanese History that is included in the list below.
- The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization by Thomas L. Friedman
- The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century by Thomas L. Friedman
- Globalization and Its Discontents by Joseph Stiglitz
- Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang
- Factories of Death by Sheldon H. Harris
- Japan: Past and Present by Edwin Reischauer
*shot*
