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Thursday, August 28, 2008

*[[ SMU ]]*

HEY! haha. I am now an official SMU student who has survived her first 1.5 weeks in uni! haha. I guess it's quite alright. All my fears about the competitive culture, the arrogant and uncaring people, the active class participation requirements, and so on....have all COME TRUE! lol. okok I'm just joking. In reality, it's still quite alright. I actually LIKE SMU (so far). haha. I like it that there are seminar style lessons because it's shorter. haha. I guess I prefer to have less lesson time and more time to manage on my own. I think tutorials and lectures would have taken up more time per week. Hmmm I guess I also like it that SMU would encourage me to speak up more in the end. Yup, notice that I used the word 'ENCOURAGE' and not 'force' or 'pressure'. At least that's the case for now. Maybe it's because there are still people who are really quiet and so I don't feel so alone. And I have managed to participate in class this week so I think it's good progress. As long as I continue to enjoy the lessons (my professors are really quite nice), I think I would have the personal desire to contribute more in my classes.

I think God has really blessed me with very helpful friends around. I guess I haven't made very close friends yet whom I'll stick around to study with, but during the times when I needed help or encouragements (like to speak up more) my friends were there. I mean it would have been quite normal in Hwachong, but I definitely didn't expect very much from SMU. Haha.. Perhaps I have been having very low expectations. I can only pray that God will help me along as I meet different sorts of people whom I may not be able to clique with. hehe.

Alright. Yup. Short update about my life. haha. God is good! :)

~.*hUiYiNg*.~ says Amen. @ | Thursday, August 28, 2008

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