So i’m into my 3rd morning of school. I’m blogging from home because class doesn’t start still 10.30 and i’ll only have to be in school at 9.45 to meet someone i’m buying a textbook from…

It’s been tiring just listening to the module introductions. The scope of work of this semester is extremely huge. The time commitments are beyond what I have imagined it to be and the difficulty of the semester is shocking.

For those who can understand…i’ll be taking 7modules or 26AUs worth of modules. Of these 7, 4 have labs(some weekly). And of the 4, 3 have projects. My timetable will keep me shuffling between the lab, the tutorial room and the lecture theatre from 8.30am to 4.30pm on 3 days of the 5 day work week. And on Thursdays(the one day I tried to keep free) a nice lecturer is actually going to hold "Active Lectures" from 5.30pm onwards.

Honestly, i’m quite afraid of this semester. But, I keep reminding myself of all the situational simulations that I have gone through. Situational simulations? You know the stuff when you go through a course or a camp that simulates extreme pressure by keeping you awake for what must be 3 or 4 days in a row and expect you to produce some piece of work or achieve some objective? Army was one such thing. The Minor in Entrepreneurship was another. The work that i’ve been doing is the best example I can choose(although that’s not training…that’s real experience). Anyway, back to it…Things are always toughest just before they get easier. Same goes for this degree that i’m pursuing…this semester is said to be the semester of attrition - it separates the ones who can from the ones who cannot.

I can…I hope.