So week 1 of the final semester has just gone by. As always, the first week stuff is pretty boring with all the administration stuff and the general introduction of the courses. But one thing is pretty clear from all of the first impressions of the subject, I am going to die this semester. Probably not as bad as my honours year but I'd probably rate it pretty close to it. Not only do I have a lot of stuff to do this semester, I also have to start thinking about applying for jobs and obviously trying to get some sort of a work visa or temporary residency. Then if not, then I have to reevaluate my options again. Lots of work to do.
I am pretty excited for one subject on Game Mechanics and Game Play Programming. It is pretty much one big project to do which is obviously to construct a game and to fine tune it for proper game play. Super interested about it but I shudder at the work that is to be done even though we are all in teams of 4-5. That's another thing that I didn't quite like about this semester is group work. I've never been a fan of group work partially because of all the horror stories of group work from other people. That said, I've been pretty sheltered from these horror situations since the first and only time before this semester I've only been in one group project work and that group was pretty good. It seems that this group may turn out to be a good group after all but the true test is when we are hard pressed to get our game out for submission. There's another subject that I have to do group work but I don't know much about it so will see how. Still not looking forward to it.
There's one subject that I honestly don't believe I have to sit through. The subject itself is pretty fundamental and potentially be very interesting. But so far the people I've met for the whole subject is just one facepalm after another. For starters, the lecturer stresses the importance on being able to do some math in this course but during a short test that he has devised for the students to gauge whether they have the necessary skills in programming and math, nearly all the math questions that he set gave the wrong answers or had the wrong concepts. And the errors were errors in addition and other simple things that probably should have been checked first. Second, some of the students attending the course are so noisy, complain on a whim, terribly immature, and sorry to say this but stupid on some occasions. There are some bright students in the course no doubt but there so many of the former that you just want to stab yourself. Third, the tutor I got was someone I knew since the first year even though he was never my tutor. He's a very nice guy but as a tutor he's quite lacking. And it's a bit hard to decipher his thick Scottish accent. Granted that this is just the first week so things might settle in to things a bit better later on. But it is really terribly difficult to sit through the 4 hours of lecture, tutorial and labs with the above mentioned. Had I taken this subject earlier in the degree, I'd probably be a bit more forgiving. Meh.
It's back to OCF once again and it's been great to see some of the people back again. The new comers this time around are quite little in comparison to other years so that is one thing that I worry a bit but I'm sure God will provide. I've been shifted to a fundamentally different group this time since I'm not Bible study leading this year and I have to say I feel not at ease with this group. There have been times where I felt like an alien in OCF especially these past few years but this group makes me feel like an alien to that alien in OCF. There are so many things that I cannot relate to them and not to mention very hard to talk to. Whether God is telling me to get my butt out there and just do it and lay aside whatever bones I have with them or not, it is certain that I've been thrown to the deep end of things. Oh help.
On a lighter note, buying stuff is tempting me to greater levels now. Things to buy: a new bass, medium format film camera, laptop (when I get to work) and many more. If I had $6000 to waste on something rather useless but cool (who hasn't bought something based on those?) there's this. A pendant of a full functioning turbine crafted from military specification G5 aerospace grade titanium. Iz sic.
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