De moivre's theorem

Started on the tutorials already and it's just the first week! I like it how they just write on the website to try the tutorials and eveyone automatically do it. Unlike back in jc where one doesnt do tutorials even when tutors chase for it.

I guess the stakes are higher once ure in a university. Not doing ur tutorials will be like digging your own grave.

Been spending long hours on maths questions and it's really a nice feeling. I no longer feel the frustration of not being able to get the answers. Instead, i try all means and ways to get to the answer, either by doing searches on the internet, looking up my old jc notes, or going to the library to refer to the textbook. And it's truly rewarding when u manage to solve the questions after all that hours.

However I must not forget the chemistry, physics, computing and econs tutorials waiting for me in the files on my study table.

A new Edventure and STARS

im beginning to see stars. One of the things that's good to noe is that u can control of how many days u want to attend school, whether or not to be in the same group as ur friends or to go ur own way and make new friends. Or should u go and find out which tutorial group she is in so that u can be friends with her. What if u changed from 19 to some other group and she ends up in 19? That'll surely affect ur mood for the rest of the semester!

For those worried that ive already been distracted only on my 2nd day, dun worry. The above's in respect of a friend of mine who seems pretty distracted by a girl he saw since day one. My advice to him is, if it's written somewhere that ur paths will cross, it will cross. Just wait for the day to come. And while waiting, revise and complete the tutorials.

No wonder they said school's fun.

First day of school...

This is the morning of my second day of school. Though lecture starts at 230, i decided to start my day early. My day ended slightly prematurely yesterday coz i fell asleep waiting for my notes to be printed.

Lectures didnt seem too bad. Basically, they're just telling us the things we should have already known and if u dun really remember, it's time to start revising. The bulk of first year is a revision of what we've learnt in jc like electricity, magnetism and quantum physics, complex numbers, integration and differention and their applications just to name a few. To know very well what we learnt for 1 year in jc into 4 uni months. On top of that, there are also subjects that are totally brand new like Principles of Economics and Computing.

So i guess it's all about how one manages his time revising the old stuff as well as studying the modules that are fairly alien. And also how much memory the brain has. Hope mine's running on a 4GB RAM.

It helps knowing who are the people u wun want to disappoint as this will drive you to put in just that little bit more effort. I used "just that little bit more effort" coz after all, it's really up to him.

Let me try to verbalise my thoughts

Let me try to verbalise my thoughts.

I'll never forget that line. I believe i can write my thoughts into volumes of books if i wanted to. But i know i struggle trying to convert my thoughts into words that can be heard by the ears of mine and yours. When writing, one can pause and think and backspace and go back to the previous paragraph to add something that one had left out. But the same cant be said about talking.

I told myself that there's definitely something that ive learnt over the past couple of months but i just didnt know how do i put it in words. Im was impressed by how the other students shared their thoughts, views and reflection. But I kept telling myself that there's no way i could come up with something that's got to do with politics or policies or use big big words that i hardly hear. I saw how well the others speak that i was afraid i wun be as brilliant as them and worse, make a fool out of myself.

But the inner struggle i had, to just share made me soo scared that I could literally feel my heart beating faster and faster. I told myself that if i didnt say anything before the end of the class, i've not changed. Im still the guy who dun dare speak up in class. The guy who thinks that those that can speak well are born that way.

The Caliphs were close to God and the sunnah of the Prophet and at the same time, were able to achieve so many things. I hope this course will make me a better Muslim when school starts. To remember that it is possible to achieve so many things while being close to God. In other words, the balance between world and the Hereafter.

It didnt matter to me if what i said was as good as his or hers. All that mattered was that Im really glad that i spoke up. And i was told it sounded quite good(or was it didnt sound bad) by my train buddy. That made me feel better and i hope this is the start of many changes to come.

And perhaps this would mark the start of a change in the way i write my entries. I wouldnt be surprised if i see chunks of text and one liners that dun seem to make sense on this blog of mine. Perhaps even speeches i need to prepare should i join a club like Toastmasters. Well who knows ...... for the joy of the journey is the element of surprise.