Despedir~

With a wink of the eye, the third semester in Ntu is finished. (three down, five more to go!)

But, I will miss the intriguing lectures on mondays, the grey skies and long days on tuesdays, the 50% free wednesdays, the american thursdays, and even the traveling on the fridays.

Ignore me. I'm just going to do a review on my most recent semester.

HA 201:

this course was a really random choice. sharon and I just had to have a fifth module and all the other courses were full. so in the end, we ended up selecting this, though we had completely no idea what the course was all about. and I remember that after the first lecture, I felt like I was thrown back into the economics days in yj. the technical facts about public organisations were just too much. It was on par with the difficulty of applying law. But as the weeks went by, I really found myself enjoying learning about the way public administrators work and the difficulties they face. and the movie Thirteen Days was absolutely fantastic=)so yes, great choice sharon, thanks!

MB 107:

this course came highly recommended by shu hui. and though we complained endlessly about the difficulties about this course, and how we really had to SU it, I still don't regret taking it. I wouldn't say I have passion for this course, but I feel that it has been a good one after it all. interesting to note the rights we have, and the way law can be applied to all aspects of life. and tan peng kwee was really quite an entertaining lecturer. His jokes started out lame, but carried on to be pretty amusing. so yes, this business law module has been an eye-opener, and I'm glad we took it. :)

HL 223:

American Lit! well, there's so much to say about this course! we learnt lots from prof. andrew, about the Harlem Renaissance, Transcendentalism from Emerson to Thoreau, death and violence in Emily Dickinson's poetry, captitalism in Chopin, racism in Twain, German expression in O'Neill, chinese myths and the lives of chinese-americans in Tripmaster Monkey, and of course, the differences between modernism and post-modernism. prof. andrew has been a great teacher, sarcastic, but takes a lot of effort in preparing for his lessons. expects a little too much from us, but oh well, who doesn't? besides, his stumbling over words and his ability to sing are things worth remembering and really he has taught us much.

HL 209:

haha, by now, my hands are getting a little tired, and we've still got two more modules to go! anyway, 209 turned out to be a huge surprise. prof. koh started the module explaining about the history of south-east asia, and it really was quite dry. but as the lectures carried on,she really inspired me to increase my general knowledge and even my knowledge of the Word! haha, cause some of the texts we went through included references to the Bible. so yes, the lectures were really helpful;) and even though I can't quite connect with the prof., but I've always felt that she deserves our respect. and I really do admire her as a lecturer. oh, and some of the texts are really fun to read. well, mainly Letters from Thailand. and I am really quite sad that we probably won't be taught by prof. koh again. but, all the best to her!

HL 207:

=). haha. I can't help smiling when I think of the unexpected turn in events. I was just reading through random blog posts of mine and I saw the very first post commenting on the first 207 lecture. haha, I shall not quote myself, but basically, I remember saying that the whole lecture resulted in my passion for lit. being drained away, and how I will probably not think or reflect on what I'll learn in lessons outside of school. and look what happened. seriously, I've never talked more about lit. and I've never reflected more about what I've learned in lit. the texts we've gone through have been awesome(what with Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, UBL, and Banville), and of course, not to mention, the tutors we have for this course;) haha, prof. murphy has really exceeded expectations, and honestly, so have ching and jeremy. I am really quite thankful I managed to attend one of jeremy's lessons. hearing him speak of what he loves is quite splendid. and ching has very insightful opinions about the many texts. at the end of the day, 207 has got to be my fave module, and I'm really glad we took it:) heh. just by comparing the amt. of words I have typed for each module is enough to realise which I favour more. haha, well, I don't deny my bias-ness=D

that's it for my review, and for the next three weeks, blog posts will prob. centre around the studying for exams.

haha, or maybe not.

Thank You Lord, for the amazing semester and for all the wonderful things You have done for us!it's been a very meaningful journey=)