A month and counting

It's been more than a month that I've been here. I'm in my fifth week of school. And it's really different here. Before I go into the details of school, I thought it'll be good for some updates.

Ling and I have been in our new room for 3 weeks I think. The place is good - built-in wardrobe, own toilet, furniture provided for. Overall, it's good. But of course, living with strangers is really different and there's a lot to get use to. Their own lifestyles and ours not alike in any way. So yeah... It's good. Not excellent, but what more could you ask for right?

I've been going (trying to) for bible study with OCF (Overseas Christian Fellowship) at uni syd. Haha. Why not macquarie right? Cause since Ling goes to the uni syd one and I know ppl there, it makes more sense. And I hardly go to Macquarie anyway. And I've been going to the church that Ling goes to - Burwood Presbyterian Church. We both attend bible study on Sundays too. :)

Friend's wise... Most of the friends I know are ling's friends from OCF. All very nice and welcoming people. Great bunch I must say. I've met a few other international students doing the same course too. Met them during the international student tea session. So it's been okay. Trying to arrange to study with them. Haha. That's gonna be tough. Hahaha.

So... School.... I don't hate it and neither do I love it. The content is really enjoyable. But the workload is nuts. I'm taking a total of 4 units - effective instructions, key issues in research, communication with high support needs and effective numeracy. They're all real interesting in terms of content. But there's just so many readings. And you do them on your own. The amount of work expected for each module is as if the lecturers think you're doing 2 units a semester. There's quizzes every weekend. So you have to be on top of everything all the time. And I'm not. I'm like a week behind. And exams are next week!! Just praying hard that I will be able to just finish all the readings and going through the lectures.

So yeah. My typical weekday runs like this. Wake up, do qt, start work, lunch, continue work, dinner, continue work, sleep. My breaks are during lunch and dinner and I watch shows then. I'm trying to get the hang of everything so I can balance fun and work. But it's really hard. I don't remember Wheelock to be this bad...