Graphing is Where I Draw the Line - Shadowxo's University Journal!

[prickles]

Why not both marshmallows AND strawberries? definitely going to try that out *evil smile*

well yes when used in conjunction....yuuum....*mouth watering profusely*...so good

[Shadowxo]

17/09

Uni work related:
Yesterday I finished my weekly physics assignment (due end of today) and got most of my engineering assignment done (due Thursday... was avoiding doing my maths assignment). So, hoping to take a day off on Thursday!
I looked over my maths assignment, and I probably shouldn't have left it until today. The lectures lately have been so confusing (lecturer goes too fast and doesn't explain things well  ). And I don't have enough time to catch up. Well, at least the "mid" semester break will be soon so I'll catch up on all my subjects then

Relaxation:
Last night I started watching a Star Trek movie with my family. First time I've watch Star Trek and it was pretty good
Yesterday I watched the first ep of S3 of Outlander it was nice to relax and just watch a bit of a good tv show.

Today I slept in a bit. I love sleeping in but it makes waking up for uni harder
Hoping my maths assignment won't take too long so I can take part of the day off

[K888]

Last night I started watching a Star Trek movie with my family. First time I've watch Star Trek and it was pretty good

The question is, which Star Trek movie?

[zofromuxo]

The question is, which Star Trek movie?

Do i detect a Star Trek fan?

[Shadowxo]

The question is, which Star Trek movie?

The 2009 one by JJ Abrams
It was the only Star Trek movie available at the library hoping to watch more in the future

[Shadowxo]

24/09

I feel really good today
Midsem break is finally here. I stayed up late last night doing a Physics assignment so taking the day off. It feels so good to be able to just relax.

I've had a look at the assignments due after the break for engineering and maths, and they seem tough. Also, the person who wrote the eng assignment seems to enjoy "a Caffe Latte one sugar" quite a bit. Trying to organise the eng assignment (it's a group one) and questions 1-3 seem easy (they'd probably only take 20-30m each) while question 4 has 4 pages of theory/information and looks like it'd take at least 3 hours. So, not sure how this assignment will be divided up.

I decided to play a bit of xbox. Unfortunately, I have 80gb worth of updates to download and one of the games I wanted to play requires xbox live gold (I don't play xbox much so buying a monthly subscription isn't worth it for me). So I'll have to wait a day or two for it to download. The game with the 40gb updates is at about 20% and it's been downloading for 24h. Oh well.

Yesterday I started watching Blade Runner with my dad.

I'm loving the weather, it's cool and a bit sunny and just making me feel happy. I'll definitely be using this break to have some much needed me time.

[Shadowxo]

07/10

Uni

Marks
The last Economics assignment (worth 10%) had an average of about 12.5 / 20, but I got 19/20 It feels great doing so well.
I didn't do so well in the most recent Engineering assessment (only got 60% ), but it was only worth 1% and was based on the results you got for an experiment. It didn't take into account your ability to process the data or write the code, only whether you got the right answer. Also had a group member that didn't show up. So it sucks, but at least it won't impact my results too much.

Fun / Clubs
Our club is running a BBQ  AND a Trivia night in Week 12 looking forward to it!

Work
I have a major Economics assignment due on Monday but I managed to spend my morning looking up subject prerequisites (as least it's something productive, right?)
I have a maths assignment also due on Monday but I may leave it to the couple hours before, due to my Economics assignment. It doesn't look to be too bad, so I'm hoping I'll be alright.
I've unfortunately gotten into the habit of missing lectures to watch lectures (particularly maths, where I watch the recordings from another lecturer). I'm currently 2 lectures behind but not sure when I'll be able to catch up, I have a very busy weekend ahead of me. Maybe on Tuesday? I don't like being so behind haha

Non-Uni
Well... Uni has taken control of my life again
Plan on watching a movie at home with family over the weekend (the Scorch Trials, my brother is currently obsessed with the Maze Runner books)
I have a library book due today but I'm around 750 pages in out of 850 reached maximum number of renewals too. I might return it and try to borrow it back out again in a few days haha.

[zofromuxo]

Fun / Clubs
Our club is running a BBQ  AND a Trivia night in Week 12 looking forward to it!

Non-Uni
Well... Uni has taken control of my life again
Plan on watching a movie at home with family over the weekend (the Scorch Trials, my brother is currently obsessed with the Maze Runner books)
I have a library book due today but I'm around 750 pages in out of 850 reached maximum number of renewals too. I might return it and try to borrow it back out again in a few days haha.

Ahh, the only reason to join clubs besides making friends, the good old BQQ, bonus points if the club fee was free and you only joined to take part in the BQQ.
I do feel sad for paying $10 to a club, whose events I never went to because the time the events ran was always on when my assignments were due .

I too hate when I'm nearing completion of a book and I ran out of renewals and I also highly recommend doing the trick you mention to other people as well.

But, If you want to be extra sure you get the book or unethical. Put a hold on the book, Return it and Come back to pick it up from the hold section, when they send an alert about it . I may not do this with popular books at all and also potentially piss of a sizeable amount of students over it.

[Shadowxo]

24/10
I have a serious case of "Procrastination". Done zero work today.
My exams start next week and this week feels far too much like holidays. Been struggling to study, I currently have one subject that I've done revision for, and the other two I've been struggling to start (I have 3 consecutive exams that I'm preparing for first).

Uni Stuff
I got 15/15 for my final Economics assignment (worth 10%). So happy that's made my day
I also got 22/22 for my maths MATLAB test (worth 10%)
These are the best marks I've gotten this semester and it just feels good to know that I can do it and survive exams. They're only worth 10% but it takes a little bit of the pressure off exams. (Note: I don't usually do this well and I'm very surprised I got what I did. At least they'll counteract my minimal amount of study... hopefully)

I also got 225% on my Engineering practice test/quiz (worth 5%). It was an online quiz and you could select how confident you were with your answer. The higher confidence you selected, the more points you got if you got it right and the more you lost if you got it wrong. The percentage was based off of 1 point per question and it was possible to get up to 3 per question, meaning you could get up to 300% (or a negative percentage)! It's likely they'll scale down the percentages but it's always nice getting a percentage that high, even if it's not very accurate

Non-Uni Stuff
I finished the first book in the Outlander series (finally! ). I borrowed out the second book in the series and I'm looking forward to binge-reading and binge-watching Outlander during the holidays. I might even rewatch the earlier seasons

Edit: I'm currently watching clips from House MD and the Catherine Tate show on youtube... I'm doubting I'll get much work done tonight haha

PS zofromuxo, it was free to join the club They also offered free soft drink upon signup

[Joseph41]

So - how've exams treated you?

[Shadowxo]

06/12/17
(Obligatory maths joke) As a mathematician, I never worry about going out drinking because I know my limits.

It's been a long time since I've updated my journal, sorry about that
Second semester and first year of uni is over, woohoo! I've survived!
Results came out a couple weeks ago, I'm very proud done even better than last semester, even with my dreadful exam timetable (three exams in consecutive time slots, within 24 hours). I'm 0.625 off my dream WAM so if I'm incredibly lucky I might be able to get it in the future!
There's also a scholarship I might be eligible to cover 3rd year and Masters tuition plus work opportunities that I can apply for in early 2019.

I've applied to do a summer subject to reduce my workload in semester 2 and to allow me to do all the subjects I need to do in semester 1. It's a shame it'll use up a lot of my holidays but it'll only be 2 days a week so hopefully I can still relax on the other days.

I'm in the process of deciding what I want to do. Right now I've decided against doing a diploma of informatics because I simply don't have the time for it.
I want to do an (unofficial) double major in maths and engineering. There are 4 different maths majors and more in engineering. I'm currently thinking of doing applied maths (but could also choose pure maths or one of the other majors, I still need to look into it more). For engineering I'm thinking of doing electrical but could also do mechanical, and I've ruled the others out. One of the downsides to mechanical is that it has so many prerequisites, so I might have to over-enrol (do more credit points than required for my degree and pay full fees for the subject).
It's very tough to do all the prerequisites required for two majors :p

I'm still partially in uni-mode. I haven't gotten addicted to any tv shows or books, I guess it's my subconscious saying I don't have time for it
If anyone has any amazing book suggestions feel free to let me know (I'm a fan of sci-fi/fantasy and dystopian, not much a fan of romance. Open to suggestions outside of these genres, I'm just looking for an addictive book- I'll recheck the AN book club thread for more ideas )
One of my reservations is available from the library ("Dragonfly in Amber") planning on picking it up tomorrow. Also currently reading a Stephen King book ("Different Seasons", a few short stories). And I'm enjoying them, but not addicted; I want a book (or tv show) that I can't put down.

Today I was very productive. I managed to enrol for my summer subject classes, do 3 loads of clothes washing and 3 loads of the dryer, vacuumed, and organised my payment for tutoring (and now I've also updated my journal!). Hopefully I can get to bed at a reasonable time tonight. Planning on making chocolate cupcakes in the next few days (my dad recommended buying a store mix, as though that's the only way you can make good cupcakes?!)

Long update, hope you enjoyed reading 

[RuiAce]

Mate. Your puns cause my cringe to tend to infinity

06/12/17
(Obligatory maths joke) As a mathematician, I never worry about going out drinking because I know my limits.

[keltingmeith]

as though that's the only way you can make good cupcakes?!

Trick question - good cupcakes don't exist.

[Shadowxo]

Also an additional note / edit: although I'm not doing a diploma of informatics, there's some coding in my engineering subjects (which I'm looking forward to!) so hopefully that'll be enough. I may also try to learn Python over the holidays if I have time

Mate. Your puns cause my cringe to tend to infinity

All going to plan then

Trick question - good cupcakes don't exist.

You obviously haven't tried mine

[Natasha.97]

If anyone has any amazing book suggestions feel free to let me know (I'm a fan of sci-fi/fantasy and dystopian, not much a fan of romance. Open to suggestions outside of these genres, I'm just looking for an addictive book- I'll recheck the AN book club thread for more ideas )

I’ve recommended the Partial series by Dan Wells in the book club thread! It’s perfect for you (sci-fi and dystopian )