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Uni Stuff => General University Discussion and Queries => The University Journey Journal => Topic started by: Shadowxo on August 23, 2017, 09:54:11 pm
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I totally did not make this thread just to make maths jokes *crosses fingers*
Hi everyone! I'm Shadowxo and you may or may not have seen me around the forum (particularly on the maths threads).
I'm currently studying a Bachelor of Science at Melbourne Uni, studying subjects including maths, physics, engineering and economics/finance.
I'm planning on majoring in maths or engineering (they're both really interesting currently!).
I'm part of the Mathematics and Statistics club on campus and I was nominated to be part of the committee! (I am a dedicated maths nerd).
I currently tutor maths which I enjoy.
Journal for today (23/08):
I had another long day at uni, 9am - 5:15pm. I had 3 hours of lectures and a 3-hour workshop that finished early this week! Had to walk home in the rain though :-\
There were two seperate in-workshop assessments worth 2% each.
- We had to first design (as a group) before the workshop an error corrector to fix errors in code (more complicated than it sounds!) I had to look over it today on the train, found an error in my group's working so had to write out my solution and write the circuit design for that. We were able to use that design to fix a piece of music that had a lot of errors (sounded like static) and made it play beautifully! It took a while to get the program running - we had issues opening the program and getting it to run properly, our design was perfect though.
- We also had a multiple choice test at the start of it. It wasn't too difficult but there were 10 true/false questions that were a bit tough, some tested things that didn't involve problem solving but rather knowledge of terminology or potential uses of equipment. Other than that though I think I did well, I'm optimistic :)
- Yesterday I had to do an Economics test worth 10%, got 14/15 :D studied for quite a while though and always hoping for 100%. I get to see which question I got wrong tomorrow!
- We have an Economics assignment due soon and it looks tough and confusing, not looking forward to that :/
- Tomorrow I have a day off, and plan to complete my engineering assignment, hopefully read over my physics notes and if possible get started on my maths or physics assignments due Sunday/Monday. I also need to get my pre-tute work done for Friday.
Edit: I also need to enrol to vote tomorrow, I keep putting it off because I can't decide on a signature ::)
Wow I have a large workload.
More maths puns to come!
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love the title ;D ;D
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love the title ;D ;D
I agree these puns are almost the best bit of the new section ;D
More maths puns to come!
Oh, i'll definitely be tuning in ;)
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I was waiting to see what you were going to post, Shadowxo, and boy did you deliver.
I had another long day at uni, 9am - 5:15pm. I had 3 hours of lectures and a 3-hour workshop that finished early this week! Had to walk home in the rain though
Classic stitch-up!
Hope you enjoy your day off tomorrow, and that you get all of your stuff done :D
Don't forget to enrol to vote! Super easy to do online: http://www.aec.gov.au/enrol/ :) To be able to participate in the postal vote, you have to enrol before midnight tomorrow!!!
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I was waiting to see what you were going to post, Shadowxo, and boy did you deliver.
Classic stitch-up!
Hope you enjoy your day off tomorrow, and that you get all of your stuff done :D
Don't forget to enrol to vote! Super easy to do online: http://www.aec.gov.au/enrol/ :) To be able to participate in the postal vote, you have to enrol before midnight tomorrow!!!
Confession: I got to the last part but wasn't sure what to use as a signature (current one is too long for my liking). I then needed to reboot my computer and lost all my progress :(
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I wrote some of this post yesterday morning so that's why there are two components :P
I'll start this post with a poem:
You make lemonade
When life gives you lemons.
There are exactly 6 weeks
In 10 factorial seconds
24/08
Written at 10am:
I have a day off! So far I have spent an excessive amount of time looking at post-grad scholarships as I was talking about it with family earlier, and avoiding working.
-I have created a to do list. I have 11 things on there to do by the end of this week, including 3 assignments and a lot of revision.
-I've also done the draft for my engineering assignment and plan on writing it up shortly.
-I've been enjoying my day off and have been playing my favourite game while working :P makes the work seem less overwhelming.
25/08
Yesterday:
- I did hardly any work. I ended up writing my assignment and getting it sent off early, then got stuck in a cycle of youtube videos.
-I made some chocolate fudge to go with my cinnamon rolls (I discovered my love for baking recently) :)
-I was able to watch a GoT episode!
- I put off watching my lecture and doing my pre-tute work until about 9pm, and then I had to look over my friend's work for a group assignment last-minute, then had to sign up to vote and before I knew it it was bedtime with no time left for the 2h of work I had left
Today:
-I forgot my phone charger and my pencil case :( needed both, my phone for contacting the boy I tutor (phone has terrible battery) and my stationary to do my pretute work on the train and annotate my notes
-I was able to borrow a charger from the library :) they're amazing, and secretly stole borrowed a pen (and later a lollipop) from a club room.
-I got a free chocolate-covered strawberry and nutella toastie as I walked past :) it's the little things in life that make you happy
- I managed to watch my lecture during my lunch break
- I looked over the pretute work but wasn't able to complete it. I knew how to do most of the questions though, so everything was alright. I'll do them later this weekend.
-I have tutoring now and already looking forward to dinner.
-This weekend I'm going to have to do all the work I was too lazy to do yesterday.
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I used to hate maths, until I realised decimals had a point.
26/08
-I slept in a lot today. And I still feel a bit tired... Uni does that to you. I feel so sleep deprived all the time and end up sleeping through my alarms. I need to start sleeping earlier :P
-I did some work today. Managed to do half of two assignments, plan on finishing them off tomorrow. Stuck on one question though :/
-I made a Thai green curry for lunch today, and a variety of boiled veggies for dinner (both were delicious)
Tomorrow I hope to make a cake if I have time, and look over my notes more :) bit behind on some work but always so busy that I never have enough time to go back over lecture notes, always more and more assignments. I feel as though I spend all my time doing assignments rather than learning the content :-\ it's making things hard.
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I used to hate maths, until I realised decimals had a point.
this is actually pretty good not going to lie
-I made a Thai green curry for lunch today, and a variety of boiled veggies for dinner (both were delicious)
Tomorrow I hope to make a cake if I have time, and look over my notes more :) bit behind on some work but always so busy that I never have enough time to go back over lecture notes, always more and more assignments.
your food sounds great, glad to know you enjoy it :-) what cake are you planning on making tomorrow? hope everything goes to plan for you tomorrow work wise!
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this is actually pretty good not going to lie
your food sounds great, glad to know you enjoy it :-) what cake are you planning on making tomorrow? hope everything goes to plan for you tomorrow work wise!
A chocolate cake, of course!
Luckily I've finished most of the work I have to do (staying up late isn't all bad!) so hoping to relax a bit and catch up on things today :)
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Hi :)
I always wear glasses to maths class, they help with division.
Sorry I'm late in my update, I've been really very busy at uni lately :/
23/09
I'm more than ready for the mid-semester break. I feel as though I'm falling behind and my marks are dropping a bit. I feel worn out and so busy all the time, and I don't have enough time to catch up on what I don't fully understand.
Yesterday for my physics prac, we switched demonstrators and had to change partners. Unfortunately, the new demonstrator isn't as nice especially with regards to marking. I was paired with someone that, like me, wasn't sure what to do but didn't do much to figure it out. Also, the prac was longer and harder than normal, with equipment we'd never used that wasn't explained to us. Needless to say, my mark wasn't that great (bummed me out a bit) :/
Hoping to get it back up, need every mark I can get for physics :)
Today in engineering we had a multi-choice test as well as a few in-workshop assessments. One was creating a flowchart worth 1% of our mark. My group didn't do so well, as we only had 2 instead of 3 people and we weren't entirely sure what they wanted our function to do. Hoping to do better in the other assessments though :)
Spent some time in the library with a couple friends, and discovered how they have many different tv shows available to borrow! I'll definitely be checking them out, perhaps before SWOTVAC ;)
Took the night off today, my work can wait a few hours. If I only get home after 6, I deserve at least a couple hours rest :P
Hoping to watch the first ep of S3 of Outlander tomorrow :D excited!
Apart from the assessments in the past couple days, I've done alright. Might need to abandon my WAM goal for this semester though haha. I think I just need some break time and then I'll come back to decimate all my subjects :D
I also made a chocolate cake on Saturday. My brother said something along the lines of the best cake he's ever had so I'll be sure to cook it again in the future :)
(Edit: Added the mandatory maths joke)
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(http://bugman123.com/Fractals/PolynomialRoots-large.jpg)
Today there's no maths joke, but this is a plot of all the roots for all polynomials of degree 24 with coefficients ±1 (eg 1x24 + 1x23 - 1x22 ... -1x + 1). The solutions plotted are both real and imaginary. The lighter sections have a higher density of roots than darker sections. The "holes" along the x axis are ±1
I just thought this is amazing, especially the patterns that appear, with the feathers and "dragons" (the name for the other shapes around the fringes)
14/09
I slept in today and took the night off last night, so I'm feeling pretty great ;D
Had a nutella toastie for breakfast and have the day off today, so it's a pretty relaxed day today.
Planning on getting my engineering assignment and economics pre-tute done, maybe even some physics questions if I have time. Looking at the physics assignment, it doesn't seem to be too hard which is great :)
My youtube shuffle finally started working today! :D it's been broken for the past few weeks and I was getting sick of listening to the same few songs haha.
I've been trying to find new tv shows, but thinking I might just read instead. I'm too fussy when it comes to entertainment, and books have this way of transporting you to another world without needing fancy special effects. About 550 pages into my book, only a couple hundred to go :) hoping to finish it before my loan expires. Already renewed it twice.
Tomorrow I have another maths and stats club meeting, where we'll discuss events for the rest of the semester. Currently, we're planning a BBQ and trivia night on the second last and last week of semester :)
I can't wait for the "mid" semester break to come :P Looking forward to some time off
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(http://bugman123.com/Fractals/PolynomialRoots-large.jpg)
Today there's no maths joke, but this is a plot of all the roots for all polynomials of degree 24 with coefficients ±1 (eg 1x24 + 1x23 - 1x22 ... -1x + 1). The solutions plotted are both real and imaginary. The lighter sections have a higher density of roots than darker sections. The "holes" along the x axis are ±1
I just thought this is amazing, especially the patterns that appear, with the feathers and "dragons" (the name for the other shapes around the fringes)
14/09
I slept in today and took the night off last night, so I'm feeling pretty great ;D
Had a nutella toastie for breakfast and have the day off today, so it's a pretty relaxed day today.
Planning on getting my engineering assignment and economics pre-tute done, maybe even some physics questions if I have time. Looking at the physics assignment, it doesn't seem to be too hard which is great :)
My youtube shuffle finally started working today! :D it's been broken for the past few weeks and I was getting sick of listening to the same few songs haha.
I've been trying to find new tv shows, but thinking I might just read instead. I'm too fussy when it comes to entertainment, and books have this way of transporting you to another world without needing fancy special effects. About 550 pages into my book, only a couple hundred to go :) hoping to finish it before my loan expires. Already renewed it twice.
Tomorrow I have another maths and stats club meeting, where we'll discuss events for the rest of the semester. Currently, we're planning a BBQ and trivia night on the second last and last week of semester :)
I can't wait for the "mid" semester break to come :P Looking forward to some time off
Nice update, I appreciate having no maths jokes :P
What book are you reading?
How is a nutella toastie done? It seems like good combo.. I want to try it
Also is common for clubs to do collaborations with other university's club?
As I'm currently looking for a club to do an event with to balance out the gender numbers.
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Nice update, I appreciate having no maths jokes :P
What book are you reading?
How is a nutella toastie done? It seems like good combo.. I want to try it
Also is common for clubs to do collaborations with other university's club?
As I'm currently looking for a club to do an event with to balance out the gender numbers.
How can you not appreciate maths jokes?!
I'm currently reading Outlander. It's a great book and tv show, they really get you to fall in love with the characters. I definitely plan on rewatching the tv show in the future :)
Short introduction: A married woman from the 1940s suddenly gets transported to 200 years earlier. All of a sudden she's in the middle of a war, in an unfamiliar place (Scotland). She's found by some Scots who take her don't trust her, thinking her to be an English spy, and take her back to the castle of their lord. Over time, she gets to know these people and gradually gains their trust and ends up falling in love with one of them, eventually having no choice but having to marry him to protect herself against the English army.
I'm not usually a romance person, but this is the exception. The story has a lot of depth, great characters, and isn't rushed or too slow.
To make a nutella toastie, you just prepare it like a sandwich and toast it using one of those sandwich toasters. It may be simple but it's a nice change, and it's great for when I don't have enough time to eat breakfast before I leave
I'm not sure how often clubs collaborate with each other, but the maths club here usually just holds its own events (open to everyone) and I haven't seen many clubs collaborate. I'm sure some do though :) maybe ask around.
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To make a nutella toastie, you just prepare it like a sandwich and toast it using one of those sandwich toasters. It may be simple but it's a nice change, and it's great for when I don't have enough time to eat breakfast before I leave
If you want a complete and utter sugar OVERLOAD, do marshmallows. If you want healthy, add strawberries, and if you want all out decadence, do brioche bread...the best holiday food ever
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If you want a complete and utter sugar OVERLOAD, do marshmallows. If you want healthy, add strawberries, and if you want all out decadence, do brioche bread...the best holiday food ever
Why not both marshmallows AND strawberries? :D definitely going to try that out *evil smile*
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Why not both marshmallows AND strawberries? :D definitely going to try that out *evil smile*
well yes when used in conjunction....yuuum....*mouth watering profusely*...so good
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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! :D
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 :P
Hoping my maths assignment won't take too long so I can take part of the day off :)
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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?
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The question is, which Star Trek movie?
Do i detect a Star Trek fan? :D
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The question is, which Star Trek movie?
The 2009 one by JJ Abrams
It was the only Star Trek movie available at the library :P hoping to watch more in the future
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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. ;D
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07/10
Uni
Marks
The last Economics assignment (worth 10%) had an average of about 12.5 / 20, but I got 19/20 :D 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 :D 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.
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Fun / Clubs
Our club is running a BBQ AND a Trivia night in Week 12 :D 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 :D. I may not do this with popular books at all ;) and also potentially piss of a sizeable amount of students over it.
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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 :D that's made my day
I also got 22/22 for my maths MATLAB test (worth 10%) :D
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 :P
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 :D
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
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So - how've exams treated you? ;D
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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 :P
Second semester and first year of uni is over, woohoo! I've survived!
Results came out a couple weeks ago, I'm very proud :D 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 :P
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 :P)
One of my reservations is available from the library ("Dragonfly in Amber") ;D 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 ;D
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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.
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as though that's the only way you can make good cupcakes?!
Trick question - good cupcakes don't exist.
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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 :D
Trick question - good cupcakes don't exist.
You obviously haven't tried mine ;)
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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 :P)
I’ve recommended the Partial series by Dan Wells in the book club thread! It’s perfect for you (sci-fi and dystopian ;))
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SCI FI.
I highly recommend a few Matthew Reilly books like Ice Station, Hover Car Race and The TOurnament =)