13- an omen, a wake up call

They say that the number 13 is a number shrouded with mystery and is regarded as a harbinger of bad luck. I am a man of logic, therefore i do not believe in urban legends and lores. However the date 13 today, brings a new definition of bad luck to me.

All in all i have never fail anything in my life, failure is not an option in my dictionary. Sure, if we were to look at my track records from back when i was at junior high i always have a weakness on a certain subject (and the trend is mathematics from time to time). And that track record of mine shows the connection between me and mathematics is like superman to krypton. It was, is and will be my bane.

I got a slight breath of fresh air when i entered college, no more mathematics! Yay! my weakness for once and for all is eliminated. Oh but my cries of joy were about to be cut short, for mathematics has ways in which it embodies itself. In the form of accounting.

I'll admit it now, accounting is not as bad as mathematics. No abstract formulas, no complicated counting and such. However it demanded a great deal of focus and concentration as well as diligence and accuracy. Overall, it demanded a lot of logic power.

Doesn't seem to strike me as a krypton. But my brain has a funny way of reacting to stuffs, once exposed to something that it thinks it would not use in the next stage of my life, it will shut out immediately to that subject, shutting down all abilities to study. And for me accounting is something that i would not use.

What all this has got to do with the number 13? Well, today my accounting assignment and my practice exam's score has just been distributed. And guess what ladies and gentleman, i was this close to failing the assignment, because the oh-so-mighty accounting teacher has decided that every assignment must have a hurdle of 50, less than that and you will fail the assignment, thus failing the whole unit altogether.

What does this mean to me? now, i have another problem up my sleeve. Thank god i do not have any difficulties in the other subject, but my grades are not brilliant as well. My main target is passing this college with an average of 65, which enabled me to go to Caulfield, one of the more prestigious campus of Monash in Australia.

With a quick calculation, in order for me to not fail the subject AND get an average of at least 65 in the subject, my final examination mark should be 73, period.

As my oh-so-brilliant track record has proven, i always limped along the way, but in the end it is always a satisfying mark. Therefore, i hope my brain can lift away the stigma that it has and to study like a madman for the upcoming exam.

I will not fail, i have to much at stake if i fail.

V is for victory

cheers

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Case Book

This thing should not have existed in the first place at all, such immorality to make students do summarizing and re-writing a whole semester worth of lecture. I mean, if we are doing it while we are in Junior High or Senior High then that may be fine. It just doesn't make any sense.

Worst part is, it is going to be in the final mark of the marketing subject. So, even if i loath this thing, it is compulsory to do it....yay me!

highschool mem....COLLEGE!

so, to those that were expecting part two of my high school memories, you have to wait for a little while. because i was being a lazy (long live sloth!) therefore i did not stick to my resolution in my first post to regularly post.

and therefore, here i am back again. what's new you ask? i'm in college now!

Jakarta International College - Monash College- Business studies

despite the fancy name, its only a building...1 floor to be exact and then magically altered to become a college. however it is still an official branch of monash in indonesia, and therefore it is accredited and it is considered first year of college.

And no...i am not an idiot so i have to take one year of college here, FYI my UAI is 80,26 enough to get me into monash in australia, however i did not choose to do that because...well...i like indonesia, i still have a lot of things to do here. and many many more reasons i would have to rant for days just to get my points clear.

And what do i think of college? fricking difficult, i would scream out meh meh and more meh every now and then (freshman blues). but ah well, that's all behind me right now. i am actually liking it...well, except for one particular subject ACCOUNTING which is...not...meant...to...be...learned AT ALL.

Haha, what would happen to me in college? God knows. as i am writing this blog, i'm contemplating on whether i should do my marketing assignment or not...ah well, its gonna have to wait :D