Friday, July 26, 2002 I'm feeling weird today. On one hand, I'm really happy that we will be getting broadband soon (next week! I can't wait). I hate being "imprisoned" by the 56k limit. It's so inconvenient and slow like hell. A normal download from kazaa over my 56k modem takes almost 20 minutes but come broadband, I will probably be downloading 10 songs in the same amount of time! YipeeeE!!!

On the other hand, I received news today I did not manage to get into the French class for next semester. I took half a day off work on Tuesday to take the placement test and the results are out today. It's quite a downer cos I was really looking forward to studying French in a "school" environment. It's much better than in an organisation outside because all they think about is how to maximise their time and money. And the important part is that it's so expensive!

In a school, people in the same class tend to be more "conscientious" in a way, because they know that they have a massive exam to pass for the module. But in a organisation outside, there aren't any exams of this sort because people are just not inclined towards studying. Moreover, the school focuses on all aspects of the language while the organisation inclines towards the conversational, which to me is really a half-arsed way of learning a beautiful language..

Sigh.

posted by Sharon K at 5:56 am