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I didn't manage to get any free days. In fact, on certain days I have to go to school for just one hour of tutorial.
Oh well. I can always mug in school. That's the first step to becoming a hardcore mugger, isn't it. Hahah.

It's week 2 of school, and I'm still having fun so far. My Mondays are rather killer; 4 hours of lecture, 4 hours' break, another 4 hours of lecture. I start at 0800h and end at 2000h. Not very fun, I can tell you, but at least the company isn't bad. That makes it somewhat bearable.

I'm in a listing mood suddenly, so here goes.

Top Ten Reasons to Love University Life
10. No mandatory uniform. The only compulsory 'uniform' I've heard of so far is the lab coat, goggles, covered shoes and long pants when there's lab.
9. Freedom. Lots and lots and lots of it. It's fun to be so hands-on about my own education, but at the same time there's a lot of hassle too.
8. Getting to know new people.
7. Exploring the school by taking the shuttle bus around (conveniently 'forgetting' to alight at the correct stop).
6. Doing crazy things like the algorithm march anywhere, anytime.
5. Trying out new things, like economics.
4. Field trips! (One excellent reason to take the biodiversity module.)
3. Not slacking around at home and wasting my time.
2. Having all kinds of shops/restaurants/residences/halls in school. It's like a mini-town.
1. Not having to act like a sane soul 'cause I'm not the oldest around anymore.

It's very liberating not to have to be the voice of reason. All the guys are at least two years older than the girls, and it's like gaining a whole bunch of weird elder brothers with drastically different personalities, all at once. The only thing I can't stand about them is how they keep telling me how XXX girl is so hot/cute, 'cause I'm not interested.

New friends are good and dandy, but old friends are the ones who've stuck with you through thick and thin and so deserve even more attention.
If all goes well, Pearl and I are going to crash Germ's lecture next Tuesday. Attending a lecture sure isn't a movie marathon/board games session/kboxing, but any time we can meet up is still better than nothing.

Time to get back to my literature lecture powerpoint slides. One thing I've noticed is that science/math lecturers are organized but they aren't good at using the mikes or their voices, and vice versa for the humanities subjects' lecturers.

I so so so so so need to mug.