As you guys know, i'm kinda science-minded (or you can say NERD if you want) and science is the only subject i cope up well with rather than the others. Not that I always good scores or I'm good in it, but science provides me such an enjoyable process to gain knowledge, from completely nothing to something. That is the reason why i take all 3 science subjects with me in my elective subject.
Diantara 3 pelajaran IPA, pasti yang punya cerita tuh FISIKA. dari dulu pertama aku kelas 7, sampe sekarang, pasti yang paling berkesan deh. Kesan baik, kesan buruk.. kesan buruk lebih banyak kayaknya? hahaha.
I do still remember how i struggled so hard to understand the terms used in Physics when i first time studied that in grade 7. It was taught in Indonesian, but too many strange new words for me!! I don't even know what 'relative' means at that time. I kept ignoring that weakness, and well.. as a result, many red marks which no parents love it.. you know what i mean :P Since then, starting from grade 8 my mom made me having extra private session at school to catch up. Didnt enjoy that at the first time, at all..! you know how tiring to have your brain forced to work until 8 pm after school. all I wanted to do was sleeping or gaming. haa.. lazy girl :P But soon, like 4-5 weeks after, i started to have that confidence, then slowly can get along well with it, and at the first time i got 100 out of 100, you dont know how happy i was! I still remember it was about electricity, which i wasnt sure it would be easy to get through. Starting from that time, I start getting the essential part of physics : sketch it in your mind.
Time goes by and last time i feel good about physics was when i did quite well in the regional science olympiad. The only physics olympiad i've ever participated in and i made a remarkable result, how exciting! But there was also a time when it was exciting enough for me but not for my friends :( Once I had an exam and i was the only one who got 100 out of 100 and almost the whole class didnt pass it, i was in grade 10 at that time. so sad hey :(
But now, things seems to be back to its origin. again. I have to adapt with the LANGUAGE (arrgghh why why why? Physics is supposed to deal with numbers but i always get stucked in the wordssssss!!). So lucky i have a very caring teacher. He understood that i'm a slow learner in this case and i have to adapt with a new learning system too!
Everything here is all online-based. The book, the assignments, even the schedule! My teacher is soo high-tech minded i guess. He uses sources what other teachers dont do, actually i must say his system is very interesting!! but ohh.. i forget to mention this, we don't have a specific lab room for experiments, we use the class both for lab and studying. but you know what? the sets are just awesome!! like i said, very hi-tech! ga ada ceritanya bikin laporan tulis tangan euy.. aku masih inget jaman2 nggarisi marginnya kertas buat bikin laporan. hahaha.
Jadi, tiap anak disuruh download template untuk laporan tiap2 praktikum. enak bo' tinggal ngetik masukin data.. trus alat2nya juga terhubung sama USB jadi udah terekam langsung ke dlm template file itu. Bahkan, perhitungan kurva2 pun udah dia (softwarenya) yang ngitungin..! weenak tenaan.. :P Pengumpulannya lewat flash disk ke server yang udah ada di sekolah. Go green banget ya, less paper used nah? :)
So far itu dulu yah yang ku ceritain.. it's way too late here! i should sleep anyway :)
good night..
i mean.. good morning!
Brisbane, August 22, 2010
00.15 am
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Let's talk about school..!
Hoolaa peoplee..!! Long time no see hey. Oh, not that long i guess :D well as i said before, i wont be able to write here everyday but i'll make sure i won't leave this blog abandoned :D i'm in my break now.. Not particularly a 'break', i don't have class for the next 2 hours and i decided to spend a lil bit time writing something new here!
Well, the topic now is about school, and stuff.. Not actually the most interesting topic to be talked about, but this is why i'm here eh? I think some of the readers want to know how's school going here, especially my dad (if he reads my blog anyway haha)
Should i really call this a school? Nah i dont think so.. This place is not a school, this is a college. Don't know if some says school and college is the same, but for me it's different. I don't have to wear uniforms, I don't have fixed schedule, and there's no grading here (like grade 10, grade 11, etc.) so i don't think school is a proper word.
I have to take 2 buses to get here, one is bus 435 which destination is to the city, and from the city i have to walk a bit to catch the free bus called 'the spring hill loop'. I walk for like 3-4 mins from home to the bus stop called 'Greentrees East', then the bus will come and i get off at the queen street bus station, which is located 'under' the queen street mall.. usually the bus drop me off in platform B (I'll talk about platforms later!). Then I have to walk again to the other side of the street, where in front of Commonwealth Bank there's the bus stop for the free buses which departs every 10 mins. I live quite far from the college anyway, it takes me around 45 mins if there's no traffic (for the whole trip).i have LOTS of stuff to be shared related to bus, however, let's save that topic for my next post! ;)
Mind me saying this, but if im allowed to compare my previous school (where i go to for around 13 years) and this current place where i'm going to study for the next one year.. It's just completely DIFFERENT. Al Hikmah is.. Well you know, with its facilities, classes, fields, car parking, a very school-typical environment. This college i go to, it's a 7 story building, with a lecture theatre. For those who are expecting me to lose some weight after i come back from australia, don't be happy yet! I know it's a PERFECT place to do exercising by not using the lift and just take the stairs to go everywhere. But i'm insane if i have class in level 7 and i have to take stairs from level 1. I'm definitely gonna be dizzy! Anyway, instead of the high building, there are plenty lots of nice shops across the street and around, where i can buy tuna sandwich and cookies or chocolate bars and banana milk.. Mmmmmm! See how that 'balanced' all the energy i spent by having a moving class system? ;)
Hmm anyway, i have 5 subjects here. Math and english is compulsory, and i have the other 3 electives - i chose all science subjects because i have no idea what to do with accountings, economics, behavioural science (i believe it's called sosiologi in indonesia), or the other subjects. I won't be so careless to enroll in a class where i start from the zero point. It will affect my GPA oii.. Too risky!
i have a various schedule.. I will rather call tuesdays and wednesdays as 'busy days', thursdays as 'kindergarten day'. 'Busy days' is simply because my schedule is like from 9 to 5.30. The worst part is when the teacher ends the class 5.30 sharp, i have to running running (mblayu2 maksudnya) to catch the 435 bus back home, and the last bus departs at 6.15. If the teacher ends the class at 5.30 sharp, i cant take the 5.30 free bus since by the time i arrive at the stop, it will be already a few mins past 5.30. so the only option is waiting for the 5.40 bus or 5.55 bus. but see, it takes like 20 mins to get to the city, in case there's traffic. I always make prediction based on the worst possibility, so well.. without further explaination i bet you can imagine how suffering it is to be in race with the time!!
Well, about the subjects, i think i need to specify each subjects in different posts, so i can tell more details about what happens in each class.. now i owe you so much topic huh? haha. but that's worth it though :) i'm responsible to make every single time become memorable and lasts forever, so this is one way i can do..
I think i'm going to be free this weekend, so perhaps i will write more later.
Have a great evening, everyone!
xoxox
Well, the topic now is about school, and stuff.. Not actually the most interesting topic to be talked about, but this is why i'm here eh? I think some of the readers want to know how's school going here, especially my dad (if he reads my blog anyway haha)
Should i really call this a school? Nah i dont think so.. This place is not a school, this is a college. Don't know if some says school and college is the same, but for me it's different. I don't have to wear uniforms, I don't have fixed schedule, and there's no grading here (like grade 10, grade 11, etc.) so i don't think school is a proper word.
I have to take 2 buses to get here, one is bus 435 which destination is to the city, and from the city i have to walk a bit to catch the free bus called 'the spring hill loop'. I walk for like 3-4 mins from home to the bus stop called 'Greentrees East', then the bus will come and i get off at the queen street bus station, which is located 'under' the queen street mall.. usually the bus drop me off in platform B (I'll talk about platforms later!). Then I have to walk again to the other side of the street, where in front of Commonwealth Bank there's the bus stop for the free buses which departs every 10 mins. I live quite far from the college anyway, it takes me around 45 mins if there's no traffic (for the whole trip).i have LOTS of stuff to be shared related to bus, however, let's save that topic for my next post! ;)
Mind me saying this, but if im allowed to compare my previous school (where i go to for around 13 years) and this current place where i'm going to study for the next one year.. It's just completely DIFFERENT. Al Hikmah is.. Well you know, with its facilities, classes, fields, car parking, a very school-typical environment. This college i go to, it's a 7 story building, with a lecture theatre. For those who are expecting me to lose some weight after i come back from australia, don't be happy yet! I know it's a PERFECT place to do exercising by not using the lift and just take the stairs to go everywhere. But i'm insane if i have class in level 7 and i have to take stairs from level 1. I'm definitely gonna be dizzy! Anyway, instead of the high building, there are plenty lots of nice shops across the street and around, where i can buy tuna sandwich and cookies or chocolate bars and banana milk.. Mmmmmm! See how that 'balanced' all the energy i spent by having a moving class system? ;)
Hmm anyway, i have 5 subjects here. Math and english is compulsory, and i have the other 3 electives - i chose all science subjects because i have no idea what to do with accountings, economics, behavioural science (i believe it's called sosiologi in indonesia), or the other subjects. I won't be so careless to enroll in a class where i start from the zero point. It will affect my GPA oii.. Too risky!
i have a various schedule.. I will rather call tuesdays and wednesdays as 'busy days', thursdays as 'kindergarten day'. 'Busy days' is simply because my schedule is like from 9 to 5.30. The worst part is when the teacher ends the class 5.30 sharp, i have to running running (mblayu2 maksudnya) to catch the 435 bus back home, and the last bus departs at 6.15. If the teacher ends the class at 5.30 sharp, i cant take the 5.30 free bus since by the time i arrive at the stop, it will be already a few mins past 5.30. so the only option is waiting for the 5.40 bus or 5.55 bus. but see, it takes like 20 mins to get to the city, in case there's traffic. I always make prediction based on the worst possibility, so well.. without further explaination i bet you can imagine how suffering it is to be in race with the time!!
Well, about the subjects, i think i need to specify each subjects in different posts, so i can tell more details about what happens in each class.. now i owe you so much topic huh? haha. but that's worth it though :) i'm responsible to make every single time become memorable and lasts forever, so this is one way i can do..
I think i'm going to be free this weekend, so perhaps i will write more later.
Have a great evening, everyone!
xoxox
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