After learning about this word in Social Psychology (one of my electives during my Winter 2019 semester), it dawned on me that I do fall in that death trap regularly. Well, my previous post was after my 3rd semester, and now I'm posting AFTER my 4th semester. It's really difficult to keep up.
I have a niece and nephew that I couldn't even visit during semesters, which I find kind of sad. Sad for myself that I can't do that. Well, I suppose I can, but again I fall into a death trap of really just wanting to relax during my me-times. I'm not really proud of it.
But now I have a little break. I decided to take a course during the summer to off-load my 5th semester which has 7 courses. Reducing it to 6 would make my life easier. So I'm taking Calculus 2 this summer. 2 nights a week. Shouldn't be too bad but I will definitely miss my full summer freedom I had last year.
In terms of my schooling, it's going really well. I received a scholarship award from the Barrett Family Foundation which was so awesome and came as a surprise. Very thankful for that. Semester went well. A few mishaps here and there due to my procrastination — something I can't help a lot of the times. My semester consisted of Embedded Microcontroller, which taught us assembly language, Computer Networking basics, Calculus 1, Intro to PLC, Telecommunincations, and finally my chosen elective Social Psychology.
Made tons of new friends, some much closer than others. As well as awesome professors at my college at Humber. And I can now finally say I have played Dungeons and Dragons since our group of Electronics Engineers gotten together to start it and one wanted to become a Dungeon Master. And what great fun our sessions do get! I also became one of the social media person for our IEEE Humber club. I'm not really a social media fanatic but it's kinda fun to mess with it. Being OCD definitely helps.
I also had Embassy Church during the first 9(?) weeks of the semester. Although it would've been more fun to get to know more the people there, I still felt out of place socially as I am on the older side compared to the majority of them. I had to skip their Banquet night...
I purchased a 3D Printer also! Can't wait to show some of my prints. I'm not a crazy experienced 3D model designer, so I just download models from Thingiverse. And boy, 3D printing has a HUGE STEEP learning curve. It's definitely not a plug and print type of machine. I'll elaborate more on a post about specifically 3D printing.
Outside school, I finally got to play my bass guitar in front of a crowd with a group of friends. Was nerve wracking but FUN! I'm not really a good bass player yet as I lack practice. But after that, it gave me a boost to keep going with it. I sold my 5-string bass and ordered a 4-string one. I hated my first bass with a passion because of that 5th string that I never use. I hope to be able to play better because my friend is also wanting to sharpen – or resharpen – his instrument playing skills. And by the way, it was also my first time carrying all my musical equipment (bass in a hard case, amp, stand, music stand) into my car and unload it to the location. Kudos to all the people who do that on a regular basis.
Anyways, I wasn't on planning on writing this much but it just kept coming out! I basically laid a foundation for myself since now I can talk about any of the above for a next post. Until next time~
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