Art supplies & stipendsOnce again, we have to buy new art supplies. New units, new shopping list. The funny thing is that probably I would not use that particular medium since I am more inclined to use clay but I still have to buy it so I can pass the unit. Do I have a choice? No. Do I have money? Also no.
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Transport Malta (Part 1)Apart from having the school's timetable being a complete disaster the bus timetable is getting even worse. I am waking up at 5.30 a.m. to get in time for the 8 a.m. lecture. I am literally waking up looking like a zombie. No breakfast therefore I make a coffee, put it in the Costa Coffee Mug and grab a packet of crackers and anything handy to eat on the bus (even though there's the sign of no eating or drinking on the bus). Prepare the sandwich and leave.
my health? kaput.As I have mentioned in previous blogs, I have epilepsy. During progress week I was so relaxed, happy and I took care of myself. When we started, obviously I was going to be stressed and excited about what the new units were going to be and in last week's post I whined about the system and assignments but I never knew that it was going to affect my health so much.
Back to work (already smelling disaster)I think I will mainly talk about the ridiculous timetable they have given us. I have NEVER in my four years in MCAST, experienced such disappointment and anger towards the university and whoever takes care of the timetables. The worst day of the week is Monday. We start the week at 8 a.m which is already a bummer since I have to wake up super early (5.30 a.m because the traffic in Malta is, I cannot even find a word to describe it!!) and we have from 8.00 a.m. till 6.30 p.m. and mind you, we have NO BREAKS IN BETWEEN!!! We only have the 30-minute compulsory break of the institute. Come on this is ludicrous.
RestNothing beats the feeling of handing in all of the assignments. I had an all nighter on Thursday 26th January, a day before the deadlines and I was up till 6 a.m. There were certain things that I shouldn't have left for the last minute and I have to brush up on time management for the coming semester.
it has arrived...The week that I did not want to arrive just did and I am already in the beginning of it. Well yesterday was not great at all. Before the second group of students started the presentations the lecturer told us that he had corrected our historical essays and we did not do well at all, that already was putting us into more panic so we don't mess up.
deadlinesI am really excited and scared for the coming week to be over and done with. I am so mentally tired, I really need to hibernate and sleep for a few hours because I am really tired. I am tired of the same assignments now but what's tiring me the most is the other students in my course.
time managementThis weekend was probably the most hectic and productive one for me. On Friday I started working on the painting unit up until today. I only worked on painting since it was the one I was behind on the most. Now with all the strength I could deliver, I finished A LOT of paintings which I honestly do not know how I managed.
will I manage?The question that I am asking myself every day is, 'will I manage?' I cannot seem to get that out of my mind at all.
No communicationAs one of the student representatives of my class, since we're two students for our year, before we split up for the holidays, I had received an email from the director that we had to meet up together with the director of the whole university of MCAST and talk about any queries BUT it never happened...
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AuthorClaire Farrugia Archives
April 2017
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