#78 | Looking Back, end of Year one
Looking back, it was a year filled with laughter, memories and fun times, spent with the people whom I am very, very thankful for.
Year one has officially come to an end and that means I finally have time
to update this space of mine after leaving empty for so long
due to assignments...
I was just browsing through my Instagram, out of boredom and while browsing,
I kinda thought back about my first year in poly. And then I was like
"I should blog about it".
So there you have it,
in this post, I'll share and reflect on my first year in poly.
"What do you mean you don't know anyone? Didn't you meet your classmates during orientation?"
Nope. For orientation, they decided to group us randomly. So I was in a group filled with people from different courses instead of my own classmates :)) #verynice.
I only got to meet my classmates the next day, during tutorials. Everyone seemed so friendly and looked like they already had their own cliques. I felt so out of place tbh. And honestly, I forgot how I survived till Friday because that was when I met my current group of friends. It was them who helped me survive year one.
But year one isn't all happy and fun memories.
There was obviously drama because what's school without drama right?
When a clique gets too big, people will obviously feel left out. There are also some who might feel that they are better than others and not talk to them at all. I met these 2 types of people in my own group of friends and the latter was absolutely disgusting. So there are 2 humans in my clique who feel that they are better than the rest. These 2 only talk amongst themselves and 1 of them only started talking to me AFTER she knew that I could drive.
how fake can some people get?
Long story short, both groups of people left the clique. I kinda feel bad for the people who left because they felt left out. I was rather close to one of them since we had similar goals and she was very nice, to me at least. As for the other group of people who left, just whatever. I can't be bothered with them at all.
It felt a little empty after people left but soon, out of nowhere, someone decided to just sit down and become part of the clique. Let's call this person, person A.
Let me get this straight. I have no issues with new people joining the group, eating and having fun with us. The issue only begins when that new person starts to become annoying and creates problems between the other people in the group.
Anyways, person A joined us because her previous clique, 'kicked' her out. So one fine day, she just decided to sit down with my clique during tutorial and have lunch with us. I had no problems with that.
I only started having problems with Person A during assignments. Person A hates doing the report side of assignments (Person A told me personally) and prefers doing practical work. For nearly all the assignments we did in semester 2, Person A hardly touched the reports unless they were told to, repeatedly. Even in other groups for assignments, Person A told their group members that they would help with certain parts of the report but they dragged it till nearly the last minute and even did it wrongly.
I honestly cannot stand this type of people. In real life, you don't get to fucking choose what you want to do and what you don't want to do. The assignments were split into separate parts with one member assigned to each part. So just do your bloody part and that's it, done.
Another thing is that Person A likes to wait until the last minute to do things. We finished an assignment 5 days before submission so there was ample time to edit and make necessary changes. Person A was simply in charge of editing the assignment but they waited till the day of submission, a few hours before submission to edit. Person A told the group that they edited but it wasn't saved so all their edits were gone.
Sorry but I don't trust the bullshit you just gave me.
Person A had the cheek to show frustration when suggestions were given to edit certain parts. I'm sorry but the last time I checked, you had 5 days to edit this thing. You have no rights to show any form of frustration if YOU chose to edit hours before submission.
The group ended up submitting the assignment late and we are going to get penalized. Thanks!
There's more but this post isn't focused on Person A so, back to topic.
So yeah, year one was filled with happy memories, dramas and fun times It was a year I don't think I'll ever forget. It was a year where I felt that I could perform better than certain lecturers of mine.
I totally understand that lecturers are busy and have hundreds of scripts to mark. I totally get that. But some of them, despite saying they will do something, never do it. For example, one lecturer of mine told the class that she would return our assignments to us during the exam week (This was after my friend asked her about it)
That lecturer never returned the assignment to us at all. Another incident that happened was, she told the class she would send the performance order before the day of performance so we could better prepare BUT, she ended up telling us, on the day of the performance.
And she has the audacity to lecture us on submitting assignments and works on time.
I can't be bothered by it now since exams are already over and there is no way I am going to travel all the way back to campus just to collect 1 assignment that the lecturer forgot to hand back. Besides, what matters most is the GPA. It's not like I can calculate my GPA with the grades either.
Okay, I don't have much to say anymore. My train of thoughts just left me :))))
So, to sum it up, I wouldn't say that year 1 was hectic or packed because like I said in my previous post below, I'm already used to it since I have been going through it when I was in ITE, for 2 years. What I can say is, the memories made in year one was unforgettable. But would I go back and start all over? Nope. I don't want to go through the 'making friends & knowing your classmates' phase. Also, can time during the holidays slow down?
I am happy with and thankful for my current group of friends (excluding Person A...) and I really hope the friendship we have will continue even after graduation.
I just hope that the toxic people in my life will leave automatically instead of being so thick skinned. And if they continue to stay, then too bad for me. I just have to pretend to be happy around those toxic people. I mean, what else can I possibly do right?
P.S. I haven't started on my post for my 2018 Seoul trip & SMTOWN, due to time constraint... I should probably start on it ASAP since I'm on my break now. It'll be up soon! I hope...
- e n d -
the bunny pal 🐰
