Thus begins a new academic year. Mixed feelings, lads, mixed feelings.
On one hand, sweet summer is all but over. Occasionally, the sun peeps in between gray clouds, but really, there's no hope. The sky is overcast most of the time and the rains threaten to fall. In fact, it should be starting anytime now. I see quite a number of dead leaves in the parking lot. Autumn heralds her arrival.("One more month, one more month",I yell."Autumn starts in October". But no one seems to be listening).The cold wind has already started to pick up and pretty soon we'll be shifting to the winter hours. That means shorter days and longer nights. Ah, well. I guess there's nothing to do but bite the bullet and plunge on till June next year. Good Grief!!! That is a long time indeed. Why June? Well, that's when the weather becomes nicer and everything is bright and sunny again, with longer days and shorter nights, and fun times and less stress and....siiiiiiiigh. You get the picture.
On the other hand, academics should bring some order and discipline into my life. My brains have pretty much turned into tapioca. I remember my examination for a Aerodynamics related course last month. It was a one-on-one with the professor. I knew I was in for it. I just didn't know how bad. I spent forty five minutes in there with the good professor, the gears in my head spinning weakly as he fired away with his questions. It was obvious to him as well that I hadn't prepared. But he was a really nice guy. He gave me some easy ones, shook his head sadly, gave me the passing grade and said that he hoped that I would try again. (Oh yeah, I definitely am.)
Apart from this, its the standard fare in Delft at this time of the year. New folk moving in , old folk moving out. Departments getting spruced up and the campus teeming with students. Good ol' Delft is back to normal.
Just thought I'd sneak a quick post in here, before I scoot back to the books.
On one hand, sweet summer is all but over. Occasionally, the sun peeps in between gray clouds, but really, there's no hope. The sky is overcast most of the time and the rains threaten to fall. In fact, it should be starting anytime now. I see quite a number of dead leaves in the parking lot. Autumn heralds her arrival.("One more month, one more month",I yell."Autumn starts in October". But no one seems to be listening).The cold wind has already started to pick up and pretty soon we'll be shifting to the winter hours. That means shorter days and longer nights. Ah, well. I guess there's nothing to do but bite the bullet and plunge on till June next year. Good Grief!!! That is a long time indeed. Why June? Well, that's when the weather becomes nicer and everything is bright and sunny again, with longer days and shorter nights, and fun times and less stress and....siiiiiiiigh. You get the picture.
On the other hand, academics should bring some order and discipline into my life. My brains have pretty much turned into tapioca. I remember my examination for a Aerodynamics related course last month. It was a one-on-one with the professor. I knew I was in for it. I just didn't know how bad. I spent forty five minutes in there with the good professor, the gears in my head spinning weakly as he fired away with his questions. It was obvious to him as well that I hadn't prepared. But he was a really nice guy. He gave me some easy ones, shook his head sadly, gave me the passing grade and said that he hoped that I would try again. (Oh yeah, I definitely am.)
Apart from this, its the standard fare in Delft at this time of the year. New folk moving in , old folk moving out. Departments getting spruced up and the campus teeming with students. Good ol' Delft is back to normal.
Just thought I'd sneak a quick post in here, before I scoot back to the books.
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