(So what else is new?)
16:16 Tax Prof: Topics have been released. Groups please sign up.
17:40 Update 1: 4/10 topics have been taken.
19:43 Update 2: 8/10 topics have been taken.
20:18 Yours truly checks email, goes "Oops"
Rant #1 Do I not check my email enough? I think a 4 hour lag time (between the time I recieve mail and the time I read it) is reasonable, yet apparently by the time I have checked my email 80% of my Tax class have already signed up!
Note to self : Check if NUS email servers have blackberry capability.
Tax Class on Tuesday: Tax Prof: All those with no groups or incomplete groups, please own up now. (4? 5? people raise their hands) Tax Prof: Ok, set. You all without groups, will be in the same group. Everyone should now have a project group.
23:25 Random tax student: Err, apparently my group only has 3 members. If you are in need of a group, please let me know.
Rant #2 Is it just me, or you should ensure you have the correct number of people in your group *before* signing up for a topic? And weren't all groups supposed to have been sorted out by Tuesday? Hypothetically, what if 3 groups of 3 are formed and all sign up for topics such that by the time yours truly got around to signing up, there were no topics left?
Anyhow, all the topics (even the ones left) sound interesting and fun, so all's well that ends well.
About BTC. Since btcsucks posts seem to be in vogue, it seems like an auspicious second post!
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Now that we're already into week 3 of school, most teething problems have been ironed out. Wireless works. The canteen stalls are open. (Doesn't actually say anything about the quality though) Construction on law school buildings are mostly done - though there are still a zillion construction workers around. I like the fact that on Fridays, we have free reign over SPE and can play badmintontennissquashsoccerbasketball to our heart's content.
Of course not everything's rosy. There are never enough power points to go around, since everyone brings laptops to class. But then again, that's a good thing. Insufficient power points = Inability to plug in all the time = Power conservation = Wireless off = No internet/MSN during class = PAYING ATTENTION.
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There are nowhere near enough parking lots in sufficiently convenient places so you don't have to walk 10 minutes to get to school. Which is equivalent to taking the bus. Way too many law students drive to school! And to think we used to whine about climbing up the 60+ steps (Cheryl Li kept count!) from the old business canteen car park. At least then you knew that whatever time you came to school, you were assured of a lot. Now, I can wait-long-long in the hope of ever getting a spot outside the canteen when I get to school. If I'm lucky, I can get a spot in front of the Eu Tong Sen building. Otherwise, it's outside SPE for me.
To my faithful readers, (Yes, all two of you!)
Your task here is simple. If more than two days pass by without a new post appearing here, whine to me about it! Continue whining until something interesting to read about appears!