back to germany and stuffs.....
I've always said this : time flies .........
whilst it's resonating inside my somewhat preoccupied mind at the point of editing this entry , i can't help but marvel at how true this is once again....
9 weeks (or a little more than a couple of months) ago, i was enthusiastic bout going back to MAS and the prospects of meeting up my family and friends alike, be it new or old-buddies....
and guess wat....
without realising it, i've already come back to Germany for 2 weeks and i'm currently trying to soak myself with a hectic 4th sem schedule....
emm.... first day back to the ''Hochschule'' was kinda refreshing.... As a matter of fact, it's been around 1/2 year since i last set foot on the proximity....reasons being that i have had my first internship somewhere else for the whole 3rd sem .... somehow i realised that i have a completely different feeling coming back to the Hochschule than that of the first 2 semesters....
The fact that the unattractive outward appearance of the Hochschule doesn't bother me as much as during the first 2 sems, if not not at all, has surprised even me myself.....guess i've ultimately come to understand that the germans place more importance on substance rather than form without compromising the quality ...... i remember one of my frens from London saying something like : Germany is a country which does not crave for recognition from the others by carrying out mindless pursuits, but instead earns them thru showing the others that they have the capability to do a job without flowery decorations...... it suddenly seems so true..
and after going for a few lectures, i'm delighted that i could understand almost 90% of them !! this is definitely a breakthrough for me personally !! anyway, there's still a long long way to go until i could really blurt out questions like a native speaker in the german language spontaneously....so in a way, it's still extremely tough.....talking bout that, to ask questions in front of a bunch of foreigners and with a foreign language is a challenge itself .... sometimes, this has more to do with confidence rather than anything else ..... i could sense the confidence emanated from the germans while they speak and more often than not, they really ask stupid questions !! :p ..... so that says it all ...
emm.....btw, i'm taking more subjects this sem than i ought to ..... i'm doin that because i have the freedom to do so since we can basically arrange the timetable for ourselves starting from the 4th sem ..... besides, i've other plans for the upcoming semesters.... other than that, i wanna try to step out of the so-called comfort zone and transcend the personal boundaries of myself.....this is by no means trying to show off as i've a lot of seniors doin that successfully .....
on the other hand, i'm trying to prevent complacency from reigning as this could mean jeopardy........
last but not least, i'm actually in a rush while typing this...:p...so i guess some sentences have not been structured properly.....anyway, dun give it a damn..:p
whilst it's resonating inside my somewhat preoccupied mind at the point of editing this entry , i can't help but marvel at how true this is once again....
9 weeks (or a little more than a couple of months) ago, i was enthusiastic bout going back to MAS and the prospects of meeting up my family and friends alike, be it new or old-buddies....
and guess wat....
without realising it, i've already come back to Germany for 2 weeks and i'm currently trying to soak myself with a hectic 4th sem schedule....
emm.... first day back to the ''Hochschule'' was kinda refreshing.... As a matter of fact, it's been around 1/2 year since i last set foot on the proximity....reasons being that i have had my first internship somewhere else for the whole 3rd sem .... somehow i realised that i have a completely different feeling coming back to the Hochschule than that of the first 2 semesters....
The fact that the unattractive outward appearance of the Hochschule doesn't bother me as much as during the first 2 sems, if not not at all, has surprised even me myself.....guess i've ultimately come to understand that the germans place more importance on substance rather than form without compromising the quality ...... i remember one of my frens from London saying something like : Germany is a country which does not crave for recognition from the others by carrying out mindless pursuits, but instead earns them thru showing the others that they have the capability to do a job without flowery decorations...... it suddenly seems so true..
and after going for a few lectures, i'm delighted that i could understand almost 90% of them !! this is definitely a breakthrough for me personally !! anyway, there's still a long long way to go until i could really blurt out questions like a native speaker in the german language spontaneously....so in a way, it's still extremely tough.....talking bout that, to ask questions in front of a bunch of foreigners and with a foreign language is a challenge itself .... sometimes, this has more to do with confidence rather than anything else ..... i could sense the confidence emanated from the germans while they speak and more often than not, they really ask stupid questions !! :p ..... so that says it all ...
emm.....btw, i'm taking more subjects this sem than i ought to ..... i'm doin that because i have the freedom to do so since we can basically arrange the timetable for ourselves starting from the 4th sem ..... besides, i've other plans for the upcoming semesters.... other than that, i wanna try to step out of the so-called comfort zone and transcend the personal boundaries of myself.....this is by no means trying to show off as i've a lot of seniors doin that successfully .....
on the other hand, i'm trying to prevent complacency from reigning as this could mean jeopardy........
last but not least, i'm actually in a rush while typing this...:p...so i guess some sentences have not been structured properly.....anyway, dun give it a damn..:p
posted by Teong Hee at 11:10 PM
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