Perhaps changing to the advanced units for both maths classes wasn't such a good idea. I was going to go and get my timetable this morning, but my bag broke on the way so I had to go and buy a new one. (Luckily, they do sell backpacks in the book shop.)

When I got to the timetabling place, I found out that it opens at 9:30. So much for arriving at 8... at least I found out that I can catch the 7:15 train and still arrive at 8. I was expecting to have a tutorial at 9, so I went to one anyway, and I was told that I can stay in that group. I like the maths tutorial. It's basically just a time to do maths questions individually, and the tutor is there to help anyone who needs it.

After that, I went to get my timetable. Shock and horror, the advanced differential calculus tutorials are all on Monday! I already have a full day on Monday, so it means an extra clash in my already overloaded timetable! One option was to have it clash with my existing clash (xD!), but I can't have two tutorials clashing, so I'll have it clashing with a really boring lecture instead. xD The advanced differential calculus lectures start at 8 too, so now I have to get there at 8 on Thursdays and Fridays as well as Mondays and Tuesdays! Then again, having the Friday class early in the morning is actually better because I get the rest of the day to myself.

Wednesday is also the day with the linguistics tutorial that I can actually attend. It was so funny when we all had to try making all the sounds! Too bad that I'll always miss the Monday ones. I hope that my buddy takes good notes.

I was surprised to find out that there were no trains this morning. It turns out that someone died near the track in Chatswood, and that caused delays on the entire line. I still managed to go to my maths lecture on time, and the  lecturer actually knew about the delays on that line. Apparently, that was one of the reasons why the lecture today wasn't as crowded as yesterday. I've found out how to get into the advanced classes. I had to talk to the first year adviser in the maths department, and she asked me two questions. The first one was whether I did maths extension 2, which I answered a straight-forward yes (somewhat surprisingly, no proof was needed, so theoretically anyone can claim to have done it). The second question was whether I like maths. I said yes, but I obviously didn't sound very convincing. It was an awkward moment when she said "you've got to like maths to get in". and I ended up telling her the "that's so cruel" story (it was relevant because the story ended with the maths scientist saying "she loves it" to Nadi), and she joked that I can do the advanced unit because of the story. I even showed her the mouse heart drawing (which was behind the aforementioned story) and my maths smileys. I'm such a show-off. xD Then again, the most important thing was that I got in anyway.

The bad thing about getting into the advanced unit is that I'll now have to get a new timetable, and I can't get it online because of the pre-existing clash, so now I'll have to go to ask for the clash to be allowed. I hope it doesn't end up changing everything else. The worst case scenario that I can imagine would be that my other maths lectures will also be in the morning and I'll have to go at 8 everyday.

I also bought my textbooks today. Compared to what other people said on their blogs, my textbooks aren't too expensive. They were heavy though. I'm actually glad that I didn't have my bike with me today. I don't know how I would've managed to ride my bike while carrying all these books.

The lab session ended early today, so I went home much earlier than I expected. I'm glad. I'll need the extra time to get everything sorted out.

Only yesterday it was hot and sunny. It just has to rain on the day when my classes start.

Well, it wasn't raining when I left home this morning, but the rain started when I was on my way to the university.

I really ended up taking my bike with me, and I'm glad that I did, even if I was riding in the rain without a raincoat.

I'll have to say that a maths lecture first thing on a Monday morning wasn't really that cruel. Not that it was anything interesting either, except that I found out that I might be eligible for the advanced class. Aside from the administrative information, the lecturer started talking about vectors, which was of course familiar stuff from all the years before.

Despite the fact that the first lecture ended 5 minutes early, I was still late to the next one. Then again I took a wrong turn somewhere. This is the time when having a bike really made a difference. I was only 10 minutes late even if I went the wrong way. It was a really boring lecture though.

Normally I should have tutorial right after, but it's the first day and we haven't had a lecture for that subject yet, so it was cancelled. That gave me a much needed break to go and buy some food, and I also got to attend the first linguistics lecture where I now have a buddy to swap notes with. Then again, I already knew him from O-week.

I had another break after that, and during that break I met Reni, Jessica, and Anne. It's surprising that I managed to meet them on this huge campus.

After the break was the final lecture of the day, and the lecturers were late! No, it's not because people here don't bother about being on time, it's just some kind of confusion about locations. That lecture was just as boring as the computer engineering one though. May be I didn't make such a good choice after all...

If you're reading this, you'll probably know the "maths question first thing on a Monday morning that's so cruel" story. Well, Nadi should see this timetable. Whoever that planned the lecture times for the units that I'm doing is what I can really call "cruel". I'll have to leave home at 7 tomorrow, and I'll have non-stop classes until 1 o'clock! It'll really be "survival of the fittest" at university - just travelling between classes will be exhausting.

I've managed to put some space between the Tuesday and Wednesday classes, but there's nothing I can do about Mondays. I've bought a lock. I'll really be riding my bike. Well, I should really get off the computer now. I'll need to sleep early tonight.

This is officially the end to my 4 months of holiday. I definitely won't have "too much time on my hands" any more (not that I ever really did).