Caught in the Slyyderweb

done... thankfully... struggled with that essay, late, and ended up a few hundred words short of the suggested 2500 words (ok ok was closer to 2000 lol) but I did use 8-9 reference articles instead of the suggested minimum 4-5, including pulling in 1-2 from elsewhere in the unit instead of what was just on the recommended readings for this particular essay, so that should help...

Anyway, time to take a few days away from study to clear my head and catch up on some other stuff I'm behind on, before throwing myself into getting ready for the end of semester assignments due in about 3 weeks time

other units now official and a Distinction as well... so guess am happy with that lol I mean part of me is just happy to have passed and got through, though I have others telling me how hard a Distinction is to get so I should be real happy bout it lol

Ok, as of yesterday work was done and completed until after christmas... as of about 5 minutes ago essay done and submitted so study is now done until after christmas... well ok will have to get some done over the next few days, but set/assigned work is at least out of the way so can pick and choose when lol

so now in wind down mode... still have some christmas shopping to take care of which am not looking forward to, but nothing major and all stuff I can work around if I cant find...

but now hopefully to spend a few days catching up with people/friends...

Well the exam I thought I had done well on, just got the results back, 76%... would have liked over 80, but I guess happy with that *S*

full unit results wont come through til next month, but with 80% on the 2 essays and now 76% on the exam, should still get 74-75% overall, which should be a distinction... yeah guess I can settle with that for my first unit! lol

now back to my essay for my current unit...

ok just getting details for the 2 new units starting today... one on Internet studies and the other History of Australia... in the later, have 2 essays then a take home exam, first essay 1000 words which is fine, next is 2500 words!!! agghhh!!! lol then the take homer exam is 2000 words! but then thats 2 questions, so 2 x 1000 words which isnt too bad...

hmmm and the internet studies one, the first and third assignments have to be either a website/page or a blog! woohoo I get to blog for my study! lol

Last minute rush on an essay again... partly cause this part of the unit I just struggled with a little more, more so than the first part... not so much that I didn't totally understand or comprehend, just that it didn't really strike a chord with me the way that a lot of stuff in the first module did... which made it hard to focus and get going on the essay, to find a line and direction...

But last minute rush and done and in, though was uploaded 1 minute and 58 seconds after the set time of 3pm est... so hopefully that wont hurt too much... that and the fact its possibly a tad shorter then required (though still borderline within guidelines) and definitely not as well reviewed/drafted/re-read as it could or should be... i really need to find a way to get motivated and writing earlier on these things...

Ah well, time to take a break and clear the mind some I think...

My Uni student ID card arrived today!!! lol well the bit of paper that will become my card anyway, I need to provide a photo and laminate it myself lol but then I can go get discount and get in on the cheap everywhere *G*

LOL and no thats not the ONLY reason i went back to study...

Ok, weekend over, another week begins...

Got an e-mail invite to an OUA orientation night/meet being held at Curtin in a couple of weeks, so may as well head off to that and scope some stuff out...

Trying to track down some info as to how the OUA exams and study periods work so I can finish booking/planning my holiday, trying to find out if the exams happen inside the 13 week study period or if they happen in the week or so after, overlapping with the next SP (as the next one starts straight away)... am assuming probably the later but want to make sure before I book flights/rooms, the good thing with the online study is I can still study while away, but exams might be harder to work in

alright back to some work...