although in technicality, i am not sure of my graduation from college yet, i have decided to prepare for my entry into university. if all goes well, and i have 8 subjects regardless of Econ’s failure or pass, i am going to argue that Econ’s is essentially irrelevant to my degree and ask to go towards uni (rather than staying on for 1 semester for just ONE irrelevant subject). if anyone decides to contend that, then i will probably get japanese as an alternative unit. Seriously though, if i do pass econs, i have basically cleared all of my electives.

the way University of Canberra works, in a normal 3 years time frame as an arts student, i have to do either 3 majors and a minor, or 2 majors and 3 minors. this is because 1 major/2minors are electives. 

i went to uni yesterday to get some stuff done, as well as church, and decided to do some research, which eventually lead to course planning for the next 2 years (an excuse to use the mac lab anyways). so this is my breakdown, should i start next term:

Main Major: Politics and Government

Courses: 18 credit points:

Introduction to Government

Politics and Democracy

International Politics

Politics in Developing Nations

Introduction to Public Policy

2nd Majaor: Law and Society

 Courses: 18 Credit Points:

Law and Society

Comparative Criminology

Cyber Crime

Gender and Australian Legal System

Human Rights Law

Violence, The Nation state and Terrorism

Minor: Sociology (i know this sounds weird since i wanted to do Socio and politics… i will explain later)

Courses: 12 Credit Points 

Introduction to Sociology

Governance in an info age

Young People in Crime

Identity Politics and Public Policy 

at some point in time, due to course availability, these might change, but this is essentially it.

i know i asked to do politics and sociology. in anu, the legal aspects of sociology was under sociology as well (if i remembered correctly) or under gender studies etc. these courses under law and society are essentially criminology, and i felt that they are fairly important too… i am sure you can understand from my choices of the courses in that area.

besides, they give me a hardon every time i look at the course info.

now all i have to do, is just to convince college, if i fail econs, that econs is a nubcake, not a part of all these! >.> 

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i havent’ talked much about my work lately… been spending too much time venting about the problems i had on livejournal’s communities like customers suck, and co-workers suck. it’s very therapeutic to go on and on and on about customers you dislike, colleagues that you hate, or is bound to hate.

obviously, when nothing much is happening though, i have nothing to say.

if truth be told, the last 2 weeks have been a slight pain in the arse. there were the stresses of school of course, and the fact that i had to push some weight around to get people to do anything. obviously they have always viewed me in a light hearted manner, and all crazy and funny woman like, so they had never really considered about the fact that i am ranked higher than them because of various factors.

some girls did take offense when i told them to keep working, while orders had be rude and retorted stupid remarks ("i will do things when i am not as busy" when she was just standing there and chatting inanely to herself). 

Training the new girls were awkward and a little on the hard side. they joined just prior to exams and assignment due dates, so i can’t afford to come in early and train them properly. besides, they were told to come in at four so that they could be partially trained by Mel, and now i have no idea who taught them what because it is all a haphazard thing.

Standing up for the girls when the kitchen or the customers make errors were scary as well. i thread on the thin line of being pushy, rude or just being firm. I mean, cookie is the biggest bitch that we can have on a permanent basis. He yells at us, abuses us verbally for being fucking stupid and what not, or abuses us in a way of venting his anger towards the customers. either ways, the girls gets it, and one thing you must remember though, being a waitress meant that we have to face customer fury as well. which results in a double abuse, and it really isn’t the girls’ fault sometimes. 

And since the managers are scared of an angry cookie, they pulled me one side and told me that he’s ranked higher than Don, don’t be rude and pushy to him, it reflects on the managers, etc etc. i don’t get it, YES he IS important as a chef, but why should HE get away with being a prick while others are told to mute it in their little corner of the world? again, he can get shoved. i don’t care if he’s the manager or the kitchen hand. he is inducing the rest of the stupids in the kitchen who are new and doesn’t know much shit to be abusive towards the girls too, even though sometimes they were definitely in the wrong (and yes, this time i literally told the new guy to fuck off because i know the job more than him.). we apologise, we literally grovel sometimes, we do not deserve to be abused, whether it’s their fault (and especially if it’s their fault), our fault, or the customer’s fault.

there are other ways to handle things without being abusive. 

The girls don’t get why i get relaxing bits of the job sometimes, and that bit sometimes make them annoyed enough to ignore me when i tell them to do shit. if truth be told, i rather not be the one in the pass because then i can earn some tips. it’s also fairly boring, since i am able to do it fast. when it’s just food, and clearing, and just checking the food out of the pass, the night goes by too slowly. there were times i can’t help out in the food and clearing either, because there were already 2 bus-girls, and the food were 3 minutes from being fully ready. so i had to stand there, do nothing for 3 minutes.

ah, the joys of being a senior waitress. i had rather be a nobody sometimes.

but someone’s got to be it. 

incidentally, i have picked up more shifts for the holidays i kinda screwed up though, i told them i be free till july 17th or something, and turns out that if i failed economics, i start school again on the 16th or something of june. lmao. ~.~ just a couple of weeks to lax out. meh 

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i have been intending to blog about da vinci code for days, because i have actually watched the movie (finally!). but things have been just happening and happening, that are way more important than da vinci code or anything much else for that matter.

because these few days, i have just been calculating and re-calculating my expenses. it seemed for once, i really might have to leave after all. yes, i am that broke. that is, unless i just fail a class and then have to re-do that class, or 2. before you start thinking sideways, no, i didn’t plan to fail economics due to that. if i do fail, it’s just a natural part of being "Panda".

anyways, most of my classmates who are close to me knows about this. i haven’t hidden any facts that i would be leaving, because every time they ask me what do i plan to do after college, i couldn’t respond with anything that i thought sounds reasonable. plus, i have decided that lying openly to people who ARE studying WITH ME isn’t exactly going to help matters much, and lotsa other ethical factors.

besides, because some of them have went through some "looking for school" issues, they might know more than me about finding other schools to run to until i finish my degree.

however, someone came today, after being informed by one of my classmates about the situation. yes, i know who this person is, he is also one of my classmates. we had a LONG talk, over brunch, coffee and tea. and he offered to pay for everything, sans living expenses, and i can pay him after i am done with uni, and is able to re-pay him.

he felt, like my convenor, that i had the intelligence required to go through with what i want to do, and aspire to be. and wanted to make sure i do what i can with my youth (funnily, he’s younger than me).

and so, i might stay on for 2 years.

sometimes, i feel, God works in funny ways. 

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