warmer weather.

lovelies,

got my schooling stuff sorted!
skipped a whole year and starting off from the 2nd :)
i'm thinking about doing a 3rd year
hopefully the job markets don't think i'll be too old then!
as well as TAFE/college
i'm undertaking an online Uni course

so, this is my thinking:

1. successfully complete diploma while also undertaking online course
2. look for job / continue with a 3rd year
3. complete advanced diploma / look for job / still doing online course
4. get job / continue course until
5. complete
6. pay back fees / while in job

at least, that's how i've planned it all out anyway :\
not everything goes according to plan so!
FINGERS CROSSED!

getting back home after classes is interesting
once got a rough looking gentleman comment positively on my looks
even throwing in that he should have married me
[hahaha!]
then another time, i'm waiting for the train
it's a warm day so i'm fanning myself and an elderly man
comments whether or not my fan is working,
slightly i reply and he laughs and decides to sit down next to me
[one should note there are plenty of other places to sit]

anyway, he asks if i'm a student or not and what i'm studying for
and goes on about something genuinely interesting facts
things such as investing in equipment now, so i can later can them tax free
or something similar, and get my own business name registered
have a company started now too, so by the time i finish school
i'll be hitting the road running :)
talked a while once our train arrived and boarded.
though i think was starting to feel light headed facing one direction
while the train was moving another direction
[i'm sensitive like that, unfortunately!]
well, time for me to take my pit stop while he travels by
-- mostly him just talking and me listening and trying my best to be responsive enough.

so yes, some interesting albeit strange people one can meet on their travels.

xo

-- lidia.

orientation day.

hello there children/kids/lovelies.

after successfully NOT completing my course first time round
i've gone back to re-enrol for a whole course duration
though i'll be needing to talk to some teachers about recognition of prior learning :\
thus, because i was fresh out of high school into college/TAFE
i was highly unprepared for 'matured learning'
my head just refused to want to learn anymore than it already did for the past 13 years of my early life
and i believe, lead to my downfall and therefore!
when i reapply for my course, my classmates will be majority made of people younger than me

i find this strange and all too new because most of my life was spent feeling too young
as i was usually one of the younger peers within my group of friends and associates.
nevertheless, change happens and i must learn to deal!

anyway~
to my story of attending my newly enrolled course orientation day
i woke up later than i should have, which had me in a major panic
and not to mention i'm an extremely anxious person with little to no patience actually
thankfully my mummy was able to drive me to the station
the closest being at least 20 minutes drive, plus the traffic due to schooling hours
takes about another hour or so to actually get to my college's station where i need to get off
THANK GOODNESS for express not-really-express trains!
[ by the by, i saw my cousin Sally get off the station just before my half-way stop off ;P ]
basically the faster train i would usually get, with bonus advantage of even fewer stops
(luckily for me too!)
well, i'd still need to walk at least 20 minutes extra after departing from the train but again
another good moment was that the road/walk-way goes down so like, even faster walking!
and i'm a fairly fast-ish walker too, so once more, bonus!
AND, by the time i get there i could still spare a good 50 minutes to go sort out my travel concessions :P
worrying for nothing? well, almost but still i have to say, someone was making sure things ran smoothly for me (thank you recent and past onward relatives! ><)

possibly the only downer for the outcome of all this
was i had to cancel a shift at work, last minute [eep!] when the bosses and such have already gone through telling all the workers to stop cancelling last minute
–– not to mention it was one of the managers that picked up my call too!!
i just hope he was able to sort out my cancelling of that shift for that one day ><"
and that i DON'T get fired!!!! [i've already been counselled for other things, see…]
&&& it was warm weather so that left me feeling all dizzy and sickly and sweaty, yucky.
so not a very nice walk UPHILL to get back to the train station and make a slow way back home, bleh.

but overall, the orientation itself was a whole lot more informative than the last college/TAFE i attended.
got some handouts and proper folders and all that spiffy-cool stuff; very 'professional'.
but one would hope so! being that it's known not just as a college/TAFE but a design centre.
PFFT, fees went down but now they add extra costs … 'materials charge' they say.
still! much more organised as well with what goes on first and such.

but enough of that.
i'll be needing to get my head into the game, for real this time
–– applied for an online Uni course too! so double the amount, and even more self-motivating!!
wish me luck.

xo

– lidia.