mostly hope, happiness and excitement!

[chibichan]

Can I just take a moment to say how happy I am that I'm not doing law this year? I was curious and took a look at what modules I was assigned this year; and only one of them was a module I actually wanted. They gave me Law, Family and Society (and if there's one thing I learned doing this degree is that "society" in the name of modules does not stand for "how society nowadays works", it stands for "how philosophers think society works"; you're stuck learning a bunch of legal theories that you will then have to describe for the exam, which in my case is boring because I've already studied philosophy in school, only difference is, my school teacher made philosophy way more interesting than my university lecturer), Private International Law and International Law (which I really did not want to do, because from what I understand, you basically study a list of international cases that you have to know for the exam and that's it). They're all modules that I seriously couldn't want to do less. So happy I don't have to put up with this crap anymore.

I exchanged emails with the lecturer of the web design course for a few days, asking all kinds of questions about the course. I must say, I already like the guy. He took the time to answer all my questions and was very patient with me. He even wrote "wee bit" (I love Scottish dialect/words) and once he even put a smiley face in one of his emails. He just seems like such a nice guy! :D I'm so happy he's going to be the one to teach this course. He basically said not to worry about the application form, that it was merely a formality and basically he would accept me into the course. So I'm "unofficially" in; all I need is for the college to get back to me about my application and let me know that I'm in. I'm so excited! :D

Also, when comparing the willingness and helpfulness of this guy to that of my advisor of studies, she seems really disinterested and lazy. I sent her an email two days ago, asking if she had heard back from the Committee regarding my liability for termination of studies, since I haven't heard back (and I was supposed to hear back on September 5)... but has she replied to my email, by any chance? Nope. I have no other way to contact her either. The university has completely left me in the dark about what is going to happen to me this year and what I am to do. It's just... irritating. I'll wait until next week and if I don't hear back from anyone, then I'm emailing the secretary of the law school. Someone must reply to me.

I don't know what came over me exactly, but yesterday I sent an email to a magazine here in the UK which is about anime/manga/video games/Japan in general, which, as you know, are huge interests of mine. The magazine is called Neo, in case anyone in my f-list who is from the UK wants to know. They do a "reader review" every issue and I asked what the topic of the next reader review was going to be about. It would be an amazing opportunity to get something written by me published in an actual magazine and it would look good on my personal statement if I applied for a Journlism degree. I also very boldly asked if/when they were going to hire new writers for their magazine and if they required any qualifications; I said I would love to work for their magazine and that I could send them samples of my writing. I felt so pumped when I sent them that email, so happy to be going for something that I would love to do... Andrew said it was great to see me really go for it and be so excited about something. I don't think he had ever seen me that happy... and I can't recall the last time I had been that happy in the last couple of years. They're all a blur of stress, tears and general "ugh" and "blah". I'm so excited and happy about this, too.

In minor news, today I made myself a new shiny Europass CV to give to employers. Can't wait to add my web design qualification to it (although I did put I'm doing the web design course).

So at the moment I'm currently waiting for emails from 7 different people. Two from possible employers (still hoping that Waterstones contacts me first), one from the renting place (I'm waiting for an email from them saying they found a replacement. I also asked a girl I know from my class if she could spread the word about the room, since I'm not in Dundee and cannot ask people myself about it; also I don't know anyone who would want the room), one from Perth College (about my application), two from my university (from my advisor of studies and the Committee) and one from Neo magazine about the reader review and the job as a magazine writer. I am trying to wait patiently for all of these emails... but they're all so important and I'm so excited/nervous about them! I might do a meme in the next few days just to keep my mind off things while I'm waiting for people to contact me. Keeping all my fingers crossed!

Comments

[kalloway]

I think one of the bookstores here imports Neo - I'm sure I've seen it before. Not to put carts before horses, but if you do get anything published, let me know so I can buy a copy!

[chibichan]

Oh gosh, thank you so much for your support! ♥ It's nice to hear someone might be interested in a review/article written by me. :)

[sylvaine]

Yay, it's so nice to hear that good things are happening! Crossing my fingers that you will get all your emails soon and that they'll be uniformly positive! ^___^

[chibichan]

Thank you, dear!! ♥

[fujicori]

I'm not from the UK, but I know I see Neo in some stores sometimes - let us know if you get something published in it! :D

[chibichan]

Aww, thank you! It makes me excited to think my friends might read an article I've written. :D

[immortalje]

I hate teachers that can't make their topics interesting. At least the new lecturer seems to be completely passionate :)

I wish you the best of luck with everything - both for the web design course and the jobs :)
Hopefully a student will pick up your flat last minute (or maybe not so last minute)!

Also, I think in your last post you mentioned considering computing and other programming languages - if you ever want to talk about it, I might be able to offer some advice. It might be a wide field of study, but there should be some similarities :)
(I went into the direction of software development and had at one point focused on media, but that's not as close to what I'm doing now)

[chibichan]

I've been told by a friend of mine who studies computing that he's really good and sarcastic! And he does sound very passionate, at least from the emails we've exchanged. I can't wait to meet him in person and start this course. I'm already interested in the subject because it's stuff I enjoy learning and that I've wanted to learn for a while now, but I'm sure he'll make the course even more interesting/enjoyable! :D

Thank you so much! ♥ I'm keeping my fingers crossed myself. :)

Oh, I see! I'm interested in all programming languages, to be honest, although I want to tackle PHP, Javascript and databases first. I think I might be more interested in developing scripts for the web and designing layouts, but I'll keep your offer in mind in case I decide to go to the "next level", so to speak. :) Thanks for your offer!

[immortalje]

Late reply is late... but hopefully better than never!

Those are the best teachers! The ones that make things more enjoyable and interesting :)

PHP, Javascript and databases sound like a good start when going for something web-related :)
If you ever want to know something about other languages feel free to ask at any time :)

[muladhara]

I've heard of Neo! I've even read some issues! :D I hope they reply to you/give you some useful information - doing work for them would be waaaaaaaaaay cool (also you're far more forward than me, I'd be all, "Eh, it would be cool to work for them", and dream about it but be too scared to do anything??? I am SUCH a coward. Unlike you!)

And I'm really glad that you're feeling happy within yourself, too. Happy is good! :D

[chibichan]

That's good to hear! :D And aw, I used to be too scared to do anything, too! But this time I really want to go for stuff that I would like to do... I don't even know what came over me exactly, I just thought, "I need to send them an email!" and did it. I hope I wasn't too forward or anything, haha.

Haha, it is! :D Thank you, dear! ♥

[muladhara]

I'm sure you were fine! I bet they get really pushy sorts emailing all the time (and I don't think you were pushy AT ALL).

You're welcome! ♥