Finals.

So it seems that my final exams for this semester are just around the corner - seeing as I'm writing this after midnight, that means tomorrow. Fortunately, this time around I do feel somewhat motivated.

If only that motivation had come a lot sooner, though. Namely, at the beginning of the week-long study break.

Frankly speaking, I did want to start studying earlier. I was just distracted, as usual. It's kinda hard to concentrate on your studies when everyone around you is doing anything else but. My housemates may have been having their own final exams during the week (they're doing a different program from me) but you could hardly tell by the way they were going about it.

Well, the guys are now done with their finals, and they've all gone home. This means that I have the house all to myself this weekend, plus most of next week as they'll be on semester break.

And what of my own semester break? Well, I'm not in Foundation anymore, so that means I get more than a week's break - namely, a fortnight and a half. Yeah, that's right. Three weeks.

Just the other day one of my lecturers was talking to me about shifting my second semester backwards a bit, meaning that it would start in August instead of June. This was because that it'd be better for me to have a classmate for my second semester onward.

See, if I went ahead and started in June as planned then it would mean that I'd be the sole student in pretty much all my classes for the rest of my three years at Manipal. Starting in August would mean that the only other student in my program in the entire university would be starting her second semester along with me.

I realized the benefits of the arrangement. My only concerns, however, were as follows:

(a) Would it mean that I'd be graduating later than planned?

(b) What the heck would I do until August?

The first question was answered after my lecturer assured me that regardless of whether I started my second semester in June or August, I'd still be graduating at the same convocation ceremony.

As for the second question, though, I was forced to decide between the following options:

(a) Take the whole two-and-a-half months off, effectively making my three-week break into a ten-week one.

(b) Undergo a kind of short semester, taking a couple of elective subjects.

(c) Become a paid student tutor, teaching Math and stuff to Foundation students during tutorials.

(d) Take up an early internship at AirAsia, gaining some valuable experience.

After some consultation with my mother, I decided that I'd go for the second option. Option (a) was completely out of the question, as I'd probably spend all that time off loafing about, leaving my brain relatively inactive. As for option (d), I figured that a single semester wouldn't be enough for me to go for any sort of industrial training, and for all I know I'd probably get bullied there. Option (c) remains viable, though, and I'll see if I can't have that along with option (b). I could use the money.

Anyway, in case I haven't mentioned it before, final exams start tomorrow. Here's hoping and praying that I'll do well.