school started!!

ok finally classes have alr started for me. i have an average of 10-12 hrs of lessons per week. sounds slack? well ít's really not that easy actually. i understood almost nothing in class and it didn't get any better each day. the lecturers all spoke at TGV speed!! word of the week for me: STRUGGLE. i think as much as i wanna play i should still study... don't wanna end up dabao-ing any of my modules.

anw, here are a few differences i have noticed in the school system with that of Singapore:
1. they use blackboard and chalk. very few rooms with whiteboard and marker.
2. most of the lecturers do not provide lecture notes. u just have to copy whatever they write on the board.
3. the french have a cursive handwriting style which is damn hard to read. and they use a lot of incomprehensible abbreviations.
4. the lecturers talk for 2 hrs non stop (yes no break at all!).
5. all my lecturers wear t-shirt and jeans to class so far.
6. the french students are very punctual. in small-sized classroom, almost everyone is present 5 minutes before the lesson. if the door is locked, everyone rushed in excitedly when it is opened to get front seats.
7. the french students asked a lot of questions in class. they are much more vocal.
8. the lecturers do not use microphone even if the lecture is held in LT.
9. the french use square mathematic papers to take notes instead of foolscap paper.
10. there are more girls in terms of proportion. unfortunately, one thing is universal: there are close to no eye candies in engineering school. HAHA. =P