Stark from Earth @ LS @tonyfromls@qoto.org

Did a gym workout this after after weeks of hiatus.

Getting ready for the exam tomorrow but because of the heat index classes are suspended. Let see if I can have the exam on Friday instead.

I am not happy with the turn out of events.

First the plan that shifted my focus temporarily from last year and failed to meet the plan's timeline milestone this year frustrated me because it messed up things when I shifted to that plan and then shifted back to the original plan.

Second I am not happy with my schooling being late in the second semester and because it proved not easy to cope up specially with the lack of a syllabus and only relying with my classmates notes. In addition the lectures slides were somehow vague and because the lessons were separated in terms of integration techniques but then when I came back to prelim sections the slides were discussing direct integration without using u-sub techniques but via trigo properties then I saw in my classmates notes they were actually using u-sub techniques from the start. It gave an additional headache with me getting stuck on some problems for a long time only to realize they still solved it with u-sub method. Another thing is that in calculus it was agreed upon that the exam that was given to me already covers midterms and prelims and with the tight schedule it's going putting me in the loosing end if things were flipped like what happened when my instructor last week decided that I take another exam for prelims which was not the first agreement and because of it I decided to review again delaying the exam on EDA because of this.

Third, add the fact that the performance expectations in Manila has been squeezed as part of the objective to raise the technical competencies for the Manila team and this entailed lots of deliverables and lots of stress at work while trying to cope up with the schooling. And then other departments are having attitude for tech issues that is from their side and wanting our side of the team to do the solving. Managers are becoming rude due to the stress.

Back at the university, as another factor, while I am at the mercy of racing for the already finished prelims and exams, I heard older professors there trash talking the university I came from and said that students from my previous university they are fluncking at the current university. I know such talk is more about political taking the good image in terms of competition but that is low and is giving me the impression that I will fail too not because of my lack of capabilities but because events are not in favor of me.

Fifth factor now is that I remember that all subjects or courses from the previous university has a module and that means the course syllabus being taught to students are all uniform, solves the same problems, have the same examples, discusses the same topics and is a big help for working students like me who from time to time might not be able to attend lectures in real time.

I think I will let the second semester finish then I will come back to the previous university from last year. I will be faced with the same problems again there where students will rely on me during group activities but that is fine as long as it will serve me in my learning journey and is in favor of my situation as a working student.

Lessons learned, do not trade stability for risk. Meaning stability must be maintained and if risk is wanted for growth then it can be given space in the plans but not to let it overtake or replace stable plans.

Been spending countless hours solving trigonometric integrals using direct integration with identities.

I just realized that the examples in the lectures for prelims were not solved that way but instead they still used substitution 😅

Integrals using transformation of trigonometric functions are bloody 😅

I am running out of 1 rim of yellow pad paper from practicing integration problem solving 😅

Feet hurts. Did an average run last night for 10km after a month of hiatus.

Now I am back to focus on integrals involving trigonometric functions including inverse trigonometric functions, and the use of double angle identity.

Not sure why my instructor decided to give me a separate prelims exam that was supposed to be on Wednesday but because my stomach hurts and I was having LBM with blood on my stool I didn't show up and asked for it to be moved on Monday because Thursday and Friday I can't go to university due to some deadlines at work.

For now I have broke the fast since Thursday and my stomach getting good now. Second Ramadan in a row where I am not able to fast due to problems with my stomach. Last year I got Ulcer. Looks like the same this year 😅

Just finished my prelims and midterms exams on Calculus 2 and Material Science and Engineering.

There were questions on Material Science and Engineering which I didn't see in the reference textbook, could be a side note from the lecturer.

In the differential calculus class last year we were allowed to use our scientific calculators but the exams included super difficult rational equations involved in the differential equations. In the integral calculus exam today, I took the special exam at the faculty office and I was not allowed to use my scientific calculator. I don't see anything hard on the equations except for the tricky involvement of trigonometric functions. Maybe the lack of hardness was due to the fact that it is already isolated on the integral constant.

At Manila today because I was locked out from my work laptop and needed a specific IT department to resolve it.

On the other hand I saw professor Jeffrey Sachs speech at the EU parliament.

Although I am pro Ukraine, I agree on Sachs points during his speech.

Already back at the home at the beach and still studying. Go the hang of the integration by u-substitution. A few more integration by parts this morning and then trigo substitution.

Going up to the mountain city to continue my studies there while relaxing. Will also do my martial arts practice there and long distance run.

Alright, all my exams are now moved. The earliest is next week for Calc2 and MatSci while EDA will be the week after.

I don't think I can make the exams tomorrow. I already ask for postponement by next next week for EDA. I hope Calc2 and MatSci will also follow.

I still need practice for calc2 specially on complicated integrals involving trigonometric substitution and integration by parts.

For MatSci I am have not covered the needed chapters yet same also for EDA.

Overwhelmed by the need to catch up for the prelims and midterms take home quizzes and exams on school premise for tomorrow for the 3 courses in:

Calculus 2
Material Science and Engineering
Engineering Data Analysis

Next time I don't want to be late in the semesters 😅

Went to Manila yesterday and this week is Engineering Week in the US, also celebrated by IEEE.

Cramming for the exam week.

The student population also is less. Unlike the 1st semester where the class is around 40 students, the 2nd semester in a different university has only less than 20 students.

The advantage is that the lecturer is delivering the lessons in a more interactive manner, more like a tutorial.

The vibe in the university is unlike the one where I took the 1st semester of 1st year BSEE.

While the previous university is more rigid following a module schedule and has lots of trivial hardness typical of undergraduate engineering here in PH, the current university has more of the vibe of the University of The Philippines where there is less if not the absence of trivial hardness and more academic freedom.

First time to encounter semi-finals. In my first degree BS Computer Science and during the time I was taking MS Computer Science we never had Semi-finals.

In the university where I transferred to recently for the BSEE program first year second semester, they have Semi-finals exams.