They say 3rd time's the charm...

Anzac at Sunset
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They say 3rd time's the charm...

Somehow I can't manage to see that just yet. I just had my first day at a local private uni, as a 1st year student (again!) in my second degree(I did my 1st one with Sydney Uni), Bachelor of Business, Accountancy. Its offered by a rather prestigious Australian uni, and it promises to be world recognised, including the Australian CPA. I've had a long and arduous background with Accountancy. In fact, I've just dropped out of ACCA. Lecturers & school were poorly equipped and I had trouble understanding their brand of english. I lost that motivation. So in came this second degree, promises to break up the crazy load in one single ACCA unit into several. I guess I can't lose doing another Australian degree.

My first day was a blur, stressful blur. People already knew people, and did I mention they look 20? I'm not sure how to describe but I didn't feel like I quite fit in. I guess I had to start with Accounting 101 again coz the uni did not recognize my previous but relevant professional degrees. Needless to say, I ate lunch alone at a table with another Australian lecturer & a local lecturer lamenting about the local students. I smiled politely. And when Marketing lecture came, we needed to find a group to work on a project. I've hated group work since the beginning of time. Its never work out for me, its either we disagree on everything and it ends up awkard, or I end up having to do the whole project. Somehow, I do waaaaaay better in a real work situation, where people are forced to work together by geographical reasons and are more amicable. I took sometime to think about it and I'm thinking about pitching a one-woman effort to the lecturer. Just hope its possible.

I'm still keeping my hopes up. Perhaps sometime soon, I'll agree that 3rd time's the charm. For now, I only miss Sydney more and more, especially with the flown in uni lecturers. Sigh...