FML 39 - Group work

Group work sucks to the MAX I tell ya. It was, it has been and it really is! There has been tons of group work to do for school and universities. In my case, there has been group activities every single semester. I don't even understand why all the course coordinator or instructor always include group activities. Is it because they want a day off by sitting there and evaluating us instead of teaching to the class? I believe so.

But seriously group work is not collaborative at all sometimes. Everyone has their own life, own schedule, own working style, and so it is hard to collaborate with each other. What usually happens is that each of us will be assigned with different part of the assignment and at the end we will just combine everything. That is like mixing all different kinds of leftover foods together in order to come up with a dishes. And of course, sometimes it comes out great, and most of the time, it is NASTY!

In a nutshell, group work sucks. What makes it even worse is when you have unproductive, late, last-minute group members. They tend to ruin everything! So the paper is due at 9am, and you just emailed us your part at 8:53am? I can forgive you if it is really a great piece of work. But the problem is it is not! I was merely a page of simple paragraph and still missing the important points! You suck! We have to fix your problem for you at the very very last minutes! I blame you for the freaking stupid, low marks. All because of you! Sick of you! So unlucky to have you in my group.

Lesson 38 = Pray that you do have good and reliable group members whenever you are doing group activities.

FML 38 - Prince William and Kate divorce...

MAARS News reports:

" Barely a month after marrying 29-year-old Kate Middleton in a royal wedding ceremony watched by an estimated 2 billion people worldwide, Prince William announced Tuesday that he and Middleton have divorced and that the entire marriage was “a tremendous mistake in every possible regard.” “I really don’t know what I was thinking—we’re a terrible match, I don’t love her and never have, and, to be honest, I never really had any interest in being married in the first place,” announced the now unattached Prince William to a dead-silent British press corps. “People thought our wedding was some sort of fairy tale, but I assure you it was all just some ghastly ceremonial farce that got out of hand. I’m just relieved it’s over, frankly. And I’m glad I’ll never have to see that awful woman again.” Prince William then told the assembled reporters, “Well, see you all later,” smiled, and walked back into Buckingham Palace."

So unluckily Kate and William are getting divorce. I am heartbroken. And I don't understand why he thinks Kate is a "awful woman". This only proves that there is no fairy tale in this century.

Lesson 38 = Do know how to differentiate between the truth and the rumor. Rumor is just a rumor after all. It will fade eventually. 

FML 37 - Got on the wrong bus

Someday you just want to go home as soon as possible right after work because you are so dead tired. So you drag yourself to the bus stop and get on the bus you have been taking all the time. And yet, it was a little too late to realize that you were on the wrong bus!

Yup, I got on the bus that come at the usual time. Half way through, I realized the bus is heading to a different direction! I thought the bus driver was new and not knowing the route as this happens quite frequently. But no, the driver was right and I was wrong. Thanks goodness, I was familiar with that bus route and knew where it was going, or else I would freak out. At the end, it took me an extra half an hour than usual to get home. Sigh...lesson learned!

Lesson 37 = Open your eyes big and wide and make sure that is the right bus! LOL

FML 35 - No camping on the long weekend

No fires, no booze, no fun?

So you really like camping, and you wait and you wait and you wait all winter, and then you wait for May long weekend to come and then what happens? There is fire ban. And the weather forecast is not looking great. And the rising gas price? Not so great I tell ya. It is like a big wet blanket on the plans.

With the money ti takes for gas now, plus the fire ban, plus the cloudy, raining day, it just seems like not worth it.


Lesson 35 = Don't be dampened by the forecast. If you have been planning it for a long time, you can't call it off at this point because of the forecast or fire ban. Let's head to somewhere else!

FML 34 - Still raining

If you refer to my previous post, I mentioned that it would be unlucky when you forget your umbrella at home when you are outside in the rain.

Right here, hot weather is not in the forecast over the weekend. Saturday will be the warmest day of the week at 20 degree Celsius and cloudiness is expected on Friday and Saturday, while showers are in the forecast for Sunday and Monday.

I think it is okay to have rain one in a while, but what if the rain won't stop? What if it is going to rain for the next 7 days? That is not so great because that means all the outdoor activities will have to be limited too.

Spring and summer are already very short here, so we always want to make the most out of it. And yet now you are forecasting rainy day for the next few days?

Sigh, that is so unlucky!

Lesson 34 = Hopefully Mr. Sun would feel better and greet us soon?