Clearing Up

Was told that I should update this blog more often.
I did not realise that pple do drop in because this blog has gone relatively quiet for about 2 years before the unexpected surge in traffic this year due to the pressing need for more time to discuss several topics.
Also, even since I started my lecture series, there was barely enough time to sleep, eat and mark so blogging has to take a back seat.=)
yesterday felt like the end of a marathon when I collapsed on Thurs night after NDP celebration and dinner with my class. I finally see more of the camwhoring side of them with the 1-8 poses :).
Even the next day on Friday when I slept in a little later, I felt a little wasted in the afternoon and a short nap just to get back into the rhythm again. It was too much for me lah - staying up until 3-4am for the entire wk and not including those usual late nights that accompanied lectures last wk.

But I was glad that lectures went well and most of the students seemed to be able to get the big idea. And with it, I felt my own development and growth as a lecturer over the past few years. The ability to draw connections and try to convey materials in its beautiful simplicity without assaulting the senses with too much details. well...at least two students from another class told me that they were able to understand and did not sleep in my lectures. It was actually always exciting to lecture just that the preparation could be really exhausting. Haha, I think I am just slow in that because I like to imagine and rehearse my lectures in my head as I prepared the powerpoint slides. But like my bro said, this flow of ideas and thoughts can be very important - just the way I would expect my student to be thinking as they process the information or write it down. The logic and beauty of life.
I think I am going to miss lectures for a while.

This wk was spent on clearing my backlog of marking and reorganising the virus material(and preparing bacterial answers and mcqs). I would get home in the evening, slept for an hour or slightly more just so that I could be awake later in the night and wee hours of the morning to clear the marking and to work out some notes/amendments I promised to provide. So much to work on so that I can leave in peace, knowing that I have wrapped up this challenging topic nicely so that students will have an easier time studying it and therefore appreciating it. Virus can be quite cool! Sighz...so much more I want to and can teach them. But then I know they will be in good hands :)

Got to stop here. too tired. hahah will write on the farewells another time. I still have a list of stuff to clear :) Eeks!