I am "officially" back to blogging.
I have finished the first year of my degree and
successfully discarded the title of "Fresher".
This semester (my second one) was definitely hectic.
But I managed somehow,
at the obvious expense of halting all blogging activities.
A solution that I AM trying to put into practice is micro-blogging.
No, not Tumblr.
But just shorter blog posts.
Random articles on Google told me a normal blog post should be around 500-800 words.
A norm that I've never adhered to, apparently.
BUT I SHALL ATTEMPT TO!
From now on!
#promise
Oh and I might also change the design of my blog
to something more....boring.
(The good news is larger fonts *yay*)
So, today
I thought I'd write a bit about why I chose to study my current major.
For those who clearly don't know me very well,
I'm studying a Bachelors of Science degree,
majoring in Environmental Science and Natural Resource Management.
This is a funny choice,
considering how I wanted to do computer and IT-related courses back in high school.
I made this decision to change my field when I was on my first trip to Australia,
when I was 16.
My parents got me a course guide from my now-university (UWA),
I looked through the large, cool array of courses available.
Oddly enough, the prospects of me studying codes and whatnot
did not excite me as much as I had thought it would.
I was indecisive.
I knew that computers were more of a dream,
than a realistic life decision.
So after ignoring all the IT courses,
I focused on looking for "the next best thing".
Environmental Science sounded promising.
A major about helping and conserving the environment.
How "noble".
The notion of studying something "noble" appealed to me.
The fact that its a new field of science also got me excited.
It wasn't Biology, Physics or Chemistry.
I've never taken Environmental Science before.
Thus, I've never "failed" Environmental Science before.
I could start all over again.
On a new, clean slate.
Yep.
I'll take 1 Environmental Science please,
thank you very much.
After picking Environmental Science,
its possible to have a second major.
I didn't want to throw thousands of dollars away
doing pointless, easy electives,
so I thought investing all that money into a second, complementary major
might be advantageous.
Science was a horribly underfunded industry,
I later discovered.
So having some knowledge in
environmental "business" and "economics" was bound to help!
After all,
money does (unfortunately!) make the world go round...
And luckily for me,
there was a Natural Resource Management course available.
So, I took it.
Although I picked those 2 majors to study,
I've went through day and night,
unable to decide on whether I should really stick with them.
Now that I'm entering my second year,
I'll really have to make that decision.
We'll begin studying our specialised subjects.
No more of those "general" units.
But I believe,
or at least I like to believe,
that I probably made the right decision.
Besides,
what's the worst that could happen, right?
P.S. Its working! A SHORT blog post! Finally!
Listening to Hey Ya! - OutKast
It's Summer Time,
TK
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