My quest for the ultimate UE

This week I've embarked on a journey to search for the ultimate UE to take to fulfill my module requirement. UE - unrestricted elective can be anything as long as the module is not part of your major. I already had the perfect UE in mind - no exam, with pass-fail option and hopefully not on Tuesday (since it's my only free day so far). Initially, I thought I could take Japanese 4 but the exam date clashed with my econometrics. Sigh. I painfully give up studying japanese in school and surfed around looking for the ultimate UE that can fulfill my requirements.

I looked in other faculties because that's the only way I can S/U my module. I decided to attempt to bid for Financial Market even though it's level 3000 cause there's no exam and can s/u. Somemore the content is regarding banks - something which I would be learning in econs also. But alas, all my planning were foiled by my fellow bidders. I didn't get the module even though I bid 1000 plus pts for it.

By this point, it was already thursday. I'm starting to sweat a little - all the modules I've seen so far either clash with my timetable or my exam timetable or else it's something that I cannot bring myself to study. I decided.....to take up something so utterly foreign yet seemingly interesting - Great Ideas in Contemporary Physics. Can s/u, no exam, somemore not on Tuesday - I really thought it was a module send to me by God. Haha...alas my naive illusions were shattered by my fellow cg-mates. None had a good word to say about that module. All think it's very difficult. They say even engineering students also find it challenging.....and somemore I don't even have O level physics. I go home and reflect - hmmm....it's really crazy sia, to take such a module.

So by then, it's Friday. The last few hours to the end of Round 2B. School is going to start next week liaoz. I aimlessly surf around CORS, thinking that probably there's not much hope liaoz. In a last ditched attempt, I decided to try taking an arts module. In the end, the module I got is Popular Cultures in Contemporary Japan.

This module is the complete opposite of what I ask for - cannot s/u, got exam, somemore tutorial is on Tuesday and must do project ok. So why would I want to give up learning ideas in physics for this? Hahaha.....because I went to ivle and see the course outline and it says

"This module provides an introduction to popular culture in contemporary Japan with particular focus on anime. From the study of various themes in anime, we will look at how they reflect or negate issues and dilemnas in Japanese society as a whole. The goal is to look at issues like love, war, what it is to be human, what life will look like in the future, nature, ambition and striving, what is the essence of masculinity and femininity, and Japan as a nation. It is not just about anime itself, it is what we can learn about Japanese society through anime. "


"(2) Anime Reviews/weekly assignments (10%)
You will need to do a short weekly assignment, including a number of one-page anime reviews. More details on this later. Some of this work can be done as a group if you prefer."

It got all things I hate and one thing I love - anime. Haha.....when I saw that, I was thinking - physics or anime.

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Wah lau no comparision lah......of course I choose anime over Sir Issac Newton and Einstein lah. So now, I'm going to start watching more anime for homework okay.....don't play play ah. Of couse it's has nothing to do with personal entertainment - I'm sincerely trying to discover the themes of friendship, love and personal integrity within the colourful moving pictures.

Be prepared now - the quest for ultimate UE may be over, but the quest for the ultimate anime has begun....bwahahahaha.