I should start off by telling you what I'm studying, and that is a conjoint BSc/LLb. To preserve your time, I took the initiative of jotting the abbreviation and avoided the long, somewhat meaningless title. In short, I want to be a lawyer.
I should also declare that I am not in law school yet. The true test of being a lawyer is demonstrating honesty, so there it is. I'm not sure whether I'll make it into second year law; the final step that will cement my future. For now, I'm just focused on getting things right. And dropping out of the pharmacy degree was definitely a good start. In weeks to come, when I run out of things to say or my week went no where, I will write a lengthy post on how I got here and I hope to make it as inspirational as possible because in retrospect, I admire the courage, strength and faith that I had.
My first week back at university has been unpredictable. Here's a typical conversation:
Caffeine-induced-me: Hey, are you waiting for the anatomy and physiology lecture that I'm also waiting for, because that is why we're both sitting outside the lecture room ten minutes before the lecture starts?
Stranger: Yes
I'm already running out of things to say: That's cool. How are you finding it? I know we had the introduction lecture yesterday, but I would like you to start predicting what it would be like.
Stranger: It's good so far. What about you?
Huh, I wasn't prepared for this: I don't know since we only had the introduction lecture yesterday and I have this theory that being too optimistic on the second day might forebode a miserable outcome, but to be able to continue this conversation I would need to agree with you. It's not so bad, yet.
Stranger: What are you studying this year?
I seriously did not prepare this far into a conversation: I'm doing a conjoint degree with science and law. I don't know if you'll take the proceeding silence as a cue to tell me what you're doing, so I'll just ask. What about you?
Stranger: That's ambitious.
I guess, if you're taking one paper: So you're taking this paper? Anything else?
Stranger: I'm doing psychology, biomedical science, neuroscience, doing some general papers and I need to mention the papers I'm doing just for interest like classical studies, latin language, chinese..
I zoned out again!: Oh, that's ambitious.
Stranger: Yeah, I want to be a biotec......
Me: LOOK! LECTURER!
And I also got a job working at an airport! I'm very proud because it was the only job I applied for and I had the ego to believe I would get it. And I did. They even altered the induction training to suit my university schedule. How flexible! I start my first shift tonight. Here's a picture of me in uniform:
