Unsuspectingly, the dreaded subject registration period had sneaked up behind me to inflict more pain in my holidays.

There’s just something really wrong with NTU’s subject registration system. There’s never enough slots available for the subjects. 60 people fight over 20 (or less) places for a subject. And then subjects clash. I can’t A if I take B. And fastest fingers win. If your internet connection screws up, then you can kiss those highly popular subjects goodbye and resort to begging the lecturers to squeeze you in when school starts or take those crummy classes that you are not interested in.

Most of all, it’s highly stressful. Never have I seen people click so frantically at the library once the clock turns 3:00pm. I hear people going “oh shit” when their key in an index code and a window flashes “xxxxx has no available slots”. gargh. Exams aren’t even as stressful as that 2 minutes of frantic mouse-clicking.

This year I’m staying away from the library and registering right from home. Just pray TMnet doesn’t die on me at the crucial seconds. I’m not even asking for a 4-day week! I just want my Scriptwriting and Video/TV Production! Otherwise, I’d start wondering what I’m doing in the electronic broadcast division if I’m doing some other theoretical crap instead. ugh.

Was also sorely disappointed to find that the new School of Art, Design and Media will not be offering their subjects as general electives to non-Art students like me. I mean, 2D design and colour workshop just sounds so much more interesting than say, Air Quality Management. Sigh, guess I’ll stick to French 2 and try to audition for Percussions class.

Well, the battle begins next Monday. Quick, help me say a prayer for steady TMnet connection.