If it was up to me, that would really be the best way to describe it, really. I don't see it as a curse that it's already the 2nd month of the year, but it is hardly something to be extremely joyful over. Figures, the AS exam( I'll spare you an explanation on that) is in May, which is frightening, and undoubtedly why I only blogged once in January. God hopes I see through that this trend ends. I'm on a long weekend break starting today, and will only be going back to college on Tuesday, so let's celebrate that whilst we're at it, huh? :)

College started about a month ago, and as the first week commenced, I found myself joining a Robotics competition organised by University of Bath, which if you know me well, is like an anorexic joining Mr. heavyweight, because I knew zilch about anything Robotics, mechanics etc. I never even really enjoyed Transformers, so what the heck was I doing there?

It was something different. And different is always good, right?

They gave a short briefing prior to the competition, and you should've seen my face. I felt so lost with all the programming that they so easily describe as if it was A, B, C for them. Worst part was, seeing my teammates so engrossed, and full of confidence that they knew A-Z what the Bath officials were explaining. What did I do? well, I can make a really mean " Oh, yes I totally understand every word you're saying" face, so I just played along. Hey, it worked! :D

There were about 7-10 teams( Sorry for the lack of pictures, I got caught up with the competition, obviously) and my team actually placed 2nd, which was quite unexpected, seeing how we only had 2 1/2 brains working for our team. :D But, my theory still remains that we could have gotten 1st place, if it wasn't for the slow reaction to the timer, hence losing by 1/10th off a second. But hey, you win some and you lose some.

You start to realize that we were all a bunch of nerd when the 1st place winners( who aptly named their team as Foord's Focus, obviously to suck up to my Physics teacher, Dr. Foord of course. mehehe) won a, get this..

..Voltmeter.

But, everyone else got a consolation prize, which I think was so much cooler.

But, I think the best part about joining the competition, was really realising, like an "aha!" moment, how much this field in engineering is not what I'm meant to do. I had a blast entering the competition( Watching my teammate fall on the robotics track made my day instantly) but I can't see myself doing this for my entire lifetime. I'm now more certain than I've ever before with what I'm meant to do. But i will never settle.

".. But it is possible that you dislike a thing that is good for you, and that you love a thing which is bad for you.But Allah knows, and you know not." (Al-baqarah 2:16)