Saturday morning, and results gripes

Finally one day which I can sleep in. Maybe the 7 am wake-up call every morning needs getting used to. And the fact that late nights are absolutely out now, except if I'm still stuck in the office. Hope that doesn't happen, really. I'm not a lawyer yet, I shouldn't get lawyer timings.

Finally something up my mind. Why can't they release the results earlier? I've always had this gripe in previous years, but only got reminded of it after exams. The semester doesn't feel it's over before the results are released. It always feels like it's not over yet. While at the same time I'm trying to move on and make plans, for next sem or whatever. How is one supposed to plan like this?

Methinks an ideal time would probably be 2 weeks after the end of the last day of exams. Enough time to party, enough time to get bored. It's not a good sign when you are bored out waiting for that damn result slip. For those who needs more time to party, travel, we can always lengthen the time the results are available online, or this measure is not even necessary since we have the mailed copy. I don't think the examiners take that long to mark the papers, do they? At most 3? 4 days? For those with enrolment of thousands, we can rope in the tutors and teaching assistants. Should be able to finish by the 5th day, even for the crazy engin modules which the sad blokes are forced to sit through. I really pity them. Think NUS should just hand over the training of engineers over to NTU. It's doing a lousy job anyway. I always thought they were wasting everybody's time, as proven by the industry a couple of years back. Can ask the engin grads if anyone's not convinced. Should study more important things like philosophy and *heh* history (of course). Since nearly everyone is gonna head out into the service or financial sectors.

Anyways, coming back. It's a good idea eh, releasing the results earlier. A heart attack is always better than one preceded by a long period of pent-up stress. A double whammy when that happens.