Otago HSFY chat - archive

[Pineapple]

true true, will be an intense few weeks. might have to start living at the science library

 

[Doodle]

I already live at the central library... here right now in fact . And have been here every night till closing time for like the last two weeks... I'm such a nerd. You know I rule a line down the middle of my refill, filling half a page at a time and squashing three lines of writing into two ruled lines... because that way my eye doesnt have to move a large distance across or down the page to read the next line... Ok just ignore me now ... Haha I'm such a weirdo

 

[frootloop]

This is HSFY, we're all weirdos especially on here, watch out for that Ben... :wacko:

 

[Cathay]

This is HSFY, we're all weirdos especially on here

This is true. Although I wouldn't go so far as to comment on specific individuals, because we're all equally weird in my book (maybe froot knows something I don't?)

 

[Ben]

This is HSFY, we're all weirdos especially on here, watch out for that Ben... :wacko:

I know where you live.

 

[Cathay]

I know where you live.

....... I must agree with froot now, watch out for that Ben...

 

[frootloop]

I know where you live.

You're not helping your case any with comments like that, young Ben
(And you don't know where I live, there's like 500 rooms in unicol haha)

 

[Ben]

[offtopic]

You're not helping your case any with comments like that, young Ben
(And you don't know where I live, there's like 500 rooms in unicol haha)

*facepalm*. I know which room you live in, it's got a window.[/offtopic]

Chem study time!

 

[Cathay]

[offtopic]*facepalm*. I know which room you live in, it's got a window.[/offtopic]

[offtopic]I wasn't aware of any that didn't?[/offtopic]

 

[Ben]

[offtopic]

[offtopic]I wasn't aware of any that didn't?[/offtopic]

*emphasised facepalm*[/offtopic]

 

[frootloop]

[offtopic]*emphasised facepalm*[/offtopic]

Agreed. Nice Cathay
Anyway... Stop. PHSI time.
EDIT: Does anyone else think that the HUBS mini-essay model answer was pretty weak?

 

[Paddaball]

Does anyone else think that the HUBS mini-essay model answer was pretty weak?

Yeah I wrote a lot more than they put there. But it's encouraging because a) easy is good and b) presumably not all of the essays are going to be on something we know as well as blood glucose homeostasis, so that level of detail is probably fair.

 

[frootloop]

Yeah I wrote a lot more than they put there. But it's encouraging because a) easy is good and b) presumably not all of the essays are going to be on something we know as well as blood glucose homeostasis, so that level of detail is probably fair.

I went into the big spiel I'd rote-learned about the second messenger model of peptide hormone action but you're right, there aren't many topics in HUBS we've had drilled into us quite like glucose homeostasis...

 

[Paddaball]

Whoops but actually given how broad the question was its not like it was a hugely irrelevant rant. Does anyone else just want the damn marks to come out? I want to see how well I managed to understand the $%^# weird wording of those questions...

 

[AmyT]

I wish they'd just get it over and done with so we actually know where we stand.
Does anyone know anything about the RELS101 paper btw?

 

[frootloop]

Just a terms test people, have a big glass of calm down juice...
And no, although greenglacier did specifically say that if you aren't taking PSYC, BSNS or MAOR, don't expect an A+. Depends how badly you need the grades vs. how much you want to take RELS.

 

[Ben]

I wish they'd just get it over and done with so we actually know where we stand.
Does anyone know anything about the RELS101 paper btw?

Like a bandaid? .

Re: RELS101, all I know is what it says under the papers menu on the uni site; "An introduction to the three major religions which originated in the Middle East." (2 lectures in a week), sorry.

 

[greenglacier]

I know someone who took RELS101 out of interest. They were a very religious person themselves and really enjoyed it/found it worthwhile, but it was also their lowest mark for the year. If you take it, do so for interest, and in the knowledge that it's not likely to be that beneficial to your chances of getting into the course you want.

 

[Cathay]

[offtopic]I must say, Greg Cook's lecture on sewage treatment inspired much respect for the way Christchurch deals with sewage (before the quakes) - everything he said should be done are done (at Bromley), and the plant is entirely powered by electricity generated from burning the methane from digesters, also producing electricity for the national grid.[/offtopic]

 

[frootloop]

HUBS grades are up people.....
[OFFTOPIC]You know it was a b*tch of a test when you're happy with 21/25...[/OFFTOPIC]
Edit: Actually, maybe they scaled it, because there's no way I did even that well...