My posts have been kind of scattered all over the last weeks, spaced by guest posts that were kindly offered by awesome writers from the MyBlogGuest.com community. Thank you, guys. I loved your work!

Life has seen its ups and downs here. Unfortunately I didn’t make it to pass any exams this year, for how much I tried, so my parents gave me an ultimatum: I must pass at least 2 exams on February, or they’re not going to pay my tuition anymore. I’m saving up for that eventuality, in case some trouble comes up and I can’t pass two exams. I will pay the second semester with my own money, I don’t care. I’m not giving up on this course, although I don’t want to burden my parents forever. Paying second semester tuition with my own money sounds exciting to me.

What makes me sad is that my parents think I can’t pass my exams because I’m lazy and I don’t study, and that I spend all my time working freelance online instead of doing homework. So wrong. I’m not that kind of person. I put my heart and soul into my studies, working freelance during breaks only, or on some days off (when I need my brain to rest from all that notion learning). Everybody does other things other than studying, don’t we? It doesn’t mean studying less though. All it means is living.

‘Unfortunately’ – single commas are intentionally used here – Computer Science is not an easy discipline for me to study: I had little background in Math and Programming when I enrolled, which means I take longer to pass my exams. That’s just natural though, that’s human. When I enrolled this course I accepted the challenge it put out: studying a brand new bunch of subjects for the first time in my life, starting from zero, a tabula-rasa. Well, you can’t expect someone at that disadvantage pass their exams so easily. That’s work for genius people, not ordinary people like me.

No matter what, I’m not giving up. I’m still up to the challenge, and in love with these disciplines more and more every day.

To cheer up a little from the stress my parents put on me, I looked for a cheap site to print custom posters from my and Simone’s photos. I found Poster Brain and I’m thinking about placing an order before Christmas to make it as a present for my fiancee. They have a new technology to make “posterizing” photos into 24×36″ format and poster printing very easy. Just do the upload, select design, wait for print to be done (overnight). Really neat.

I also thought $19 to be cheap enough for a Christmas present, especially when compared with local copy shops… custom poster printing shouldn’t be expensive. Sometimes  $20 is not even enough here.

I had some reviews and posts to complete on Honey Babe these past weeks. I will edit this post with the URLs as soon as I’m done with them, hopeful for your feedback. ^^

Category: Life, University | Loved by 2 Babes