Looking back, Springing forward

Here comes my reflection post regarding winter quarter, which is usually divided into subsections.

School

This quarter was the first quarter I took upper division classes along with my regular classes. In the beginning, Chemistry 113A was overwhelming me with the amount of work it had. Gradually, I adjusted to the excessive workload (20+ hours per week!!). I had to give up some fun things to study for the class. Unfortunately, a lack of good sleep for round one of midterms led me to make numerous silly mistakes in Math and Chemistry. However, I was able to pull my Chemistry grade up with solid problem set and midterm grade scores. For math, I ended up in the top ten percentile on the final, but the score was not high enough to raise my overall grade to an A- I originally wanted. I’m still waiting on my Chemistry grade. As for Lingusitics, the class was fairly straightforward. A lot of memorizing in the beginning, but the class became easier as time went on. Extra credit certainly helped.

Overall, I feel mostly satisfied with my focus in school.

Effort: A-

Math 33B: B

Chemistry 113a: ???

Linguistics 20: A-

Poker

In the beginning, I was hitting a hot streak in poker as my previous graphs/pictures would show you. Later in the quarter, due to the excessive school work, I gave up poker to spend more time in my studies, only playing a few time a week (<5>

Overall:

Effort: B

Results: +$1400

Fitness

Uh, no comment… (lol)

I gained mucho weight during the last few weeks due to finals stress and procrastination. I didn’t care what I ate and I stopped running with Jason this quarter. I threw up after trying to sprint one lap during week 10 and gained 4 lbs.

Overall

Effort: F

Results: +4lbs

Gaming

This quarter was an interesting time for gaming. I played in the All-Hill smash tournament with Aesis and won the grand prize ($50 gift card). I also played in the UCLA Monthly V tournament only to lose early in the doubles and singles tournament. It was quite disappointing as I lacked discipline and patience in playing my opponents which costed me the set. The quarter ended with the Brawl Gamespot tournament, which I got 1^st in and won a trophy/invitation. My smash game is kind of getting worse as I feel that I am less confident in my reads and becoming more indecisive in what to do against better opponents.

Overall

Effort: B+

Results: $50 giftcard/trophy

Relationship with God

I had my fair share of ups and downs in my walk with God, starting with the highest of highs. I was really disciplined in reading the bible and spending time in prayer. Then, certain things came along early that had me struggle with loving God with all my heart no matter what circumstances hit me. I skipped church a few times to avoid interactions with people. I like PC very much because of the fact that you have nowhere to hide and you have to share what’s going on life. Towards the end of the quarter, I had a hard time distinguishing between conviction and condemnation which led me to a very awkward troubling few weeks. Thankfully, through people and prayer, I was able to discern what the difference was and be free! My relationship with God is not ever perfect or really disciplined, but it’s a work in progress. Hopefully, I’m able to ground myself more in God instead of merely what others say about Him.

Overall

Effort: B

Results: ??? (I don’t really think there’s a result I could really write?)

Thank you guys (you know who you are) for making the quarter awesome