oh yes, as for the content of the lecture, we were basically doing graphing and calculus. i tried very hard to listen with an open mind because my brain tends to shut down whenever it comes to math. apparently now instead of x and y, everything has to be changed to q and p terms, where q is quantity and p is price. in the module of math 1, econs and math seem to be highly interlinked and there were the mathematically correct graph and the economically correct graph but both of which are accepted. sounds cheem huh. to my amazement there seemed to be a few international students who have never studied calculus before and i really wonder how they are going to catch up because calculus is a topic that needs lots of practice and figuring out. but then again international students have their way of working hard so im pretty sure they will catch up in no time.

alright i've got to head to bed now or i won't be able to wake up tomorrow! tomorrow's my first Intro to Business and Management lecture, aka IBM lecture and this module is frankly speaking the one im worried about because it's the module which the seniors have referred to as the killer module. apparently there's a lot of writing, an area that i definitely do better at than at calculations but hearing them talk about it like that shakes up my confidence. but again i'm going to attend the lecture with a smile and pray hard that all is well. but even with this optimism i feel unconvinced because it seems that the lecturer is really out to 'kill' us. he has just sent us a pdf file of 106 pages containing nothing but essays that have been attempted by previous students. goodness!