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Now that the chance is gone, I feel at peace writing about it.

Being asked to give out my transcript always scares me, because honestly it looks bad. Not bad as in getting all C or barely passing with D, but I have flying colors all over. Some classes I get A+ and some I get D. My dance partner asked me an interesting question. How did you get an A and a D in the same semester. It occured to me at that moment that others didn't have to do what I did.

I was forutnate enough ( or unfortunate if some wish to call it) to have discovered competitive dancing before I started university. It makes an interesting life studying working and competing at the same time. It pushes me to be very efficient with my time and learnt to use the most powerful tool ever, an agenda.

Because i had no time, I often have to decide which course that I will study for. It makes me distressed, but it has to be done… Being a strong believer of no cheating also made me do all my homeworks and projects myself, never cheating. That also takes alot of time away from being able to study, but I learnt in the process how to learn new things without help. Still, I find myself letting my group partners do the cheating at the last semester of my university. There just wasn't any time to complete 4 different projects with the same deadline. It was a class called robotics control. I had, at the same time, Path tracking mobile robot project, a networking project and a multi processor simulation project to finish. The deal was, that I do these 3 and they finish the other 1. Can't be helped.

My transcript reflects exactly what my abilities are I am glad of it. Danny once said something “I'd rather be 6th in the ranking and be happy knowing that I get there myself than to kiss everyone's ass in order to get 1st”. I am happy that I got through myself, but the harsh reality is, how I get there doesn't really count. For engineering, why does it matter if I did it while competing in dancesport, starving, working the graveyard shift to get the money for it and picked myself up after failure in all areas hit me at the same time?

I chuckled when I was asked for the transcript, because I know what they'll see and because I also know what they will not see. More so, for the fact that it has come back to haunt me, 2 years after I graduated.

I have received a job offer from a translation group. It's not the full usage of my skill, but it is something I can do naturally without thinking. The pay is better and at least I won't have to be bossed around by the druggie gay guy at my work who looks down on everyone who works under him. 2nd interview today, sounds like they really want me.