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When I was attending U.C.Berkeley, there was this guy that I really really did not like. But I put up with him because I had to work with him for a whole year to compete in a competition as a group. My dislikeness of him took the cake when I found out he was still a 5th year junior (meaning he has already spent 5 years in school and he was still a junior) and that he has been changing his majors in school so he can keep staying in school longer.

Me: (complaining to a few friends) I wish I could stay a semester or 2 longer, just so I can take up another major, I just really want to learn.......
Him: (cuts me off) what, I am staying another year. Good thing for me, I'm a California resident, I don't have to pay, prices like you do. How much do you pay, again?
Me: (through gritted teeth) US$10,000 a semester.
Him: F*ck! And we get grants form the state of California too, so my parents only have to pay about half or less.
Me: I'm really happy for you (I tried to mean it and I turned, so he won't see that I was kind of seething).

It's the way he said it see, like he knew how much better off he was. Bastard! lol. So you can see, I was jealous, to put it simply. I knew throughout my college years that I had to get a proper degree that will allow me to get a proper job after I graduated. However, I was very much starved of learning things like world history, world literature, Human behavior, etc, etc, etc..... It's not that I necessarily do well in school - I barely pulled off a B+ average when I graduated but I love sitting in that theatre listening to that very interesting lecture that just opened doors and horizons for you. You see, there were so many classes to take at UC Berkeley, I mean, one of my favorite things to do before a semester started was to pick my classes - in awe of what I might learn the next semester. (or to groan about how boring that class I HAD to take was going to be). I know, I'm a big dork.

This guy's parents, being kind of rich, did not mind this guy staying in school - I bet they thought, as long as he was out of their hair, the better, lol.

I wouldn't have been so negative towards him as well, had he not said it in a way that was so superior. Anyways, I had to leave, when I graduated looking forlornly at the new classes being offered that I never had a chance to take.

But, now I can finally let go of all my bad feelings towards this guy (and feeling sorry for myself, lol) because my alma mater broadcast lectures via webcasts that I can now download into my iPod. I mean, it's wonderful.
You can visit the webcasts homepage here.

I think U.C.Berkeley has been doing this for a while, but me, being a bit late to jump on the MP3 player wagon, just discovered this website through iTunes.

I'm currently listening to the following lectures:
ART 23: Foundations of Cyberculture
Psych 156: Human Emotion
History 5: European Civilization from the Renaissance to the Present
Geo 10: World Regions, Peoples, and States
(I was thinking that I should try Statistics 2 - because I was just awful at Stats in college - I couldn't have been happier when I received a C at the end of the class for Statistics 1)

I mean, between Webcasts.Berkeley and MIT Open Courseware, I'm glad I didn't stay longer in College and pay outrageous fees. Only of course, there's this thing I miss about being able to participate and ask questions in class. Now, doing boring things like walking to the post office in the scorching sun, grocery shopping, waiting in the Q (everything in Singapore, you have to line up for), are much more meaningful because I'm learning things like the beginnings of globalization and colonialism.