Monday, February 18, 2013

Yamawe!

Saturday was a big day in my life. I felt like a child on their first day of school- exciteeeed but neeeeeeeerrrrvous!    It was raining(as if in a movie) and I went for my first day at University as a post graduate student :-) Orientation week has begun. My husband escorted me, walked me to the huge lecture room and sat with me for the first fifteen minutes. I know you are thinking that I am spoilt and I agree that that is possibly true.

I was glad he did because I felt a little overwhelmed:
1. I knew NO ONE in this room of about 300-400 people! I am kinda tired of being a 'stranger'. After being here for over 6 months, I expected that I'd at least recognise one face but that was not to be.
2. I felt black. I know I am not supposed to notice but sometimes its too loud to ignore.
3. Bulikimu kiri ku computer!!! Gwe! EH! I even have a laptop so I am not generally considered computer illiterate naye!!! BULUKIMU!!(everything) I know it is supposed to be a good thing but everything??!!!! In order to know where you are supposed to be when, doing what, paying how much.. everything is online! There isn't one secretary somewhere that you can ask. Tewali noticeboards!
4. There is a lot of reading ahead and it looks like postgrad is veeeeeerrry different from undergrad.. God please wake up my brain.

I know I will get the hang of it. I will!

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7 comments:

  1. waithiraoksFebruary 18, 2013 at 1:15 AM

    yah...I feel you. Postgrad is totally different. The joy of it now, you have asked for divine intervention and HE has heard you. Just wait on HIM. HE surely will carry you through. Even this...will pass. Baraka mrembo

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  2. UnknownFebruary 18, 2013 at 7:59 AM

    You will be fine. There is nothing new under the sun... Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, (2 Corinthians 3:5 NKJV)

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  3. MbabaziFebruary 18, 2013 at 11:45 AM

    nice blog. just found you today. kinda relating. i started my post grad a month ago too, bulikiimu kili ku computer munange!!! and yes you're right about the differenc. Masters is no joke. they will not spoon feed you a thing, lots of research and self initiative to grasp concepts bulungi. What does mugafumbira stand for btw?

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  4. GraceFebruary 18, 2013 at 1:45 PM

    My husband is a muganda and I am a mufumbira so its a concoction from that. About school n'ebilala- we shall overcome:-)

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  5. Kyomugisha AmanFebruary 18, 2013 at 2:12 PM

    congrats Grace - you will be okay :) If u can go thru med sch in mulago, u can do anything!

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  6. UnknownFebruary 19, 2013 at 7:43 AM

    you have always come through such academic hurdles,so fret not, He who has brought u thus far surely shant abandon u now
    (btw do u remember the story u told me of Maths in S.6? let that be ur inspiration)

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    1. GraceFebruary 20, 2013 at 4:00 PM

      What maths story? (Inbox me if it is embarrassing!)

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