Parker luck

Previously on the episode of ernest's unlucky year 2010, he was mentally and physically preparing himself for at internship at Ford in Japan but Ford met with bad debts and closed down his position, so he remained in Singapore for the internship.

This time i applied for INSTEP because i cant do it on FYP year, so its the last semester that i can do it. I had an internal struggle of coming out with the finances, leaving friends, managing studies and courses, but well since its my last time to spend half a year overseas. i actually took quite long to mentally prepare myself to apply for it.

1. Sandiego State University, US
2. University of Waterloo, Canada

then i got rejected for both, a bit expected because i went for GSS previously. BUT i got through to a second round and my second choice was offered! Relief!

second round, there's only one remaining place for engineering in University of Waterloo so i personally went down to hand in the form. i saw 2 indians way in front of me in the queue and secretly confirmed that they'r from engineering too.

I went into the room, handed in the form and saw her ticking beside University of Waterloo and i saw another tick beside mine. then she asked me wad's my gpa and wrote down beside my tick and i saw again, beside the first tick, an alarming "4.6" and i walk out of the room thinking 'good game'.

A third round was offered to me again, this time there were nothing much i wanted left. I wanted to give up at first but thinking that this is my last chance and i had done so much effort in course matching all that, i searched for a list of universities i could apply to.

China, India, Czech, Taiwan, Sweden.

SWEDEN! highest course matching! Being sceptical and no clue about the country, i had to be mentally prepared for the culture, finances and most importantly the sub degree climate.

After researching more about the country, i went to their respective university websites to find out more about the reputation, student life, facilities and experiences. i googled and read some pretty interesting stories like how the sun sets at 2pm and rises at 4am, and how it can freeze up to -20 and see the northern lights just over the city town. ok, not bad except for the climate, just need some more clothes.

course matching...and then.. nothing. most courses i needed to take ain't offered in this coming semester for almost all of the universities. the most important part of the exchange is to clear your modules, which i cant coz i cant match enough courses.

Oh well. so much effort and mental roller coaster went down to nothing, just like previous time.
What can i do, i believed in working hard to make something work but in these situations its not like i hold the remote control to my own fate. its just a matter of luck.

Just like how peter parker has his small victories overshadowed by crush demoralising setbacks, i think i have the same Parker Luck.