10th February 2006 - Day 116

Another of my lecture has officially ended. The exam for this module will be 1 week from now.

According to the requirements of the mündliche Prüfung, someone known as a Beisitzer also has to be there to act as a neutral party (and possibly to take down notes of what I said).

Which means that I cannot...ahem...you know...with the lecturer who is grading me.

After the professor announced the end of the lecture proper, he asked who would be free on next Friday to act as a Beisitzer so that a particular Kuching-Kurak can take his exam.

I was quite surprised. I always thought they'll get someone else. At least not someone who's taking the same class as me!

The person who agreed to be the Beisitzer doesn't have to take an exam for this module. Apparently, he just needs a "Certificate of Participation" signed by the professor.

It seems that this module will no longer be offered from next semester onwards. The department wants to implement some other exciting modules for it's students and hence has to strike off some modules taught by the older professors. The professor here has taught this module for the last 20 years!

There's another module which I'm taking that has been slashed too. I should say I'm quite lucky to have caught the last train. If I came over a year later, I'll probably have no other modules to map.

I went to Jason's farewell party in the evening. When I reached, there were only 2 other people. More people came later.

Saw some other people who are attending the same class as I am. Nothing suprising. The number of students in the department isn't very large too.

Stayed there for quite a while and hitched a ride back as Jason was sending Augustine to the Hauptbahnhof.

So, back in hostel and feeling sleepy.