Wasted

This morning I "couldn't" wake up. By the time I finally got out of bed it was half an hour later than I was suppose to. Fully rushing and all - didn't even finish my cup of tea!..haha

Can one actually experience anger, frustration and find something hilariously funny all at once?? Well, when I got to class, it was empty except for two people - the very people in my group. We found it rather puzzling why the whole class realised that we didn't have class yet my group members and me turned up!! We're pretty sure the tutor never said there was no class today...but then...hmmmm.....

Can't go into the psyc labs anymore cause the psyc account has already been reset. NO MORE LAB ACCESS!!! how sad..don't like the feeling of being ostracised My only option now is the quad labs...which is very annoying. I've discovered in one of the quad lab, the usb port works but you cannot access anything - not even sirius, yahoo or ninemsn. In another one of the quad lab, you could access pretty much everything including icq but usb port does not work!!!!

hahaha....how did i know someone wasn't going to turn up to lecture...must be the 6th sense...i just knew it - somehow!!

Random

The rate at which i am blogging suggest pre-exam fever has struck. symptoms such as frustration, annoyance, procrastination, ranting like a maniac and staring into space are just some of the fatal signs.

"Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment" - Dale Carnegie

"Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion . . . . I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward." - Kurt Vonnequt Jr

""Good advice is often annoying - bad advice never is"

"When life seems just a dreary grind; and things seem fated to annoy; say something nice to someone else and watch the world light up with joy."

"Interruptions can be viewed as sources of irritation or opportunities for service, as moments lost or experience gained, as time wasted or horizons widened. They can annoy us or enrich us, get under our skin or give us a shot in the arm. Monopolize our minutes or spice our schedules, depending on our attitude toward them." - William Arthur Ward

Sometimes ranting helps to smother the burning flames, other times it enrages the fire and makes it even more strong. Yes you probably have no idea what I'm talking about - neither do I. random thoughts. random talking. random everything. maybe life is just a random act....whatever....

Bleak....

Life is such a bum sometimes....it feels so dark and miserable just like the weather outside. Maybe daylight saving only feels good when there is actually some sunlight. Otherwise, the day just seems to fly by so quickly, especially if by the time one wakes up, its already past noon. 3pm now and haven't done anything productive. Don't know why I'm online. Don't know how to pass the procrastination stage. Don't know how to write my assignments or to study for the exams...feeling so lost and sad...maybe its the thought of procrastinating that leads to the action of procrastinating.

"I have a theory about the human mind. A brain is a lot like a computer. It will only take so many facts, and then it will go on overload and blow up." - Erma Bombeck

Un-mastery

There are just some things in life that certain people have difficulty in mastering no matter how hard they try to learn....program...

while(assignment ! finished) {
procrastinate
procrastinate
procrastinate
do sleep
}

if (end of week == survive){
one final exam down
procrastinate more
try to study
four exams to go
}
else back to uni for another semester

Daylight Saving tmr...

Just a reminder to turn forward the clocks one hour before you sleep tonight!!

YAY....I just like daylight savings!! But then that means one less hour of sleep tonight!

Buggered....

No matter how hard I try to finish things before the deadline...it just always drag on until the last minute!! Why's that???

How human stupidity leads to embarrassment.....

How should I begin....ok..i'm not a person who usually goes 'red' in the face, nor am I proned to embarrassment!!! But some strange vibes have been hovering above me...two embarrassing events in two consecutive is NOT good!!

Yesterday, had legt lecture...mr zumbo was the lecturer...basically was standing at the door like a guard at the castle stopping everyone who left. this makes him sound sinister..haha. there is only a certain amount of time people should shake hands before it starts to feel uncomfortable....just let go!!

back to my topic of human stupidity. we had to estimate the number of clinical psychologists in some region within NSW. I guess i) i wasn't listening clearly and ii) i must have been thinking about something else. anyway, to emphasise my tendency to be the odd-one-out, i estimated the number to be 1750 when in fact the answer was 230. Its true that you should always stick with your first instincts. Originally, I put 750 (even though that is still outrageously wrong) but decided to stick a '1' in front of 750 in the last second. Being the EXTREME outlier, i managed to score myself a prize for being sooooo optimistic....how bizarre. getting something for being so 'different' and so wrong. To make matters worse it was annouced in the lecture....sometimes I wish I was invisible...

HANGING......

One word is all I need......HANGING........

(It's a pun)

Frustration

Very frustated. The most annoying about writing a psyc report is finding RELEVANT articles...have spent the past 3 days searching - finding NOTHING....feels like I've been so inefficient, wasting so much time!!!

How can other people be so efficient and manage their time so well....very depressing thought!!!

Between week13-week14 - this is my life:
- 1 presentation....in progress
- 2 psyc report....in initial stages
- 3 essays.....yet to be started

Exam period:
- 4 exams...last one on 25th November (if there are no amendments to the final tt)

Water-fall

It's no wonder they don't allow food or drink in the computer lab. Just when I thought I had nothing to blog about this weekend, something happens. I split a glass of water on the desk which 'flood' the base of the monitor. Luckily my CPU was separate and neatly tucked away from potential devastation. On the other hand, my notes and other stuff on the desk were not so lucky. Oh well, guess there's a loss and gain in everything....

Mini Black Friday...

Have been surviving on 4 hours sleep for the past two days. By my standards, that's tough cause I usually have at least 8-9 hours..haha. Great way to begin the day. Had presentation on 9am but before that we had to print off some transparency. The most logical place to go is the library. Where does all our funding go???? The ENTIRE library only had one transparency copier machine - which was OUT OF ORDER!!! I think the reason for the 'out of order' was they ran out of transparency slides...what the??? The only other options were quad store and blockhouse. We only have 5 mins before class started so no way were we going to go blockhouse. We went down to quad store...the guy at the counter said we could use our library copy card - but no..it doesn't work. So G went to buy a copy card with $8 credit - only to find out that we also needed to purchase the transparencies separately - again to which THEY HAD NONE!!!....we gave up in the end...so glad the presentation wasn't counted otherwise it would have been SOOOOO bad...

We stuffed up our experiment big time cause we lefted out a vital step...oh well - we'll just let it be! no time to change, no mood to bother, no motivation to care....

Muddled with time....

I had all the intention of having lunch at 12:45pm as I had uni at 3pm. However I got confused at 12:15pm...suddenly I thought I had class at 2pm. Rushed rushed and rushed...cause I haven't even brushed my teeth. I constantly had the thought I had to leave the house at 12:45 for class at 2!!!!!! Then at the bus stop, waiting the bus, thinking....what the...it struck me again that I don't have class until 3. Oh well, can't be bothered going back home.

HAPPY HAPPY....haha...found my USB lid...instead of on the bed, this time it was under my sis's bed...hmmm.......

The Waiting Game

So much for waking up an hour earlier than usual. I thought I'd go to uni an hour earlier to do some work. But what happened was that I spent that extra hour waiting for the bus!! 7:45...8:00...8:15...8:30....8:45....8:50...finally I see the 303!!!

An hour waiting at the bus stop...so glad I wasn't the only one. One guy had 3 cigarettes before the bus come...the other 2 guys kept on stepping onto the chair and were debating whether the buses they saw coming were 478 or 303. At least there were 'some' entertainment.

An extra week extension for our psyc report!! Yay!!

Lost, found and lost again....

I've been losing things all day today...clear objects are good..but when they become lost - its bad. I'm talking about my USB lid. I put it on the table...I'm so sure I did. Only when I went to retrieve the lid - it was no longer on the table. Did I move it and put it somewhere else?? I don't remember. I still remember seeing it on the table - the picture still vividly clear in my mind - yet its not there anymore. Where could I have put it?? I've done a carpet style search of two rooms. Nothing to be found. But then again, I lost some paper clips earlier in the day. Again did a carpet search. Couldn't find anything until I decided to go for a nap and took the stuff off my bed...haha. Yup there it was!! But no such luck for my current USB lid. It's in the house somewhere..but where?????

Frustration setting in...can't concentrate...am fully procrastinating again!!! If only I could learn how 'not' to procrastinate. I've discovered it's not the internet cause I get nothing done whether I'm on or off. It's not the tv cause despite having chinese tapes on - I'm actually not that interested..haha...who would think there was a day that I would say that!! It's not window media player cause it has no effect on productivity.....so what could it be???

Two more weeks of uni left.....shouldn't be wasting time...but what could I do??? So many rhetorical questions!!! Trying to seek answers...but its kinda like 'playing piano to a cow'. Wouldn't it be nice to wake up in morning and discover the answers to all the questions one has!! Is this inquisitive or avoidant behaviour?? Somehow something from within tells me its the later......

One would think afer 4 years uni, a few lessons would have been learnt. But seriously, I don't think I've learnt much. Still don't know HOW to study, still don't know anything about WHAT I'm studying, still clueless about WHY I'm studying and still as clueless about everything as ever before. They say life is a journey of discovery...discovery of self...discovery of the world. I don't think I've ventured into that territory yet. Well, if anyone has any studying tips or thoughts about life - let me know. I'd like to learn something before the end of uni. I have really no idea what I'm talking about. Too many things to do, too little time...what in the world am I doing here? No idea. No clue. No brain. Enough blabbering from me for the night. If only writing essays and reports were as easy as blogging. If only......

Back...

My late disappearance was due to a technical failure....I couldn't access my own blog. All I could see was a blank page.

Today I played a little cat and mouse game with my parents. They were out in the city and I was out in the city. I couldn't let them catch me...so I took the less travelled route walking from central to circular quay - think it eventually took me a good half hour to get there.

on the way home, i had all the intention of catching the train and bus...but on my way to circular quay station..i saw 303 (my usual uni bus) so decided to catch that instead….didn’t even realise that was where the bus stop was...anyway, the bus that i caught was running like an hour late....

then...half way on the trip there was mechanical failure with the door...it wouldn't close...but luckily the bus tat was running on time was right behind this bus otherwise I would have had to wait another 1 hour before the next bus would come….

Conclusion: Mission accomplished....

Caught on camera...

Today was showcase for D2MG - which is hip hop and breaking - some dance thingy. F was in it so I was assigned the role of the camera holder..haha. Felt a bit like a tripod actually. Luckily there was a chair to support my arm otherwise it would have been one very shaking movie clip. I forgot how to zoom in and out so ended up panning the stage for most of the show. The dancing was very funky and all - definitely not something I could do this life time.

MP!

what's happening MP! It's so funny...suddenly I see you three times in three consecutive days!! Of course its great but its just so weird since I've hardly ever bump into you!!...Did you buy your lottery?? Must split the winnings!!..haha

Tkd movie night was so so...lots of pizza but it didn't last too long..haha. Clips from uni games was funny. Thanks for the lift J!

Quote of the day...

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done - Louis D. Brandeis

Who are you??

YOU KNOW YOU ARE ASIAN AUSTRALIAN IF ...
1. You regret the fact that you did not learn Mandarin (or other Asian language) properly in Saturday language school.
2. You say you're Australian, totally forgetting your roots.
3. During childhood you didn't have many Asian friends, played bullrush or handball and ate 'sunny boy's for lunch.
4. A form of choosing was done by 'dip, dip dog shit?!
5. You know you have to shop at an Asian grocery store but you have no idea what you are buying nor can you read any of the food labels.
6. You cheer for Australia during the Olympics, know local Australian bands, and know what a VB is.
7. You can speak fluent English without an accent.
8. You know what a Commodore and Falcon are. Yes they are cars!
9. You think you are superior to all other Asians, despite the fact that they beat you in Maths in the HSC, can speak an Asian language fluently and
>know what they are buying n Asian grocery stores.


YOU KNOW YOU ARE CHINESE IF...
1. You think you're the smartest people in the world.
2. You have a mobile with you at all times.
3. You know the abbreviation of a.b.c.
4. Today's steamed rice is tomorrow's fried rice.
5. You're afraid of black people.
6. A bicycle was a good form of transport before.
7. You know you are just superior to all other Asians.


YOU KNOW YOU ARE HONKIE IF...
1. Sentences begin with 'Aiya? and ends with a 'la?
2. Your mobile phone as a form of toy dangling off it.
3. You're offended if someone thinks you're from the mainland.
4. You're afraid of black people.
5. You're moving away from your Honda onto VW's and Peugeot's.
6. Ripped jeans on guys look attractive (either way).
7. You think you are on the same level to Japanese.

Amazing...

Have never seen MP ever inside uni. And the day I do, I see her TWICE!..haha..tat's so funny!! See I don't ignore you! Waving frantically despite on the phone!!!

Saw many people (more than the usual which is F...haha) - B, J and V....thanks for the hot choc - it was very sweet!!!

Skipped TKD today - wasn't in the mood. Getting lazy again. Oh well!!

Goodluck for your presentation F...hope all went well!!

Great night..

Had a very fun time at J's bday party tonight. Much was accomplished. Had pizza, wedges, chips, sausage 'rolls' and chocolate mousse/strawberry cheesecake - the later stuff homemade...very yummy!!!

Listened to karaoke with songs from the 'past', much to V's delight..haha. Thanks J for a great time!! Played uno stacks but I crashed the whole thing two consecutive times!! Not fair - watching is definitely more entertaining then playing the game..haha.

Managed to get everyone there to be my 'victims' for my experiment..haha...so happy about that..glad to get a few laughs from it too!! If any bypassers are interested just leave me a comment and I shall contact you..hahaha...i need participants desperately...so plzzzzz

Confusion

I got a call, thinking it was someone...and the person on the line thought i was someone else...

it went something like this:

Me:'hey, where are you?'
Person: 'at home'
Me:'huh'? who are you?
Person:'sorry got wrong number'

only then did it register in my mind that I was talking to the wrong person....i didn't even have to time apologise cause I think I sounded a bit 'angry'??...haha

ooohh wells...confusions happen...

Tired

Been very tired for the past couple of days. Today wasn't very adventurous. Collected some debt...and ended up being the one in debt cause I didn't have any change. How tide changes...haha.

Strange lunch/afternoon tea combination - chocolate mousse cake..followed by fish and chips...nonetheless it was quite nice!

Big Fi !!!!

Went back to Tiffany and Co this arvo because F needed to change the size of the ring - she needed an upgrade from size 5 to size 7! Hence BIG Fi!!! Funny funny. The size 6 ring slided in without too much effort but she couldn't take it off...tugged and tugged until the finger was red!!

THIS is dedicated to you F!!

OH!! For anyone wanting to get F an engagement or wedding ring - remember size 5 is the right size!!

Veery tired

Have you ever spent a lot of time on a piece of work - or more like a group presentation and received a not so satisfying mark? Just the time and effort placed into it was far more than average especially by F and V.

Bloody bus driver!!!

How often do I skip psyc classes? Hardly never. How often am I late? Hardly never. How often have I been to Surry Hills??? Never.

But today, I did all three!!!! All because of the bloody bus AND truck driver. What happened was the bus stopped at mascot to drop off passengers and this truck in the next lane drove super close to the bus - so much so that it knocked off the side mirror of the bus! Bus driver was like he's not going anywhere so we had to get off. Ok, that's understandable so I'm not annoyed with that driver.

So I waited at the bus stop for the next bus to take me to uni. 301 came so I got onto the bus. I explicitly asked the driver whether or not he would go past uni and he said yes. So I went on. The first half of the trip was ok - taking the same route as my usual bus. But once into Eastlake it took a different route - I didn't recognise the streets, I was LOST!! Looked frantically around for street signs, hoping that I would recognise a street or suburb. Not until 20min or so later did I realise I was in Surry Hills. I've actually always wanted to go to Surry Hills cause apparently there's some nice restaurants there. But this was NOT how it was meant to be!!!!

I stayed on the bus until I was on elizabeth st and got off there. headed down to world square cause F requested some food from bread top....haha. my budget was $5 and i managed to spend $4.60. Actually didn't even looked at the price when i was choosing the buns - just took whatever..

finally caught the bus back to uni for my group meeting - which i was half an hour late. annoying and frustrated when the actual event was occuring. finding it funny how things happen when looking back at it retrospectively.

Thx F...very nice and sweet!!!

Happy day!

Finally one big happy family once agin!! Happy...lots of goodies...

Great to hear from ya A...realised its been ages since we last chat!! I'm ready for (almost) any adventure at the end of the year so count me in!!

Back to uni tmr...not so happy....

HAPPY BDAY F!!!

"You're thought about more often than you probably can guess, and thoughts of you just naturally bring smiles of happiness. Now, that it's your birthday, may each and every warm thought, bring a wish for all the best in life, and all your favourite things."

Three cheers!!

Happy!!

That sums up how I'm feeling now. Happy today, happier tomorrow. Only one more sleep!! YIPPEE!!

"No not really, it is just like real life. Not everyday you are happy and not everyday you are sad." - Dakota Fanning

I NEED to concentrate but can't. But then again that's nothing new. I've been like this all holidays - or is it all semester!!

A bit of trivia:
There are 25 member countries in the European Union. The founding nations were Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and Netherlands.

This is how you say 'hello' in the following languages:
French - Bonjour
German – Guten Tag
Dutch - Hallo
Polish - Dzien' dobry

Was searching for 'world peace' and one of the results led me to http://www.sadako.org/

I remember reading 'Sadako and a Thousand Paper Cranes' in high school - was a very moving book. If memory serves me right, there was a time when I did actually want to fold a thousand paper cranes but don't think the target was ever achieved or even came close to it...How to fold a paper crane:



I just spent the last half hour trying to fold a paper crane. It seems different to how I once learnt it. oh well. at least it is now complete. yay! my first crane in almost 10 years!! this site is slightly more easier to follow!

Dream...

Had a dream last night about...yes...the water jar that broke yesterday. Call me strange or whatever. I have an identical one at home but I think I just loved that particular one so much... Well, everyone has their own favourite novelties...haha.

I found out how much I don't like grocery shopping. Usually if I go with mum it's her that makes the decision as to what to buy, what's fresh and what's not. But when you actually have to make the decisions yourself its a whole different story. Even if you think the fruits look fresh at the shop, you take it home and realise that it's not as good as you thought it was. Maybe I'm just inexperienced..haha.

Oh wells, another half a day gone. I think I'm slowly getting to like driving which is good news for me. Assuming I'm not faced with road rage or any accidents, things should be ok. My next goal is a drive down wollongong next holidays!!