This is what you do when you study....

Your Brain's Pattern

Your brain is always looking for the connections in life. You always amaze your friends by figuring out things first. You're also good at connecting people - and often play match maker. You see the world in fluid, flexible terms. Nothing is black or white.

What Pattern Is Your Brain?

Your Personality Profile

You are elegant, withdrawn, and brilliant. Your mind is a weapon, able to solve any puzzle. You are also great at poking holes in arguments and common beliefs. For you, comfort and calm are very important. You tend to thrive on your own and shrug off most affection. You prefer to protect your emotions and stay strong.

The World's Shortest Personality Test

You Are 50% Weird

Normal enough to know that you're weird... But too damn weird to do anything about it!

How Weird Are You?

Slow and Steady

Your friends see you as painstaking and fussy. They see you as very cautious, extremely careful, a slow and steady plodder. It'd really surprise them if you ever did something impulsively or on the spur of the moment. They expect you to examine everything carefully from every angle and then usually decide against it.

How Do People See You?

Drink to old age....

For those 'moderate' drinkers out there...you might be doing yourself some good!!

Older people with a history of moderate drinking may suffer less mental decline than those who do not drink, a new study suggests.

The study, carried out by the Western Psychiatric Institute in the US, was based on data collected from more than a thousand people in Pennsylvania, aged 65 years and older, over a period of seven years.

"Health professionals have generally paid more attention to alcohol abuse and dependence, and their adverse consequences," said the study's author, Dr Mary Ganguli. "Our study suggests we should also consider the potential benefits of more modest patterns of alcohol use."

The study's participants, none of whom showed signs of dementia at the start of the study, were divided into three groups: one that did not drink; one that reported minimal drinking - once a month or less; and a third group that reported moderate drinking.

The study participants' mental function was assessed at the start of the study, then with periodic assessments every two years.

Overall, those classified as minimal and moderate drinkers exhibited less decline in their scores on tests that measured general mental status, executive functions and psychomotor speed, than non-drinkers.

Minimal drinkers also showed less decline in their scores on tests of learning, including learning a word list, and naming, than non-drinkers.

Potential reasons for the benefits of moderate drinking may be related to its cardiovascular effects, Dr Ganguli explained. It may also have a beneficial effect on the brain's neurotransmitters, or chemical messengers.

Despite the findings, Dr Ganguli insists the study "should not be interpreted as recommending initiation … of alcohol consumption to preserve mental functioning in the elderly."

She added: "What is needed now is not for people to run out and get drunk in the hope of preserving their brains, but for more studies to be conducted on the precise effects of alcohol on brain structure and function."

Previous studies have pointed to the benefits of moderate drinking - for instance, the beneficial effects on the heart from drinking red wine.

from SMH

Last day at uni....

Went to uni this arvo to hand in my last ever uni assignment (hopefully). Funny how I bump into people at the labs - F, A and M. Captured some uni shots on camera then headed off to karaoke with F. Yup, 2 ppl k....haha...and one that doesn't sing much. wish i knew more songs and had a better voice cause both sucks big time. oh well...at least there weren't any cracked glasses or mirror which was good. some ppl are just so talented. Met up with M and headed down to jap restaurant for dinner with J, V, D and W. Gloria Jeans afterwards...ice chocolate with chocolate hazlenut something (forgot what it was called)...haha. overall, a very enjoyable time except for the bloatedness I'm feeling now.

Load of crap.....

Sometimes I think life can be just a load of crap. Obviously I'm not in a very good mood. Down with sinus problems - don't know whether its hayfever or something more sinister. At least telfast seems to be working at the moment....which i guess is a good sign. deja vu or just a repeating cycle. to me, things seem to happen in cycles. you're repeating history over and over again. things might differ a little each time but by and large its all the same. what am i aiming for? what's my ultimate goal? i don't have an answer for that. maybe in high school it was to get into uni. now in uni, its to get a job. but what now? although there are things accomplished, it doesn't really seem to be accomplished - its more the opening of more decisions, more problems and more scepticism. each time, more obstacles arise and you question whether you're heading in the right direction or making more mistakes. i suppose pessimism is what i'm feeling now.

Last uni days...

Sounds like I'm writing my last words again. Tomorrow will be the last official uni day for me - to top it off, it will end with a 'delayed' final exam at 6:30pm. Four years on that campus and it comes to an end just like that. Definitely doesn't feel like it. Somehow I still feel like I'm in second year. Maybe cause the accumulation of knowledge over the four years seems minimal. Don't think I've learnt much in terms of anything.

Since its my last semester and entire uni life, of course I have to stick to the tradition and make Friday my unofficial last day. Even without class, I still have to go in to hand in assignment! Fabulous end to the semester...and uni life.

Well if anyone is around uni on Friday 1pm, F and I will be around...let us know and we might snap up a couple of pics....haha (that's assuming assignment is completed before then). Wish more people are around on fridays. But oh well, who wants to hang on uni anyway...

Throwing fits...

my computer has recently been experiencing some serious fits....don't think moody is the right word tho...it has been continuously restarting out of the blue - without warning. word recovery is good but not perfect especially for someone with goldfish memory (apparently they only remember things for 3 seconds). i can't even remember what i just wrote let alone 5 minutes ago...(since auto recover is in 5min increments..i think).

it was bad last week, kinda was a bit better these couple of days but now its getting worse again. If only I can read the mind of my pc...what does it want?? I'll give it whatever it wants...but the only thing is i don't know what it wants....haha.

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!!

I want...

The world's most technically advanced car can see at night what the human eye cannot. GREG KABLE tests the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class and has an enlightening experience from SMH

Bad vibes...

There are days where things happens and you can tell that it would be a good day. Other times things happen and you know that its going to be a bum! Today is one of those heavy, dreary days.

What was meant to be a wonderful week turned out to be horrible one with everyone getting sick. I wish I could have been there to give them a hug. Missing them so much!!

Things happen and maybe you can say I'm superstituous. After talking to them, my dad was refilling the glass water jug and 'pop' the base broke. Anything breaking following some not so happy news always rings 'bad' in my mind. Basically the entire jug was intact except for the base...the way it broke was rather strange..and that was my favourite one!! I hope nothing else bad happens. Can't really concentrate today. So restless....so concerned...so wish everything is fine!!!

Hate sleeping!!!

Ok. I love it but I hate it!! I missed 2 calls last night cause I was sleeping - I didn't even stir at the sound of my phone!!! Never knew I was such as deep sleeper! Apparently my dad was 'trying' to wake me up but guess it only succeeded after the phone stopped ringing!! What's more annoying was I tried to call them back but there was no answer. Tried another number, still no answer. Tried again this morning. Still no answer!!! Frustrated at myself for sleeping!! If only they called again....

Not good. I think I may be getting sick....been sneezing all morning....ahhhhh-choo!!!

Mobile reception with Telstra hasn't been so good lately. Seems to be always searching for network or have poor reception...maybe a sign to change network or phone or maybe both...

I never knew that you could get discounts when you buy those prepaid international calling cards!! Cool stuff!!

5 more days of holidays left. Minus 3 days for other plans. Leaves 2 days for work. Minus another 2 days for procrastination. Hmmm....that doesn't leave me with any time at all!!! I wonder why plans don't ever work out for me! Too much expectation or not persistent enough??

Muddled...

I'm getting so muddled up with the months. This morning I thought it was October so I ripped the September calendar page out. My dad was like 'what are you doing?' and I was like 'its october'!!...isn't it??...

Speaking of which I just realised I told a friend that daylight saving will begin on the 30th of 'this' month. Obviously I was thinking it was October AGAIN!!! Yeeeeeks!!!

Maybe it's cause I really want October to come. October 3rd to be precise. A great day. A happy day. A day I'm longing for!!! I'll be on cloud nine!!! Why??

1) It's labour day - an extra day of holidays
2) F's bday - a super human was born on that day
3) Family REUNION - the creation of families is one of nature's masterpieces

A very small world....

I just have to blog this....cause I find it really funny! This is how it all began. Was introduced to ICQ in probably year 11 and started talking to all these people I didn't know. Basically my list was obtained from J. People disappeared from ICQ post-hsc so never really talked to icq people after that. I actually have no recollection of putting my blog address on my icq profile!!

Four years later, I started blogging, stopped for a short period of time and resumed it very recently. My blogging interest came back to me because of F's bday. There was actually something INTERESTING I could talk about. I got one of F's friend's contact and he got together his group of friends for the lunch.

Among this group of friends of one of the people I use to talk to on ICQ. The bizarre thing was I found out the night after dinner and he found out when he was cleaning his icq list by checking history and this blog! Its just funny how things happen....this world is large, yet so small....

Buffet!!

Novotel Brighton buffet is so much better than Mercure Hotel. Basically the prawns and oysters were a lot more fresher and they did refills at regular intervals too! So it was never 'out of stock'. Dessert-wise - the sticky date pudding was really nice...the others were passable. Hot food was most disappointing because there wasn't much of a selection but the cold food made up for it. The green pasta was good. They also had smoked salmon, smoked mussels, ham, turkey, salami, fish and some other stuff. Glad we did a little stroll on the way home. Stomach still feeling bloated cause I think I ate a bit TOO much!! It was definitely worth it especially with the newspaper coupons

Ready, Steady, Cook

OMG!!!! Very surprised. I just saw my tutor on the show 'Ready, Steady, Cook'!!! The funny thing was we had her only for one lesson and that was right before the holidays. I guess I recognised the name more than the face!! But yeah, its amazing where people appear and what they do!!

Musical thoughts...

Suddenly feel like picking up my piano playing again. Was playing today and realised how much I have deteriorated in terms of my skills!! One day I wish I could hold a mini concert, being able to play Liszt, Beethoven, Debussy, and Rachmaninov!! I don't think that day will come cause I will need at least 10 years solid practice to take it back up to performance level!! Just a little thought lingering in the back of my mind.

Would love to get a grand piano one day..steinway and sons would be nice...haha. Must be the karaoke - waking up my musical cells inside me from its deep sleep. Want to learn to sing (even though that is even harder than performance level piano since I don't have a singing voice and I know I won't have the courage to take singing lessons)!!! Want to learn to play the violin too!! But then again, who's going to accompany me on the piano?? So many things I could imagine myself doing. But none that could be put into practice in the near future!!

Day out!

geez...maybe the blogging break has actually been detrimental than good! I'm updating both this site and xanga now - obviously with very similar content if not the same. i think i'm just gonna copy and paste the content so whoever prefers xanga can read xanga or this. i'm just creating more procrastination time - yeah why not - not gonna make much of a difference..haha. it's not that i don't have any work to do but it's just that.....i've got much to say about nothing! ok, this is not making sense.

anyways, i got a sms from F saying 'sorry, i'm not coming today'. seriously, i was kinda expecting it but then again!!! called her up and said she MUST come regardless hence i had to spill the beans that 'i have something planned'...now how annoying was that. keeping it a secret and then having to wreak the suprise literally hours before it was due to happen!!!! ANNOYED ANNOYED ANNOYED

thinking that the shops opened at 10:00 i got out to the city around 10:30. Realised it was a sunday and that most don't open their doors until 11am! Walked around town hall until then and got the card. Then walked to circular quay to get the cake with S! Headed back to town hall and made our way to thai foon. on the way, realised that i had forgotten candles!! but luckily m was around town hall and got them for us!! I must say everyone was LATE except for J! Good on ya!..hehe. This means my most important lesson learnt today is that: whenever you are planning a get together, make sure you tell people the time an HOUR EARLIER then it is suppose to. So that things actually start ON TIME!

I guess the food at thai foon was ok. the servings were a bit small and surprisingly, the food was not too spicy. somehow i think they left out on some of our orders!!! hm.....and I KNEW IT I KNEW IT I KNEW THE RING WOULDN'T FIT!!!! Why? Because everytime I buy her something, we always need an exchange and the same happen when she gets me stuff as well!...haha...that still hasn't changed!! I hoped everyone enjoyed lunch and was not too bored!!

half the people opted out of karaoke after lunch! but i went karaoke afterwards at greenbox. was ok not too bad. after rejecting a couple of places for dinner, we ended up at east oceans. service was very good. food was ok. moneywise - considered pricey!

what happened on the train. the train stopped at domestic terminal (i think it was) and one police was 'running' through our carriage. another one was outside - obviously 'looking' for someone. we were thinking 'omg is there a bomb on the carriage'? but luckily nothing happened. or more that we got off the train before anything happened. finally, got a lift from f's dad!! thx for that!! Now feeling very tired!!....time to sleep!....zzzzzzzzzzzzz

New Change

Ok...I'm back again. My longest break from blogging. Nine days to be exact. In a way, I didn't really miss it. But guess habits are hard to change isn't it??

Decided it was time for a change. Starting to get bored of the old layout.

Kinda excited and scared about what will happen today. I planned a surprise bday lunch for F. Actually, the more I think about it, the worse I think it's been planned. Too many people not knowing other people. I don't want anyone to feel ostracised. Very bad feeling. Too late to change anything. Should have asked more people. Actually I only realised I left some people out (unintentionally) last night - sorry - I guess my mind was in a mess!!

All I can hope for is that F will turn up and everyone gets along with each other. If not, I think I will have a horrible day!! Hate it when people are not happy (esp. if its due to my making)....maybe this will be my last bday planning if things turn sour. Very stressful. Very worrying and very scary. What if people don't really get along? What if people feel left out? What if it was one bad mistake? What if I 'gow chut yat gor dai tao fut'?? I don't know what to do!!

What happened the previous day:
Dilemma started when I got to the city. what should I get F? Ok, first stop was martin place. made a detour cause I was on the wrong street before finding Tiffany and Co. Went in - looked around. Actually felt a bit intimidated. Anyway, thinking about the budget I had, I couldn't afford many of those rings.

Headed down to centrepoint to george jensen, swarkowski, myer, DJ, QVB. Still couldn't find one that caught my eye without burning a even bigger hole in my empty wallet . With the help of more funding from R, went back to Tiffanys. I don't know - found the people upstairs nicer and more approachable than the ones on the ground floor.

I was undecided between 3 designs. The heart, a band with flower engraved and open wave (the one I ended up buying). Literally, right after handing over the cash, got message from S saying she just finished work...haha. Met her at centrepoint and went back at Tiffanys to show her the one I got. A sigh of relief when she said it was good. I was a bit paranoid by the doorman who, I felt had bad attitude. Twice I went in and out and he didn't say anything. But when he saw me holding the Tiffany bag he goes 'have a nice day'.....Btw, thx for the hot choc S!!...hehe

Then caught the bus back to uni to have a photo with V since it was her graduation. Bought her a little teddy...went home at 5...booked to have buffet at Mercure Hotel near the airport for 6:30 dinner. Can't say much about the buffet cause the food wasn't that food. most of the dishes were a bit bland. although there were sydney rock oysters, some didn't looked that fresh and the prawns were not that good either. basically, we won't be going back there again.

So, what was at the buffet?? Tandoori chicken, hokkein noddle, prawn, oysters, crab, salmon, seafood salad, cream mushroom penne, lentils, pasta salad and dessert. wasn't much of a selection and couldn't even find tea or coffee.

what a day!!

Loss of motivation

i'm considering putting this site into the freezer for the time being because i've lost the motivation to blog. i don't know why. maybe i'll revive it later if it suddenly comes back to me again. so maybe once in a while there will be new postings. so don't throw away the link...check it once in a blue moon and who knows there maybe some little surprises!! things changes i guess - people, thoughts, outlooks and goals - they all change eventually. i just never thought that i'll stop blogging so early on. it hasn't even been a year or shall i say just past half a year. i still remember those days where i'd be checking the site ten times a day and do multiple postings. maybe its cause i'm getting old. loss the spark, the energy! i feel like i'm writing my last words here...haha..hope not.

anyways, in the meantime hope everyone is having a great time doing whatever they are doing...good luck with everything! I'll still be on msn and my inbox will always welcome any sort of emails...of course assuming its not a virus or porn! :p

and...HAPPY MOON FESTIVAL!!!

Crazy bus driver

My trip home took 15 mins tonight cause the driver was definitely not keeping to the speed limit. Quick but bumpy ride.

It is now three people who have thought my name was 'Grace'....maybe I should consider changing my name!!

Was in the library...decided to find a computer to search for a book. the computers on level 3 didn't work and didn't want to wait for the queue so went up to the computers on level 4 near the lifts. behind me, i heard some people talking about 'sony ericson'. that got me interested cause I was curious about any info on mobile phones and stuff. funnily enough, i thought one of the voices sounded familiar. turned around and realise it was my friend.

Dangerous world

Heard two separate instances today. One that occurred 4 weeks ago. One today.

One friend got mugged in Kingsford when walking home after 9pm lecture. Three guys surrounded him. Had knives and demanded his mobile phone and keycard.

Another friend got her wallet stolen in the quad store.

So people, do take care!!

More number plates

Another interesting number plate I saw was 'LINDT'...yup the chocolate one!!

Contemplating whether or not I should go to TKD bbq on saturday. It's either that or studying for accounting mid-session which is on wednesday. Tough choice. Tempted to go bbq but at the same time if I do go I know I will feel really guilty...hmmm....

Two more gruelling weeks before the so-called 'holiday'. I can foresee most of the holiday will be spent reading stuff on European Union. Yup - a very interesting holiday reading topic!! Why I am already talking about the holidays I don't know. Maybe cause I want a break - even though I really have been bludging for the past 8 weeks of uni. But still.....

It's funny how this blog entry is more prospective then retrospective. A change is good nonetheless!!

Exercise

My attempts of exercising have been successful for the first weekend. Yesterday achieved slightly more - treadmill (10 mins) and running (for 2 mins) plus beach walking for 40min. Felt so good after the workout. Today was treadmill (8 mins) and boxing (5 mins). Okay it's probably not a lot but at least I'm doing something..yay!! But it seems that's all I have accomplished all weekend - which isn't much to brag about. seriously, I 'wished' I did more work. Each week more work piles and I slip further and further behind!

Happy bday M!

Best wishes!! It's a day that noone can forget!! Hope you had a wonderful time and didn't spend it studying!

Done

Handed in assignment at 10am. What do you do when you don't have class on a friday? Of course you won't go home and study - the best option is going shopping. As I was going through the M5 I swear that truckie was trying to scare me just cause I'm a P-plater. He was right on the my tail. If I suddenly stepped on the brake there would no doubt be a horrible crash!!

But all was well. Nothing very interesting at hurstville. So didn't stay for too long. Definitely in no mood to work at the moment. Feel like going on a little holiday....

Break

No health tut today so that meant two hours free!! What did I do?? Went to watch F 'train' in sparring (tae-kwon-do). Quite fascinating...man she can kick ass alright!! I don't think I can ever do that. I'm so inflexible!! Also played piano on an old grand...haha. Think it's been half a year since I last touched a piano. I hate it when I can't even remember one whole song!! Blaming it on lack of practice and poor memory...

Always remember to save your work in the RIGHT drive!

We were doing group assignment this arvo..I opened an attachment from my email and group members started adding to it. The work was saved so no drama about that, but because the file was opened as an attachment, the saved document was on a temporary file. So what ever you do, do not close the file unless you are sure you saved it on C drive or on a disk. What happened was the file was closed and when we tried to recover it, but it was lost. It is extremely frustrating!! But glad V had good memory and re-typed the bulk of the thing out again! 'phew'....

Funny how people make comments for other people. On the bus I inserted the ticket into the machine - not quite - it fell onto the floor and the bus driver went 'whoops'...that kind of puzzled me a bit. Shouldn't I be saying that instead?

Boring

Yes..I have realised that my blog has been rather boring for the past couple of weeks. I seem to have lost the 'flair' in blog writing these days. Possibly its attributable to the lack of exciting events in life. There's not really much you can say about going uni, coming home, day in, day out. Hopefully things will liven up in the near future with the holidays approaching. But even then, holidays won't be so much of a holiday since there will be heaps of stuff to catch up on as well as assignments to do. Nevertheless, it's still no uni for a week. Which in a way, I foresee it as been even more avaliable procrastination time. And no, my plan of decreasing net time never happened. I'm still working on that aspect at the moment.

Gathering

Had lunch with the St Georgians at Kingsford. Good to catch up! Ah..most people going be overseas...I've whinged about it before. Won't do it again - even though I think I just did. Oh well. I thought tae kwon do was a bit dry today but still a workout is better than none. Better start cracking on my work now...things piling up!!

Happy Father's Day!!

Even though I know that no fathers would read this...just wanna wish all the wonderful fathers in the world a HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!

Just another ordinary day...

Nothing much really happened today. So I won't even bother writing what I did. The usual - class, waiting for bus, going home.

Some funky number plates I saw these past few days:
"KIBBLE", "MYGEN3", "BUBBLE", "NOISY"....maybe I'll expand on the list later!

Its strange how things become a habit...have you ever worn jewellery for a while and you take it off but you still have the feeling that it's still there. And when you start to fiddle with it you realise that you were not wearing it? That's kinda what I've been doing all day...

Another friday...another week gone!!

Tired

Had two group meetings today - both actually were quite productive surprisingly...went shopping for father's day present but didn't end up finding anything suitable. the only real bargain around town at the moment is probably at rebel sports - 80% of all fenech boxing equipment!!

Spring!!

A beautiful spring morning!! A bit cool but nice and refreshing. Welcoming spring with both arms!! A new day, a new season....don't know why I suddenly felt cheery..maybe cause I can finally get back on track. I think I'm gonna start curbing my net time so I can concentrate on uni for the next 3 months!! Need to desperately catch up with my falling behind! I think I'll still be blogging but hopefully my procrastination time will decrease. Also thinking of spending on more time boosting my cardio fitness. This sounds too far surreal!!...Lets see if I can do it...will keep you all updated!...haha.

Cardiovascular fitness

Made an astonishing discovery in health psyc today. Apparently, people with good cardiovascular fitness perform better in memory and learning tasks. So maybe my poor memory is not about premature aging..but more along the lines - i'm so lazy and unfit!! I MUST DO MORE CARDIOVASCULAR EXERCISE to improve my memory!!

hmm...I should take heed to this advice. But my fitness motivation is not that high....

Memory failure...

I had a scare today. Memory failure. I forgot my email password - a total blank!! I was freaking out (well not really) because it was one of the emails that I check everyday!! It wasn't one of those where I only check once in the blue moon! Can't believe my memory is already deteriorating. I know my memory wasn't good in the first place but memory loss at this time is a bit too early in life isn't it?

Money!

Why does everything have to be about money!! My dream for the next couple of months is to win the lottery! Most of my friends are all going overseas at the end of the year - or have or will go sometime in the near future - except for me!! Everyone's been asking. Of course I want to tag along but I have limited financial resources. So if I suddenly win the lottery then YIPPEE!! off I go to see the wizard!! But somehow I think that dream of mine will be very slim....

monday is usually a good day. apart from mid-sem today, it was generally ok! Finally caught up with J and V for lunch! Afterwards, walked to all the computer labs in the quad but still couldn't find MS. Oh well. Despite the unproductive 3 hours prior to tae-kwon-do, training was good! Maybe cause that's the only time during the entire week that I get off my back-side and do something good for my heart!! Free bus trip on the way home cause the driver just said 'go in and take a seat'!

Irrational

Have you done something that was irrational? Very ridiculous and stupid! Something that you thought was ok at that particular point in time but then when you think back, you kinda go to yourself - What the?? Did I really do that? Thinking back to some events long time ago, I wonder what in the world I was thinking. Guess there are no second chances for some lost opportunities. I was such an idiot. But then, everyone is an idiot at some point of time right?...haha.

This is a tale told by an idiot,
Full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

Those particular lines from Macbeth just came to my mind as I was typing.

Enough of my ridiculous thoughts....Please spread the word around... "Delicious Cake Shop" just opened in Lane Cove Plaza, Shop 9 Burns Bay Road, Lane Cove. It's got some awesome looking cakes!! I would post up some of the cakes but I was camera deficient at the time. Sometimes I really wish I had a camera to capture some amazing pictures!! Guess this is the closest I could get to a picture..a picture from the card of the shop..haha

Hitch...

Definitely a great hilarious romantic comedy! Highly recommend it if you want to have a good laugh. Have mid-session on monday so my outing today did not quite justify my actions. Not like I would have done much if I stayed at home anyway! Also went to my cousin's grand opening cake shop in Lane Cove. Never realised that Lane Cove was so close to St. Leonards/Chatswood. Had nice dinner too! Going out an entire day is so entiring. Maybe cause I'm not use to it cause I don't got out often enough!!

Uni

Uni at 9am is quiet. The breeze is cool, classroom is empty. Its kinda funny. Everywhere I've been going these two days have been pretty empty. Maybe I'm feeling a bit empty too! Our group meeting was changed from 9 to 11am. But I still decided to rock up at 9am. Don't ask why. I don't know. I feel I don't know many things these days. So many questions, so little answers. Wonder what it would be like if you can read a person's mind for a day. Would that be too overwhelming? Too much of an invasion of privacy? Haha...seriously, I don't know what I'm saying. Maybe cause looking at this flickering computer screen has played havoc with my mind. Eyes drying up, head beginning to hurt. All this happening and its only the beginning of the day. Wonders wonders...why is it that I can crap on so liberally on something that doesn't make sense or isn't important? why is it that I take so long to write up an assignment? It's still just typing and formulating sentences isn't it?? Well gotta go to group meeting now so I should stop typing. But really, I'm actually enjoying talking about nothing. For some strange reason, trivial matters are more interesting than serious ones. Or is it just a matter of escape. Escaping from reality.....

Appreciating nature

Stepping off the bus, I headed down towards the beach. I don't know why I did. Usually I would head straight home. Maybe cause the water looked so calm, so serene. The beach was empty. Literally. No people. No litter. The sand was clean. The water was blue. You could hear the water lapping - ever so gently. Just sitting down and soaking up the atmosphere was refreshing. But it was getting cold so I didn't stay for long. Just sitting. Just staring. Just thinking...

Weary Wednesday...

Some trivial instances:
- in each of the first two lectures, the person behind me dropped their highlighter - same brand, just different colour near me
- bumped into B at lunch
- phone call from V trying to confuse me!! >_<
- phone call from mum thinking I was someone else
- boring monotonic seminar presentations
- sardine packed train ride

Close call...

Before you hop into a car, make sure you walk around it to make sure there are no obstructions or blockages. That is one lesson I learnt today. If I was not driving and hence walked to the boot of the car to get out my P plates, I think our car may have exploded. Which probably would have meant I wouldn't be here blogging.

Getting out the P-plates, I noticed a blue plastic thing under the car. It wasn't one of the ordinary shopping bags but the thicker, bulkier type of plastic. Bending down, what I saw was the plastic covering the entire exhaust pipe. Luckily, the heat must have melted part of the plastic so the pipe itself was not blocked completely! That also meant that the plastic was stuck to the pipe and the bottom of the car. We pulled and managed to get most of the plastic off. If we hadn't notice the plastic or what was covering the exhaust pipe was a cloth or something that wouldn't have melted I think the result may have been very different.

Addiction...

Silently SCREAMING!!!!!

My blogging and net addiction have not slowed. In fact I think it might actually be getting worse. I've have been receiving so many complaints that people can't phone through cause I'm consistently on the internet. The consequence of dial-up! Its getting extremely frustrating as I am consistently on whenever I'm at home. Can't get any work done!! Too much useless stuff on my mind..Self control is what I need...

Monday...

Boring title...yup I know. Not feeling very creative.

Got out of the house. Windy and cold - waited for 20 minutes but no bus came so had to walk home and ask for a lift. It's funny how it's these little things that make you 'bump' into people. As I was walking past the library, head down, not really thinking, I saw a girl waving. Took me a sec to realise she was waving to me! Whoops, my delayed reaction again Sorry!..haha. Speaking of which, my extremely delayed reaction reminds me of events that happened 365 days ago....haha.

Had lunch with V and C. Spent a good ten minutes pondering over a word puzzle in the blitz! Anyways, spent a few hours in the library. So sleepy!!!!! It's so hard trying to keep my eyes open! TKD was good this arvo. All those sit ups and crunches...didn't feel it until I got home. Now have sore arms and legs. Must have been because I didn't stretch properly!!

Tired

Despite having more than 10 hours of sleep, still feeling very tired and still lacking in concentration. The idea of sleeping early and waking up early didn't happen. Instead it was sleep early and wake up late. Oh well. That's what weekends are for anyway!!

Nostalgia

My current feeling: nostalgia

Defined as dwelling on the past. Symptoms included extreme apathy, an inability to concentrate, excessive physical fatigue, a feeling of isolation and total frustration leading to a general inability to function.

I must say there is definitely a contention between procrastination and nostalgia. Both are as annoying and useless. Yet I have not found a cure for either of the two 'disease'. I call it a disease because its always lurking in the back of the mind. Constantly striking without warning. It's cold and harsh - having a mind of its own.

It's funny in a way...I have such bad memories for some things and good memories for others. Ah wells, the saying that 'once the ship reaches the head of the bridge, it will be straight' could be used here...haha...the last time I heard that saying was from 'My Family'. I remember finding it very annoying because it was said so many times.

Hopefully a bright new chapter will begin on the 1st December when uni is all over!!! Can't help thinking how nice it will be when I can finally say I've finished uni and can do other stuff!! At least by then I won't feel like I'm falling behind because 'someone' else is already 2 steps ahead of me after getting their graduate diploma!! Let the good times roll....

Positive vibe at last!!!

Congratulations Blip!!! All that stressing for nothing. Told ya so!!!!! When's the baileys and the champers coming out???

Beautiful evening. Went walking by myself for about an hour before heading off to dinner! Great to catch up with people once again!! Had a great time but didn't get to talk much to the bday girl who was sitting on the other corner of a long table..haha

In a happy but nostalgic mood...

Bus driver

Feeling so sentimental these days!!...haha. Well, friday morning started with a tut at 9 - which didn't really turn out to be a tut but a 'do what you have to do in your groups' and 'I'm just here to answer any questions?' tut. We called it a day after 1 hour. So left at 10am. Thinking that I'll get home earlier than usual I was in a good mood!!

The bus came 10 mins late but I was fine with that. It wasn't until when we got to mascot that I became frustrated! Why? Well the bus stopped for a change of drivers. The new driver came over about to go onto the bus and the old driver stops him. Reason? Because the new driver didn't have the right keys to the new bus. Result? The old driver made the new driver take the old bus and told us to get off the bus and wait for the new driver to make a turn around to pick us up. The old driver just drove off! Some attitude must I say!! During the trip, the new driver asked for some commuters to sign and write their details on a card - for some kind of witness evidence I guess??

Strange occurences

Strange things have been happening to me for the past couple of days. The feeling of uneasiness, emotional turmoil and stress. Well maybe it's not as drastic as it sounds!! But still..haha. First the injury to F, the dream, the collapse...its probably all unrelated but coincidentally each event happened consecutively day after day. I just find that funny!!

On the other day hand, maybe its not funny. Sometimes one has to slow down, have a think and look around. You realise how many things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. You never know what's going to happen 1 month, week, day or even minute down the track. Nobody knows. I think one of my lessons now is to learn to saviour the precious moments and people in life. The people that make your world go round are the ones that should be cherished! Time does not stop and wait for us to catch up with it.

My two favourite quotes:
"We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere"

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."

Happy Bday Jas!

Best wishes!!

Panic Attack

Guess I caused a panic attack today for my parents and for F. Can't be bothered elaborating on the details. Basically everything was a blur for 2 secs, couldn't walk straight and was in a state of helplessness for 15 minutes....haha. Kinda looked like this little creature But felt better around half an hour later....was even considering going back to class but then since I could get a lift home..yeah why not. It was only accounting afterall that I would be missing out on.

Thanks F for 'looking after me'!!! Oh what would I do without you??...haha. Far out man...probably would have slept in a certain place over night without anyone realising if you didn't pick up the phone!!! Okay, enough blabbering for now. Maybe I'll just chill out for the rest of the night.

Mouth watering...

Interesting article from SMH. Must visit some of these one day especially since some do not seem too expensive!!

Start a gourmet tour with these 50 subjective picks of foodie things to do in Sydney.

It doesn't have to be 2am and you don't have to be well refreshed to join the queue for a pie floater at iconic pie cart Harry's Cafe De Wheels. It's all about the pie, the mash volcano and the lake of gravy within. A cheap but tasty indulgence. Cowper Wharf Road, Woolloomooloo, 9357 3074.

Drive through Kuring-gai Chase National Park to the end of Cottage Point to Cottage Point Kiosk. Get a table on the veranda, a works burger with chips (or, say, a fish curry from the specials menu) and a cold bottle of white. Eat slowly. Stare at the view. 1 Notting Lane, Cottage Point, 9456 3024.

Walk past the piles of handmade breads, pasta and imported delicacies, push open the glass door and enter Sydney's finest cheese room at Simon Johnson's Pyrmont shop. You'll find the staff love good cheese as much as you do. 181 Harris Street, Pyrmont, 9552 2522.

Trawl through Bankstown Plaza for a freshly squeezed sugar-cane drink, pho and bun soups from the south and north of Vietnam and food from street stalls. Buy live fish from tanks, Vietnamese pastries, pristine Asian greens and all manner of groceries. South Terrace, Bankstown.

Mark Best is as serious as his food at Marque is witty, his wine list spirited and his approach intelligent, spinning every modern influence into dining that makes grown men and restaurant reviewers weep. 355 Crown Street, Surry Hills, 9322 2225.

At Chinatown Noodle Restaurant watch Qan Xiao Tang, ex-violinist and master noodle-maker and dumpling-pincher, at work then chow down on amazing specialties from northern China, including the famous Beijing pancake. Drippy teapots add to the charm. TG7, Prince Centre, 8 Quay Street, Haymarket, 9281 9051.

So mamma mia, so right. Il Tratto Ra Ro's racing waitresses, crisp and garlicky pizza bianca, blackboard menu of daily market specials (seasonally attuned) and friendly family gusto will please everyone. 108-110 Majors Bay Road, Concord, 8765 8866.

Go to Dolce Vita Fine Foods if only for Pino Tomini Foresti's prosciutto cotto, sweet and moist and pink, or his salami, chewy and spicy and aromatic. But there are also the cheeses, the bottles of passato and Gianni Mancuso's divine biscotti with a great coffee. 45 President Avenue, Kogarah, 9587 4818.

An Eastern European food fest, the platters at Doma Bohemian Beer Cafe feature roast pork, smoked pork, pork belly, pork schnitzel and duck; there are Czech beers on tap; and the alfresco decor is positively Student Prince. 29 Orwell Street, Potts Point, 9331 0022.

It seems that everybody who's into coffee is drawn to the waterside stall of Toby's Estate Coffee before, during or after filling the basket/trolley/ reusable bag with the best of the Good Living Growers' Market. First Saturday of the month, Pyrmont Bay Park, Pyrmont.

Select a few essentials from a DJs food hall and a cold bottle. Then find a nice possie on the water (Camp Cove is pretty amazing) and settle in for the afternoon. Do it midweek to make it a very Aussie experience.

Stroll and slip your way around the wet fish counters at the Sydney Fish Market. Queue at a hot grill for a seafood platter of squid, fish, mussels and chips. Get your wine and glasses (plastic) from the bottle shop, bread and cheese from the deli, then fight other diners and seagulls for a table outside. At the market's dawn auction, where all that glorious, glossy seafood meets its wholesaler, the action is blindingly fast but the tour guides know their stuff; you see the sashimi auction and crab cage on the Behind the Scenes tour. Bank Street, Pyrmont, 9004 1100.

The tanned, the pert, the preening and the perfectly obnoxious linger at Longrain, drinking muddled lime drinks and perving. There is usually a wait for a space at one of the communal tables for dinner, so get a little Thai snack in the bar to pass the time. 85 Commonwealth Street, Surry Hills, 9280 2888.

Fair Trade coffee seems to go hand in hand with the rise of boutique coffee roasters: growers get a fair price, you get a warm glow. At Single Origin Roasters, the East Timorese beans taste great through a home espresso machine, too. 60-64 Reservoir Street, Surry Hills, 9211 9055.

At Icebergs Dining Room and Bar ogle Bondi Beach, the surfers, the waiters and Robert Marchetti's simply sensational mod Med food. If the crab with polenta is on, have it. 1 Notts Avenue, Bondi Beach, 9365 9000.

Join the million or so other Sydneysiders desperate to enjoy drop-dead gorgeous Middle Harbour on a Sunday. Yes, you could come earlier, or later, or on a quieter day. But the real experience is enhanced by the wait. Bathers' Pavilion Cafe, 4 The Esplanade, Balmoral Beach, 9969 5050.

The crab sandwiches are sublime at Guillaume at Bennelong, the champers is always cold and you're ensconced in one icon while gazing at another. Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point, 9241 1999.

There are free barbecues dotted all over this fair city, so all you need is a good snag. Try one of the A.C. Butchery outlets or any decent butcher that makes you feel as if you've left the country just for a while. Then cart it all down to the water with the dog, the kids and the salad and cook up a simple storm. 174 Marion Street, Leichhardt, 9569 8687.

Briny, sweet, plump Sydney rock oysters are a seriously sexy indigenous food. Ask for them freshly shucked, with all their precious juices intact, and enjoy them with an Australian sauvignon blanc and a close friend.

Scharers, the boutique brew, has been on tap at The Australian Hotel since 1994 (the Scharers owned the pub) and there's nothing more Sydney than being in the less touristy part of The Rocks, enjoying beer with real flavour. 100 Cumberland Street, 9247 2229.

It may be a cliche but for world-class dining in Sydney, Tetsuya's is it - not just the food, which is delicate and clever and mostly exquisite, but the whole well-oiled machine, from welcome to farewell. Service is superb and, yes, go for the matched wines menu option. 529 Kent Street, city, 9267 2900.

Casunzei are fabulous pasta crescents filled with a beetroot and poppyseed mix. They're a specialty of Italy's Alto Adige region, where George Pompei hung out before setting up here. Pompei's serves these, as well as authentic pizza and pistachio ice-cream made with Sicilian pistachios. 126 Roscoe Street, Bondi, 9365 1233.

Sydney's artisan bakers are changing the way we look at bread. Choose a decent textured loaf, slice it thickly, toast it darkly and smother it with really good butter (French is still best). Spread a wildflower honey on top then back to bed with you. Infinity Sour Dough Bakery, 225 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, 9380 4320; Sonoma, 215A Glebe Point Road, Glebe, 9660 2116; Allpress Espresso (for Brasserie Bread), 58 Epsom Road, Rosebery, 9662 8288.

Chaat are Indian street snacks with names such as channa and dosai, vadai and idli, uttapam and puri. They're made with lentils, chickpeas, rice and spice. Maya Masala has plasma screens showing Bollywood movies and the best sticky sweets. 470 Cleveland Street, Surry Hills, 9699 8663.

Al-Dhiaffah al-Iraqi serves beautiful marinated kebabs, has a short menu of traditional Iraqi dishes and the best-ever fresh-baked bread from the drum oven out the back. 13 The Crescent, Fairfield, 9755 0870.

Laksa is a cult item in Sydney and everyone has a favourite source. To's is one contender for Sydney's best; another is the Malay-Chinese Takeaway, where even serious suits can be caught wearing bibs. To's, Shop 3, Lower ground floor, 169 Miller Street, North Sydney, 9955 2088; Malay-Chinese Takeaway, lower ground floor, 64 Castlereagh Street, city, 9232 7838.

Strudel, kugelhupf, sweet cheese pastry pockets, macaroons, chestnut puree ... anything from the Wellington Cake Shop. At this Hungarian institution, no one kugelhopf is ever quite the same as the next, but they all have runny rivers of chocolate inside. 157 Bondi Road, Bondi, 9389 4555.

Kazbah on Darling is always buzzing and for brunch you can't go past spiced mince, sujuk, eggs, baked tomatoes and caramelised onions served in a clay tagine (for two). 379 Darling Street, Balmain, 9555 7067.

Kylie Kwong's food is homestyle Cantonese with flair and feeling. You can't book at Billy Kwong and it is squashy, but once you're in you get looked after well. Just have the banquet menu, though Mrs Jang's frilly eggs with oyster sauce are also a must. 3/355 Crown Street, Surry Hills, 9332 3300.

Try the roast hoisin duck or better still, a mixed platter of three kinds of barbecue meats including the crispy roast pork, or soy chicken with ginger and shallot from Chatswood Barbecue Kitchen. 308 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood, 9419 6532.

Griottes are imported liqueur cherries. Master chocolatier Christophe Roose envelopes them in the finest bitter-sweet Cocoa Barry single origin dark chocolate at Christophe ses chocolats with just the stalk poking out, and lets them do magic things with crystallising sugar for weeks before you're allowed to bite into them. 269 Lyons Road, Five Dock, 9712 1144.

In the inspired Woolloomooloo wharf renovation, the W Hotel's candlelit Water Bar is all ottomans, lounges and oversized cushions you'd shove in your handbag if only the attentive staff would turn their backs for long enough. Great cocktails and a mean lounge soundtrack make this bar impossible to resist. W Hotel, Cowper Wharf Road, 9331 9000.

The tables at Fish Face are too small, the chairs are too high - but the sashimi-grade fish and prices are just right. 132 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst, 9332 4803.

The messy pile that is the Singapore chilli crab at Shun Tak Seafood Inn is best cleaned up with sweet buns. Then all you have to worry about is getting it off your fingers and shirtfront. 57 Macquarie Street, Parramatta, 9635 8128.

If you can't remember why burgers are a great thing, reacquaint yourself with one of Sydney's finest at Pauls's Famous, 12 Princes Highway, Sylvania, 9522 5632.

To beat the queue at the deli counter at Norton Street Grocer, take a number then head off for cornchips, a tub of Jimmy the Greek's taramasalata or your weekly veg. Get back to the counter to load up on chorizo, Italian sausages, buffalo mozzarella and ciabatta. Norton Plaza, 51-57 Norton Street, Leichhardt, 9572 7511; shop 1027, Westfield Bondi Junction, 9386 5800.

On Saturdays at about 4pm, the first of the Portuguese tarts - pasteis de nata - come out of the oven at Sweet Belem. If you haven't tasted one of these perfect confections, crisp of pastry, dense of custard, lightly sprinkled with cinnamon and ever so slightly burnt, straight from the oven, do so. 35 Canterbury Road, Petersham, 9572 6685.

You smell freshly roasted beans as you near Campos Coffee and you sense how seriously the staff take the finished product as soon as you enter. Order at the counter, take a little chocolate friand, then a seat. Your coffee arrives in time, though how they know it's yours remains a mystery. 193 Missenden Road, Newtown, 9516 3361.

Imagine yourself in Istanbul's grand bazaar ... within two blocks of Auburn railway station. There are bakers (try the Afghan Bakery's flatbreads), confectioners, halal butchers and supermarkets bursting with the spices of Asia Minor. Look for "Turkish viagra" - walnuts shelled, strung together and dipped in grape paste. Auburn and Station roads, Beatrice and Rawson streets, Auburn.

The queue stretches from the Hong Ha Bakery for three or four shopfronts. It's a lunch ritual, seven days, as a handful of workers churn out chicken rolls - shredded meat, mayonnaise, chilli, coriander, grated carrot on a super-fresh white bun - at just $3.50 a piece. That explains the queue. 1151 Botany Road, Mascot, 9667 2069.

And from readers

Take home soya sauce chicken and barbecued pork from BBQ King (18-20 Goulburn Street, city, 9267 2586).

Get real pizza at La Disfida (109 Ramsay Street, Haberfield, 9798 8299) or Napoli in Bocca (73 Dalhousie Street, Haberfield 9798 4096).

Follow the cab drivers to Faheem's Fast Food (196 Enmore Road, Enmore, 9550 4850) for a tandoori feast.

Snapper pie at The Boathouse on Blackwattle Bay (end of Ferry Road, Glebe, 9518 9011).

Gelato and coffee at Bar Italia (169 Norton Street, Leichhardt, 9560 9981).

Buy fresh prawns and sea kayak to a harbour island to eat them.

Daily specials on the balcony at Sailors Thai Canteen (106 George Street, The Rocks, 9251 2466) with a Singha beer.

Buzo (3 Jersey Road, Woollahra, 9328 1600) for chocolate pudding.

Walk over the bridge. At Kirribilli, buy fish and chips from Garfish (Unit 2/21 Broughton Street, 9922 4322) and eat them at Bradfield Park - what a skyline.

Degustation at Claude's (10 Oxford Street, Woollahra, 9331 2325) and have your top wines from home treated with respect.

Dream

I had a dream last night. Vague bits and pieces still hang around in my memory but as the day passes, those memories become fainter and fainter. The dream was not something that would happen in real life (I don't think) but I remember crying. I felt hot tears running across my face. I woke up feeling clammy and exhausted. I haven't had one of those tear jerking dreams in a long time. I wonder what caused it? What was running in my sub-conscious mind?? Sometimes I really want to know but then again it would probably be better if it stayed there in the unconscious. Silent and unknown.

Injury for F...

The day began out with a social tut with each group presenting their proposed experiments. After the presentation we discovered we had to start from scratch cause it was too complicate!! ARGGG...you know how difficult it is to think up of an experiment from scratch?? All the other tutorial groups were given specific scenarios to choose from except our one!! And our initial guidelines were sooo vague!!!

So my planned lunch was delayed an hour because we needed an urgent group meeting to sort out the mess!! For lunch, our search for Pizza Hut was fruitless. The one that existed behind Maccas a couple of years ago has now been demolished. Hence went back to uni and bought chicken schitzel with turkish bread. It wasn't too bad!

Tae kwon do was good and bad! Sorry F...I think I kinda injured her thumb because when we were doing self defense her thumb got bent backwards! OUCH!!! Hope it heals quickly!! SORRY!!! I feel so bad!!!

Baby Sam's bday

Do you still call one year old babies?? hmm....anyways, a good half of the day was spent at my cousin's place. A little bbq among families and friends. She is sooo cute!! Walking/crawling from one side of the deck to the other. People were trying to make her smile at the camera by making noises and sounds...so funny!

And she took a while to blow out the candle! I think in the end, her daddy blew it out 'with' her...and her parents made some cupcakes with lollipops and 'leaves' sticking out in the middle in little plant buckets!! Too bad I don't have a "digi camera" and can't show you guys! *hint hint*

Family Day

Haven't had a family day for such a long time! Good day overall at Hurstville. Good food. Good company. Bad tummy. Must have been eating too much junk over the past week!!

ATTACK!!!!

Thanks A for such a great day with the company of M, F and L!! Must say though I witnessed some very 'brave' driving today. Okay here goes:

From uni, our aim was to go to the fish market. So off we go heading towards the city. If anyone has ever been to the city you would know all the twists and turns and split roads around. So, driving along, it was too late before we realised we were on the harbour bridge!! Desperately trying to get off we took the first exit but ended up near Lavender Bay. Got a beautiful vantage point of the Harbour Bridge but it wasn't quite the place we were after. Street directory time. Decided to play it safe and headed back to city south. Eventual destination was reached FINALLY!! By that time, everyone was starving esp. since some have not even had breakfast and it was past noon!! Yay, time to celebrate!!

First stop was to find our friend, the salmon. Made a couple of stops but ended up buying it at Christos, along with some really nice seaweed. Our next dilemma was deciding what place to get the seafood platter and which oysters to get. Settled on the shop with the most people for the platter and the Coffin Bay oysters. I reckon that's a great name to put people off - don't know whether if that means people will end up in coffins if they eat too much of them but let's not go there!

Since it was lunch time by the time we got all our food, finding a place to eat was extremely difficult! Second lucky or shall we say, unlucky! Okay, sitting near some smokers were not that bad cause they eventually left. We enjoyed the first 10 minutes of the food..until.....whooosh, duck, whoosh..A flock of seagulls scooped and flew to the table diagonal to us since some people left with the food on the table. Talk about littering or not cleaning after themselves!! First 5 mins was okay except F kept glancing behind.

During that time, F used her culinary skills to cut sashami slices...good effort with a steak knife! But when she let her guard down about the sesagulls, one of them decided to befriend F and a couple drops of who knows what landed on?? or very close to her and the sashami. I swear those seagulls knew what they were doing! Before I thought nicely of seagull but after today I believe they are VERY SCHEMING animals!! Cause when all the attention was focus on F cleaning..hmm....one of the seagulls scooped with its beak the largest piece of uncut salmon!!! WHAT A PIG!!!!! WASTE OF GOOD FOOD!!! Our obvious reaction was 'AHHHHHHH'!!!!!!!!!....

We decided to run for our lives before they had any other cunning plans up their sleeves. One ATTACK was enough for the day!!

After our adventurous encounter with the evil seagulls we headed off to Max Brenner at Double Bay. Yummmm...we drew on our chemistry skills and began mixing a number of different chocolates. No explosions, just resulted in some very rich chocolate! Also first time trying some orchid oil flowered chocolate. Guess it was something different but I prefer the traditional type! Strawberry dipped in choc was my personal best!! The guy recommended souffle but we gave that a miss. I seriously forgot the name of the stuff we had...yup short memory

We were going to walk off some calories after but because there was seafood in the boot of the car..yeah. And I was part of the culprit sorry!! next time next time!! Anyways, thanks for the lift home!!

That's the end of one GREAT FUN day!!! Hope you guys all had as much fun!! Too bad no one had a camera though...

Happy Birthday A!!

Best wishes!! I owe you some bday punches!!

Bargains!!

First purchase at uni for $5 for a sydney morning herald card which allows me to get the paper from Mon-Fri for the rest of the semester...even though I might not read the paper everyday - its a good bargain anyhow!!

Since lecture finished early, decided to go down with F to tae kwon do...okay finally made my decision YAY!!! No backing out this time cause I have already paid for membership and 11-class pass today for $65. Didn't join the class today but will next monday - after some preparation on the weekend!!

Half price for hot beverages from 3-5pm. It was either my stomach or the milk cause both F and I had a tummy ache after drinking our mocha and hot chocolate.

I love my homework this week for health psyc..why?? Because I have to go to Oportos to find out their nutritional value for the food there and consequently means it will be my first time trying it out!! Have a excuse to eat out!!

Bus

This evening when sitting in the bus whilst waiting for the change of bus driver...the new driver exclaimed before coming on board: "It's a Volvo. I never expected it". It immediately reminded me of the "bloody volvo" ad that never seemed to make any sense to me. Anyway, he was referring to the bus that I was on. It's a rather new bus with comfy seats but the really annoying thing was everytime when the back door was opened for more than a couple of secs it would start beeping!!

Nothing much happened today...went hurstville in the morning and had brunch..discovered a newly opened shop near Saint Honore which sells chinese dvds. We went in but within minutes came back out. Guess that says how interested we were.

yippee!! I can now safely say that our 3 hour lecture on tuesday will end in 2 hours for most weeks for the rest of the semester!!

Doh!!

Crappy...the comment counter got reset!! But at least the comments are still in there!!

Dodgy morning followed by a nice afternoon! Guess good always compliments the bad. Thanks for lunch V...the tiredness definitely hit me when I got home. Next time without the extra 'luggage' would be even better! Interesting stats about the social life at unsw...haha. I'm in the minority for now Oh did I mention the tiramisu-in-a-cup at City Extra?? yummm....

Whoops forgot I have to wake up early tomorrow...better start cracking on my tut work...totally forgot about it. See what 'window' shopping do to people...makes them have temporary amnesia!!

Tae Kwon Do

As expected...my plan of doing yoga will not eventuate..instead will be doing tae kwon do again. Fingers crossed I won't jinx myself and back out of it again..haha. First training starts this Tuesday. Ten minutes of treadmill has already given me sore back muscles..makes me wonder. I walk with my legs not with my back but somehow its my back that hurts!!

Oh yeah...finally tried one of the Lindt truffles that I bought last week! It was quite good despite having been in the fridge for a good half of a week - crispy chocolate with a soft centre. But as 'experts' have said, nothing beats fresh chocolate. So next time I'll try it without putting it in the fridge!!

The Wedding Planner

No better way to finish off an unproductive day than with "The Wedding Planner". I actually enjoyed the movie!! Some good laughs and sad moments too I guess..head-strong, confident control freak...putting everyone ahead of herself and all....so sweet! But then again it's a typical hollywood movie with a typical ending

Buggered...

I don't know how I did it..but once again procrastinated the whole day away. Have been disconnecting, reconnecting, checking the same sites over and over again. Reading the same words over and over....but time rolls on. The sun is now setting. The room is getting darker by the minute. A chill is starting to build up in the room...or rather inside of me. A shiver runs up my spine. Glancing at my watch I see the second hand moving. Everything around me is moving; my head is pounding, my heart is beating. The only thing that has remained the same all day is the number of words I have written on the page. I seem to be waiting for something but I don't know what that something is. Intangible or tangible - I have no idea. I think the day I figure it out is the day that I will stop procrastinating.....

Horoscopes...

Sometimes horoscopes depict feelings and events that are spot on!! Here is an example...


Aries

Even though the Moon is Void there is still plenty going on that is favourable. An excellent day to plan your annual holiday, what you plan today should work out very well. Get out and about today; it'll settle any restlessness you're feeling. What is important to remember today is that those who feel they have power won't be afraid to use it. These people are best avoided today!

Maybe that's why I'm feeling so restless...something to do with planetary alignment??

Restlessness

You know that feeling where nothing can hold your concentration or attention for more than 20 mins?? Well that is what has been happening for the past week..the effect of uni or something else? I'm not sure. Hopefully it will pass soon!!

Arghhhhhhhh.....

Nothing much...

These two days have been pretty mundane...nothing interesting has really happened. In fact, its been so boring that I don't even remember what I have done these past two days!! So much for having a two hour lab when it lasted for less than an hour!!

Eventful day!

Its been a rather interesting and funny day!

After psyc lecture, Fi and I went to blockhouse to get some stuff. On our way to upper campus we decided we wanted to get ice chocolate. So our first stop was Esme..went to the outside counter and we were told we had to go inside for ice chocolate. so inside we went and queued..when it was our turn, the lady asked what we wanted...
us: "do we order drinks here",
lady: "yup or you can order outside too",
us: "we were told to come in here",
lady: "what do you want",
us: "we want cold drink"
lady: "its behind you in the fridge"
us: "no we want ice chocolate"
lady: "oh...order at the cash register"

at the cash register:
us: "can i have an ice chocolate?"
man: "sorry no ice mocha"
us: "no, ice chocolate"
man: "sorry no ice chocolate"

so much for queuing up...next we went to mat but cause no one was lining up we decided to go java...

man: "what do you want?"
us: "can we order?"
man: "water is behind you"
us: "no, can we order?"
man: "water is behind you"
us: "NO! c a n w e o r d e r i c e c h o c o l a t e?"

Finally we got our ice chocolate which actually turned up to be more of a milkshake!!

Now, that's not the end of our adventure...

Walking to our accounting tut, we saw a girl in front of us limping..and fi was so happy that she could walk faster than her because of her injured knee...after 'overtaking' we turned around and as it turned out we knew the limping girl!!

Finally, went to the bus stop..discovered my bus had already left and ran back to the bus Fi and Vicks were catching. It said CENTRAL EXPRESS...onto anzac parade it went but instead of turning into cleveland st. it continued along anzac parade towards darlinghurst! What the??...Vicks pressed the bell and the bus driver who must have just woken up did a detour back to central. Well that's kind of the end of my exciting day..actually kind of feeling a bit sick now...

More Lindt

The part of the selection for $140/kg...

Lindt cafe

Went to have 'chocolate' with Jan at Lindt cafe at Martin Place. Think a sit down drinks would have been much nicer..hehe. Cause today was kinda like buy drinks, chocolate and leave.

Mr Zumbo has a very, maybe 'too' democratic way of making the class choose seminar topics for presentation. There are 27 topics altogether. This is how it goes:
1) Round 1: he goes through the list from 1 to 27
2) if one group votes for it - they get it
3) if two groups votes for it - flip the coin - head or tails
4) if more than two groups - none gets it
5) Round 2: same as the above but if more than two groups - sudden death i.e. each pair of different groups flips the coin and the loser is eliminated

Can't believe we stayed for an extra hour in order to get our seminar topics!!

Should have left some chocolates for you F ...mum thought they were only so so...I still haven't tried it...leaving them for mum and sis - next time next time...

Yoga

I 'think' I'm gonna enrol in yoga this semester on thursday 1-2pm...something different...anyone want to join?? but will probably end up backing out again but anyway...

I don't understand why my concentration span is so short. What a normal person can complete in 2 hours, I need at least 2 days - actually more. Arggg I'm finding it so frustrating. I can concentrate on everything that is not work related. My time management skills are pooooor. Plans don't seem to work for me. I've been thinking about working in the library too but whenever class finishes the first thing in my mind is heading home! I need to reassess my priorities...FAST!!!

It's annoying to know that people who are working or are involved in so many extra curricular activities make so much better use of their time!! If only I could learn from them....

August

Pinch and a punch for the first day of the month!

Did more photocopying this morning...had only one hour lecture so drove to uni. What time did you get to lecture F? I saved you a seat until quarter past cause by then I wasn't sure whether or not you were going to turn up and someone was asking if the seat was free....hmmm...

Anyways, now a good half of the day gone already...gonna go walking a bit later in the arvo.