A Random Thought

Tsunami helps bring peace to Aech. Earthquake opens the LOC in Kashmir. Maybe we should have more natural disasters...

Just Alittle More

BFA 281 exam sucked. I didn't really go into the theory part of it cos the tip was that the exam had a quntitative slant. I think I did OK on the calculations but there were more theory questions than anyone anticipated. Well, the unit was just poorly taught as a whole anyhow.

Just one more left to go on Friday. Just pushing on...

I Hate HR

HRM exam tomorrow. Studying for it. I hate HR. I think it's a bunch of crap. That being the case, I truly intend to bullshit my way through.

Now Not So Cold

The forecast was rain in the evening. It looked like it might rain, so I took a chance and went for a run. With the rainjacket that Mei, Caisi and Kenny sent me. Just in case. It didn't rain.

Now, officially, it's not so cold anymore. People are starting to wander around in t-shirts and shorts. Yesterday, it even hit 20 degrees in the city! It can get pretty hot when the sun's is shining you but then it most likely just the UV.

Well, this place has changed my definition of hot, cold and warm.

Botak Again

Botak again. This time Gillian cut one. Everybody agrees that it is not as good as the one done by Vern and Hooi Yin. Cutting hair is so much fun.

Less fun is studying for exams. Wanna die already. Wanted to write about something else but now I can't remember. Maybe later. Or maybe not. <shurg>

Cold But Not Cold

The Bureau of Meteorology website says that it's 11.1 degrees Celsius outside but I'm sitting in my room with my window open and I don't feel quite that cold.

If it was a few weeks ago, I'll already have the window closed and the heater on. Either it's not really that cold or (horror of horrors) I've gotten used to the cold.

Have a cough. Wishing it'll go away. Wakes me up in the middle of the night.

And this photo is just because I realised I have not posted a photo for awhile. Flowers from a house along Regent Street:

An Adult

Have you ever stopped doing something midway and wonder, "Why am I doing this? Shouldn't this be done by an adult? " then realise that you are the adult around.

Soemthimes I stop and wish that there's adult supervision around, not just us adolescents then realise that I am surrounded by adults and that I am the oldest one around.

Age, it seems, have a way of creeping up on me and surprising me. Or perhaps it is just that I still feel reluctant to take all the responsibilities that I must.

Yellow Submarine

The radio is playing "Yellow Submarine". I'm singing along. So silly :D

Going Away

Well, Martin's gone. Flown off at noon today. Loads of people when to see him off at the airport.

It's sad and it's difficult, espically one who becomes such good friends in such a short time. It's not like leaving secondary school or poly cos you know you're sure you can see your friends again (even if you don't want to). Even when I left Batam, I knew it's just an hour's ferry ride away. I don't know when I'll ever get the chance to see him again.

I guess that he would be first among many. Some people graduating this year and just leaving and not coming back. It's gonna be different and I guess this is just the way things go at a university, especially one as international as UTAS.

Is it better to 不忧虑天长地久, 只忧虑曾经拥有 or to just not get too close to the people you wouldn't be able to keep in touch with or easily see again? I still think a friendship like ours is worth all this pain and heartache.

Loneliness

Noun: loneliness

1. The state of being alone in solitary isolation
2. Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
3. A disposition toward being alone

Yeah, it's true that one is most lonely in a crowd. I feel lonely when I hear laughter outside my door. I feel lonely in the presence of people who know so little about me. I feel lonely without anyone to talk to, without anyone I can have a proper conversation with. I am lonely because I don't like people.

I am lonely 1, 2 and 3.

Weekend

Had a pretty good weekend. Went camping in the West Coast area with Martin, Brian, Justina, Chris and friends. Fun, despite, or rather because of, things not going according to plan and we ended up spending the night camping at Sitt Park beside the Sitt River at Rosebury.

Never been so far west, and never knew that there were so many small towns there. They are all pretty in their own way, espically Strahan. But it's hard for me to imagine growing up in such places, isolated from pretty much everything. I'll love to just get into a car and drive around there again sometime.

On the sand dunes at Henty, Justina came over and rested her head on my shoulders and didn't protest when I warped my arms around her waist. She's always laughing when she looks at me. And I always feel like laughing along with her. She's a really nice girl but I hope I'm not again interpreting friendliness as something else. I don't know what to think, much less what to do.

Martin's leaving this Friday. Everyone is going to be so sad. I know I will be.

Well, studies-wise, everything's over. No more tests, no more assignments, just have to study for the exams. The exams are not as well spread out as I would wish it to be but the good thing is that it'ss be over fast and I can go home for awhile.

Booked a flight home for 7 Nov, 3 days after the exams. Should be enough time for me to leisurely pack up everything and split the stuff up between the things to store in college, the things to store at the Kelly Street house and the things to bring home. I plan to travel as light as possible and just courier stuff home when I leave for good next year. But definitely want to bring my binos over. That's the only thing I regreted not bringing.