i am not belle

On Thursday night, a bunch of us went to the viewing of the CSE Revue, Gossip Geek. I am very proud of the performance put on by Segolene and Huy (personal friends), because they’ve put a lot of work over these past couple of months into the production, rehearsing into the wee hours of the night at most times. The rehearsals paid off with an impressive set production, dance sequences and geek gags. The show was based around a girl-boy romance story and narrated in a style similar to Gossip Girl. I found the opening titles extremely impressive, almost verbatim, but had a nice twist to the CSE theme. The only downfall with the revue was that there was a considerable lack of performers, but other than that, I really enjoyed the show. Out of the revues held by UNSW this year, they’ve definitely won in the technical department, except for the very last score, where there was a microphone glitch- or so it appeared to be the case. That’s the last of the revues this year, sadly. I don’t know why the Arts faculty doesn’t have one. It’s such an irony, out of all departments to NOT have a revue, it had to be Arts. I reckon they would do an excellent show if one was ever considered. There’s just so much more people would understand in a literary backdrop. One of the disappointments I’ve had with watching faculty based revues was that I didn’t understand what they were talking about half the time. I didn’t understand anything from Med, except it was just all about SEX. Law was just witty, in that, you had to have read the blurb of a Torts book before you could laugh like you meant it. CSE was much better, in that I understood the jokes they’ve put in, thanks to a science degree and engineering friends. Can’t wait til next year’s. A CSE night is always a fun night :O)

Friday was a day of pandemonium (for me). I had a psych report due and had done less than half of it. Geoff was nice enough to drop us home the night before, but even though I came home at a decent enough time, I was way too tired to turn on the computer, never mind continuing this blasted assignment. Jake always manages to fall asleep by the time Geoff reaches Cabramatta, I noticed. Anyway, I was in the library with Jonathan and Ashish trying to get the work done. They both managed to go away for an hour or two and I finished my work. Maybe I just needed to get rid of some distraction, haha. Never catch me in a state of panic- it’s almost hilarious. Running around the library computers, printers and photocopiers.

Had a POD meeting afterwards, which wasn’t really a meeting because nobody showed up. We did some YouTubing as usual, then went to eat at Ramen Kan. I really liked what Chin was eating- it kinda tasted like congee.

I spent today bludging and trying to do my bit for the biotech debate which may or may not be happening tomorrow. The lecturer said she was going to post up the names of the people who will be doing their sections tomorrow. She said this last Monday. It is now the Sunday before the Monday of our next lab, and they’re still not online. She’s so stupid. I’ve got my CATEI evaluation responses ready.

On a MUCH HAPPIER note,
NO MORE BIOTECH LABS! WE’RE FINISHED WITH E.COLI!
WOOOOOOOOOOOO!
(just tutes now, but it sure beats staying back for four hours!)

Also, the Moon Festival is happening in Cabramatta. I have completely forgotten about it. Had I not, I would go and laugh at all the little shits / wannabe gangsters.

It’s been incredibly windy these past few days. I’m surprised I haven’t seen a car blow over yet.
Hope y’all enjoying your Sunday!

Man, what a long day. Started off with a chem lecture about phases and I was waaaay out of the loop. I hadn’t been to a chem lecture in about two weeks and all this new stuff was a complete bombardment. I didn’t even realise we had changed lecturers. This is becoming a (sort of) bad habit for me. When I say I’m going to be in uni for the rest of my life, I really meant it. I didn’t end up going to maths because I had forgotten my lecture notes, and frankly, I’d just be a waste of space in there. I’m trying to find a site that resizes and provides a URL link to a picture file- I usually have to go to shrinkpictures.com and then imageshack.us, and it would just be much easier to find a site that does both at the same time.

Met up with the guys and Carol after class and then left to meet up with Ulrika at Central where we were heading out for lunch. Much catching up and whinging (particularly on my part). Am insisting that I will get over whatever it is that’s bothering me. It just seems so hard to self-indulge in my problems without comparing it to the extent of other people’s, which could be much worse than my own. There’s a bad side of having a habit of being sympathetic, because it’s almost impossible to complain about yourself without feeling guilty. It’s terrible. I’ve been trying to do it all day (to nobody in particular, just some self reflection, I guess) and I’d never really finish what it was that I was thinking of. The thought would just kinda trail off to some inconclusive hole and never really come out again until somebody else brings it up. Not sure if it’s healthy to be too thoughtful, like all good things, it has its disadvantages in excessive amounts. We caught the same line on the way home and on the way, Ulrika drew some turban pictures, which I made into an album here.

I am, however, looking forward to the CSE Revue, which I’ll be going to this Thursday. I hope it’s going to be good, and I’m sure it will be. It’s not just because there are friends who are apart of the production, but out of all the revues at UNSW, it’s got to be the best one, from what I’ve heard anyway. I saw it last year, too. It was high-larious.

Don’t know why I’m online so late. I have uni tomorrow from 9, but have decided not to go in. It’s lectures day and I’d rather spend the day indoors working on this blasted psych report that’s due in about three days. Eek! Am so not good with time management.

Because my birthday is coming up soon, I’ve put together a comprehensive wishlist, which I hope can be met to people’s affordabilities and/ capabilities. I understand if not all can be attained, but we’ll try, yeah?

1. Trains to run on time- 5 minutes is enough to make me tardy, and so is the driver of the carriage having a heart attack. True story- don’t travel on the Bankstown line.
2. Julia Irwin to stop making fridge calendar magnets- Frankly, I’ve had enough of looking at her manliness everytime I reach for a Weiss mango bar. It makes me put it back. Actually, may be a good diet promoter. We’ll put that in the Maybe pile.
3. Chinese calendars to be translated into English- I have the pleasure of waking up very early just so I can rip off the previous date and fold it into a plane. I just don’t understand the symbols or the animals depicted in the pages.
4. A speed indicator on my exercise bike- My parents bought this vintage exercise bike from the markets several years ago. I accidentally wiped out the something-meter with my vigour. I need a new one- circa 1975 perhaps?
5. Titanium blinds- Just so I can point to them and say ‘TITANIUM’ in a German accent.
6. A red door- So when people ask me if I have ‘that’ perfume by Elizabeth Arden, I can say ‘sort of’.
7. New teabag- This one’s been used for three serves now. It’s kinda getting transparent.
8. A walk in wardrobe- Not so much for the storage of clothes, but it’ll act as a study area or better yet, a guest room. People really appreciate sleeping in storage spaces. Haven’t you seen that episode of Seinfeld where Kramer made the Japanese tourists sleep in drawers? It’s like a morgue for the living. I’ll call it the Forgue.
9. My mum to stop making dirty jokes- If you haven’t heard about the Zero-One-Zero story, seek me out in person. She’ll take on your bros.
10. Just so you didn’t get me the first time, for my mum to stop making dirty jokes- And to not laugh at them. There’s nothing worse than being amused by your own jokes.
11. For stupid things to stop happening to me- There’s nothing worse than accidentally slitting your wrist during a peak hour bus line and having to telepathically convince everyone you’re really a happy person.
12. Guts to transfer into a Design degree in fashion- I’m not usually inhibited by the variety of options, but the thought of obtaining a qualification in designing, cutting and sewing really gives me a fair share of doubt. There might as well be degrees for something like Creative Writing- oh wait, there is.
13. Garbage collecting trucks to be a little more discreet in the wee hours of the morn’- I hate being woken up to the roar and consistent pausing of these said automobiles. This wish is probably for the best for everyone, not just myself.. unless you’re into that kinda thing, ya know, like, I don’t judge.
14. A good reason for indoor pot plants- If there’s windows around, I don’t see the need for the plants. Like they’re not going to give us extra oxygen. Sometimes you wonder, if we get our oxygen (or most of it) from plants, if we eliminated one plant, why aren’t some of us feeling the effects of this one lesser plant? To make this particular bullet more philosophical, I would like y’all to incorporate Chaos Theory into your reasoning.
15. A harmonica- Please?

It was such a hot and sunny day yesterday- about 30 degrees celcius. While I slept from 7-10pm, it rained and I could hear lots of wind. It’s rained a bit throughout the night and I can hear the wind gustling. It’s probably going to be like this tomorrow. All the better for not going into uni.