Monday, October 31, 2011

boo :)



Picture from a friend on fb and it really makes my tummy growl! The ghost egg would be scared of me then :P

Just realised I had a lab report due in 2 weeks and I haven't started yet cuzzz I thought the chem department will brief us about it first before we start on it. Better work on that soon!

That's all the time I have now!
xx

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Rant of the past

If there's anything other than school to think about right now..there is almost none.
My mind's clouded with academic stuff..and being sick is not really helping.
I've been forgetting birthdays, rejecting events, and my social butterfly-ness is slowly deteriorating.

I guess there is one thing I do think about - what am I going to eat next.

Surprisingly I have a very demanding stomach, and I often crave for certain foods.
And I think cooking is very therapeutic..it's is a type of meditation. In fact, meditation isn't that mental image of a person sitting on the ground with legs crossed with hands resting on the knees. It could be anything really..as long as you put your mind to it. Be mindful when you wash the dishes, walk to school, reading, take a shower etc.

I'm not sure whether mindful studying/working is counted as meditation though.

I used to believe that each semi-precious stone had unique healing properties (eg. wearing a stone around the neck, hands, fingers, feet, or throat heal different parts of your soul because of the placements of body chakras). I even had an amethyst under my pillow, to enhance my ability to dream. A dictionary for these stones and their properties lay close by..

But now it's all very different. I think that wearing the stones (whether it works or not in reality) only gives you certainty..or maybe hope. Like how the rose quartz will attract love, amethyst balances out your mood (and that it's good to wear it with rose quartz), lapis lazuli stimulates creativity..the list goes on.
As if that isn't enough, the shape of the stone matters, whether it be tumbled, pointed, a sphere, cubic, pyramidal..

In the end I just thought it was all a mind game. If you strongly believe that a stone will guard you against psychic attacks, then it will!

Even when I don't believe in the powers of semi-precious stones anymore, I miss my rocks very much :(

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

you trip, you fall, you get back up again

It's only week 2 and the I can see the magnitude of 2nd year compared to the first. Sure my timetable is much better this time..now I understand why.
Alot more readings to do and this is encouraged by my lecturers. I enjoy reading because I enjoy understanding what's going on behind all the reactions.
I must say that I'm falling behind this week due to last week's mishap on labs..which meansss double the work next week.
Goodbye for now, social life.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

when things start to kick in

It isn't the best time to blog but I just had to.
Did some catching up with some friends at Starbucks today and I wanted to try something new from the menu so I tried the caramel macchiato. It's something to really wake you up - instant sugar rush..then I got a slight headache after that. Later on I read it had a FEW shots of espresso in it omg. But it's not really working..I had a nap at 7pm..and feeling as sluggish as the day before.

I was already looking forward to the weekend on Tuesday. I should really learn how to love my timetable.

There's this blackberry blackout going on and I'm already suffering from withdrawal symptoms eventhough I've only been using my first ever smart phone for a month. I am frustrated. I am outraged. And I'm sure I am not alone. I wonder if there's any sabotaging involved..

Okay I really need to get my curly arrows going..night!

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Preface

It's fresher's week and I'm just trying to avoid fresher traffic in town. You can tell who's new here haha. I hope I don't look too godamned serious/grave when I walk in the midst of the eager and bright-eyed 1st years.

Internet finally got sorted out. It was easy enough to set it up. Quite happy with the connection speed for Virgin so that's one thing sorted. Don't have to go to the library to leech off free internet (not to mention a bit of electricity to charge my phone hehe) any longer.

I need to get my academic diary. I just can't wait to schedule everything so I know I won't miss out on anything important. I'm not sure if I'm worrying too much or it's the amount of worry I should be having this year.

I feel really tensed already. I hope that in all the work I would be burying myself in starting next week would keep me distracted from stress. Oh god it's a sick cycle of stress :O
In the mean time, I'm building my wall of confidence, motivation and perseverance.
















A circus from Netherlands :)