30-page thesis

this will be the largest piece of work that i have ever done. it just hit 8,000 words and i'm only half way through the page limit... i also havent put in appendixes

i've got till early next week to finish up my first (and only) draft. its going to be a sad sad weekend.

cheong ah!!!!!!!!!!!

illed

my observations tell me that we tend to be more polite and ironically more friendly to hi-bye friends. we may be so concerned with how we present ourselves in front of them that we tend to treat them better than any one else.

is that why closer-friends dont even care about courtesy call to mark their first meeting each day? oh no... dont get me wrong, that's not my main point. that would be way too petty. there are more to it which i'll leave it to next time.

at the moment i've to focus on picking up the slack. not bcos of me being lazy, but of an untimely illness that bugged me last week.

perfectly random, perfect

well, it has been a while. thot i should revive my blogging habit with sth really random.

L ! \/ m Y says:
   hello
 
paulo alexandre says:
   hello pai ki
 
L ! \/ m Y says:
   pai ki?
 
paulo alexandre says:
   não seicm mas entrei
 
L ! \/ m Y says:
   hmm...
   i'm sorry i cant understand that
 
paulo alexandre says:
   se num ensna tão mexo
   you dont understand, but i need. have a new mss
   what do you do, the fernando dont is here.
 
L ! \/ m Y says:
   how did you get my msn
 
paulo alexandre says:
   well i dont know.
   write to my e-mail, to envoyce new image.
   dont speaks???
 
L ! \/ m Y says:
   i cant understand that
 
paulo alexandre says:
   then, i say goodbye.....
 
L ! \/ m Y says:
   that's fine then. nice talking to you.
   good bye
 
paulo alexandre says:
   where are you go on?
 
L ! \/ m Y says:
   i thought that was good bye
 
paulo alexandre says:
   no please, im sorry for you complication, im here to stand.
 
L ! \/ m Y says:
   ???
 
paulo alexandre says:
   you are crazy???
   isto é uma brincadeira, falta do que fazer.....
 
L ! \/ m Y says:
   i dont know what you just said but i hope it's not any thing bad
 
paulo alexandre says:
   who is you?
   my sun?
 
L ! \/ m Y says:
   sun? no. moon perhaps
 
paulo alexandre says:
   by.
 
L ! \/ m Y says:
   sure, make it happen this time.
   bye.

wth.

piece of cake?

is it that easy to break world record? seems like it to me.

breaking record by a fraction of a second was most often heard. but what is going on now? records were smashed by a large margin and to make things more incredible, there are cases where the top three winners were all within record time!

better technology? better training? smaller pool? jia-yo? mutation? beats me.

ao lin bi ke

here we go.

sorry tv, u'll have to work OT for the next few weeks.

awakened

i feel really terrible right now. simply bcos i've been playing too much.

i promise my supervisor quite a number of things which i would complete by the end of this weekend for my thesis. but nothing seems to work out right. i played games, watched movies/tv series, procrastinate and all sort of nonsense just to get out of work... and today playing MJ the whole afternoon and went drinking with my mates at night. sigh... i'm feeling really terrible for having done all that now.

perhaps it is time to wake up and actually do something constructive...

rejuvenated

yet again i have neglected my blogg.

come to think of it my life aint that un-interesting. conversely since my last post, a lot has happened. i'm either too busy or too lazy to pen them down. well, pardon me, i was never good at keeping diary (thus the name of this place -- sth-random).

anyway, i just got back from a holiday trip, travelling over 1200km and crossing 3 states in australia with JC and Benson -- a trio combination that would never have crossed my mind. along the way, we were greated with picturesque rocky shores and awed by the beauties of nature. at times we were challenged by situations where inpromptu decisions were required. along with these events comes a whole new flavour in the overall experience of the trip. i must say, this is by far the best holiday i've had during my time in australia.

holiday is over (once again) and i'm now embarking on the final phase of my university life. yes final semester!

but i'm confronted with a new and yet stupid dilemma: my results are good enough for top honours as long as i pass all the remaining courses. call me nerd, geek whatever or curse me if you want i dont care.

that has been the plan all these time: i slogged hard for the first three years so that i can slacken off in my final year.

but now, my other self is fighting stongly against the idea as it defies the very principle that i've held firmly to.

offline

i couldnt believe how dependant i was on the internet until the network was down for the past 10 days.

it is true i may have more time for myself, but i think i had too much that i have no idea what to do.

finally the internet is back again.

blind

i am no saint and i dont expect myself to be a perfect friend or companion. but at least i tried.

i was kind. but my kindness was seldom reciprocated. i know a good deed isnt a good one if you are asking for sth in return. but the fact is that you took my kindness for granted. u never saw the kindness, but instead you shoot me down with your seemingly-innocent-but-hurtful comments.

i have decided to give up. you like running your own routine, so be it. i'll let you have yours, and i'll have my way. i'll try no more explanation or exercise any patience.

the nudge

i got this from a msn webpage which i chance upon, explaining messenger etiqutte.

When it's OK to nudge
When you're being ignored. Just when you think the conversation is really getting interesting, you hit a road block. Apparently the person on the other end has redirected their attention to online gaming and is no longer paying attention to you, or they've just plain left you hanging in mid-conversation. This is when the 'frustration' nudge comes in handy. You don't look needy, but you get your point across.

When you don't have a comeback. Think about it, what will your friend say after a nudge? They don't really have anything to respond to, do they???

When it's NOT OK to nudge
Never, and let me repeat, NEVER, start a Messenger conversation with a nudge. If you want to get on someone's nerves straight from the get go, this is a great way to accomplish your goal. If you have nothing to say, why bother?

The nudge is a privilege, not a right. If you abuse it, you hurt all of us that are following the, until now, unstated nudging rules. 5 nudges in a row, not cool. It's not the same as a smiley face emoticon, which can be used all day if you want. A nudge shakes the Messenger window, people - it's understandable that if used again and again simultaneously, it could become annoying and may actually cause your friends to go a bit insane.

if you didnt know the reason why i have my nudges turned off, i hope you know it now. so next time when you start a conversation with me, dont just click that button. the sound may be off, but the idea that you are nudging to get me to talk to you annoys me too.