Exam time again.

Well, almost. Exams are in a few weeks and it feels like they are looming all too quickly, I guess it's that time of year where everything starts to get more and more hectic as we get closer to the holiday season. I have so much uni work to do I'm not sure how it's going to turn out although I'm sure it's probably going to turn out ok, I mean 2nd semester of first year isn't exactly a make or break kind of deal.

But, it also means that I have officially (almost) knocked off almost a whole year of my degree! Only two more to go. Not that I'm counting down the days or anything I really hope that the next two years are just as good as this one. I think that this year has probably been the best year for me since probably the first year of high school, if not even before then.

I have to do an essay that's due on monday, it's for Politics. I really hope that I have a good enough answer to this question. Who knew international politics could be so complicated? =P I really hope that I get a good mark for this essay, my average from last semester was pretty healthy so I would like to keep it that way.

Unfortunately, I can't say the same for my Philosophy essay which was waaay down on my usual average (although they said my writing was very good, win!). Lame. Only because I'll have to actually study hard for the exam/ the next essay if I don't wish to jeopardise my very nice looking GPA. Shoot me if I ever consider taking another Philosophy unit ever again, I very much dislike Philosophy even though I do like my tutor and going to tutorials is interesting. I still find it very hard to understand how anyone could do a PhD in it.

I guess I'd better get back to work.

It's another saturday morning

Hallo, weary travellers! I hope you are all enjoying which ever transitional season you happen to find yourself in. I find myself to be enjoying the Spring weather at the moment, except for one incident last thursday where I was psyched to go the beach only to wake up to rain. Sad pandas. I also woke up way too early this morning thinking it was later because it was nice and bright outside,  I had forgotten that the days get longer in Spring! *headdesk*

I guess there's not to much to report except that the week almost gone was our mid-semester break and it's almost over and I'm seriously wishing that I got a lot more work done. I did get work done but still, I always want to get more done.

I went to a party last night which turned out to be really enjoyable, I thought I was going to be really rushed and tired because I had work just before but luckily I finished early and it wasn't a busy shift so I wasn't too tired.

I think I had a better plan for this blog but I'm pretty sure I forgot what it was. Oops.

Short sentences with pudding.

My current mood is such that only a chocolate pudding with cream may fix. Or perhaps some answers.
It's "mid"-semester break next week. We had a fire drill at uni on Tuesday. Our exam timetables are out. This semester has gone by even quicker than the last.

I'm going to get some chocolate pudding and cream now.

Cucumbers clean your face

It's hard to think of a better invention than the 'facial cleansing wipe', you know those already moist towelettes removes make up from ones face (even mascara!) in a timely and efficient manner. These towelettes are generally packed with beneficial natural ingredients such as aloe vera and vitamin E that supposedly cleanse and revitalise (what does that even mean?) our skin.

Curiously, though these wipes are now seem to have 'flavours'. The ones I have with me right now are cucumber 'flavoured', I call them flavours because I can't find a better word to describe it. I know that however awesome these facial wipes are they are probably going to end up tasting more like soap than an edible fruit/vegetable. The last packet I had were green tea 'flavoured', again I'm not sure what this was trying to add to the overall effect of the facial wipe as they worked just as well as the cucumber ones I have now and the plain ones I had before them. The only really difference was the fragrance but I don't think that there's a huge difference between them all they just smell like a cross between soap and perfume just like any other face-cleaning product available.

I just thought you'd like to know my thoughts on facial cleansing wipes. If you don't care well, that's a few minutes of your life you won't get back.

Anxiety

You know those days where you feel unduly stressed out/tired? You know the ones where you're stressed because you need to get stuff done but you can't because you're too stressed to be constructive? You're too busy being anxious about all the stuff you need to do and what you need have accomplished by such and such time, that you can't actually start anything because the thought of what will happen if you don't get to the goals you hope to achieve is making you too anxious to do anything.

Shoelaces

If you read this blog you regularly you may have noticed that I have changed the the title and web address. I've been wanting to change the web address for ages but I only recently figured out a decent name for it.

Often, my shoes come undone and because this does happen often I sometimes just leave them undone until I have a chance to tie them. Basically, just because I notice my shoes are untied I am not necessarily going to stop and tie them up straight away unless a) it is convenient to so or b) it is a life or death situation where my shoes must be re-tied. (For the record situation b has never happened so far).

Another funny story shoelace related story happened yesterday when one of my friends decided that it would be immensely amusing to pull my shoe off my foot whilst I was lying on the couch at uni. Some how this progressed into a discussion of how people tie their shoelaces and how some people use the rabbit ears method; you know, two loops that you cross over and tie together. Other people use the pulling the loop through the hole method (or whatever you call them). I have never been able to do the second method so my aforementioned friend, whose name is Dan btw, decided to try and show me. Dan happens to be roughly 6 foot 5 whereas I am about 5"3. And there he was tying  up my shoelaces. Don't anyone try and tell me my life isn't exciting. =P

On the downside I still don't think I have mastered the art of shoelace tying. Oh well. I guess whenever I'm on here my shoelaces need never be tied.

Callum Eats an Onion

You know those days where some good things happen and some bad things happen and you're not really sure whether or not you should say that that day was a good day or a bad day?

Well, I had one of those days yesterday. It's mainly because I was rushing to finish off an essay and then the printer wasn't working off my computer so I had to go buy a new USB (because Gerarda has mine) just so I could print off 1000 words of philosophy drivel. (Drivel it was, it's probably one of the worst essays I've written. I am decidedly not keen on getting it back). Moral of the story here, kids, is that you should start an essay before the day before it's due and not still be writing on the day it's due.

On the upside however, I received a letter from my university congratulating me because they had awarded me a scholarship to help with my short-term exchange trip that I am planning to go on during the Australian summer! This is quite exciting news because the amount is enough to pretty much cover the travel costs of going to Germany (which is where the course is taking place). I mean, I still have to actually apply and be accepted to the university where the course is being held but I assume that I will get in.

On a completely separate note: Do you think you could eat an onion whole? I mean a brown onion. Not a red one. Brown ones are more potent than red ones. I have challenged my friend Callum to eat a whole onion because he claimed he could. It shall be interesting to see if this ever eventuates.