Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Taking a nap at 9.30pm at night can be a very distressing thing for the body. Having just experienced that, I do not recommend anyone who has performed a strenuous activity (e.g. go gym) and then take a nap at night before waking up again to do work. When you do wake up (and that itself ain't a certainty), you're asking for some serious mental disorientation.
Anywho, this week is a very bad week of school IMO. Bad week for studies anyway. With all the after school activities that have been occupying my time which would be normally used to plan the week's work, I'm kinda like doing things as they come. Which is VERY VERY BAD. I feel so... unprepared, so vulnerable.
And the projects are piling up like mad. This semester seems more fun than the previous one, but it comes with loads and loads of projects. I haven't even started on the projects but the mere thought of juggling multiple projects is driving me nuts!
So the only way to do all these without going mad is to tackle things one matter at a time. Calmly, efficiently and with a smile.
And don't get me started on school stuff not related to studying...
Monday, October 29, 2007
Paranoia, screw you.
Insensitivity, screw you too.
So I've been thinking of a new way to sign off my emails.
So far I've used the basic one, "Best Regards, Brian Thomas Lim." I'll keep the 'Brian Thomas Lim', but 'Best Regards' is pretty ancient.
So I was accessing google to give me some inspiration. I typed signing off. Then it hit me. Isn't 'Signing off, Brian Thomas Lim" better?
So there ya go, my new ending for letters.
Signing off,
Brian Thomas Lim
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Work can really put off a guy from his addiction.
I was doing school work and yet surfing the net at the same time. After doing work however, I felt something was different. I felt that I had the control to turn off the laptop when I wanted to, unlike in the past few nights, where I was at the mercy of the content of the internet.
I guess work puts perspective in your life. Add it's ability to sap you of your energy and you have a good deterrent to any addiction you might have.
It be the end of the second week of school, and I'm slowly getting into the funk of things again. I just did the majority of my work, so no worries about rushing it the day before the actual tutorial. Schedule is slightly tighter than past sem's, so I'm kinda monitoring my planner more carefully.
Other than that.............
I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY.
People who read my blog are getting a pretty bad deal, methinks. I don't write anything controversial, so there's nothing to gossip about. On my side though, this is the longest I've kept any blog. They don't usually last past 10 posts. I think the fact that I don't force myself to write something interesting every single time I blog helps it's survival.
Yay for boring!
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Not exactly a fan-tabulous start to the week.
Without going into details, the week could have started better. But hey, what's there to complain when you're still alive, still have friends and you're still being loved?
So tutorials have been particularly interesting so far. My blaw teacher seems insistent on making law tutorials interesting. Personally speaking, those who find law boring are mad. Law's such an intriguing subject, I'd even consider taking it as a subject next time in university. Who knew stealing from someone's locker would result in so many offences?
And I'm still using the 'holiday' internal clock. Hell, the past two nights I've been sleeping at 1 and waking at 6, clocking in a fantastic 5 meagre hours of sleep. 6 hours is the minimum for an adult and I'm not even one yet. Never mind, 6 hours of sleep today.
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Sometimes, I wonder. I allow a stray thought to progress, develop, form and evolve.
Sometimes it manifests itself to form a situation where I tell her the truth. For the truth will set you free.
Sometimes, it manifests itself into past regrets; of things that could have been done. For nothing haunts a humans mind like regret.
Sometimes, but oh so rarely, it manifests itself into my selfish desire of taking the easy way out. For when adversity's around, I'm not.
So I ask for strength to stave off this thoughts of weaknesses.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Those who know me well enough know that I don't take stress very well. I'm actually rather adverse to it.
Well anyway, a slew of matters drove my blood pressure up a notch, and those weren't even that pressing. How the hell am I supposed to cope when tutorials start handing out work, when I can't even get past a week without tutorials stress-free?
I guess you could say that coincidence which brought some deadlines together on my calender wouldn't strike twice, but I don't know. Year end is supposed to be a time of rest and relaxation for me, yet here I am worrying that youth group deadlines and camp matters would drive me insane. Add in studies and viola, you have a ticking timebomb at your hands. Add in that load too that I've been carrying around last few months which could either please or piss me, and you have a dead boy walking.
GRAH. Maybe I'm exaggerating. Everything should be taken one step at a time, but when you breathe in everything that's going to happen, sometimes it overwhelms you.
I'm feeling much better now. Now to face a group of 20 students for an outreach talk that's supposed to last 15 minutes but in all reality given my planning, I can only make 10 minutes tops. What a wonderful world.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Long story short: GREAT day.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
They say fortune favours the brave.
I'm gonna be one unlucky dude.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Today was a productive day. I cleaned up my room and cleared out old junk.
I also stumbled across some old letters I/people wrote. One of them brought back memories and feelings. Too bad they're long gone.
I really should junk all of such letters in a time capsule and open them like 10 years later. Imagine when I'm 27 and I read about the time I had a crush on someone. Sure to bring back much laughs.
Anyway, I'll be away for camp tomorrow and friday. It's a pre-camp for RED camp, and I'm looking forward to it. Always fun to have camps, no?
One thing I hate though, is to look for toiletries everytime I prepare for camp. I need to find portable shampoo, toothpaste and whatnot. So troublesome.
Nothing much else to blog. Oh and just a thought. Is there school for poly people on monday? Saturday is Hari Raya, and for others monday is off. Shouldn't that apply to us too?
Sunday, October 7, 2007
If you want something in Life bad enough, you gotta stand up and go for it. Nothing good ever comes to you without hard work. Nothing that you'd truly appreciate anyway.
Thanks to all those who wished me happy birthday. Especially those whose birthday I forgot. I feel so bad, heh.
Thanks for the reminder. Isn't she worth it?
Friday, October 5, 2007
It's not official until 9.44am, really.
An age in the twilight. Neither adult nor child.
Let me take this moment to thank all those who have known me, be it a year, lesser than that or more. I am grateful for everyone who has been a part of my life, for they shape part of who I am today.
To many more years I say.
It's my fault for having that glimmer of hope. No expectations, no disappointments.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
So reggie told me gerri is offering me a chance to scribe for the impromptu sessions WoW is doing for their production in December. Or something along the lines of scribing.
As usual I was thinking to myself, "Do I really have the time for that?"
And of course, I do.
I guess it has always been my habit to duck out of responsibility whenever possible. It's not that I'm super lazy (although I am lazy), it's due to my fear of failing. When you're given responsibility, many attachments come with it too. Success seems to be one of them.
At any rate, I did put my talent of writing as something I was going to improve on. God seems to have reminded me in minor ways of the promises I made to improve it, and this seems to be another jab from him.
Let the creativity flow I say.
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