Overload

A list shall clear things up!

• Internet
• Brain
• Patience
• Caffeine
• Pressure
• Procrastination

Basically, our Internet has gone over the limit by $50 or more. Being banned from the Internet is the most excruciating experience in the world. I know what you're thinking, 'you dumasss how can u be typin dis den HUH?'. Well using my phone to blog is equally excruciating. My fat fingers can not be accommodated by the tiny keyboard and my typing speed is horrendously slow. I will live but it is still frustrating!

I guess being banned is good for it adds time to homework and study. The bad part is I still manage to heavily procrastinate. Also adds to my frustration. My homework session literally fried my brain - I'm frustrated because I know that study = fail and I have two chances to fail tomorrow.

Frustrated because I can't sleep. It is 3:00 or so and the amount of coffee I have consumed has failed to serve and paradoxically, simultaneously and annoyingly over serve it's purpose. It did not help me earlier and it kicks in now. That is my fault and I'm kicking myself for it.

I give up typing this blogpost. It's too much for my phone to handle. I shall post a proper post once I get my Internet back.

Sad Birds

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Mood is something that is, at times, difficult to deal with. There is so much on my plate right now and simply not enough time or motivation to complete all of it to the utmost standard that is expected. Here is a quick overview of what's ahead in my next two weeks:

• 10/6: Chemistry exam
• 11/6: General Achievement Test
  
• 15/6: Methods SAC on logarithms, circular functions and others
  
• 17/6: Economics SAC on fiscal policy
• 17/6: Specialist Maths SAC on differential equations
• 19/6: Year 12 Formal

On top of all that, I still need to find something to wear at the formal (Amee, help me out here!), go to karaoke with my specialist maths buddies, send a couple of things to some people, study my arse off.. I mean, if this is life then I'm ready to just fail. I guess I'm picking out the negatives, not that karaoke is anything of the negative nature, but overall it is how mood plays a part. It seems that mood has this annoyingly effective ability to amplify the seriousness that is involved with all of the said tasks. Why can't us humans just cruise, do what we were made to do and get it over with? Why must we experience such a rollercoaster of annoyances and barriers?

Knowing me, I'll look at this post in two weeks and think 'wow, why didn't you just suck it up and be a man' but in times of general disappointment and discouragement, complaining is the only thing you know you can do right. I'm sure everyone has gone through such a stage and can perhaps empathise with my situation. I know that success is something earned and not bought off the shelf at the local Coles, Halpa-Halli or Albert Heijn. But if you just feel like the bottom image, thinking you're taking steps in the right direction but still happen to fail, one could wish, right?

It's all over.. almost

Well I've had a pretty up-and-down week. I have had 5 SACs this week and with being sick and having various errands to run it was pretty darn stressful. But I'm happy to report that I came out alive. According to my diary the last week is the most stressful week I'll have this year. All of us were crazily stressed - one of my friends even wanted to eat a stick.
Last Monday when my Specialist Maths teacher was dropping me home she told me the amount of rain that was recorded for Victoria's May - a measly 3mm, 47mm below the May's monthly average. This is definitely a true indication of drought. In fact, if you look up at the sky on a clear day you will notice that the air is tinged red or orange. The orange you see are dust particles from the ground that are collected from wind. This only happens because the ground is cracked and dry.
Anyway, last Thursday, I went to the city after school to look for a birthday present for mum, have lunch with dad and meet up with Amee. Do you know what happened? The heavens opened up. Umbrellas served a purpose for once - they were no longer dust collectors or decorative ornaments for they had their 15 minutes of fame on Melbourne's streets.
I wish it would rain more. The sounds of rain pitter-pattering on a rooftop will relax any 5-SAC week.

Pseudo-emergency!

So, I'm about to head off to the doctor's. Too bad it wasn't an emergency.

Bad shoes, bad hats

Today was a day full of attempting to shop. No shopping was actually done. It definitely was fun. During our adventure we came across some curiosities and pure ugliness. A picture says a thousand words, so three pictures might say three thousand? You decide.

I have a busy week ahead of me so my blog posts won't have much content. It would be nice if you guys stay tuned, ja? :)

Bleeding zits and linguistics

Lets start off with an MSN conversation I was having with a good friend during the wee hours of the morning. It is pretty much how my day started.

Sure, it sounds disgusting, but it was absolutely hilarious for the both of us. It made me wonder how much of an influence tone has on language. When I think 'tonal language' I think of Chinese. Incorrect tones could change the entire meaning of the sentence. For example: 

• 可口可乐 (kěkǒukělè) - Coca Cola
  
• 克扣可叻 (Kèkòu kě lè) - Deductions can be smart
  

I cannot vouch for the translation for the second one, even if it was done by the almighty Google, but it gets to the point. Of course the Chinese have different tones for different characters but if you slip up a couple of tones, correct interpretation can be difficult. Also, it's not like chinese characters come out of your mouth when you attempt to speak chinese, just like what happens in comics, just for the sake of being understood properly.

Then again, written language can also be questionable. I'll leave you with this one. :)