Today's actually a really hot day- it's the first day in many that I've tried connecting to the internet on my laptop. As usual I'm rushing to finish preparations for my tutorial- and I can't say I've woken up to a great start. The temperature of the room became unbearable at around 8am- which was when I actually woke- and I spent the next 4 hours reading nothing in particular. When I got out of bed at around noon I found my landlord had cleaned up the gigantic mess I left in the kitchen and living room last night. I thought it'd be fun to drink until 2am and leave empty bottles all over the place- and it was kind of fun up to the point where my friend decided to play some shitty movie about the White House getting blown up.
Anyway, my landlord then went on a tangent about some sad personal histories, and I tried to empathise up to the point where I really needed to piss. I don't mind him telling me all that stuff, even though I have no interest in knowing it, but it's just awkward when you just wanna drink some Milo and use the bathroom, and he goes off. Of course the fact that he cleaned up the mess for me made matters much, much worse, and in the end I don't even remember what happened but yeah I'm back at my computer blogging.
Despite a conscious effort to go to class, I've missed out on 2 lectures- one because I thought the lecture was scheduled later in the day, and another because the bus came late and I arrived late. I don't think they were THAT important, but I still feel as if I'm failing in anatomy. Now I'm looking at spending a good $300 dollars on a stethoscope- partially because I'm fancy and I like spending copious amounts of money- but the other part comes from me being really bad at auscultation, so I'll need all the help I can get from a quality steth.
...You know, it's really good to have *some* internet access. Sure I can't watch youtube and reddit takes like a year to load, but I've missed blogging, to an extent. I've even missed playing LoL, and I miss watching LoL. I read this really depressing news article about a Korean kid (pro LoL player) who jumped off a 12 story building because he was coerced into match-fixing by his coach, and his dreams kinda shattered. He survived the fall by landing on a set of recycling bins, but he'll probably sustain some permanent injuries from his fall. There were a lot of fundraisers to raise money for his medical bills- and then there were faggots saying "wtf now this kid's gonna wake up to be a millionaire". The Western community raised about 30k for him- and I'm just like- 30k is nowhere close to a million, and an MRI is already a couple thousand dollars- assuming this kid didn't have medical insurance. And I'm guessing he didn't have medical insurance, because he was kind of broke, and his way of getting out of the shits was to be a professional LoL player. So yeah I feel really bad for him and I hope his coach gets fucked up for ruining his dreams like this.
So yeah...depressing stories all around. And I said I'd find something to be happy about every day. Uhm- I blogged for like the first time in like, 10 days, and blogging makes me happy. Yay yay yay. #7thday
Sunday, 23 March 2014
Thursday, 13 March 2014
A Conversation With A Stranger
Mmmm, my blogging challenge is dead less than a week after it started. It's too hard to blog when you wifi dies on you, goddammit. Yeah yeah, I'm making excuses for myself- but whatever.
I started playing 3 new games on my iPad, because I was that bored and I couldn't decide which RPG I wanted to try out first, so I played them all. First there was Game of Thrones: Ascent- a game which was practically Mafia Wars but with longer waiting times and a terrible, terrible resource-limitation system. I really enjoyed the dialogue of the story, and I could tell a lot of effort had been put into writing the storyline- too bad the limitations of the actual game were so great it was almost impossible to play. Then I started Brave Frontier- which seemed like an old school RPG and I got really bored really quickly. I turned to Dragon City, because it had Dragons in the title, until I realized it was like a spin-off of Farmville.
So this afternoon I got particularly bored and ventured on Omegle. It only took the 13th try before people stopped trying to send me pictures of their dicks. For the longest time I thought I was talking to a girl, and I was getting really excited because for once someone didn't talk to me for evaluation of their dick, but then it turned out I was talking to a dude, and the dude was really just an over-sensitive teenager. The disappointment was great, but I have to say, I learnt a looot of things from this guy.
Firstly he told me he was a pansexual. Out of nowhere, with no context. I guess that's just the sort of thing you do on the internet. So I prodded him a little and ask him whether he liked pans in general or whether it had to be like a frying pan- and he took me very literally and kindly explained to me that he just liked people, regardless of their sex and gender. And I'm just sitting here on this side of the screen going- nope kid, you do not like people- no one likes people.
I guess it was karma, when about 15min down the track, he said I was probably a virgin who hated social activities. He then typed, all caps: FOR FUCK'S SAKE JUST GO ASK SOMEONE OUT. I told him I took pride in my virginity, for what it's worth nowadays, and that yes I hate social activities but fuck him I will not fulfil the entirety of the nerd stereotype, because at least I wasn't fat. He then assured me that he wasn't fat either, and because neither of us wore glasses we could not possibly be nerds. He then described himself as some character or rather, and added the tag "with a touch of virginity".
I promptly picked up on that and asked what that could possibly mean- how can you have "a touch of virginity". I mean, you're either a virgin or you're not, unless there exist the activity of half-sex and thus the state of being half-virgin, which I am not aware of. To my great surprise, this stranger on the internet happily indulged in my curiosity, and replied with great sincerity. He said, "I have a touch of virginity, because I'm a virgin, and I touch myself."
The rest of our conversation was a blur, because all I can remember from that point onwards was the sound of my own laughter, echoing in my bedroom, and my sides hurting a hell of a lot afterwards. I was just caught completely off-guard by that response, and it is possibly the wittiest (and stupidest) thing I have heard in a long, long time.
So there you have it folks, a new phrase to add to your reservoir of expressions. [Def] "A touch of virginity": the state of being virgin and then touching oneself. It was just all so terribly amusing.
#6thdayoftryingtobehappy
I started playing 3 new games on my iPad, because I was that bored and I couldn't decide which RPG I wanted to try out first, so I played them all. First there was Game of Thrones: Ascent- a game which was practically Mafia Wars but with longer waiting times and a terrible, terrible resource-limitation system. I really enjoyed the dialogue of the story, and I could tell a lot of effort had been put into writing the storyline- too bad the limitations of the actual game were so great it was almost impossible to play. Then I started Brave Frontier- which seemed like an old school RPG and I got really bored really quickly. I turned to Dragon City, because it had Dragons in the title, until I realized it was like a spin-off of Farmville.
So this afternoon I got particularly bored and ventured on Omegle. It only took the 13th try before people stopped trying to send me pictures of their dicks. For the longest time I thought I was talking to a girl, and I was getting really excited because for once someone didn't talk to me for evaluation of their dick, but then it turned out I was talking to a dude, and the dude was really just an over-sensitive teenager. The disappointment was great, but I have to say, I learnt a looot of things from this guy.
Firstly he told me he was a pansexual. Out of nowhere, with no context. I guess that's just the sort of thing you do on the internet. So I prodded him a little and ask him whether he liked pans in general or whether it had to be like a frying pan- and he took me very literally and kindly explained to me that he just liked people, regardless of their sex and gender. And I'm just sitting here on this side of the screen going- nope kid, you do not like people- no one likes people.
I guess it was karma, when about 15min down the track, he said I was probably a virgin who hated social activities. He then typed, all caps: FOR FUCK'S SAKE JUST GO ASK SOMEONE OUT. I told him I took pride in my virginity, for what it's worth nowadays, and that yes I hate social activities but fuck him I will not fulfil the entirety of the nerd stereotype, because at least I wasn't fat. He then assured me that he wasn't fat either, and because neither of us wore glasses we could not possibly be nerds. He then described himself as some character or rather, and added the tag "with a touch of virginity".
I promptly picked up on that and asked what that could possibly mean- how can you have "a touch of virginity". I mean, you're either a virgin or you're not, unless there exist the activity of half-sex and thus the state of being half-virgin, which I am not aware of. To my great surprise, this stranger on the internet happily indulged in my curiosity, and replied with great sincerity. He said, "I have a touch of virginity, because I'm a virgin, and I touch myself."
The rest of our conversation was a blur, because all I can remember from that point onwards was the sound of my own laughter, echoing in my bedroom, and my sides hurting a hell of a lot afterwards. I was just caught completely off-guard by that response, and it is possibly the wittiest (and stupidest) thing I have heard in a long, long time.
So there you have it folks, a new phrase to add to your reservoir of expressions. [Def] "A touch of virginity": the state of being virgin and then touching oneself. It was just all so terribly amusing.
#6thdayoftryingtobehappy
Monday, 10 March 2014
Goddamn Wifi
There were a lot of LoL matches being played this morning, and while I got up in time to watch the games I wanted to- I couldn't actually. The wifi is actually so pez I can barely Google. In fact I had heaps of trouble even getting blogger to load to write this post. Right now it's 2am and I'm still working on the finishing touches for my tutorial in the morning. I really, really fucking hate morning tutorials. Last semester I had it all- with the 12.30pm start so I could sleep in, or sleep early and get up at a reasonable time to finish my tutorial.
I don't even feel like I procrastinated on my tutorial that hard this time. I attended all my lectures and made sure I had a reasonable understanding of everything. Sure I need to revise but I just didn't think it would take that long or take that much effort. Oh well, there goes.
The weather was wonderful today- but I was kind of trapped inside. I wanted to watch my LoL games but the wifi just refused to cooperate, disconnecting me every 5min until I gave up out of raw frustration. The only thing that made me remotely happy is that my team went undefeated for the entire day, even though they played some clutch games. I never knew I could be so frustrated over having shitty internet connection. I thought I could summon my inner peace-mode and just read my textbook or something- but when I know my team is playing live I feel like I HAVE to watch. I would've taken a bus to school just to abuse their wifi, but I couldn't be bothered to actually leave the house.
Day 5: most frustrating day I've had in a while- the only happy thing about it is that I've almost finished my tutorial, and the fact that my team actually won at the end of the day, despite me not being to watch them play live.
I don't even feel like I procrastinated on my tutorial that hard this time. I attended all my lectures and made sure I had a reasonable understanding of everything. Sure I need to revise but I just didn't think it would take that long or take that much effort. Oh well, there goes.
The weather was wonderful today- but I was kind of trapped inside. I wanted to watch my LoL games but the wifi just refused to cooperate, disconnecting me every 5min until I gave up out of raw frustration. The only thing that made me remotely happy is that my team went undefeated for the entire day, even though they played some clutch games. I never knew I could be so frustrated over having shitty internet connection. I thought I could summon my inner peace-mode and just read my textbook or something- but when I know my team is playing live I feel like I HAVE to watch. I would've taken a bus to school just to abuse their wifi, but I couldn't be bothered to actually leave the house.
Day 5: most frustrating day I've had in a while- the only happy thing about it is that I've almost finished my tutorial, and the fact that my team actually won at the end of the day, despite me not being to watch them play live.
Sunday, 9 March 2014
The Nicest Saturday
Saturday is my favourite day of the week- and this Saturday may have been the most productive Saturday I've had in many. I did my laundry, vacuumed my room and ate breakfast/lunch while watching my LoL games. At least when I can't play I can watch my favourite team play and cheer- even if it's on like, 240p.
I need to start thinking about finishing my tutorial preparations soon- but I just had such a wonderful day I'd rather not spoil it. At around 3 in the afternoon I went to "badminton" with my room mate. While I do enjoy badminton, I didn't really feel like going to the club at like, 3 in the afternoon on a Saturday. Nevertheless she convinced me to go, though before we left she stressed that it's not her fault if I find it boring and want to leave.
The funny thing was, my room mate only had a very faint and very vague idea of where the courts were- and we went around for a while looking for the gym, before we found a map which confirmed that the courts were practically on a different edge of campus. I thought we'd just walk over to it- it would've only taken 10min max, but apparently my room mate got too cut by the fact that the courts were not where she thought it would be, and refused to go. I'd say I was baffled, except I don't think I cared enough. We just turned back and went to the beach instead.
It was a most pleasant afternoon- the temperature was near perfect, at around 24-25 degrees Celsius, and a cool breeze surrounded us for most of the day. It was just so utterly pleasant, we ate ice cream while staring at the half-naked beach-goers, but my room mate got terribly embarrassed when I commented that someone was "well defined" as a man walked past. My ice cream melted really quickly- it was the first time I had ordered 2 scoops in years. Swiss choc-chip ice cream tastes rather... strange, but it wasn't unpleasant. Then I had the raisin and rum at the bottom to add to the sugar content of my blood. We sat around for a while, walked for a while, and then we found this big rock on which we dumped all our stuff and then splashed in a bit of water.
The scenery was so beautiful it was perfect for photos- too bad my room mate is not much of a photographer. At least there was one photo that she took which I liked. I took photos of her in return- though to get back at her I caught her in one of her most unflattering moments. I took some decent photos as well, but naturally only the unflattering one was posted on Facebook.
We didn't go home for dinner- instead we walked around town, exploring the place. The shops had all closed for the day, but the weather was still really pleasant. We casually ended up at a restaurant with no particular reputation, but I was sick of explorations and the restaurant did not look too bad. We ended up ordering more than we could eat- but there were still a lot of things I wanted to try despite their limited menu. The only thing I can say is- pho is quite delicious, and even a small restaurant can have decent food.
We sprinted for the bus stop when the bus came- it was dark and we couldn't quite see where the stop was, and by the time we spotted it, the bus was already driving towards us. For the first time in my life, when I sprinted towards the bus stop and waved for the bus to stop- it actually did. I've just grown so accustomed to drivers being unsympathetic, that it came as a pleasant surprise. Literally nothing ruined the perfect afternoon and evening. Nothing.
This easily completes my 4th day of trying to be happy.
I need to start thinking about finishing my tutorial preparations soon- but I just had such a wonderful day I'd rather not spoil it. At around 3 in the afternoon I went to "badminton" with my room mate. While I do enjoy badminton, I didn't really feel like going to the club at like, 3 in the afternoon on a Saturday. Nevertheless she convinced me to go, though before we left she stressed that it's not her fault if I find it boring and want to leave.
The funny thing was, my room mate only had a very faint and very vague idea of where the courts were- and we went around for a while looking for the gym, before we found a map which confirmed that the courts were practically on a different edge of campus. I thought we'd just walk over to it- it would've only taken 10min max, but apparently my room mate got too cut by the fact that the courts were not where she thought it would be, and refused to go. I'd say I was baffled, except I don't think I cared enough. We just turned back and went to the beach instead.
It was a most pleasant afternoon- the temperature was near perfect, at around 24-25 degrees Celsius, and a cool breeze surrounded us for most of the day. It was just so utterly pleasant, we ate ice cream while staring at the half-naked beach-goers, but my room mate got terribly embarrassed when I commented that someone was "well defined" as a man walked past. My ice cream melted really quickly- it was the first time I had ordered 2 scoops in years. Swiss choc-chip ice cream tastes rather... strange, but it wasn't unpleasant. Then I had the raisin and rum at the bottom to add to the sugar content of my blood. We sat around for a while, walked for a while, and then we found this big rock on which we dumped all our stuff and then splashed in a bit of water.
The scenery was so beautiful it was perfect for photos- too bad my room mate is not much of a photographer. At least there was one photo that she took which I liked. I took photos of her in return- though to get back at her I caught her in one of her most unflattering moments. I took some decent photos as well, but naturally only the unflattering one was posted on Facebook.
We didn't go home for dinner- instead we walked around town, exploring the place. The shops had all closed for the day, but the weather was still really pleasant. We casually ended up at a restaurant with no particular reputation, but I was sick of explorations and the restaurant did not look too bad. We ended up ordering more than we could eat- but there were still a lot of things I wanted to try despite their limited menu. The only thing I can say is- pho is quite delicious, and even a small restaurant can have decent food.
We sprinted for the bus stop when the bus came- it was dark and we couldn't quite see where the stop was, and by the time we spotted it, the bus was already driving towards us. For the first time in my life, when I sprinted towards the bus stop and waved for the bus to stop- it actually did. I've just grown so accustomed to drivers being unsympathetic, that it came as a pleasant surprise. Literally nothing ruined the perfect afternoon and evening. Nothing.
This easily completes my 4th day of trying to be happy.
Friday, 7 March 2014
Just Another Friday
I may or may not have already said this, but I started reading GoT on my ereader. Books are quite amazing- and I was surprised to find that it actually differed to the TV show is many small details- but that made it all the more entertaining- I didn't just want a transcript of what I'd already seen on TV, after all. Currently Jon Snow is my favourite character, even though he didn't even come close in the show. I also like Arya a whole lot more- though I still think Catelyn Tully is a massive bitch. She has got to be like, the kind of person I hate the most.
So reading has been really fun, and I'm actually keeping up with my studies to a certain extent. My primary achievement today has been not-falling asleep through this really boring biochem lecture. Naturally it's not the lecturer's fault- biochem is one of the most boring subjects out there, but this is probably the first time I've been able to focus til the very end. I've reverted back to my note-taking habits- I do find that I take in information better when I write it all down. Sometimes lecturers would tell us not to write, but to listen instead- and that's when I usually fall asleep. Some people just have this flat-monotonous voiceline that as very strong sleep-inducing effects.
With regards to my 100-days challenge- while I technically haven't failed yet (due to me publishing my post at midnight yesterday), I think I did forget to blog. Hah, there goes. I was trying to play LoL- the wifi in my house is terrible, but if I move my laptop into the kitchen, I can actually connect to wifi- and that means a lot. Naturally I booted up a game- and while I was able to play- I lagged so hard it was like watching a scratched DVD. Which just means every game I play after that is a free loss. That makes me kind of sad but I hope I will get my wifi fixed soon- it kind of bothers me.
Mmm, now I need to write about what made me happy for the past two days, since today is technically day 3. Well, it turned out we moved into a new lab, and the fact that we weren't cramped in an old building made me quite happy, for the shortest time. I only had that one hour lab for the day- so I slept in, read GoT, went to my lab and then went shopping for the afternoon. I walked home from the shops, so there's my exercise quota reached. I finally figured out how to cook rice noodles- I only needed to soak them in water, not boil them.
As for today- well, I'd say not falling asleep during the lecture has made me happy enough. Ish. The weather's nice, too? I am really terrible at this "find happiness" thing. For me it's really more "find satisfaction" as opposed to actual happiness.
Mmm, it's ok though. Being satisfied is my kind of happiness.
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