entire afternoon in the physics com lab trying to figure out how to use SPSS. it's a program not unlike Excel, onli much more unnecessarily complicated and less user-friendly. and since I i) have a project due on thursday, ii) need SPSS to complete it, and iii) don't have SPSS on my com/ can't get it off the net, i had to stay in sch (& in the physics com lab, no less, cos the program is onli available on the coms there) to try to get it done so i wont have to go there again tmr. finally figured out the necessary stuff (regression, ANOVA) and generated all the calculations/tables, saved them as readable excel docs so i cld edit them at home, and left the building. was the last one to leave the lab. the guy who came round to lock up was nice enuff to let me stay late so i got to lock up :-p and here i am, 5hrs later, having finished compiling the calcs, sorted my appendices and written the 2 reports. in simple words, i'm done! ok, tt was random rambling abt stats. this is the last assignment for this modue, which means i've essentially completed 12.5% of this yr's req'd credits. now all tt remains is sem1 final exams and, of course, sem2. speaking of, i realized most of my sem2 modules r prac-type units, which means i cld possibly have to endure another sem of 3 pracs a wk. arrgh!!! plant assignment left. + zoology prac bk. + dive medical. must find time!
weekend! 1 more week of sch, then swot-vac for a wk b4 exams start. ytd's weather was a surprising change. v wam in the morning wif a light breeze, not unlike s'pore early mornings. 2 assignments due next wk
I saw an incredible rainbow today. I was walking to sch. The rain had just stopped and the sun came out, and there I was, at the top of a hill with a view of the river and half the town stretched out before me, and the rainbow made this huge arc above it all. It was so vivid I could make out all seven colours of it. I'm not sorry to say that I love this place - Hobart/ Tassie/ Australia - more than I've ever liked Singapore. It's not just the rainbow; its all the views, the buildings, the way of life, the attitudes, the people... /// remember today, for it is the beginning of forever ///
Today was really great. I got out of bed just before breakfast because the smell of cooking bacon woke me up. I feel a bit strange because I've just moved to Surfer's Paradise and there's weird people hanging about outside the house. I'm so happy. I just found out that I have been accepted into Harvard. And Yale. I don't know which to choose... oh, why is life so hard sometimes? Last night I had to finish my term paper on the history of pre-communist Russian society. I focussed on the needs of women. I think it's ok, but if I don't pass this I'll lose my scholarship. I want to tell the world that I'm gay. Today, I got a digital camera! Yes! But then i exchanged it with my neighbour's really cool surf board, so now i don't have the camera any more. I want to say thanks to simon and Abbey and Dave and the other Simon for helping me on Saturday. You guys are the best. By the way, if you happen to find my wallet, keys or underwear, could you SMS me? Adrian has my number. I went to the doctor yesterday, and he said I have bipolar disorder, and should stop smoking drugs. You should all do this quiz! It's amazingly accurate. You just put in your name and birthday, and it will tell you next week's lottery numbers. I hope you realize there is something wrong about this entry. That's enough for now. But I'll leave you with this thought - sharing your life with strangers on the internet is the cheapest form of therapy available. Leave a comment and tell me I'm beautiful. Created with the Gregor's Semi-Automatic LiveJournal Updater™. Update your journal today! Powered by Rum and Monkey
finished reading Perfume. nvr knew smells cld be described in so many diff ways. the guy acting as Grenouille in the movie looks nth like the one described in the bk. taking a break frm zoology. jus wanna get the test over & done wif so i can enjoy my wkend. 2.5hrs to go abt 3 more wks b4 exams i nvr knew octopuses (octopii?), squids, cuttlefish etc were molluscs. dreary weather today. mt wellington all covered in fog. wrest pt was v much obscured as well. rite now, sitting in lib wif the river in the distance barely discernible. i can vaguely make out the houses on the opposite bank. no rain tho.
finally got my dm card! i look like a positive HORROR in the photo. even worse than i rmb. i took the photo in phuket after an entire day of diving - hadn't showered/bathed/changed my clothes/washed my face, rushed to the photo shop b4 it closed, and the result: a drug addict/homicidal maniac. at least the addict part is rite... is N2 considered a drug? now i can put up my dm cert on my wall so it looks less empty. also got the april issue of NG wif the dead fish on the cover. so nice!!! (not the dead fish, but the magazine). the 'latest' issues of NG or New Scientist etc here r 2006 ones. i've decided tt getting bks in parcels are the nicest. some ppl get nice, warm, happy feelings at getting certain things. for me its bks :D esp bks frm ppl who noe my taste. so if anyone wants to send me stuff tt'll make me happy, send bks! just finished chem prac an hour early, despite having to work alone cos my partner dint show. chem pracs r the best cos they dun involve any drawing! zoology pracs r ok cos of dissections, but plant pracs r jus a bore. tmr is zoology prac test, 15%. gotta study for it now
went to salamanca this morning to get a bday present for emily. 3 of us bot her a scarf n a raggedy-ann-like doll. then walked down to sandy bay for her bbq bday celebration. walked along the beach for a bit n got into the water. freakin cold! but the closest i;ve gotten to 'swimming' since coming here. i realli realli realli miss the water. also played ard on the swing (we - uni students - hogged the 2 swings such tt little children were waiting ard desperately for their turn :p) came back at abt 3.30, the entire morning n early afternoon gone
first paper: 12 jun 2nd paper: 15 jun final paper: 20 jun 3 three-hr papers in 3 days, spanning 1 wk. i'd rather the papers were back-to-back, done in 3 straight days. this means i get slightly more than 3 wks of hols
gotta rush off for chem prac in 5 mins. batt almost gone. here goes: ytd spent an entire day in the lib and finally completed stats proj no. 3. 1 more proj and 1 more test to go... its the only unit without a final exam, so tt sorta lightens my load... exam timetable out tmr. hope my papers end early so i get a longer winter break. next wk: zoology prac test wk after: stats test wk after tt: stats proj 4 + plants assignment anyth else on its way? today's weather's been gr8. q sunny n warm in the afternoon (rite now). prev nitess haf been real noisy. the wind howling n rattling away at my windows. every nite i lie in bed listening to the wind n it brings me back to tioman/phuket nites when the waves wld be crashing outside on the beach... gtg mix acid n base solns
happy labour day! not tt its a holiday here, on acct of it having been 'celebrated' back in march... spent the entire day studying for plant prac test tmr. hate plant pracs, hate prac tests even more. nice weather today. wasted in staying indoors in the library. the farmers shld be happy, wif the rain the past few days. unless its all been raining on the bass strait or sth, where it wld do no gd to any of the crops here. back to my txtbk |
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