"... lol" - Syamira Hatta

I understand now.

I understand why people laughed when I told them the components of the GIN group. I didn't even think about it at the time, but really the five of us, Nick, Amirah, me, Tahnee, Robert? We're from completely different places! (metaphorically, and I suppose even geographically)

But the best part is it worked. And that made the weekend awesome. I learned a lot of things, not only about the issues, but things about the others and of course myself. Making a list of all the things we'd miss. Wow, that was funny, but also sad. I really was bummed to see it all end. Anyways, my own list:

Nick - much nicer, and much more 'real' than I would have thought. Pleasant surprise =] Also, takes ridiculously long showers ...

Robert - we both want to do the exact same thing in uni, i.e. Chemical Engineering. That was just insane. Plus, just fun to talk to.

Amirah - I'll admit this was weird, but what I will say is that I guess usually her niceness outweighs her wit. Usually being the key word. Who would have thunk it, haha.

Tahnee - kept me sane during the trip I reckon. Seeing her while she was ... say low-energy/grumpy was educational.

Fourmond - I won't say what he thought about teachers =P Make up your mind. Fourmond is Fourmond.

Lehar - Wow, I never thought I'd even see her since I would be avoiding CAS so much. Now I think I just might, despite CAS. Lovely thoughts.

Of course, the conference itself was amazing. But I feel that that would be too much for one post. This one's way too long as is.

Thanks for not leaving a TL:DR.

EINSTEIN! STOP IT!

I saw this one in Munro's -- one of them fancy quotes that people put up on his wall. And since I have what one might call a fetish for Einstein, here goes:

"Einstein, stop telling God what to do." - Niels Bohr

You know something I always found strange? The power of quotes. I could have wrote that and quite probably no one would care. Hmm. But Einstein is awesome and Bohr is not bad, so I slapped it on. Anyways, I'm reading this book called Fooled by Randomness. Quite good so far, but I feel lost when I read this thing, maybe because this guy is too smart for me. But I like what I read so far because it's so damn true. Bad = unlucky. Good = skill? Nahhh.

Now for something a little more pensive. University is not gonna be fun. Mostly because I just realized there's gonna be metric ton of pressure during/afterwards. My parents are paying a lot. And the worst part is its not that much pressure from them: It's from me. I'm living alone soon, gonna have to figure a lot of things out real fast. Maybe I'll get lucky, according to the book. I'll see.

Thanks for everyone getting me through IB

Winning Eleven?

FUCK.

Now that's out of the way.

No wait, screw that. If you don't care about football you may skip this paragraph. But seriously, WHAT THE HELL!? We were outplayed today, partly because Liverpool played well but also because we played like utter fools. The analogy I made to Reinaldo earlier was that I felt like I was watching Anand play Manchester United in Winning Eleven. All the obvious passes, easy passes, all the chances, just wasted. Borderline depressing.

On the bright side, of course the birthday was good. Actually I spent the first half of it in a sick/sleepdeprived haze, but I think it was good. Zach and Sam reminded me how weird the three of us (Zach, me, Carl) are. Haha, but that's the best part of it, I say! I think  Hash and Yorrick think we're crazy now after coming to Karaoke.

But HOW DO I INCLUDE DANIAL!?

Thanks for coming despite getting 105 minutes of sleep

Eight days?

It's eight days to my 18th as I write this. Funny, because I never really celebrated this thing people called birthdays really. It's mostly going through the motions. Then I think to myself: "What's wrong with you man!? You're turning fricking eighteen!" ... *shrug* "Meh." I suppose it just doesn't hold the same significance to me. It's a good excuse for a night out though, I'll give my birthday that much.

The other thing it's good for is getting stuff AKA birthday present from my parents. Let's see if I can persuade my dad to spend RM 6,000 on a sax. I think I've gotten a lot better with dedication, and now it's something I really look forward to every day, so I figure I might as well get a good one since it could last me my lifetime.

Now, for probably the BEST thing I've heard all week: 

Zach: [reading from Seventeen mag] Hmm... What a girl feels during her first time.

Us: [WTF?!]

Zach: Oh nevermind I already knew that. 

Oh yeah, apparently I might celebrate my birthday somehow anyways since Zach's is the on 12th, this is of course assuming I make it through French alive.

Thanks all, enjoy counting down to pi day

Guess what. ITS MARCH!

The best part about this month is that it's my birthday this month. Yeah! I know you guys are totally psyched about that. So I did something new this Friday, which was actually go to a bar/club/whatever the hell it is. It was fun, but I don't see myself doing it week in week out. But now I can at least see myself going and having a good time. Plus it was nice to see a different side of some people.

So once again I have made what should have been a completely manageable weekend more difficult by not doing the work I was supposed to do on time. Instead I spent close to 8 hours playing my sax which had finally come back from the repair shop.

And thus I approach the topic of which I originally intended to talk about (but Friday was important enough to get an intro). I was really bored this week, felt a bit down. I don't know if you guys have ever felt this void when theres something you usually do but you can't. That was me and playing sax this week. The thing I would rightly compare it to, which probably you wouldn't understand, is playing WoW (World of Warcraft, duh). I'm talking about my 10th grade summer (I think?) where I literally spent 4-8 hours a day on that damn game. If I didn't I was like : "Hmm, what is there to DO today?"

Anyways, I don't know if that kind of dependence on an activity is good or bad. Obviously most people will think I'm a huge nerd for the WoW thing at least. What's your drug?

Thanks for a great weekend, everyone who I got to share it with. Really.