Hey all. Ok it's incredibly late. I skipped my dailies just to do this post (it's obviously going to be insanely short).(!) (Refers to a set of quests in WoW that you can repeat on a daily basis, generally with some form of financial incentive (generally gold or tokens of trade)). Anyway, well things just sort of got out of hand this weekend. I had plans, but... More stuff happens, forcing me to add stuff to the initial plans, until I'm just overloaded. Solution? I stopped making plans.

But lets get down to the post so I can sleep (sad state it's degraded to huh) (don't worry, I do, in fact, feel better after the posts). We had our first day off on Thursday (!!!), but then it was sort of due to our schedule on Saturday, when we had to come back to school for a full day of motivational talks and the like. Apparently "compulsory". Don't know what everyone else thought, but in my honest opinion, I was bored. I know it sounds rude, coarse, and unrefined, but seriously, I don't know if it's because I've heard too many of those, or I just fail at EQ. I know that some people were definitely affected by the talks, motivated as a result to make changes, left teary eyed (or in the case of a girl sitting a few seats down the row, completely red-faced and having to leave the theatre). Sometimes I wonder if I missed something. I did sleep through what added up to be a good portion of the talks overall, but I didn't miss enough of any one part to completely have missed anything. Ended up skipping the afternoon section (some workshop related to the morning talks, honestly had enough (as many others did)).

Makes me wonder if perhaps my heart's hardened in the past few months/half a year. Developed some sort of immunity perhaps? Become too critical? And yet I know that I've been crying more than I ever have since I developed self-consciousness, as a result of feeling touched in some way (Not for any other reason... Maybe that's why?). I realise that the more you let tears well up, the easier the come the next time around. Sounds emo and gay, but it's something I've found to be true from my own self-analysis. But maybe it's what touches me that makes the difference? Worth reflecting/looking at in more appropriate time. Still, it was cool to have Dr. William Tan come talk (paraplegic neurospecialist/marathon runner). Never heard him before, only of him. He was... Motivational. At least, supposed to be. I just thought it interesting hearing his story, and what he accomplished as a result. Raised questions in me instead of motivating, such as the paths his life could have taken, and the eventual ends he would have reached, and what went through his head when he looks back at decisions etc. But of course, those are questions that no one's probably ever going to know, except himself, and then with uncertainty or not at all. Sigh... Don't know what to make of it myself really.

Jaben finally had stocks of the new Mylarone earphones (to replace my x3i's which broke). They didn't hold any old stock anymore, and I've been waiting about 3 weeks without proper earphones until these stocks came in... The cool thing is, I'm probably one of the first consumers in the world who own a pair of these =P. Managed to make the exchange without any problems... Except I'm a bit unsatisfied with the sound quality compared to my old burnt-in pair. Going to commence burning them in tonight (for those who don't know, burn-in is a debatable phenomenon that happens to relatively high-end headphones/earphones after you listen to them for a while... We believe their sound gradually changes as you listen over time, generally for the better. Some people attempt to accelerate this process, as I will.) Still pretty noob at this, but I'm starting to realise I'm turning into a budding audiophile.

My aunt randomly asked me to go over to her place for dinner, at just the perfect time, such that saying no would just be wrong... I couldn't live with the decision of turning her down, given the time and place. Wasn't bad I guess, seeing the relatives again. Free dinners are also ftw.

Ok really need to go and sleep, like now. I don't want to completely zone out tomorrow (staying awake for a few minutes during the lecture is better than none!).

Cya.