Monday, March 17

Word on the Street is....

Good evening everyone. I've been finding it difficult to maintain my Yr12 routine:
Eat, sleep (~9 hours), play soccer

These days have not been so carefree as those in the past. Uni-life is full of life, meeting new people (girls, unlike my high school...), and a lot of self-regulation. If you lack self-control, like myself, you'll be like me. One of those students who are dying/struggling like a mangled cat.

I come out each day with around 5.5 hours of sleep, forcefully waking myself up at 6, to catch a bus to Curtin. Also, we are to attend all Tutorials, Labs, and Lectures at our own digression. We are no longer spoon fed, like told there is an assignment due, or given specific instructions. NO, none of that in uni.

But i still find some joy in the world. Friends with weird- i mean, interesting personalities, many older friends to help us out when we're lost, and times when we can just relax. It is during these times where i can recuperate my losses from sleep deprivation, work-related stress, and uni-pressures. Photos like these after setting up a CS store for 2 hours definitely makes it worth it. We also went to upstairs utopia for bbt....


My Little Story
So i met this girl, Sarah is her name, and i think she's the meanest girl in pharm. She came to NB on sat night, but didn't come into TZ to say hi, so i was like, "ok, maybe she's eating, and leaving soon. fair enough".

Her friend, Labelle comes into the store with a friend, and tells me, "Sarah's outside. She was telling me you work here, and said 'He must be gay' ". So how would one react to this.

Word on the street is, Richard must be gay. This came from his friend, Sarah, so it must be true..

I thought we were friends....

My initial reaction, i laughed, probably cause she saw that photo of David and i making hearts. Acceptable, but borderline. Can't have people making connections between education history and DDR.
She calls me Sunday night, and we tlak about stuff, but i'm at work. To cut her short, i asked her about the false rumours circulating around. She denied everything, but assured me she would never say anything like that.

Monday morning
"Hey you, i confronted Labelle on MSN last night about what she said to you. She was wondering why you got all offended for"

Ok, well some girl i met recently (one week ago), told someone i'm definitely gay. I can't exactly say i wore my happy face

"She was asking you if she could get free games. 'Sarah said you work here. Free games' "

"Sarah said you are definitely gay"
"Sarah said you work here. Free games"
Anyone could misunderstand what was said. Look how similar these phrases are.....Identical?

The moral of the story: Speak louder when inside TZ / Get to know your friends better
Btw, Sarah is an awesome girl, who did nothing wrong, except for not saying hi....


Quick survey: Whose eyes has a lighter shade of brown? Caroline, or Richard?

Saturday, March 1

O-Day

Orientation Day is the day where 1st year students are inducted as official students on campus. A day where freshman can run around and get lost, to get to know the campus. Not for me though. O-day is marked "Free Drinks" on my calendar.

At Curtin, i was one of many unfortunate students to have their orientation on the same day as the guild orientation. This meant i would be sitting in lectures, listening to course outlines whilst others outside were getting free drinks. A double dose of boredom and dissatisfied expectations sparked into rebellion.

At the first recess-like break at 10:30, everyone in the Pharmacy course headed down for some biscuits. As we walked, my eyes couldn't help but trail at a grassy hill. Something did catch my eye though. A huge can of some sort -

Before anyone could stop me, i was sprinting up the hill. "I've never seen you sprint faster in my whole life", Lex commented. I was running for my life, or love.....Love for FREE Red Bull

Long story short, Matt and I went around looking for free stuff, and got back to the lectures 30mins late. Not bad, considering we walked away with 6 cans/bottles of drinks each, plus other freebies, including a Lipton Ice Tea bandanna. Please don't mistake this for stealing. They were using these gifts to bribe us to join their club. Without the additional drinks/lollies, their gimmicks and charm of the personnel would have little, to no effect on me.



UWA O-Day was quite similar. Except i got less drinks. But i was representing CS (Chinese Society). Why help out a rival club of Asia? Was it because James (Hotness) Moss asked me to? I wish....Not really. It was my other love. They let me wear a CS shirt. I couldn't resist. Regardless, CS has won my ongoing allegiance. I'm going to try out for committee in Curtin, most likely as a 1st year rep.

On other news, I recently joined Facebook. It's for business. The P Brothers can cover more territory. This means there is potentially more clients that will no doubt, increase the level of sales and the Ping industry can rebound from the drop in profits that has occurred in recent weeks.