Me:i love my saute pan
Tom:I love a good saute
Me:who doesnt? they're wonderful things
Tom:They are indeed


Tom:You are my hero gabe
Tom:MY FREAKIN HERO!!
Me:aww
Me:yay!


Me:haha, clever
Tom:sankku
Me: :O omg! you're japanese! or korean! gah.... lemme amend that...
:O omg! you're asian!


Tom:I shall do my best
Me:awesome dude. love ya lots
Tom:And I you gabe
Me:awww, thats sweet


Man, of all the random things to be said in an MSN conversation, I'd say most of my conversations with Tom (or Thomas, whatever) tend to be like this. But its good fun, at least I still keep in touch with people now and then from school and all. Its feels like forever since I left high school now... And Tom's always funny with his Asian accent impersonations. =D

One less project...

And 2 more due soon, with one more coming up. Ah well, at least its progress. Uni today was as per usual, I printed my project really early in the morning to avoid the queue, and submitted it. Starbucks was having their cinnamon dolce latte again, so I had one this morning to shake off the sleepiness from only having 4 1/2 hours of sleep.

I saw Oliver again, I didn't actually think I would, he'd been missing from the past few Mechanics lectures. And he has a haircut, which seems to be some sort of trend. Everyone has had haircuts of late, myself included. Ah well, he just looks really odd... Different I guess. I'll get used to it after a while methinks.

Richard told me he got his design project back already during the tutorial, but I have yet to get mine, since yesterday was a public holiday. I don't think I really want to know what I got... considering it was a really last minute effort on my part. Richard got 19.5/20 but then again, he did spend quite a lot of time on it... So I guess I can say that his efforts paid off.

And oh, I got a little side-tracked on the way home and stopped by Barkers in the mall. Which led to my discovery of a 20% discount sale of everything in stock. And add in the factor that I'm a VIP customer with them, and poof... 30% discount in total!!! So, naturally, I decided to pick up a few things, just like 1 T-shirt, 1 polo shirt, and a military-ish dress shirt, and my bill was already $175 >_> sigh, and that was with all the discounts already calculated too. Ah well, I really needed a few more clothes, although I should have bought more jumpers and sweaters and such instead of T's... Or actually, maybe I should refrain from spending like that.

Hmm, I'm kinda sleepy... All the coffees I had throughout the day are finally starting to wear off, and its only 7.15pm... But I need my sleep too... Ciao for now~

Disorder	Rating
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Schizoid Disorder:	Low
Schizotypal Disorder:	High
Antisocial Disorder:	High
Borderline Disorder:	Low
Histrionic Disorder:	Moderate
Narcissistic Disorder:	High
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Dependent Disorder:	Moderate
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college has begun anew...

And I'm already tired. Why is it that I wonder? Those holidays were good, despite me not actually doing any work then... I even get another public holiday with Anzac Day coming up this Wednesday... Ah well, I don't know whether its a good thing or not, to be honest...

Biochem was a suprisingly easy test, although I have a feeling I might have made many mistakes in it. For a total of 36 marks (converting to 10%) I think I got 5 marks unaccounted for (I'm just not sure about them)... Just finished Task 2 for my project, so I have one last, daunting task to complete... Go Gabe! That felt odd...

And then after that, a design project (did I mention our design project's quite dumb?). Who on earth would want to wear a DISPOSABLE CAMERA on their biking helmet?!?!?! I mean, honestly. What a dumb proposal. But ah well, I guess it hones our creativity in some weird fashion (except that I have none, along with no sense of humour. You should know, Jase)...

I could rant on and on about the design project, but its just plain annoying. For some odd reason, I keep listening to Bic Runga these few days. I guess it relaxes me, and just reminds me of the holidays... Sigh...

so much for studying...

Yeah, I met up with Allan today to study for our Biochem test on Monday... But instead of studying, we ended up meeting old schoolmates (well, I didn't know all of them, but they knew people I knew, so that's good enough)... And oh, there's always the customary coffee... I'm happy that enough people I know would regularly go for coffee with me... It's good...

Hanging out with old schoolmates... It was quite fun... We ended up sitting in Albert Park on the grass under the sun for almost 2 hours... Just chatting away, and lying there... Come to think of it, I wish moments like that would come more often... I always appreciate just being able to lie in the sun...

And then we just did like 30 minutes of vague study, and then we went to play pool for an hour. I still suck at it anyway, I have this bad habit of continuously flicking the cue ball. I really should get around to correcting that habit, but ah well, old habits (even bad ones) die hard. Otherwise, I think my aim is alright. If only I could just magic away that flicking habit I've got...

Allan's sick already... How sad, he had a sore throat this afternoon when I met up with him. Apparently he'd been laughing too hard. Ah well, fun times for him I guess. I don't laugh a lot so I can't say too much. Hopefully he'll get better before the test though. Wouldn't be a good thing if he's still sick during it, would it now? Well... I really should be getting on with my project

purpose

You know, after so long, I finally have another idea for a short story to write. Not going to spill much details, but if I do write it, it'll only be several chapters long at maximum. I personally can't guarantee a story longer than 1 chapter sometimes, I tend to condense my stories way too quickly.

Sigh, it seems my mellow mood is far from over... I'm awake at 9pm after a little nice night of alcoholic drinks, and still nicely awake writing this... Although perhaps I won't go to gym today, which isn't a good thing at all, because I'll be missing my workout for the rest of the week, but ah well... I think I hurt myself the last time. Excuses, excuses, I know.

Well, I'm off in a little while to go to the city to meet Allan for lunch and study. Perhaps I should get a haircut and a pair of leather gloves while I'm there... My hair is getting long already, or rather, my fringe is getting a little annoying. And my hands are, well, chilled on some days here... Gloves would complement my coat in that regard.

Sometimes I get this feeling on odd calm, but it makes me nervous in a way. Kind of like the calm in a storm, but why do I feel like that? I don't know, I'm a little confused myself. I don't know what to expect, I guess I'm used to expected nothing more than trouble and trials throughout my life. I may be justified thinking that however, but we shall see how it comes shan't we?

You know, after all these years, I still feel purposeless in life to quite a large degree. I guess I will come to understand my role and significance in this life later, or maybe I'll just live it not ever realising what it is. A sad possibility, but a very possible one at that. Sigh, I need more friends to be with all the time. A selfish thing to wish so, but friends keep me away from thinking like this. I guess I really do think too much.

I should get some breakfast to eat. Ciao.

Stranded in June, whistling the same old tune;
But I do believe I might be having fun

I'm in a supremely mellow mood today. Ah well, you can blame it on the music I've been listening to lately... Heh, still too relaxed despite having a test next Monday and two projects due on Wednesday and Thursday again. I've made some progress in the projects, but not that much that I'm supposed to be comfortable enough.

Something good will come our way;
And maybe this good thing's gonna happen today

Maybe I should stop listening to this for the meantime, but I'm worried if I stop, I might lose the sense of lull and peace I seem to be having. And I'm not sure how many people do know, but I rarely have moments, what more to say, extended moments of peace...

I know romance is not in fashion;
And my heart is on the line;
If you would be so kind to help me kill some time.
Something good just might come crashing;
From the stars that light the sky;
If you would be so kind to help me kill some time.

Listening to:
Bic Runga - Get Some Sleep
Bic Runga - Something Good

Packed...

No, I wasn't packing to leave.... But I meant my day was packed... Went to the gym today like 1 hour after waking up, and since my gym's right at uni, I went to meet John and his friends studying at Level 0... There were so many random Asians at his table too, but I guess he's Asian, and so am I for that matter... An oddity was this guy Von and his bro, (forgot his name again >_>). They were both from the Philippines, but like Von didn't look like it. Compared to his brother, who was darker and looked more Philippino, he was like fairer, and I would have thought he had mixed blood if he didn't tell me he was a pure. Odd eh...

Then I came home, had dinner, and went out again. Joy! I keep going out it seems. Went out with my sis, Denise, and Justin to like Sylvia Park, which was pretty impressive compared to all the other crappy malls in Auckland. And the food choices there were awesome! Wagamama... mmm... delicious... Of course, I wished I had more time to actually go around and look for some stuff I wanted (which were like scarves, gloves, and sweaters), but seeing as Denise was only going to be here till Tuesday (I think, before she goes back to Melbourne), I thought I'd just come back later...

Coffee was good as well, although costly, from the place called The Coffee Club. Hardly original in name, but hey, I'm not complaining... The main problems would be the price on everything. Melting Moments for $3.30 each when I can get the exact same thing from another cafe at $1.50 each... And this is with knowing that cafes already rip you off...

Well, since I had already eaten (and obviously, so had my sis), whereas Justin and Denise hadn't, we just dropped by Burger Fuel, which has rather delicious burgers (and chips) by the way. Apparently it was Justin's first time being in Burger Fuel (I guess they didn't have it down in Christchurch), and well, he liked it, so all good. I wish malls here would close later. Sylvia Park started closing at 9... Sad =( so we went to MoMoTea for bubble tea (yay for Asian habits!) and barbeque. Their lamb is godly... I'm still drooling thinking of it right now... Somehow we managed to stay there till a little past midnight, so I guess it was pretty good fun.

Back now anyway, and I can tell this post is rather boring, but it was an interlude between doing assignments and not doing assignments for me... Which reminds me, I should save up more money so I can buy myself decent shoes for semi-dress streetwear. Sigh, I'm so bad at saving money...

Alright, enough for now. Hmm, Justin left his beanie in the car again... Did I mention that Justin looks completely TAIWANESE? Especially with his new haircut and glasses, and uhh... beanie? Hehe, I should take a picture and post it up... Anyway, I'm off, ciao...

Advanced Global Personality Test

Well, I saw this on one of my mate's sites... so its sitting on the bottom of my blog now... The link to it's there as well... Go try it out, I found it rather suprising...

Holidays... not...

Well, yeah, haven't been blogging in a while, but then again I had all that influx of sudden projects due (or more likely because I ignored them until they were due on me in a few days =P). Even with the "holidays" having started, I wouldn't call it much of one. I still have three or four projects due sometime after the holidays, about a week after. And to boot, I have another test worth 10% right on the first day. So much for enjoyment.

I guess I should get myself organised into doing stuff for the holidays, but I'm kinda lazy... We'll see, we'll see.... As well as save some money. Jeez gabe, you'd think you could eat less food. Ah well, and then of course to remember to factor in time to do work. I'm saying 25 hours or so should cover it, given that I actually do work then...

Speaking of which, I downloaded S.T.A.L.K.E.R. sometime back then when I was finishing my projects. Its not a bad game, but I guess they could do some fixing and such. Really good concept though. And there's this free-to-play online game (they earn revenue by in-game ads and a customer mall) called 9Dragons. Its not too bad actually... I mean I play it when I have some free time. Although sometimes I feel like I'm just grinding away, and that kinda galls me. They really should have better quests, but its free.

Went to Phil's Good Friday drinks thing. It was uhh, strange. I don't know what those people are, I guess I can't call them emo, cause they aren't, but they dress similar to them, but are not goth. And they act really... weird... Suffice to say, I didn't stay long there. I felt very much not-at-ease. I mean, 3-5 of them in any party's alright with me, but more than that and I get very uneasy. They are such strange people...

Anyway, gotta go. I'm off to a dinner. Ciao~