Without doubt, staying awake and forgoodnesssakesbeingONLINE at 1.23 am is something I am going regret in the very near future, but I felt like I just had to share some awesome stuff before I got re-overwhelmed by tide of work and forgot. (At the moment, I have forgotten what that work is. let me just recap: macroassignment+japaneseessay+ ( Read more... )

 Yeah so concentration is a tricky little thing to maintain. The internet is getting interesting again, which is a good indicator of the fact that there is work to be done! But with all the positive 'true-to-yourself' media going around I guess it is futile to deny one's procrastinating tendencies.

1) Despite generally still succumbing to this more ( Read more... )

 
1) Mom's birthday today! Got up at 5 to make the cake (chocolate sponge) because I had to leave home by like 740ish for uni. I usually make two identical halves of the same cake cause slicing it in half is too much hassle and it ends up too flat anyway, but I must have added too much flour to the first half because it didn't rise nicely hence ( Read more... )

 Meteoroids are tiny pieces of dust and rock that originate from comets and asteroids. The smallest meteoroids produce meteors; larger pieces reaching the earth are meteorites....Mrs. Hewlett Hodges of Sylacauge, Alabama, was the first recorded person to be injured from a meteorite when one fell on her home on November 30, 1954, and badly bruised ( Read more... )

with insightful, well-spelt comments.
How proud I am!

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at 12.30am dad remembers that the laundry is still out in the garden, so out we go, dad armed with torchlight and me scurrying behind hugging massive laundry basket and trying hard not to step on snails. the moon and stars are bright and i'm almost distracted by the smiling night sky, but i remember my job, unclipping clothes pegs, pulling cool ( Read more... )

I dont know how, but dad found this on the net and has been circulating it among grandparents.
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1. starting my JOB tomorrow! according to my supervisor, it's going to drive me half nuts but the salary is pretty good and at least i'll be productive! working from home, glued to computer screen, website and microsoft excel. i hope i don't end up with 1000degree eyeglasses ( Read more... )

Maybe now isn't the best time to be reading random stuff, but after starting on Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies I couldn't put it down, so I finished it. The stories are beautiful. Starting on Unaccustomed Earth probably today because I can't wait, and then I have to read The Namesake soon as well! Since there is another hundred dollars ( Read more... )

Mom came home looking really excited today. She almost skipped right up to where I was slouching by/under the glass coffee table (with none other than english and a pot of tea) and announced in genuine glee that the fitness centre next to the pool where my brother has his swimming lessons is offering a fitness course which guarantees weight loss of ( Read more... )