I sometimes feel exasperated thinking about how short life is ( Read more... )

had a wonderful ladies movies night with the coursemates. definitely can't go wrong with a rom com.. although we all agreed the ending with full of shit! but first experience with home-cooked cypriot food consisting of black-eyed peas with tomatoes and cucumber (lemon, olive oil and salt seasoning) and lamb meat balls and grated halloumi was great ( Read more... )

Of late I have ( Read more... )

i've managed to secure a work placement in something that i've wanted for nearly a year now. i'm still half reeling in shock and in quite a state of disbelief. survived the interview despite the last being more than 3 years ago. how could anyone be so lucky? i would like to think that i aced the interview, but i somehow feel that perhaps it was the ( Read more... )

day 1 today. was dreading my first lecture at 10 so badly that i ended up making multiple trips to the toilet despite not being very well-hydrated and my handwriting turned squiggly wiggly as i took notes with my icy cold hands. i can't even find a proper reason to account for these unnecessary jitters. the class was amazingly small. which is both ( Read more... )

today is only wednesday yet i already feel like it's the end of the week.

each day starts at 8, and have continual events lasting until late evening or worse.

take today for example.
9-11am: lecture
11-12: swim training
12-1: rush home, cooked 2 days worth of meals
1-530: chemistry lab creatine kinase analysis
530-630: help friend do a favour
7-815: run ( Read more... )

what i've accomplished today ( Read more... )

overwhelmed by busy shit for the next 3 weeks ( Read more... )

i have been feeling this inexplicable sense of tiredness for the past few weeks. not quite sure whether it's mental or physical or both since i've scaled down training massively to just 3 swim trainings a week due to a strained MCL, which is keeping running out atm and preparation for exams. 2 exams down and one more to go on 6th feb. leaves me ( Read more... )

super bloody busy week ahead, once that's done, it's another busy but less draining week. and then off for holiday!!! loughborough -> geneva -> lausanne -> alpbach -> salzburg -> austria -> london -> loughborough ( Read more... )