Quick quick entry.

Ok, maybe not so quick. This entry is borne of procrastination and the lack of willingness to study. It's gonna be full of random lamo stuff while I expend some of my hyperactivity before settling down to another session of comprehension and practice. Oh, anyone suffering from procrastination? If you are studying at UWA and reading this during the exam period, chances are that you are. I read about some tips to fight procrastination, on wikipedia no less. There is something called the 5 minutes rule: if you find yourself procrastinating, give yourself 5 minutes to start on the task that you are procrastinating from. If after 5 minutes you are still inclined towards not finishing the task, then you are allowed to do so. The rationale being that most often, it is the start that gets people down, and once they pass that, it is much easier completing the task. Of course, depending on individual levels of attention and focus, you may vary it to 10 or 15 minutes, depending on your rate of success.

Oh, the hippies won Amazing Race. Wow. They are smartasses with always a positive attitude and a smile on their face. They never argued or fought over anything untoward, and always a lame joke to crack in the face of adversity. I want to emulate them, always positive and motivated, yet bearing stress well and deflecting it with a smile and a joke. And they are damn smart too, to boot. And best of all, they did not have to compromise their morals (much) to win. Wow. A clear victory.

Are things looking up now? Or maybe the seesaw of events are gonna be tipped. If there is any indication, there is a trend of the seesaw in my daily affairs. Academic matters seem to look good when others look bad. So that now other matters seem to start looking bright, it may be an omen that my exams aren't gonna be all that great.

Never mind that. What other random stuff could I talk about. Oohh, Huijun got her first class honours. Can't stand people like her, always naysaying her results, but none of her prophetic impending doom ever materializes. But I'm happy for her, heh. Oh well, as for me, the best I have to look forward to is first class in Australia, which is always gonna be second best, but hey, it's better than nothing.

Ok, lets talk about Paypal. It looks like a conclusion should be reached soon. The entire convoluted plot seems to be developing well, and some of the sub-plots are unravelling as we speak. Each day something happens my optimism increases, and I am filled with hope. And lust for money. Oh my God, I've been so starved of money. Come this holdiays I'll definitely be throwing myself into eBay and MTGO with renewed vigor, and carve a larger slice of the pie for myself. Yummy. I can't wait to start on it again. Money is very, very seductive.

DoTA's been on a low key nowadays, during this study week, as everyone seems to be focused on studying. As for me, I've been playing a game a day on this GG client, which allows you to play LAN games over the internet. This is because my original CD was stolen along with my laptop, so I can't play on Bnet. Sad. I had a level 17 account on there, which is pretty good I would say. But anyhow. I've been playing 1v1's each day. And I've been picking Prophet each time, and going for a pusher-coward build. And I've been enjoying pissing people off, pushing yet not letting them kill me. It's really, really funny. Of the past 3 times I played like this, the first guy didn't take it well and kept hurling insults at me. The second guy just kept quiet, while the third guy complained of lag. But at any rate, it's actually quite a stress-reliever. Sorry, but I find it amusing to annoy people at times. It really tickles. They get frustrated, and I get a kick out of it. Talk about being childish.

Jean and I were looking through some previous entries, and I realized that I was quite the drama queen in the past, as well as being a sucker for female attention. It's really quite funny. After the exams, when I have time, I'll probably pen an entry featuring the best of's of times past and laugh at myself for that.

World Cup. Thank goodness I'm immune to the fever. I've never been really into the World Cup. Maybe I'm not such a big fan of soccer as I would like to think. But World Cup... I don't know. I'm glad for it, since exams clash with it. Oh well. Good luck to all the teams I guess. Not my business.

Oh, right, Shearer. I had wanted to pen an article tributed to him, but it got lost with my laptop before I could upload it. I guess I can't recapture that inspiration to pen another article. But actions speak louder than words, and I've gotten myself a jersey with his name on it, being his last season and all. Anyway, it's not like Shearer's leaving for good, it's more like he's taking a hiatus to get ready for the takeover of Newcastle United, that's all. He's been as loyal to Newcastle as anyone can hope though, and what really makes him admirable is that he's so dedicated to Newcastle to the exclusion of almost everything else (think Manchester United). In this day and age of commercialization of football, he's a living breathing proof that some stars do pursue dreams rather than paychecks, and not compromise beliefs in the quest for glory.

And then Boro decides that they should always better Newcastle in all ways possible. While Newcastle appoints a manager with at least Premiership experience and compassionate grounds for not obtaining the appropriate qualifications, Boro fast-tracks their star player into management based on grounds that his contributions to the England team has been significant, a claim which Shearer, and a host of other players can easily claim. Like I said, not even Shearer gets that privilege. Who's Gareth Southgate? I hope Boro crashes and burns next season.

That's it. Back to my books!