the sweetest thing..
.. is having a crush - *better clarify myself*- I have a crush!!:D I've known him for 5 years now without knowing him at all, for the frank reason I've never gotten past a "hello" to him. Why would i suddenly notice him now?? Well coz he's one of the precious few decent christian guys left on this planet -that's close to my age. He is soo sweet! I've only ever met him at church, and as he goes to a diff church normally, I only see him on special occasions (e.g. Easter) which equates to a grand total of about 4 times a year :'(
Really I shouldn't notice this guy. But I do. And now that the crush cycle has begun I might as well ride it out. It's wonderful:O Having a crush is like being in a dream.. and he's such a good person to dream about:) he's not 'hot' cute; he's 'adorable' cute..with the softest eyes.. young children love him. And he's so humble. Do you know how hard it is to find humble guys??!! It's close to impossible around here. I don't want to dissect him ~ a person I don't even know yet. But if we could just move past that "hello". Sooo close to getting past that horrid greeting each time we walk past each other. But we just never talk. It's frustrating. I can't picture our friendship being solidified thru msn or phone or outings coz noone arranges anything. Optimistic aren't i?:P
The funny things is that just as I thought the current guy drought couldn't get any worse, 3 other cuties went to church besides him these past couple a' days. But none has caught my eye the way he has. He's not cuter than they are, or maybe even as exciting. But our hearts work in funny ways. And for him, I'm going to step outside my comfort zone & break that debilitating shyness -in this case :) starting today. If not today I'd have to wait til June to see him and maybe not even then if i have work. Not cool. *praying I won't lose my nerve* Let's see what happens..
Strange
I noticed that my blogs have few complaints within them -after looking at them in a comparative light. Am i really that happy most of the time?? This is strange as @ school I was sharp, critical and sarcastic with most things. Where and when did I lose that edge? :O
On a less speculative note - I love my work!!! I only noticed today that they had a weekly performance chart on all the checkout ppl [which'd been there for the past few weeks] with details on how fast we scan, the volume of goods sold per person, etc.. :O I'm happy to note that I was seventh overall. I just can't believe I missed it! I'm such a space cadet o.O I'm glad that the level of competition hasn't risen amongst us at all. The part time checkout chicks are fast becoming a rather tight knit group, in so much as we know each other's personalities and mesh well despite our different ways of approaching things. Just hope one of us doesn't leave too soon :
Definitely settling into a rhythm..
.. and feeling buzzy bout it too :D Uni is fine. I still haven't confirmed where all the toilets are, but at least i know where all my rooms are. I can now just write Anth or Chem or Bio or Stats in my diary and know where to go:) *tip* in uni, it is very necessary to develope a shorthand way of writing everything - i now have a collection of abstract symbols & such that only i get :)
Finished work a few hours ago, all manner of mail has been checked & had my dinner-sized snack. Settling into homework mode however is so untempting. I love the work, it's just getting started that's the problem. The arts and the sciences have TOTALLY diff methods of teaching and setting stuff.
Consider this: For anth, our tute 'homework' was to observe someone from another culture doing something culturally idiosyncratic. That was given after i asked whether we would get any excursions -what i meant was field trips T_T Well turned out we weren't : but the homework -which our tutor said could be done on a busride- could act as some form of compensation :O And the focus in anth is horribly vague.. still, we're getting an assignment which sounds v. interesting -almost humourous. Chem and bio on the other hand are cranking their paces up a couple a' notches. I'm still with them tho i stumble a bit, but it's good to learn something
that different to the arts. Stats is refreshing. That's all i can say about it. The lecturer takes such good care of us, and has a wicked sense of humour too ^^,
I had my first ADG -Oz discussion group- meeting this Tue. It was pretty fun, more coz i was recognised as a leader than anything else :P The purpose of ADG's are to help international students 'settle' into Oz by providing a group & place to talk about issues of concern, games, etc and some kids have been in ADG for a few yrs so it must be doing something right :D my co-leader is really something. He's into most things, good at the things he's into and knows most people >_> mighty hard not to like him tho; his enthusiasm is so contagious! Can't wait til nxt Tue, even tho i have work right after -_-"
Can't believe that we'll be getting a 10-day break next week -yay!!. I'm probably one of the few that actually need it. I have to beautify my notes, do waiting assignments : & get ready for the full pace work after the interlude.. I'm not sure about it but maybe i should go to the Easter Show this yr. Now that's something i haven't been to in aaages [like 3 yrs]. I also wouldn't mind going to the LOTR powerhouse deal -only $12!! They both work out about the same price-provided i go to the Easter show after 5pm >.< There are so many things that I'm jumping to do.. * complete a first aid course * get my L's * learn sign language * eat pho!! * get my passport * go to a carnival * go to church.
Well I'll be celebrating Good Friday with my church so I'll be a glowing bunny after :D Everything else will be done in a max. 3 mths time -my goal; Cept' maybe sign language -where do i learn that?
*Just a quick post*
Ok, so first week of uni over and right now, I am sitting here at my desk printing off notes for my fourth bio lecture like a true nerd:P Last Friday I had a free lecture :O which i consider a complete ripoff! if i found out they had it in another room... T.T ``but a good thing came out of it - i made 2 new buddies!! -we sat there and talked for like a full hour. It was so easy and natural. The girl i talked to lived in Papua New Guinea for 12 yrs before moving here for high school and the guy is a LOTR fanatic!! :D So all is well.
Today i had work which was annoying. Honestly you see all the colours of humanity revealed on this day.. dunno why. Oh well.. I've cheered myself up with a mug of hot chocolate.. yum!!
Alrighty.. all notes printed off. Must go and sort out chem.. and anthro notes.. *yawn* :D
Uni so far
It's only been 3 days but I'm gonna record what's left of the "uni spirit". So far so good would be an understatement. It's been totally, absolutely, crazily, freakily and contradictorily fabulous! It's the whole deal!! I love that since the uni's so freakin huge, it feels somewhat like an Alice in Wonderland maze. What amazes me then is the number of PHS ppl I keep bumping into; Joey, Mary, Jeff, Adam, Tom O, Mel [front group], Joel, Sash & co, Peter, Jez etc and even a buddy I once knew in yr 3 o_O' One or two of them are in my lectures but they're so huge it's like trying to find an m'n'm amongst skittles.
Anyway I'll talk about lectures coz they're what i've truly fallen in love with. Each of my 4 lecturers are totally diff yet totally hip in an anachronistic way. My stats lect whom i met today for the 1st time, greeted us by telling us to greet the person next to us coz we're basically "all alone and know noone"-subtle aint he? :D My chem lecturer is really funny coz he's old and knows too much chem. My bio lect is one of 3 -*correction* 6 i think- that will take us thru the vast bio topics (currently ecology) but my impression of her is also very high. She's concise, fast and expects a lot from us which is great. My Anth lect weaves stories from her own adventures and travels into her teachings and she has a cheshire cat sort of grin that makes you want to crack up.
And the most amazing thing???? I'm LEARNING!!. There's no gimmicks about it. Lessons started from day one, no "bludging" around. Then again, I've only had lectures -thanks to which I've been faced with great gaping holes in my timetable to the likes of tomorow for example where I only have a lecture from 9-10. Wow. To fill the space I booked myself for a 1/2 hr library tour ~can't hurt ey? oh boy, I would never expect chem to be my fave subject so far. I don't regret not choosing it as a hsc subject tho because my lect explains it so well i can visualise everything he says in my head -which means I'm actually going @ his pace. Unlike H-school where I was hit with all these technical terms without a clue why any of it was relevant and having to swallow my flood of questions coz noone else seemed not to get it; my lect brings chem alive, teaching us "the universe in reverse" as he calls the discipline.
Atm, I love studying- yeh you read me. I haven't gone thru my notes much tho. I've been too preoccupied with homework.. e-learning is awesome! And it's thrilling to now juggle work with uni- man i feel old -_-" I meet newbies everyday but to be honest I don't care if i get to know everyone or not. I like my learning space.. I like being able to walk into a lecture jungle of seats, pick one, then imaginatively disengage til my brain's needed. Atm, the most difficult aspect of uni is finding where all the toilets are on campus. I mean I was busting my ass after 3 straight hours of 3 diff lectures today, and I didn't want to step out of chem with potential liver damage. The closest loo was too far -what on earth was the architect thinking when he designed the place ?! Cheap food is also a major problem ~ $2 for an all-you-can-eat sausage sizzle..basically- bread, a huge wean, onions and sauce?!!! Wow. But the good & the bad, whatever the mix, it's all interesting and I'm having a fun time even if my wallet ain't; really it's still too early to comment as wk 2 commences nxt when the
real work starts. Tuts, club activites, assignments and pracs are all hidden behind that intangible wall called time.
Til the tapping of that wall ..
