taking a break

Thots from the past few weeks...

12 September 2007

I had the pleasure of having 3 seats all to myself while watching the plane's wing flex during take off. this is something that I have not experienced before in a sense as I have always sat on the wing or before it.... it was a sight to behold as the lift it creates to be able to fly is mind boggling... Had a cloudless flight and when I looked down over Australia, it was all brown and more brown with the occasional dot of green and bit of water... No wonder it is a desert right though the middle...

17 September 2007

Off to Hong Kong... stuck in a plane full of mostly business men traveling there on the first flight out of Singapore... Got there and was hit by the air pollution that is a permanent fixture... Did not manage to eat much due to the heat but got to drink lots of mango with aloe jelly drinks... Moon cakes in all sorts of shapes and sizes abound... there was one with 9 egg yolks too! Shopping was an adventure....

25 September 2007

Been busy watching the Rugby world cup and assignments... have not been eating much local food as it is too hot to eat and the mere thot of having to go out is enough to make me wilt... but have made it to the pen shop and went goo goo gah gah at some new editions... saw an ink that is bullet proof! It is the mid autumn festival today and I don't like moon cakes... but found one with custard and egg yolk inside which is good next to ice cream ones of course! So thats about all that has happened... Martha has received her present but is resisting the urge to open it till her birthday...

Retreating

Having a retreat this week has been wonderful... For starters I am able to do lots of work and reading... the brain juices have been working really hard and they are finally making connections and sparking in the right direction....

What can I say... My poor system has been under a lot of stress and strain lately... It has taken quite a few beatings to it and it is time to repair and recover... Being away from everything has helped put some perspective and light on things... I have really enjoyed sitting out in the sunshine and working away... It sure felt good to be able to do just that and enjoy nature- though I must say falling objects are not always welcomed... Have to duck them once in awhile in order to avoid being blessed...

Tomorrow is a new day and I will have new challenges to face... Got to get my analysis for EDL901 done- thank goodness it is half done as of now and have to start on the rest... Phew!

sunshine

This is suppose to be Autumn but don't think the weather agrees at the moment... It has been a week of sunshine and today had a high of 27 degrees Celsius!!! This whole week is suppose to be hot hot hot and sunny and in the twenty odd degrees days... The trees tell a different story they are all in their autum glory of all shades from red to yellow... It looks so pretty... Should try and get a photo of it sometime...

I have a mountain of books beside my study table and I need to get another mountain... Never in my life have I done so many mountains of books for my course work... This is like a first in my life.... I spend time in the library and get loads of readings...Been told by one of my lecturers that I am a risk taker... Any ideas or comments? She reckons that I don't know it yet but I am a risk taker at heart. Still pondering about that...

okie my bed is calling out for attention...

last week

It is already Wednesday... I seem to be stuck in a loop at the moment... The weather is not in its usual routine- it didn't rain on Monday and that didn't feel right. I am trying to decide what to read at the moment or attack... Have to worry about EHE908's critical essay but there is also EPG928's presentation and big assignment and EDL901's Case Study which I am partially stuck at the moment... Hold on there is EHE912 in there somewhere... Guess I will just keep plodding along slowly like the good old turtle...

The number of trees I have helped chopped down in the past few days is scary... I guess the recycle bin would love me eventually but right now I am focused on destroying the environment... Not that it is going to make a very big dent I guess... But like they always say we all have to do out part... Hmm.... At least it is only tress that are a renewable resource so to speak that I am affecting...

My tummy is acting up once again... I have this wonderful coping mechanism at the moment that really lets me know in an extremely loud manner that I am torturing it.... Great! Not the best in polite company though... Oops... Too much information already!!!

Looking forward to the break as hopefully the sun would stop shinning that early in the morning and I would actually be able to get some decent sleep... LOL as if the sun would stop shinning at my whim and fancy? But the world would still continue to rotate and there will still be only 24 hours in the day...

What shall I focus on at the moment? There are just too many things demanding my attention and time... I wonder....