Abstruse Musing

Man: "Do you sell bleach?" Me: "Sorry we don't sell that, sir." Man: "Are you sure you don't sell bleach? B-l-e-a-c-h..." Me: "Look, I didn't study university level chemistry for nothing. I'm more informed about what bleach actually is than you are. So for the final time, we do not sell bleach." Man: " So you don't sell bleach ?" I don't know how many people have annoyed me today, its literally like this every single shift. I was advised to consider other people's feelings before I speak. Quite frankly, I don't care right now. I barely had enough sleep before going to work, I'm stressed out and I don't have patience for stupidity. On a lighter note, a friend unexpectedly dropped by to say hi today. That certainly made my day.

Today was my HR/IR exam, I sat down in my chair and thought the room was familiar. I remember doing my Biology 1 final there in first year, and I had a really bad experience there. I recall an acquaintance wanting to sit next to me, god I hated his guts so much. He sat next to me and kept asking me if I answered a particular question and even attempted to take my multiple choice answer sheet. Of course I objected, perhaps I should've been more assertive to get my message across to this thick headed jerk. The examiner came to tell him to stop talking, thank god. Now I remember why I hate this jerk so much. Good luck with becoming a maths teacher. I honestly don't know how you can want to be a teacher when you think cheating is something acceptable. Okay on a lighter note, I was waiting for my train back home today. It was an excruciating 28 minutes of waiting in searing heat. A commuter was rushing to get on the train and nearly knocked a lady ov...

I've always liked driving with Tim, even though at times he is a reckless driver. Take for example, him continually going round and round at the round abouts. We have an unexplained liking for waving at strangers in passing cars and find it absolutely hilarious to watch their reaction. Maybe our deadly high fives are just as weird. To me, a high five isn't a high five unless you can distinctly hear when the two hands collide and leave a red mark. And theres Dani, I was never really close to her until probably this year. We got to know each other over coffees at night, scrabble, and Cluedo by candlelight. She always seems to have something wise to say and so keen about life. I'll always remember when Tim and Dani came to save me when I was reduced to tears that evening (many weeks ago). We went back to Tim's place and Dani gave me a tissue with a few drops of lavender oil. That certainly calmed me down and I'll probably always remember that day. I came across som...

Lately, Cindy and I have taken quite an interest in watching parrot related videos on youtube. I quite adore this one that we watched earlier. I wish Noddy did something like that. Well anything besides saying "no Noddy, no" or trying to yank earrings off my ear.

It was another seemingly long day, 6 hours straight of class. North campus to south campus... Today my bag seemed heavier, I didn't even bother to bring my HR textbook today. It was as though time was not progressing, the notion of time seemed so irrelevant. Of course it was irrelevant, for I did not sleep at all. I was transfixed with the menial task of completing my biochem lab manual during the finest hours of the night. I still stand by my nocturnal ways, I strictly prefer tending to my studies at such bizarre hours of the night (or rather morning). Although I have grown accustomed to this lifestyle, there is no doubt that it is doing my health no good in the long term. I've been staying up til morning much more often as of late. Once a week seemed to have done me no harm. Yet in the past few weeks, I soon found the frequency of this habit escalating. Once a week quickly became two or (on some rare occasions) three nights out of the week. Today w...

I woke up feeling so drained of life. I think the last few all nighters has really done it for me. I got home yesterday from the micro test at 7pm and slept til morning. Sure, that was the longest sleep I've had in ages... But I think I've grown too accustomed to sleeping 4-8 hours. I feel so dead if my sleep goes beyond 8 hours. I felt pretty sullen upon waking up today, then I decided to read a blog I recently discovered. Its quite a quirky blog and I guess there are some things I can relate to. It totally made my day when I read this particular blog entry... the bimbo blog So yeah Cindy is sitting her HSC english paper as I write this, I hope she finds it okay. This is a very stressful time for many students, I can still remember when I was in their position 3 years ago. But I guess all that stress will eventually be worth it in the end. Cindy says she wants to apply for oral health or science, she seems pretty keen on becoming a dentist. I guess...