Tepid
You were good for me once.
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When did I even last post something that had to do remotely with my life and the weird choices I make with it? The last 6 weeks (holy cow it's been 6 weeks) have been by far what I've felt is the most hectic 6 weeks I have ever had to deal with, and the readings- oh the readings, they never truly end, do they. Another hundred pages and another hundred pages, lets' hope my brain with it's goldfish capacity can keep up this way.
The only constant in my life is change. I kind of preferred when there was some kind of routine, and when my planner didn't have angry red indications of assignments being due or me logging in different commitments all over the place. It's been- difficult, to say the least. I do rather like a sense of monotony and right now I'm not getting much of it. I suppose there haven't been much fascinating developments, I've been drowning in event planning (because admittedly I'm not very good at it) and I've been totally failing to train at the intensity I would honestly prefer, mostly because I can't get my life together and nothing will fall into place until my current family commitments die down.
I did one of those things I never thought I'd get to do- which was to dye a little part of my hair purple. Currently it's at a stage where the tips are platinum (?) but the inside is still a lovely vibrant shade of purple and I'm slightly confused by that but you know, it worked out. I'm also pretty amazed that it went to platinum after one round of bleaching so that was very very fun- I expected it to take longer. It's been a fun couple of weeks rocking the colour, considering purple is my favourite.
Other fun things I did were orientation (did I even mention this in my last post and how I find the new chipmunks very awesome?) for Hall and for the linguistics society- I must admit that I sort of regret not going for hall camp my year because I didn't get to bond with people the way I would have if I had gone? I suppose a year on you do really realize what kind of opportunity you missed, but I digress- the most important thing was that we had fun, and I got to be a fake freshie for a couple of days. If you had your feelings cheated slightly, I'm sorry- but also not very sorry. Because it was incredibly taxing to not grab my friends and laugh at them or with them as they tried to be fake freshies too. Hall feels a lot more lively now that everyone's back- I've recently found that I am more than blessed to have the same space back and be able to hibernate in my room as I wish.
Having two straight days of cramps totally warrants the need to basically lie in my room, immobile, as I struggle to stay awake, let alone move. But I'm okay now.
Other cool things include the fact that I actually managed to find a team to shoot with for the Singapore National Games (I am entirely sure I missed this, somehow. It was really awesome.) that was held in the floating platform sometime early August- it was truly a one of a kind location and it was super awesome shooting in the middle of Marina Bay! In fact the team and I got so warm inbetween our first shoot and our second shoot that we walked to MBS, bought Gong Cha, and hobo'ed fabulously on some couches near Zara, chilling out in the air conditioning and laughing at each other. One of my great teammates is going overseas to pursue her studies soon, so if you see this dinosaur, all the best for your future endeavours and keep in touch, okay?
Also I've met a ton of cool people because of Archery and the funshoots and the BAC and helping out with recreational shooting- it's been a lot of fun getting to know tons of people from all over the world because the truth is that people from around the world have a lot to offer in terms of friendship and experiences. I've had the delight for these last couple of weeks to have someone that's been willing to put up with how exhaustively dramatic I am and how terribly emotional I am (I consider it, Human bean acquired! And am very thankful that he chooses to stick around with all the nonsense that I get up to on a daily basis.) And he's been very kind about putting up with my 100000 lame requests and my sarcasm and general whinginess. For you being present and being yourself, thank you.
I have been trying to meet up with all of my dearest friends to some degree of success- first of all my time management is really trash, and I also happen to spend 5 days a week on a secluded island that can only be accessed by two buses. To be fair, it hasn't been entirely easy to juggle everything around me. But I assume that with patience and understanding I'll be able to get by- I have to also take a moment to thank the people in Hall for being who they are and just supportive and friendly and funny and really- making the house a home. Hall would never be quite the same without you lot- sometimes I think it'd be hard to stay in there without all of you being there. Also to my coursemates- let's all not die okay, we still got like 7 weeks to go but I'm so sure that we're going to be able to do this.
It's been a good couple of weeks that have been loaded with new experiences and new people and fresh responsibilities but honestly- I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.
Now I hope they'll be good for you.
**
When did I even last post something that had to do remotely with my life and the weird choices I make with it? The last 6 weeks (holy cow it's been 6 weeks) have been by far what I've felt is the most hectic 6 weeks I have ever had to deal with, and the readings- oh the readings, they never truly end, do they. Another hundred pages and another hundred pages, lets' hope my brain with it's goldfish capacity can keep up this way.
The only constant in my life is change. I kind of preferred when there was some kind of routine, and when my planner didn't have angry red indications of assignments being due or me logging in different commitments all over the place. It's been- difficult, to say the least. I do rather like a sense of monotony and right now I'm not getting much of it. I suppose there haven't been much fascinating developments, I've been drowning in event planning (because admittedly I'm not very good at it) and I've been totally failing to train at the intensity I would honestly prefer, mostly because I can't get my life together and nothing will fall into place until my current family commitments die down.
Other fun things I did were orientation (did I even mention this in my last post and how I find the new chipmunks very awesome?) for Hall and for the linguistics society- I must admit that I sort of regret not going for hall camp my year because I didn't get to bond with people the way I would have if I had gone? I suppose a year on you do really realize what kind of opportunity you missed, but I digress- the most important thing was that we had fun, and I got to be a fake freshie for a couple of days. If you had your feelings cheated slightly, I'm sorry- but also not very sorry. Because it was incredibly taxing to not grab my friends and laugh at them or with them as they tried to be fake freshies too. Hall feels a lot more lively now that everyone's back- I've recently found that I am more than blessed to have the same space back and be able to hibernate in my room as I wish.
Having two straight days of cramps totally warrants the need to basically lie in my room, immobile, as I struggle to stay awake, let alone move. But I'm okay now.
Other cool things include the fact that I actually managed to find a team to shoot with for the Singapore National Games (I am entirely sure I missed this, somehow. It was really awesome.) that was held in the floating platform sometime early August- it was truly a one of a kind location and it was super awesome shooting in the middle of Marina Bay! In fact the team and I got so warm inbetween our first shoot and our second shoot that we walked to MBS, bought Gong Cha, and hobo'ed fabulously on some couches near Zara, chilling out in the air conditioning and laughing at each other. One of my great teammates is going overseas to pursue her studies soon, so if you see this dinosaur, all the best for your future endeavours and keep in touch, okay?Also I've met a ton of cool people because of Archery and the funshoots and the BAC and helping out with recreational shooting- it's been a lot of fun getting to know tons of people from all over the world because the truth is that people from around the world have a lot to offer in terms of friendship and experiences. I've had the delight for these last couple of weeks to have someone that's been willing to put up with how exhaustively dramatic I am and how terribly emotional I am (I consider it, Human bean acquired! And am very thankful that he chooses to stick around with all the nonsense that I get up to on a daily basis.) And he's been very kind about putting up with my 100000 lame requests and my sarcasm and general whinginess. For you being present and being yourself, thank you.
I have been trying to meet up with all of my dearest friends to some degree of success- first of all my time management is really trash, and I also happen to spend 5 days a week on a secluded island that can only be accessed by two buses. To be fair, it hasn't been entirely easy to juggle everything around me. But I assume that with patience and understanding I'll be able to get by- I have to also take a moment to thank the people in Hall for being who they are and just supportive and friendly and funny and really- making the house a home. Hall would never be quite the same without you lot- sometimes I think it'd be hard to stay in there without all of you being there. Also to my coursemates- let's all not die okay, we still got like 7 weeks to go but I'm so sure that we're going to be able to do this.
It's been a good couple of weeks that have been loaded with new experiences and new people and fresh responsibilities but honestly- I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.
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