Day 1 of Winter Term

ahh... any illusions of a nice long winter break vanished into thin air when i had to wake up this morning feeling an absolute dread of having to attend lessons once again. when will the administration ever realise that our winter break is indeed too short!! two weeks... well at least i had an enjoyable winter break, visiting adeline down in st. louis, as well as chill in the apartment all by myself as everyone else seems to take their time returning home. solitude really is enjoyable sometimes.

received some really bad news today: remember me having to send in my external hard drive for repairs a couple of days back? well, computer medic called today, and they said something about a spindle breaking, and note this, the repairs, should i choose to make them, would cost $2500 dollars. TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS!!! to repair something that cost only $100! insane!! well the technician did say that it'll be worth it if i valued the data in the disk as much, but i was thinking, "no way would i pay so much to repay that thing! i can buy TWO round trip tickets home for that price!!"

so there... now for bad news number two. i finally got down to buying my textbooks for my classes this term; and to my horror of horrors, i can't seem to be able to find two of my textbooks online, and would have to buy them from the university bookstores. these two books alone cost a combined total of USD$280!! insane! and considering my perchant for NOT reading my textbooks, this would be an utterly unnecessary investment in my mind. i guess i would have to rely on the copies in the library come exam time.

day four of the marshall plan: i'm pleasantly surprised that i'm sticking religiously to the routine i've planned to train for the chicago marathon. i guess i never had this kind of motivation; i think the huge bucks i paid to register for the race, and the potential embarassment of not completing the run come october are good enough reasons to train.

there's one song that's been ringing in my head for the past few days. i found out about this band when i was very intrigued by their song "struggle", which was used in the pontiac commercial. now i've hooked onto "tired of being sorry" , which has a pretty catchy guitar rift i think (i'm saying this as though i know what a rift is, but truth is i've no idea, and i'm only saying this because i've heard kenneth mention this when he's explaining stuff).

one very bad side-effect from the marshall plan, however, has been my absolutely massive craving for junk food. like lay's bbq flavored chips, thai green curry, duck rice at saigon garden, pizza, and jalepeno chicken from tk wu. sigh. my taste buds must really hate me... salads and cereals aren't very appetizing really. i mean, i still eat some of the foods above once in a while, like probably a bag of the chips a week, but the times when i'm eating the healthy stuff makes me want to scrap out all my taste buds. haa dieting is really hard eh?

my head is aching so badly right now... i think my very odd sleeping hours are taking a toil on me. the short hours at night, followed by the need to nap in the day because of lethargy from the lack of sleep is screwing up my body clock big time. i guess i should really try to sleep tonight, and sleep a right amount so as not to have to nap tomorrow.

have a good one.