lifetimes

some memories last a lifetime,
some memories seemed a lifetime ago,
some people i owe a lifetime to,
some people i want a lifetime with.

and i have a lifetime of readings to catch up on.

just mug delai, just MUG.

graduation

law ball is so pointless. who thinks of graduation in september? duh. and much as i am interested in law iv, i'm not sure i wanna go alone.

europe was contemplated, seriously. but las vegas, a destination suggested by zr and backed up with the authority of the hangover, isn't that far-fetched too. getting stoned, winning at casinos, getting married to a stripper.. ok.. maybe not. but as tricia said, we have to go on a grad trip with someone rite?

which is why law sch will be a regret. too many acquaintances and too few people i can call friend.

all in a day

the struggles of morning lessons.
"you and me, we had an opportunity". songs of yesteryear, singers escape memory.
familiar frustrations. user limits exceeded.
a tentative step into the study room. when was i last there?
canoe polo? haha.
run with zr at the botanics. sprint training, he called it.
beautiful sunset at btc.
vibrant sch life. it has gone past me.
i justify; strive for the stars.

it comes along, i suppose.
someone like her,
heart of gold.
though it may not be that i seek,
there's lot to celebrate in friendship.
but pity i already have by myself;
it need not come from anyone else.

mood swings

gahhh. i dunno what's up with me. i could go from silly-happy to gloomy in a matter of hours these days. perhaps its sch. or perhaps smth else. prolly the latter. i've nv really been troubled much by sch before; doesn't seem right that it shld be the case now, even though it is final yr. so it's fair to assume that it is the other matter, which makes me feel like quite a loser. sometimes i'd get smth and feel that things are looking up and i could think abt it eventually being a 'yes'. or at least an 'ok lor'. hahah. at other times... i dun like the 'other times' part.

on a different note, i guess if a girl is smart, pretty and rich she would have no shortage of guys gng for her. but sometimes this combination results in an air of superiority which just negates all gd feelings that one can have. though one could possibly argue that it isn't entirely unjustified. hahah

chances

we make the most out of life when we take the opportunities that come our way. with every opportunity for success, however, comes an opportunity of failure. and this is the decision we are faced with all the time. to be, or not to be. too little caution, and we might end up with egg on our faces. too much caution, and we could be kicking ourselves for missed chances on hindsight. it seemed to be a good opportunity. but i didn't dare ask further. postscript: i did.

everything's different and i don't want to be the same

back to starbucks again today. the layout of the cafe is no longer the same. for the worse, i feel. the previous arrangement made use of the space better, and had more class. the baristas were the same however. but by same i meant the same as those last year, not the year before. not when i was in year 1. not when sch was a school of unfamiliar faces. yet in a sea of familiar faces now, it seems worse than when i first entered law sch.

week 2. i was trying to make new friends at hku in week 2. i was a free spirit. and at starbucks i had iced tall latte. sometimes with a curry beef puff. sometimes with chocolate lamingtons. there weren't that many familiar faces at hku.

now i have americanos.

i woke up at 7 in the mornings in year 1. today i woke up at 11. i dunno why, but it is a struggle to wake up this week. i dunno what i'm tired of. of sch? of life? of myself? probably all. maybe the military discipline instilled in me has completely worn off. i remembered how i fortunate i felt to be out of the army then, how i promised myself to study hard and get good results.

now i don't seem to feel that lucky, or working that hard.

the happiest time for me was after visitation today. last week i again contemplated stopping visitation. it's always the going that is tough. but when the going gets tough, the tough are supposed to get going. the kids did make me smile.

i miss. and it should stop.

not here, not there

i need a good mugging spot! i've been experimenting with mugging places the past week, but haven't found one that i really liked yet. yes, the feeling for the mugging spot has to be right.

and so today i went to barcelos to try the place out. it was my first time there, ever. though i wanted to try out their food for quite some time alr. i guess that place not bad to mug at in the afternoons. (1) it is very empty. i was like the only person there. (2) it has free-flow drinks. not that i gian beng gonna drink a lot lah. (3) the potato wedges come in a humongous portion. (4) i didn't get stared at; chased away.

i always feel bad studying at coffee bean/ starbucks etc cos it seems like i'm hindering their business. and some random nothing-better-to-do-kia may come take pictures and put up on stomp with the heading "student hogging seats". that wouldn't be nice, no. so i kinda feel bad studying at barcelos also but my productivity was good there and there was no one anyway. i think i shall make it one of my prime mugging spots from now on. yar, my skin is thick.

in line with my mindless ranting i'd like to say that i better be able to add international investment law or else i'd have wasted my time at the seminar today and i'd feel rather pissed abt it. but no one really cares/ worries abt me being pissed anyways (in the same way as u wouldn't be afraid of a angry hamster) so i can only blog abt my magnitude of my pissedness here.

ok back to reading choice of law which suddenly seems more friendly cos i discovered that the readings weren't actually a lot. ha! i worry i'd pay a price for just wanting to take slack modules.

what i don't know wouldn't hurt me

i guess it's for the best. i wasn't able to stop myself before anyway.

and what did i expect.

choice of law has crazy readings. i think i'll drop derivatives. i want to take an international law mod.

honeymoon wk

met up with 63 today, and saw some ppl that i meet only once a year. funny how i nv seem to cross paths with any of them, other than those in law. but it was nice meeting them again, though it brought back memories of those awkward jc years. some ppl, i guess, just do not click.

and the honeymoon wk nears its end. as expected, nothing much was taught this wk, and i was still able to slack around quite a bit. but the workload will increase exponentially soon. the mere thought of it makes me sick.

flu scare

been down with the flu the past few days. gahhh. i hate being ill. especially now when a harmless flu could turn out to be deadly. the running nose got me really worried; hadda check my temperature regularly.

as it turns out things were ok and i was feeling fine by this morning.

and so i embarked on first day of final year. pressures of doing well already upon my shoulders. dreams and ambitions. the library had the usual suspects. familiar faces abound.

i'm a lazy blogger. it's easier with just random half sentences.

i'm contemplating locking bloggy up too, when i start work.

hols flies by

its been a rather fruitful week, other than clearing ippt. met up with a few ppl - canoeists, jr & william, char & chingting, fiona, 4c and lu :) watched a couple of movies i wanted to watch, read a couple of books. did a little shopping, and lazed around as well. i do feel sufficiently refreshed! not really raring to go to school, but it's as good as it gets.

this wkend would be a time for family. first dad's side, then mum's. and then, it would be the start of a new semester, and i'd re-acquaint myself with the btc library. hopefully a love affair would blossom. haha.

a week to savour

ah yes, ippt cleared. no more rt. wheets!
the full weight of all commitments have been lifted from me, and i feel that this has been a fulfilling summer. cleared a summer course, did an internship, and now cleared my ippt as well! yayayay!

wants:
olympus fe-4000
(no more new gadgets for the moment!)
wolf hall, by hilary mantel
what the dog saw, by malcolm gladwell
my laptop fan to be quiet
to go cycling
europe tour
holidays with family
to be a lawyer
to enjoy my final yr more
others to be happy
to be a better person

...i'm all about wants! haha!

lifetimes

some memories last a lifetime,
some memories seemed a lifetime ago,
some people i owe a lifetime to,
some people i want a lifetime with.

and i have a lifetime of readings to catch up on.

just mug delai, just MUG.

graduation

law ball is so pointless. who thinks of graduation in september? duh. and much as i am interested in law iv, i'm not sure i wanna go alone.

europe was contemplated, seriously. but las vegas, a destination suggested by zr and backed up with the authority of the hangover, isn't that far-fetched too. getting stoned, winning at casinos, getting married to a stripper.. ok.. maybe not. but as tricia said, we have to go on a grad trip with someone rite?

which is why law sch will be a regret. too many acquaintances and too few people i can call friend.

all in a day

the struggles of morning lessons.
"you and me, we had an opportunity". songs of yesteryear, singers escape memory.
familiar frustrations. user limits exceeded.
a tentative step into the study room. when was i last there?
canoe polo? haha.
run with zr at the botanics. sprint training, he called it.
beautiful sunset at btc.
vibrant sch life. it has gone past me.
i justify; strive for the stars.

it comes along, i suppose.
someone like her,
heart of gold.
though it may not be that i seek,
there's lot to celebrate in friendship.
but pity i already have by myself;
it need not come from anyone else.

mood swings

gahhh. i dunno what's up with me. i could go from silly-happy to gloomy in a matter of hours these days. perhaps its sch. or perhaps smth else. prolly the latter. i've nv really been troubled much by sch before; doesn't seem right that it shld be the case now, even though it is final yr. so it's fair to assume that it is the other matter, which makes me feel like quite a loser. sometimes i'd get smth and feel that things are looking up and i could think abt it eventually being a 'yes'. or at least an 'ok lor'. hahah. at other times... i dun like the 'other times' part.

on a different note, i guess if a girl is smart, pretty and rich she would have no shortage of guys gng for her. but sometimes this combination results in an air of superiority which just negates all gd feelings that one can have. though one could possibly argue that it isn't entirely unjustified. hahah

chances

we make the most out of life when we take the opportunities that come our way. with every opportunity for success, however, comes an opportunity of failure. and this is the decision we are faced with all the time. to be, or not to be. too little caution, and we might end up with egg on our faces. too much caution, and we could be kicking ourselves for missed chances on hindsight. it seemed to be a good opportunity. but i didn't dare ask further. postscript: i did.

everything's different and i don't want to be the same

back to starbucks again today. the layout of the cafe is no longer the same. for the worse, i feel. the previous arrangement made use of the space better, and had more class. the baristas were the same however. but by same i meant the same as those last year, not the year before. not when i was in year 1. not when sch was a school of unfamiliar faces. yet in a sea of familiar faces now, it seems worse than when i first entered law sch.

week 2. i was trying to make new friends at hku in week 2. i was a free spirit. and at starbucks i had iced tall latte. sometimes with a curry beef puff. sometimes with chocolate lamingtons. there weren't that many familiar faces at hku.

now i have americanos.

i woke up at 7 in the mornings in year 1. today i woke up at 11. i dunno why, but it is a struggle to wake up this week. i dunno what i'm tired of. of sch? of life? of myself? probably all. maybe the military discipline instilled in me has completely worn off. i remembered how i fortunate i felt to be out of the army then, how i promised myself to study hard and get good results.

now i don't seem to feel that lucky, or working that hard.

the happiest time for me was after visitation today. last week i again contemplated stopping visitation. it's always the going that is tough. but when the going gets tough, the tough are supposed to get going. the kids did make me smile.

i miss. and it should stop.

not here, not there

i need a good mugging spot! i've been experimenting with mugging places the past week, but haven't found one that i really liked yet. yes, the feeling for the mugging spot has to be right.

and so today i went to barcelos to try the place out. it was my first time there, ever. though i wanted to try out their food for quite some time alr. i guess that place not bad to mug at in the afternoons. (1) it is very empty. i was like the only person there. (2) it has free-flow drinks. not that i gian beng gonna drink a lot lah. (3) the potato wedges come in a humongous portion. (4) i didn't get stared at; chased away.

i always feel bad studying at coffee bean/ starbucks etc cos it seems like i'm hindering their business. and some random nothing-better-to-do-kia may come take pictures and put up on stomp with the heading "student hogging seats". that wouldn't be nice, no. so i kinda feel bad studying at barcelos also but my productivity was good there and there was no one anyway. i think i shall make it one of my prime mugging spots from now on. yar, my skin is thick.

in line with my mindless ranting i'd like to say that i better be able to add international investment law or else i'd have wasted my time at the seminar today and i'd feel rather pissed abt it. but no one really cares/ worries abt me being pissed anyways (in the same way as u wouldn't be afraid of a angry hamster) so i can only blog abt my magnitude of my pissedness here.

ok back to reading choice of law which suddenly seems more friendly cos i discovered that the readings weren't actually a lot. ha! i worry i'd pay a price for just wanting to take slack modules.

what i don't know wouldn't hurt me

i guess it's for the best. i wasn't able to stop myself before anyway.

and what did i expect.

choice of law has crazy readings. i think i'll drop derivatives. i want to take an international law mod.

honeymoon wk

met up with 63 today, and saw some ppl that i meet only once a year. funny how i nv seem to cross paths with any of them, other than those in law. but it was nice meeting them again, though it brought back memories of those awkward jc years. some ppl, i guess, just do not click.

and the honeymoon wk nears its end. as expected, nothing much was taught this wk, and i was still able to slack around quite a bit. but the workload will increase exponentially soon. the mere thought of it makes me sick.

flu scare

been down with the flu the past few days. gahhh. i hate being ill. especially now when a harmless flu could turn out to be deadly. the running nose got me really worried; hadda check my temperature regularly.

as it turns out things were ok and i was feeling fine by this morning.

and so i embarked on first day of final year. pressures of doing well already upon my shoulders. dreams and ambitions. the library had the usual suspects. familiar faces abound.

i'm a lazy blogger. it's easier with just random half sentences.

i'm contemplating locking bloggy up too, when i start work.

hols flies by

its been a rather fruitful week, other than clearing ippt. met up with a few ppl - canoeists, jr & william, char & chingting, fiona, 4c and lu :) watched a couple of movies i wanted to watch, read a couple of books. did a little shopping, and lazed around as well. i do feel sufficiently refreshed! not really raring to go to school, but it's as good as it gets.

this wkend would be a time for family. first dad's side, then mum's. and then, it would be the start of a new semester, and i'd re-acquaint myself with the btc library. hopefully a love affair would blossom. haha.

a week to savour

ah yes, ippt cleared. no more rt. wheets!
the full weight of all commitments have been lifted from me, and i feel that this has been a fulfilling summer. cleared a summer course, did an internship, and now cleared my ippt as well! yayayay!

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