Wednesday, January 10, 2007

gee are oh gee gee why

Didn't have any class today so technically I should have plenty of time to start working on various homeworks, internship applications and my Entrepreneurship paper. But what did I do instead? Woke up at 11 am, went back to sleep fully intending to wake up again at 1 pm, and then woke up at 4 pm instead.

AARRGGHHH!

So much time wasted. But rest was much-needed as cough's still going strong (very frustrated by that, maybe I should have gone to the doc's). Maybe I'll skip dance tomorrow. If I keep straining myself at this rate I will end up with pneumonia, touch wood.

Started reading George Orwell's 1984. Yes yes I know I'm a mountain tortoise, every other person in the world must've read that book by now and yet I only picked it up a couple of days ago because I was bored. But I think it is a marked improvement since the last piece of literature I savored was The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic. Which was a jolly good read though less thought-provoking.

1984 is a disturbing read. It's set in a world where children beg to watch hangings of war prisoners. Where the only movies shown in theatres are war movies with all the gory details of blown-up bits. Where the slogan is WAR IS PEACE. Where the citizens were obliged to observe daily moments of Hate.

It's so outrageous that it's scary, because it might be real.

Anyhoo... enough of that grim talk. Zee wrote some stuff recently that stuck a chord:

'Where did this grey veil of sian-ness come from, and how did it settle itself over my vision? Hmmm. (...) maybe it's the fact I didn't bring my own laptop to school so have to bum off the library's; maybe it's my lack of a cashcard leading to me not being able to print my class notes for later; maybe it's the utter scariness of being in school with so many people around but not one familiar face (where has everyone gone to?). Aaahh.'

I find familiar faces lacking in SMU as well. When I left for Bath, I left behind several habits and knowledge. As a result:
1. I've forgotten that printing in the library is NOT free.
2. How the hell do you top up your cashcard in school anyway?
3. I forgot we have to contribute and say intelligent-sounding "class participation".
4. I forgot to avoid the smelly toilets in Biz.

Best to buck up soon I s'pose.

On the other hand, I had a very nice dream last night.