It's been a while...

Yes, it has been a rather long lay off between blog posts. Apologies to anybody who still checks here in the hope of seeing something new but I really have been up to my neck in preoccupations or otherwise having no access to a computer. Let me recap what it is I've been up to the last month and a bit.

Mid-ish September: working on English assignment, working on psychology report (I don't even recall which one anymore, I think it was something to do with randomness), and planning my birthday party/bbq (which turned out rather comically. I'll explain later).

Sep. 26 - Oct. 1: flew down to Melbourne over the mid-semester break for my cousin's wedding. Spent most of the time playing pool and baby sitting little cousins. Only had access to a computer with functioning internet and time to myself for about half an hour.

Oct. 2 - now: frantically working on essays and reports galore. English essay due first day back from Melbourne, philosophy essay due last Wednesday, social psychology report due last Friday and cognitive psychology report due yesterday.

Anyway, as most of you know (and probably don't care) my birthday was on September 23 and I figured it'd be a good idea to have a bit of a bbq/party thingy to celebrate. Since I couldn't be bothered cleaning up my house afterwards (I was up until 3 or 4 cleaning up after NYE last year) I opted to have it at Bicentennial Park. Problem: I failed to account for the stupidly large number of people who would be there due to the start of school holidays. Damn kids. As a result of this lack of foresight on my behalf, we were unable to find a usable bbq. Fortunately, Haidang's place wasn't too far away so we just crashed his place and highjacked his bbq for the afternoon. Many thanks for that, buddy. Hope we didn't leave too much of a mess. A very late thanks also to everyone who chipped in for the wonderful presents (which included a funky clock with pigs on it, a can of instant coffee packets, Shakespeare's complete works in one volume, a copy of Pan's Labyrinth, King Kong computer game, 'A congaline of suckholes', 'A short history of nearly everything, a single Toad slipper, a few boxes of chocolate, two bottles of wine, and a bottle of whiskey). Unfortunately, I misplaced the list of who gave me what but you know who you are and I love you all *eyes water*. What? I'm not crying... *blows nose*.

Not much to report about my trip to Melbourne except that despite the weather being utterly miserable from the moment I got off the plane, it managed to hold out and play (mostly) nice for my cousin's big day. Everybody looked absolutely beautiful, especially Ken and Carol (the groom and bride, respectively). As Linh (my other cousin, getting married in January) observed, "No matter who's wedding it is, it's always just our side of the family up there dancing the whole night". The only other thing worthy of mention is that Jetstar is shit. Not only do they not feed you or give you headsets for the flight, the airport they use in Melbourne (Avalon) is an utter shitbox about an hour away from anything remotely resembling civilisation. And by shitbox, I mean it's a warehouse with a runway attached to it.

Assignments... well, I left them all to the last minute as always. And they were all packed full of bullshitty goodness. Despite frequently telling myself that I would not leave things to the last minute and do the research etc., I'm still concocting bullshit and getting away with it. And as long as I'm getting away with it, I see no real reason to change. Old habits die hard.

Anyway, I'll be back tomorrow after House to blog a bit more. Hopefully about something more interesting than my dreary life. 'Till then, ye faithful...