Cut Throat

Here’s the lowdown. I have approximately 19 days left till the end of the semester. As I type, there are SIX assignments due, and FOUR Principles of Broadcasting quizzes awaiting me. I am faced with: Time slipping through my fingers like sand every second and I am beside myself with excitement. As Arlena "helpfully" provided with calculations “You have an average of 3 days per assignment” and that is only assignments alone. I literally felt cold sweat when she provided me with that useful Reality Bite.

And why, may I ask, is everyone sitting back as if there are no thousands and thousand of words worth of essays due in less than 3 weeks time? Did I just miss the bus or did I not get the joke?

Seriously speaking, three days is not enough for a 2000 word essay. That bothers me you know? I went on silent mode frenzy last night checking every assignment’s due dates, and made myself study for my lecture 7 and 8 quizzes before I allowed myself to sleep. 

I apprehended myself while revising for the quiz, and I thought of all the money wasted on all those lectures and tutorials where I was either dozing or chatting and daydreaming, and all that time. I especially felt sorry for the lecturers and for one crazy second, contemplated giving each of them gifts before school’s out, as if that would make up for my sluggish behavior.

I know, I’m weird.

I spent the whole weekend trying to do that, and that alone, but it was still overdue. How productive. On the other hand, I managed to watch 3 movies within the weekend alone. How curious my priorities are.

I can hardly sit still because I am thinking of my mini vacation with my boyfriend. I am so excited! That will be my end of year reward! That’s the one thing that is pushing me to work and plan ahead when it comes to the burdens of university. I need treats, and I need to look forward to treats in order to accomplish something without much hassle.

Lessons of the week:

1.      Regret always comes too late. I should have been a better student. I need a consistent GPA to maintain my loan!

2.      I need punishments, and not treats alone. I need a self inflicting electrical device to nip into me a wake up call. Now we are talking!

3.      Rid the lazy worm in my skin- Plan, plan, and plan. I still have time.

4.      Don’t watch 3 movies in two days. It’s like, literally the Domino effect.

5.      Do not ever ignore your conscience. Hard to notice, coz don’t you realize how it is the littlest voice in our heads?

Just some un-self-cursory updates:

I slept till 1PM on Thursday. I went to bed at 4AM. The thing is… online boutiques are… a total addiction. You do not want to go there when you are 1) broke, 2) faced with 3 weeks of deadlines.

Till today, I have not revealed those sleeping times to my boyfriend, so he is going to find out here. (hello, honey! J)

Spent Sunday with my fellow weekend counterpart, where we went from Midvalley to Pavilion then Bukit Bintang, and back to Midvalley. It was, I should stress, NOT a shopping spree. She had to get particular stuffs in those areas. I resisted La Senza’s RM89 for 5 panties deal and a whole range of stuff that I would like to mention but should rightfully forget, coz once I begin, the ball will not stop rolling.

 I managed to emerge unscathed from temptation spree, but regretfully spent on mascara and spent RM 44 on Sunday alone, including Popeye’s and transport. And do you know what Arlena said after the mall-hopping?

“Next week is SHOPPING!” with the biggest grin. I dread to think of that.

It was a good time Sunday, though. I got to catch up with her, and I was no longer walking around by myself. She is Aqua Blue eyes now J and according to her “DO NOT ever buy this colour, coz it attracts all the freaks!” and she had some pretty scary stories to share pertaining that quote. I think they are a nice colour, but they just don’t work well with Asians. I was considering purple contacts. Would it be weird? I saw that purple looked almost grey on Asian eyes in the online boutique, but I kinda doubt that. I might revert to green. Grey is the perfect colour, if you ask me.

Other than that, I’ve been watching Confessions of a Shopoholic with Ilona. Its great watching movies with a girl friend. It kinda brings you on a same wavelength as the friend, and you both end up feeling mushy together, choked up, and laughing your heads off whatever the scene is. I don’t really fancy Shopoholic coz Rebecca the main character is way dumb to attract a financial editor’s attention, and she does not know how to restrain herself from buying, buying, and buying. 

She was a little immature on that, but she is funny and at times, can’t help being cute. Some moments, I got teary eyed, and also had LOL moments as well as envy for all the clothes she has! Ilona buried her face in my lap several times when Rebecca acted dumb enough to make an eleven year old embarrassed to that extent, and hid her face when she had to hold back her laughter.

Anyway, what I predict of this week is- a lot of everything. When this week is over, I should be done with 2 quizzes, and 2 assignments, which are Media Context presentation essays and Television reporting. Which would leave me with 2 more quizzes to go, and 4 more assignments. So far so good, eh?

We’ll see how well I behave this week to warrant me a bit of shopping for Sunday.

I AM HAPPY BECAUSE!

1.      Movie day with my group mates to end accomplishment of assignment! Planned for next week =)

2.      Cat’s birthday celebration this Wednesday? Unsure, depends on circumstances, but will be thrilled if I make it!

3.      I can’t help it, but shopping this Sunday!

4.      Less assignments by the end of this week motivates me. I must repeat this mantra to myself.

5.      Vacation!