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I am aware I owe Certain Persons email. They're nearly done, I promise! Just that I keep procrastinating on sending them for some reason. ^^;;;;
...went out for karaoke with, among others, greykings and ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) reisha today. Lots of fun and wrongness! I mention the above two specifically because greykings is privy to the abuse of the b-word by the other aforenamed; I shall leave you to your speculations on the off chance that anyone reading this is interested. XD;
Realise that examinations and lots of assignments are due soon. This depresses me.
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
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| Subject: | It's a weird feeling. |
| Time: | 12:10 am. |
| Mood: | insomniac. |
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( weird ramblings of an insomniac, ignore if you wish )
In less weird news, sometimes it's really the little things that make you happy when you don't know whether you're being blind and nasty or just overly sensitive. Like.. Hirai Ken! XD I still love his classic songs best, of course. But one of his newest ones, where he sings in a style usually more suited to a teenage, high pitched female pop singer- still makes me grin stupidly. I like political satire. But people who are too self-righteous make my skin crawl. Which is one of the reasons why I like YMCA (the song) so much. Brilliant piece, gets its message across, pokes fun at all the right holes, and is so catchy one can hate it but must love it.
...ok, I shall stop here now because I don't actually understand what I've just written.
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
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| Subject: | Orz |
| Time: | 12:03 am. |
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Today I was in Kinokuniya looking at the Heinlein shelf (yes I know, I don't really need more books especially when I'm totally behind on my work but oh well) when this book caught my eye: I Will Fear No Evil. The blurb reads something like this:
"As startling and provocative as his famous Stranger in a Strange Land, here is Heinlein's awesome masterpiece about a man supremely talented, immensely old and obscenely wealthy who discovers that money can buy everything. Even a new life in the body of a beautiful young woman."
I felt it sounded interesting. But I also thought my dad might have the book, so I called him to check. Now, he had previously told me that he had every Heinlein book.
Me: Hi Dad, just want to check, do you have I Will Fear No Evil?
Dad: *pause* No, I don't have that one. It's the only one I don't have. I threw it away. Too scary.
Me: ..you threw away a book?
Dad: Yes, too scary.
..so of course, I had to have it. Haha. ilu dad.
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
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| Subject: | This icon has nothing to do with the post below |
| Time: | 6:35 pm. |
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My tax professor is evil. He'll be talking about something esoteric yet million-making and then he'll segue into something completely unrelated to law (such as how he really wants to study mosquitoes and why they don't spread the aids virus) and then he'll be describing a particular problem (clawbacks for capital allowances in assets/division divestiture) before he starts on the utter state of PANIC his clients tend to be in when they bring it to him (according to him, the poor guys are like "I wish I could just wish my problems away!!"). And he's like, "I love it. I really love it!"
....I would say I want to be my professor when I grow up but I don't think I could ever reach his levels of awesome or evil.
In other news, had class from 9-3.30 on CNY eve. Back and stuffed. Tired. Happy Chinese New Year.
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
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| Subject: | School kills me |
| Time: | 7:48 pm. |
| Mood: |  I got thar kicking myself. |
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Part of this is the monthly attack of the hormones, but.
...I got insurance. To explain, add/drop results were posted today and I was assigned the module insurance law, which I /had/ wanted but didn't have much hope of getting given that there was only one space free at the end of the registration period. So I prepared for the other choices instead.
What this means is that now I have to prepare for the three weeks of insurance that I missed, plus I have sort of just wasted the work I did for the other modules. Some might say I brought this down on myself. At the very least I should have slacked completely. Haha. XD;;
Additionally, I'm sort of kicking myself for staying in Intelligence law. It was my "indulgence" module- just something fun in the middle of courses I was taking because they'd be more useful in my work later. Not that the other modules aren't fun, of course, just that intellectual diversity has its appeal. But I don't really get along with the lecture style of the class, which is heavily centered around the assigned readings. All the lecturer seems to be doing is asking questions about what's in what we've read! I mean, I can understand how explanations might be needed in a highly abstract, theoretical class, or one involving principles from another discipline, but, honestly? Intelligence is exotic as far as classes go but the themes the subject involves aren't unfamiliar or esoteric to anyone who has gone through public law or any human rights class, which most of the students in the class ought to have done. Furthermore, in law school, I think most of the students at least have some standard at least of English comprehension ability and basic discipline (or at least the capacity to bear the responsibility for their choice not to study). So why run the class like a protracted comprehension exercise? zzz.
Perhaps I can put the wasted work in perspective when I think about all the reading I did for Family law as well.. and that I also dropped... oh well, at least I did learn things. And I guess it really is my own fault for not planning my modules better. And having perverse luck. Haha.
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Friday, January 4th, 2008
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Had the most awful time (physically speaking) after eating at TCC, Funan, and being served what I suspect was a cup of water that still had detergent in it- the back of my throat burned immediately after I drank it, I felt dizzy and everything began to taste bad. I seem to be ok today, though, so it isn't that bad, but catch me going back there again!
It's nearly four, but I'm still sleepy.. zzz..
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Thursday, December 20th, 2007
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| Subject: | For Liz |
| Time: | 11:19 pm. |
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Retarded Shoujo Jo-chan was (probably XD) talking about: Koukou Debut (link should work, if not try here.
It's hilarious, character driven shoujo.
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007
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| Subject: | Dead.Stressed. |
| Time: | 10:32 am. |
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So I find it hard to concentrate, I just want to go do other things. So I'm behind on studying for the exams on Tuesday and Wednesday. Ok, big deal, what is new? At least I strove to pay attention in tax class, so my notes should be passable.
BUT I AM READING THE CASES AND HAVING A TOTALLY DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION OF THEM FROM WHAT THE TEACHER SAID IN MY NOTES. Eg. CIR v Hang Seng. Stated in notes, case is authority for proposition that profits must be apportioned according to the stages where they arise in or derive from different places. This is done by splicing up the steps of production and apportioning accordingly. BUT IT IS IN FACT ONLY DICTA and they didn't give as detailed an explanation as my notes would suggest. In fact I wouldn't know how to apply such an apportionment exercise should it come up! Great, I will just have to say why it should not apply where clear!
/end ranting.
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Monday, November 26th, 2007
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| Subject: | As a calming exercise- |
| Time: | 8:27 pm. |
| Mood: |  tired. |
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Things to do when I finish exams. (in no particular order)
Bake. I have a mango cake recipe somewhere I've been wanting to try.
Play Warcraft!!
Karaoke
Shop for a new tea/coffee tumbler
Buy new shoes
Mail professor about helping with symposium
Read new things
Clear up room.
Exercise (at least a bit!)
Sleep.
Watch Kuitan (Higashiyama is intriguing!)
Maybe do a translation project or two, to improve my Japanese
Things I will probably do after exams. (knowing my personality)
- Play Warcraft.
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
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So, the other day, I took the bus home that follows the rather meandering former national stadium route. It was getting late, and as I glanced out of the bus window my attention was caught by the field (ok, the carpark) of hazy orange streetlights, seemingly all suspended in neat rows. "Hmm," I thought to myself. "This is a pretty scene. It reminds me of something. What does it remind me of?"
...DISEMBODIED PUMPKINS!
Yes, I know, I need help. I accept Visa, Paypal, and inappropriate inducements. XD
( something that annoyed me )
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Friday, September 7th, 2007
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Gosh, I feel really, really stupid. I came to school from Jo-chan's place rather than home today and was all about congratulating myself about getting there earlier than the starting time of 6.30 despite being unfamiliar with the route. Then I went to class and shock it was already in full swing. (I didn't go in.) I know there was some rescheduling because of a class that was cancelled because of a talk, but I'd thought it was only to add 15min to the end of a class and I didn't need to go early. Then I logged on to the school internet to check the timetable.
Class starts at 3 today. *smacks head* (it's an intensive class and usually those start at 6.30 so I didn't think that this one would be early.)
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
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| Time: | 10:16 pm. |
| Mood: |  thirsty. |
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School. Ah how I miss and, uh, don't miss you, given that you're in full swing. Thus far it's been ok. I guess. Barring possibly Conflicts, which has me deeply, deeply confused. I suppose I'll have to go read the assigned texts again, and work out an outline or something. I like Competition Law even if I keep falling asleep during it (we've been doing the economics bits, which is thus far mostly a rehash of what we learnt at A levels- also it's a morning class) and I like my other classes as well.
I don't fall asleep during Tax law, because the teacher is wicked brilliant (not that my Competition tutor isn't, but my Tax teacher is a different species of wicked altogether. ^^;;). I mentioned that I don't quite know where to put him on a moral taxonomy. I still don't, because once he's through telling us all about the evils of people who don't pay tax, he'll be outlining a devious plan to /not/ pay tax and being pleased at its brilliance. In the *outlines subtly brilliant brilliant scheme* "see, that's how good tax lawyers think!" (me: huh?) kind of way. He's also hilariously good at putting us into black depression. I hope I get better at tax law as we learn more. My lack of facility with the subject scares me, but in a way I guess this cuts at the heart of what corporate lawyers do when they structure transactions, and has to be learned. There's no point in having lawyers if commercial interaction is always the same, after all.
Stopped by Kino and picked up Dolls 4 today. It comes with another mini drama cd~! It's also very pink. (♥suzuken♥)
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Sunday, August 19th, 2007
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Dear Neglected Livejournal,
Goodness, it's been a long time. Nothing much here, but Jo-chan did want some recipes, so I'm posting them below, along with a few comments. (Of course I didn't write them, I've only tried them once or twice, with mixed results ^^.)
( Macaroni and Cheese )
( Ginger Cookies )
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I will update soon but for now just a quick anecdote: one knows that one's dress sense requires updating when one asks one's mother about one's chosen form of dress and said mother replies "you look so old! so old fashioned!"
...though actually, I can't really bring myself to care. I've been feeling woozy lately, maybe it's the dust from the demolition that just finished.
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One stupid thing (among many) I have done lately: changing the password to my school email and then forgetting it. Of course, now I have to access my email but it is late and all the school hotlines are down, and of course we don't seem to have any retrieval system for passwords, as compared to pin numbers (which I do actually remember). I tried a few, remembering only that it was vaguely related to what I had on my mind at the moment, but given that the subject itself is pretty broad that is pretty much a lost cause. What a doofus am I!
Casualties
Pupillage: 1 Aine: 0
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I live! And I end my internship on Friday.
(Identity crisis, really. I mean, I dunno what I want to do, what I can do.. oh never mind.)
So.. karaoke next Monday anyone?
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Re Naruto 353: Why is Itachi prettier than his brother? And why am I surprised?
..anyway. At Meia's party today, I drank a glass of alcoholic drink down too quickly and developed a headache. Not a terribly bad headache or anything, only one that's extant, very palpable, and just very much there. I don't think I'm drunk or anything, but my face apparently flushed. >.< To try and improve my alcohol tolerance, or to just stay away from too much alcohol as I usually do.. I think my route is #2 if only because it's the lazy person's route. Oh well.
(ps. the icon refers to no one in particular, I only wanted to have a chance to use it, and swearing at alcohol seems like as good an opportunity as any.)
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FYI: Tired. Bought a gym membership for 6 weeks (though I'll probably only go s'long as my internship lasts) and just went there today. I usually do no exercise at all, so, even though I didn't do anything particularly strenuous, I am dead tired.
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One day at internship and already I've managed to do something stupid. Not terminally stupid, though, (I fervently, fervently hope) and they do say one quality needed to survive as a lawyer is a thick skin, so, as I've not yet done anything against my conscience I suppose I must endeavor to clear the mess I've made of myself.
...putting this on livejournal sure is cathartic.
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Right. Karaoke tomorrow, if interested message me?
Exams over; internship starts soon (8 May to 1 June). Need to prepare. Sunday out Saturday free for baking. Tired. Not up to typing in whole sentences. Will catch up on correspondence and stuff soon. (And actually talk to people personally rather than putting this lame thing on my blog! ^^;;;;) Still have this craving for ramen. So. Will go eat bathe and decide day.
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