i graduate today!

i guess today is an important phase in my life where i finish my
formal educational studies and begin working. Had a bit of stuff to
do today. Yesterday i helped my grandpa buy a computer system, but
the pci wireless card seemed to be faulty. So today we sent it back
for repairs. They said they'll be ready in a few hours so i'm just
waiting for the call from them. Then about 6 i leave the house and go
to the ceremony and hopefully it all goes well from there. i'm only a
little stressed atm. i spent last night chatting with Safina.
Haven't really played much in ages. Did i get bored? Or was i too
busy? Or both? Hmmm. Dunno what to do atm.

Finished Uni

i've finished my last exam on friday and have officially finished all my uni studies. The exam went ok. i was afraid i didn't write enough notes before the exam but a lot of what i DID write appeared in the exam so it was pretty good for me. i dunno whats it gonna be like now. No more uni. Have to start looking for work then. i wanted to do a manual part time job which would be really cool but my parents won't let me because i would have a uni degree. They want me to start in an office straight away. i can't understand them. They always make it difficult. i've been playing Super Mario and Megaman recently. Platform games are kinda cool coz u can run real fast and shoot bad guys and jump crazy distances. i also have to start planning my birthday bbq too. i thought i would be really depressed after i finish uni but luckily i don't seem to be feeling that way. i'm glad i have contact details of my uni friends. For the past 2 weeks i have been using Mozilla Firefox coz somehow Internet Explorer stopped working. It's pretty cool. Theres tabs which is pretty useful. Yesterday i tried to install the new printer which my dad bought. It literally chewed up every sheet of paper that it tried to roll through. We took it back to the shops and exchanged it for another one. This one worked perfectly. Its an Epson Stylus Photo R210. It can print on cds which is pretty cool. i'm having a bit of trouble installing the ink check software which tells the computer how much ink is left. i would be in the garden today mowing the lawn and digging up weeds. Our garden is filled with flowers which would be good if they weren't all weeds.

ICT325 Exam

i think i did quite well in the exam today. i understood all the questions and wrote heaps on them. i dunno what happened after the exams. It could be the last time that i would see some of my uni friends so i was kinda sad. i really dunno what to do. i thought i could keep being happy, but apparently not. Nobody understands. Bummer, i feel down again. i might as well try a little bit harder. Thats what everyone says. They just don't know how difficult it is i guess. My next exam is next week on Friday. After that i would be walking on the unknown. Lost as ever.

Project Presentations

i went to look at my friends' project presentations yesterday. They were really good. Later we spent the day talking about crap. At the end of all the presentations we all went to the Kardinya tavern coz there was a free bar tab. i only had coke though coz i was driving. It was alright...people talking and laughing and stuff. i played pool with my friends and lost every game. It was kinda sad for me coz it could be the last time hanging around with my uni friends. All the crap we've been through and we're at the end. Its like completing a very good RPG game. Now its like i have to find something else to do. After the tavern i drove Jamie back to uni for him to sober up. We somehow met Sue in the ps labs. Yeh we haven't seen Sue for ages, so i guess its kinda like fate that we should see as much of our uni friends as possible. Ok i have to study for my exam on wednesday and try not to think too much about my personal problems.

Triple Crown

i went to Triple Crown on Friday. It was alright but wasn't really special. Before Triple Crown, i went to Jonny's place where we hanged out for a while. Jonny somehow drank a dozen bottles of beer. We then went to another friend's house down the road where we chilled and watched Britney Spears on DVD. i can't believe that Jonny secretly left for Triple Crown. i guess i can forgive him coz he was really drunk. i was probably the only sober one around at Jonny's friends house. Later i offered to take Kerren and a couple of drunk people to Triple Crown so they wouldn't have to pay for a Taxi. At Triple Crown the place was packed. i met some uni friends talked with them and later i drank a little. i wish i had more tolerance coz i lose myself too easily...Kerren, drunk as ever, pulled me with him onto a small, raised stage packed with people. i was a little out of it and dancing a while when suddenly Kerren fell off the stage. Luckily he was all right. We decided to go to Metros in Freo. i wanted to go coz i never been before. i didn't know where it was so i kinda forced Kerren into my car so he could direct me. It was pretty hard to stop him jumping into bushes and fighting with his friends. i also took a couple of other people with me to Metros. We ate a little at Hungry Jacks across the road from it. Anyways i think Metros was pretty crap that night. The music was really bad. i left the place around 2 and drove home. On Saturday i played Resident Evil 2 on the computer. i forced my lil bro to watch me play it coz i'm too scared to play it alone. Zombies seem to jump out of walls and windows and one way mirrors. i finished the game today. Thinking about goin to uni tomorrow to study...

Stoopid paragraph

i'm supposed to finish a journal by friday, but its really hard to get focused. i've written a paragraph and have been staring at the same paragraph for the last few days. Not good progress. Argghh. i'm goin to the Triple Crown party on Friday. i've always been making excuses not to go on all the previous years, but since this is my final year i feel like i have an obligation to go...i wonder what it's gonna be like? Probably a lot of drunk people...i just finished watchin Spiderman 2 on dvd. It's not bad...i'm gonna try and work on my journal now. i hope nothing distracts me.

Past memories

i've been thinking a lot about the past during the weekend. Kinda makes me sad that i'm gonna be saying goodbye to uni life soon. i had a lot of fun and made many friends. i'm gonna miss the time i had with friends in ECL labs and then later in PS labs. i might even miss all the late nights i spend in the labs. Its been a place where i could do homework in peace and meditate and reflect on my life. Its also a place where i chilled with many friends as we did uni work. i spent all of yesteday night capturing 2 tapes of holiday video from the dv camera to the computer. Took 3 hours to burn it on dvd. i let the computer auto shut after the burning completes. When i woke up today the computer was switched off, but the dvd burner drive was ejected with the finished dvd. i tested the dvd and the quality on it was very very good. Much more better and clearer than vcd. However it did take some time though. The two videos in the computer took 15 GIGS. The price we pay for quality. i'm at uni at the moment. Spent the past couple of hours organising my bag again. Also printed out lecture notes and readings.

Finished Assignment!

i spent the past week working on my assignment and finally finished it today and uploaded it 10 mins before the deadline. Also i've seem to have caught a really bad cold, but luckily i'm over the worst of it. i am relieved that i have no more critiques to write up. However uni seems to be nearly ending for me so i guess i have to start looking for a job soon. Bummer. i don't know how to feel about everything. i don't know a lot of things... even the things that i think are important for me to know.

Heavy load of homework

At uni again. Been here since 8:30am. Actually not entirely at uni. In the afternoon i went to Garden City with a friend. That was kinda good to get out and relax a bit. But back at uni now and its so boring. i saw a lot of friends today. i guess that's good. Had lunch/dinner with Christy and Jamie at Hungry Jacks. i have to cut back on my junk food intake. Right now i'm a loner at uni. Assignment is coming along fine, but haven't started work on the critiques yet. i was allowed to delay my critique from last week, so now i have two whole critiques to write up. i hope i get at least one critique done tonight. Uber bummer...

Sleeping at uni

i'm in the uni labs again working on assignment. Or at least trying to work on it. Fell asleep a few times whilst listening to music on my zen. i'll probably stay here till around 12. Hopefully i'll get a third of it done. i saw my tutor here a while ago... she said i did well in my previous assignment. i hope she didn't mistake me for another Chris. There's like 2 other Chris's in the same tute. The assignment i'm supposed to be doin now is terribly boring. Bummer. Noone in the labs now. At least i got my zen to fight the quiet mechanical hum of computers and air-cons. i summon punk, rock, jpop, dance, chinese and country music! i'll try not to fall asleep again. Back to uber boring assignment. Have to stay sane.

have to wait again

Looks like i'll have to wait till tomorrow before i know...another unexpected turn in my life...bummer. i finished my essay at 2:30pm yesterday. i think i did quite good...gonna spend the day writing up a critique. Am at uni now waiting for my sis to do her group work with her group so i can give her a lift back. i wonder how long she'll take? Lucky i got my zen with me. i have so many hours of music to listen to. And it charges through the USB port of a computer. =) It's very convenient.

Feeling lost atm

The unexpected always comes for me. Things never turn out the way i expected even when i thought i planned for everything. Really dunno how to feel. Am so lost as always. Bummer i still have to finish my 3000 essay by 3pm today. Thats a little over 5 hours from now. i wonder if it can make it in time? Its so hard to think right now. Its worth 30% of my final grade. Maybe i should think of how i'll feel after i've finished it. Relieved? Hmmm tempting. Promised myself to not keep my hopes up so i guess i shouldn't...i wonder whats gonna happen tomorrow? i just need to know.

Always more uni work

i presented my seminar yesterday. Talked for about half an hour...got a HD for it!! =) i've just spent over an hour sorting through all the readings and lecture notes and marked submissions in my bag. Took me so long to organise all the paper. But at least i got it done. Now i have to write up my journals which are due tomorrow. i should be able to finish it by today. And then on the weekend i have to do a 3000 word essay. =( It never ends, i'm gonna die doin homework. i hardly see any of my friends anymore. They all seem to have disappeared... maybe its coz they graduated already or are doin different units. Bummer, alone again. What else is new?

Eagles Lost =(

Bummer. Eagles only lost by 4 points. i hate Sydney...they play so dirty. i'm at uni now doin the critique for the week. Gotta try to focus a little more. i have a lot on my mind. Going to come to uni again tomorrow to start the work for the seminar. Lecturer said it's a hard topic. Bummer again. Still have journals and a 6000 word essay to do. Watched a comedy movie with my cousin on Thursday. It wasn't really that good. i'd prefer a horror even though i'm scared of horror movies. Action movies would be good too. Bummer, i should get back to my massive homework load.

Better now

i'm feeling better now. Or at least better than i was yesterday. i have enough hope to get by, but not so much as i can get crushed again from. i've got other stuff to focus on.. such as my journals, critique, research essay, assignment and a seminar i have to prepare by next week. If i die, i would rather die trying. Pain? i've been through worse.

Torn down

i broke one of the few rules i ever made...never ever to keep my hopes up. Now i feel like i have nothing to live for. i'm really crushed. i need time to think and be alone...i don't want want people barging into this room. LEAVE ME ALONE IDIOTS! Its frigging annoying. i want my privacy...i'm very pissed at the moment. i want to be alone for now. Everybody seems to be disturbing me. i don't want to make it through the week. i can't understand why i was ever born. All i get is misery. There is also uni stuff to worry about. When do i graduate? Why da F*** does everybody ask me that. It has nothing to do with them. Only me. Its really annoying. i have no idea...i have no idea what to do after i graduate. i don't even see myself graduating and finishing uni. No job, no future, no life.

Eagles in Grand Final!

Woopee, i watched the game on TV and it was pretty evenly matched. Crows almost caught up but Eagles managed to kick a couple more goals to stay safe. One of the best games i've seen. They better win the grand final. i've also just finished watching FF7 advent children. Its really awesome. i want a sword like Cloud's. Can be split up into serveral swords or attached together as one. Awesome stuff. Yuffie and Tifa also look extremly attractive...damn animation is getting so realistic now. Fight scenes were extremly entertaining. Makes the Matrix's fight scenes seem extremly dull. Also motorbike chases are so extreme, that the fighters fight on and off their bikes at high speed with melee and ranged weapons. FF7 had one of the greatest story lines ever, and its pretty cool that they use the story to make a movie out of it. Thinking about going to uni tomorrow to write up my critiques and journals. i don't want to get too lazy. i'm also feeling a bit unwell. Maybe i ate too much chicken cacciatore.

Very Confused

i finally finished my assignment and have already uploaded it. i'm gonna relax today and spend the weekend working on the critiques for the week. i asked her out again on wednesday but she says she was busy...i was really down but didn't have much time to dwell on it coz of the assignment. i was really happy when she asked if i wanted to watch a movie with her after the assignment. That was just the day after. It probably didn't mean anything for her though. Honestly girls are very confusing sometimes. i'll probably get torn down into pieces in the end, but i only live once and i still want to try even though i'm expecting to be really hurt later on. i really don't want to keep my hopes up. Thats just suicidal. Hmm so much homework to do. i have to prepare a seminar, start the 3000 word essay, and finish my journals and critiques. Bummer.

Very Happy

i was so happy yesterday...my parents bought me a zen! i promise that i will do anything they say for the next 5 years or until i pay them back. i'm at uni right now listening to it and also writing up my critique for the week. i'll finish in the next 2 hours then i can start on my ICT325 assignment. Also our new neighbours who recently moved in gave us some home cooked muffins. They must be really nice. i can't believe that i have zen that will give me music whenever i need it. Thats already one of my four goals that i have in my life. The remaining three are: a job, a car and a girl.

At uni again

Here i am doin essays and stuff at uni. i'm gonna try and get my work done before midnight tonight. Have to write up a 1000 word critique and an outline for a 3000 word essay. i just can't work from home. There's too many distractions. At uni here now and i am the only one in these labs...its so quiet here. All i can hear is the sound of my fingers hitting the keyboard, the quiet humming of the computers and the air conditioning unit. All the computers except this one has a black screen because they're in stand by mode. Kinda peaceful...lonely, but peaceful. i should be able to do my work here.