Funny Signs

I found this first sign at my sister's orchestra rehearsal. Obviously almost all of the members could ONLY read music... :p

Well, the sign says 'Please arrange your shoes neatly AND do not leave shoes in front of door'
These people obviously know how to follow written instructions :p

And this one was when we went to buy eggs at Coles in Melbourne Central... Lol!!!

Just A Few Thoughts

Why do people voluunteer themselves for situations that have negative effects on them? Why do they create their own problems and then complain about having to fix them when the problem could have been avoided altogether? I have seen so many people who get themselves into situations that get messy and unpleasant that were caused by themselves in the first place. But I guess things like that just add a breadth experience in our lives, huh?

Have movies clouded people's perceptions of reality? Have our minds been conditioned to accept what is seen on TV and in cinemas as an accurate model of the real world? I must say that to a certain extent, even the most far-fetched things we see on TV have some sort of resemblence to real life. Whether its a happy ending to a romantic comedy, or a bloody war scene... I mean, the directors and scriptwriters have to get their idea from somewhere right?

Does giving birth really hurt as much as people say it does? Because if it does, there are still a whole lot of women who are still willing to have children anyway...

First Day at Uni

I must say that I had mixed feelings about starting uni again. I was excited to see what everyone looked like after 3 months - whether they had lost/gained weight, whether they had new hairstyles, things like that. But at the same time I didn't feel ready to take the big plunge into the unexpected world of my lectures, tutorials and assignments :s

Now I'm taking a little break before heading back to uni for a meeting followed by my first orchestra rehearsal of the semester! I am very excited. I wonder what our repertoire for this concert will be. Some Gershwin maybe? *fingers crossed!!*

Before I leave, a small comment about the weather here. IT IS SO DAMN FREAKIN' HOT!!!
I have heat rashes :( And they itch... A LOT!!

Oh and this is totally unrelated to the main topic of this post but sometimes I wish I had a wire that linked my brain to my computer so that I can just think out my blog posts and it gets typed out and posted. Because I find that nowadays, the way I think sounds a lot like what I say in this blog... So I feel like my brain is in permanent 'blog mode' :p I need help!!!

My Right Contact Lense - A True Story :p

Today was a funny day. I volunteered to be a volunteer (lol :p) for this Orientation Week event similiar to the Amazing Race except people race around Melbourne and its suburbs and don't get to win $500,000 (or however much the real Amazing Race winners get). So I was stationed at the checkpoint at St Kilda Beach.

It was a very nice place to be stationed. My other check-point buddies and I had lots of fun despite the chilly sea breeze.

As we were nearing the end of our 'duty', one of my contact lenses decided to rebel and unceremoniuosly popped out of my eye and attached itself to the inside of my sunglasses. It had never happened to me before and I was stumped as to what I should do next. My friend suggested putting it in water, so I put it in my water bottle... you know, to 'rehydrate' the pitiful, pruney fella. I must say I found the whole experience very amusing!!

There is a happy ending to the story of this contact lense of mine. When I got home, I washed it in solution and put it back into the lense case. I had managed to resuscitate my poor little shrivelled up and nearly lifeless contact lense :D The End... LOL!

This week is O-week at uni and it was pretty fun to meet the 1st year students, convince them to join the IESS and just engage in random conversations with equally random people :p

These are a few pictures I took at the society table...

Our banner!!!

Our promoters

Our promoters close-up :D Colgate spokespeople anyone???

Meeee... I am TOTALLY aware of my 'brainless' expression.
Laugh all you want! Ggrr...

The Mysteries of Life

I'm the kind of person where everything has to be layed out clearly in front of me and routine is the most important thing in the world (well, not really but you get the picture).

So it comes as no surprise that I am a total failure at analysing people since most of the time, there are no set patterns and no perfect stereotype. Even then, I seem to subconsciously categorise people into little labelled compartments to be stored in my head for further perusal at my leisure. Gosh, I sound psychotic! But seriously, it just comes naturally to me.

The point is that no matter how hard I try to fit everyone into these compartments I've come up with, there always is something that doesn't add up and I end up with a lot of 'unclassifieds' (if that is an actual word?).

An important part of how I deal and interact with the people around me is by this exact process. I need to know what type of person someone is before I can accurately respond to him or her. This all happens very quickly in my brain but the moment I start doing it, I get annoyed at myself for being so darn technical about anything and everything. Spontaneity is what makes this world go round... at least that is what I think. Therefore, its a good thing that not everyone in this world is like me!

I think its both good and bad that I think so much about things. It means that I seldom do anything with serious consequences, but it also means that there is hardly any chance of something truly amazing happening to me. It sucks A LOT. But I guess its a choice that I made, and I'm not sure whether I am ready to be more off-the-cuff, unrehearsed, ad-lib...? I don't think I am ready to face the negative repercussions of certain risks that other people take in life. Call me a coward, and perhaps I am. But I am smart enough to acknowledge the fact that only when I have the courage to do something and be mentally prepared to face the consequences, then will I be able to do things that could possibly make my life more fulfilling.

The greatest mystery of life in my opinion is fate. How it works, whether we really can control it, whether we can forsee it...

I'm tired now and I'm not even sure if all of the above makes sense. I hope it does... in some roundabout way. Sorry for being long-winded!

My Granny Brain

I forgot to watch House yesterday :(
Well, I remembered in time to watch the last 2 minutes of it... But then I found out that Numbers was after that!! :D Then I didn't feel so bad after all.