Feel like Chris Browning someone right about now

So I had a semi-bad day that doesn't have much prospect of getting better.

I was going to take it out of Chris Brown, he of the gold-Rolex-throwing fame, but decided against it, because that's already been done and dusted. The fact that he attempted to throw a Rolex that costs as much as my car 'to safety' because it was starting to come loose speaks volumes about him anyway.

Isn't he just the coolest guy evarrrr?!

Back to the topic at hand.

Today was semi-bad mostly because the seminar that I, and, to a certain extent, Danny, had been planning for the better part of the last three months ended up with three people attending. Three. Out of 21 people that had said they were attending on Facebook.

Yeah, I know it's Facebook. I understand that you should probably expect half the people listed as 'Attending' to actually attend. I just don't understand the people that had class, and said they were attending. I mean, clearly they had no intention to do so. Why they felt compelled to put themselves down as attending I'll never know. Many lessons learnt, and all that.

What sucked the most was that it was actually quite a good gig. Like, I was actually interested. It was a lot better than I originally expected it to be.

Oh well. It matters little now. I just would've liked for something that I put a bit of effort to come off.

On a (very) bright note, Arsenal signed a bazillion people last night! Almost literally. Probably most excited about Arteta, and most satisfied with Mertesacker. Hasn't quite sunk in yet. Not that I'm THAT happy about it, it's just hard to envision them in the jersey. Something to look forward to I guess.

Also, I finally got my copy of the deluxe edition of Watch the Throne. Incidentally, the first CD I've bought in almost a decade. Amazing record, just for the fact that Jay-Z and Kanye are up on it. More on that later.

Word of the Day: Rolex 

First world problem #483435329872

So I got Vac Work at Deloitte.

Woooooo!!!

Gotta organise dinners, drinks, etc.

While I was ecstatic immediately after being told, for some reason, I'm a bit in the dumps right now.

I think it's all the worrying about things that shouldn't be worried about.

Like, for example, my Leaders Program seminar thing that I'm running. I'm worried that it will be lame, that no-one will turn up, that we won't get another guest speaker, etc. But then, I reason with myself. How bad can it possibly be? At worst, it will just end up with me cringing in a corner.

It also doesn't help that the person running this program appears to be a bit disorganised. She sends us sporadic emails, doesn't tell us when we need to tell her things by, etc. Whatever.

My workload is also immense. Like, a towering tower of immenseness. If there were a comparative metaphor representing how immense my workload in first-year is compared to now, it would be as a mouse compared to an elephant. The biggest elephant on Earth. With a rhino perched on top. And a finch. I like finches.

In amongst uni work and part-time work, I've also got to get Rui's present, Father's Day present, Michelle's birthday present, and I have two job interviews this week. I'm seriously thinking about bailing on the one on Thursday. It's a really long one, and I'm pretty sure I won't be available to do the job anyway even if they wanted me to.

To cap it all off, I'm slightly worried about Arsenal and the rut they're in right now. I have no idea what's going on with that team. It seems like a conspiracy theory when I say it, but there's something fishy going on there. Why do they never spend any real money? It's been squillions of years since any established players have been bought. We let one of the best players in the world go (for probably about 60% of his actual market price, I might add), a half-decent left-back, and about to lose one of our best performers of last season. And yet, we haven't actually done nearly enough to replace them.

It can't just purely be because of Wenger's philosophy. Surely he, being in the know, is able to see the deficiencies that anybody who knows anything about football can see. Why does he not seem to have the money to fix it, despite always saying otherwise? Strikes me as being a bit bizarre.

Anyway, we're almost half way through the semester! That means about 8 weeks away from summer holidays! Yes, I am conveniently ignoring the existence of exams!

Word of the Day: Squillions

Talking to the songbird yesterday

Obviously, that last post wasn't me.

Anyway, life.

Life has been fairly good of late.

Pretty much what's been happening has gone something like this.

We finished the Leaders Program, and had dinner at the Cranlana Mansion, which was pretty alright.

Not two days after that, I had my grand birthday bash thingo. According to a lot of people, it was a blast. Or, at least, pretty fun.

Personally, I thought the pinata was a fantastic idea. I had my doubts, but my friends have this ability to make anything fun.

Actually, I had my doubts about the whole thing in general, because I don't feel as though I'm a very entertaining person in general. But it turned out alright, mostly because my friends and family are awesome are making things awesome e.g. bringing Edward Cullen in as a birthday card. Gotta love it.

I'm yet to send out thank-yous and all that, but hopefully I'll get around to it soon.

Also, I felt like a bit of a beast afterwards, because I had about five shots, a champagne, and a beer, and I was not affected at all, whereas all my alcoholic friends were collapsing like proverbial houses of cards. Good times and all, but seriously, never drinking tequila ever again. Absolutely vile substance. I was mowing the lawn the other day, and I was just thinking to myself, "Man, something smells like tequila." It eventually came to my realisation that it was the petrol.

A few days after that, we went on a roadtrip to Rye. We being a bunch of friends.

A good roadtrip. In some ways, better than the last. The personnel was better (that's not to say that I dislike all the people that didn't come, it's just that some people that did come this time were quite awesome. Well, I have a distinct non-like of some people that came last time, but whatever). It was a bit too short though, but that's life. I also got to test out the spanking-new DSLR that my friends got me for my 21st, which was great. Also, I played guitar. People seemed to enjoy that a little bit, which was good. 'Songbird', by Oasis, I think, will become my party piece. Works out quite well.



Short, sweet, easy to play, and very, very tender. Well, at least, the way I sing it is. Liam, as always, kind of butchers it. It can also double up as my serenading piece.

My heart is like an open highway

I hate getting crushes. I really do. Most annoying things ever. Simultaneously distracting, depressing, and uplifting. Far out.

But if this were not to happen, would i truly be human?

Look at me. Two days into this Leaders thing, and I'm already being all philosophical and stuff.

Today, I also got 'U Remind Me' by Usher stuck in my head again. I think it's been on here once before (or maybe twice. Or maybe three times. Or maybe just once), so I won't do it again.

Also, on a completely random note, overly-clingy boyfriends annoy me. Clingy to the point where it's almost as if they're stalking their girlfriend. Like, seriously, do you have to to be everywhere that she is at any given moment? I mean, it's not like he's cutting my lunch or anything, this possibly-hypothetical male, but it just irks me for some inexplicable reason.

Overly-clingy girlfriends annoy me less. I guess it's mostly to do with the fact that it's more normal. More being a key word there. Amongst the other key words.

Word of the Day: Simultaneously

I swear they just get more and more annoying

For the life of me I cannot understand the mentality of people that go out looking for fights. Then again, as my parents always say, if I understood, I'd be one of them.

There I am, having lunch with my family at Knox, when this jerk, who looks no older than 10, shines a laser in my eye. I stare him down, he thinks it's funny, so I stare him down some more. He decides that it's not really that funny after all, and decides to stop being a jerk. It really makes my blood boil, people who randomly pick fights. If I wasn't worried that a tap on the shoulder from me would probably end up with him hospitalised, I would've been at him straight away. I was staring at him as he left. The pansy wouldn't even meet my eye. Lesson for today: guys (and I use that term loosely in this case) who wear purple hoodies, with the hood on inside, are most likely annoying Justin Bieber-wannabes.

In hindsight, he probably thought that all Asians were shy and easily bullied. Not in my part of town, idiot child.

Anyway, enough about annoying, irritating, cocky, ego-tripping pre-teens. On to some happier stuff.

Which I don't have much of right now. Just started at the accounting practice, am reasonably adept at what I've learnt to do so far (well, at least I think so), and have only managed to get lost on the way there twice. Oh. Wait. I've only been there twice. Hmm.

Oh, Arsenal won last night. Top of the league!!! For about five minutes. But still. Any good news is welcome right about now. Or any time really. Watching it made me pretty nervous, but it wouldn't be watching Arsenal if it were any other way.

I'm finding it quite difficult to organise stuff to do with people, mostly owing to the fact that nobody really seems to have a desire to do anything other than Banh. I understand that some are busy. Others are just...meh. I dunno. Whatever. I don't really mind anymore. I have plenty of stuff that I can spend time doing in the absence of people, friends or otherwise. Cleaning my room, for instance. Or reading my Leaders readings. Or...yeah. Okay. Guess I'll just have to drag out the room-cleaning process a bit longer.

Word of the Day: Pre-teen

G-Star Shmee Star

I have no idea why I'm still awake at this time, but I am. I'm being kept awake by this weird unsettling feeling unease I get every now and again. I think it's to do with the fear of results this time around.

Anyway. I should be tired, due to lack of sleep, but I'm not. Well, not at the moment anyway. I was a few hours ago.

So I might as well talk about today while I'm here.

Today was the induction into the Leader's Program. We finally found out what we signed up for, and it doesn't seem half-bad. Kind of looking forward to it actually.

So yeah. I kind of got to know a friend that I didn't know so well before a little bit better, which is excellent. I love it when that happens.

Afterwards, Victor, Kanji and I went shopping at Chaddy. Looked at some overpriced G-Star stuff, bought some stuff, and stuff like that. Stuff.

Alright. I think that'll be it for now. Probably should go to bed. Maroon 5 tickets to buy and all tomorrow morning.

Word of the Day: Stuff

Nine out of ten

Wow. I just had a pretty good day today. Amazing, right?

It is when you're me.

Anyway. I scored a job at a family friend's accounting practice. Although she'll be paying me practically peanuts, I don't really care. I could pay her to give me the job and I'd still take it.

That happened at the start of the day.

In the afternoon, I found out that I got into the Leader's Program. Although I'm still not too sure what that entails, the fact that it was (apparently) hard to get into makes me somewhat happy.

Also this morning, Arsenal thrashed whoever they were playing in the Champions League AND Eduardo scored against his old club. Can't ask for much more of a perfect game than that.

Here's to more good happenings tomorrow.

Word of the Day: Peanuts