farewell little computer. you have served me well.
due to the aforementioned handsome lads heading to hamburg tomorrow, my computer is to be returned this afternoon. such an event will bring with it a variety of consequences:
a) i will have a whole lot of space on my desk.
b) i will have no exam procrastination options.
c) i will be given back my deposit!
of course i shall be visiting - but from the computer lab up the road.
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
so here i am. one thesis down, and five exams to go. quite the anti-climax really.
whereas the last exam period was full of coldness, rain and gloomy clouds, now it seems leuven has finally submitted to the sun. this makes it slightly more difficult when it comes to studying, but i surprisingly got quite a lot achieved at the park today, so perhaps i can escape my bedroom more often now. which would be wonderful.
my blog entries, my msn chatting and my general emailing will be coming to a bit of a halt soon. this computer is due back on friday at the rental shop. so once again the saga of carrying these boxes half way across town will be undertaken - hopefully by two handsome lads who wish to impress me with their strength.
of course this does not make me disappear from the rest of the world. no doubt i'll make trips up to the computer lab but obviously not with quite the same frequency as turning on the computer every morning when i wake up!
my future plans are set a bit more in stone now. or at least in receipts. so just as an update, here's the latest:
7th june: exam one
9th june: exam two
15th june: exam three
16th june: exam four
18th june: exam five
- from the 18th until the 2nd i will endeavour to completely relax. some of us may (if it's cheap) fly back to barcelona girona and camp on a beach for a few days. otherwise just will do nothing or take day trips out of leuven.
2nd july: graduate
3rd july: fly to turkey
- nearing the end of july my daddy is coming to visit me in turkey! hurrah!
29th july: return to belgium
- between then and the 13th august i shall make my way across to england
13th august: fly from london to toronto
- sometime mid-late october i fly back in to auckland. date still to be confirmed.
whereas the last exam period was full of coldness, rain and gloomy clouds, now it seems leuven has finally submitted to the sun. this makes it slightly more difficult when it comes to studying, but i surprisingly got quite a lot achieved at the park today, so perhaps i can escape my bedroom more often now. which would be wonderful.
my blog entries, my msn chatting and my general emailing will be coming to a bit of a halt soon. this computer is due back on friday at the rental shop. so once again the saga of carrying these boxes half way across town will be undertaken - hopefully by two handsome lads who wish to impress me with their strength.
of course this does not make me disappear from the rest of the world. no doubt i'll make trips up to the computer lab but obviously not with quite the same frequency as turning on the computer every morning when i wake up!
my future plans are set a bit more in stone now. or at least in receipts. so just as an update, here's the latest:
7th june: exam one
9th june: exam two
15th june: exam three
16th june: exam four
18th june: exam five
- from the 18th until the 2nd i will endeavour to completely relax. some of us may (if it's cheap) fly back to barcelona girona and camp on a beach for a few days. otherwise just will do nothing or take day trips out of leuven.
2nd july: graduate
3rd july: fly to turkey
- nearing the end of july my daddy is coming to visit me in turkey! hurrah!
29th july: return to belgium
- between then and the 13th august i shall make my way across to england
13th august: fly from london to toronto
- sometime mid-late october i fly back in to auckland. date still to be confirmed.
Saturday, May 22, 2004
well well well. guess what? indeed. thesis is printed and ready for copying and binding. despite rising early and going to the copy shop - it seems they are all closed on saturdays. never mind. it's still all done and ready and copying can take place first thing on monday morning.
hurrah!
here is my thank you list: to dad for HUGE (note capital useage) support and help with everything. to mum for statistics help. to stephen for excel help. to rachel for statistics help. to regan for computer help. to frank for turkish spelling and computer help. to julian and naomi for moral support!!!
you guys are the best!
the sun is shining. a day of relaxation in the park is beckoning.
hurrah!
here is my thank you list: to dad for HUGE (note capital useage) support and help with everything. to mum for statistics help. to stephen for excel help. to rachel for statistics help. to regan for computer help. to frank for turkish spelling and computer help. to julian and naomi for moral support!!!
you guys are the best!
the sun is shining. a day of relaxation in the park is beckoning.
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
yeah, so after making such a fuss about my blood type, typically i forgot to go and pick it up yesterday. got it now though. those that guessed were right.
my room is like a sauna right now. it is ridiculously hot but i refuse to open the windows. last night i had an uninvited guest who went by the name of mossie. note the past tense. mossie came to a very decided end this morning, after much damage had already occurred. i refuse to go through the same event tonight which means putting up with temperatures that must be over 30 now (though im suspicious there may have been another, as mossie did not have the amount of redness inside of him that i believe left my own body). i'm drinking water to keep my brain alive, as well as eating speculoos (think gingernut flavour but just normal biscuity crunch).
my supervisor has finally swayed and given in to the idea that i want to finish this week. so today he sent me half of my thesis back with corrections to be made. yeah, it means more work, but it's not the end of the world, and he did write 'it looks good' which is quite the compliment i assure you! the second half arrives tomorrow. so today i have been fixing things, changing things, adapting things. yawn. i think i'll be on here late into the night. but hey, it will be worth it in the long-run!
my room is like a sauna right now. it is ridiculously hot but i refuse to open the windows. last night i had an uninvited guest who went by the name of mossie. note the past tense. mossie came to a very decided end this morning, after much damage had already occurred. i refuse to go through the same event tonight which means putting up with temperatures that must be over 30 now (though im suspicious there may have been another, as mossie did not have the amount of redness inside of him that i believe left my own body). i'm drinking water to keep my brain alive, as well as eating speculoos (think gingernut flavour but just normal biscuity crunch).
my supervisor has finally swayed and given in to the idea that i want to finish this week. so today he sent me half of my thesis back with corrections to be made. yeah, it means more work, but it's not the end of the world, and he did write 'it looks good' which is quite the compliment i assure you! the second half arrives tomorrow. so today i have been fixing things, changing things, adapting things. yawn. i think i'll be on here late into the night. but hey, it will be worth it in the long-run!
Saturday, May 15, 2004
is it normal to bruise when you get a needle stuck into you? i've had a few blood tests in the past and a few injections against different diseases... but i've never ended up with a bruise. especially not a big blackey bluey reddy weird looking one that seems to follow my vein part way down my arm. (just a little way, mind you, i'm prone to do a bit of exaggeration)
so i'm going to turkey and they want to know my blood type. seems logical enough. seems simple enough. of course i don't know it myself, but surely someone back in new zealand will. does dad? nope. does mum? nope. does my doctor (whom i have had since i was born!!!!)? nope. does my little baby book? nope. hmprh - that baby book contains so many other randomly random facts. you'd think it would talk about my blood. however it seems that i officially have an unknown blood type. i must be one of a kind. but on monday the truth will be revealed. i'll even be given a little card that i can put in my wallet and show off. and i will show it off. i've been missing out on showing it off for the last 23 years! it's a pretty big deal. really. it is.
in other exciting, world breaking news... i ran out of milk and had to eat cornflakes with water this morning. that wasn't the news. i just saw my bowl and remembered. anyway. so yeah. today i gave this presentation. it was quite the big deal, with a panel of four lecturers, arguing back and forth (though luckily more with each other than with me...) and asking questions. it's actually worth more than an entire class so i hope i did okay.
i'm nearing the end. i'm nearing the light. i'm nearing insanity too. this weekend will be one of plenty of work but hopefully plenty of work leading to one completed masters thesis. my only slight concern is that i met my supervisor again today and he wants me to resend everything through to him on monday. which i don't like the sounds of as i'm printing it all off and handing it in next friday. oooh, one week away.
so yeah. soon you will be hearing a happy me. a happy me with no more thesis. and no more school as next friday is the last day of term. i think i can afford to be happy for perhaps two days and then i will have to drop back to reality as the dreaded oral exams approach.
so i'm going to turkey and they want to know my blood type. seems logical enough. seems simple enough. of course i don't know it myself, but surely someone back in new zealand will. does dad? nope. does mum? nope. does my doctor (whom i have had since i was born!!!!)? nope. does my little baby book? nope. hmprh - that baby book contains so many other randomly random facts. you'd think it would talk about my blood. however it seems that i officially have an unknown blood type. i must be one of a kind. but on monday the truth will be revealed. i'll even be given a little card that i can put in my wallet and show off. and i will show it off. i've been missing out on showing it off for the last 23 years! it's a pretty big deal. really. it is.
in other exciting, world breaking news... i ran out of milk and had to eat cornflakes with water this morning. that wasn't the news. i just saw my bowl and remembered. anyway. so yeah. today i gave this presentation. it was quite the big deal, with a panel of four lecturers, arguing back and forth (though luckily more with each other than with me...) and asking questions. it's actually worth more than an entire class so i hope i did okay.
i'm nearing the end. i'm nearing the light. i'm nearing insanity too. this weekend will be one of plenty of work but hopefully plenty of work leading to one completed masters thesis. my only slight concern is that i met my supervisor again today and he wants me to resend everything through to him on monday. which i don't like the sounds of as i'm printing it all off and handing it in next friday. oooh, one week away.
so yeah. soon you will be hearing a happy me. a happy me with no more thesis. and no more school as next friday is the last day of term. i think i can afford to be happy for perhaps two days and then i will have to drop back to reality as the dreaded oral exams approach.
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
moh. sometimes work just doesn't happen. you know? once upon a time (last thursday for instance) i would have been exceptionally frustrated about this fact. but today i've come to terms with the reality that sometimes i can do work. and sometimes i cannot. today i cannot. so i sit here and ponder un-work related things that i could do. this involved colouring in all the places in europe i have been to and how i got there. on my big map of europe on my wall. that took a substantial amount of time. i have seen a good chunk for an unemployed student without a loan living off new zealand currency. let's all say a big hurrah to my parents for teaching me how to budget. one, two, three 'hurrah'.
paris is one amazing city! i know i have always had a tendancy to prefer the ancient cities of athens and rome... but when it comes to just loving a beautiful european city for being a beautiful european city, paris is right up there on my favourites list.
today i'm in a list mood. so here's the list:
1: note dame is an impressive church with perhaps the most incredible stain-glassed windows i have ever witnessed. wandering around inside i was in awe of the elaborate motifs and at the same time, slightly unimpressed with people's disrespect when the sign clearly states that no photos should be taken...
2: eiffel tower is gorgeous, night and day. nothing like sitting on a park bench eating a baguette and brie, drinking french wine and admiring the view. and then taking the lift up to all three levels, stopping each time to note the difference in wind speed. preplanned to experience the day and night scene - i saw paris in the daylight, the sun setting, and the lights coming on as evening fell. note: new zealand is the most furthest place away from the eiffel tower according to the distances given at the top! auckland is 18,542km and wellington is 18,983km away! very cool. we are famous, in a far away kind of way.
3: sacre coeur is another great landmark, perched up above the city in splendour. not sure which church i liked more. they were both completely different from each other. the best part about this one was that often jesus gets represented as the guy hanging on the cross. but here, he's very alive and well and reigning triumphant.
4: the louvre museum is just fantastic! the egyptian exhibit was incredible and to finally see the book of the dead and other exceptionally famous works (if you are an egyptologist person). and the hellenistic and roman sculpture was also amazing - once again i was able to see so many of the things i had studied and only ever seen in a picture. typically my camera is now filled with incredible masterpieces that i can fully appreciate because i have learnt the ins and outs of the history and style and artists that created them. also saw the mona lisa which was surrounded by a zoo of tourists. a very pushy zoo too i might add!
5: l'arc de triomphe is very big and lines up perfectly with the champs elysees, the egyptian obelisque and the louvre. it made for a very pleasant walk. napolleon won a lot of battles.
ok, that will do for now. i have a thesis to finish! eeek.
today i'm in a list mood. so here's the list:
1: note dame is an impressive church with perhaps the most incredible stain-glassed windows i have ever witnessed. wandering around inside i was in awe of the elaborate motifs and at the same time, slightly unimpressed with people's disrespect when the sign clearly states that no photos should be taken...
2: eiffel tower is gorgeous, night and day. nothing like sitting on a park bench eating a baguette and brie, drinking french wine and admiring the view. and then taking the lift up to all three levels, stopping each time to note the difference in wind speed. preplanned to experience the day and night scene - i saw paris in the daylight, the sun setting, and the lights coming on as evening fell. note: new zealand is the most furthest place away from the eiffel tower according to the distances given at the top! auckland is 18,542km and wellington is 18,983km away! very cool. we are famous, in a far away kind of way.
3: sacre coeur is another great landmark, perched up above the city in splendour. not sure which church i liked more. they were both completely different from each other. the best part about this one was that often jesus gets represented as the guy hanging on the cross. but here, he's very alive and well and reigning triumphant.
4: the louvre museum is just fantastic! the egyptian exhibit was incredible and to finally see the book of the dead and other exceptionally famous works (if you are an egyptologist person). and the hellenistic and roman sculpture was also amazing - once again i was able to see so many of the things i had studied and only ever seen in a picture. typically my camera is now filled with incredible masterpieces that i can fully appreciate because i have learnt the ins and outs of the history and style and artists that created them. also saw the mona lisa which was surrounded by a zoo of tourists. a very pushy zoo too i might add!
5: l'arc de triomphe is very big and lines up perfectly with the champs elysees, the egyptian obelisque and the louvre. it made for a very pleasant walk. napolleon won a lot of battles.
ok, that will do for now. i have a thesis to finish! eeek.
Friday, May 07, 2004
Wednesday, May 05, 2004
here's the thing.
a) i feel like writing on here before going to sleep.
b) it would be nice to write to you all and tell you about the exciting things going on.
c) the slight problem of having absolutely nothing to talk about is an issue.
life right now could possibly be the most hectic and busy period i've ever experienced. and yet, still nothing to say. suppose that points out the large amount of tedious work that comes when your thesis for the year is due in under a month.
soon i will have elaborate stories and adventures that i can inform you of. just not today.
oooh, i almost forgot. on friday i'm going to paris. i mean really, it's just such a short hop away and is very cheap too. am working very hard now so i won't be concerned as i relax at the top of the eiffel tower. heh heh heh.
a) i feel like writing on here before going to sleep.
b) it would be nice to write to you all and tell you about the exciting things going on.
c) the slight problem of having absolutely nothing to talk about is an issue.
life right now could possibly be the most hectic and busy period i've ever experienced. and yet, still nothing to say. suppose that points out the large amount of tedious work that comes when your thesis for the year is due in under a month.
soon i will have elaborate stories and adventures that i can inform you of. just not today.
oooh, i almost forgot. on friday i'm going to paris. i mean really, it's just such a short hop away and is very cheap too. am working very hard now so i won't be concerned as i relax at the top of the eiffel tower. heh heh heh.
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