Open, Sandwiches.

Where did September go? I'm rather upset that time has flown so quickly, because things that haven't come yet just get harder and harder (and closer and closer). I took the GRE July 19th, and then I took TOEFL September 22nd. Now I'm out of exams and I'm left with the frighteningly unfamiliar - a 4,000-word major assignment which I don't understand at all (yet!), a 16,000-word dissertation, and admissions essays.

My father says that this stuff, even though it looks like the-scariest-so-far from where I'm standing, is nothing compared to actually moving away from Malaysia and relocating in the United States. Starting a new life and living on my own, he says, will be the actual challenge - not these essays and research papers.

Sometimes I wish there were magical solutions to problems, like there was some sort of "Open, Sesame!" incantation that would result in a magically-written thesis. Sadly, I go to Monash University, not Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

On a less depressing note, September has been pretty eventful (which means the opportunity cost was getting work done) by nerd standards. I fell sick, went shopping a few times, dined out several times, got my very first pedicure, colored my hair mocha pink and brown, got a new pet hamster and named it Kayaball, discovered a Barbie Store in Midvalley Megamall, and celebrated my 14th-month anniversary with Willi. :) I also went for another facial, but I'll need to go for a third visit because there still are annoying zits on my right cheek. ;(

I told my mother this was my specialty: open sandwiches, which have to be eaten with a fork and knife because they are posh sandwiches.

Also a couple of things I'm rather looking forward to - Miss Universe Malaysia 2013's Beauty Camp episodes, because Malaysia's changed televised beauty pageantry into something of a reality TV series. Whoa, right? xD I really want to watch it, and the episodes start airing November 11th on 8TV. And a little closer to the present, my friend, Edmund Loh, Internet marketer extraordinaire, is hosting a 2-hour live webinar this Friday morning for people interested to start online businesses. And here's the bit that any Malaysian would love - it's absolutely free of charge! That's one of the rare things worth waking up before 8am for, haha!

P.S: TOEFL results are expected to be released tomorrow, so I guess I'll be blogging about my TOEFL experience once I get them. Hurrrr nervous, nervous.