The Take-Home Test

*This entry is a compilation of bits and pieces, written in disparate snippets of time*

Early hours of October 7th

I am tired. :(

It's 3.21am and all I want to do right now is crawl under the duvet and let dreamless waves tussle about in my mind while I procrastinate the guilt of procrastination until I wake up.

Currently waiting for the last clip from Pride & Prejudice: The TV Series (Yes, There is a TV Series!) to load from YouTube. It has taken HOURS to get an episode, I'm praying it's worth it.

Why? All thanks to my Television Studies take-home test, which commences today and must be handed in on Monday next week.

But because I have a journalism story due circa 17th and 2 exams to study for, I do not have the luxury of stretching this take-home test until Monday.

I. Must. Multitask.

Trying not to fall asleep at the wheel while the last clip loads... I need to switch off the Internet connection when it is done.

2 questions for the take-home test: one on Sports and the other of British historical TV drama (hence the "Pride & Prejudice").

I am tired. :(

A tag by Malati (http://www.green-rabbit.blogspot.com/) to keep me awake for another few minutes:

Instructions:
a) Answer the questions below, do a Google Image search with your answer, take a picture from the page of results, and do it with minimal words of explanation.
b) Tag 5 other people to do the same once you’ve finished answering every question.

1. The age you’ll be on your next birthday

No longer a teen. Bah. No more excuses.

Also the speed limit I'd like to go by. :D

2. A place you’d like to travel to

The city, not the statue.

3. Your favourite place

4. Your favourite food

Nothing beats Mummy's home-made chicken pie.

5. Your Favorite drink

6. Your favourite pet

7. Your favorite colour combination

8. Your favourite piece of clothing

9. Your favourite TV show

10. First name of your significant other

11. The town in which you live

Pic N/A

12. Your first job

13. Your dream job

14. A bad habit you have

15. Your worst fear

16. What you'd like to do before you die

17. Tag 5 people:
Kimberly Lim. Lee Eu Jean. Anis Datt. Sarah Rostam. Tee An Nie.
And Vanessa Tan when she finally sees this.
Yeahhh that's 6 people, but as the overused saying goes:
"rules were meant to be broken". :D

2109 hours, October 7th

Today was the Monash Scholarship Presentation Ceremony at the Plenary Theatre in Building 2. I don't think I've ever seen an awards ceremony held in such a puny, cramped little space before!

Dress code was "semi formal". To make a "statement" in not conforming to insanely boring rules, I went to uni donning my very consistent T-shirt and jeans. Upon seeing fellow students walking from the carpark to uni in very, very formal attire... I started to feel a little less sure of myself.

Thoughts running through mind included:

Sh*t. They're gonna make me leave the hall. Uh-oh. Damnit. Why why why couldn't I just have worn a normal formal blouse and slacks like every other person? Whyyy do I always bring this upon myself?! Sh*t sh*t sh********T!

BUUUT true to the T, worries almost never come true. :DDD The ceremony came and went without incident (nobody chucked me out of the tiny little Plenary Theatre), I was NOT the only person in T-shirt and jeans (hey, at least I seized the opportunity to wear my blazer! HAHA), and I made a few new friends (hence fear of dying of loneliness dissipated once I started making friends with everyone within speaking proximity)! And got a cool blue folder, and a nice big fat cheque. <3

[Pic: My new favourite shirt that says "Don't Trash. Love Our Oceans."]

The VAST majority of scholarship recipients present were Engineering students, the 2nd-largest number in Business School students, with a few clusters of Biotechnology students and a handful of Computer Science whizkids.

And then, there were two rows on the list that were odd ones out: Shangari Subramaniam (Bachelor of Business & Commerce/Bachelor of Communication double degree) and Pung Sha-Lene (Bachelor of Arts). Hahahaaaa we were FAST FRIENDS. And it turns out Shangari's in TWO of my classes! LOL. She knew me but I didn't know her - well now I do! :)

Also thank yous to 2 Engineering students Lam Weng Hoong (Bachelor of Engineering) - he sat next to me - and a girl whose name I can't remember (and can't seem to find in the booklet) for being such brilliantly entertaining new friends that the ceremony wasn't as wonderfully boring as I expected! :D

ALSO ALSO - free lunch was provided. :D Well, "FREE" insofar as "a tiny percentage of the enormous amount of tuition fees Monash gets from students".

On a different note - MPAC's play is coming up at the end of this week! If you haven't already got other plans for Friday night, and you want to make this particular Friday night a different experience from your other Friday nights (sleeping/clubbing/shopping etc), do consider going for MPAC's play! :)

Don't ask me what the play is about (I don't know why people even ask me that, HAHA, I am neither a member of MPAC nor a part of the play) because I don't know - but come to show support! Performing arts is the new expression of tomorrow! :)

I shall end this bi-annual H I A T U S post with one of the dozens of new pictures I found on the Monash student drive. Yeahhh I click everything. Hahahahaha. Where's the fun in life without a bit of nosing around, eh!~

[Pictured: Last year's School of Arts staff. Some minor changes seen in this semester.]