I needed two references for this scholarship I'm applying for. Mike and Ben agreed to be my references, so I went and have them sign the reference form today. I never knew Ben is a professor. His background is apperantly Microbiology and is currently researching something to do with Dentistry. I always thought Mike is doing his Master's degree, little did I know he's actually doing his Ph.D. I'm constantly amazed at the people I meet in Judo. Maybe, just maybe, that years later, I will become as sucessful as they have. I will go to Judo, and tell the clueless undergrads with their big watery eyes: "Don't worry, I was once just like you". Hahaha, keep dreaming the good dream I suppose. In other news, Do as Infinity's new album "Honjitsu wa Seiten Nari" is out. I actually like the other song "10W40" better than "Honjitsu wa Seiten Nari".

Sigh... what can you say about life. It's just too fansy and hard. But we live on, because there must be someone waiting for us on the 'other side'. Or is it the other side ? Anyways, my mind is in a total mess right now... :'(

Nothing like good ol'relationship problem to wack someone in the ass and ruin their week, namely me of course. Who am I to bitch about my life? My Japanese class is awsome, Judo is most excellent as always, and I finally tied up all the loose ends from first year. This week though, while I'm not busy with the distractions in my life, I would find my mind wonder away from me, and my spirite at all time low since the begining of the year. Maybe I'm simply in sync with the season. The warm summer breeze gave away to cold autumn gusts, sending chills so deep into my body that I can feel it in my heart. It tries to strip the leaves of their colours, leaving behind only their reddish husks. So far, the trees have stood stubbornly to the wind, and only a few have gave in. Percy Bysshe Shelley said "If winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" Autumn have just made its quiet entrance, and spring? Spring is far behind.

I'm sick feels horrible. I don't think I'll go to Bajiquan today....

Discovered StarCraft being installed on the CDF labs. With the record of me being a huge StarCraft freak in my less enlightened years, this can't be a good thing. With the fact that I managed to miss this morning's lecture cause I slept in, it just maybe that my whole plan of being a shiny model student this year will be flushed straight down the toilet. Along with the whole "wake up early" thing. ( Well, that never really took off the ground in the first place...) Gotta watch out for that.

School started for about a week now, just in time to save me from the horrible fate of being bored to death. The first things people asked me when school just started were such orthordox phrases such as "How was your summer?", " Did you have a nice summer?", "What did you do during the summer", "I couldn't care less about what you did last summer" and so on, as if I can summarize two months of my life into a short phrase that's no longer than 2 minutes, so that neither of us will be delayed to get to those free pens given out by cute girls in Frosh Week. So the conversation usually goes: "Oh you know, I didn't have much of a summer, since I took some summer courses" "That sucks dude" "No kidding, but the last 2 weeks started to feel like summer though, since I was bored out of my mind" " That's sweet dude...you know what, I gotta go, those pens are so shiny...I mean I gotta go to class" "Class? Doesn't it start next week?" "Dude, I'm in Engineering..."