more ramblings

Ok i haven’t been here in a while (as zengo pointed out) so i thought i’d use this time to type an entry, that will potentially be quite long, but i just spent the last 1.5 hours on PCL on surgical management of obesity. It was really fascinating! I didn’t realise the extent people would go to just to un-fat themselves. I mean, even when i was in my borderline obese state back in sec 1, i never considered lap banding or gastric bypass or liposuction. But then, i was only 13 and I was actually not really aware of my rather terrible state until I came back from the US and discovered that my height and weight percentage was like 130%. Worst shock of my life. And all along mom had been telling me things like “so cute.” -.- so yes, it was very interesting, but I’d rather eat well and in moderation and work it off at the gym than resort to these kinds of measures, but then that’s just me.

I have spent the last 2 days studying in the law library and I must say that I really like it there. It is very quiet and conducive for studying. The tables are individual desks placed in groups of 2, but the really amazing thing is that there is this huge divider between the tables that sticks out to the part where people sit so that communication with the person sitting next to you is impossible when you’re sitting down unless you’re willing to wheel your chair in this big circle. It’s wonderful! BECAUSE that means that tehre are no irritating couples hee-heeing together and whispering to each other and looking at each others’ laptops or kissing or whatever nonsense that they decide to do in the library. And the ambience is really nice too because there are so many books and it’s so quiet, it reminds me of those scenes in old movies where there’s this stuff librarian sitting on some massive podium overlooking heaps of desks with tiny green lamps on them and equally stuffy nerdy farts working at them. It’s quite a refreshing experience. OH and there is no graffitti on the tables either! unlike matheson library, where it would be a surprise to find one WITHOUT some drawings on them.. seems like law students have more respect for public property..

Ok that was the first point i wanted to make.

Point 2: interesting toilets in the law library

I think that despite the nice ambience and feel of the law library, it has the most stupid design on the face of this earth. In a building of about 4-5 stories (never bothered to count) with a basement, there is only 1 bloody toilet IN THE BASEMENT. and since the top floor is the quietest, which is naturally where i would prefer to go to to study, every call of nature would require me to walk down the staircase int he middle of the library, all ___ flights (once again, never really counted) of stairs, exit the library itself, go downstairs to the location of law tute rooms and use the toilet there. once in there, i made an interesting observation that ALL the toilet seats are different! some of them don’t have lids, some are plastic, some are porcelain. it makes me wonder whether there was a budget cut or whether some overly stressed law student decided to take their frustration out on the toilets. that said, there are a lot more cubicles than hargrave, which is good because in hargrave, there are only 3 cubicles in the ONLY girls’ bathroom (and there are 2 guys’ bathrooms.. the outrage.. especially since girls seem to take forever in the bathroom.. i have no idea what takes so long.. it’s like they’re sitting there putting on makeup, laying eggs.. waiting for them to hatch..)

Point 3: (zengo you’re going to love this)

last sunday, or rather 2 sundays ago, rachel, chun yi and i were walking back home from clayton after mass and grocery shopping. while we were walking back we were stopped by this cyclist who asked us for directions to this particular street parallel to the one i stay on. so i started giving him directions and then after about a minute, rachel nudged me and told me that the guy’s penis was sticking out of his shorts. i didn’t notice but then i saw it and i was like omg. and then we looked at each other but we didn’t say anything. chun yi didn’t notice either. and this guy, who apparently has been flashing people for the past 2 years, probably felt rather disgruntled that we didn’t notice (or in rachel’s and my case, pretended not to notice) that his penis was sticking out of his shorts and looked down and when he saw it, he probably felt a even more annoyed that we didn’t say anything and still were very calm and collected and he was all “oh why didn’t you tell me..” and i told him, “well i didn’t even notice..” and then he just left it there and started saying that he fell over and that he whacked himself and he was in a lot of pain.. and blah blah blah. and he just left it hanging there. when i told daryl about it he said that it’s damn painful to cycle without any proper protection. so yes he went on and on and i think that i should have said something, but mum said better not in case he had some kind of weapon on him. and i was thinking that it was the middle of the day along clayton road. what could he possibly do. but after the incident i did come up with some things that i should have said to him:

1. i have seen cadavers with bigger equipment than that

2. i have seen pre-pubescent boys with bigger penises than that

3. i feel sorry that you’ll become impotent in no time

4. i wonder whether cycling without wearing proper underwear predisposes you to testicular cancer

5. sorry.. too small.. didn’t see..

blah blah blah. but gung-honess aside, i was rather traumatised after the incident. i mean, it was more that it actually happened rather than seeing it, because, there was that streaker that ran through the LT some time back.

but ah well. the guy kept on trying to direct our attention downwards, but i’m happy to say that we managed to keep our focus on his face despite his attempts, which were extremely futile.

ok long entry. time to go back to studying. exam is in 3 weeks! -panics-