Realised that I haven't blogged for *quite some time. This can be attributed to the increasing workload that I have, reading Harry Potter (I am lagging big time), and of course, soccer.

This week is pretty much one to forget; almost the entire of my nights was spent on PW, one way or another, after monday. Monday itself, was spent filling in the YDSP form, which meant it was already pretty late when I wanted to start on production and costs. Obviously, I was no longer in any mood to study anymore, so I just read a bit of the journal (non-academic so it doesn't make you want to sleep) and then went to bed. Indeed, the test wasn't too tough actually, but sigh, lack of study, and so I'll probably fail, which is not progress, which is not good. Still, it's about prioritising and although I know it's not good to say that the test doesn't "count", some things are just more important.

But anyway, practicals were a horror this week. CH was one of the craziest. The sampling and titration was horrible, in terms of time constraint and ultra-quick pipetting and titrating. And plotting a curve. And giving comments on anomaly. And doing the Skill D part. All in just an hour. Madness.
PH wasn't any better. Drawing the lines and performing calculations are extremely tiring on the eye. So I couldn't bother to pay attention to Relativity after that. Pity. The teacher was not bad. (Relative to...)

And Wed was the last guitar prac. before promos. Turned out to be more of a bonding/chatting session. Which was nice. Some suggestions regarding the design of a sweater were also simply amusing.

Thur, was the day of salvation indeed. I had expected to be home by 7 due to CIP and olympiad, but somewhat miraculously BOTH were canceled, and although I wouldn't mind doing CIP, it gave me the extra time needed to work on WR. I.e. to compensate (Don't ask for what)
So I done my part pretty quickly this time round, by like 7PM (compared to 2AM for draft 1). And, I didn't need to compile anything, thanks to Jin Kai, who assumed that role. Again, I wouldn't mind doing it, but yeah it was good to see willingness and initiative being taken. It really reduced the burden on me a whole lot. And yes, there was more editing to be done the next day, but at least we all did it together. Yes, my definition of 'all'.

I mentioned how eagerly I was anticipating the new season, and yes, it has been 3 weeks into the season, and there have been all sorts of surprises. The most surprising of which, have been the contrasting fortunes of the 2 clubs in Manchester.
United, champions and the bookmakers' favorites before the season started, only have 2pts from 3 games, which I must say, is relegation form. =p. What's even worse (or better for me) is that Rooney and Ronaldo are not going to be playing a few more matches. Ah, it's their turn to experience the horrible start Arsenal made last season. Still, if you know me, the team I hate the most is Chelsea, and sad to say, they have seriously ridden their luck through their matches. Where Liverpool should really have beaten them, Rob Styles gives them a penalty out of nothing and gives Essien two yellows without sending him off. Like, 1+1=2? How difficult is that. Yes, I feel for the Liverpool fans. Still, what's funnier is the reaction from the managers. Mourinho said he "couldn't get a good view of the incident". Well, contrast this to when Garcia scored that invisible goal years ago that knocked them out of the champions league, and you get a perfect example of "selective eyesight".

Still, Arsenal themselves have been playing so well, and if not for a certain Jens Lehmann, we would have had maximum points. No wonder I'm glad that he is apparently declared injured for 2 weeks. And so is Gallas, which would allow Gilberto to wear the captain's armband, which I feel he fully deserves.

Out of all this, it is Manchester CIty (i.e. Thaksin's club) who are topping the table. And this weekend is a face-off between North London and Manchester, with Arsenal v Man City and United v Spurs. Which makes things interesting. Would Man U fans prefer Arsenal to win or Man City to win, and vice versa. Whatever man, just as long as Arsenal win, which they should since Lehmann is not playing.