Jan
15
A Long Nightmare Ends!
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After 5 months and two weeks, the long nightmare of my Australian Superannuation fund comes to an end.The fund is now in my ANZ Bank! Pfew! That was scary!
I am very cautious since I am making uncommon moves to change my life. I have to foresee my next move in 6 months and make sure I have enough money to do what I want. I have taken some risks though. I really thought I would have to pay a full tuition to Manchester and I thought I had enough money. I did not have enough money. Luckily Manchester University made a mistake and I am paying Home/UK fees. It is a saving of almost 10000 euros. That was my first unexpected good event. Also one month and half before leaving Dublin, I thought I had enough time to recover my Australian fund, it finally took 5 months and two weeks! That was my second miscalculated move.
The lesson from all this is that life is full of surprises and things will never happen the way you think it will happen but it is not a reason not to do what you want!
I am so relieved!!!
Jan
14
Major Crash!
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I woke up just in time in the middle of the night to see my computer crashing. Funny how the timing worked out! I went back to sleep knowing that I will have to reinstall again. My laptop has been extremely unstable and I wanted to replace it a while ago. I hope I can replace it soon…! The laptop would not be that unstable if the weather was better. Because of the cold, I have to turn on the heater and AMD processors do not like the heat. My next puter will have a pentium processor!
Jan
13
Naomi and Ruth Return to Bethlehem
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"Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried" I like very much this short extract from the bible.
Jan
13
New Mentality!
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Because of the exam coming, I am stressed and I cannot control my sleeping pattern. I have decided to let it go. I will sleep whenever I need to recover and I no longer care about the time. If I stay up late, I just brush up on my LAW material nighttime. It seems working better. Of course I do suffer when I go to swim but I can sleep after. I wish I could move my swimming time but it is not possible because 50 m lanes are only open from 6:30 until 8:30 am and there are less slow pokes swimming at these hours. Anyway hell will be over next Wednesday. I cannot wait!
It is hard to learn by heart but I managed. Already 4 pages…2 to go for Intellectual Property Law. 6 more for Trade Mark Law. I really wonder if all this will help me to change my life. I am starting to have doubts. I guess one step at the time and we shall see. I really do not care much what I will do later as long as I do not do research anymore and I have a chance to make more money!
Jan
12
Freaking Tired!
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2 hours and half of sleep! I am literally fucked! Stress time!
Excellent swim though. People are used to me now. They try as much as they can to avoid being in my way. I usually get my own lane for a while then I change when it gets too crowded! I am not supposed to move to other reserved lanes but the manager seems to allow it. Then one or two people join in but not for long. There are even people who move back and forth to give me more space… I did not ask that much.
Yesterday, there was a dude who tried several times to swipe his magnetic card to open the door unsuccessfully . He annoyed me! I told him to try slowly when he asked if I wanted to try with my own card. It worked right away! Stupid ass!
Jan
11
Learning by Heart!
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I started to learn my Law material by heart. The teachers kept on saying the test is not all about memory, I think it is bullshit. In law, there is a huge part of memorization that is required. There is no other way around it. Without the basic and fundamental knowledge of the cases and the rules, one would be completely useless!
This is something I am very good at. I used to learn many things by heart. I learned most of my presentations by heart. Let’s see if it will help this time. One week left to digest these rules and cases!
Jan
10
Strange events!
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On Tuesday, I lost 5 GBP because of the cashier’s mistake. On Thursday, a different cashier gave me an extra 5 GBP in addition to the cash difference for no reason…I just smiled at these weird events.
Today, I was invited to a surprise Birthday party. I did not know anyone at the bar. It was crowded, it was dark and after 5 minutes, I left. The guest of honor and the person who invited me have not arrived yet. I then took the trash out and ran back to my room. On my way I almost ran into the guest and Malinda Twice!!! I managed somehow to avoid them and I could hear their voice each time!!!
…working on my last year exams now!
Jan
8
Perfect Timing!
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After cleaning up my FLickr account. I went to clean up pictures on the Hiking Group Site. I was surprised to discover that the main page is finally displaying pictures from this year’s hikes. Consequently many of my pictures were displayed since I was the most regular photographer there. My pictures are the nicest of course!
I had a short night but I am feeling alright. I forced myself not to have a power nap during the day in order to get back to the regular healthy cycle. I finished Trade Mark Law exam and I am working on Intellectual Property Law. Only 11 days left to brush up on the exams. I started to target the most common questions and to work specifically on these.
Kat is back, we are 3 now in the dorm. Eveything seems back to normal in town and more students are returning each day. Amy is expecting to leave Greece on the 13th and she will go to Germany with her BF. She will probably stay there for few days before going back to Manchester. I really hope the canadian girl, Sharada will come back very late. Finally, the Geogian guy, Larsha is so quiet that I rarely see him so I do not care!
Jan
7
Good Recovery!
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It feels good! It is recommended to avoid any contact with me when I am hungry and when I have not slept well. I usually loose complete control over my mind at these crucial moments. I always eat at regular hours so it is easy for me to control my "hunger mood". It is harder for me to control my "sleep mood" because I have sleeping disorders. I’ve had a hard time sleeping since I was born.
This vacation period is boring. Nothing is happening and I am tired of waiting for something new to come. It sucks to be in a transition time.
Jan
6
Such a Mess!
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Sunday night, I tried a sleeping pill, not the herbal ones, but the real one. I got them for only 3.5 GBP in the pharmacy. I will never try again. It was like a drug, it made me feel good and very dizzy but it did not generate a good sleep at all. I was all cranky the day after and extremely tired like if I had a hangover. All my muscles were sore.
I was so pissed on Monday about my Superannuation that I gave them a call….It was useless! I just have to wait…fuckers! I also checked my money and I scared myself a little bit. I did forget to take into account the fact I already paid 700 GBP as first housing payment…Such a relief after!
All these events have generated two horrible nights of sleep consecutively. I am so tired now. I am looking forward to the sleep tonight. On a good side, the Bristish currency has dropped so dramatically that it is now back to its level from July 2008, which gave me an excess of 350 GBP if I do a transfer right now from AUD to GBP. I am happy that I do not need Euros because that would hurt badly since the Euro is reaching an all-time-high peak and it is not showing any sign of depreciation in the near future compare to AUD.
Funny thing is I swam extremely fast today because I was angry…Swimming is such a good relief when it comes to anger management!
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