Just whinging.

Today has not been one of my better days...

This week has not been one of my better weeks...

*Spoiler*: This is gonna be another whinging session... if you're of the low-in-patience-and-tolerance type, we recommend that you do not read this, or else, have an adult accompany you.

ANYWAY

today was supposed to be a good day, a fun day... i was supposed to have loadsa fun at my geology field trip... but the whole trip turned out to be one wind-battered 'adventure'...frankly, it wasn't as fun as i thought it would be... bummer.

for a start, the wind just wouldn't let up... it just blowed and blowed and blowed and geez-freakin-hell BLOWED! and not mild soothing winds like the ones you get back home, the wind that was blowing at Long Reef and Turrametta Head was all out to get you! and they were out to get you b-a-d. and not only did the wind decided to pick an issue with us, the tide decided to rise from it's original intended time....so much of the rock formations out near the cliffs were inaccessible..ones which were the most interesting... with fossils in them! damn it! FOSSILS!!

so yea, after having fine-grained sand particles blown into your eyes for 6 hours.. we decided that we'd have a much better chance for survival if we all gave up and headed back to our nice warm bus. and so we did.

the only highlight of the trip was the amazing views that i got from on top of the cliffs at Long Reef... i was... amazed... just thousands and thousands of clean blue clear ocean with white raging waves in the middle... beautiful, astounding, just made me realize why i'm doing marine science again...


simply beautiful...


another amazing shot...

ah yes.. so then, the day wasn't over yet for me. caught a train back to Cherrybrook... or at least, TRIED to catch a train back... ran down the wrong platform in Redfern station .. missed the train by 30 seconds.. can you believe that? how ... amazingly stupid and annoying! for the first time .. i cursed. CURSED! myself, the train, everything. i wouldn't have been as mad if i didn't have to wait another 40 minutes for the next one... 30 seconds to 40 minutes... i'm still shaking my head in disbelief.

and still, there was one more surprise waiting for me... tonight was my cousin's uncle's 50th birthday and we were all invited to go. so the plan was for uncle choy to pick me up from the station once i arrived. ah yea, and he was telling me the night before to...

'hurry up and get back cos we have to go early cos the place is really far!'

oh yea, man.. so there i was 5 o'clock waiting at the Penant Hills station for someone to pick me up... and after 50 minutes of being blasted by cold winds (yes, the seemed really active for some reason today) my ride came. how nice... nearly an hour. when i could have gone home and changed from my sand clogged sandals and sea-water sprayed shirt... but no. wait it was and wait i did... for 50 freakin minutes! is that reasonable?? do i have a right to at least feel a little bit pissed, angry, or some negative feeling at least??

ah well... what's done is done.

and just when i thought everything was gonna be alright... they decided to stay till 10.30 and i got home at 11... showered at 11.01... came out shaking as though i was having the fits or epilepsy at 11.15...

ARGH!!!

that's the best word to sum it all...

now, i'll just give you a little snippet of my week...

ahem.

for this whole dumb week i have been waking up at 5.30.. no joke... every morning without fail...even on saturday cos of the field trip... slept every night at 12 because i've been trying to rush my assignments and written reports... wonderful.

so.. what to say?

not one of my better days.

not one of my better weeks.

i think i've still got sand in my eyes.