Week 5: Bits and pieces.

rain pouring down every ten minutes?
check.
crazy winds?
check.
drawing up the comforter above my already-being-used blanket?
check.
balcony door CLOSED shut?
check.

yes folks, the transition from autumn into winter has already begun...critics (i.e. me) predict that this year will be the coldest winter yet in sydney, judging by the poor performance by summer (pissy rain and low-20degs). which, to me, equals shit. winter brings nothing except dark skies, cold winds and gloomy days. the only good thing about winter is the excuse we so desperately try to brainwash ourselves into accepting: I'm eating this chocolate chip cookie because I need to fatten up to keep myself warm much in the same way as a chipmunk fattens up before hibernation.

so anyway, life is still same-old same-old. i'm still killing urchins. it has come to a point where i've become indifferent and apathetic towards it. now i even weigh the urchin in my palm to gauge whether it'll give me a good lot of eggs or not whilst simulataneously eyeing it sinisterly.

i've been pretty much maxing myself out. i find that it helps abit, to be so tired by the end of the day that the brain just completely switches off. but in order to be THAT tired, i first have to wake up pretty early, then scramble around the lab like a dog...and finally sleep at some really late (early) time, which is usually somewhere between 3 am.

oh. the other day i plucked some hibiscus flowers from outside of the Madsen building after a USIMS meeting and conference. aku ni kan anak malaysia.




fucking thing was about the same size as my head. it is true, you know: everything in australia has to be bigger. and yes, i know the vase is actually a shot glass; i do not have proper vases to accommodate such short stems *cough*.

and i had visitors again!



i have now been dubbed Eskimo Ho (the addition of an 'e' behind the surname is optional). SIGH! why can't people just leave my name alone...