Day 6: Getting there

Wow, day 6. I can't believe that I've been able to last thing long really. It really doesn't sound much actually, but for me, it's something. I hope to keep it going for a couple more days, if not weeks. Let's just see how things go eh.

The exam timetables just came out today. My exams are on the 5, 6, 14, and 21 of June. Relatively spaced out, if not, too spaced out. They pretty much span the whole session of the exam period which I was hoping didnt happen. I really wanted to be able to get exams out of the way fast. I guess it gives me a lot of time to revise though. I really wonder how much revision I can actually do before I just get sick of it though. I'll have to properly put it down on a calender to really see how much time I have between each of them, and how it correlates to swot vac, etc. But for now, I guess I'm relatively pleased about it.

But that's enough from me for now. I've still got some classes to go to. I'm at the uni at the moment.

P.S. please excuse the foul language in the post below. I was angry at the time, hahaha. But yeah. I'm no longer angry. I don't seem to be able to hold my anger for too long periods of time unfortunately hahaha.

Day 5: My ANGER for Business Finance Staff at Melb Uni

I'm so angry. Ok, I may not look it, but I'm swearing behind the keyboard of this blog. Well I was swearing. Not anymore. Not as much at least. But I'm fucking angry.

Today I was given back my first Business Finance Assignment. Everything seemed to be in order, apart from the fact that literally a third of my assignment had been 'lost' and so I was given ZERO for it. Bullshit. Abso-fucking-lutely bullshit.

Alright. So I was pretty calm at first. Because I had TRUST in the Business Finance staff at that point that they would help find the 'lost' part of my assignment and in turn settle the dispute accordingly. But no. They had to be stupid about it. Most specifically, Howard Chan had to be stupid about it.

So here's what I did as soon as I got my assignment. I wrote an email to Howard Chan disputing my results. I received full marks for the parts which were not 'lost' and yet still received zero for the 'lost' part which was multiple choice. I mean, seriously, how the fuck can anyone get zero for multiple choice. It's bullshit.

So I ask him about what I have to do. And what does he tell me? He tells me that I need to photocopy the section of my assignment which was lost. Ok. How the FUCK DO I DO THAT? How am I supposed to photocopy something which I handed in, and YOU PEOPLE LOST? That's absurd. Is that just stupidity on your part Howard Chan? To actually ask me to photocopy something which I don't even have a tangible grasp of? Get a grip of what you're actually asking of me man. Seriously.

Ok. So now I wait for Howard's reply. I had to be civil about the way I questioned him about the photocopying. I said 'I'm confused about how I am supposed to photocopy something that I have already handed in?' He seems rather adamant to not help me at all. I'm appalled. I'll have to see him tomorrow face-to-face to contend what I think is an injustice.

I think I reserve myself the privilege to get the marks that I deserve, don't you think?

And this withdrawal from MSN is also not helping me ventilate haha. There's no one really to talk to about it, apart from myself, or my blog.

Actually, I'm not really as angry as I was while writing this. I guess while I wrote it, it spurred some further anger inside of me against Howard Chan. I already didn't really seem to like his general approach to life and his dirty jokes. They seem rather obscene during the lectures he gives. But that's my opinion. Feel free to have your own, depending on your own experiences with the man. Or lack of manhood therein.

Day 2 of my REHAB

I call it a rehab, because - like movie stars who go on rehab - I will inevitably be returning to the addiction afterwards.

Day 2. It's going alright so far actually. I'm actually starting to find that I have a lot more time to do other things. Wouldn't you know. I think everyone should try it.

Let's sort of go back to the days where there wasn't MSN. But let's still say that the internet still exists. Quite a fun world. Maybe.

MSN, I QUIT YOU.

I'm doing an experiment with myself. How long can I go without MSN? The answer would seem quite simple... perhaps not very long. The issue is how exactly I would cave in. MSN isn't exactly a thing which you use that's 'essential.' It's not something that I 'need', but more of something that I 'want.'

I think I could last pretty long. The only reason I can think of that would cause me to give in to the temptation, would be if someone asked me to go on MSN to help them with work, or if I needed help in turn.

The point of the experiment (other than to deviate myself from MSN so I can essentially focus more on study and university - perhaps even my blog) is to determine how much of a significant factor MSN is in my life now. I'm on everyday. As soon as my computer turns on, I'm online. I'm on MSN.

The fact is, I'm only giving up MSN. I'm not giving up the internet as a whole. That's impossible. I don't think anyone could do that. Simply because they wouldn't be able to get anything done - so much of our lives are centered around it. University emails, notices, research, news, etc.

I'll still be writing on this blog. Perhaps my time away from MSN will mean that I'm going to spending more time on my blog or on Myspace or Facebook, and my initial intention to focus more on study will inevitably be fruitless. We'll just have to wait and see.

For now, I'm going cold turkey on MSN. Farewell.