Enterpise Systems Management

So other than the obvious fact that I should be concentrating in class right now, I find that my mind is wandering.

Sighs. The curse of having an imagination that refuses to stop.

I like this lecturer. She's nice, and she's always very cheerful and positive. Her favourite phrase? "Don't need to worry so much about this subject ah, I will always try to help you ah.." Haha, she repeats it at least twice during any class we have with her. I would hope that would mean giving me an A even if I don't do any of the assignments.

There are some dreams that are just too far, though. Hope springs eternal.

As it is, I find solace in my imagination, and the worlds it brings me to. These worlds usually have an absence of a moral code that would keep me from killing people that piss me off, and would reward my retribution with the satisfaction of seeing my lightsabre/sword/laser cannons, totally annihilate whatever poor sod who has managed to upset me that day.

Naturally, such action would be impossible in today's world, because there is no such law that prohibits people from being assholes, pricks, bitches or idiots. So this is what I propose.

There should be a law that allows anyone to kill a person that is acting in a manner detrimental towards cordial social relations. Signs of such a person : 

1. If male, they like Twilight.
2, If female, they dye their hair blonde in the hopes that it makes them look more 'stylish.'
3. They begin every social interaction with a look of cold disdain.
4. They look like Edward Cullen.
5. They look like Bella.
6. They have the misfortune of looking like Taylor Lautner.
7. They grind their teeth in every sentence, like Taylor Lautner.
8. They think that using words like 'awesome' all the time makes them cool. It doesn't, you just sound like a prat trying too hard.
9. They still think that iPhones are cool.
10. They think that iPods are cool.
11. They think iPads are cool.
12. They think Steve Jobs is a genius. (clue : he's a prat, and a very weirdly dressed one at that. Now that you mention it......)
13. They think Steve Jobs looks cool in a turtleneck. He's just hiding the hickies he gets from Apple fanboys.
14. They try to sound intelligent by regurgitating someone else's argument, or offering up random facts without understanding what they mean. Wake up, morons. Intelligence != Knowledge.
15. 

There are more, and I do realise this law needs more refining. But this is a good start.

I could have been sleeping instead.

I was wondering about a lot of things today.

Love, life, the Universe and everything.

And then I realised I hadn't finished watching all 3 seasons of History Channel's The Universe. As geeky as that may sound, and I'm glad it does, I really need to find time to actually finish going through it. I am aware of the impossibility of me becoming an astronomer, astrophysicist, or even the coffee brewer at NASA or indeed the ESA, but that doesn't stop me from being completely and utterly in love with space.

The full moon these past few nights has gotten my imagination running mad, and the lofty dreaming that it inspires tends to render me a rather despondent creature, wishing he could actually go up, above and beyond. Oh, don't get me wrong, it's not an outpouring of emo-ness wishing that there is more to life than the existence that I ponderously endure on a daily basis. It extends much further than that, into the realm of a genuine desire to see more of the not just the world around us, but the place it inhabits in the grand scheme of things.

I do realise that this is a theme that I continually go back to in my writing. The idea of adventure is a romantic notion that always gets the heart racing. Or the head thinking, dreaming, digesting and analysing.

Fly me to the moon. It's okay. I don't need to find a way back.

This is for you, Mel! :)

Having been urged to blog more often, I shall make it a point to talk about how hideously disjointed my life is whilst over-dramatising what is actually going on.

Alright, maybe not. I'm not usually one for hyperbole on that sort of scale.

Curiously enough, I have had some rather interesting social interactions in the past few weeks. Interactions that have re-kindled my social inclinations, and have made me re-discover the joys of making new friends in rather random ways and places.

I suppose the apathy that I was in possession of previously when it came to these sorts of situations did not really show itself until I actually tried to cast it away. The manifestation of such lethargy seems to creep up on you without you really noticing. I suppose it's why I was always seemingly so bored and tired the previous semester. Although having said that, there's still some of it this semester too.

As it is though, there is some solace in the fact that in spite of my issues and problems, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Graduation awaits and beckons. I have tried to mentally prioritise it over everything else, which is difficult considering the stress that I am trying to cope with. Already this semester I am lagging behind in some of my classes, and the subjects themselves are not exactly the kind that would light anyone's fire.

There is hope, after all. With good friends, old and new, and the requisite motivation to make it a success, there is indeed hope.

Wish me luck. :)

Welcome Back. To the cheapest show in town.

That sounds like an advertisement for a B-Movie grade cabaret masterpiece.

So here I am. It's been a while. Excuses first and foremost.

1. The World Cup got in the way.
2. Debate tournaments got in to the way.
3. Ramadhan got in the way.
4. Eid (Aidilfitri) got in the way.

But fear not my band of not-so-loyal readers, I am back! I have returned to the blogosphere to bore you all with soporific tales of my bland existence and the lifelong lessons that tweeting during lab hours or falling asleep in a management class have taught me.

Of course, when phrased as such it might not seem that significant for you to actually pay attention to my various diatribes and rants. But stay. I promise to be entertaining. :)