Blogs ‘R’ Alex

Here’s a question: how sensitive are you? Are you indifferent to other people’s needs? Do you even care?

After two years of living on my own, I have come to realise that I’m a bit more sensitive than the average person. I do not take offense when someone insults me, but I do take offense when someone is blatantly ignoring other people’s needs.

Situations I have encountered:
Chatting in lectures and in libraries loud enough to make me wanna stab a pen in someone’s eye.
Watching videos and listening to music with the volume turned up max. At night. Past midnight. With me having class 8am the next day.
Spitting in public.

While some things do not peeve me as much as the above, I’ll bet they are causing as much grief to someone else. Times like these make me desperate for a sanctuary where I can do whatever I want minus interference. Alas, I’m not thick-skinned (nor stone-deaf) enough to shrug off soundwaves traveling through air. Also I’m not the kind to go yell at people to be more sensitive. So, in silence I suffer.

No wonder foreigners label Malaysians lacking in manners. While most of us do not have bad manners, most of us do not have any kind of manners at all.

Note to self: Soundproof private room when I have my own house or office.
P.S. the guy I’m listening to right now can win the MVL award. What’s MVL? Ask me for a demonstration.

Ok, stuff slowed down a bit. Still lots to do, though. Sigh… On the good side, being VP of Aikido club means I get to order ppl around :D.

Got the bloody cough and cold virus thats spreading around. Like 1 in 3 people I meet are either coughing or sneezing. Can’t sleep well at night, too. Coughed till me throat is still raw two weeks later. AND I CAN’T SING MY FAVOURITE SONGS!! On the plus side, all the coughing actually contracts my stomach muscles, so, nice abs…

Finally this sem we get to play around with HARDWARE!! 8051 microcontrollers…where would we be without them? And so useful, like a thousand and one uses, with the right programming and peripherals and stuff…

Ahem, ok, so missed a couple of TV shows I wanted to watch, but managed to get the soundtracks, so YES!! (PS, it’s “I dreamed a dream” in “Les Miserables” and “Wishing on a star” in “10th Kingdom”). Also discovered another gem by ELO, “Twilight”. Got a nice anime sequence too. Check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VycCt4jh1aY

Now, midterm holidays are here. Not going home, though. Sigh…gotta catch up on tutorials, assignments, upcoming midterm tests. All in a student’s life, and an Engineering student at that…
Now, gotta find more time and stuff to blog…