A friend of mine came to church today and we were catching up. He told me, "You know, you should start a blog." And I replied, "I was thinking so ya know." To which he interjected, "Don't think." Knowing that that is next to impossible with me, I came home, ate, and slept, then took the latter part of his advice. It's really interesting that creating a blog sounds like so much more work than sending an e-mail every week. The term "blog" (which is actually short for "weblog") carries so much more weight - like saying "I'm a facilitator of young minds in the education system". All of a sudden, it seems more serious. Since I've been accused of writing a lot, let me cut to the heart.
Mid-terms are driving people crazy. There is that heightened anxiety that suffocates the UWI air. The looks on everyone's faces just spell doom. Then there's this one guy, who seems not to have a care in the world. He walks with his head high, and a grin on his face. He seems happy. Maybe he doesn't know where he is. Or maybe he doesn't care. It's like he's breathing a different kind of air? He wears a different kind of wear. Hey, he has no ware, or nowhere to go. (Or maybe he knows where to go!) Who is this man? Why does he look so happy? All these and more on our next episode! (Provided he doesn't have an episode).
Well I hope you smiled. Life shouldn't be so bogged down by the stresses. Think about it. People stress you out, then you die and they go to your funeral. For once, wouldn't you wish you were alive enough to go to your own funeral and say how good a person you were? It's bad enough that life is short, but what's worse is when you add that you only live it once. So don't worry about what to study, or how you will get through the next set of tests. Life is more than school (that's why they gave you homework).
Now about my tests, for those who have been eagerly waiting for me to share in your troubles. They were good. The maths went beautiful, the Marketing was a bit tricky if you didn't study, but the Accounts. Oh the Accounts! I was reading through the paper in the lecture room when I hear this harsh dry cough. I looked to my right, then to my other right (Yeah I just looked left). Being the scornful germaphobe that I am, I scotched over to my right with a frightened stare at the woman next to me. "Get away from me you disease spreading creature!" I screamed inside. This carried on until for about the next 15 to 20 minutes. As I read, I kept saying, "Swine flu" and laughing at myself. But when I finally managed to behave, she had stopped coughing for about 10 minutes.
On Tuesday, I learnt about consumer behaviour. I didn't really believe much of it because I thought it was a ploy from "the man" to implant consumerism microchips into our brains to make us stop eating hamburgers. Not only that, I thought "If I tell you that people think that yellow cars are more fuel efficient and then make all my cars yellow and claim that they are more fuel efficient that Hummers (or "a leading brand in luxury vehicles"), then I would have made you buy my yellow cars and create one vicious cycle from my indoctrination." - an observation I pointed out to my lecturer, who thought it was very good.
That's pretty much my week. Go to school, run from monsters, etc.
