Updatalicious.

Apparently I need to update my blog. According to some beatnik. She doesn't know WHAT she is talking about - me? Update my blog? I shall put her out of my mind.

Now, in a completely unrelated subject, I have decided it is time to update my blog. I have had the last 3 days off, waiting for some chemicals to come into the lab so I can actually do some work. TODAY - they are here - I will pick them up this afternoon and place them in an easily accessible area of my laboratory, clearly labelled with my name and contact details. So for the last 3 days I haven't really done much - did some strenuous aerobics on Monday, followed by a good walk with my flatmate Rach. Tuesday I just sorted out some appointments (ie:booked the dentist) and then went to work. CRAP! I just remembered I have work this afternoon!!! How could I forget! Idiot! I have been off with Emma walking through the Hamilton Gardens this morning, and then came home and did some pilates. It is good to have time to exercise again.

The weekend was awesome - went to stella's mum's 50th ball at their house, worked the bar, drank a little too much sav, sang april sun in cuba with the live band, and then came back to hamilton in time to go out to lunch with alice on sunday. This weekend is Lauren's 21st so should be same story, minus the bar work and the singing. Although, you could twist my arm.... :D

Tonight I am going to the movies with my flat - we are seeing Kung Fu Panda. But now, I have half an hour to get to work and I am still in my work out clothes. Lame - o.

Ciao!! xx

And then, there was One Semester Left

I did my one and only exam of the semester this afternoon - Environmental Technology. It went pretty well I think. I had a nice bit of eye candy to look at whilst I rested my hand from writing, so I must say it was one of the most pleasant exams ever. Hurray!

Anyway, now I just have research to do, and another semester. That's 4 more A's I need to get into Honours... Hmmm... Sounds fun.

Anyway it is pretty cool i think

now there is a good movie on so this is the extent of my blog.

xx

Stupid Boy telling me I can't do what I want to do

After 2 and a half years of studying Engineering, I have come face to face with my first significant sexist encounter. This stupid boy told me....

1) I can't be an Engineer because I am doing a Bachelor of Science, even though I am going to do Honours, and then a PhD. So basically I will be the man. And I will be applying for ENGINEERING jobs. And the jobs I have already had have had the title "Engineering Student". But apparently I can't be an engineer.

2) I will never make it to a top management position within Engineering, because I am a woman. I can see where this opinion comes from, as women have the disadvantage of having a uterus, so even if they choose to put their kids into daycare at a young age, they still have to take off about 3 months per child. As I want many kids (read 4 or 5), and seeing as I am a fan of working on the mother-child bond, I think I will have to take 10 years or so out of my career - and this is quite a large chunk.

BUT I WILL FREAKEN MAKE IT TO THE TOP BECAUSE I AM GOING TO BE THE BEST.

So.... I am pretty mad about that, but at the same time happy that these issues have been brought up now, and in this way, so that I can quietly deal with it, so that when they come up when I am out in industry, I am more prepared. I hope. All is not lost - I have learned from today :D

Suddenly, Luke was Gone.

Hey everyone.

Today is a sad day. This morning at 5:50am, I stood inside Auckland Airport, and said goodbye to one of my two best friends, Luke. He is now staying with his parents, just out of the Gold Coast in Australia. In a few weeks he will move to Brisbane, where he will be living for the rest of the year at least. And then.... US. Me? I'm in NZ until mid-February next year, when I move to Melbourne. So although I want him to go where the wind takes him, I really hope that our paths cross again - MSN conversations are just not the same as the spontaneous discussions that pop up when you are hanging with someone in the real life. Luke has been staying at my flat for the last 3-4 days, and I have really been reminded of why we are best mates. He is an amazing person, and just blatently brings such a different perspective on things. We have been mates for 8 years now, and our friendship has gotten to the point where we can have these incredibly interesting, intellectual conversations, and actually disagree. Disagree! On huge world issues! And that's okay! We allow each other to have opinions, and this means we learn so much more, because we are open to the other persons reasonings.

Like with anyone close that moves away, I will miss hanging out with Luke, but we have lived more than an hour away from each other for the past 5-6 years, so I'm kind of used to it I guess. But losing the opportunites to have those thought-provoking conversations? That's really sad.

So, all I can do is keep in touch, and hope whatever paths in life we choose, cross along the way.

my eyes are like sandpaper

ahhhhhh.... here i am, smack bang in the middle of the last week of Uni. My life has gotten very crowded as of late, which is not so good. However, I am doing okay. I kinda feel like I have taken an exceptionally large bite of a big sandwich, and I've been steadily chewing it for a while, and now I'm just at that last bit just before you take a huge gulp to get it down - where it's kinda a bit too much to swallow but you still try it, because you know that it will all be over soon.

Yes, that's exactly how I feel.

So I found a new procrastination tool. Last night I stayed up until almost 2am at Stella's house with her brother Nolan. I was working on a tree project report and he was writing dialogue in Spanish to speak in his oral exam this week. He had some words to look up, and during his procrastination, he found an awesome website that has a digitised human face and shoulders, that reads out excerpts in several different languages. It is SO cool! SO entertaining! We spent a good hour or so writing things in - pick-up lines, robotic words, gangsta words, funny sounding words, even Beastie Boys lyrics! Oh, and the Fresh Prince theme song. Unfortunately I have forgotten the website. No more procrastination for me.

Have a test on Friday, as well as a presentation. ARGH.

Onwards and Upwards I say!! HooRAH!!