14
Oct
Short burst, long hiatus
Ok, so I’m getting a tiny bit of a writer’s block these few weeks; (though I would love to have you believe that the reason nothing new is up is because I wanted more people to see me lamblasting homophobes)
Things are starting to snowball, and I’m having a little trouble catching up now that I’m sticking out sorely at school. Lecturers are coming up to me, asking me to join various stuff. You would think it is normal for this kind of attention to come after the result upset last semester; but even lecturers I don’t know personally are asking me to join competitions, go for certification courses, and more.
Personally, I enjoy this attention - perhaps this is what it feels like to have people coming up to you in person to offer you a place in a competition! The pressure to say yes is kind of an issue for me though… I haven’t really sorted my rejection mechanisms out yet - that is something I need to do before the Great Flood comes (which I’m jabbing blindly in the air to be around 2 weeks from now). Already, I’m involved in:
- The National Infocomm Quiz
- Micro$oft’s Imagine Cup
- Sun Certified Java Programmer Course
… and I just joined another CCA at school. I know it is crazy to commit to so many things, so if more stuff starts coming in next, I’ll have to start rejecting the nice lecturers; after all, they just want to stretch me out a little bit more. All I need to know now is how best to reject further competition offers. I suspect the office keeping some sort of a secret file on me, and They are scribbling furiously inside it right now.
Before I forget, the National Infocomm Quiz is coming soon! Vote for my team (SMIT 7) at the National Infocomm Quiz website! Click on “Online Quiz”, and answer 3 questions correctly to vote for my team! (Yeah, I know it is a real hassle, and the questions are most likely way out of the league of a non-geek; they probably want to stop the widget from becoming a popularity contest.) Feel free to SMS, call or MSN me for the answers to the questions if you run into any problems.
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