After Hours
So I'm back from another day at varsity and I'm doing what I also do: kick off the shoes, park in front of the PC, watch an episode of something and then look around for things to do. Yes: I'm tired and I use my valuable time at home to completely and utterly veg.
So this is where I am: varsity has been on for about seven months. We're well into the second semester and, yes, almost done with the third quarter. I guess you can say I'm into the routine. I wake up at around 6am to get ready to leave at 7am. It's a 40-odd minute drive to Stellenbosch and when I get home at 17.30 I'm sufficiently tired, regardless of the workload of the day. A day has on average 3 hours of class and 3 hours for a tutorial. Fridays are special: I get off at one! :) When I get the time and energy, I go out with a few friends and catch a movie, play a bit of pool or go for a coffee. On occasion I also bowl a bit, but I am horrible (my glory years a past me...)
So that's my life: settled and routine. Despite the fact that I don’t take much initiative to do work on my own, I stay pretty busy. It is a little mundane and sometimes I get frustrated when I get e-mails from my friends in the UK: they’re meeting new people, integrating into new cultures and just getting away from it all. Do I wish that I had taken a year off to go hang around Europe? No, but I constantly have this burning urge to just get away. I don’t know how long or where, but just away from everything and everyone. A desert island would be nice, but I’m not in the mood for scurvy at the moment (that doesn’t mean I won’t be later... heh).
At least I’m happy with my course. That’s more than a lot of people can say. Maybe I’m just a know-it-all or maybe I actually really know something about people, because 4 out of 5 times I look at a person and I have good guess how that person will enjoy his or her course. Incidentally, my brother’s chosen profession was a stumper, but I really hope everything works out well for him in the end.
My problems can all be mended by making the correct decisions and taking the time to examine them all from a point of view other than the pity-myself one. I just don’t. I guess I’m just a fool in that respect. Or maybe I actually need this time alone with my burdens. I really don’t know.
Lesson for the day: everyone has issues. It is extremely important to deal it with as much as you can on your own before you go to other people with them. Sort out your demons, and you’ll be a much happier person and have much more perception. What do they say? They first step is admitting you have problems…
Wow, I almost made myself depro with this post – I actually didn’t mean to do that when I sat down to write something. But I am feeling a bit fluish, so excuse me. I’m off to go get some food, so cheerio.
So this is where I am: varsity has been on for about seven months. We're well into the second semester and, yes, almost done with the third quarter. I guess you can say I'm into the routine. I wake up at around 6am to get ready to leave at 7am. It's a 40-odd minute drive to Stellenbosch and when I get home at 17.30 I'm sufficiently tired, regardless of the workload of the day. A day has on average 3 hours of class and 3 hours for a tutorial. Fridays are special: I get off at one! :) When I get the time and energy, I go out with a few friends and catch a movie, play a bit of pool or go for a coffee. On occasion I also bowl a bit, but I am horrible (my glory years a past me...)
So that's my life: settled and routine. Despite the fact that I don’t take much initiative to do work on my own, I stay pretty busy. It is a little mundane and sometimes I get frustrated when I get e-mails from my friends in the UK: they’re meeting new people, integrating into new cultures and just getting away from it all. Do I wish that I had taken a year off to go hang around Europe? No, but I constantly have this burning urge to just get away. I don’t know how long or where, but just away from everything and everyone. A desert island would be nice, but I’m not in the mood for scurvy at the moment (that doesn’t mean I won’t be later... heh).
At least I’m happy with my course. That’s more than a lot of people can say. Maybe I’m just a know-it-all or maybe I actually really know something about people, because 4 out of 5 times I look at a person and I have good guess how that person will enjoy his or her course. Incidentally, my brother’s chosen profession was a stumper, but I really hope everything works out well for him in the end.
My problems can all be mended by making the correct decisions and taking the time to examine them all from a point of view other than the pity-myself one. I just don’t. I guess I’m just a fool in that respect. Or maybe I actually need this time alone with my burdens. I really don’t know.
Lesson for the day: everyone has issues. It is extremely important to deal it with as much as you can on your own before you go to other people with them. Sort out your demons, and you’ll be a much happier person and have much more perception. What do they say? They first step is admitting you have problems…
Wow, I almost made myself depro with this post – I actually didn’t mean to do that when I sat down to write something. But I am feeling a bit fluish, so excuse me. I’m off to go get some food, so cheerio.
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