one thousand steps

this morning, i attempted the climb the 1000 steps(kokoda trail simulation). it was incredibly uphill and hard. i had so many rests in between!

but it was so satisfying. once you reach the top of the steps, you'll think 'i've done it!' (although there's more of a hike up to the top of the mountain). then you slowly make the descent only to find that you're not so stable on your feet anymore.

surprisingly, i'm not tired. not at all.

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i should really exercise more regularly...

i wake and feel the fell of dark, not day

i wake and feel the fell of dark, not day.
what hours, o what black hours we have spent
this night! what sights you heart, saw; ways you went!
and more must, in yet longer lights delay.
with witness i speak this. but where i say
hours i mean years, mean life. and my lament
is cries countless, cries like dead letters sent
to dearest him who lives alas! away.

i am gall, i am heartburn. God's most deep decree
bitter would have me taste: my taste was me
bones built in me, flesh filled, blood brimmed the curse
selfyeast of spirit a dull dough sours. i see
the lost are like this, and their scourge to be
as i am mine, their sweating selves; but worse.

- gerard manley hopkins

red, white and an icecream tub

i have finally finished my where's wally scarf.

now, all i need is the red and white striped beanie, a red and white striped long sleeved top and the blue pants.

facebook

so i've finally joined. after so long of resisting it, you know what made me do it?

my cousin refusing to send me her graduation photos which were on facebook.

the towel that has a cause

today is the last day i'll be doing research.

i make it sound so sad.

today is the LAST day i'll be doing reseach! yay!

no more writing of research papers and having numerous references i only cite once. no more staring at the computer for six hours of the day copying and pasting data from one software to another. no more looking at graphs and figures and wondering if i should delete one test because it's so variable. no more statistics; means and standard deviations i can handle buy doing t-tests, anovas and variences? throw me out the window. please.

i'm going home to enjoy my freedom for the next two weeks; watch some movies, play sims 2 on my psp and knit a new scarf.