Random thoughts of a Disturbed Mind: Welcome to my life...

Woke up this morning in a foul mood. I haven't been sleeping well for quite some time. In fact, the last time I had such an extended run of insomnia was when I was working at my last job.

My timetable today is the pits...I have a lecture from 10am to 12nn, and my next lecture was from 4pm to 6pm. Yup, a 4 hour break. Anyway, when I reached the LT for my morning lecture, I realised that the LT was exceptionally cold. Usually this LT's temperature was about right...Today it was freezing. Before the end of the lecture, I've caught a cold and was sniffing away. We balloted for our project topic at the end of the lecture. My friends and I were joking how it would suck if we were the last group to be drawn. And as fate would have it, we were! Out of 43 groups, we were the last ones to be drawn. Luckily the last topic left was not too difficult (according to my friend).

After the lecture, I went down to the library to borrow the "additional" textbook for my morning's lecture. It was a reference book, and I could only borrow the book for 2 hours. I've never borrowed RBR books before, and totally screwed up the procedure. Good thing the librarians were nice enough to tell me how it's supposed to be done. After I got my book, I went to the photocopy room to copy the chapters I needed. I couldn't figure out how to "shrink" the page, and wasted the first few pages. Good thing the photocopy lady came over and helped me with the settings. My nose by this time was dripping like a leaking tap. I don't know what is it about the photocopy room, but I always get hyper-sensitive there. If I wear contact lens, my eyes would turn red in no time. Even if I wasn't nursing a cold, my nose would also start acting up. Copying the chapters I needed turned into an act of manual dexterity...Flip page, press COPY, wipe nose and repeat.

After I was done, I returned the book and headed to the History department to hand up my GEM essay. After which, I took a bus back to SOC. I had originally planned to head down to Sim Lim after my morning lecture to buy a mouse. But between photocopying the book and handing up my essay, I've already used up one and a half hours. And I haven't had lunch yet! I bought some finger-food and headed out to take the bus down to Sim Lim.

I had to get a new mouse as my old one starting to break down. When I needed to drag & drop, the mouse would drop before I released the left button. When I reached Sim Lim, I couldn't find the mouse I wanted in the shop I usually bought my stuff from. Went to Skylet, and found lots of them on sale. I had wanted to buy the Logitech MX310, but was almost tempted to get the MX510. $30 more for 2 more shortcut buttons....Mmmm...I ended up buying the MX310, the one I originally had in mind.

I took a bus back to NUS, and reached with just enough time to go print the notes for my 4pm lecture and went to attend the lecture. It was my most dreaded module, Intro to Computer Security. Today the lecturer talked about some sort of encryption and how the human mind can predict the information without it being all there. He flashed this on the screen, and asked us if we could guess what it was:

"XXXXXXXX

XXXXXXXXX"

He used this as an exam question a few years back, and 90% of the students managed to get it right. No one in the LT said anything for a while, and I figured out what it was. My friends urged me to shout it out, and I did. And I was right! Haha! You guys can guess if you want, I'll provide the answer in my next entry. It's not that hard, to be honest. It's actually quite a giveaway...

After the lecture I took a shuttle bus to the Engineering department to take 96 to Clementi. I do this now whenever my day ends at 6pm (my regular bus is so full it doesn't stop after 6pm), instead of taking a bus to Clementi Stadium and then walk to take 184. Taking 96 takes a tad more time, but it's less tiring. At Clementi, I saw Dr. Chee Soon Juan! I didn't realise it was him until I was close enough to reach out and touch him...Otherwise I would have taken a picture of him. He was there with his SDP comrades, handing out a newspaper of sorts.

Finally made it home at 7pm+. Thank God tomorrow's Friday.

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