Setting New Year’s resolutions are slightly dafter than encouraging a hungry crocodile to nibble on your left nipple. They serve no practical purpose other than making you feel incredibly guilty for not attempting them and providing a reason for people to feel incredibly disappointed in you. My solution to this abominable plague then? (more…)
December 29, 2011 | Categories: Lists, Random Rants | Tags: holiday, list, new year, resolution | Leave A Comment »
A post I meant to publish ages ago. It’s vacation now, but what the hell, I thought I’’d just upload the damn thing anyway. Enjoy.
Any college student or dedicated audiophile can lay testament to the importance of their early morning playlist. It not only sets the mood for the upcoming day (or painfully boring psychology lecture) but also makes waking up, getting on your bike and getting to your destination that much easier. So, as a gift to you readers (because I am super generous nowadays), here’s a list of my five favourite walking-to-class tracks (in no particular order) that always make it onto my playlist. Enjoy!
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December 1, 2011 | Categories: In Grahamstown, Lists | Tags: college, life, list, Music, playlist, video | Leave A Comment »
The matter about relationships, and I’m speaking from both opinion and experience, is that they’re built on uncertainty. Human affection by nature is ephemeral, unpredictable and fickle. It is understandable then to see why relationships are so difficult to initialize and maintain. There is however, a pattern when it comes to beginning and maintaining relationships and their eventual demise. Although I’ve been single for a good while now, I have learnt more about this ‘love’ phenomenon during this time than any other. So, for karmic retributions, here is a taste of some of that accumulated knowledge. These are the ten ideas and concepts I feel are most important in a relationship, both for its member’s happiness and its overall survival. (more…)
November 21, 2011 | Categories: In Grahamstown, Lists | Tags: experience, friendship, heartache, life, list, love, relationship, respect, tips, trust | 3 Comments »
THE PUPPY WHO LOST HIS WAY – EXAMINATION EDITION
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I know exactly what you’re doing tonight – studying! Yes indeed! Exams officially begin here at Rhodes tomorrow and tonight, there are hundreds of students desperately trying to cram thousands of definitions, formulae and theories into their overheating cranium. Face it, the pen-in-hand talking-parrot learning method just doesn’t cut it in a tertiary institution that demands you know more than everything. So here are my favourite study resources, webapps and programs for those sick and sad of staring at mindless scribbles in desecrated notebooks. (more…)
November 5, 2011 | Categories: In Grahamstown, Lists | Tags: college, commerce, economics, encyclopedia, English, examination, life, list, philosophy, psychology, resource, science, study, tips | Leave A Comment »
THE PUPPY WHO LOST HIS WAY – EXAMINATION EDITION
In life, and especially in college, people have this incomprehensible habit of saying something, then doing the complete opposite. This unexplainable mystery often renders a chuckle from neighbouring folk who knows exactly what will happen, even if the speaker is starkly honest. This year, I’ve heard a few of these little white lies and most of them I have used too. Here is a list of the most common. Feel free to add your own in the comments section!
Enjoy. (more…)
November 1, 2011 | Categories: In Grahamstown, Lists | Tags: college, life, list, memories, resolution | Leave A Comment »
Summer is definitely here, and judging by the 36.4°C maximum (97.5°F) we’re feeling today, it’s probably going to last at least until seven this evening. For those unfortunate souls who have to brave the sun’s relentless barrage, here are a few things you can do to beat the heat! (more…)
October 10, 2011 | Categories: In Grahamstown, Lists | Tags: college, heat, life, list, summer, tips | Leave A Comment »
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This past week and a half has just been SRC this, SRC that. For now, screw the SRC and all it’s toadies. For once, I’m focusing on the smaller picture and highlighting the shortcoming of residence life. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather have my res running 100% than my university. Besides, not much can change that I still have to get up every morning, go to class, hand in assignments, and go to bed. No amount of campaigning is going to change that routine. Even if Jesus himself ran for presidency and decided that class would start at 12h00 every day.
So here are my list of the 15 most irritating, most obnoxious, most blood-curdling pet peeves found deep in the bowels of a Rhodes University residence. (more…)
August 23, 2011 | Categories: In Grahamstown, Lists | Tags: college, Grahamstown, life, list, Pet peeve, Rhodes University | 4 Comments »
38 days.
As the current network maintenance period at Rhodes has shown all its Internet-addicted students, the likelihood of a “Digital Apocalypse” is all too real. Not only are we unable to book meals, check timetables or download work… we are theoretically left in the modern version of the Stone Age, just waiting for that inevitable power failure and water shortage Grahamstown blesses us so frequently with.
Take this time to reboot your life, and not your Wi-Fi, update your real relationship status and really write on someone’s wall… yes… literally. Why not? If you have no clue as to what I’m speaking of, here’s a list of things to keep you relatively sane until the servers are rebooted, and your digital life resurrected. (more…)
August 3, 2011 | Categories: In Grahamstown, Lists | Tags: apocalypse, Internet, lectures, life, list, Rhodes, student, studying, tips, university | 2 Comments »
This post is a day late courtesy of my awful internet connection here at home (oh, by the way, I’m home now yeah… for the best part of a week now, too) and WordPress’ mobile website.
Instead of posting a very morbid and upsetting post… mostly more moaning about how I hate myself and my life etcetera, I’m sucking some inspiration from the ether, the wonderful Cape Town ether.
I have roughly four weeks, to accomplish these – the top ten things I want to do this vacation! In order for the completion of this list, I will need the help of my awesome friends, the people who have countlessly stopped me from jumping off (hypothetical, sometimes) bridges these past few years. (more…)
June 27, 2011 | Categories: Daily Roundup, In Cape Town, Lists | Tags: bucket list, Cape Town, friends, friendship, life, list, living, vacation | Leave A Comment »
[STUDY MONTH] – Post 2 – 23 days till vacation.
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You know the feeling: you’re sitting at your desk watching the clock frantically tick past 11pm the night before your first exam, with a mountain of paperwork sitting in front of you, yet to be studied, faced with the stark realisation – you’re not going to be prepared for tomorrow. It’s awful. The only thing to do in a situation like that is, pull an all-nighter. Yes, although hit and miss, the legendary all-nighter has saved many a student from the jaws of failure and claimed countless casualties over the years too, but in some situations it’s the only thing you can do. This is a guide that I religiously follow whenever I attempt to beat the sun and make it on time, prepared, for that 9am hand in or morning exam. Here is a summarised version. (more…)
June 2, 2011 | Categories: In Grahamstown, Lists, Reviews | Tags: all nighter, college, entertainment, exam, friends, list, school, study, studying, tips | Leave A Comment »
[STUDY MONTH] – Post 1 – 24 days till vacation.
As a gift to all my fellow students, the following few posts on this blog will be dedicated to the time of year we all dread – exams. I’ll call it, Study Month.
I’ve thought of pretty hardcore ways to procrastinate this swot week, but I think I’ve found the Holy Grail. Right here, are 25 (seeing that there are just 25 full days until exams are officially over) ludicrous and downright daring things to do in an exam when studying your ass off for three weeks, and going to all but one lecture, just isn’t enough. Let’s face it – some exams are made for the sole purpose to make us, students, look like, well, idiots. This is how to rebel, like idiots! Enjoy! (more…)
June 1, 2011 | Categories: In Grahamstown, Lists, Reviews | Tags: college, entertainment, exam, examination, fail, humour, life, list, personal, school, study, top | Leave A Comment »
Okay, enough with the melodrama. I’d like to thank the people who have taken the time to read and comment on my posts, as well as for the very blunt advice given. I need to hear things like that every now and again.
Seriously, enough crying. Life’s a bitch, and it will never change, regardless of the situation. I best suck it up.
I honestly do not have the energy to talk about the things that cannot be explained. I’m so ragged and apathetic. I missed supper today. I’ve had one small meal at lunch, but that’s all otherwise. So, I’m not in the greatest of moods. But I am feeling a lot better than I had felt before my ranting and raving. I guess I really just need to rage up to calm down.
Now, for my day:
I was late for English as usual. It’s hosted in the closest lecture complex to my residence so naturally I figure I don’t need to wake up so early. Apparently, that ploy hasn’t been working too well for the past few months. I was only ever on time on three occasions. Regardless, we did a really great poem today. Written by a poet/jazz musician from my hometown, Abdullah Ibrahim, it’s called Blues for District Six. If you ever have the chance to read it, then do. I need to check the copyright implications before posting it to my blog though.
Anyway, there just had to be an irritant today. The lecture ended, and I walked out of the theatre whilst chatting to a really awesome lady-friend of mine. But this upset my other friend because she was standing outside waiting for me, and I accidentally walked right passed her. I didn’t mean to, I mean, it was nine in the morning and to be honest, I only start functioning after I’ve had lunch. Yeah, so she was upset with me the entire day. When she gets upset with me, she refuses to talk to me. Not a sound. Absolutely silent.
I walked ahead, I really wasn’t up for this immature bullshit so early in the morning. I sat alone in Linguistics, and in Psychology. I missed Journalism, I actually wrote my tutorial out during that time so I can claim to have done some work.
I just finished having my makeshift supper. Chicken-flavoured Oodles of Noodles and a chocolate rusk. Yeah, student budget hey.
I’m full though, and feeling rather well in contrast to the past few days. I don’t take emotions well, readers, so when I have an off-day, I boil over. This is my only release from everything. My blog. This is where every thought gets published. If I get over-emotional sometimes, it’s nothing major. I just like to write about it. And thank you for always taking the time to read about it.
Finally, have a look at my new The Bucket List page. I thought I’d start something life-changing during a very boring Psychology lecture yesterday… It would be great to hear your comments, thoughts and, if you keep one, your own bucket list.
Until next time, this is me.
- reddevilandy10
August 4, 2010 | Categories: Daily Roundup, In Grahamstown | Tags: English, friends, lectures, linguistics, list, poem, psychology, The Bucket List | 1 Comment »
Wow. It’s that time of the year again. 19 days to Christmas! People spending lazy sunshine-soaked hours on the beach, others blockading the parking lots of malls doing last-minute gift shopping, others simply spending time with people who mean the most to them in this lifetime. *Sigh*
I’m usually the one inspiring other people to get into the so-called “jolly” spirit. It is, after all, the only day of the year when everyone seems happy – a far cry from most other days of the year. This year though, I’m not feeling that whole Christmasy vibe.
Well… I decided to try and get into the mood by gong back to my roots. You know, what Christmas is all about when you’re four years old. This post is dedicated to all the things that I either can’t have, can’t get or don’t have at this point in my life. Materialistic you say? No. I’m simply being selfish – thinking of myself for a change. And yes, most of these I would probably have to buy myself. So, what do I really want?
Let’s start the list with a few material things… a 160GB Apple iPod Classic, filled to the brim with all the .flac albums I can fit on it. Along with my shiny new ‘Pod, some Sennheiser HD448′s – a pair that I could actually afford but can’t seem to find locally.
A white Blackberry Bold, and I’m going to need a laptop next year too – can’t really call that a wish-list item.
I’m feeling a little impulsive now, add a Sony PS3 Slim 250GB with all accessories, games, etc. and a 23″ Full HD LED monitor as well. I wouldn’t mind a home-made HTPC with HD DSTV so I can record live shows straight to my PC either.
A new black Opel Corsa OPC, custom tuned by track professionals (to break, at least, the nine-minute barrier around the Nurburgring Nordschleife) with yellow racing stripes and a yellow outline around the black rims for when I have enough money to actually buy a car, and a house near the water’s edge on Clifton 3rd, with an overflow pool, built-in bar in the kitchen with a walk through bar fridge, as well as a sun deck with mahogany slats. Three bedrooms, I’d turn the third bedroom into a study overlooking the pool and Clifton beach front. I’d love to have a mini cinema room, with a pool table and a popcorn machine, and of course, my private chocolate vending machine refreshed weekly.
I’d also appreciate it if my family sorted out their differences. I wish that people see that yes, I am actually growing up and that I don’t need criticism or help if I don’t ask for it. I wish that January 30th comes very very very quickly, as at this time, leaving Cape Town wouldn’t be such a difficult thing to do after all. I wish I could be with my ex… yes, you read that correctly (it may not be the wisest thing to do now but I can’t cover the fact up). But life doesn’t just give you the shit that you want, now does it?
So dear Santa, do me a favour and grant me these wishes this Christmas. And if you can’t, drop your excuse and address down my chimney so I can make plans to nuke your little secret elf lair.
Thank You.
December 6, 2009 | Categories: Random Rants | Tags: Christmas, dating, emotions, friends, friendship, life, list, living, love, personal, problems, religion | 5 Comments »
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