Shpring break!

Today is officially the first day of my mid-semester break. I'll be back at uni on the 2nd of October, since Labour Day falls on the 1st (which also happens to be my mom's birthday).

Sad news is it wouldn't be much of a break though, since I've got two major essays to work on (both worth a huge chunk of my grade, 40% and 60%!). My case study groupmates and I have agreed to meet up next week as well to discuss our report for next month. While a good majority of the student population is scampering to leave Sydney to go on holidays or to get majorly hammered at various parties/Conception Day festivities, I am currently worrying myself to death as to how I'll finish those papers. Boo on me.

Well, one of our friends is sleeping over tonight and we might just come up with some mellow partying suitable for our age group, i.e. post-college, mid-twenties, post-partying-is-all-about-getting-wasted-mentality people. We might just opt for some quiet conversations over a bottle of rhum and chips, and maybe have a DVD marathon if we're still up to it.

Plans on how to spend the next seventeen days:

1. Finish international law and ICOM 815 essays.

2. Meet with case study groupmates and finally get something concrete done. (The past meetings had mostly been idle chatter and arguments hehe.)

3. Have a few drinks and quiet dinners (outdoors, I hope...and with actual people hehe!) once in a while.

4. Watch heaps of DVDs and arthouse films on SBS. I hope to finally rent Kieslowski's Three Colours Trilogy and the director's cut of Cinema Paradiso. Was able to get a special edition copy of A Very Long Engagement for half the price, so that's on the list as well.

5. See at least one movie every Tuesday (cheap night here). Get in touch with a friend who's mad about movies like I am and see if there are any good ones on in the city.

6. Clean our flat!

7. Fill out some application forms (my new top-secret project), write a few important letters.

8. Organise a trip to Hunter Valley (though I doubt I'll have enough time or funds for this).

9. Visit some free museums in the city.

10. Improve kitchen skills and cook some real food.

11. Bask in spring sunshine! It's getting warmer now and the weather's been lovely --- not too cold, not too hot.

12. Read the unread stuff in my bookshelf.

13. Ponder my place in the universe. HAHA.

I'll see what else I can add to this inane list. Wishing you all a good break.

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Song in my head at the moment: Eraserheads' Sem Break, but with the word 'sem' changed to 'spring'. HAHA.