My muscles are aching...well, my butt and thighs anyway. Blah. It always hits me on the second day. Oh well, have 2 more days to recover before I have to go to school again.

I finally managed to finish my minutes today...the thing is that it's not about minutes of a meeting...it's minutes of a seminar, where academic stuff is being discussed...so I took a long time to phrase all the stuff I needed to say and cross-reference the notes. Blah. But thankfully, it's DONE!! I sent it to the other girl and hope she puts in her part and submits it to the forum. It took me a good part of the afternoon.

Today was also a pretty long day. Woke up, showered and started on the minutes...then I went to the supermarket...where I unfortunately, did not see the cute cashier, but there were young guys there...one at REWE and one at Aldi...I guess Saturday mornings is when the young dudes work...and thus, a great time to just go shopping and ogle them. Haha. Still...neither of these two guys were as nice as THE cute guy I saw twice last week. Ah well...pity...but I bought Ritter Sport..I guess the chocolate was to make up for the disappointment. Haha ;)

Then I came back and vacuumed...cos my partner was coming over so we could work on our presentation on cosmetic surgery. He was slightly late, but ok lah, the tram comes only every 15 min on Saturdays..which is why I wanted him to come over, instead of me going over to his place. I think we did quite well...we worked from about 11.15 to 3.30pm...didn't eat cos he wasn't hungry and it's damn paiseh to eat when your guest is not eating..plus, we were really hard at work, so I guess I didn't really think much about food. But it's ridiculous to spend 4 hours working on a presentation that only lasts 5 minutes. I still have to write the rest of my part and the vocab list...which I will probably spend tomorrow doing...then have to go do my other homework. But anyway, my partner is quite interesting...he has been to many many countries and it's nice to hear what he has to say. Plus, with the work we've put in, I think our presentation will be fine.

After he left, I had lunch...and watched TV while typing out the minutes. There are some majorly spoilt kids. I don't know why parents let kids get away with so much crap. I don't wanna have kids for this reason...and some others too, but this is the main one. Bratty, diva-esque kids are definitely not for me.

And then, the whole afternoon just passed by like that. I looked for some recipes for wild rice and wrote a little text about shopping...and it's now 9.15pm...I guess I will probably read a bit and plan my work schedule for tomorrow...and then I'll sleep early...

Wow..haven't blogged for nearly a week. I guess I have been meaning to, but I've been really kinda busy this week.

Sunday and Monday were kinda boring...mostly did work and hung around at home...got really bored with crap holiday TV. I don't get why the shows they show on weekends and holidays are so crappy?! I thought more people stay at home with their families...so they should have better shows right? But I did watch Shakespeare in Love on Monday night. It is really quite funny, because I read about Shakespeare's life and the controversies surrounding it the morning before. In any case, the movie is kinda funny in its own way, though I still don't think Gwyneth Paltrow is very pretty and I really didn't wanna see her half-naked...but it is a nice change from the William Shakespeare oh what a divine genius image.

The week basically went by really quickly. Went to school, came home, watched TV and did homework. Didn't manage to finish as much as I wanted. Was reminded of how little talent I have in learning new languages...either that, or English and German are simply way too easy compared to Swedish and Czech. In any case, I feel like I am disappointing my teachers...but what to do? I just need to pass this sem's exams and take another sem...and I'll be set.

During the weekend, I got an inspiration for my Business English presentation...I decided to do it on cosmetic surgery. I only have a freaking 5 minutes to talk...well, 2.5 because I have a partner...but I guess we'll handle it somehow. We'll bring in some stats about how much money the industry is worth and the most popular operations and how much they cost on average. Then quickly mention a few marketing tactics. Ugh. I can't imagine how anyone can present something in 5 minutes. We'll have 10 min for the discussion though, so maybe it won't be so bad. Can deal with the issue of whether cosmetic surgery is the new status symbol. Anyway, my partner's coming over to work on it tomorrow. I asked him if he would be so nice as to come over, because he suggested we either work at his place or mine. It's pointless going to the library cos we cannot discuss stuff...and we can't stay long in cafes. So...I will have to vacuum my floor tomorrow morning. I am too lazy to do it today.

I am supposed to type out the silly protocol for a seminar. The seminar was traumatising. They all talked so fast and I wrote so much: 7 sides!! Thank God we finished 20 min earlier. My hand was dying! When I looked at my watch and saw that there was still 50 min left, I thought I was gonna keel over. I had problems breathing properly, cos it was such a stressful situation. But I'm sharing the job with someone else, so it's ok, I guess. I just have to finish it by tonight, cos I have other homework to do for the rest of the weekend. I hope I can do it...I'll feel bad if I can't finish it.

Today has been a long long day so far. Woke up at 5am to go swimming...it was more exhausting than ever, because the new coach is quite enthu...so I practice doing the breaststroke and backstroke properly because I don't want to disappoint her. I can't get the kicking for backstroke right though...and my legs nearly died...but I still can't get it right...oh well.

Then I came home and had a nap and had breakfast...then went for my seminar on Contemporary Indian Cinema. The prof talks very fast. I wonder how the Germans deal with this. But it was really interesting. This guy is very intelligent and knows a lot. But he also took 20 min after the lesson ended to finish his "lecture".

Then I went home for lunch...didn't do much then...just sorted out a few things. I got a postcard from Lee Ting and Yuhan sent me photos! Thanks, you guys!

Then I had tennis...it was a strange experience, because I joined the beginners' course and the coach, who's probably younger than all of us, cos he's only in his second semester...went through everything again. It was sort of helpful, because I don't know the German names for a lot of the stuff. But it really was kinda weird to hold a tennis racquet in my hands after 4 years. It felt familiar and yet strange. And after watching the rest, I guess it made me wonder what I'd be like if I were a total beginner. Some people needed quite a long time to get a feel of the ball. But I'm not cheating or whatever hor...I am really not good enough to be in the advanced group. For one, I hit the ball in any old direction...without making controlling where it goes. It's embarrassing. But I like the coach...he's quite nice and friendly. There are 4 guys and 3 girls in the group...plus the coach, that makes 5 guys. The guys run very fast leh...and the girls too. I felt super unfit during the warming up phase. :( But I do like the times when we actually got to hit the balls. There're 2 left-handers in the group, so I partnered the guy. He's quite cute, but he doesn't talk much. I also dunno what to say to him lah. But it was fun..I'll wear shorts next week...it's definitely warm enough. Oh my GOODNESS!! It is RAINING! I'm glad it didn't rain during tennis! We have clay courts...so mafan to maintain...must clean after playing somemore. :( But I am looking forward to next week's session already. It's quite good that the groups are small. I mean my cousin and I used to share a coach when we were younger, but this is the uni and we only pay 30 Euro a semester, so what to do? But in any case, I had a great Friday! :)