Chasing Time

Time is a valuable thing. We never have enough of it and what little we have of it sneaks past us. It was once said that "trying to grab time is like trying to catch water with your hand, both are impossible". My time as a fresher at uni is approaching fast and it will not too long before I back at home enjoying the delights of roast dinners and home cooked food. But this year has speed past me and has disappeared into the realms of memory. The people I have meet, I feel like I have always known them forever but yet like I only meet them yesterday.

It was hard for me when I first came to uni cause I was not very well but the people have been really cool and helpful. At uni we have got along really well. My very first day at uni, looking back makes me think that it was not so long ago but yet it was over 8 months ago. We humans do have a strange perception of Time.

My aim to get back of top of work at the moment didn't really happen today as I decided to catch up on anime and TV instead. I watch the latest Doctor Who episode and I was really impressed indeed. In fact I can not wait - even though I am going to have to - for the next installment that is two weeks away. But yet I know it will fly past me in moments. I also watched the latest Naruto and Darker than black today. the latest Naruto series is going very slowly and has left me annoyed at the lack of speed in unrolling the plot. Whereas Darker than black has left me wanting more. The plot to that is intriqing and the universe it creates is vast. This anime indeed has much potential and could become on the selected list of stuff I may buy one day.

Of course tomorrow I can start on uni work. That is the joy of a new day, you can do the things you never had time for.

All play and no work = Happy Me + ruining life

University is a place of many aspects. There is the amazing social life which keeps you awake at all hours of the night. And then they is the work. You can always come down to the two things in life: work and play. You always need to get the right balance, if you don't then your life slips before you and plunges you into a world of despair.

Unfortunately for me, I am getting the balance wrong. I am years behind on my work and I am beginning to see the effects of it. Exams are fast approaching and since I have have failed to attend about 87% of my lectures, I am in deep trouble.

Today is a perfect example of more work than play. Instead of attending a boring two hour lecture on analysing systems - a boring subject indeed - I went to a water fight. A fun few hours of attacking each other with balloons filled with water whilst attempting to avoid the incoming missiles from your opponents. It was entertain and far much for interesting than lectures. But fun is obtained at a price. I have no idea what to do for the exam and since I am failing the first year at the moment it was unwise to miss lectures. I need to learn to get the balance right otherwise i will be in even more trouble.

I aim to get back on top and to pass the first year of uni. I intend to do this by doing lots of reading up on lecture notes. Hopefully then I can pass and move on to year two.

Long time no see

Yes it has taken forever for me to write a new post. Uni life is busy and gives me no time at all. This is a shame but would like to point out that it is not the work which keeps me busy it is the social life.

So instead of here trying to speak about what has happened whilst I have failed to update my blog I am going to instead talk about what is happening now and sometimes add in little notes to fill the gaps.

Well I am currently enjoying going though my anime at the moment. Death Note has become again amazing and gripping me to a choking hold. I want to know what happens but without not reading the manga - I prefer the anime much to the manga - or cheating and going on wikipedia like many people are doing - You know who you are.

I am supposed to be working on some uni coursework but I have the incredibility ability to find more important jobs to do. There is a direct correlation between the tidiness of my room to when coursework is required.

That probably why I am failing the first year :-(