Okay, so I wasn't feeling too good this morning. My eyes were tired, and I did not have as much sleep as I am used to. But that quickly went away during my first lecture, where, we were just starting on mycology. The lecturer talked really, really fast. She just machine-gunned through every slide, touching on a whole lot of topics including various examples of symbiotic relationships with plants, animals, and photosynthetic bacteria. Why am I happy about this? Because I could immediately sense that just about the entirety of the lecture hall stopped paying attention after the big words came out.
Yes, I'm a selfish bastard with a superiority complex. I know. But really, it just felt great to finally be pushed slightly. Even though the lecture was hardly in-depth, there were plenty of new terms and various other pieces of knowledge which I did not already have. I was scribbling in my notebook the entire time, taking it all down, like I would have back in mathematics during secondary school. I've still got plenty to find out, if I really want to know more about fungi, but I certainly do have the motivation today!
Then, communications skills. It was pointless, but entertaining nonetheless. The topic was conflict management, and the teacher had plenty of stories to share about her relationship with her in-laws. The conclusion was basically, stay away from your in-laws.
And then, no IMB! That was really awesome. Okay, it was in the schedule, but that doesn't stop it from being awesome. Any time that I am not in the same room as that person adds to the awesome-factor. The awesomeness of the situation increased by an awesome factor of 25 awesomes. That was just so damn awesome.
That basically had be dismissed at eleven. After some time at the library, I received a message from Sze Chuan, saying that he had just finished his Maths Olympiad thingy. So we went for lunch, and the most brilliant thing happened.
They gave us free coke. Heheheh. For some reason, they decided to be charitable and give us an extra medium. Of course, we accepted it graciously.
There's something about Macdonald's coke that I like. It's probably that it is somewhat sweeter than canned or bottled coke. Rachel says that it tastes of detergent, but I think it's lovely. It tastes like... Caramel. It's liquid caramel. Carbonated liquid caramel. And at Macdonald's, the magnitude of caramel-ness is substantially greater than that of "official" coke. Still, this is coming from a guy who likes the smell of burnt matched, candle wax, and various other hydrocarbons.
Oh, and it rained. Not like it hasn't rained for a long time, but it's always good when it rains. Rain makes the floors wet, thus increasing the probability of an idiot slipping and neutering himself. Also the air becomes nice and cool.
And that was my perfect day thus far. All I need is for the perfectness to continue as I attempt to complete the rest of my reports.
-Joe