The convention today was quite a disappointment, really. Normally I expect conventions to be 1) Fun, 2) Full of stuff to look at, 3)Containing buyable items, 4) Crowded.
I only got number 4 today. Seriously, there was nothing to see. Except a couple of professional speedcubers. That was about it, really. Sure, there were a few LotR figurines, and some dudes in Imperial uniforms playing Wii Sports, but it was still really, really tame. I'd have enjoyed myself more at the Science Centre, even though I've basically seen everything worth noting there.
It only occupied one convention hall. It was small, and filled with uninteresting nothings. The lego sculptures were hardly impressive, and the lightsabers were no different from the ones on display at the actual toy stores.
In other words, we'd probably have gotten a better experience from going to a PopcornPop or SimplyToys store. Quite a waste of time, really. Thus, we decided to escape the oxygen-less swamp of the convention hall and head off to Funan.
Yes, really. The convention was so crummy that we decided to scoot off to a regular IT mall. Which isn't really an IT mall any more. It sucks, period. Where are the games? Where, are the games? In other countries, there are entire stores dedicated to selling games. Entire stores, being places with a ground area the size of swimming pools, selling nothing but games and game systems. Over there, going to buy a video game can actually be considered as "shopping". Over here, buying a video game is "locating a small shop squashed between countless cake shops/hair saloons/jewelers to buy a video game that came out last month."
Some IT mall. They really ought to change their name.
In any case, it seems that it's back to lessons as usual tomorrow. I'm not really anxious to get back to that, although it's certainly not something I'm dreading either. Lab coats! Playing with fire! These are cool things. Then there are the very uncool things, such as the NE project that we're supposedly going to have to do soon.
... Honestly. There's no way that they can make an NE project cool, in any way. Slave labour up North doesn't count. And there's nothing about ice in this one, because it seems that it's about some biofuel people... As usual.
It's week 12 this week. Only 5 more weeks of lessons, then a week for revision. After that, the end-of-semester exams. And then no more German, no more Communications Skills, no more bloody IMB, and more microbiology to look forward to! Yes, despite what I say about it, it's actually quite interesting. The most interesting module so far, in fact. It also really helps with the whole sounding smart thing, because you can rattle off various names of common bacteria and fungi, and explain to people how their intestines are full of them.
For now, I'll just have to do my best. Less procrastination, more action. More trying not to procrastinate, basically, so it doesn't really translate into more action. Still, it'll make me feel better about myself! In theory.
-Joe
