The Tasks I Set Out to Do

I realise I'm quite fond of revisiting old posts, so here I am, posting again as a revisit. If you remember, two weeks ago, I posted this. So, how much of that have I done?

1. Get tertiary newspaper cards - got 'em both last week, The Age card on Monday, Herald Sun card on Wednesday.

2. Get copies of my academic transcript - got 'em two weeks ago. All the applications for the latest deadlines have been sent out. Sadly, I think I didn't get much feedback or response. :(

3. Update my blog - well, how many posts have you seen since then?

4. Raid Big W/Safeway - I raided Big W and Safeway roughly 8 times in the past two weeks.

5. Think about getting a new computer - I decided against it eventually in favour of saving the money for something else (people who know me already know what). I realise I only want it to play StarCraft II, so I'll get one when StarCraft II does come out.

6. Visit the bank - got my new card, and I'm bloody happy with it. It looks cooler, and does so much more for me.

Well, I thought I'd miss certain things, but I didn't. That being said, the movement of my Wii into my room has increased my usage of it somewhat. (Maybe an hour or two per week, instead of never.) I'm gaming a lot more regularly, and I have had significant shorter amounts of dead time for the past few weeks.

While I now have more free time and less hours of uni per week, looks like I can look forward to a very very enjoyable year, be it study, work, or play.

Mass Effect Completed

I've finished Mass Effect. Can't say I'm satisfied, but the fact that I completed the game is more than testament to how good it is. It's riddled with bugs, especially those involving collision detection (I think a nice physics engine, perhaps Havok, could help with that) - hopefully that's fixed by Mass Effect 2. I can't say I'm a fan yet, since I have no intention of collecting the trilogy or preordering the remaining planned two games. (By the way, why do so many of the biotic spells feel like Force powers? Hm....)

Mass Effect Playthrough

I've started playing Mass Effect lately, I think I'm about halfway on the storyline, not counting side quests. I can roughly see where the storyline is going, and it's not particularly brilliant, but it's still OK. The FPS controls could've been tighter, but it's sufficient. It's not an excellent game, but it's definitely above average.

The Degeneration of Diligence

Week 1:Do every tutorial question and reading as soon as possible. No funny business.

Week 2: Do every tutorial question and reading after the last lecture of the week.

Week 3: Do every tutorial question and reading during the weekend.

Week 4: Do every tutorial question before tutorials.

Week 5: Finish as many tutorial questions as possible in the one hour before the tutorial.

Week 6: Do tutorial questions while waiting for the tutor to arrive.

Week 7: Copy down answers from tutor and do questions afterwards.

Week 8: Forget about copying answers and doing questions, and wait for answers to be posted online.

Week 9: Decide to download answers next week.

Week 10: Decide to put off downloading answers (including last week's to next week.

Week 11: Decide to put off downloading lecture slides, readings and tutorials until end of the semester.

Week 12: Panic because exam is in 9 days.

My Desk - Revisited

Two years ago, there was a post regarding my desk and where I stored my stuff: click here. I've decided that now I've moved to a new place, it's time I update it with my new table! The last time you saw my table, it looked like this:

I've changed the layout of my room and now have a new desk lamp!

I won't be numbering everything like last time (since it's not that cluttered), but I think it's always a good idea to tell you what's in the photo so you can look for it. :D

Let's take a closer look at the left side of the photo:

Items in the photo: 1. Empty IKEA food container. 2. Spindle of Verbatim DVD-Rs. 3. Left speaker. 4. Chimei 22" monitor - if you can guess what website this is, heh. 5. Pack of sweets. 6. Electric shaver. 7. fx-570w calculator 8. Green highlighter 9. Plug converter. 10. Ruler. 11. Safeway receipt. 12. IKEA receipts. 13. Green USB hub. 14. Apple Wireless Keyboard.

Then, what about the right side of the photo? Items in the photo: 1. PowerBook G4 1.5GHz 2. Right speaker. 3. Pair of IKEA scissors. 4. Yellow highlighter (not easily visible) 5. Camera. 6. Toilet paper. 7. Loads of stationery and receipts. 8. VX Revolution. 9. MX610. 10. Plastic spork/foon. 11. 1GB thumbdrive. 12. Desk lamp! Woo-hoo!

Underneath the table: 13. All-in-one printer. 14. Box of Magic commons. 15. File of stuff to settle with uranium238. 16. Box file for books and stuff.

What is not in any photo but underneath the table: Consoles and CD files containing games for those consoles, headphones, loads of AC adapters (I mean LOADS.)