Monthly Archives: June 2004

unfortunate

over the wknd, the premier (like a governor) of tasmania (one of the states), jim bacon, died of lung cancer. his wife made the announcement in a press conference. yes, its unfortunate he died but just as bad is that … Continue reading

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stockholm syndrome

robinson (in snapshots from hell talks about failing one of his mid-term exams and then beating himself up about spending more time studying. telling himself that he needs to work harder. he decides its a bizarre twist to the stockholm … Continue reading

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aussie art

one of the museums just opened a new show called the impressionists. they were just talking about it on the news. and the newscaster said the highlights include monet and van gogh but he pronounced it van golf ha ha … Continue reading

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kentucky

when i got on the train tonite i was standing right next to these folks. first word out of this guys mouth n i knew he was american. when i looked at him, he confirmed it with a uni of … Continue reading

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tired

the following is a journal entry he includes in his book. and yeah, there’s been a lot of times i feel like this. actually probably more now, in my 3rd semester, than i in the first 2. The time is … Continue reading

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socialising

robinson starts off one chapter with the following… If life inside the classroom was intense, life outside the classroom was not a lot of yucks, either. I started fall term with the notion that my classmates and I would do … Continue reading

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when did we become children again?

there’s a bit early on in the book about a prof telling the class they could have an 8 minute break. that the prof said ‘but when i say eight minutes, i mean eight minutes’. it then goes on to … Continue reading

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not a good day

the phone woke me up this morning. of course i didnt hear the ringing in time to reach it but still it woke me. so i stumbled over n set up the coffee machine then i stumbled over to my … Continue reading

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courses

remember, this guy did his mba from 1988-90 so this could have changed but its interesting just to see the difference in classes. he talks of having 13 core classes and 2 electives. i have 10 core classes and 3 … Continue reading

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math camp

robinson’s first chapter (in snapshots from hell) talks about how he had math camp n computer camp prior to starting classes. something like a week of each. AGSE had a week camp for international students only that i didn’t attend … Continue reading

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