Weeks 7 to 9: Phew

It's been a busy few weeks. Mostly because my new band had a major gig lined up and Glee had our yearly commitment.

Week 7 was relatively uneventful.

Week 8, things started to move into higher gear. Academically, I had a mock trial to prepare for, so there were a few meetings with my group mates to sort things out. Besides that, I performed with my band at another jam night as practice for the charity gig in Week 9.

I also attended 2 talks in Week 8. The first one was a talk about the economics of warfare given by one the Econs department's best lecturers in conjunction with Remembrance Day. It was a really good talk and I can see why all my friends keep raving about how good the lecturer is. The talk itself was pretty eye-opening in terms of how countries managed their resources in preparation for war and how that affected their plans for war. It also served as a pretty interesting history lesson considering how little I actually know about the World War I and World War II. I am seriously considering taking War and Economy as an unusual option in my third year.

The second talk I attended that week was a TEDxWarwick Salon on the evolution of arts. I had attended a similar event previously and found it really interesting, so I decided to go to this one. One of the main issues which regularly came up throughout the event was the issue of disabled people in the performing arts industry. To be honest, if they did not bring it up, I would never have thought about that at all. I guess that just shows how much people actually care about the issue. Again, another eye-opener.

Week 9 was pretty hectic. On Monday, I played with my new band, '66 Chevelle at a charity gig. It went amazingly well. Obviously it wasn't perfect. There were mistakes here and there but all in all, it wasn't bad. The crowd liked it quite a lot.

Then, I had RAG week duties with Glee. We collaborated with Warwick RAG to crash lectures with serenades and lap dances. It was fun but terribly tiring.

Also, on Friday, I had my mock trial. It went surprisingly well to be honest. I honestly thought that I was going to screw up during my part but thankfully I did not. Now I just have to wait for my marks to be released.

On Saturday, I went to watch Interstellar with Melissa. After seeing a ton of good reviews on Facebook and Twitter, I decided that it was a movie that I did not want to miss. So, I went to watch it. It was really good. It wasn't perfect really and my brain hurt a bit after the movie but I enjoyed it a lot. Although, I don't think I will watch it again in the near future. It takes a bit too much brain power. Haha.

Only two weeks left till term ends. And just slightly over two weeks till I fly back to Malaysia again. This time, to help my family move to our new house. Can't wait.

Signing off,
YiJiun

Week 6: Meh

Just overheard my housemate talking on the phone about having a support system. The friends with whom I can just text on a whim and they will entertain me. I don't really have them anymore. Obviously, friendships come and go. But those that I honestly thought would last seem to be fading away.

Lately, I have been so busy with exec duties, my new band and coursework that my social life has fallen wayside. Seems like I haven't been doing very well socially this week. On the bright side, I met someone who I thought I would never talk to again by pure chance. To be honest, I might never talk to him again. So, I've got that going for me. Also, met someone who I knew I would see again but did not expect the treatment I got (basically I got ignored the whole time).

There were a couple of times this week when I was alone in the house and my mind started wandering, eventually it ended up in the realms of my non-existent love life. As usual. I wonder whether I am starting to sound desperate. Just the other day, I was talking with another of my housemates and we talked about how one of our mutual friends finally got a girlfriend after wanting one for a long time. Don't get this wrong, we are happy for him but she did raise an interesting point: are we happy for him because he has a girlfriend or because he finally found a girlfriend?

Nothing ever just falls into our laps. Love life included. If I don't make an effort to talk to other people and show that I'm interested, how will I know whether they're interested (or not) as well? Sometimes, we just have to take things into our own hands and go after what we really want (obviously harder than it sounds).

In the mean time, while I've been immersing myself in self-pity and self-doubt, I have been surrounding myself with music. As usual, I have been going to Glee sessions every week (even skipping lectures, oh well). I have also started playing with a band consisting of a few people from The Victor's Jig last year and a vocalist from another band. My songs seem to have been received pretty well so far, so I hope stuff will get going as soon as possible this year. Also, I have started writing songs for the MNight production. Never specifically written songs for something before, so I hope that it turns out alright. Anyway, there are other people writing songs as well, so it's not all on me (thank god).

I shall go back to moping and procrastinating. Till next time.