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Saturday, July 01, 2006

So what happened to me since my deadline?

Haha! Still alive. Basically I rushed thru the transcripts yesterday at 1am slept at 3am plus and then woke up about 10am and got down to the grind only to end close to 4pm. I was just too relieved to finish! Should have seen the expression on my face =)))

After which, I was too exhausted to blog and I just didn't want to face the computer NO more! My mind was so tired. I merely sat down in front of the TV for less than half an hour and I konked off. Later, I had to give tuition.

So, being so exhausted and since my body clock is already screwed up, I watched the match between Germany and Argentina. Just before the 80th minute I though, Germany was gone but.. hey... there's still light at the end of the tunnel! Gosh. And they WON! I should have bet!!

So, the weekend has already arrived. I'm going to watch the Portugal vs England match tonight that's for sure as for the Brazil and France... erm... tough one too.

OKay. I'm going out soon. Need to get my specs repaired. Grr..

10:21 AM;

Friday, June 30, 2006

Oh. Just under an hour and a half I'm done with the second transcripts. WooHooo. I feel a little bit more motivated to continue but I think I'm better off horizontal for now.

Nites.

2:56 AM;

Thursday, June 29, 2006

Okay. The report is done. As far as I know I never received feedback despite asking the lecturer a couple of times so I'll just pretend all is a-okay.

I finally completed 1 entire transcript. My post the other day regarding that transcript was left half done. There was little motivation to keep me going eventhough I had already typed more than 12 pages and still had a long way to go. I thought I'd just chuck it away and focus on other things first.

So, that 1 completed transcript took 4 hours to complete. I have to add that the most of the 4 hours I was at work with some other time people msning me and me checking email and taking a break of 20 mins for lunch. So actually I can finish in a much lesser time than that. But hey, won't you go crazy if you worked straight and had no rest?

Now, I'm left with 2 and a half transcripts to complete and the deadline is actually today together with the report but obviously, it hasn't been completed, so I have to finish as soon as possible. FREAK!

Up to this point I realised that the entire week bugged my body clock and possibly the immune system.

Monday I slept early, possibly after one of the soccer matches cos I was procrastinating on the work since the deadline was supposed to be Friday. Tuesday I started work in the afternoon and received a shock when the deadline was pushed earlier. So that night I didn't sleep till 5am rushing through whatever I could. Wednesday, I woke up at 10am, rushed to NP to meet the lecturer and got back about 2.30pm. I rested till about 6 plus. I woke up and frantically started work. So that didn't end till about 3am this morning. Today, I woke up at 10am, ate brekkie, went to the gym and then started work in the afternoon. The gym session really didn't help cos I wanted my body to wake up but it was actually screaming for more rest. Grr. I pushed on with work and did not complete till 530pm.

I have no idea what time I'm going to sleep later because... my body is more awake at night than in the day (which is bad). And, I have no idea when I'm gonna finish everything and get paid!

I want my weekend so no matter how, I'm gonna push on. I need motivation!

11:43 PM;

Almost there. Breathe in, breathe out.

Call me crazy but I like to be stressed once in awhile cos everything will get moving otherwise procratination will come in.

3 more sets of transcripts to go. I pray hard the report doesn't bounce back at me. Please don't!..

Okay. Bed time. Gotta get up at 9am. Grrr.

2:25 AM;

Oh just a little more.. just a little more. 17 hours to my DEADline.

I'd just have to push on, a little more. Just a little more.

1:08 AM;

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Okay. My attempt at completing my first transcript is no where in sight.

20 June 2006 : Started at .... not too sure what time but I sure took about 5 hours or so.
21 June 2006 : Continued at 130am lasted till 330am. (2 hours)
22 June 2006 : Continued at 1130am till 330pm (4 hours)
22 June 2006 : ...........

I can only say after so many many hours (11 hours or so) I'm perhaps only half way through. The video camera did not record the total time for the discussion and I think at the rate I'm going it was defintely more than 2 hours for the discussion. Gross.

I have another discussion to go later. Wish me luck on completing all the transcripts. In total I'll be having 4 to transcript and my deadline is next Wednesday. Looks like I'm doomed.

I don't only have the transcripts to complete but other side work as well. Time flies too quickly. I haven't recovered from my flu and cough, occasionally popping the medicine but I don't have the time to sleep so how to recover? No time to eat also.. so how?

I should be heading out soon for a meeting in a couple of minutes. Thank God the campus is just around the corner or I'd really go crazy too soon.

Oh wells, I'd have to continue tonight, looks like another night with minimal sleep. I'm optimistic here. At least I said, MINIMAL. Whether I'd get any is a another very good question.

And ya! I should blog about the dinner date huh. Wait awhile la. No time now.

4:37 PM;

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Oh. Looks like I'd be blogging about my progress with the tanscripts and report writing that I've got myself into. Shucks.

Just an update from my previous post where I've been transcripting the first discussion. I am NO WHERE near to completing and I have to get it done by tomorrow morning plus an additional set of work just ordered and given to me to complete by 1am tonight.

Best part. I am going out for dinner date!

No need to sleep tonight already. I'll keep updating my progess.

Off to dinner!

6:15 PM;

Transcripting a discussion of 2 hours is really no joke. I had a discussion held last night and I was engaged to transcript the entire discussion and I am really no where near completing. Sulks.

What's better is that I have another 3 or 4 more discussions that will be happening over the next few days to transcript as well and finally a report to finish it all. I guess all the other distractions e.g. surfing the net, chatting on MSN seems to be of more interest than completing my work asap. Looks like I'd have to burn the entire night if I don't complete this at least by tomorrow morning. Thank goodness there is no discussion held tonight or else I could just be dead?! However, the next few nights I definitely won't have fun cos I'd have to go thru video-taping the entire discussion and then transcript them.

Thank God, I'm getting paid for it, otherwise I might just go bonk.. bonk.. bonkers.. Okay. I'm getting lame.

It's back to the grind then.

2:08 PM;

Monday, June 19, 2006

Yes, yes. I haven't blogged for awhile only cos there hasn't been anything of much interest to blog about. Or even if I had, I'd just keep it within cos I really don't know who's been visiting my blog. The blog meter increases pretty steadily and it leads me to wonder who are the "spies" as my brother would call it.

So far my holidays have been alrite, I guess nothing drastic has happened apart from the results which I shall not talk about. Working life seems pretty good when you know the moolah is coming in, but disappears even quicker. I enjoy working, of cos the company and colleagues matter as well.

Today, I'm just catching up with sleep since the dry cough has hit me. I've not caught the World Cup fever not too worry, I pretty much guess my immune system is down and haven't been better all this while. Unfortunately, I can't really sleep and I'm just not sure why.

Okay, until I have something more exciting and less random to blog about, I'd be back.

1:50 PM;

Friday, June 02, 2006

Oh my the weather is atrocious and it doesn't help when I'm really not well. I feel like putting my fingers into m mouth and down my throat to scratch it. Its super itchy and so I'm trying to cough and cough.

My regular doctor near my place is closed half a day, in the afternoons every Friday so looks like I'd have to wait till tomorrow. In the meantime it looks like I'd have to make do with consuming whatever cough mixture there is in the fridge. Yes, I'm stubborn. Tell me about it.

Mummy's birthday celebration was okay. Had dinner with aunt, grandma, cousin, brother and mum. I wasn't in the best of moods so I just drank my soup and ate my rice. I really did not want to eat anything else. The rest of the night was spent watching the idol, slacking at home and chatting on the phone until I had to head to bed.

Oh wells. The weekend is almost here. Feels goooooooooD!

4:51 PM;