http://alinta.tigblog.org/ What's on the minds of young leaders from around the globe? en-us http://alinta.tigblog.org/post/15334 ]]> Thu, 01 Apr 2004 04:10:00 EST http://alinta.tigblog.org/post/15334 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 http://alinta.tigblog.org/post/14222 Mon, 16 Feb 2004 20:30:00 EST http://alinta.tigblog.org/post/14222 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 http://alinta.tigblog.org/post/12335 It's a beautiful sunny day outside and I'm just lapping it up. Soon I'll be off on my holidays elsewhere in Australia. Time off. "Nothing time" I like to think of it. But it'll be more like "Exciting-I-get-to-see-some-old-friends-time". Tasmania is so gorgeous this time of year. Not it's usual four seasons in a day, that you get the rest of the year. My inbox has been creaking with the amount of emails that have come in, a lot of them are legit, but sadly a lot was junk. Another sad thing, a lot of that junk was porn. Sorry to anyone out there who likes getting porn, but I'm just not interested and I wish that the people sending it to me would realise that too! Does anyone know how to get themselves onto some kind of black list so they won't send you anything like that?
Anyway, enough about the negatives, it's still bright and sunny outside, so I think I might just go frolick in the flowers, dance after a few butterflys or something equally as lovelly.]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2003 00:00:00 EST http://alinta.tigblog.org/post/12335 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 http://alinta.tigblog.org/post/11763 I seem to have moments sometimes where I just can't work - and I'll become procrastination central. I have to study like a trojan, I'm sure that if I put in the effort I'll be able to get results, but I'm a bit scared. What if my marks aren't high enough? What if I don't do the right subjects for university? what if? what if... It's enough to stress the pants off anyone.
I'm keeping calm, though I'm sure if anyone tried to approach me the day before the exam it would be a whoooole other story. I also have an art exhibition where I'm assessed. But this one doesn't worry me quite so much, because art is much more relaxing than calculus and algebraic modelling.
At any rate, even if things go badly and people don't like my work, then at least at the exhibition opening there'll be wine, so I can only hope the people get way too inebreated and just remark at "all the pretty colours..." as they fall to the floor.
I saw this segment on the Today show this monring about how much stress young people doing end of year exams suffer. I had no idea that in Queensland and the Northern Territory year 12 students don't have to go through external assessment. Makes you want to spit. It's reminiscent of good ol' Gough, "Life wasn't meant to be easy".
Maybe a good plan would be to seclude myself on a warm deserted island so I can concentrate...]]> Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:30:00 EST http://alinta.tigblog.org/post/11763 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333