http://journals.jevon.org/ Recent Entries on the Journals en-us Wed, 14 May 2008 22:14:16 +0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss journals.jevon.org widget support@jevon.org support@jevon.org http://journals.jevon.org/users/MyAddiction/?showid=16005#16005 This is me expressing my hate at the world at this current point in time *feel the burning hate* especially at Mariken. The only thing I am happy about right now is seeing Gema in August. I'm pissed that she would talk to me like that like my opinion is worth sweet stuff all. I'm also annoyed that I haven't seen her since that boy was down here and she only saw me because she wanted to meet him. I'm annoyed she refuses to make an effort to see me even though we are "friends". Yeah f***king right!! So I told her that maybe our split should be permanent and she say ok. So thats where I am. Prehaps that should have gone in my LJ... oh well I went to OUSA meeting today and voted against UMAT.  Which is why Mariken is being a nong - they done a head count before the motion to elect a queer reprentative to the executive was called to order and there wasn't enough students so they had to call the meeting to an end. And she got all upset and here I am thinking there is always next semester. I'm all for us queer folk having representation but she was acting like I was the enemey and I wasn't going to have a bar of it. Hmm I just went downstairs to get my cellphone and she'd apologised. I hope Gema comes online tonight (shes my twin sister) I've finally decided to tell her about my thoughts that I've been having over the past year. I just found out how to tell AVG not to look for a dialup connection when updating... time for new updates and a virus scan! It hasn't had any since 17.9.2007 T_T I had a look at the Massey 1st year papers for BMedLabSci and wow - tonnes of maths!! Like, you do a WHOLE maths paper, a comunications paper... I think I might stick with Otago. In your first year you do 2 Human Biology Papers (HUBS 191 & 192) 1 Chemistry paper (CHEM 191), 1 Physics Paper (PHSI 191), 1 Cell Biology paper (CELS 191), 1 Biochemistry paper (BIOC 192) and one epidemology paper (HEAL 192) to me, otago seems to have more relevant papers. You can also choose 1 other paper in 2nd if you want for intere... (more) Wed, 14 May 2008 18:47:42 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/MyAddiction/?showid=16005#16005 http://journals.jevon.org/users/MyAddiction/entry/16005 http://journals.jevon.org/users/penny/?showid=16003#16003 It seems it's been a week for birthdays. First Flynn Then Hairy MacLary And now my youngest furchild Guntha!!!!!! Happy 6th Birthday Purrbag! xoxoxox (This is what I do when I am procrastinating rather than the gajillions of class work I have waiting for me :S) Wed, 14 May 2008 13:24:19 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/penny/?showid=16003#16003 http://journals.jevon.org/users/penny/entry/16003 http://journals.jevon.org/users/jevon-phd/?showid=16002#16002 I've just found the first sexy cousin primes! (7, 11), (13, 17) (7, 13), (11, 17) The first are cousin primes, and the second are sexy primes. Surprisingly there has been no work on this field in the past. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:12:14 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/jevon-phd/?showid=16002#16002 http://journals.jevon.org/users/jevon-phd/entry/16002 http://journals.jevon.org/users/Ampassociates/?showid=16001#16001 There are numerous ways in which you can avoid paying too much tax in the UK. 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Tue, 13 May 2008 21:27:11 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/Ampassociates/?showid=16001#16001 http://journals.jevon.org/users/Ampassociates/entry/16001 http://journals.jevon.org/users/Ampassociates/?showid=16000#16000 There are numerous ways in which you can avoid paying too much tax. An expert offering tax advice might tell you that bumping up your pension contributions before the end of the tax year is a good way to gain generous tax relief and benefit from the tax-efficient treatment of pension funds. Other tax advice a financial adviser might offer would be to put your savings in an ISA, to transfer money into a lower-earning spouse's name, or to set up tax-efficient trusts for your children. At Amp Associates it's easy to find financial assistance with your tax. We give you tax advice based on where you live or work. Tax is an unavoidable part of life, so it makes sense to get the best tax advice. Our company specializes in efficient customer services rendered by advisors who can give you tax advice that will help you save your hard earned money. Tue, 13 May 2008 21:22:19 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/Ampassociates/?showid=16000#16000 http://journals.jevon.org/users/Ampassociates/entry/16000 http://journals.jevon.org/users/tracy/?showid=15998#15998 I went to Wellington to hang out with Miss Krissi. It was great fun, just a shame that it wasn't really long enough to see all the sights and such. Never mind, there's always next time. Thankyou Miss Krissi for being a great tour guide and putting up with me! Tue, 13 May 2008 13:07:56 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/tracy/?showid=15998#15998 http://journals.jevon.org/users/tracy/entry/15998 http://journals.jevon.org/users/MyAddiction/?showid=15997#15997 I hate walking all over the friggen university to find a friggen computer *makes annoyed sound* anywho, now that I've found one in St. David... I shall bear to you my news for the past few days. A motion is before the OUSA about UMAT and how there isn't any evidance that it dosn't discriminate. The AGM is tommrrow at 1pm and I'm intending to go, means I have to go to 12pm physics but I think it will be good. I hope the University scraps UMAT because 1) the $160 Australian dollars it costs (It's ended up costing me more than $200 New Zealand and It's put me that much more in debt that my lovely Mum has offered to pay) 2) it's just a personality test. There is other tests that the University administers right here and it would be a lot more cost effective to students to have something run here than something in Australia. I don't come from a very privleged background (solo mum trying to raise her 2 kids on the DPB and what not) so there was never much money and unless you actually plan about 2years ahead and you know what you have to fork out for then you're all good, other wise to your run-of-the-mill student it's a rather big surprise. I think it was pretty discriminatory in that respect because if you can't take the test then you can't get into Medicine/Medical Labratory Science/Physiotherapy/Dentistry. Only leaves Pharmacy then. Rant on UMAT over :hehe: I've started studying for exams, under a month to go *sighs* I hope I pass chemistry, other wise I can't get into biochemistry next semester. I'm starting the "I'm to worked up to sleep" phase of exam time. I've downloaded most of the lecture notes onto my 128MB flash drive (I can't find my 1GB one and it pissing me off, it had lecture audio on it) at this stage I'm going to be applying for MedLabSci, and if I don't get in I'm debating about just giving up and moving back home and going to either Massey or Victoria. Not really much keeping me down here I don't really have any friends down here. The people in my course are fucking snobs. If you're ... (more) Tue, 13 May 2008 12:45:42 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/MyAddiction/?showid=15997#15997 http://journals.jevon.org/users/MyAddiction/entry/15997 http://journals.jevon.org/users/penny/?showid=15996#15996 I passed 60 words per minute in shorthand today - the first of my class to do so!  I am so proud and pleased cos I really thought I had failed! My goal now is to hit 70 words by the end of term - just over three weeks away. In not so happy news, I am really concerned about Paddy who goes backwards every night with his problem peeing until he gets his next lot of medication in the morning.  :S  My poor boy, I hate seeming him in discomfort and unhappy.  I am waiting for the vet to ring me back to discuss the next course of action. Mon, 12 May 2008 08:57:20 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/penny/?showid=15996#15996 http://journals.jevon.org/users/penny/entry/15996 http://journals.jevon.org/users/penny/?showid=15993#15993 And now I have to retract all the terrible things I muttered under my breath about Paddy a few weeks ago. He started behaving very oddly again yesterday morning, using his litter box every 5 minutes but not actually doing any kitty business and in obvious discomfort. We raced him to the vet and by the time she saw us he was wailing each time he tried to pee and what little urine he was passing was almost entirely blood! I was a complete mess cos I was so worried about my pawphin that the vet ended up giving me hugs and passing me tissues! Anyway she managed to get enough of the miniscule amounts of pee he was passing to perform a urine test.  He has been diagnosed with Feline Urological Syndrome which is when small sharp crystals form in the urine of effected cats. The vet thinks this has been the problem all along and that his acting out was his way of trying to get my attention that he wasn't feeling well. So now my beloved Pawpad is on anti-inflammatory meds & a radically altered diet to stop the crystals reforming. He does seem a much happier kitty today...which is good cos our bank balance after yesterday's visit couldn't really handle it if he wasn't! Sun, 11 May 2008 12:25:38 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/penny/?showid=15993#15993 http://journals.jevon.org/users/penny/entry/15993 http://journals.jevon.org/users/krissi/?showid=15992#15992 Well, a couple of weekends ago I went to Homegrown with Jevon, and we met up with Leash and Simon. We saw some break dancing which was pretty cool. We have some pretty talented break dancers in Welly. We also saw So So Modern, Kora (which are fucking wicked, they sound like a cross between dub, rock and drum and bass), Shihad (who keep getting better and better), The Feelers, Elemeno P, and Pluto. I almost fell asleep during Kora (who played from 10 til 11pm) because I was sooo fucking tired. Me and Jevs had planned to meet up with Diana and Ryan (my awesome ex flatties), but we ended up going home at 1am cos I was exhausted. I feel stink about cos I really wanted to hang out :( Last weekend, I took a bus to Palmy and it took 4.5hours instead of 2 hours because there was a nasty accident on our side of SH1. A truck drove right into a house, or at least what I heard, I'm going a little deaf you see. Anyway, I got to chill out with Mental, Misty (the two resident cats), Ryan and Diana, so that was cool. The next day, I had a little driving lesson. No accidents, 'twas good. Then we drove to Aucks. We stopped several times for caffiene. On our way we, visited Kelly in her new home in Hamiliton it was very nice to see her. Then we saw Tom and his new flatties. It was also nice to see him :) And we learnt a new drinking game, which involved making animal noises, nothing dodgy I promise. On Sunday we went to Slyvia Park because I was bored and wondered why everybody seemed to make a big fuss about it. It has some cool shops but most of them are in every other mall in NZ. On Monday we went to the zoo and saw some elephants, meerkats, otters, giraffes, baboons, seals and penguines. Then went shopping. And then we went to see The Foo Fighters which I really enjoyed. The Foos are amazing performers. Dave, the singer, was very talkative which is always really cool. They played for 2 hours. And half way through the show a platform came down from the ceiling into the middle of the audience and they played their for a bit. I... (more) Thu, 08 May 2008 16:51:49 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/krissi/?showid=15992#15992 http://journals.jevon.org/users/krissi/entry/15992 http://journals.jevon.org/users/MyAddiction/?showid=15990#15990 CELS191=21.5/60 average mark=32/60 CHEM191=12/30=30% You know there seems to be a trend in this year group with people FAILING. I'm courious to note if it is just this year and if it is, has anything changed from other years or if it isn't what the hell is going on. Most people I've spoken to want to get into medical school and a median mark of that when most people need 70%+ isn't good enough.  I don't know if I'm ever going to get into medical school at this stage. I studied so damn hard for chemistry however, if the unfortunate does happen then I'm going to probably do a BSc in Anatomy or BBMedSci. You know I need to pass chemistry to get into BIOC192 next semester. I'm so annoyed right now it's like I'm trying and it's just not getting me anywhere. I went to the capping show last night. Was completely awesome! and since yesterday was opening night we had the famous capping battle. Our poor HUBS lectuer had them in all her lectures, she did not look impressed when they came in the 2nd time in 5mins and I've got it all on video. It's pretty shit quality though as it was off my phone. Thu, 08 May 2008 08:47:54 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/MyAddiction/?showid=15990#15990 http://journals.jevon.org/users/MyAddiction/entry/15990 http://journals.jevon.org/users/penny/?showid=15989#15989 Rockferry Lyrics Mon, 05 May 2008 19:16:08 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/penny/?showid=15989#15989 http://journals.jevon.org/users/penny/entry/15989 http://journals.jevon.org/users/tracy/?showid=15978#15978 I'm totally freaking out right now. I got an awesome 70% on a test that I was only expecting maybe 50% for! That means that all my hard work is gonna get me a good grade rather than an average grade. I kept thinking that there was so much more that I needed to add to my answers, but obviously I did ok. *jumping for joy* Then on the other hand we have Alex's delightful mother and sister here, and I'm now already feeling totally drained from them visiting. Never in my life have I dealt with people that shout and argue as much as them. They have thankfully gone out for the afternoon so I have some peace and quiet for a change. It doesn't help that they arrived while I'm in the middle of "that time of the month" so yeah, doesn't really make me a happy camper. Another happy moment was when mummy dear called me last night. I just love talking to her. When I asked Alex if mum can stay with us for a week when I graduate in November, he said "yay, two Tracy's" LOL Yeah we are kinda alike, at least in personality. Having mummy visit me is gonna be awesome! She is well-overdue for a proper break from her work and such. *sends hugs to mum* Mon, 05 May 2008 10:12:04 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/tracy/?showid=15978#15978 http://journals.jevon.org/users/tracy/entry/15978 http://journals.jevon.org/users/thundercat2/?showid=15976#15976 Cinco De mayo on Cherokee Street. Yo this was a VERY BAD idea. Look I'm not against Hispanics celebrating their culture. I just think it would have been more appropriate to have the celebration at Benton Park. 1) It's bigger and MUCH prettier. 2) Traffic and business would not have been obstructed as much. Saturday May 3 All I wanted to was go shopping. Unfortunately Salvation Army was blocked off. The security guards wouldn't let my mom and me through cuz we had cat food in our bags. Yeah I know they're just doing their jobs. If you guys won't hold the party elsewhere, could you at least let the REGULAR AND LOYAL customers go do their business without the fuss and hassle? That's just NOT FAIR to us!!! Sun, 04 May 2008 03:15:34 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/thundercat2/?showid=15976#15976 http://journals.jevon.org/users/thundercat2/entry/15976 http://journals.jevon.org/users/penny/?showid=15975#15975 This is what happens when you dont have books/telly/internet to keep you entertained.... Who had the most children in the world? Back in the 1700's in Shuya, Russia lived a peasant named Feodor Vassilyev who had two wives. No he did not have two wives at the same time, regardless, it's his first wife that interests us anyways. Seems being a peasant in the 1700's in Shuya, Russia is quite boring and there's not much to do so Mrs. Feodor Vassilyev kept busy having children. In fact she had the world's most children ever recorded. Between 1725 and 1765 Mrs. Feodor Vassilyev had 69 children from 27 pregnancies which included 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 sets of quadruplets. Sat, 03 May 2008 18:28:53 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/penny/?showid=15975#15975 http://journals.jevon.org/users/penny/entry/15975 http://journals.jevon.org/users/tracy/?showid=15974#15974 As all you lovely people who are my friends you'll already know that my birthday is coming up again. (Doesn't feel like a year since the last one lol) Ok so I'm thinking of going back to Yatai for my birthday again. Miss Krissi suggested doing this on the 30th May. What do all you lot think? Anyone who is in Palmy or can make it to Palmy is invited to come, just let me know sometime in the next two weeks. If that's a bad date, give me some suggestions as to when a better time to do it is. I apologise in advance for my terrible social life (trying to graduate is hard to do) and terrible planning skills. Oh and if anyone has any bright ideas about something else I should do, then please tell me! Sat, 03 May 2008 13:10:35 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/tracy/?showid=15974#15974 http://journals.jevon.org/users/tracy/entry/15974 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/?showid=15973#15973 I thought 's entry led on quite nicely to an entry I'd been meaning to do for several days regarding musings on the use of the english language. As Leash alluded to in her entry, people have a knack for stating the obvious in an exciting, thoughtful way, despite the fact you obviously (and that's an understatement) know the answer already. As well as her example of "It's your last day!", I have recently been subject to the "You had a hair cut!" treatment. This got me to thinking. Now, the manner in which it is stated would in reality require greater than the single exclamation mark I have used for illustrative purposes in the above two examples. Yet all the person is doing is making a statement, and a boring and obvious one at that. It is for that reason I have decided to in future refer to all such remarks as "exclements" - the 'excla-mation' of something which requires none, and should indeed just be a 'state-ment'. If you can't see where I got exclament from the above quite indiscreet typing, I'm not going to bother explaining it. So, what do you do when faced with an exclament? My responses have generally fallen into 3 catergories, dependant on both the asker, and the level of energy I possess at the time of the asking. I will use my recent experience with "You got a hair cut!" as an example; Response 1: the sarcastic response - "Really? I didn't notice, your powers of observation astound me." Response 2: the joking response - "Yeah, it came as a surprise to me to - I just woke up and it had all fallen out!" Response 3: the I-don't-feel-like-talking response - "Yep." Seriously, people, don't share your exclament! It's half an exclamation, half a statement, but it's all crap! That's all for this time round, but don't worry, I have more... much, much more... Cheers Simon Fri, 02 May 2008 09:07:45 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/?showid=15973#15973 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15973 http://journals.jevon.org/users/leash/?showid=15972#15972 Well, it's my last day working at ENZ. I'm sad, yet excited to be moving into the wider ANZ National group and learning new stuffs. This was my first proper job and I'm suprised that I managed to stay in the same place for two years! It's 7:59 am and already three people have cleverly pointed out to me that "it's your last day!" lol.Just got this e-mail sent to the rest of the team (from my team leader, Wendy):Hello EveryoneIt is Alicia's last day, she will be finishing at 4 pm today (she can not wait to get out of here! joking!). I truly mean it when I say it is going to be sad to see Alicia leave. Even though she has only been in Operations since September last year, from day one she has been a top performer. Alicia work quality is at a high level, with very few errors, process with in timeframes and ensures what work she passes onto the next team is correct.Alicia, though I have only been your team leader for a short time, you have been a fantastic person to work with. You are very reliable, responsible, honest, thoughtful and positive person. I know that in your new role you will be brilliant at it and where ever this role will lead you to in the future with other career options you will be successful at what ever comes your way.All the best with the studies. Keep in touch, I know you only live across the road but do come and say hi. Thank you so much for all your hard work and being a marvellous person. I will miss you.Aw! Makes me not want to leave.(Nah, not really ;D) Fri, 02 May 2008 04:08:45 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/leash/?showid=15972#15972 http://journals.jevon.org/users/leash/entry/15972 http://journals.jevon.org/users/penny/?showid=15970#15970 An incredible love story has come out of China recently and managed to touch the world. It is a story of a man and an older woman who ran off to live and love each other in peace for over half a century. Over 50 years ago, Liu, a 19 year-old boy, fell in love with a 29 year-old widowed mother named Xu. At that time, it was unacceptable and immoral for a young man to love an older woman. To avoid the market gossip, the couple decided to elope and lived in a cave in Jiangjin County in Southern ChongQing area. In the beginning, they had nothing, no electricity or even food. They had to eat grass and roots they found in the mountain, and Liu made a kerosene lamp that they used to light up their lives. In the second year of living in the mountain, Liu began and continued for over 50 years, to hand-carve the steps so that his wife could get down the mountain easily. Half a century later in 2001, a group of adventurers were exploring the forest and were surprised to find the elderly couple and the over 6,000 hand-carved steps. Liu MingSheng, one of their seven children said, 'My parents loved each other so much, they have lived in seclusion for over 50 years and never been apart a single day. He hand carved more than 6,000 steps over the years for my mother's convenience, although she doesn't go down the mountain that much.' The couple had lived in peace for over 50 years until last week. Liu, now 72 years, returned from his daily farm work and collapsed. Xu sat and prayed with her husband as he passed away in her arms. So in love with Xu, was Liu, that no one was able to release the grip he had on his wife's hand even after he had passed away. In 2006, their story became one of the top 10 love stories from China , collected by the Chinese Women Weekly. The local government has decided to preserve the love ladder and the place they lived as a museum, so this love story can live forever. Thu, 01 May 2008 17:23:14 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/penny/?showid=15970#15970 http://journals.jevon.org/users/penny/entry/15970 http://journals.jevon.org/users/MyAddiction/?showid=15969#15969 update I got 7/20 or 35% for my physics exam! Yay me and I was guessing! I'm thinking twice now about going to Costa Rica. Why? Because of the $450 non-refundable deposit I have to pay. I'm not rich and I still have no job. However, the job is a little bit hard because my workload is through the roof. 13hours per paper per week to get "average grades". Thats 52hours per week then minus the 25hours of class time a week = 27 hours of work per week self-directed learning. I need more than average grades so prehaps add another 2 hours per paper onto that. That is an extra 8 hours per week. Bringing the grand total to 35hours per week. Total spend on school work? 60hours a week. If I get into medical school I have to seek permission from the dean on school in order to have a job anyways. But, I am picking up some extra cash hopefully via helping at a careers fair in the next couple of weeks for about 3 hours that I'm quite stoked with. We have yet another HUBS terms test in a couple of weeks. The results from both CELS and PHSI aren't back yet. Although I heard that the average mark for the PHSI test was 8/20 which just made me CRACK UP LAUGHING. I think the head of PHSI191 does our ECGs (Exam Coaching Guides) and he said that he wasn't worried because there is still plenty of time before our finals. Prehaps it was a big hint that something needs to be changed. Then you get the freaks who get A+ in every paper which I think it weird. I have things I'm good at (CELS and HUBS) and things I'm not so good at (CHEM and PHSI). Next semester I am doing HEAL192, HUBS192, BIOC192 and RELS101. I'm actually counting on RELS to put my GPA up. I was thinking about it yesterday and I have a feeling that HEAL192 is going to have a lot of statstics in it since it's a epidemology paper. Oh yeah, the University is thinking about changing to restricted entry which I think is a bloody shit idea. They have a system in place that says if you fail more than half your papers in a year than you get put on academic suspension and ... (more) Thu, 01 May 2008 12:25:16 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/MyAddiction/?showid=15969#15969 http://journals.jevon.org/users/MyAddiction/entry/15969