Science Week

As science week begins at our beloved (...on some days, despised on others) University of Malta, university is full of kids on school outings. I can't help looking at them and feel sorry for them.
This is not a grumpy blog.
I just think that when you look at a six year old and think that most probably this lively little kid is likely to have another 15 years(or more) of arse flattening studying ahead of him/her it makes me want to give the kid a big hug...poor thing!
I'm not saying that studying is horrible, far from it! I think I have learnt a lot of really interesting things in the last 17 years of my life...it's just the system and the side effects that are wrong.
why should I have a headache every day of my life?
why should I lose my hunger whenever I have a deadline?
why? pls tell me why because I really don't get it! during erasmus I never suffered from all this. So what is wrong? is it something in San Michel water or the Maltese air?

the weekend

...yes... yes... I know.

I know I didn't tell anyone about this blog so I cannot expect comments...but I'm still bugged.

I also spent the last week bugged because my birthday meal was not going to b held on the day of my birthday. Don't ask why but it really bugged me. And then today...today good news. I'm going to have my birthday meal on my birthday :)) yays :)

now I can look forward for the weekend...and PARTEEEEYYYY

A little one

...just a short one today.

Today was a good day.

Many little things made it a good day but the best one happened just as I was about to leave. While walking away from the library I passed from the quad and noticed something I had never noticed before. If you go to the quad at 5pm you will notice that at that time all the birds go to their nests in the trees and start chirping. The chirping is almost deafening...and it's wonderful!

It's one of the things I want to remember next year when I'll b away.

Preface

This is the first blog of my life and for this reason I think it should be celebrated. I am finally going to write down my thoughts, no matter how random, and they are going to be able to be read across the world. It will be fine with me if no one is interested in them...but at least they are here, available for those who actually are interested. I guess it is time to say a bit more about myself now.

I am currently in my 4th year in Mechanical Engineering. I spent the last 3 years of my life fighting against a bunch of lecturers who have no respect whatsoever for students(with some exceptions) and now I thank God that the end is near cos, to tell you the truth, I am sick and tired of being in this constant battle. I hope that in a year's time I will be writing blogs from Delft or London and that, in whatever country I would have found myself living, I will be happy.

Mr. Lionel Chircop, my old religion teacher, used to say that happiness is an inside job. I think he was very right. Happiness is something which comes from within. You can be in the shittiest of places and still be happy, you can be in the most wonderful of places and not be happy at all. It is your outlook to life which determines whether you are happy or not and not what life is giving you. At this point in my life I am in limbo. I am looking at the junction which I am approaching fast and I am still unsure which of the roads I will be allowed to pass from.

One road has beautiful trees at each side which are in bloom...the other has a couple of trees but slightly hazy.