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a ton of assignments, two tests, a quiz and the beach run next week. and i still have to practice for my upcoming grade 8 piano exam since i still can't fucking play even a piece properly yet (ah, the mark of a proscratinator).
bloody hell. nobody told me that life would be so hard before i was born; if i knew, i'd think twice about coming to the world. xD
yessh. anyway: my worst fear that i hope would never ever, ever, happen to me.
i have a mild fear of airplanes because i have a strong fear of falling. that's quite funny since i'm a pretty frequent traveler during the holidays, shuttling back and forth between jakarta, singapore and any other indonesian cities i'm lucky enough to get whisked to (this just hit me: would this reflect horribly on my carbon footprint?). the passengers of the qantas plane were lucky to survive, but going through a 6000 m drop? honestly, i'd faint. or pee in my pants. or pee in my pants before fainting.
i think i need a study whip (junyi just told me what a 'government whip' is during NE Quiz--which by the way three NUSH teams participated in and brought home... COPs!) to motivate me to study. but i don't know why time seems to be accelerating--shrinking, to the point that by the time i get home, shower and eat, i have no time left to study and so tired i just want to sleep. i need to make the most of my weekends, but weekends traditionally have been off days for me, and old habits die really really hard.
meanwhile, the sudanese government has warned the UNSC and ICC that if al-bashir is indicted, the AU and UN peacekeeping force safety would be compromised. i hate the fact that al-bashir is a president--he has the power to call the shots by threatening the UN and ICC for the former to freeze the latter's investigation by playing on the fact that in the pursuit of justice, peace may be sacrificed; should more darfurians, aid workers, AU and UN soldiers lose their lives because ICC wants to make an example out of al-bashir to all the tyrants and wannabe-tyrants out there?
obama's europe tour seems to be a resounding success--200 000 germans showed up to listen to this guy who isn't going to be their president (but is in line to be the most powerful man on earth in november) and so far, obama's winning foreigners' hearts. i especially like his foreign policy beliefs--almost conservative (kinda weird for a democrat, but times have changed and people change) but i think it's something that all the west should take note of: democracy should not be imposed on countries; the only way to help a country to develop and form their own democratic governments is by giving the people what they want: jobs, food, homes; economic development is to precede democratic development if the west wishes for countries to peacefully turn democratic. (i still think that democracy may not be suited to all countries as like what many western intellectuals like to believe, but if the usa changes its stance from "you turn democratic, and maybe i'll help you" to "hey, you need help; i'll help you", it would be for the good of the developing nations as well as the world--although economic aid from western superpowers may be very expensive and this idea may not be very popular with the governments there).
angela merkel, the german chancellor, welcomed obama in berlin while t-shirts like the one pictured above have been circulating around ever since his plans to speak in germany (he's only going to speak publicly twice throughout his tour) surfaced.
and nicolas sarkozy--my favorite politician! (for all of his on-and-off-office antics :) )--has nimbly paved the way for a mediterranean union that seems to be a closer possibility than ever before. him and his juggling of foreign diplomacies are such a beautiful thing to read in newspapers--that is real talent. compare that to bush, who seems like a klutz when it comes to foreign policies.
 and two of my favorite politics figures up there, smiling for the camera so happily after sarkozy said "the french love the americans!" and they love barrack obama too. obama's this close to getting an endorsement from another head of states.
also last week, bayern lost the supercup to dortmund 2-1 although now that the cup is not recgonized by dff, it's pretty much an exhibition match in which klinsmann sees how the team fares with the seven internationals now joining them already and tests out the 3-5-2 formation as well. ribery's back in munich (in clutches--get well soon, franck!), new jerseys are unveiled (the really wacky dancing supermodels are a, uhm, nice touch?) and schweinsteiger has decided he's bored by his old platinum blond hair and dyed it back to his old hair while it seems like klose's cut his hair (goodbye, beautiful haircut that i really really <3).
now that miotv offers me a way to watch my favorite tv episodes (distractionsdistractions!) earlier than waiting for half a year for them (or resort to uhm, ways that the internet provides), all they need to do is just put in a channel in which i can watch bundesliga and i am sold.
(woah. how'd this post get so long?)
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