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Nowadays, things have more busy, hectic, exciting, funny, happy, satifsying, sexy, and maybe just may be the most important time in my life. School's winding down, my career is shaping up, and the winds are blowing in my favour. However, that isn't to say that I don't feel the world's pressure on my shoulders; it just means that I'll be complaining less about it, and might just have something worth sharing with the world.

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Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag...

» Sunday, August 06, 2006 | 6:16 PM | by Intricated

I knew it, I knew all of these things were going to happen. I just knew that good things cannot last, and I was a sucker to think that any of it would be forever:

• I scratched up my iPod Nano - Stupid me, just couldn't wait to play with my brand new toy (that I got for free via TD Canada Trust's iPod promotion) and the protective aluminum case I ordered, and I somehow have 3 major scratches on the back.
• Blue Jays cannot get over the hump - Oh boy, now I know why I was able to get 35:1 odds on the Jays to wind the World Series this year. The past 2 weeks was crunch time, and they just fell even further back in the race. Game after game, it seems that one facet of the team (offence, starting pitching, or the relief corps) just fails miserably. I actually went to 2 games this past 3 weeks (the Saturday games against the Yankees and the White Sox), and the Jays are now 1-2 when I go to the ballpark. Maybe I'll just stay at home; they won today to finally break out of their 7-game loser (yes, loser) streak.
• Blogging grinds to a screeching halt- Man, if I had a chance to to bet this, I would be marginally richer. But just maybe I'll post more often.

But there's no use on dwelling on the past. What's done is done, and there's so much on the horizon to look forward to.

• My work term at IBM is going very well and I have inklings that I just may have an "on-call student" position waiting for me in January, not to mention a full-time position after graduation. I just have to start working my interview mojo and get some 1-on-1's with managers looking for headcount in 2007.
• Speaking of my education, I start part-time studies in September taking an evening course (and going to work full-time). Then I'm scheduled to take 4 course in the Winter session to complete my degree and be dazzled by that flimsy piece of paper I would have ended up dishing out over $50,000 for. And that ain't no Monopoly money.
• Despite my exuberant spending on education, new gadgets, groceries (yes I buy food for others too now), and other slurges, I am saving up a good amount that I think will go towards a 4 month trip: plane to Vancouver, cruise to Alaska (and back to Vancouver), plane to China, plane to Sweden, water/ground to Germany, France, and England, cruise/air back home.
• Next year is the Year of the Pig, which will mean I'll turn 24. It should be a very good year.

So I think I'll just Pack up my troubles in my old kit bag, and smile, smile, smile.