With all your lies, you're still very lovable

Hello, jellybeans.

I bought Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago. Hot damn. I've had it on repeat for the past week, turning it up,up,up as I walk to uni, to hear Justin Vernon's soft voice over the trams and the traffic. It's quite wonderful how you can find beauty in the same 9 songs over and over again without growing bored. I just hope I don't over-listen and become sick of it. That happened with Stars' Your Ex-Lover Is Dead, our relationship is still in recovery mode.

Sometimes I can't believe it's only been about 2 and a half months since I've come back, it feels much longer. And yet the days pass by so quickly and I don't have time to do my homework(heh. I'm making excuses, I actually do it too slow and waste time). I don't think that much has really happened, nothing major, no truly significant events, and yet I feel like this has been the most enjoyable, fully packed, thoroughly used time I've had here. Yes. YES. Even as I think this over, I concur with this statement, I acknowledge the truth in it.

Yes. I haven't enjoyed being in Melbourne as much as I enjoy being here now. It's due to the combination of new friends, new activities, and new music I've had the good fortune to come across. Starting the semester after going to umrah probably had a good deal to do with it too, and knowing the city a little bit better helped as well. I'm still not putting enough effort into studying, I still have kinks to work out in my study method and planning, but I'd like to believe I learned enough from last year to repair my mistakes, at least a tiny bit. I haven't found that perfect balance of study and play, friends and books, religion and daily activities, happiness and feeling down, buying stuff and saving cash yet, never will probably; but it feels better this year somehow, I must be doing something right?

Overall, I'm doing good.

I have 3 weeks worth of finance to study though.