Top 10 Reasons Why Not to Put off Your Essay until 9 Hours Before it's Due:
- It's not a very comfortable feeling.
- You don't have time to edit your paper.
- You can't eat properly.
- You munch too much
- You lose track of what exactly it is you're writing about because you're more focused on finishing
- You have a dead line for a reason and you might not make it.
- You might end up on the floor writing your paper.
- You might end up on the floor writing your paper and putting it against the edge of a drawer.
- You might end up on the floor writing your paper and putting it against the edge of a drawer with a sock right behind it.
- You might end up on the floor writing your paper and putting it against the edge of a drawer with a sock right behind it because if you don't it will look like the picture above.
And I did get to turn in my paper at 2 pm. Well, 2:05 but that's 2pm Oxford time (this argument doesn't work with tutors, by the way) and I forewarned my Business Strategy tutor about my laptop problems by having Joanne hold the screen while I typed up a short email telling him what I was going through. Nonetheless, because of the kindness of my flatmate, Debra, I was able to type up my paper using her laptop and turn it in at 2. It was highly uncomfortable typing your paper sprawled at the floor because that's the only position that the laptop screen would make you see what you were typing.
3rd major essay crisis so far. Rawr.
P.S It was daylight saving time today which totally helped out my cause. Fall back baby!
The picture above is the Honeypot which is one of the places that my flatmates and I went too that night.
I was stuck in the house all day attempting to write my paper for my Business Strategy tutorial. Was pretty successful, but not complete. However, I went out with my flatmates (Debra, Joanne and Suzanna) that night for a couple of hours and I was glad I did. It was the eve of Halloween and everyone was pretty crazy. People are dressed up all over. Most common costumes are clowns, zombies and cats.
We got home super tired but none of us regretted it. Def digging myself a whole for an essay crisis but I'm going to deal with that later.
It was Jeffrey's birthday today. And it was the Friday of Halloween Weekend. Go figure.
Jeff, Mike and I had dinner at O'Neill's which is an Irish Pub and Grill. When we walked in, those people you see up there in the picture, dressed in the blue (most of them are. Only that guy was the only one in pink) were all by the front door. Then we finally realized that it is Halloween weekend.
We had a crazy encounter with the bar tender (it is part pub afterall so you order your food from the counter) and this is a story to tell when you guys meet me. I'd love to give a full encounter of the whole exchange between him and Jeffrey, him and me and him and Mike. The smurfs, as Jeffrey called them, hung out there for a while even after we finished our dinner. The three of us then walked around and somehow ended up at the Union. Suzanna met as there and we all talked for a bit, British-student style. Mike left early so the three of us ended doing some more English style rendezvous.
The night didn't end until about 11:45 and the Union bar rang the bell for closing.
Happy Birthday Jeffrey! You're old now XP
When I walked to the New College Library on this lovely Thursday, I finally realize that Fall is coming. I absolutely love the red, gold and yellow leaves covering the ground and swirling around me when a gust of wind passes by.
Nothing much happened today. Except, I had the MOST AMAZING tutorial in Marketing. Definitely a pick me up from what happened with my Strategy tutorial last Monday. And it was a nice change from how I felt from my first marketing tutorial.
We had the usual Fire & Stone dinner and I tried to get the waiter to out cake for Jeffrey but he didn't get my signal and there was a miscommunication between him and the hostess. But whatever. My attempt failed. If I realized that I was going to the dinner that night earlier in the week (I thought I had a meeting w/c turned out was next week), I would have picked a cake up for them to bring out. We went to the debate afterwards and I think y'all my clap for Suzanna because she spoke at the pre debate. I was a proud flat mate. Hahaha.
I spent all day writing my Marketing essay, just like I do every Wednesday. That night, however, Suzanna, Jeffrey and I watched Spamalot because that's what he wanted to do for his birthday.
For 20 GBP we got seats that are usually 30 GBP and it was a pretty enjoyable performance. Let's get this straight. I'm not a fan of Monty Python. I didn't get the movies at all. However, I actually enjoyed the play. And so far, I prefer the play over whatever Jeffrey, Donal, Carmen, Chris, Eleanor, Grace and I watched that one night. It might be because I was brain dead and I just wanted a break from academics or it was really good. King Arthur was kind of a lame actor, I admit, but I still enjoyed it.
Oh, and one thing. The British thing is to have ice cream during intermission. The people sell ice cream at the front of the stage where people queue in to get some. It was quite a culture shock for the three of us. I was wondering what they are and when we found it was ice cream, we can't help but be like "oh wow", if that makes sense at all.
It's Tuesday so I was gearing up to write a paper for Marketing. Pictured above is a typical munchies mix for me. Cookies, sugar and gummi stuff.
I spent the day, however, in the Central Library reading. There was this man who sat next to me and he asked me how to make his resume be formatted like it is on the paper. I told him that he needed to know how to work MS word in order to do that, or play around with it. He dutifully typed up his resume and did all the spacings by pressing on the space bar. Afterwards, he tapped me on the shoulder again and asked me how it would look like printed. I did the print preview and all that and told him that the 100% version of it is what's going to come out of the printer up front. I wanted to fix his resume for him but he told me not to worry about it since he didn't want to take over my time.
I also fixed myself a schedule so that I could have some sort of structure to my life. It's difficult having only 2 real obligations when you're so used to have 6 and then some. Hence, that's a tip for you aspiring Oxford goers. Make a schedule for yourself. It's helps life become easier.
So my business strategy tutorial didn't go so well. He liked my essay, sure. However, he would have preferred that I answered the question. I honestly thought I did but that wasn't the case. It was a very humbling experience to sit there and talk through the topic with him after he just creamed you. Nonetheless, it's a part of it. It's one of those things you get in a tutorial and it was definitely a learning experience for me. Pushed me to be better right there.
Nonetheless, I did nothing but read for marketing. The picture above is my wall which is being filled with "signs" of my topics and post it notes with my notes on them. It helps me think through some of the things, granted that I don't usually supplement the white paper with post it notes (w/c is probably why this essay didn't work out so much) but I like it. It's making some sort of mosaic or graffiti on my wall.
But yea. Answer the flippin' question.
