I have this belief that if things seem bad, it\’s only because I think they are bad. This is my Zen philosoophy. Of life. Everything is a perspective. Nothing can be either good or bad. You can only think something is bad or good relative to what you are experiencing.

YET. Why am I having such a bad week? I have been telling myself that it\’s just because I put this all on myself. That it\’s really my fault. Yet why is it that I lost 8 lecture notes on Sunday. Why is that I nearly forgot an assignment due tomorrow? Why is that I have trouble paying attention in group meetings? And how my presentation skills have dropped back down to zero?

Ok, compared to other things, it\’s really not that bad. Even though I don\’t believe in jinxes, I won\’t mention now what more horrible things can happen.

Things to do for this week that I have not done:

I have been trying out Carol\’s ipod shuffle for the last few days until she gets her headphones back from her car. It\’s funny to walk around and have people stare with that YOU HAVE A SHUFFLE look. Or maybe I just hope they do. :)

It\’s nice to have a minimal set of controls. Yet, what bothers me is that I can only transfer music one way-from the computer to the shuffle. And also that I can only use one computer with the shuffle. If I decide to transfer music from my desktop, it will automatically erase all the music on the shuffle. The sound is great, but then again this is one of the very few instances that I have used a portable music player in my life.