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11 Sep 2011, 7:26 pm

That I can't help myself sometimes.


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11 Sep 2011, 7:26 pm

That a really awesome game called Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny comes out September 27th, can't wait !



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16 Sep 2011, 1:15 pm

The scene in Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark where Indy shoots swordsman was improvised seconds before shooting began. Harrison Ford, like a lot of the cast, had food poisoning and was too weak to perform the original scene.


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16 Sep 2011, 2:44 pm

That college is getting more difficult everyday. I learn something then forget, then have to relearn it just to forget it and relearn it again.



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16 Sep 2011, 7:19 pm

When someone yells at you in a parking lot, pretend like they aren't there unless they have some money to give you, no strings attached.



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17 Sep 2011, 12:52 am

I may need to buy a Modest Mouse album eventually. Ve shall seeeee....


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17 Sep 2011, 10:22 am

I learned that Tinky was one of the first of many moderators I cam across here on WP..



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17 Sep 2011, 12:00 pm

I learned that people can be nosy; and if you don't want to tell them something; it's best to ignore them.


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17 Sep 2011, 12:34 pm

That organic chemistry is not the study of carbon containing cmpds, it is the study of walls and missing your turn.



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17 Sep 2011, 5:41 pm

I learnt that doing something tedious is sometimes worth it.


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18 Sep 2011, 7:59 am

I learnt that persistence pays off.


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18 Sep 2011, 8:17 am

That with 3 months left in this year i may as well give up now.



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18 Sep 2011, 1:48 pm

I've learned to not give up on my principles even if at times I'm compelled to discard which, I shall not..



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18 Sep 2011, 5:30 pm

I learned that a 2-and-a-half year old packet of black bean sauce does not look appetising at all.


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27 Sep 2011, 12:01 am

Yeah....hm....I learned that I really need to read over my school essays before i hand them in.
Ya know when you're typing a paper about Che Guevara it may be important not to begin your second paragraph with "Fidel Castro was born...." What the monkey happened there...


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17 Feb 2012, 6:00 am

first person to use "OMG" was a 75 year-old British admiral.


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