Opportunity Cost..?

What is study...?
truthfully.
what is it? just this neverending thing
that's supposed to be done
that's endlessly procratted
till you realise 'oh shit.'
better cram coz the exam's tomorrow..
or in my case.. in a few hours

i set out to study yesterday
got just about an hours worth done
home for lunch
and in the end got dragged out shopping with mum
(an unusual occurance actually pretty surprised)
and me studying in a group?
i think im more distractive than study
and i seriously think the epitomy of boredom
is seriously reached when you decide
either scrap it entirely
or get told to shut up by others

went to listen to the dalai lama today
wasnt really expecting much
but curious about how a single person could inspire
or provoke so many people to follow or listen to him
so.
(maybe having a movie about your life might be one reason)
sitting down we came in a bit late
and i was just basically overwhelmed by the mass of people
apparently 35,000 already signed up to attend
and well that's over 2 sessions
so approx 17,500 people were there
(is my maths out?)
and somehow.. not to be disrespectful or anything
he reminded me of a blend between
some cheery old grandpa and yoda.
tho mind you this is coming from someone who's only
EVER seen one ep of star wars. so not much to go on.
cute tho.

tho one thing that surprised me was that
apparently to have dinner in the same room as him
cost $800
that coulda bought me 4 times the dress i liked.
which is about $200 if i had bought it
an opportunity cost of time for study
insteada actually shopping
but i doubt i woulda studied much in the end anyways

his holiness' talk lasted about an hour
with half an hours worth of Q&A at the end
not quite sure if they really were Qs
or that they were already preprepared
who knows.

tho one thing i loved watching
was how his holiness kept cutting his translator off
he just talked and talked..
and talked over the suggested word usage
or the rephrasing the translator tried to translate

tho cant say much for the people around me
either side of me people were asleep
one coulda been accounted for coz they couldnt fully
understand english coz i came with them
but the other i was pretty surprised

ah well
i should sleep now
i said i would an hour ago
exam tomorrow
good luck to everyone else
*hugs*
-Del