Seriously, where did February go? We had an extra day in the month too and it still seemed to just whiz by.
I'm glad that you guys have been updating, it's good to know that you all are still alive (well... as of the date you posted at least) I saw Anna last week, so I know that she's still alive, regardless of not posting here ;)
Three things continue to dominate my life: work, school, and sleep (but I've been getting very little of the last one, so it only dominates on the weekends). At work, we're doing a matrix spiking study with shellfish extracts, blah, blah, blah-dy, blah... School (I can't remember if I've mentioned this already, I'm taking a general chemistry class in preparation for grad school because they desire it) is just basically boring chemical formulas.
Churro - I'm sorry to hear about you being sick and breaking up with DJ. If you ever need anything, give me a call and let me know. Side note: I'm so proud of you for passing that test, I totally knew you could do it!
Linli - Geezus, how long are we going to play phone tag? Maybe I should be calling you right now... Oh this Twilight thing... you're doing the casting call? You're a part of the casting call? You're going to the casting call? AND you got a duck?!?!
Liang - Did you hear that? Linli got a duck! Anyway, how's the SoCal life going? Whatcha been up to? Hit any mega waves yet brah?
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Quick Updates
Sorry been busy!
(1) Lunch with Brian and Colin who are planning a trip to asia. I'm so jealous.
(2) Casting call for a movie called Twilight! 'Bout vampires.
(3) Quack Quack
(4) Whoo hooo finally signed the Gifting agreement.
(5) Rocking manga empire.
(1) Lunch with Brian and Colin who are planning a trip to asia. I'm so jealous.
(2) Casting call for a movie called Twilight! 'Bout vampires.
(3) Quack Quack
(4) Whoo hooo finally signed the Gifting agreement.
(5) Rocking manga empire.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Good news
Contrary to how I thought I did on my cumulative test, I have passed.
One down, three more to go.
One down, three more to go.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
The worst week of my life...well, probably more to come.
I feel bad following Liang's very logical thoughts on Valentine's day with this crappy self-vent entry, but I must do it.
For those of you that didn't know, I had my first cumulative exam today. This is first of our ten tests that we need to pass. We can either pass four in a row, or five out of the ten tests that will be given. They are given every even months on thr second Saturday...so the first one was last Saturday.
To prepare for this exam, I have worked my ass off. I mean, seriously worked. The last two weeks were probably the most I had studied in my lifetime. I stayed at school until around 11 or midnight in my office, studying, studying, studying. I was quite proud of myself for having that much motivation.
But, the test was awful. It was beyond awful actually. I'm pretty certain that I failed this one. And even though I can tell myself that I can pass 4 or 5 our of the next 9 tests, it is still very depressing. The february test, technically, should be the easiest one since it only covers the first semester material, whereas after this anything covered in second semester is possible to be on the test. So, I pretty much feel like I'm screwd. I don't know what I can do differently because I really worked my butt off and I don't know if I can do any more than what I prepared for this test.
So, as I am hitting my intellectual limit, when I was pretty depressed about this whole test, my parents called me. That made me feel so much better for some reason. I never doubted that they would support me under no circumstances, but it's good to know that their support still holds even though they are miles away. My mom tried to convince me that I'm under a lot of odds because I didn't have any polymer science background, and she's right. I didn't. Compared to these people that are here, I probably am the least prepared of all when it comes to undergraduate education. But at the same time, I don't want that to be my excuse for not passing my test. I would still feel like a loser if I fail out of grad school.
I am seriosuly weighing out my options right now. I'm not confident to say that I can pass four or five out of nine tests.
I just needed to vent it out. I'm still going to try no matter what. And if I fail after trying my hardest, then I'll convince myself that this was not the path for me.
For those of you that didn't know, I had my first cumulative exam today. This is first of our ten tests that we need to pass. We can either pass four in a row, or five out of the ten tests that will be given. They are given every even months on thr second Saturday...so the first one was last Saturday.
To prepare for this exam, I have worked my ass off. I mean, seriously worked. The last two weeks were probably the most I had studied in my lifetime. I stayed at school until around 11 or midnight in my office, studying, studying, studying. I was quite proud of myself for having that much motivation.
But, the test was awful. It was beyond awful actually. I'm pretty certain that I failed this one. And even though I can tell myself that I can pass 4 or 5 our of the next 9 tests, it is still very depressing. The february test, technically, should be the easiest one since it only covers the first semester material, whereas after this anything covered in second semester is possible to be on the test. So, I pretty much feel like I'm screwd. I don't know what I can do differently because I really worked my butt off and I don't know if I can do any more than what I prepared for this test.
So, as I am hitting my intellectual limit, when I was pretty depressed about this whole test, my parents called me. That made me feel so much better for some reason. I never doubted that they would support me under no circumstances, but it's good to know that their support still holds even though they are miles away. My mom tried to convince me that I'm under a lot of odds because I didn't have any polymer science background, and she's right. I didn't. Compared to these people that are here, I probably am the least prepared of all when it comes to undergraduate education. But at the same time, I don't want that to be my excuse for not passing my test. I would still feel like a loser if I fail out of grad school.
I am seriosuly weighing out my options right now. I'm not confident to say that I can pass four or five out of nine tests.
I just needed to vent it out. I'm still going to try no matter what. And if I fail after trying my hardest, then I'll convince myself that this was not the path for me.
Count down to V Day!
By V I mean Valentine's. A holiday where all non native speakers and children under 10 mistakenly believe that it's Valen-times. Valen being old english for love or something sexier. I guess I'm just unhappy with the mentality saddled with the holiday.
No one ever accuses Valentine's Day of being over commercialized. The meaning of Valentine's Day is never lost no matter how retailers try to corrupt it with nifty marketing campaigns. The reason is pure and simple Valentine's Day is a very self serving holiday because in our culture romantic love s a very self serving notion. It can range from silly to serious and grade school to matrimonial. From Valentines Day cards marketing favorite Disney characters catering to the prepubescent crowd to thousand dollar engagement rings with ethically questionable diamonds, and everything in between. These are all perfectly acceptable expressions of the Valentine's Day spirit.
In the realm of romantic love, Valentine's Day tells us that it's totally all right to be asking instead of giving. It tells us to be sad when we can't expect anything. Worse of all, it tells us to be sad and broken when you give and don't receive. When we can't expect anything from others, it is also reasonable to love ourselves and lavish ourselves with some sort of consolation gift. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this isn't respectable mentality for Christmas (supposedly the holiday of charity and love for humanity--and Jesus if you're of that persuasion). You might get yourself stuff while shopping for Christmas--or after, but you wouldn't think of it as a gift for yourself.
Maybe it's the backlash from all that selflessness from the end of last year. Then again, this amorous holiday is more on topic than other February holidays. Read: President's Day where the nation celebrates steep discounts on furniture and automobiles. Certainly this could be read as a far reaching economic stimulus package from Washington and Lincoln. (I'm going to get out while I'm ahead. Before I go on a spiel of Lincoln's most economically brilliant plan: Thanksgiving).
No one ever accuses Valentine's Day of being over commercialized. The meaning of Valentine's Day is never lost no matter how retailers try to corrupt it with nifty marketing campaigns. The reason is pure and simple Valentine's Day is a very self serving holiday because in our culture romantic love s a very self serving notion. It can range from silly to serious and grade school to matrimonial. From Valentines Day cards marketing favorite Disney characters catering to the prepubescent crowd to thousand dollar engagement rings with ethically questionable diamonds, and everything in between. These are all perfectly acceptable expressions of the Valentine's Day spirit.
In the realm of romantic love, Valentine's Day tells us that it's totally all right to be asking instead of giving. It tells us to be sad when we can't expect anything. Worse of all, it tells us to be sad and broken when you give and don't receive. When we can't expect anything from others, it is also reasonable to love ourselves and lavish ourselves with some sort of consolation gift. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this isn't respectable mentality for Christmas (supposedly the holiday of charity and love for humanity--and Jesus if you're of that persuasion). You might get yourself stuff while shopping for Christmas--or after, but you wouldn't think of it as a gift for yourself.
Maybe it's the backlash from all that selflessness from the end of last year. Then again, this amorous holiday is more on topic than other February holidays. Read: President's Day where the nation celebrates steep discounts on furniture and automobiles. Certainly this could be read as a far reaching economic stimulus package from Washington and Lincoln. (I'm going to get out while I'm ahead. Before I go on a spiel of Lincoln's most economically brilliant plan: Thanksgiving).
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