To be free from boredom, I aim to be stimulated intellectually
The thunderstorms came out as a surprise last night. Our poor Chow is scared to bits, so I’m asking my mom to buy him a doggie bed to be placed in our terrace for him. But the sudden strong downpour was refreshing, especially after the unbearable heat that seems to damage my mood.
It’s quite gloomy now and I’m not sure if it’s making me happy. The past few days have been boring. I swear I can’t be idle. It bugs me to no end. I think my body has been wired to be busy and active, even if I never lose weight from it. I miss my jam-packed schedule and the seemingly endless projects and deadlines. God, I miss studying and extra-curricular life. (Just wait till you get to law school Pearl. You will probably eat your words out!)
My nerdy new discovery (thanks to my dear blockmate, Margie) is AcademicEarth.org, and it is brilliant! Open and FREE education from Ivy Leagues for the entire world! It is beyond fascinating and it makes me wish I had a consistent good broadband connection. Unfortunately, it gets kind of screwed up sometime in the afternoon. So now, I am spending any idle time listening to different lectures.
Currently, I am halfway through Yale’s Political Science course on Game Theory and Benjamin Polak is just cool. We’ve studied Game Theory, Prisoner’s Dilemma and Rational-Choice for my Polsci courses, which makes it even more interesting because I have background on it. Benjamin Polak just keeps me interested. I would just love to be in that class. There are more lectures on the course and I will find time to watch them all. At least one lecture a day.
I say this – ONE DAY I WILL STUDY IN AN IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL. ONE DAY.
To when that will be is a mystery. Law school still lies ahead and I am quite interested with how...
Twentiness
My internet provider has betrayed me for days starting during my big B-day. I guess I’ve been so used to having net access everyday that it becomes too much of a necessity. Ugh, the struggle. Fortunately, I have it back and I can finally blog about my birthday week.
I spent most of it with my family because I really didn’t want too much fuss over it. I was just happy spending time with them and eating loads of good food.
Uhm… the mirror. haha. My mom, grandma and I attended a food-tasting event at Lepanto. Buffet-galore. It was the place where I held my debut, two years ago. They had table-setting arrangements, cake samples and lots of scrumptious food for us to see and taste. Pictures are over at my Flicker photo page.
As if one buffet wasn’t enough, I had another one at Circles with my family. I guess one day of pure katakawan is not so bad.
To all those wonderful, wonderful people who greeted me personally, and even to those who did it via SMS, email, Multiply, Friendster or this blog, thank you so very much. There’s nothing like feeling loved and being reminded that you have these people to share my joy and love with. Once again, birthdays leave me so emotional, especially this time around.
So what’s up with finally being 20? Nada. My friend, Mikey says it’s the new 10. Ha. As if 10 was such a great age. Well I have to admit, I would like to be 10 for awhile. Sure beats the emotional baggage that comes with maturity and the whole shebang of twentiness.
Does it mean I can have my fresh start now? God, I wish it was easy. But we are all entitled to a fresh start, and a positive future. I...
After Stormy Days
After days of some serious downpour, the weather has finally calmed. And I know it’s pretty selfish to say that I wish it was still raining, especially with all the serious damage it can do, but I can’t help but long for more days of rest. Today, I woke up a little less enthusiastic to be greeted by a much brighter sky. Luckily, I was able to sleep for a little bit more than eight hours. That felt good.
Once again, the week came by way too swiftly. And because I have so many things to prepare and accomplish, I hardly had time to acknowledge any more kinds of emotional relapses. In fact, it’s been pretty good. One day at a time, I guess.
Blessed with this ‘free day,’ I’m off to finish all the things I have to do. Next week is going to be crazy. BlueREP deadlines, groupworks for ALL my subjects, midterms, papers and quite possibly a lot more things in between that might lead me to the brink of even more stress. I wonder if turning 20 makes it any less harder? haha. Rrrright.
I’m overwhelmed at this very moment. The moment I got up and read my emails and news feeds, panic kind of shot through me. Just the idea of everything I have to finish is nerve-racking! The trick there is to slowly separate everything and handle one task at a time.
I guess the only positive thing that hell week can provide me is the much-needed distraction. It’s the perfect way to channel any spurs of negativity, and just focus. And with days passing by as quickly as it is now, it’ll all be over. Hopefully, it’ll all get easier as well.
Lately, I’ve been on a Disney-on-Broadway-high with the closing of Beauty and the Beast and the much anticipated opening of The Little Mermaid on Broadway. Here’s a beautiful duet that will be included in the musical. I love it....
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