i'm leaving tomorrow morning and i have no intention to start packing now. i'll just throw everything into my suitcase and call it a day. spent the day running around for stuff people are asking to bring back (people=parents). my study group got cancelled (thank God!) and instead of packing/catching up on readings, i'm... procrastinating. no surprise there.
jakarta, here i come!
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
back to real (busy) life
sooo after a nice week-long trip to lonesome country by the name of alaska, we are back in the city. we had a good time (great time, actually). it was freezing cold (never gone further than 50 deg) and it was peaceful and quiet and nice. the views were beautiful and the people were soo friendly it was scary. everyone said hi to everyone and we made some friends (mind you, most of them were 60 or older haha...).
and now we're back in the lower 48 (as they called it) and it's back to busy reading, studying, cleaning the apartment, etc. even crazier is that i'm going back to jakarta in 2 days. 2 freakin' days!! and i'm only going back for 1 week, literally. 7 days in jakarta. i will still be jet-lagged by the time i get back here. oh well, this trip was not planned and i have to go back for something important ;-P
nevertheless, this 7-day trip will be filled with studying, again. and when i come back, summer will be almost over boohoo... it's going to be 2 more weeks before work and school start again. yikes!
and now we're back in the lower 48 (as they called it) and it's back to busy reading, studying, cleaning the apartment, etc. even crazier is that i'm going back to jakarta in 2 days. 2 freakin' days!! and i'm only going back for 1 week, literally. 7 days in jakarta. i will still be jet-lagged by the time i get back here. oh well, this trip was not planned and i have to go back for something important ;-P
nevertheless, this 7-day trip will be filled with studying, again. and when i come back, summer will be almost over boohoo... it's going to be 2 more weeks before work and school start again. yikes!
Friday, July 18, 2008
waaahh
i've been sitting in front of my computer since 9 a.m. studying (yay me!) and i'm still ridiculously behind in all my readings. effinbiyatch readings aaaggghhh and we're going on our honeymoon next week, which will look more like "studying abroad" week. bleeeccchh.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
take a good look at your shitty past...
there are periods in my life that i just do not want to remember, and middle school is one of them. hated the school, hated everything about it. gives me the creeps when i remember those 3 painful years. i dunno, i just hate it. really really hate it. and now some people are posting old pics from middle school on their site and it annoys me to death. i guess they enjoyed middle school, not me. definitely not. (disclosure: i have nothing against the people, really. it's just me. i'm the weird one.)
i got so bothered by it but i took one good look at the pictures, read people's comments and surprised that some of them still remember exactly what happened at that time, at that moment. me, i just want to forget them all. ugh.
now high school is a different story. loved loved loved my old high school. i love all my friends (and i'm still in contact with them now!) and even though i had to leave the school a couple years early, i still remember everything that happened, the laughter, the jokes, the good stuff, the bad stuff.
"it's the people around you that takes out the best, or the worst, in you"
i guess middle school was pretty rotten because i was like a bad apple there. so for all of you who enjoyed middle school, you know why you enjoyed it. and i know why i don't. damn.
i got so bothered by it but i took one good look at the pictures, read people's comments and surprised that some of them still remember exactly what happened at that time, at that moment. me, i just want to forget them all. ugh.
now high school is a different story. loved loved loved my old high school. i love all my friends (and i'm still in contact with them now!) and even though i had to leave the school a couple years early, i still remember everything that happened, the laughter, the jokes, the good stuff, the bad stuff.
"it's the people around you that takes out the best, or the worst, in you"
i guess middle school was pretty rotten because i was like a bad apple there. so for all of you who enjoyed middle school, you know why you enjoyed it. and i know why i don't. damn.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
aaagghh
ugh i did something so stupid in the kitchen just now, that resulted in several things:
1. never realized my kitchen floor is that dirty (even though i sweep and mop it clean every week). the floor is now spotlessly clean after i spent 1/2 hour cleaning it using the old indonesian way, on my knees with paper towel and cleaner,
2. the whole kitchen is now spotlessly clean, since i had to clean and scrub the whole damn thing,
3. i ended up washing lots of dishes, and...
4. i will never make carrot juice again.
1. never realized my kitchen floor is that dirty (even though i sweep and mop it clean every week). the floor is now spotlessly clean after i spent 1/2 hour cleaning it using the old indonesian way, on my knees with paper towel and cleaner,
2. the whole kitchen is now spotlessly clean, since i had to clean and scrub the whole damn thing,
3. i ended up washing lots of dishes, and...
4. i will never make carrot juice again.
summer? what summer?
my study group met yesterday and we decided to meet EVERY WEEK this month and august to study whatever we need to study. it's a good thing and thank goodness i'm not working this summer or i would've killed myself (twice!).
the exam is early october and we only have 3 months to study (well, 2 1/2 really). if you see the amount of readings we have to do, you would ask me why i'm wasting my time writing on this blog and not use the precious time to start reading. actually, i am asking myself that right now (yeah, you, why are you wasting your time?)
oooohhh procrastination is kicking in. must. study. now.must. now. study. now.
the exam is early october and we only have 3 months to study (well, 2 1/2 really). if you see the amount of readings we have to do, you would ask me why i'm wasting my time writing on this blog and not use the precious time to start reading. actually, i am asking myself that right now (yeah, you, why are you wasting your time?)
oooohhh procrastination is kicking in. must. study. now.must. now. study. now.
Monday, July 14, 2008
phew
i just finished my big ass essay thank goodness! finished my research paper last night, got up early today and wrote my paper, and did it in 1.5 hours woot woot i'm the woman!
now i just have to read a bunch of articles and write summaries before i leave for class, since my study group is meeting after class today. not fun but it's good for me to have deadlines or i will never read those super-boring articles.
sigh. it feels so good to finish that essay, and everytime i finish something i always tell myself never to leave it to last minute, but i think my brain works much better when i'm pressed for time :D
and tomorrow the real holiday begins! (well not really since i have to keep studying for the mighty important exam in october). no end in sight. sigh.
now i just have to read a bunch of articles and write summaries before i leave for class, since my study group is meeting after class today. not fun but it's good for me to have deadlines or i will never read those super-boring articles.
sigh. it feels so good to finish that essay, and everytime i finish something i always tell myself never to leave it to last minute, but i think my brain works much better when i'm pressed for time :D
and tomorrow the real holiday begins! (well not really since i have to keep studying for the mighty important exam in october). no end in sight. sigh.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
oh and another thing
i'm soo obsessed with csi:miami lately... and jon & kate plus 8 (this fun family show on tlc)... and of course, good ol' hgtv. but csi is really fun, even though i can't sleep after i watch an episode usually.
(okay this is so not important right now. back to my essay!)
(okay this is so not important right now. back to my essay!)
splash of color
i'm supposed to be working on my paper right now but decided to change my blog setting instead (seriously, i can find about 107 excuses not to do my paper... oh wait the spice rack needs cleaning and relabeling? will do!).
anyways i think i like the background and the color and the ambiance, no?
anyways i think i like the background and the color and the ambiance, no?
blogmania
more reasons to procrastinate: my friend just emailed me a bunch of silly blogs that are so much fun to read! damn i need a life.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
panicpanicpanic
i've been enjoying my work-free days lately, and even though i have about a million papers due on monday i've been lounging around, checking out facebook and this blog about young socialites in jakarta (pretty low, i know, but it's all in good fun!).
i realized i am the ultimate procrastinator. the ultimate. they should give me an award for this. i was cooped up inside my apt from mon to wed, and i didn't get anything done. come thursday i was in a panic mode and starting doing stuff. friday morning i had to go to the consulate to extend my passport, doc's appointment, and i was meeting someone at 2 p.m. i started pouring over the articles, readings, etc on the train. and hey, when the adrenaline kicks in, i actually got a shit load of work done (pat on the back...).
going to the consulate is a whole different story, one that i don't feel like sharing right now. anyhoo the point is i guess i need some kind of deadline to actually start/do my work. so come monday, i have (1) a big-ass essay, (2) a paper/research paper, (3) another research paper due and i'm supposed to meet my study group to discuss like 10 articles. i guess sunday nite/monday morning will be crunch time. damn, when will i ever learn not to wait 'til last minute!
i realized i am the ultimate procrastinator. the ultimate. they should give me an award for this. i was cooped up inside my apt from mon to wed, and i didn't get anything done. come thursday i was in a panic mode and starting doing stuff. friday morning i had to go to the consulate to extend my passport, doc's appointment, and i was meeting someone at 2 p.m. i started pouring over the articles, readings, etc on the train. and hey, when the adrenaline kicks in, i actually got a shit load of work done (pat on the back...).
going to the consulate is a whole different story, one that i don't feel like sharing right now. anyhoo the point is i guess i need some kind of deadline to actually start/do my work. so come monday, i have (1) a big-ass essay, (2) a paper/research paper, (3) another research paper due and i'm supposed to meet my study group to discuss like 10 articles. i guess sunday nite/monday morning will be crunch time. damn, when will i ever learn not to wait 'til last minute!
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
go green?
i have to admit, i'm starting to become more conscientious (hope this was spelled correctly) about the environment. i do worry about the state of the earth and i'm making green efforts, here and there, not too crazy (i don't dump my civic and buy a prius, for example). i try to bring my own bag when i shop. i changed all the lightbulbs in the apartment.
anyways, it just dawned on me that my mommy is a natural environmentalist, and she's been one before all this craze came to happen. she doesn't do it for the green reasons, she does it for the "other" green reasons (a.k.a $$ - ka-ching!).
paper towel- she will wash it and reuse those strong bounty towels and got all mad at me when i threw one out that was only used once. she saves money buy reusing the paper towel, the environmentalist will praise her efforts for saving the trees.
lightbulbs- lo and behold, she actually changed all the lightbulbs to compact flourescent ones, on her own. to save the electricity bill (who cares about conserving energy?)
washing- she only uses cold water for laundry. she saves heating bill (and conserves energy).
lights- she always yells at us if we leave the lights on when we were younger. to her, it's to save $$. and that's what all the green people tell us to do.
water- she will also yell at us if leave the tap open for too long and hey, jennifer anniston apparently does the same thing!
good job mom! (and all she cares about is to save money... which is not a bad thing, really).
anyways, it just dawned on me that my mommy is a natural environmentalist, and she's been one before all this craze came to happen. she doesn't do it for the green reasons, she does it for the "other" green reasons (a.k.a $$ - ka-ching!).
paper towel- she will wash it and reuse those strong bounty towels and got all mad at me when i threw one out that was only used once. she saves money buy reusing the paper towel, the environmentalist will praise her efforts for saving the trees.
lightbulbs- lo and behold, she actually changed all the lightbulbs to compact flourescent ones, on her own. to save the electricity bill (who cares about conserving energy?)
washing- she only uses cold water for laundry. she saves heating bill (and conserves energy).
lights- she always yells at us if we leave the lights on when we were younger. to her, it's to save $$. and that's what all the green people tell us to do.
water- she will also yell at us if leave the tap open for too long and hey, jennifer anniston apparently does the same thing!
good job mom! (and all she cares about is to save money... which is not a bad thing, really).
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