Daily // April 2008
Recapping this week..
April 18, 2008
I disappeared for 5 days.. Indeed, I had had a very busy week. I had a rather ill-fated ProbStat midterm on wed, and also an ambiguous micro-econ quiz today. Overall, it's been a difficult week, especially coming off my birthday and the celebrations. It makes me think that sometimes it's not a bad thing to have birthdays in the summer - you can actually celebrate it without bounds.
I also played much tennis this past week. An evidence is that I broke both my rackets' string. And since my old stringer has left, it's a bit tricky now.
Meanwhile I'm watching Last Friends, another j drama. It's about teenagers struggling and tangling in different kinds of 'love'. It's really good, though the domestic violence is getting on my nerves... Ok, bye for now.
Saturday with a twist
April 12, 2008
I woke up quite late today, and soon after that I went to play tennis. The forecast warned that a thunderstorm would come, but alas, it did not. It was a rather sunny when I played. My body hurts less now, probably because it's starting to get used to it.
I was later surprised by Derek and Lili, who came to my room with an unexpected gift. Thank you. I really like it. Hopefully you will see me wearing it someday. We also played some very amusing pictionary later at nite. I haven't laughed that much for a while.. I also watched the movie Closed Note when I returned. It is quite good.
Good nite for now.
Post-birthday day
April 11, 2008
隨照
April 9, 2008
It never rains but pours
April 8, 2008
I was expecting a very decent grade on my Macro midterm, however it turned out disastrous. It's very, very discouraging when something like this happens, and I'm more in shock than disappointment since I did not foresee this. Perhaps it's another one of our minds trick. When we believe that something will happen, we see it happen. When it does not happen, we become surprised.
What is going on?
Welcome to the age of..
April 7, 2008
..wrinkles. Yes, wrinkles. As I sit opposite to my friends during meals these days, I can't help noticing gradually deepening wrinkles on their foreheads, their eyes, their cheeks, their chin etc. (And large pores.) The same thing can be said when I look in the mirror. It's quite scary to compare pictures from less than 3 years ago and wonder why I aged so much.
One reason is that I've done less sports. In high school, I played tennis or ran cross-country on a daily basis. But now, I sit in my room when I am free. Low metabolism reduces the speed of cell regeneration, and therefore things like acne spots don't fade as quickly as before. Scary!!
A feast-ful day
April 6, 2008
Happy Birthday, Nick.
Went to Pete's Grill for breakfast (around 10) with Derek, Renee, Amy and Tim, Justin and Sunny. Since there were 7 of us and the restaurant has about 25 seats, we occupied ~1/4 of it. I ordered waffles and sausage, and it tasted quite good. Lili also liked the blueberry pancakes we got back for him. And since my whole body was sore from tennis yesterday, I tried to nap but failed and instead started watching ep2 of Tantei Gakuen Q before heading out to Inner Harbor for lunch.
We wanted to have lunch at Cheesecake Factory, but even at 2 (and raining), we were told to wait 75-90 minutes. So we went to Uno instead. I ordered Shrimp Scampi, and it was okay.
This time when I got back, I really napped. My body is still sore though.. Which is why I should really sleep now. Gd nite.
Recapping this week
April 5, 2008
This week flew by very quickly. Monday, tuesday and wednesday were extremely tough, since I had a lot of work due wed and macro midterm on thurs. On wed night, Lili (studying ochem) and I studied in the library till 2:30am. Macro midterm was quite difficult I thought, especially question 3, where it asked about wage, real wage in steady-state. But anyhow, I think I tried my best. After the midterm, I contracted post-midterm-stagnation and only watched j doroma and slept. The same could be said for friday..
As for today, I woke up quite late (around noon), and finished Big Wing. It was quite good. Lili and I then left for the library, though I left like 30 mins later to play tennis. Sorry Lili. And my, tennis was so fun. I was frightened by my horrendous physique as I got extremely tired, and I definitely lost some control and touch. It'll take a lot of practice to get it back.
For dinner we made curry. It tasted well. Okay, very tired, oyasumi~
Unhappiness is originated from..
April 1, 2008
..our brain's ability to imagine the future. Why? It's because when we imagine the future, we create a pre-disposed expectation of whatever thats being imagined. And since events in our lives have shown us again and again that the real future is different from our imagined future, our expectations are not met. Thus, we get unhappy.
What did I imagine that made me unhappy today? Perhaps the scene where I studiously read all the chapters of my econ textbook, while in reality I did not.
Meanwhile, the total visits in March was 573, averaging 18.48 visits per day. Now this makes me happy because I imagined something worse.
20
April 10, 2008
I'm 20. I'm 20! I'm 20..
20 seemed like an unreachable age when I am younger, but now that I'm 20, it seems more normal than usual. Perhaps when you're 20 you simply look forward to being 21 (hehe).
Among all the facebook notifications in my mailbox today, I found a letter from mom this morning. I find it quite inspiring:
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二十歲了，是人生趨步踏入成年的新階段，是多美麗的年華。 希望你能把握著每一個美好的時刻，因時間飛逝，絕不等人。 抓著時間做應該的和重要的事情；因生命的意義是從點滴的學習累積而成。
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謹記著：
成功永遠總帶著兩個助手；一個是信心，一個是毅力。
信心不只是盲目相信自已；而是要對自已做的事了解清楚。
毅力亦不是無懼於困難；而是將困難化成一種動力，
推動你踏向成功的方向。
Time is invaluable. Look forward and at the present more. Enjoy life.
The drive I always seem to lack should come from my ability and desire to tackle difficulties, not from the hunger to perform better than others. It is ugly for anyone to do something for others' praises.
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How did my day go? It was quite good. In the morning I went to class, in the afternoon I watched j drama (I finished Tantei Gakuen Q - it's very good) and played tennis, at night I had dinner outside and came back to watch tv. It does seem a bit dull when I list it out like this..but "less is more"~
Thanks for all of your birthday wishes. (Although I'm expecting a belated one from this one person.) May I get stronger and stronger in this journey. :D