Tuesday, January 10, 2006
1st official day of school for me
school started last wednesday, but for me, it officially started today. had a psychology lecture at 1.00pm, and a psychology and litigation seminar at 3.30 pm to 6.30 pm. my courses this term look interesting, especially my law of homicide course, except tt i have a hell of a lot of reading to do for them all.
i also managed to run some errands, like pick up my new u pass for riding on the bus, and i got tickets for beauty and the beast next week and russell peters' on the 19th of feb. so tt's great. i do intend to make the most out of my time here. i think i will be going snowboarding on the 21st of this month if all goes well too. which is good.
am alternating between doing my readings and watching more scrubs. i am addicted to tt show. i never knew why i never watched much of it before; it's so quirky and whimsical and yet deep and meaningful at the same time. generally the veteran doctors like cox who are portrayed as cold, pragmatic men who give the rookies like j.d. (played by zach braff of 'garden state' - one of my all-time fave movies) a really hard time, have a soft sentimental side to them tt does come out when need be. like when patients die... or just when loved ones die. and understated emotion is more affecting than dramatics.
to be honest right now i feel driven and in control and excited about the new year, but at the same time i feel purposeless and drifting and so far from the certainties of home and family and friends. there is so much freedom and so much space and i have so much control over my own life, but sometimes i would give up just tt little bit for some measure of certainty and reassurance tt something like my mom's cabbage soup and a kiss from her on my forehead, or just sitting at the src pool late at night after some long studying session at the src conference room with melissa, or just sharing ben and jerry's with sam and wanyi in room 508, or just meeting jane at the slope between eusoff and kr to run the 10 km route around nus... little bits of the life between then and now tt is 16 000 miles and 5 months away.
i won't be back till at least may 25. but to be honest i am already counting down the days till then.
btw, debiao. if you're reading this, i may be coming to visit you during YOUR spring break in march. 2 of my courses don't give me any work tt week, so if the other 3 of them don't take up tt week, i can come over and we can do a californian road trip then. tt will be fun. :) see ya in san fran.
now playing: hotel costes - cafe de flor
i also managed to run some errands, like pick up my new u pass for riding on the bus, and i got tickets for beauty and the beast next week and russell peters' on the 19th of feb. so tt's great. i do intend to make the most out of my time here. i think i will be going snowboarding on the 21st of this month if all goes well too. which is good.
am alternating between doing my readings and watching more scrubs. i am addicted to tt show. i never knew why i never watched much of it before; it's so quirky and whimsical and yet deep and meaningful at the same time. generally the veteran doctors like cox who are portrayed as cold, pragmatic men who give the rookies like j.d. (played by zach braff of 'garden state' - one of my all-time fave movies) a really hard time, have a soft sentimental side to them tt does come out when need be. like when patients die... or just when loved ones die. and understated emotion is more affecting than dramatics.
to be honest right now i feel driven and in control and excited about the new year, but at the same time i feel purposeless and drifting and so far from the certainties of home and family and friends. there is so much freedom and so much space and i have so much control over my own life, but sometimes i would give up just tt little bit for some measure of certainty and reassurance tt something like my mom's cabbage soup and a kiss from her on my forehead, or just sitting at the src pool late at night after some long studying session at the src conference room with melissa, or just sharing ben and jerry's with sam and wanyi in room 508, or just meeting jane at the slope between eusoff and kr to run the 10 km route around nus... little bits of the life between then and now tt is 16 000 miles and 5 months away.
i won't be back till at least may 25. but to be honest i am already counting down the days till then.
btw, debiao. if you're reading this, i may be coming to visit you during YOUR spring break in march. 2 of my courses don't give me any work tt week, so if the other 3 of them don't take up tt week, i can come over and we can do a californian road trip then. tt will be fun. :) see ya in san fran.
# posted by Kitana @ 1/10/2006 02:07:00 PM 
