went to the beach today. it was wonderful. i went in the morning, and when i say morning, i mean that time between sunrise and the park starts collecting money. when we left the house, everywhere was foggy and misty and covered with sleepiness because the sun hadn't come out yet to dry it all up. reminded me a lot of waiting in the mornings for ( Read more... )

i need a hobby. like, i don't know, climbing trees or something. hum, i think that one may have already been taken by orie. darn. but really, i've only been home 5 days, and i'm bored already. it's a good thing i'm going to school soon. nothing like school to keep me busy. it's a good thing i have no idea what classes i'm taking besides ( Read more... )

Just when I’m starting to have fun around here, I only have 2.5 weeks left. *sadness* I am finally starting to recognize my teachers, and half-memorize their names (though I hesitate every time I have to say their name, just in case it is still wrong). I am still horrible at buying fruit in China, though. Perhaps it is because I don’t have a ( Read more... )

so today i had a really interesting gebietanhua (individual session). we kind of went over the allotted time, making the next person and zhou laoshi (teacher zhou) kind of angry, but for some reason, this teacher was willing to be honest with me. and despite my rather strong viewpoints, she didn't mind the conversation ( Read more... )

Success number two of the day: I got myself a whole BOX of kleenex (like the actual brand). YAY!

(for success number one, see china blog...)

ahhhh, so i'm in beijing. how long i've been here, i don't even know. all i know is that i'm too crazy and disoriented to update my official china blog, so you all get a quick (and mostly disjoined) update ( Read more... )

the highlight of my day yesterday: i learned how to pick the lock of my suitcase ( Read more... )

I feel alive today. :)

( Pictures of my backyard, to practice posting for China )

aaahhh summer drives me crazy. too much time to not know what to do! i want to sit around and do nothing, but then it feels like i'm in some kind of time vortex and creepy like i'm not going anywhere. and i hate that feeling. but studying seems... like i do too much of that already during the school year (even though i bought the mcat books ( Read more... )

so, after daily checking my grades for the last week and trying to buy MCAT review books, i figure it's actually time to come out of the closet. i'm pre-med, i admit it already!! cecilia, you win. but i don't promise not to go back into the closet. *sigh* i hate being a premed. and the fact that i have to return to the world of standardized ( Read more... )