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home for the summer

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I’m home~~~

I was looking forward to coming home. Just so tired from school after studying so hard. Now that I’m home, I have this weird disconnected feeling. Maybe it’s coz I’m in a new home, new room. Maybe it’s coz I have to get used to the weather all over again. I can’t stand the heat and humidity!!!

Anyway, I HATE unpacking and sorting out all my stuff.

Oh, I have nice PINK Ratatouille bedsheets. :love:

spring 2008 results

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After so much worrying, I finally got my results…

ADV300 – A+
ANTH103 – B+
EALC135 – A
EALC250 – A
IB100 – A

Total GPA = 3.86
Cumulative GPA = 3.55

My cumulative GPA suffered a little coz of last semester’s GPA of 3.21. 🙁

adv300

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I got A+ for ADV300!!! Woohoo~~~

I was really worried for it. Deary says I’m becoming a worrywart. Can’t help it. I’m not smart; I only have commonsense. How I know? Coz people seem to get As effortlessly. They often say they have been slacking, but they last minute pia, that’s how they got their A. Shit, if I ever tried that, I would most probably get a B or C. I have to work so hard that I almost feel like dying before I see my A.

I often thought that you must want something so badly. Only then will you push yourself harder to get it. So, when I saw a lot of people handing in their work at the early deadline for the bonus 20 points, I got pretty worried. I couldn’t meet the early deadline and really was about to cry then. Did I not want it hard enough that’s why I didn’t push myself more?

changing halls

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Yesterday, Deary and I examined the costs for the graduate halls. I never considered staying in a graduate hall because all along, I thought it was more expensive since graduate halls didn’t have a meal plan. It turns out that the cost for living in an undergraduate hall is going to go up next semester and we calculated that living in a graduate hall is slightly cheaper. So, I signed up to be put on the waiting list for a single room in Daniels Hall. Undergraduates can apply to stay in graduate halls as long as they are above 21. Now, just keeping my fingers crossed. Daniels Hall is not too far – quite near the main quad so that’s fine.

Reasons why moving to Daniels Hall would be good:

  1. Significantly nearer to Deary’s apartment.
  2. Possibility of having a private bathroom or at least a semi-private bathroom.
  3. Bigger room.
  4. Room comes with a mini-fridge. Probably just need to get a microwave…
  5. No need to move out during breaks coz the hall stays open.
  6. NO MORE HORRIBLE DORM FOOD.

nihongo benkyoushimasu

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I can hardly contain my excitement. Someone dropped JAPN201 and I grabbed the spot!!!

I AM GOING TO LEARN JAPANESE FINALLY~~~ WOOHOO~~~ (Not that I haven’t studied the language before…) But this time I’m going to be studying more than just hiragana! And…and…get my EALC minor~~~

exams are here

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I finished my Advertising homework to be handed in today. Think I did a pretty good job. But, that means I haven’t really studied for my EALC135 paper today.

Good luck to me. *faints*

PS: One more week~~~ Hurry up now. I WANT MY HOLIDAY! I WANT TO GO HOME!

arguments

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I don’t like to argue coz I always lose anyway. Even if I have to lose, it’s ok. But if the situation ends up with people getting unhappy, then what for?

This reminds me of an article I read in my Anthropology textbook about arguments. “Conflict and opposition are as necessary as cooperation and agreement, but the scale is off balance, with conflict and opposition outweighted.” (Tannen 52) So, arguments are a way of getting better understanding and solving certain problems. “But with most arguments, little is resolved, worked out, or achieved when two people get angrier and less rational by the minute. When you’re having an argument with someone, you’re usually not trying to understand what the other person is saying, or what in their experience leads them to say it. Instead, you’re readying your response: listening for weaknesses in logic to leap on, points you can distort to make the other person look bad and yourself to look good.” (Tannen 54) In short, you just want to win.

Although I don’t really buy that totally, I think there is some truth to it.

By the way, that article is by Deborah Tannen, titled “Fighting for Our Lives”, and is found in “Annual Editions Anthropology 07/08”.