My Thoughts....Simple

Just Got a Good-bye Text From My Roommate

D: I was feelin’ sentimental and all other feels mushed together and then I get this text while studying and boom, I feel like a combination of a jelly and a pudding. Like if I were to pinpoint what I’m feeling right now, I can’t ‘cause I can’t differentiate them anymore. Am I a jelly or a pudding? NO, I’m both because I’m feeling both. I am the jelly and the pudding.

So, I’m currently in the Art Library, just waiting for my last final to start. Ah, and it’s sad that there’s going to be no one in my dorm when I come back and be like “Hey, how did you do on your exams?” Well, at least Ribs and Bindii will be there until tonight. *awkwardly smiles and thinks about how it’s going to be during what I would like to call the Drunk Zombie Apocalypse outside of my dorm* But I SHALL BE FINE! YES, I AM FINE BECAUSE IT’S SUMMER AND IMMA (attempt to) GET 4.0 HELLZ YUSH!

So the summary of 2012-2013:

-first semester, took Bio and Chemistry. They were challenging and fun.

-got to know my friends more.

-stressed and emotionally drained at some point but those experiences come with a lesson

-second semester, changed my major to IT and Psychology

-the Mole game. Tired but fun! My life is boring so I thought it was a good getaway from school work

-Hanged out with the Quad peeps and Verse One and I hope I get to know them more. [If I become an officer at Ron, it will become harder to practice with them tho…lol]

Yeah, I’m sure I forgot lots of things that were meaningful to me but I’ll just keep the list as it is. :D

[Note: Funny thing is Dibs live in my town. Like 5 mins away. lol So yeah, I’m being dramatic, but whatever, Tumblr is the place to contain all my feels. So yeah. Whatever. ahaha]

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Possible Position?

Ahhhh, the pressure of getting a position. Responsibilities. People. X_X

But, there’s a part of me that says “I can do this”. :3

But ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, nervous right now. I mean there’s a chance that I might not get a position at all and I’m totally fine with that. Omg, I hope I won’t disappoint the people at RONS. DX That’s the least thing I want them to feel. I promise I’ll do my best.

*going through some unnecessary inner conflict*

Me? Getting a position? At a club? WHaaaaaat

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Design: Creation of Artifacts in Society

Yay, my first course from Coursera.org! :D I’m so excited!

As you can tell from reading the title, “Design: Creation of Artifacts in Society” is the course I’m going to be taking. In this course, I’m going to be learning about designs and the process of creating artifacts, and I’m looking forward to it. I’m more excited to see what my fellow students are going to design though. The most exciting part is seeing what their creative minds are able to produce. I bet mine’s going to be lame but for the sake of knowledge and fun, I shall do my best! :D

This course asks all the students to create their own blog so that they can post their designs there. Since I made mine, I decided that I’ll post the link to my blog here. It’s pretty empty now but as I get my assignments done, it’ll get filled up. ~~So diz is my link: http://simple-cashew.tumblr.com/~~ **EDIT: Going to use Weebly.com instead. LINK: http://simplecashew.weebly.com/

And also, these are the works of previous students who took this class last year or last semester: https://spark-public.s3.amazonaws.com/design/PDFs/projects2.pdf

Looks pretty fun to make. I’m just worried about where I’m going to have get the resources when I’m constructing.

Critiques and criticisms are welcomed in the blog I mentioned! Just make sure to be reasonable and no foul languages please. haha

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A quiz for med people:

A girl went to a dining hall with her group of friends. She wasn’t that hungry but she got a plateful of food anyways. A slice of pizza, salad, and fried rice were all she got.

Several hours passed by and night came. She started to have a stomach ache. The pain was around the abdominal area and soon her lower back started to ache. Getting irritated, she consumed Pepto-Bismol and decided to take a short nap on her bed so that she could work on her essay later on. However, she accidentally slept through the night.

Morning came. She woke up and the aches were gone. Then she remembered that she forgot to brush her teeth last night. The girl quickly went to the bathroom to clean her teeth. After she was done, she looked down at the sink and noticed a small black substance inside her spit She carefully inspected her teeth at the mirror. Nothing showed. Next, she checked her tongue. The girl was shocked when she noticed the surface of her tongue was black.

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Her tongue was black because she forgot to brush her teeth after consuming Pepto-Bismol. Pepto-Bismol contains the ingredient Bismuth subsalicylate. If exposed to the tongue, in several hours it turns black. This discoloration is not harmful and can be easily removed by brushing off your tongue.

Source: http://voices.yahoo.com/black-tongue-strange-side-effects-pepto-bismol-6815466.html?cat=5

So yeah, that was a fun scare…. I thought I was going to die. X_X

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Chatted with my Information Technology and Informatics Professor :3

(I was supposed to talk to my Global East Asia TA this Monday but she was absent during the morning lecture so yeah.. didn’t see her)

Gah, I was nervous but I’m so glad I went to visit my professor during office hours. She was fun to talk to. She was very informative and the things we shared were very fascinating.

So here’s the list of things we talked about:

-Mentioned about the video that she posted on the last lecture. The video was about how girls should be equally exposed to mechanical toys as boys do and I spoke about things in relation to psychology. Then the social aspects of kids getting exposed to gender-orientated toys

-Pointed about the things that she taught in class that popped about from the anime Psycho-Pass. (Panopticon concept and the society trying to head to utopia but declined to a temporary dystopian state. )

-Talked about Xanga and Neopet. Ah, childhood memories.

-Difference between Facebook and Tumblr and how the designs differ from one another. Also said that Tumblr is better than Facebook. lol

-How freely the information is displayed on the social media like Facebook and what we thought about it.

-discussed about the controversy of Rice and Steubenville rape case, and how social media played a role in them.

-classes and IT internships

-programming languages

I feel like we talked about so many things that I’m not really sure about what to talk about the next time I visit her. O_O;;; But I’m looking forward to it. :D

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Conflicts are unavoidable. Even if I stay silent, it is I who will feel conflicted.

These days I am picking up things that I disagree with. People are taught to respect other people’s opinions but what if one thinks that those opinions are unreasonable and at some points ignorant? Usually I let them pass but when I am catching the same thought over and over again, then I can no longer ignore it anymore.

The thing is, when I feel conflicted, I endure my own discomfort. I become wary of the possibilities that might result if I say it. What if….

….I hurt them?….

….I get hurt?….

…we all get hurt?…

…I ruin the relationship?…

…I become the reason for everything listed above?…

Sigh. Here I am trying to avoid any conflict and my heart feels unsettled.

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Got to calm down.

I can’t let my friend’s immaturity make me get hot-headed.

I don’t have the tolerance anymore-not with the tremendous negative emotions that I have. I have no patience when it comes to these kinds of things.

Damn it, I thought I was able to let go of my anger and now it’s boiling in me again….

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Antisocial’s problem: Group project

Grrr… group projects.

That’s on my avoid-at-all-cost list. It’s one of those moments that tests your social skills and pshhhhhhhhhhhhhhtttt I got none of them. Trying to convey your thoughts to people that you’ve never met is so draining. And the thing is, I’m not good at expressing in words (you guys probably know that from my previous posts. lol…..).

Now that I’m thinking about it. I’m feeling really antisocial right now. This reminds me of the time when I was in high school when I didn’t really talk to anyone at all.

Ahhhhh….people. Why couldn’t I have been born as a dog or a cat?

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I’m cheering for you, my TA in Global East Asia!

So today was the first day of recitation for Global East Asia and ay, my TA was so nervous (she came to America recently from China couple of months ago)

In the beginning, she seemed ready for the class. She handed out quizzes we’ve done during the lecture and asked the students to introduce themselves. But as the class gradually proceeded, signs of nervousness became visible. She started to bite her lips couple of times, sighed every time the class got quiet, and brushed her hair which caused her bang to get messy. Every time a student answered her question, she paused, possibly thinking of what she should say, but in the end, she could only say “okay”. Eventually her face started to show exhaustion.

Then when it was the last 30 minutes, she apologized to us for not being able to teach well. She explained how she couldn’t sleep last night and later promised that she’ll do her best to improve on her teaching skills and her English. At that point, she got emotional but did her best to maintain composed, which she did.

AY, Shi (fake name), you can do it! I’m cheering for you from the back of the classroom! I know you’re nervous as hell since you came from China recently but I know you can do it!

On a different note, I can’t wait to see how she’s going to mature as a TA and as an individual. She’s a hard-working person according to my intuition and I’m sure she will develop into a kind of person she would want to be. :)

Anyways, yeah.

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AWAY FROM COLLEGE! FREEEEEEEDOMMMMMM

YES! I AM SO HAPPY! YES!!!!!! >:D

*starts to watch anime instead of going out to party like a normal college kid*

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Defeated and Worned out

Sometimes I wish I have this fire that would never cease from anything. The kind of fire that, no matter what sort of things are thrown at, will continue burning. If only I had that would I not feel so crushed right now.

I thought I was managing my time well. But as the final was approaching, I realized how far behind I was. Is this what happens when I try to enjoy life? Yes, I do want to get good grades (in fact, I kind of like studying….sometimes) but would I want to spend most of my time on it with the cost making some fond memories here? I don’t want to spend most of my time here behind books after books after books when my life is already dull already. Is this the only way I can do well academically?

At least winter vacation is right around the corner… :)

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