Tsaichu's Adventure

Matterpie made me a game. =] A present in the best adventure of them all! (And if you're curious, the secret words made an acrostic of my name =P)

Merry Christmas! ☆

Let it Go

You know what? I have a week and a half after break to do work. I'm going to stop stressing myself out and just relax.

Frozen was amazing by the way. =]

Being Home

It's been almost a week, and honestly, while I've loved being home and hanging out with friends, I'm also insanely restless. I've been trying to study but not getting anything done, and just being more stressed as a result.

And I think it's honestly impacting the rest I get - my dreams have been chock full of people trying to kill me. And I've been sleeping a lot if not through the entire time... I generally fall asleep by midnight and don't get up until like 10am...

I don't remember it being this hard last year. I don't know what's going on.

One More Day

Feeling a bit melancholy that most of my friends have left already. On one hand, it's nice to not have to fight through the snow to get to the airport, but on another, I'm rather lonely... Even the snow is making me a little sad - what's fun about snow if you don't have friends to go sledding or have snowball fights with? Even building a snowman yourself just seems a little sad...

On the bright side, had a nice brunch with Christie this morning, and I'm going to chill with Evan/Marisa/Daniel tonight! Grab dinner, hopefully see Catching Fire, and just relax. Skyping Matt later tonight too. =] I'm already feeling like I need to use all my time and start doing work, but let's be real...

Excited to go back home and see family+friends. Visit school and Amgen and just chill. Heard Cal had an early acceptance to Stanford!

In a bit of an emotional turmoil right now. Happy about some things, sad about others. Anxious about work but really just wanting to sleep and relax (it's the first day of break for Pete's sake!).

Ah well. Winter break shall be a good one.

Edit: Mostly done packing now - just a few things to pack tomorrow morning, namely my computer and uke. Found this little guy chilling in my suitcase. =] Bringing him back to Cali with me! <)

On Snowball Fights and Staying Safe

Woke up to a campus absolutely blanketed in snow, and snow still falling. I love the snow, so it was absolutely amazing. =] This campus is sincerely gorgeous normally, and absolutely stunning in the snow.

Classes went normally - classics was pretty amusing. We were supposed to have a superquiz and he gave us the option of voting whether to take it. Obviously everyone voted not to, and it turns out he hadn't prepared one anyways. Gotta love Glenn.

Had a huge snowball fight with Hansen, Michelle, Allen, Christie, Matt, and Brian during late meal. =] Pretty amazing, though now my jeans and sweater are soaked haha. Hopefully they'll dry off by tonight? Got the first dose of the meningitis B vaccine too! Here's to staying safe!

Hoping to go sledding later... Apparently Whitman lawn's pretty much out of snow, but maybe we can find some other hill? -crosses fingers-

Snowfall!

First snow today! It's absolutely beautiful outside. It's since stopped snowing though, and tomorrow's supposed to be warmer, so I doubt it'll last. =\ At least it's beautiful now. =]

Schedule Strugs

I was not expecting two of the classes I wanted to take to fill up before sophomore registration even started. Especially not MOL328 - I completely didn't realize it was such a popular class... 

I guess I'm aiming to take Dev Psych to replace MOL and fulfill my EC, then just some LA. There's a chance I can still get into Kiddie Lit, but I might honestly just take DAN 209... It's PDF only, which would take some stress off my mind, and I could potentially squeeze in Kiddie Lit senior year if I wanted (and even PDF it under the right circumstances).

Eusebius, Church History

I think I'm learning infinitely more about the depths of sacrifice to which Jesus calls us than I am whatever I'm supposed to be learning from reading this... Not a bad thing of course, but interesting.

An A at Harvard

“I can answer the question, if you want me to.” Harris said. “The median grade in Harvard College is indeed an A-. The most frequently awarded grade in Harvard College is actually a straight A.”'

~ The Harvard Crimson

Actually insane. Guess there's more truth to the whole "would have been an A at Harvard" sentiment that exists at Princeton than I thought.

In a way I'm thankful for my Bs and such though. I mean, I would much rather have an A in the end, but having to have the experience of struggling so much for a grade, and still not getting an A... It's really humbling. It really makes me realize that not everything can be done in my own power, nor should everything be able to be done in my own power. That maybe, working your hardest sometimes really isn't enough. It's a pretty miserable truth but one well worth knowing.

Of course, that's not to say I wouldn't appreciate the 3.71 that GradeDeflation.com says I would have had I gone to Harvard... xP

Eventful Days

Car crash on the way back to Princeton yesterday. No one was hurt, thank God. People are still recovering from minor concussions (headaches and such) but nothing seems to be serious. And a huge blessing from Kaite's dad, who showed up to drive us the rest of the way to school!

Gas leak at school today - all of Wilson was evacuated and Frist for a while as well. It was inconvenient as I couldn't get back into the dorm, but again thank God that no one was hurt. And I was able to pick up stuff from my dorm right before class at 1:30pm, so my day wasn't even much impacted!

Stella ❤

Slept on the ride back instead. =P But yesterday was lots of fun - we played MarioKart and Telestrations and just hung out really haha. I got to finish my chem pset too, which was nice if not exactly fun. xP

Went Black Friday shopping today! So many stores to go to - didn't have too much time though (or money, all things considered). Bought two sweaters at Old Navy, and working on a pair of boots from DSW. But favorite purchase was definitely a ukelele. Yup, I got a uke! She's super super pretty and I have no idea how to play a uke, but I'm going to learn! Named her Stella. =] Wayyy too excited for the (lack of) time I'll have to learn haha... But it'll be fun!

A couple more days of rest, then back to Princeton! But then just two weeks until winter break. Jeez, time passes by so fast...

A Turkey Thanksgiving!

Had an absolutely wonderful Thanksgiving full of food, friends, and fun games. =] Bit tired and getting up for shopping tomorrow, so I'll write more tomorrow (perhaps on the drive back?). I've been so blessed to be able to spend this Thanksgiving with Matt's family, if not my own. God is wonderful.

Conversations and Thanksgiving

I've only recently realized how much I've talked throughout my life without actually saying anything. I really do crave deep conversations, I just sort of suck at them. But if anyone ever wants to talk, please pull me out of my comfort zone!

On another note, while talking to Christie today, I really just was overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of things I have to be thankful for in any given day. A warm bed, food and clean water, a loving family and supportive friends. A wonderful fellowship and a great university, being able to pursue something I love, the convenience afforded by technology and the comfort of home away from home. An absolutely amazing boy whom I love and who loves me back. And above all, a gracious and merciful God who knows me better than I know myself and who will always provide for me as long as I ask (and who answered my prayers with a decent/average score on biochem and a 10/10 on a physics quiz I felt unsure on!).

Sending off a letter today to thank a family for funding my financial aid, grabbing some late meal, then just chilling and watching a movie with friends.

What a wonderful way to start off a Thanksgiving break.

Bonfire: Round 2!

Once again, it was freezing. Unlike last year though, I stayed away from the front to avoid having my face melt off.

Last year seemed more exciting with the effigy and such, plus it was the first time in a while, but it was still pretty awesome. =]