“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” ~Helen Keller

November 28, 2008 · Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged

Second post!

Yooo… so this is actually going to be kinda a deep-thinking entry~

So I’m sitting back and reflecting on… life! A lot of sad things have happened lately. It gets hard to smile sometimes, doesn’t it? But if you think about it, sad things happen all the time. You’re just not aware of it every single minute. So you gotta learn to cope with it and keep going, right? Right. And it’s not just people dying or people breaking up or bad grades… it’s losing hope, feeling sad and not understanding why you feel that way, wanting something that seems impossible. So many obstacles… but what’s life without a challenge? Right.

Ah, I feel like a really naive ball of clay as Emily once said. Did she quote someone else? I don’t remember! But yeah… I know and yet I don’t. Sometimes I wonder how people see me. Am I too cheerful? Do I need to come down to Earth? I don’t want to be upset or pessimistic. It’s important to keep your dreams alive no matter how crazy they may seem, right? Something about a broken-winged bird.

So yeah… one of my close buddies… holy crap, no, two of my close buddies recently broke up with their guys. One seems kinda temporary because he was taking out all of his stress on her so she called it quits, but the other seems permanent. I’m not sure what happened with the latter since she hasn’t had time to talk to me yet, but I know she’ll be okay eventually. All I know is that they almost really broke up once because he had betrayal issues due to his last girlfriend and he got all paranoid and it really hurt her because he didn’t trust her. Love is pain? I don’t know… I’ve never had a boyfriend! But I do know it hurts when someone tells you he doesn’t trust you. Poor buddy.

And then someone my sister knew died in a car accident yesterday on the way home from Austin. I’m really sad even though I never knew him. It seems all too common these days, and this time I know what it feels like to lose someone that way. It hurts more to hear about his death than it does to hear about my friend’s pain over her break-up because I know.

Ah, it seems there are always two sides to a coin, a sacrifice. Have a boyfriend, risk the pain of love. Have a friend, risk the pain of loss. But this is the pessimist’s view, the half-empty glass.

I want to see it in another light! Have a boyfriend, risk finding someone who would walk a thousand miles for you. Have a friend, risk having that unbreakable bond of companionship like no other and seeing through different eyes. This is the optimist’s view, the half-full glass.

Two of the same concepts, two different views. I guess my point is that there are too many half-empty people out there. The world needs more half-full people! More times than I can count, friends and myself included have complained about not doing as well on a test as we would’ve wanted to and feeling dumb about it. We should be thankful we learn from our mistakes and come back stronger, right? Right! Something something another door opens!!

Haha this entry makes no sense. I need to be better at writing persuasively. Anyway, have a good break everyone! I’m thankful that I have such awesome friends and family. Wouldn’t change it for anything regardless of the good and bad times. Smile!

Mai

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“A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.” ~Anonymous

November 14, 2008 · Filed under Uncategorized

Yay, first post! Let’s see how this works out. For those who are worried that I’m leaving my Xanga, I’ll post this entry there as well.

So today was a pretty good day! I got an A on my ARH test and then an A-/A on my UGS paper. Hurrah! Better good news is that I e-mailed my UGS professor asking about how grading will be done in that class since we get +/- letter grades back, and he said that any A is a 4.0. YES. I have a chance of getting a perfect score this semester, then. ^^

I haven’t gotten straight As since middle school! I got straight Bs in math and science and the occassional A in my social studies classes. This is wonderfullll! What’s lame is that if I get an A on something, I’ll just be like, “Oh, good. I just have to maintain this.” There’s this sense of relief. If I get a B or lower, I start worrying about not getting that A. Why’s it gotta be like that? Why can’t I just be like, “Ah, I got an A, which means I’m learning!” and not, “I have to maintain this.” I thought this mentality would go away once I was in college, that I would start caring more about learning and less about some letter grade that tells you how well you know the material, but I guess old habits die hard, hmm?

The two classes I’m worried about not acing are my UGS and CMS. CMS slightly less than UGS… I’m worried about CMS because the tests are pretty tricky and detailed. I remember I studied three days for the midterm and ended up with an 86. I remember when I got that grade, instead of patting myself on the back for the effort, I just felt like this was high school again – being stuck in the B-range. I’m so sick of Bs, ya know? Bs aren’t bad, but it’s not an A – it doesn’t set you apart from the rest of the herd. So yeah, I was just annoyed and a little upset. Other people told me they got low Bs or something, but I still didn’t feel any better… which is slightly different than high school since I used to compare my grades with others. Ah well, I can still make it, I hope!

Then UGS for obvious reasons. Dang, that class is supposed to be easy since it’s targetting freshmen! Wtheck, it’s my hardest class! I worked my butt off for my first paper and got a B-, which really made me feel like crap. But then I aced the next two papers, so that’s better. But then I got a B+ on the midterm, which made me sadface because that’s worth a lot. I was ONE question away from an A. You can imagine how upset I was since I mentioned the whole being-stuck-in-the-Bs thing. Ah well, I just have to try harder. I still have two more papers and a final to ace! ^^

But grades aside, everything else is cool. I can’t believe all the fun things I’ve done since I’ve gotten here. College really gives you a lot of opportunities! Heck, it hasn’t even been three full months yet, and I’ve watched a ton of movies, gone to karaoke, partied, met a celebrity, volunteered at a school, planned a conference, advertised, talked about where I want to go with an Advertising degree, decided to apply for the Business school as well when I wasn’t even considering it, looked for study abroad options, attended concerts and shows… crazy! It’s so much more alive in Austin than Sugar Land. I love it here… more so than I thought I would.

My eyes I have really been opened to the weirdness that is Austin. I’ve always known I was a naive person, so a lot of things have shocked me, but I’m learning. It’s a bumpy but fun journey. ^^

Now I have to go to the CMA to watch my speech on tape and write a self-evaluation. And then I have a meeting to go to in order to plan Heritage Week in April. And then I need to draft a letter for the BABFA conference to send to high school principals/counselors and businesses. And then I need to review another chapter for my CMS final. Maybe sneak in some ARH reading tonight. Busy, but productive!

Yanno, whenever I just feel too tired or lazy to do anything, I remember something Leeron told me a long time ago when we had a conversation online: “Don’t be lazy.” It’s such a simple thing, but that sentence has always stuck with me, haha. So thank you, Leeron! Other times, all I have to do is look up and my gaze lands on one of the Yunho posters in Kim’s and my dorm. Call me obsessed or crazy, but he’s great inspiration, too. You got to do your best and believe in yourself!

Fighting!! ^^

<3 Mai

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