I haven’t spent a weekend at school since the beginning of the year. It would almost be sad, but every time, the trips have so amazingly been worth it!

Most of which was the latest! NCHS Winter was an AWESOME dance~! NG has random photos including a few defiling ones on her xanga—me being too lazy to put up my own. I wonder how long I can keep going to high school dances—there’s something about ‘em though that college dances lack. Maybe it’s all the preparation, the ritual trading of flowers, passing of decorated hallways, waiting lines for photos, and of course the sheer innocuous dancing (lol—not for everyone though), and then the supervising adults, keeping an eye out for over-zealous couples… the fantasy themes, and everything else. It’s like being in a story… not entirely real. Still, it’s a feeling that I miss from the pre-college life. Fun times~

Haha, or maybe its just me~

I’d like to write a LONG entry about the U of I, and all it’s glory–because my respect for the school has gone up the whole time I was here. But… I’ll sve that for another day. College is FUNKY!

And I thought ditching class HS-senior year was easy… this semester alone, I’ve missed almost 20 classes… and it’s only been 4 weeks! I pledged no more than 40 classes ditched this semester, better step up with that.

But today is a special day! I got mail for the first time in weeks!!!!!! (OOH, except on Valentine’s day, I got a big box in the mail from my church, filled with the most random goodies: chips, crackers, gum, toothbrush, pencils, pens, tissues, microwavable popcorn, chapstick, ramen… etc… it was very nice to know that mommies back home care )

Email may be of convenience, but there’s nothing like a bonafide from USPS envelope, with a handwritten name and address on it. Nope. Nothing. Look at the paper, feel it! and you know that the sender touched it too… some metaphysical connection i suppose.

Look! It’s REAL! *Thanks 婷婷!! smiles for the rest of the day*

And the card from this crazy girl made my day :

mMm… there is another thing too, that I am infinitely thankful for–

I was casually studying econ last night… thinking… yay… no homework, no tests to study for… even thinking of sleeping early for once… and then, the Mike, whos in my math class randomly comes by to ask… “hey do you know if the midterm is in class tomorrow or after?”

…and THEN I ended up sleeping at 4 AM looking over my math homework, and reviewing. It scares me to imagine what might have happened if he didn’t come by that night. Not only was not I not prepared, but MVC is a class i ditch on a regular basis (im sorry, lecture just doesn’t help at all)… being worth 20% of our grade… I would have been screwed beyond belief. Thank GOD for mike… I owe him bigtime…

Uh… I suppose that’s a general update on Xanga…
(I’m getting waaaaaaaay to public~)

Ahh!!! I can’t wait till valentine’s day!! Why you ask? Hehe–while some ppl can’t wait for the sappy themes of V-Day, I have only ONE thing on my mind…

Last year, for Lent, I gave up one of the cloest loves of my life… no it wasn’t my love and companion (Tauri ), nor was it anything typical… it was… CHERRY COKE! For those that don’t know me from last year, I suffered from an acute addiction to Coke Cola (pepsi sucks!)…

I had so much coke (upwards fo 6 cans a day) that I built a spiring tower on my desk:

Beautiful no?

But… I did what everyone thought was the impossible, and on Valentine’s day (partially inspired by Beverly’s one soda a year plan– that’s just crazy )… at Noodles in Bolingbrook with Kalishma~Cherry Coke became a part of my past.

Granted, i did switch over to Mountain Dew… Easter came and went, and i thought… eh… why not keep it up? I decided a YEAR could be a bold goal… and up until this day, I have not touched a DROP of coke, pepsi, or any other caramel colored carbonated beverage.

About 10 months through, on New Years Eve when Felix brought a SPECIAL EDITION of SPICED Coke to James’ house (i dont even know what that is), I had a HUGE craving… the flavor began to fill my mind and my mouth began to water. I almost gave in…

Yet I stood strong, in face of the greatest internal pressure… I said no! and walked to the other corner of the house while others enjoyed the fascinating beverage. I left saddened, as the opportunity was lost. The cravings went away that night, perhaps forever. I dont even remember what coke tastes like now…

But Valentine’s day now approaches once again… my committment nears its natural end. What now?

Help!!! What to do??

Things have been quite odd lately… like… lately I’ve been wanting to raise the barreier between my sub-lives… business (AIESEC), personal, family… could this be the effect of college and maturing?

Maybe. But oddly, it feels like regression.

MUNUC XVII was awesome–made me realize…

how small high school kids are… not that I’ve grown too much since then…

how quickly the last year passed, it’s hard to believe that it’s been an entire year since I last sat there as a delegate… and hiding in peoples’ rooms, near curfew (fun fun!) debating how to fight Colombian drug lords which are sadly so integral in maintaining livable conditions in South America. There’s something about MUN which makes getting to know people very quickly very easy–

But this time I realized how easily it is to lose touch with friends, both new and old. At the end of our four days of committeee last year, our entire committee (of 30-some ppl) exchanged screennames and emails… yet I didn’t even remember a single name this year. sad…

Ah… what am I doing? I should be doing math homework now… mleh, je le deteste!