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[Aug. 5th, 2011|10:11 pm] |
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For the briefest moment, there you were, right in front of me
I didn't say a thing. |
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[Aug. 3rd, 2011|11:54 pm] |
I recently created a tumblr for my time in penn and japan, if i do end up going- it shall be parent and general public friendly, i.e., i will try and avoid the mopey sentimentality that is so pervasive over here. if you're interested, the name of the site is easy enough to figure out :D
Have been doing some extra volunteering recently, and after I chirped my usual "have a lovely day!" at one old man he smiled and exclaimed,
Yes I will have a lovely day! Every day is a lovely day, that's the way to live!
I was a bit at a loss about how to respond to that except to smile sweetly and skip off, but it was a beautiful thing to hear. On the other hand, on the same bright, sunny day:
I: Good morning!
Old man #2: (rather indignantly, huddling in papery bath robe in dark, curtained room) NOT a good morning. It's bloody freezing!
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[Apr. 9th, 2011|08:00 pm] |
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I finds J on facebook profile (as usual)
I: Hey why the hell do you have two brothers? You don't have two brothers! I don't have two brothers!! I dem-
J: You're married.
I: ...
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[Mar. 11th, 2011|10:05 pm] |
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J: Tequila, Tequila Tequilaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...
Hey daddy, do you know what's Tequila?
D: Tequila? Is that the name of a place?
J: No!!!
It's supposed to be bad for you. Like, you put it on your hand and lick it off.
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To be honest, I'm not all too sure myself. Isn't it some sort of .....drink?
Anyway, I've been watching the news about japan and it is heartbreaking and terrifying and my heart goes out to everyone there, everyone with family there- みんな無事でありますように祈っています。 |
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[Mar. 2nd, 2011|10:51 pm] |
ハリーは目を上げた。ダンブルドアなら笑わないだろうーダンブルドアになら話せる…。
｢昨日の夜…僕、パトローナスを創り出したのは、僕の父さんだと思ったんです。あの、湖の向こうに僕自身の姿を見たときのことです…ぼく、父さんの姿を見たと思ったんです…(…）あれが父さんだと思うなんて、僕、どうかしてた。だって、父さんは死んだって分かっているのに｣
｢愛する人が死んだとき、その人は永久に我々のそばを離れると、そう思うかね？大変な状況にあるとき、いつにも増して鮮明に、その人たちのことを思い出しはせんかね？君の父君は、君の中に生きておられるのじゃ、ハリー。そして、君が本当に父親を必要とするときに、最もはっきりとその姿を現すのじゃ。そうでなければ、どうしてきみが、あのパトローナスを創り出したじゃろう？プロングズは昨夜、再び駆けつけてきたのじゃ。｣
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[Feb. 22nd, 2011|08:54 pm] |
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I was talking to mom today about how there just doesn't seem to be anyone.
She was quiet for a while, then said, slowly and deliberately,
"Sometimes you just have to settle for what you have. If you don't, then this part of your life will pass before you know it and with it will go your chances."
But I don't want to just settle. I guess if nothing ever happens, the only thing I will know, the only reason I should accept, is that nothing was meant to be.
Such a horrid thought to have to resign yourself to, though.
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Anyway, orientation today went fairly well! I personally thought the icebreakers went exceptionally smoothly, everyone was talking so enthusiastically with everyone else. I lost a few kids during the tour, had to cut it short because people seemed impatient to get to the carnival, and finished with a revolting headache, but all in all I dare say I'm quite satisfied. Part two tomorrow, but I think the hardest part is done and it was pretty good! :)
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[Feb. 19th, 2011|11:18 pm] |
I am actually wondering why on earth I decided to sign up to be an orientation host, because in all honesty I am completely freaked out right now. Ice breakers and tour, yes I've done that before, but this time I will be doing icebreakers alone with a group 6 times the size of any group I've handled (in my albeit highly limited experience) and a tour around a campus at least, what, 10 times the size of what I'm used to?! Urghhh!! How are they even going to HEAR me?! D:
I've finally finished contacting all of my kids, minus the two who had no details whatsoever. I was talking like a nervous freak when I made the first call- it is quite daunting, mind you!- but I think I got into the hang of it after a while, and happily, everyone seemed/(seems!) delightfully kind and friendly from what I got out of our phone conversations, minus the one wrong number. Even the girl who, after hearing my (by then) hearty 'Welcome to unimelb!', paused and then awkwardly said, 'err... Uni melb? I'm not going to unimelb!' was friendly enough. But talking one on one is always much easier than talking to a group, because it's simply a you and me thing and there's not so much of a me vs them divide. I don't know, I'm not scared of meeting a group or being in a group, but I think that because this time I've got a big group that I have to lead and take care of, and especially because I am going to be directly responsible for ensuring that their first days as uni students are enjoyable and memorable and whatnot, I feel quite a bit of pressure. Though it seems that I'm mostly afraid of being a disappointment or a letdown. As usual. Oh poopers. When am I ever going to get over this D:
Anyway, thanks to my hectic french course I found myself with a huge backlog of things to do and am quite proud to share that this week I:
-attended a work training session
-went to a picnic!
-baked a cake and made cookies (on different days)
-had a haircut
-watched a movie
-watched a concert
-called 20+ people
-worked for 10 hours at library
-taught
-bought books on amazon.com (parity is yay!)
-bought 5 new books at borders today!
-had an... operation.
this is kind of unglamorous. you can ask me about it in person if you're curious, but worry not! I am perfectly fine.
-worked out new timetable
-planned unimelb tour--> IF YOU WANT A FREE TOUR OF UNIMELB CONTACT ME NOW AND I WILL GLADLY GIVE IT TO YOU WITH A BIG BOX OF COOKIES TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE (I need someone to practise on)
-volunteered
-(finally) bought tickets to MARY POPPINS THE MUSICAL!!!! (200 off my bank account :()
-talked on skype with awesome people! :D
-watched harry potter 1! swooned the whole way through at how cute everyone was sauf snape who is just uber cool.
yay! so i have to say it's been a productive week, though I can't seem to remember what I did on thursday. :/
Booking tickets to singapore tomorrow!! (Should have done this a week ago, but it is fairly painful to see the money draining out of your bank account. :( I spent 150+ today alone--> stupid econs text book) |
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[Feb. 9th, 2011|10:45 pm] |
Also, I don't know who's going to look at this, but I'd like to share this song. We listened to it during French and I think i almost wept. I might put a translation up over the weekend, if I'm free enough.
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[Feb. 9th, 2011|10:38 pm] |
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Ok so I signed up to be a host on Orientation Day, help out with tours, ice breakers etc. Thought it would be like in NY with a little intimate group of 4 young innocent nervous kiddies but I just got my list of kids and there are 23 which is just about 6 times as much as expected so now I am kind of freaked out. At least I don't have to think about it too much until Friday since tomorrow and Friday are going to be pretty intense, what with full day training 9-5 project presentation during lunch break, then french final on vendredi!! Wish me survival, if you please!! |
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[Feb. 7th, 2011|07:44 pm] |
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. Wasting time is merely an occupation then, and a most exhausting one.
Jerome K. Jerome |
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