Time is on My Side

Before anything else, I’d like to say that I love my life and I wouldn’t trade one bit of it for anything I had in the past.

Jim asked me if I felt any older after my birthday. I told him I didn’t but I thought about it again…

I suppose I do feel older somehow. Mostly because I’ve learned more about life and how things work but also because I’ve accepted the fact that even if I’d known these things before, I probably would have made the same mistakes — which isn’t so bad because I look at who I am now and I know I’ve become a really good person.

There was a time when I felt like I wasn’t doing anything good with my life; like I had no direction whatsoever. I felt like I was just taking up space. But my attitude towards life has changed a lot since then. Young people always think they’re invincible — like they’re going to live forever — but over the years, I’ve become increasingly aware of human mortality. I like to think that I’m living the life I want, doing what I want to do, and making sure I’m doing everything necessary to accomplish my goals. But I also know that doesn’t really make me better than other people, it’s just that I try harder.

My best birthday memory

My 21st birthday isn’t until Tuesday (May 6th) but I already know it’s going to be the best birthday ever! 1. Because Jim is a part of my life now — he makes me so happy. I really couldn’t ask for anything more… 2. Because he gave me the best birthday gift I’ve ever received!

— 2 dozen red roses
— a bottle of red wine
— a box of Ferrero Rocher chocolates
— a heart-shaped chocolate cake
— a hot pink male teddy bear named Bernie
— and the sweetest birthday card…

I have the most wonderful boyfriend in the world!

I don’t have a lot of good birthday memories because mine is right in the middle of summer here so not many people are around. Most of them are traveling with their families — making the most of the break. It’s usually just me, my family and my closest friends. This year, since my birthday falls on a weekday, we’re just going to have dinner at home on Tuesday. Then my friends will be coming over on the 10th to have pizza — so we can catch up on each other’s lives too.¹

Oh, I forgot to blog about this:
I am now officially on LOA! I submitted my form over a week ago. I sent a tweet to my Twitter account right after I handed in my form to the Assistant Registrar.

Thank you for the comments you left on my last entry. I caught a cold a few days ago and I’ve been having coughing fits but today I woke up feeling much better. I have a lot of catching up to do! I will return comments as soon as I can! Have a great weekend everyone!

T1, SY2007-2008

Maybe we accept the dream has become a nightmare. We tell ourselves that reality is better. We convince ourselves it’s better that we never dream at all. But the strongest of us, the most determined of us, holds on to the dream or we find ourselves faced with a fresh dream we never considered. We wake to find ourselves, against all odds, feeling hopeful. And, if we’re lucky, we realize in the face of everything, in the face of life the true dream is being able to dream at all.

~Meredith Grey, Grey’s Anatomy

I have my schedule for the first term, schoolyear 2007-2008. Read on for details!

Midheaven.org has been experiencing some downtime. I don’t know what’s going on because my host still hasn’t replied but the sites seem to be running fine now. Maybe they were just doing some maintenance. The problem is, the forms aren’t working. I’m sure it’ll be fixed soon though. In the meantime, you know my email. hehe. Feel free to send me messages anytime - don’t expect an immediate reply though. I’m still quite busy catching up on stuff. I still have to update the group one and two games over at Seriously!.

I turned 20 last Sunday! Yep, my birthday was on the 6th of May. Gaaaah! I can’t believe I’m getting older. Thank you to all the wonderful people who remembered. I love you guys! You really made my day. My party was okay. I made potato salad for my best friend Beh. My aunt, who’s a wonderful cook, loved it so I think that says a lot! Too bad Nin couldn’t come. I think he would have loved it too. hehe. The three of us (Beh, Nin and I) are HUGE fans of potato salad. Anyway, it was more like a children’s party - lots of kids running around and screaming. haha. But it was fun. I’m glad I got to spend some time with my cousins again..besides, I love kids. ♥

It still doesn’t seem real…that I’ll be studying again, I mean. I have to admit that I’m scared. I’m afraid that I won’t be able to make any friends because I’m such a recluse sometimes. Thank God for Grace. She’s so nice. She’s from my old school and we met through the Yahoo! Group of one of the organizations I joined when I took my first degree. I think we’ve gotten to know each other pretty well - the biggest thing we have in common is our love for certain TV shows. Anyway, she offered to have lunch with me if I don’t have anyone to eat with once school starts. Thank you Grace!!! You’re such a sweetie!

Anyway, here’s my schedule for the first trimester (yep, my new school is on the trimestral system too):

–MONDAY
0700-0800 - BMAT2-X (Business Mathematics 2)
0900-1200 - NATSCA1 (Human Factors in Design)
1300-1600 - DESPRIN (Principles of Design)

–TUESDAY
0900-1200 - HARTDS1 (History of Art and Design 1)
1300-1600 - FREHAND (Freehand Drawing)

–WEDNESDAY
0700-0800 - BMAT2-X (Business Mathematics 2)
0900-1200 - COLREND (Color Theory and Rendering)

–THURSDAY
1620-1750 - BMAT2-X (Business Mathematics 2)

–FRIDAY
0700-0800 - BMAT2-X (Business Mathematics 2)

That’s a total of 18 units!

BTW, I just know I’m going to hate Thursdays. At least I’ll have Friday to look forward to. I think Beh and I will be hanging out every Friday. We haven’t been able to really do that since high school.

Thank you for the 19 comments! I think that’s a new record for this blog. I’ll return them as soon as I can. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Simply Precious and Trixie, thank you! ♥ I will be taking a lot of courses and I’m a bit intimidated… But I’m determined to do great! I won’t be able to graduate with honors though. You have to take at least 80% of all courses in the school where you’ll be earning your degree to be eligible.

Cherrie, I’ll definitely keep in touch! I hope you will too!

Ragnhild, Melle, Lucy, Irene, Sara, Grey, KD, Jenny, and Alex, thank you so much!

Chette, thank you dear. I really appreciate it.

Misses, that reminds me. I should start a new quote book. Beh lost my old one.

Amy, thank you hun! Oh, I’d love to read that quote! Please share? ^_^

Lil, I love university too..but I miss high school. I guess it’s because things seemed so much easier then. Thank you! I know I’ll survive..hehe. I survived my first degree..I think I’ll be able to do it again. LOL.

Carla, I wasn’t that enthusiastic when I got out of high school either. That’s why I’m going to college again. hahaha. I’m finally truly enthusiastic about what I’ll be taking up. *grins*

Yoru, I think it’s going to be really fun! Why don’t you take some classes like the ones I’ll be taking too?

Dianastar, thank you so much! What you said really helped… It made me feel better. ♥

The dream is this - that we’ll finally be happy when we reach our goals - find the guy, finish our internship, that’s the dream. Then we get there. And if we’re human, we immediately start dreaming of something else. Because, if this is the dream, then we’d like to wake up. Now, please!

~Meredith Grey Grey’s Anatomy