Quickie
October 12th, 2008
hello all! i’m writing this from the library. i’m supposed to be studying for my midterms next week, but i’m excited about a lot of things that dont concern Italian verb conjugations and Hubble’s Law, and so my thoughts keep drifting. i cant wait for midterms to be over so that i can let my thoughts drift without feeling guilty and working out in my head how many hours of sleep i have to sacrifice tonight to make up for the day’s daydreaming!
i feel happy lately. stressed, sure, but i’ve been managing my time better, so i kind of feel a little bit more in control recently. but that doesnt have anything to do with my current happy self; instead, my newfound happiness stems from a small understanding of life and growing up that i’ve chanced upon. a kind of semi-nirvanic comprehension, if you will. i’m learning that my priorities can change and that can sometimes be a good thing. i’m discovering that something is not everything, and everything is oftentimes not what it looks like. i’m remembering to enjoy myself. what was previously stress and caffeine-induced sleeplessness is now a warped kind of excitement that feeds an inherent hunger to learn.
the library lounge is abuzz with activity on a sunday evening. i met someone cool today. i was overcharged for a tuna salad sandwich again. maureen, the girl who lives in the dorm room next to mine, has the most delightful watermelon-scented air freshener. i finally had krispy kreme this morning. actually, i had two, and i am a little bit anxious to get back to my room to have my third. i’m really excited to meet up with kiasu andrew and wai kin later tonight. over the past week, i watched Eagle Eye, Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist and the latest DiCaprio movie, Body of Lies – i absolutely loved Eagle Eye, Nick & Norah’s was disappointing, and Body of Lies is now one of my favorite post-911 movies. i wish i’d learned of three-ring binders before i bought all these notebooks that i now no longer want to use. i’m thinking of throwing a halloween party! and the bubble tea at Cafe East, as well as the elevator being on the ground floor as i walk into my residence hall, are two small but big things that make my day, every single day.
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1. nyuk | October 13th, 2008 at 5:09 am
Glad to hear you are happy :)! good luck for midterms
2. daphne | October 13th, 2008 at 5:16 am
hey su ann! I got up this morning after about 3 hours of sleep because I've got a class to go to in a bit. your post infused what was going to be a bleak day with optimism. be well. :)
3. Ru Yi | October 13th, 2008 at 5:46 am
Glad you're doing well! And OMG watermelon-scent is love!
4. yosie | October 13th, 2008 at 5:51 am
Midterm season! Redbull does not give me wings. Glad to hear you are enjoying your time at Columbia even with the stress of studying and balancing life.
5. Cobbler | October 13th, 2008 at 7:25 am
Glad to hear you are happy – I wish I could be as happy at uni, but nevermind, I'll live vicariously through you!
6. DR | October 13th, 2008 at 8:34 am
yep, i watched eagle eye recently at Warren's. superb storyline with great cast. glad ur happy at columbia. i am very sure that u will make full use of ur time ovr there. rmb to keep us updated yah…..and dun forget,u told us that ur gona post pic of ur dorm….. :p
7. sweatlee | October 13th, 2008 at 8:53 am
I'm not happy :( but i hope i will be soon.
8. Grouchy Smurf | October 13th, 2008 at 9:36 am
bah! humbug!
9. KY | October 13th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Easy, Su Ann, buy salmon sandwich next time!
10. Chef Mel | October 13th, 2008 at 10:05 am
hey, red bull didn't help me also! But , one of my lecturers told me Cola helped (because of the sugar , red bull do had a lot of sugar as well) and i tried! it works really well for many years now and days when i had a late night and had an important examination, i just buy a bottle of cola ( the small one) and ta-da, i'm ready for the examination! :)
11. kiasu andrew | October 13th, 2008 at 11:01 am
i am in john jayyyyy waaaaiiiiiitiiiinnnnnggggggg
12. ShaolinTiger | October 13th, 2008 at 11:47 am
The Redbull in Malaysia is different it's very syrupy and sweet, try the one in US, if it's anything like the one in UK it's delicious. Especially with vodka :D
13. EVo | October 13th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Glad that ur adapting pretty ok there pau!
And yes. so many of us fail to notice these little things in life..what brought u to this realization?
14. aunt | October 13th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
your 'excitement that feeds an inherent hunger to learn' is not warped. instead it is your soul calling out crystal clear in enthusiasm and awareness. i would be happy to note this as a sign of your coming-of-age in your intellectual pursuit…. :))
15. reallybites | October 13th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
aiseh semi nirvanic.
16. chareli | October 13th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
ahh halloween parties. aren't they fun? i actually have not been to one. gg, chareli, gg. hahahaha. well, good luck for the midterms! =D
17. mchllchn | October 13th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
omg a halloween party! funfunfun! :D btw get some sleep :) :)
18. MIchelle | October 13th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Su Ann, get a bagel! Or New York Cheese Cake.
I got booted out from my hostel. I wonder if I should be happy or not. My exams are three weeks away. Boo!
19. sheon | October 13th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
everyone went to watch eagle eye without me!!! *sulk*……yeah lar..cant blame them, when i was Home in KL….my frens in AS went to watch. then when i returned to AS to work, my frens in KL went to watch pulak…… -___-
talking bout halloween party, i cant attend or participate in the upcoming nuffnang halloween party…coz my company dinner coincides with the party!!! argh!!! geram-nya!!!
20. Bunbread | October 13th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
goodluck for ur midterms!
tmr's the last day of my end-of-year exams. :D After 2 weeks of the mug-then-go-for-exam lifestyle, i'm so glad it's going to end soon….in a few hours. :D
21. kreazi | October 13th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
This post sounds very rushed :) But glad that you're adapting well now…
22. luxfare | October 13th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
stress and caffeine induced sleeplessness is bad.. BAD!!!!! remember dat!! so gud 4 u nw! -chm
23. holeymoee | October 13th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
i drank redbull and i could stay up till 6 am!
and slept for 2 hours before an anatomy exam..
so i think it works..oh but its not good for us..something bout blood pressure
=S
24. huiwen | October 14th, 2008 at 12:05 am
GO SU ANN!!!! *pom poms*
25. sweatlee | October 14th, 2008 at 5:08 am
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26. sweatlee | October 14th, 2008 at 5:12 am
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27. The Faux Fashionista | October 14th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Oh I just did a case study on Red Bull. One can (250ml) has less caffeine than a cup of Starbucks coffee.
28. pinkpau | October 14th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
liewsuetli dont be weird!!
29. pinkpau | October 14th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
nyuk : thank u :))
daphne : i'm happy you're happier :) get some sleep soon!
ru yi : yes it isssss i love watermelon ANYTHING! especially lip balm. and i once had a watermelon soap from johnsons&johnsons but i think they stopped producing it…
yosie : midterm season indeed :
cobbler : why arent you happy at uni =( can i send you some bubble tea.. that is seriously the best and quickest way to get happy!
DR : oh man eagle eye is an amazing movie. one of the cleverest movies i've seen this year. great message, excellent and well-executed plot, exciting twists that keeps the audience guessing.. ah :) oh yeah haha i AM planning to take pictures of my room but i keep forgetting
sweatlee : you will be on thursday!!
grouchy smurf : hahahaha your comment made me giggle :P thank you for the little piece of midnight joy :)
ky : dont have : but omg ham and swiss cheese sandwich here is soooo good
chef mel : by cola do you mean coke? or is there a brand called cola that i've just not heard of? but if you do mean coke… by no means does that keep me awake :P plus now that i'm so used to drinking diet coke, normal coke just tastes weird to me
kiasu andrew : not anymore you're nottttttttttt
shaolintiger : YES its that syrupy gross stuff back in malaysia that i couldnt stand!!! i didnt understand why people liked it so much. but i never thought that it would taste different across countries. have yet to try the one here… kinda scared : i remember thinking red bull was the worst stuff i'd ever drank
evo : enlightenment comes best in the spacing-out moments at the library :)
aunt : so optimistic!
reallybites : wooo maybe i can be the next buddha!
chareli : you should throw a halloween party then :D wow heart palpitations. hmm. nevermind la i think my heart can take it wan! coke doesnt keep me awake though.. even coffee doesnt really work nowadays
mchllchn : cant :( too much homework and i keep procrastinating
michelle : i have eaten MANY bagels and lots of cheesecake since i got here :P pizza too. and hot dogs. wtf why were you booted out from your hostel!??!?! i thought you just moved out on your own!!
sheon : i also cannot go to the halloween party :( let's mope together…
bunbread : lucky you T____T
kreazi : it wasnt rushed, actually! i just typed whatever i felt like writing and then went back to study :)
luxfare : it's a good thing when you have not enough time to finish your work and sleep is like a luxury you cant afford :P
holeymolee : wow that settles it. i'm going to buy some redbull and try! i'm desperate for anything that will keep me awake during midterms week..
huiwen : thank u mah dear!
the faux fashionista : wow really? but i would think that redbull relies more on high glucose content than caffeine, right?
30. sheon | October 14th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
yeah, lets…. -_________________-
and…suetli is sooo cute…..
31. MIchelle | October 14th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
No, I didn't have a chance to move out on my own. My hostel room, you see, has no window. So damn stressful lah. I dislike my hostel a lot but it doesn't mean i love moving at this time of the year. My finals are like 3 weeks away. Plus, my apartment still have some defects to be fixed. Omg, suann. I think i can die already.
T_T
Figuratively.
32. whimsicaljottings | October 14th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Lei parla Italiano bene? Io odio verbi. Sono inoltre studiare e ora. Bleargh.
33. pinkpau | October 14th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Ho studiato l'italiano in questo momento!! Odio passato prossimo con essere! Ho un esame italiano in trenta minuti :(
34. aunt | October 15th, 2008 at 4:27 am
why speak bad english?? i cant understand and thus kenot kepoh.!!!… =ppp *sour grapes*
35. Sammy | October 15th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Hey!
I thought Eagle Eye was just like another one of those man vs. machine movies :p
Omg,we should meet up in NYC one of these days… Have u been to 'Penang'? Not the one in Msia, the one in Manhattan :) Awesome awesome food, esp if u like Ipoh White Coffee. Better than at many places back home! Can bring u there if u'd like :D
36. martian | October 15th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
you are soo sexy
37. carol | October 15th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
“i wish i’d learned of three-ring binders before i bought all these notebooks that i now no longer want to use.”
yessssssssssssssssssssssssssss arghhhhhhhh summore bought a hole punch as well!!!! >.< le sigh.
cafe east's bubble tea is super yummy! <3
38. pinkpau | October 16th, 2008 at 11:28 am
malaysian in NYC rendition of negaraku. dont send us to kamunting!!!
39. Grouchy Smurf | October 16th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Poor fler in the background trying very hard to get screen time, but keep gettin blocked by the two gorrillas in front.
40. pinkpau | October 16th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
damn funny hahahahahaha its so true
41. sheon | October 19th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
obviously Syed Botak Alba wouldnt be too amused to see this. hahahahahahaha
42. brana | October 22nd, 2008 at 2:46 pm
honey, you have no idea how much i love you for this :)
glad to know you're doing well where you're at!
if jake gyllenhaal ever pops by, tell him i said hi.
43. brana | October 22nd, 2008 at 2:47 pm
and whoops.
this was meant for the essay post :S
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