Things You Find At Review Sessions
December 20th, 2009
t’is just a quick note from the dismal belly of the international affairs library. there’s a snowstorm here in northeast america and i’m stuck here. but that’s just as well, because i still have so much more to read before i take my last three finals tomorrow and the day after. so my quick note is about how college leaves me smitten so very often. there are just too many smart and charming people moving around this place. they are all provocative in their own ways, but i have realized that the sort i am most fatally attracted to is unembellished intelligence. tonight i had a review session for the macroeconomics exam i’m sitting for on monday (jian wei if you are reading this, why is your macro course a 4000 level one but columbia’s is a 3000?! it’s the same syllabus!). most of us came in armed with a deranged muddle of notes, textbooks, formulas, problem sets and confused questions that should not be asked this late in the semester. myself included, of course– i was in my usual worried flurry of coffee cups and excessively scribbled-upon notes, but i sat beside this guy who came in with just a blue pen. the pen didn’t even work, and he had to borrow another. he did have paper too, but it was one mere sheet of crumpled lined paper which he’d torn out of a notebook and unfolded out of his back pocket. he was blonde, with brown eyes, and had a very lazy european accent. polo shirt. scruffy. incredibly good looking. although the TA was making a few mistakes at the board, he wouldn’t correct the TA, but i noticed that he was deriving the right answers with the appropriate corrections on his disheveled scrap paper. at one point, he leaned over (omg!– smelling of fresh soap) and asked me a question about the liquidity constrained consumer. i answered as best as i could, but midway i hesitated to give it some thought, at which point he answered his own question. so i asked him back another question about the borrower’s behavior in C1 and C2. the girl next to us launched into some textbook answer, but he interrupted her with a real world example that took all of 5 seconds to put into perspective. then he said, when in doubt during an economics exam, just think about what you would do with your own stuff in real life. and he smiled this simple smile. i do love smart real world examples, especially when they come from sparkly-eyed, drawling, scruffy blondes with a cute smile. way too sexy.
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29 Comments Add your own
1. pia | December 20th, 2009 at 4:13 am
Yeah, I love people like that, they’re so refreshing :) Doesn’t hurt when they’re cute, too.
2. Lisa Cheah | December 20th, 2009 at 5:29 am
Awww, Haha!
Anyways, kick some asses on that exam! :D
3. helen | December 20th, 2009 at 6:56 am
ooh. I am the same. These are the best stories.
4. michelle | December 20th, 2009 at 7:22 am
libraries. don’t we love them durimg peak times?
5. michelle | December 20th, 2009 at 7:23 am
eh yours is not a library!
6. flory | December 20th, 2009 at 11:07 am
i am a sucker for those types
7. SAMANTHA | December 20th, 2009 at 11:42 am
absolutely love this post :) hahaha x
8. bs | December 20th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
*sighs dreamily*
9. Miaow | December 20th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Wohooo! Sounds like the start of a romantic drama! ^-^ I’m excited already!!!! =P
10. ricecracker | December 20th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
<3
intelligence + looks are a killer combo anytime. looks like this one has easy charm and quiet confidence to top that. delish :)
11. hitomi | December 20th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
it sounds intriguing. He is the smart ass too LOL
how frequent good thing comes in two
12. Gin | December 20th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
<3
13. roni | December 20th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
That. is the cutest thing ever. go for it!
14. KY | December 20th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
infatuation!
15. yvo | December 21st, 2009 at 3:25 am
eh hem
wear pretty dresses and always sit next to him! hahahaha ^^
16. lishun | December 21st, 2009 at 5:17 am
unfortunately there isn’t anyone like that in my university. =(
17. chm | December 21st, 2009 at 6:51 am
his statement is so damned right. good luck and good courage pau!
18. Jian Wei Ang | December 21st, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Hey! It’s because Umich doesn’t have 200 level econ classes. Don’t ask me why…I have NO idea. 300 level are electives [all the cute cute exciting classes: economics of crime etc.] and 400 level are upper level econ classes [aka boring lethal poison classes...game theory, international finance etc.] =) What that sexy European dude said was right though! Real life examples always kick ass!
But don’t worry! You’ll ace the exam! Even if you feel so numb in the end. When you live to see through the day, drop me a mail…we have to form our order of superheroes in disguise. XD Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Su Ann! Eat more char kuey teow for me!
19. liz | December 22nd, 2009 at 12:17 am
ah. my econs is a 200 level class@.@
20. Jin Rui | December 22nd, 2009 at 1:44 am
ahhhhh.
21. fern | December 22nd, 2009 at 1:54 am
i secretly secretly want to lick such dreamy people. sigh
22. Anonymous | December 22nd, 2009 at 9:58 am
can u stop being such a slut lol?
23. quaintly | December 22nd, 2009 at 10:03 am
can u stop being such a prudish malaysian living abroad who’s too self righteous to appreciate diversity lol?
24. girl | December 23rd, 2009 at 7:55 am
thank you for motivating me to stay single!!!!!!!! :D
25. andrea | December 23rd, 2009 at 8:33 am
@pinkpau’s response to no.22 so funny lol?
26. mimz | December 26th, 2009 at 6:25 am
i’m curious.. what real life example did he come up with about the liquidity constrained consumer? :)
27. Caffy | December 26th, 2009 at 11:16 am
the genius, scruffy kind – the kind on tv I have celebrity crushes on. Sigh.
He inspired me to do less textbook-studying.
28. sulynn | December 26th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
*droooools
29. tigerlily | December 29th, 2009 at 2:57 am
dear su ann, u seem like a really nice and genuine girl. But i guess i can understand why some ppl would say nasty things abt u. Often in pictures u are seen with ur cleavage or ‘daring’ clothes as compared to others. And u look chummy with boys which might come off more open minded .
that might be the reasons why ppl think u date boys for whatever reasons. It is the image. But if there are ppl who truly know who u are and love u its all that matters.
just thought u would like to hear some opinions on why ppl think that of u. Continue being nice! because image is something ppl are confused by. I’m sure ur sincerity will win them over!
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