Boxes and Boxes
May 14th, 2010
the above is a photo of all the stuff i have in new york city, sitting sadly on the morning sidewalk waiting to be placed in summer storage for several months. all this stuff was accumulated over the past two years that i’ve been in college, and has quadrupled in spread since the last time i moved out for summer, which was exactly a year ago. it’s amazing how much junk i’ve amassed in the span of one year, and then two years. all these cases of unused stationery, baking tins and carefully pressed class notes seemed to appear out of nowhere as i was frantically packing. try as i did to grasp at straws, some things simply had no genealogy. but now suddenly they all have to be wrapped and put away in boxes, rolling up an old year and nestling away to await the new one.
so much has changed from a year ago. i’m currently in the foreign eternal city of Rome, where people smoke way too much, as well as make out way too much, sometimes simultaneously. i’ve been sleeping a lot. and skipping across sheer lakes of indescribable certainty. everything is perfect. i’m getting just a little sick of eating pasta, but besides that, yes, everything is wonderful. plus i’ve been having for breakfast some delicious yau char kwai from the chinese restaurant just up the street from the inn i’m staying at – and that’s always a good reason to rejoice.
i’m glad sophomore year is over. it’s been good in so many ways, and so busy, and so full of life, but i’m very ready for it to be gone. in four months i will return to college as a junior. half of my college career will have been over. it seems to me like just yesterday i was writing about how i’d procrastinated over studying for the SATs and surely i must be so screwed! but here i am. in some school, in some city, this many years later, doing way too much math than is necessary for happiness. pah. if i close my eyes i can sometimes bring myself back to that time. but two months ago i found this fork in the road and i picked it up. i’m not sure what’s going to happen but i want to keep staying tuned. i have so many stories but i dont know where to start. maybe i wont cos i’m lazy, and it’s 7am here now, which means it’s time for me to go to bed :) i’m so sleepy. so, goodnight! tanti baci da roma.
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28 Comments Add your own
1. reallybites | May 14th, 2010 at 3:29 am
eh which inn are you staying at?!
2. Michelle Chin | May 14th, 2010 at 3:57 am
You sound like a feather. Much lighter.
3. kiasu andrew | May 14th, 2010 at 4:22 am
ragazza
your stuff > my stuff
i win!
4. kiasu andrew | May 14th, 2010 at 4:26 am
you are NOT reading foucault
that is like the most popular question in quizbowl
5. Patricia | May 14th, 2010 at 4:56 am
wow. have fun in rome!!
6. Ping | May 14th, 2010 at 7:19 am
enjoy your well deserve holiday!!
7. foreverjas | May 14th, 2010 at 8:36 am
wow! my stuff is almost as much as yours ! haha :) enjoy your hols .
8. biopolymath | May 14th, 2010 at 9:38 am
I just can’t believe how much stuff I accumulate while studying overseas too. Do update me w/ sightings in Rome!
9. caffy | May 14th, 2010 at 9:55 am
Love the last picture.
And the words “foreign eternal city of Rome” themselves awakens the wanderlust in me. Sigh. Some day, some day.
10. KY | May 14th, 2010 at 11:36 am
all the way across the globe and now only you’re following malaysian time zone.
11. Kiran | May 14th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
Lucky you :) I would love to visit Rome some day!
12. kehrole | May 14th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3
13. Lisa Cheah | May 14th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Have a great time Su Ann!
14. Nikki | May 15th, 2010 at 2:35 am
Enjoy yourself now, well deserved.
I felt very much the same when I cleared out my Uni stuff, I had accumulated stuff between accommodations and had an overwhelming amount of notes. I knew I wouldn’t need them all when I left Uni so I kept the main concepts, favorite research papers and things I thought might be useful in the future.
15. ront | May 15th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
aikkssss….then why order more pasta?!?!?!?!
go and get some seafood…..if you like those stuffs.
16. jane doe | May 16th, 2010 at 2:23 am
Anche vorrei andare a Roma!
Haha we just started on congiuntivo lately and everyone’s forgotten their present tense. :D But our awesome Italian teacher conducted her last lesson outdoors last Friday. And the longer I learn Italian the more I want to buy an air ticket to go to Italy!
17. xiao | May 16th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
right?! the stuff just multiplies and appears out of nowhere. I had to throw out so many things…
18. yv | May 16th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
like that photo of u! :D
19. Netty | May 17th, 2010 at 12:16 am
Waaaaaa…syok la u….best!
20. Anonymous | May 17th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
hey su ann,
how is it that you get to be so well-traveled? how do you pick where you go and how do you manage to go to so many places? tips please? :-)
21. dav | May 18th, 2010 at 3:44 am
smoke and make out at the same time? that’s funny. And how’s did you know that? Is that the first impression of Rome that come across your mind? lol.
Go to Venice and get some nice shoot and a nice story cover, kinda like those with some nice photography with those melancholy and beautiful write up. Looking forward to that. You should bring a professional photographer so that he/she can capture whatever you wanna to write and that will be perfect.
What’s the last Italian suppose to mean?
Regards,
dav
22. amandayno | May 24th, 2010 at 8:24 am
it means. … kisses from rome.
23. Zhen Yi | May 24th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
nice one su ann. btw, can i ask whats the cheapest flight from kl to nyc and the best time to travel?
24. whimsicaljottings | May 24th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Mama mia! Sei ancora in Italia adesso?? Vieni a me! C’e una stanza libero per te a casa mia :) Sono solo 2 ore da Venezia. Stai attenti con gli uomini Italiani. Loro sono molto “gatal”. Quanti giorni si sarai in Italia?
Buona vacanza!
25. university student | May 25th, 2010 at 2:24 am
I’m a university student, too. But so good you can enjoy your study life in Rome. Envy!!!
26. Sleep-Deprived | May 25th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
JEALOUS JEALOUS JEALOUS. ): I want to go too.
Haven’t. slept. for. the. past. 48 hours. Should get back to studying. Such is life of kiasu malaysian.
27. Alynna | May 26th, 2010 at 8:00 am
UPDATEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Can’t believe I’m becoming one of those who harass people to blog. =.=”
28. linus chung | June 4th, 2010 at 12:00 am
Dear Su Ann.
Linus here.I have a new video about democracy and malaysia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8u9D1inbgQ&feature=player_embedded
It’s one out of 700 videos worldwide selected as a finalist of the democracy video challenge.I think you will like it.I am inviting you to view it and if you do like it please sign into youtube and vote for it….please also help me promote it by blogging about it.thank you.here is a presskit online.http://malaysia.usembassy.gov/pr_dvc_finalist_chung-052010.html
Linus
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