aughh ive been so very unproductive today. like at the back of my mind i know i have to do my work but my mind just refuses to cooperate.

anyway not to say im being unthankful or whatever but right now i’m really regretting the decision i made 2 years ago… the decision between submitting an exchange form and a transfer form and i chose the former which i am sort of regretting now. but only cus at the moment i’m wishing i had the chance to go back to uiuc for a second year. otherwise my choice makes utter sense in that i finish school sooner now.

choices, choices

little things

I’m easily contented-

it’s funny how simple little things can put a smile on my face

and then I end up looking like a goofy fool smiling to myself.

thank goodness I’m at home right now so there’s no one to notice that…

anyway, I just webcammed with Noli!! haven’t seen her in ages it was so nice! and haha, saw some old videos on her blog… that’s where the smile began.

haven’t seen snow in 2 years… but there’s a chance that it will snow -flurries- tonight. we’ll see. :)

studying for tomorrow’s exam now.

overate again today. the original pancake house with ubcers- 4 pancakes (2 buttermilk, 2 chocolate chip), 2 scrambled eggs. I finished it all.

oh dear me

I suddenly remembered the psych thingey we studied in first year… about the initial excitement of being in a new place, then soon after comes shock, then homesickness sets in, etc. oh dearie me… for all I know it might just happen to me, knowing how I’m inclined to experience bouts of melancholy every now and then. still don’t know why it happens, but it does. oh I should grow up, haha.

anyway, yours truly overate again. what’s new. so I cancelled my meal plan for next week and will see how things go. will probably change it back again by the end of the week cus that will be the last time I can change it, but next week is just to take a short ‘hiatus’ from all the unhealthy overstuffing of my poor tortured self.

went to check out the state-of-the-art gym this evening too. it’s truly AWESOME (the word has been misused so often, but seriously, it really applies in this instance.) 4 floors of awesome gym equipment, high tech (ie. touch screens, iPod plug-ins, tv, etc)! just like the kind you find in the fullerton hotel gym except that is has 100 times as many machines. seriously. I was awestruck. I still am. and you know what?? it’s FREE. say it with me. F-R-E-Eeeeeeeeeee. what the…?! freaking uni of no-student-welfare has a pathetic unigym which costs $8 per visit and the freaking equipment is rusty and old. what the heck. the pool costs a heck lot too and it’s not even heated. here… it’s free free freeeeeee…. EVERYTHING!!! indoor pool, outdoor pool… everything!! okay. with the exception of special facilities like the climbing wall and stuff you just have to pay a tiny little fee. okay wadda heck man.

okay and finally, my favourite place (now practically my second home) the ice arena, is also free for public skates or if you require skates, rental is only $1. wow… seriously they have it good here. some people really don’t realise how lucky they are…

hellooooooooooo

buta-chan is back to grace the blog scene!!

this time, in good old ILLINOIS!! full of ILLINI PRIDE… HAIL TO THE ORANGE HAIL TO THE BLUE!!

okay, whadda heck… but yes really, I’ve fallen in love with the school. I wish I was here from the start… the fighting illini spirit is seriously infectious…

so anyway, now that I’m back here, the drill’s the same-

Japanese practice and pictures/videos at http://buta-chan.blogspot.com, pictures with Japanese captions and translations at http://kuroibuta-chan.blogspot.com, reflective thoughts at http://apricotpeach.livejournal.com, and random rants and crap over here…

End of Week 7~

I really love the feeling of Fridays… the end of another week, yet closer to home! :)

The fact that I survived the last 2 weeks gives me such a tremendous sense of triumph! 5 subjects, tons of assignments, work, no sleep, and battling with the flu- I got through it all!! Praise God!:)

but I’ve got to gambaru now because if I slack off now I’ll end up going through a replica of the last 2 weeks (the awful result of procrastination).

Yay yayyyyyy Friday Fridayyyyyyy :) :)

P.s. I received an e-mail this morning from uiuc telling me I could go ahead and book my plane tickets… In other words… I’VE BEEEEEEEN ACCEPTED!!!!!! I’m outta here this June! :)

but yeah, suddenly I’ve got somewhat mixed feelings about leaving here. I just have to trust that God has it planned out for me and I know He has…