Hello Hello. I've been MIA. TV and reading and makaning have been ruling my world this past month....but here I am...1 month into researching. It's interesting: in case you didnt know, I'm looking at how religion (both theology and inter-religious dialogue) can help create peace in post-conflict situations, especially when societies are divided by religious differences! woah. cheem. i know. :P It's been an interesting summer. I'm living with Qian Hui, who's also from Singapore. My typical day/week: Wake up after snoozing my alarm obscene numbers of times. (thankfull Qian is also a lazy bum like me and we both snooze and laze in bed for AGES until one says to the other "erm...i think we should get up." or "OH NO! 9AM! DIE! GET UP!")
Breakfast
Go into "office" (me sitting in the polsci department reading my work and chatting with Marge.)
Eat lunch
"work" more
eat dinner
read books (for fun, not polsci); watch tv.
on mondays and thursdays i work as a TELEHAWK. which sounds scary i know. but mostly it's just boring. I call up people who might be itnerested in my uni and talk to them (or their parents) about school. it was funner at first (i know that's not a word, chill) because I was calling students who already were definitely coming here, so i could talk to them about impt info -- eg which dorm to choose, what mealplan, what to bring, etcetcetc. Now i'm just calling random ppl in highschool to tell them about OpenHouse. but it's not too bad. som days weirder than others.
I also bake brownies. Hang out with some friends from time to time. and in general try to have fun, without missing my home terribly.
My parents just celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary, and I'm bummed I'm not home to celebrate with them. They truly are an inspiration to me. I hope to find love like theirs someday. And be able to dance like they do.
But since the 21st, it's become LESS THAN 6 MONTHS TO GOA 2009. Which is fabulous. (I'll be arriving December 21st 2009 in what we like to call God's Own Abode ~ GOA!) I cannot wait, especially since I heard about the newest addition to our giant clan...the new Baby Boy Mascarenhas. (born June 18th).
It's going to be a fabulous Christmas season....all I need now is to find myself a dress! :P
Me on a trip to DC
Jess and Qian Hui when we attended GeoKids and then helped collect the kid's garbage.
Sam and our amazing chocolate chip chocolate syrup brownies. YUM! Me and Qian Hui!
Some funny videos for you to watch:
This one was shown to me by Sam (not the same one pictured above) and I laughed so hard...because as a fan of both Buffy and Twilight, I KNEW that's exactly how Buffy would have treated creepy-controlling-obsessive Edward. lolations...
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The Blogger
Me...
I'm loyal, I'm fun, I take care of my family and friends, and love them so much!
Every day is a little bit of a fight: with myself, with the world that may not like me to be me.
But I know this: Approach every day, every struggle, every person, with LOVE, and I can do all things.
Me on a trip to DC
Jess and Qian Hui when we attended GeoKids and then helped collect the kid's garbage.
