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Thursday March 8 12MN
It has been a LONG time since I bothered about my webpage. I figured out that I could lay off this for a while since noone visits this on a regular basis anyway. Yet I could never really leave this alone because I hate to start something and leave it uncompleted (Not that there will ever be an end to this).
So I conclude that I must be doing this for my personal sastisfaction. Spring break starts tomorrow and this is a good time to reflect on what has happened for the past half-semester. I can't believe that the semester would be over soon.. I dread it, I wish I could stay in school forever and learn and learn and learn.

I had my history midterm today. It was a very satisfying experience preparing for it eventhough it was quite a pain doing it because I was supposed to. I love learning about history so much that I consider doing a history minor at times. This course I am taking about modern China has got to be the best course to take if you are interested in the world and Asia. I get to learn about China and her foreign relations. So America, Europe, SE Asia, Russia...etc all start fitting into the picture. It is beautiful how ideas like Marixsm, Capitalism, Democracy and identities (cultural versus national) come into play. My professor is very big on thematic history, so it is a meaningful course that extends beyond just knowing the plain details. I could just go on and on about China's history.

PSYCHOLOGY is cool and I say so because I just got back my midterm and I am very pleased with my grade. No kidding, because I was feeling rather directionless with the course and I needed an indication that I was approaching the course in the right manner. It could be rather depressing learning abnormal psychology because you encounter all these mental illnesses and it is sad to know that some people around us could never escape from the pain inflicted upon them by such mental abnormalities. The danger with learning psychology is that you tend to fall into the trap of analyzing yourself based on what you have learnt. For a while, I suspected I was a Manic-Depressive, then I wondered if I would ever fall into serious depression, I wondered if I had compulsive disorders....eteetc. Then when I learnt about Freud, I started analyzing things along his 'warped' line of reasoning. How everything is oral, anal and phallic. Sheesh....

I shall not talk much about Finance (macroecons) and International Economics. I am beginning to feel bored with Economics even though it is my major because it really has come to the stage of just building up on what I know. I have not encountered anything yet that seriously excites me because nothing is really new. Besides, I don't like how Economics here seem to be more of a number crunching application. Doing well depends on doing practice problems. I don't like that. It is almost as if anyone could do well if they practice hard enough.

My businesss statistics course is building up pretty well. The best thing about it is that it is very much of an application based on real life business situations.

Did I ever mention that I am working for the Production department of the college paper, The Daily Pennsylvania? I like my colleagues, they are all very nice people. The great thing about the job is that it offers me a break from school and I like to be involved. I miss the feeling of being tied up with ECAs and council, so I am looking to taking part in a drama production or the Philomethean society next semester. Now, a ritual of mine is to read the Daily Pennsylvania for advertisements. To check out my 'babies', a totally egoistical joy.

I am currently stuck with many dining meals which I have to finish before the end of the semester. It is really quite a pain in the ass because I have to make a point to go to dining everyday. Dining is not exactly something to look forward to unless you have great company to make up for the food. It is very unhealthy: fats, sodium, sugar galore. Unless you make an effort to have salad everyday. Even then, the dressing is bad quality stuff. I am a foodie, so I guess I am extra particular about food. I can't wait to have my own apartment next semester, I will be trying out many recipes.