Revisions

Being a student here for the last however many months since September has made me realize how much i hate and would hate being a student here. Don't get me wrong, i love this school and the people that i've met here but the academic process which they go by is absolutely ridiculous. I know that not everything is the same wherever you're from but who goes about spending their entire easter vacation solely studying for things that you learned back in september and then some? I don't suppose that the UC Irvine system of testing after every quarter helps us with our acne, stress levls, or reproductive organs but its well worth it when your finals are done and your break is literally stress free. I don't really enjoy this idea that i walked around the procession to the Colloseum whilst thinking about whether a liberal democratic constitution will ever be in place for Britain. I've spent all my breaks here with the conception and burden of more terrible things to come. Yes i know that my break was 5 weeks long, but what good is a break when it isn't really relaxing but much more intensive work? Do academic leaders and teachers realize the stress that students have to go through nowadays?


ok.

back to more work.

Rain.

Its the middle of April basically and all i see outside my window right now is a bunch of rain. the sun will peak from here and there but the main stance seems to be that it will rain continuously. . .

Since i have been here i have no idea why but i've become incredible obsessed with checking the weather in various parts of the world. its not like i don't like being here... i just want to be outside and this rain isn't letting me.

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listening to sean's podcast.

Library.

The funny thing about me is that i love to study at libraries. But thats not the funny part. The funny thing is that i really enjoy studying at libraries but i vehemently hate the noise. Especially the noise coming from a group of 4 Chinese exchange students who can't stop talking. I understand the exceptional chit chat from a passerby-er but if you're going to keep talking... why not just go downstairs where you can talk? i think i'm just venting from the work i'm not getting done here myself.

The thing is that when i was actually not studying the first two weeks while i was away at barcelona and rome, i desperately wanted to get studying and cracking into these amazing mid 18th century books. unfortunately, the moment i landed into heathrow again and saw that i had a mound of work to attack... i didn't want to do it anymore. and now being in the library... i don't want to do it at all.

ok.

back to work.

End of Term

Happy good Friday.

New things happen so quickly and turn in to old events immediately.

Yesterday was the end of term and now i have break until the end of april! the terrible thing about this though is that i have to study intensely for my exams that are going to happen the moment that break is over. But other than that, i have some plans to travel again. Barcelona again to visit Jefe and then Rome to see Debbie and Christine. In between all of this i'm hoping to get out to many different places however difficult it may be to do so. we'll see.

Other than that, Spring Blowout at the Student Union last night was amazingly fun.

It hailed today so much that it looked like it snowed on the lawn outside.

I'm falling... foolishly.

ixx

Been awhile.

So i promised myself that i would make this a more frequent thing this year and i really need to keep up with it.

so i will give a short update and then i'll upload some pictures later.

i visted the wonderful tina in Milan this weekend and saw Debbie out there was well. we go to spend time together in Venice to celebrate Carnevale, which was absolutely amazing. the costumes the people and just the whole vibe of the place was thriving, even if the rain was pouring. I definitely will not forget this past weekend.

but now running on so little sleep i've forgotten that i had class at 12 this afternoon. thats twice in a row. ugh.

tempting

i had a really good time at medicine on saturday night with the californians. + made a new friend. but it didn't help that i only had one hour of sleep and went to watch the Tempest in london.I can only tell you that the set was interesting, the actors were loud, and i even missed half the monologue in the conclusion.

no more spicy indian food.

exchange one for another

When you have really bad food at the dining hall... what do you do?




you make your own bizarre food.

i need to find a market pronto.

magic

What happens when you wake up at 6:30 to figure out whether you have class on mondays or not?... pure magic.

So i didn't turn off my lights last night (yes i know you nrg buffs) and at around 6:30 the blaring light from up top was telling me to get up way before my time to turn it off. But then i thought about it and figured I should definitely find out whether i have class or not today because i wasn't sure before i went to bed.

well.

i don't have class.

kaplow! watch the sun come up.

Two Thousand 8

Happy New Year!

Back in LA for the winter break has been incredibly interesting.

You come to learn about how much you appreciate home when you're away from it all, but i'm pretty sure everyone knows that.

Being back home has i've become much more observant when it comes to fashion. I've also intensely realized that people in California are no where near the fashion i've seen in London. Not to say that people dress worse here but they dress differently. Californians I've realized are a little bit more quirky when it comes to the way that they dress. Especially during the winter months they seem a lot more confused. Of course the classic example is the girls with ugg boots and the jean skirts. But i've also come across girls in knee-length coats with open toe shoes, cheetah fur vests with tank top, and the very classy cropped mid-drift sweater over some shiny satin pants aka trousers.

In any case...

recent obsession:: leather jackets
not the tacky kind.

mike & chris Bryant Long Sleeve

Madison Marcus Leather Hoodie in gunmetal

December, already?

what happens when you should be reading...

...

running through plasticity.

Science Museum - London

lovely napkins

Barcelona, Spain

pretty puddles

Rome, Italy

just an "in brief". there isn't any coherence, pardon me.

These are kinda times when i wish that KOST was available in England. Christmas Songs on KOST 103.5...