October 9, 2006 aspirations and miscellaneous
Went to cramschool on sunday. On the way I saw two blouses in the style I loved with slight tightening at the elbow, lower-collar and upperwaist - also in a very demure shade of deep grayish blue. Unfortunately did not bring enough cash with me. Attempted to bargain with the sales lady with my 7-11 coupon but was futile. Thought about returning to the train station after going home to get cash but decided not to since waiting for the bus is a prime waste of time and I have to weigh my time values against a pretty blouse. Have to be hopeful the thing will still be there next week.
On the other hand, went to the bookstore that night and ate my heart out. There were at least five books I would love to take home. Swore to myself that if I can't afford books I won't buy clothes until I can.
Our first exams for this semester are coming up. Surprisingly I love physics - even though I've flunked all but one of the quizzes that came up. All that really matters to me is that I'm enjoying my studies. My roommate Deborah told me I am one of the most unpressured people she's met. Not exactly a good thing if you want to survive in Taiwan's grade grinding churnmill. I want to live with no regrets. My mind is already quite vague with life's memories, at least I shan't make it a blur of intensive work - no day light. To me, hell would be a cell with absolutely nothing in it - no books to read, paper to write and draw on... that's why waiting for the bus is hell if there's no one waiting for the same bus as I (if there is I can read, my friend says I'm like an impolite old lady).
University of my dreams, please accept me. I'll write a love letter to you every day if that's what it takes.
ps: Ah, yes, wore a big white sunhat that day to cramschool mostly to fend off sun but also to refute the conservative Southern Taiwan fashion-sense. It was in partly Shu-tren-may style but looked better on me than on her. (the female mentioned is a product in the last two or three years of the increasingly homebound Taiwanese media)
pps: was curious why hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) was used as a disinfectant and its use was later deposed of. Asked health teacher and she said it was because it kills bacteria efficiently, but also kills human cells. It's a bit too irritating. Later read in the aging book shown above that it creates large amounts of free radicals (not sure if I'm translating right since I'm reading the chinese version) that destroys cells, especially targeting the genes in our nucleus. Interesting. I read another part of the book to my roommate Cindy and she said 'eww'. Roughly translated it said something like "fat is also susceptible to oxygenating, you can put the oil of your thanksgiving turkey out in the air for two or three days and then attempt smelling or tasting it, I guarantee you'll puke." Cindy is something of a gourmet, and anything concerning bad food makes her cringe. I love living with people I can tease.
On the other hand, went to the bookstore that night and ate my heart out. There were at least five books I would love to take home. Swore to myself that if I can't afford books I won't buy clothes until I can.
Our first exams for this semester are coming up. Surprisingly I love physics - even though I've flunked all but one of the quizzes that came up. All that really matters to me is that I'm enjoying my studies. My roommate Deborah told me I am one of the most unpressured people she's met. Not exactly a good thing if you want to survive in Taiwan's grade grinding churnmill. I want to live with no regrets. My mind is already quite vague with life's memories, at least I shan't make it a blur of intensive work - no day light. To me, hell would be a cell with absolutely nothing in it - no books to read, paper to write and draw on... that's why waiting for the bus is hell if there's no one waiting for the same bus as I (if there is I can read, my friend says I'm like an impolite old lady).
University of my dreams, please accept me. I'll write a love letter to you every day if that's what it takes.
ps: Ah, yes, wore a big white sunhat that day to cramschool mostly to fend off sun but also to refute the conservative Southern Taiwan fashion-sense. It was in partly Shu-tren-may style but looked better on me than on her. (the female mentioned is a product in the last two or three years of the increasingly homebound Taiwanese media)
pps: was curious why hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) was used as a disinfectant and its use was later deposed of. Asked health teacher and she said it was because it kills bacteria efficiently, but also kills human cells. It's a bit too irritating. Later read in the aging book shown above that it creates large amounts of free radicals (not sure if I'm translating right since I'm reading the chinese version) that destroys cells, especially targeting the genes in our nucleus. Interesting. I read another part of the book to my roommate Cindy and she said 'eww'. Roughly translated it said something like "fat is also susceptible to oxygenating, you can put the oil of your thanksgiving turkey out in the air for two or three days and then attempt smelling or tasting it, I guarantee you'll puke." Cindy is something of a gourmet, and anything concerning bad food makes her cringe. I love living with people I can tease.
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