One of the pastimes I’ve adopted to unwind after school is watching recorded sermons which I download off the net. Due to my infection with the geek multi-task/ADD bug (acquired from years of IMing, tabbed browsing and multiple media viewing) I have a hard time just sitting and watching something so I play hearts or […]
Archive for October, 2007
I find it rather scary that when someone runs up the stairs in my apartment the whole building shakes. I tell myself that I’d survive a major earthquake. I might not even be lying to myself.*
*morbid humor, I’m not really in danger.
I’m a big fan of the private space industry and so I found this Wired interview with Peter Diamandis, sponsor of the X-Prize to be quite interesting.
Progress
25Oct07I’m making progress. I finished my second essay for Women in Literature, a film reaction paper for Political Science and my first draft of my capstone economics paper. Just 6 weeks until I come home!
Blessings
22Oct07I’ve suffered a lot of irritations and hassles in the last week or two and having allowed myself to dwell on them, I managed to discourage myself. But amidst these difficulties, God had been blessing me beyond what my actions deserve. I’ll give just one example because I really need to get back to writing […]
One More Down
19Oct07It’s the season for midterms and school has been providing me with lots of assignments to procrastinate on.
I just got back my paper and my midterm exam from my Chinese History class. I’ve been a bit worried about them because I was unsure how harshly the teacher would be grading and because we’ve covered […]
SeniorItus
17Oct07Despite my heavy workload, I’ve managed squeeze in some enjoyable activities in this week. On Saturday, I went to Yamanashi prefecture with Teru, to pick grapes and go hiking, afterwards we went to Odaiba.
Last night (Tuesday), I went to a reception for Bridging Scholarship Recipeints. It was kind of fun getting to meet some […]
Burt Rutan is putting the finishing touches on his first tourist spaceship, Spaceship 2. He recently had an interview published in Discover in which he discusses some of the challenges and opportunities posed by private space travel.
Bike A.W.O.L.
08Oct07Yesterday, I got ready for church, planning to ride my bike to service as usual. Unfortunately, when I went to get my bike, it was gone.
I had to walk a half mile to the nearest police station. Fortunately, the police officers were helpful and patient with my nearly non-existent Japanese skills. After a half hour […]
Busy Bees
07Oct07As always I’m terribly busy. Fortunately though, I have something to keep me going. There’s a carrot dangling in front of my nose, tantalizing in its nearness. I graduate in less than 2 months now and I’m counting down the days.
