Wednesday, September 26, 2012
let's go, putas
Subject: Are you procrastinating right now?
From: Allegheny Orientation [learningcommons@allegheny.edu]
To: Me [limh2@allegheny.edu]
9:29 AM (32 minutes ago)
Hi Hui En,
Did we get your attention? Now that we're into the fifth week of the semester, many students are starting to realize that they need to adjust their study habits.
Help is on the way! TONIGHT at 8:00pm in Shafer Auditorium, Ed Giles from the Learning Commons will give a presentation titled "Success: What Does It Take?" The presentation will include important information about how to manage your time, avoid procrastination, and connect with the resources that will help you earn the grades you want.
Set your phone to silent and plan to be there at 8:00pm!
The "I Heart Meadville" Picnic is tomorrow!
The weather today might be dreary, but tomorrow you should plan to attend the annual "I Heart Meadville" Picnic from 12:30 to 2:00pm on Brooks Walk.
We have invited local businesses and restaurants to share the best of what Meadville has to offer with you. Come enjoy the fun (and free stuff)!
We hope to see you there, and let us know if you have any questions!
The Learning Commons Staff
learningcommons@allegheny.edu
(814) 332-2898
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Lol this e-mail sums up what I meant to write about. I have been so busy of late, I've got three papers due this week and I think for the past three nights I stayed up till like 2 AM to get my work done. Worst of all, I know the work I produced is only of mediocre quality, sigh how to get 4.0 GPA like that. Staying up till 2 AM is definitely not a big deal by FMS standards though so in that sense I'm glad FMS has trained me to survive and function with little sleep. It only struck me recently that I shouldn't put things off till the day before it's due and rush to finish all of it at once – I should break them up into chunks and study a little day by day. As fundamental as this may seem, I only realized it recently. All through my life, I never liked to start on things because I didn't like the idea of not completing everything in one session. I hated the idea that after one round of studying or doing work, you would still have stuff to do and you would still have to study again, which is why I always try to finish everything in one go. I'm trying to change my mindset now though :/
Also, it's been a torrential shower here (ok, not that dramatic). The peak of fall is definitely well on its way and I'm so thankful for my umbrella. Without an umbrella, you cannot survive here – you simply can't. It beats a raincoat because when you wear a raincoat your shoes and jeans get drenched anyway. I really want some nice rain boots but haven't gotten round to buying them because I want to save money lol but I bought a pair of fall/winter boots though, cos I can't keep wearing my sneakers around all the time. My umbrella is pink, orange and red, and it has this button which, when pressed, whips the umbrella open. I love it cos it gives me a sense of coolness, kind of like how you would feel when you're receiving a call on a clamshell phone and you flip it open to answer it  and I keep thinking gleefully to myself, "And it only cost me five dollars!" (Or six dollars in Singapore dollars)
Okay I have to go for Women's Studies class soon /sigh my least favorite class, although now I don't hate it anymore.
Hall updates:
- Flu has been going around our hall since two weeks ago, but now everyone seems to be getting better. It is speculated that Seawall and Natasha are conveyors of the flu because the former got intoxicated at that party weeks ago and made out with a bunch of people, and the latter is a female player and has conquered many guys since coming here. According to someone I don't remember (was it Michelle or Ginger Hannah?), "She [Natasha]'s made out with like, what, 10 guys since coming here?"
- In a bid to redeem herself and ameliorate the dire state of her reputation, Seawall has been going around into people's rooms a lot to try and be sociable. There was this period of time this week and last week where she blasted loud, emo country music for days on end. That is fine by me, except she leaves her door open. Which is freaking annoying, hello people are trying to study!!!!!! And I couldn't shut my room door cos the heater was working on overdrive, so we had to let in some cool air from the outside.
- Several boys from the floor below mine are in a competition for Ava (my RA)'s love. Ava is my favorite RA, I even wanted to write a post titled "Ava is my idol". On top of being sociable and quite pretty, she's extremely nice and friendly and the other day her name appeared on this list that details the people who have a GPA of 3.80 and above. I also went into her room the other day to ask for gauze for my elbow graze. Her room is extremely neat and tastefully decorated and puts my desk (which was horrifically messy, though I have since neatened it up a little bit) to shame.
- Last Saturday night I was supposed to go to a party with people from my hall but circumstances made it so that we didn't get to a party after all. It's okay, there's always this week.
- Thomas (we call him toh-mah-s), apparently, won the lottery yesterday. When I asked somebody else about it, she said, "Really? Are you sure? Maybe he just won like, two dollars or something."
- Have been having dinner with Michelle and Shaun for the past two days. We had our dinner yesterday at Brooks and we exchanged knowledge of swear words in different languages. I learnt 'puta', or bitch/whore/fuck (as you can see, it's a pretty universal term) in Spanish. Taught them 'chao cheebye' (although I don't use it at all) and laughed when they tried to pronounce it, they enunciated it with their accents. When they asked what it means, I said, "Um. Smelly vagina," and we all burst into laughter.
- I think Seawall got her stuff stolen, because when I got back just now and Ginger Hannah was leaving our room she said, "Oh good you're back. Remember to lock the door, she got her stuff stolen," and then I looked over and saw Seawall talking to Serafina. When I next walked by her room to get to the bathroom, she was talking to Ava and I heard fragments of their conversation – "Don't understand... Jewelry... Why would they wanna steal it... It was like a silver ring... When I get back I usually take my jewelry off..." Well serves you right for not locking your own door then! Maybe people got annoyed with you for blasting country music all the time. But I do feel bad for her though, I don't know why people would stoop so low to go into other people's dorm rooms to steal stuff. And it's probably someone from our hall, since only people living here can get inside because our ID cards give us access, though it's also easy to just smuggle your way in.
Oh God I'm so tired.
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