Wednesday, January 30, 2013
week 3 day 3
Today. Morning... What did I do this morning?
I was roused from slumber earlier than usual today... I woke up naturally at 8. Prepared to go out and all that, the usual routine.
FS was awesome as usual, I spoke up in class today too so that was an added plus. Math was a little confusing but still manageable! The quiz was fine, and we learnt more about limits.
Lunch at McKinley's alone; enjoyed the solitude.
Had vegan sloppy joe and it was so-so. OH I was so mad about something, I overindulged in food during lunch. Had the vegan sloppy joe, which was really minced meat between burger buns, and some chips on the side. Too. Much. Carbs. And to make matters worse, I had another scone. Thankfully I drank water.
Lied to Jesse, said I was going into work late when really I went to look for Professor Mattiace for her office hours. (Oops, I hope my supervisors don't see this. Sorry Jesse!)
Asked her to help me with my recommendation letters and at once she launched into her response, which was to discourage me from transferring. I felt like it was a battle persuading her of my reasons to transfer when this decision is purely personal. I am not making this decision to transfer for stupid reasons like not being to make friends, or things like that; my reasons are solid and whole. But she's really methodical and likes to draw the line between professional and private lives really thick, so when I offered to tell her my personal reasons (besides the academic ones) for transferring, she immediately baulked at this (like, not literally, but I could tell she was opposed to the idea) and said something about not wanting to intrude into my personal life.
In the end she agreed to write the letters for me, but I already know it's going to be a template for sure, not like how Professor Shaw is going to tailor-make my letters for me. Mattiace specifically mentioned that she's ok with writing about me "as a student [in her classes]"... Which means, she's only going to write about my academic capabilities as a student, which suffices; but she's not going to write a letter that will really let the admissions officers know who I am as a person, which is a huge drawback... Sigh. Maybe I should have let Rich write my letter after all, but I'd just thought Mattiace was a good choice because I'd gotten A-s in both her classes and I knew she knew I was a hardworking student.
But anyway after that I went to take pictures on campus (well I went to two places only, really) to pretend like I was really working instead of sitting in Mattiace's office convincing/begging her to write my letters for me.
And then I went back to the room, got my laptop and went to work. Work was fine. It feels awesome having to sit at that cubicle (or "The Social Media Nook", as Jesse has christened it) for only an hour!
After work, idled around in the room for an hour talking to Michelle and doing other random things, and then dinner at Brooks with her and Ureka.
Natalya sat down with us for dinner, she is my new inspiration. She only had a jackfruit and some other small thing for dinner??? How does she survive! But it's not just eating healthy/little, she wakes up at 6 AM EVERY. SINGLE. DAY (except maybe the weekends? I'm not sure) to go to the gym to work out. And I'm pretty sure she works out everyday, and it's not the kind of workout like mine (er, my routine involves running/walking for 15~30 minutes, going on the bicycle machine for 15 minutes if I'm free), she told me that her workout consists of: a run on the treadmill, the rowing machine, the elliptical machine, and an abs workout. SUCH DEDICATION. We joked and I told her I'll print out her picture and stick it up on my inspiration board.
Came back from dinner read a little showered and read some more Michelle gave me popcorn washed my makeup brushes now I'm here typing goodbye.
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