this has been a bad mth.
twisted my ankle. rammed my index finger. jet-lagged. strained my muscles so much i can't even walk properly now. rammed my index toe. and now a stitched head.

血光之灾

will it get worse or will it all end here? will i even live past my 26th birthday?

negative energy at its max. dispel it, dispel it. it was already accumulating since sat when i realized there were no plans for my birthday again. i am so cheap. argh!

dispel the negative energy!!! stop sulking!!!

fwah! juz one presentation and one 20pg paper and i will be done for the sem!
fwed! jiayou!

(ok i forgot abt de exams BUT they're not really of any consequence ba)
(oh sheesh, and de marking! yucks!)

i think i tend to conflate things tgtr. afterall, i m a staunch believer of my own interdependency theory - that no one object / process can exist in isolation & independence. but my forte, i think, has always been zooming in on a particular issue and untangling it frm the web of mess it is stuck in, micro-analyzing & micro-managing.

i relish the blissful delightfulness, the rapturous ecstacy & sublime romanticism of being in love. yet i cringe, thinking of the social horrors that would probably envelope when the reality of that love sets in.

and my heart aches.

back from vegas. good trip - got feedback on my paper which excited me for a lil', roamed parts of de sin city (tho could hv done more), visited de grand canyon etc.

BUT

kinda depressed nw - yes it is the stoopid jetlag. i'm sleeping at irregular hrs, which affects my classes (i was spacing out during tracey's class on tue & nearly fell asleep while teaching on wed); i get easily worn out - couldn't even get past one pg of reading (which is bad considering i hv a class later in de afternoon & i hv not finished a single reading outta de 4 designated ones, let alone write my 500word response); i speak incoherently & i hv groggy headaches. ARGH. worst of all, i suspect a fever is brewing - vegas was really too heaty liao. oh i hv mild rashes too. goodness!

BUT again, on de bright side i hv completed:
1) 10,000 word paper for "mobility in asia pacific" conference
2) presentation for the above conference
3) presentation for the aag (similar to the previous one, but much more refining - & am glad dat i got useful tips frm JJ & lina!)
4) ALL changing landscapes tutorials
5) IRB clearance for my research

nw only a lil' more to chiong:
1) 7000 word paper with brenda. will hv to finish by sunday & send to her by hook or by crook.
2) ONE more weekly response for global cities.
3) 20pg lit review for global cities.
4) presentation for global cities. not too difficult, i think.
5) presentation for grs. basically almost similar to global cities, i wld say.
6) 2000 word paper for grs. not gonna spend too much time on it though. 3 days, max.
7) half de midterm tests for changing landscape to mark. i am left with about half of dat half.

dats it for updates! woohoo!