On The Move…

So many things on my mind right now.

– Ec1018 midterm tomorrow. I will do the remaining half of my studying tomorrow
– GREs… very frightening graduate school standardised test. Casey and Matt’s recent experiences haven’t given me much hope one way or the other.
– Thesis research. It looks like I will be writing something to do with opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan. Which reminds me, I *must* get some work together and meet with Prof M, Prof McC and Prof C shortly.
– PhD program applications. Expensive, scary, time-consuming, risky endeavor. Eep.

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The Halloween weekend parties are already a distant memory.

  

Salient Party (28 Oct 2006)Originally uploaded by J Y.

There was classical music playing over the fancy speakers at the Salient “All Saints Eve” party. I didn’t stay for very long.  (A couple of other Halloween weekend pictures are on my Flickr photostream – just click on the picture above.)

From left: me, Ryan

I wore my chinchilla to my film class screening of Nanook of the North (1919) this afternoon and felt pleased with how apropos this was.

Thank God I wasn’t born an Inuit in Alaska in the early 20th century. Ugh.

I intensely disliked the second film we had to see. I had half a mind to boo (or cheer in relief) when it finally ended.

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Just attended a very useful thesis-time-management workshop that left me with warm and fuzzy feelings. Yay.

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The urge to sketch is becoming stronger. I really do want it to go away pesky thing.

View From My Window (15 Oct 2006)

Originally uploaded by J Y.

I was laying on the floor of my common room one day and noticed how dramatic the sky outside looked. And I wanted to remember the view just as it appeared that Fall afternoon.

View From My Window II (15 Oct 2006)

Originally uploaded by J Y.

I love thinking about the stories I could tell about the items in the foreground, which are a jumbled mixture of Stuff Sale finds and treasures from Madagascar, including the butterfly textile, the valiahs and the marble coffee table game.

This has felt like a really long week thanks to its general eventfulness. There were the thesis issues, the iPod affair, the midterm, the papers…

I already want a vacation.

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And earlier, while browsing the fantastic festive menu offerings at the dining hall*, a stitch on my alligator hide cardcase somehow got hooked on my Missoni sweater vest and pulled a thread. Aggravating.

*It’s “Diwali” ie Deepavali, so everything being served is Indian food tonight. I had the basmati rice, chicken korma, bengali tomato soup, shrimp in coconut gravy, vegetable pakoras with tamarind sauce and a bit of the mango chutney. I’m actually glad that I went so early that most of the food wasn’t ready yet 🙂

Food log for the day (exhaustive):

9am: 1 banana, 1 mug of French Vanilla coffee with Lactaid
11am: 3 servings of Trader Joe’s Reduced Fat Cheese Crunchies (ie Twisties)
3pm: 1 Venti Maple Macchiato with peppermint from Starbucks.
4pm: 2 chocolate-covered strawberries and 2 seedless green grapes

And sometimes I wonder why I have complexion issues.

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I haven’t posted a style report in a while…  and I’ve been itching to.  Maybe sometime soon.

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I took part of a diagnostic GRE last night.  I am now very scared.  *scared*

     

Oktoberfest in the Square 1 (8 Oct 2006)Originally uploaded by J Y.

Having never previously experienced it, I was determined not to miss the Oktoberfest street fair in Harvard Square again during my final year in college. I had the pleasure of exploring the fair with many Dins and Pitches, especially (from left) Miriam, Caitlin and Sam.

What’s there to say?

I could talk about the tragicomic performance the Dins gave for the Harvard reunion Class of 1961 at the Harvard Club of Boston, but it was really such an awful/hilarious affair that I don’t think I can do it justice here.

Yesterday’s walk about Oktoberfest street fair in Harvard Yard, last weekend’s relaxing day trip to The Big E (the annual New England state’s exposition) and Andrew’s 21st birthday “Cake-stravaganza” all warrant at least a passing mention.

I might want to record the mock consulting “case” interview I had on Friday (which was pleasant and enjoyable), and the amusing experience I had in the waiting room surrounded by wannabe-I-bankers.

Perhaps I should talk about the momentous new step I took today in the direction of academia by emailing off my first journal submission. Very exciting. I can only pray that it will be accepted.

And in other news, I’ve dropped the Medical Sociology class, which leaves me with a courseload of five. That’s still a little on the heavy side for a thesis-attempting senior.

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Till next time…