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| I’ve been trying to revise my essay for class for a while now, but I feel the need for a quick break. I haven’t written anything for myself in a while, so here it goes! It’s been exactly two months since I first moved into Rutgers on August 31st. The days have been going by pretty quickly. Actually, it’s been going by too quickly. Going against what people always say about living at the dorms, for the first month, I believe I went home every single weekend by request of my parents. Other than that, September has been filled with me trying to balance BLD with my school life, especially by being the head moderator at Crossings 8. There have been other events here and there, such as the Davis wedding and getting a column in the Filipino Times. October has been just the same as September, but I finally got to knock Crossings meetings out of my schedule. However, it’s gone back to me being totally toppled over with Youth management assignments. I still feel that BLD is taking over my life and causing a slight imbalance to my social life here at Rutgers. It’s not to say that I haven’t made any friends since I got here. I’ve made new friends here, no doubt. I think the only reason I’m not too satisfied with my social life is because these most of my college friends are all people that I’ve already known, and I’ve just come to know them more. But don’t get it twisted – I’m glad I’m coming to know them better! And I have been successful in making new friends that I can call my friends now. Though I won’t lie, my new friends haven’t been able to make me blind to my stress. I’m still having a hard time trying to get over feeling like a total mess. I understand that no one is perfect and everyone has an off day here and there, but I just wish sometimes that I didn’t get as many headaches as I do now. At least I have Chris. Chris has been my absolute best friend these past few weeks, and I’m super grateful. =) Yaaaay. I’m not sure what else I can say in my blog… but if I can think of something that sounds well composed, I’ll be sure to update. But if there’s anyone who is still wondering: No, I still haven’t gone out partying. | | |
| First blog of the summer.+ I always say that I haven't blogged in a while.. But it's true! I haven't written anything for a few months now.
+ Just to update anyone who cares.. I was accepted to Rutgers University and will be living on Douglass Campus.. I got an e-mail from Rutgers saying who my roommate will be.
Dear Joreen,
Welcome to your 2007-2008 home away from home. Opening day is less than
40 days away.
Your assignment and roommate information is listed below.
+ As I scrolled down, I could feel the tingly excitement racing up my chest. It's almost like that feeling you get when your bladder is full after sitting through a movie and you really want to run to bathroom, or that upset stomach feeling you get in anticipation of knowing you're going to see an old friend. I got my roommate's information and quickly told Cathy how excited I was.. so we google'd her. XD Yeah, I don't know. I couldn't think of what else to do. But anyway!
+ After being overexcited about having a roommate, I decided to start cleaning my room. I began to go through my closet to empty it of all the old papers taking room. I went through the pros and cons of keeping my papers, and the only pro I could think of was ... they'd make great paperweights? >__> Man, I really take terrible notes. Anyway, I started going through my papers.. and I really have wrote so much.. In four years, I took all those notes and tests. Some were good, some were bad (mostly bad :x) and the rest were so-so. (Did I mention that most were bad?) I began to go through some of the things that I wrote, and I remembered just how much I love writing. I wish that I had more inspiration to write these days, because I experience so much, and it's always fun to look back and see the way I thought back then. I also liked seeing everything my teachers had to say about my writing. I love that it was always positive. (Except for one time on a vocabulary test, I wrote a sentence and the teacher thought I wrote "manuuu" when really it said "manual." She said to see me after class if the sentence made sense to me. ;x) Where did my inspiration go?
+ Anyway, after depleting my binders of random biology labs, failed history tests, and nonsense Spanish worksheets, I took it all out to be recycled. And holy crap, I've never seen stars so bright outside of my house before. The night sky almost looked like a big ocean: you look into the deep waters, and you can see a few fish swimming, the waves bouncing, and the sun reflecting, but the mystery of the ocean just is so overwhelming thinking about how it goes on forever.
"They say that when you're kind, you become a star when you die (Delightful Girl Choon Hyang."
Looking at the sky and seeing all those stars just made me wish I could just stay out there forever and just keep gazing into the sky. (Buuu. I hate to be all mushy, but I kinda wish Chris was there, too. It was just one of those moments, you know?) I don't think I've seen a night sky so clear since I was younger.. The night sky was always so cloudy..
Well, yeah. I've run out of things to say. I hope that I can think of something more coherent next time I write.
And if you've made it this far in reading my blog straight through, I commend you. =D And I promise a better blog next time. =)
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| <3Three Years Anniversary!
O glorious advocate and protector, St Valentine,
look with pity upon our wants,
hear our requests,
attend to our prayers,
relieve by your intercession the miseries
under which we labour,
and obtain for us the divine blessing,
that we may be found worthy to join you
in praising the Almighty for all
eternity: through the merits of
Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.
I'm probably not the only one who is expressing distaste in Valentines day as a commercialized holiday, so this is definitely not a new topic. Not to say that I totally hate Valentines day; don't get me wrong, it's cute and all.. It's just that, for as long as I can remember, Valentines day to me was something that made me upset, because people tend to get carried away with flowers and candy. I won't deny the fact that I like flowers and food, but I also won't deny the fact that sometimes this has been geared as the focus.
In the past, I've blogged and ranted about how I don't like this "holiday," so this blog topic is nothing new to me. All I ask is that people don't forget what Valentines' day is about .. I'm sure there aren't too many people who will drop by church and say a prayer to St. Valentine.. but that's okay..
Anyway! This year will mark the three year anniversary between myself and my wireless router. =)
That's been my excuse as to why I can't have a valentine.. but deep inside I'd really be saying yes. @o@;
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| a happy ending . No, no, no. It's not one of those happy endings... As you all know, it's the end of 2006. It's been a really rough fall/winter for me, but I've been pulling through. =) Ahh man, winter break's been kinda whack kinda whack. I've had work quite a few days... I didn't get any homework done.. but what does that matter? Winter break actually wasn't so bad. Though everyday was really great, some of the highlights of my break were the 25th, 27th, 29th, and 30th.
24/25 - Christmas Eve the cousins came over and we had a dinner while we watched a movieee. Luckily, I was the only one that drank Mountain Dew that night, so in the morning I got food poisoning and threw up neon green. Yummy. I went to my nephews' house a sick mess and got to have the company of the Chan family. When I began to recover and most of the family started leaving, we played a friendly game of Catch Phrase with the Almarias and Franciscos. =)
26 - I had work, but it's okay because I left and watched The Pursuit of Happyness with Jocef and JonAm. OOH AND. I got a wipe-erase calendar from JonAm. Sa-weeet. Now I can obnoxiously write things on my calendar and wipe it off. Now if only my room were cleaner so I could neatly place it somewhere..
 27 - YESSS~ 2pm Post-Christmas trip to NYC! Hahaha. Fatima, Katrina, Jon, and I just roamed around NYC. It was a tiresome day, but fun nonetheless. =) But don't worry, we'll have another day where we come back.. but next time, we'll have a scheduled to-do list. BWAHAHAH.
28 - CHEEEESECAKE with jersey city~!
29 - Yay. Pretty normal day. Work, then Kitty's house for some major cookie-stealing and Wii. :D I would also like to say that we're planning a Connect-Four Tournament. Similar to last winter's Monopoly party. No young'ns, though. Just Joreen and my Juniors. <3
 30 - OMG BEST DAY EVER SO FAR. In the morning, I went soup kitchen-ing with BLD Youth to the Meatloaf Soup Kitchen between 2nd and 3rd Ave. in NYC. I helped chop some onions with my buddy Ian, prooving just how macho we are not crying. >=D After that, I went to a wake at Queens.. but prior to that... FOOTBALL!! =D Yay~ No one really expected it. No one really seemed to think that I'd really play, and I didn't expect to play for so long.. but HELL YEAH OUR TEAM WON. Who was on my team again? Jut, Stephen, Nile, Ian, Ray, Jeff, Josh, Joe, Jetro, and Marloweeee? Haha. Yeah . And then the other team waaaas... Kevin Salmon, Chris Franz, ChrisMas, Manny, Triff, Kevin Col, Oleen, Irvin, and Pat...
I just wanted to say the 30th was the best by far due to the fact I played the last football game of the year. You don't know how much of a happy feeling I got being able to really feel involved with my family by playing football. I mean, I'm not going to say that I was the star player or something.. because I suck at football. And I'm totally out of shape. But it was fun. I liked being able to play. Compared to an ultimate frisbee game that I "played" in the summer, this football game was totally different. Going to that ultimate frisbee game was like everything else I've done. "Oh, Joreen just do this." Then throughout the entire game, I end up doing nothing but watching from the field instead of the side. I don't think you guys really realize just how great it was to really get to play with you. Truly, it was something that I enjoy and it helped give me another push over my little slump. =) You guys are cool.
Anyways. I wanna say happy new year.
gg 2006
omg hi2u 07~!!11
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