so 6 months ago, on april 29th (2009), i was the first of any member of the shih family to land on german, or for that matter, euroepan soil. crazy huh? it's been 6 months already, ... enough to even earn the nicknames german karen, bayern karen, ... ok fine, so i mostly named myself that heh. :)
it's just, i'm moving on... oh, so you can only live in the boardinghaus for 6 months, so as of saturday i'm being kicked out to another one of the apts. down the road. it's just a 5min. walk away, but i'm slowly washing and cleaning the apt, just like i found it. saying gbye to the sheets i've slept in for the past 6 months, the room i found solace in, usw...
>.<
it's hard to imagine. but spring semester is coming up (i register for classes this saturday), and just like that, nothing stops and i continue no... i can't wait to get back home. :)
german karen
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
getting back into the beat of things
it's so curious how easy it is to fall back into things. or how easy it is to forget something that you know you should do... you know?
i stopped going on fb a couple years ago, but then some ppl from germany fb-ed me, or some ppl from home tagged me, ... and then all of a sudden i remember why it was so addicting. and good, in a way. catching up.
and i stepped away from AIM back in freshman year, but then..i realize i've been substituting that with gmail chat. i actually refused to chat on them up until a year ago, until i realized ... i was chatting on it. pretty regularly. meh, i guess i still find a way to get around it.
i guess the thought of how easy it is to get back into everything has been on my mind lately. i'm nearing the 6 month mark, and i already have less than 2 months left here at work...so i've been thinking about home. especially this week as i've been signing up for classes.
i decided to go easy and only take 14 hrs, two hard classes and 2 eeshy one. yeah. i mean, i haven't been in school for the past 3 semesters (so a year) and i wonder how easy it will be to get back into things.
i also wondered about hours-wise. i've always has trouble getting up in the morning, so i never took 9am classes if i could avoid it. but at work i have to get there at 9am, and i've been able to wake up regularly at 8:30, further so, i find that sometimes i even wake up before my alarm clock after just 7 hrs of sleep. i mean, maybe sometimes things do change. besides, i'm getting tired earlier, and can't stay up as late as i used to be able to. maybe some things do change.
oh, so i have the option, on friday, of having either:
M:: 11-12
T: 9:30-11, 1:30-3, 3:30-5
W: 10-11, 11-12
R: 9:30-11, 1:30-3, 3:30-5
F: 9-11, 11-12
M:: 11-12
T: 9:30-11, 1:30-3, 3:30-5
W: 10-11, 11-12
R: 9:30-11, 1:30-3, 3:30-5
F: 11-12, 1-3
i like the thought of being done by 12 on mwf. however, the time to wake up for all the days are a bit different - 9, 9:30, and 11.
i like the thought of not having class until 11 on friday because i have XA on thursday, so i might be up later doing hw and such. that being said, i have found out from work that i get really sleepy after lunch (or maybe it's just because i eat big lunches here), so having class after unch also does not seem to bode well.
i guess a lot of this is just about how much i've learned about myself, and i guess how much it holds true.
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on another note, people have been telling me i look sad lately, and asking me what's the matter. i think it's just my thinking face. i mean, i've been trying to live without regret, and i haven't had any. not really. i just...think. :/ i did tell myself i would stop trying to overthink. heh... no, i didn't overthink that one. i guess i just think about other circumstances.
i don't know what i want exactly...i wonder if i ever will. probably not. i guess i'll probably stop caring about it in the future, or more like realize it's not important. but i mean, it's what i want, how can that not be important? hm, not phrasing it right...
(yeah my english has gotten considerably worse lately, must be the 6 month mark. aghhh and my typing is officially confusing because of the german keyboard as well...)
... oh i don't know. i should have just stoped with, i don't know what i want.
yeah, someone asked me what i wanted to do, or "what have you always wanted to do"... and i couldn't think of anything, i mean i thought of lots of tiny things, like eating out with mmy parents, hanging out with friends, etc. but nothing major like go visit this place, or skydive, or... anything.
gagh just blabbing now. blab blab blab... i think i said a year ago i'd try to write more poetically, hahaha. oh funny me.
i stopped going on fb a couple years ago, but then some ppl from germany fb-ed me, or some ppl from home tagged me, ... and then all of a sudden i remember why it was so addicting. and good, in a way. catching up.
and i stepped away from AIM back in freshman year, but then..i realize i've been substituting that with gmail chat. i actually refused to chat on them up until a year ago, until i realized ... i was chatting on it. pretty regularly. meh, i guess i still find a way to get around it.
i guess the thought of how easy it is to get back into everything has been on my mind lately. i'm nearing the 6 month mark, and i already have less than 2 months left here at work...so i've been thinking about home. especially this week as i've been signing up for classes.
i decided to go easy and only take 14 hrs, two hard classes and 2 eeshy one. yeah. i mean, i haven't been in school for the past 3 semesters (so a year) and i wonder how easy it will be to get back into things.
i also wondered about hours-wise. i've always has trouble getting up in the morning, so i never took 9am classes if i could avoid it. but at work i have to get there at 9am, and i've been able to wake up regularly at 8:30, further so, i find that sometimes i even wake up before my alarm clock after just 7 hrs of sleep. i mean, maybe sometimes things do change. besides, i'm getting tired earlier, and can't stay up as late as i used to be able to. maybe some things do change.
oh, so i have the option, on friday, of having either:
M:: 11-12
T: 9:30-11, 1:30-3, 3:30-5
W: 10-11, 11-12
R: 9:30-11, 1:30-3, 3:30-5
F: 9-11, 11-12
M:: 11-12
T: 9:30-11, 1:30-3, 3:30-5
W: 10-11, 11-12
R: 9:30-11, 1:30-3, 3:30-5
F: 11-12, 1-3
i like the thought of being done by 12 on mwf. however, the time to wake up for all the days are a bit different - 9, 9:30, and 11.
i like the thought of not having class until 11 on friday because i have XA on thursday, so i might be up later doing hw and such. that being said, i have found out from work that i get really sleepy after lunch (or maybe it's just because i eat big lunches here), so having class after unch also does not seem to bode well.
i guess a lot of this is just about how much i've learned about myself, and i guess how much it holds true.
----
on another note, people have been telling me i look sad lately, and asking me what's the matter. i think it's just my thinking face. i mean, i've been trying to live without regret, and i haven't had any. not really. i just...think. :/ i did tell myself i would stop trying to overthink. heh... no, i didn't overthink that one. i guess i just think about other circumstances.
i don't know what i want exactly...i wonder if i ever will. probably not. i guess i'll probably stop caring about it in the future, or more like realize it's not important. but i mean, it's what i want, how can that not be important? hm, not phrasing it right...
(yeah my english has gotten considerably worse lately, must be the 6 month mark. aghhh and my typing is officially confusing because of the german keyboard as well...)
... oh i don't know. i should have just stoped with, i don't know what i want.
yeah, someone asked me what i wanted to do, or "what have you always wanted to do"... and i couldn't think of anything, i mean i thought of lots of tiny things, like eating out with mmy parents, hanging out with friends, etc. but nothing major like go visit this place, or skydive, or... anything.
gagh just blabbing now. blab blab blab... i think i said a year ago i'd try to write more poetically, hahaha. oh funny me.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
daylight savings
i used to have trouble remembering how daylight savings worked, heh... so i had a special way just for myself, based - of course - on feelings. i remember in the spring, there was always this one day that i was a little bit sadder. so of course that meant i got one hour less of sleep.
yeah, the typical: "spring forward, fall back" didn't really work, i mean, doesn't "spring back, fall forward" work just as well? i mean, people fall on their face all the time (fall forward), and who hasn't sprung back in fear when they've seen something scary? exactly.
anyway, so my german coworkers were talking about how it has been getting dark even earlier nowadays as winter approaches. i remember when i first got here during the summer it used to get dark around 9 (starting to) or 10pm (for reals) but nowadays it starts around 7 or 8pm. anyway, they said it would get even worse once we gained (?) an hour. they were saying how it gets depressing because you would go to work when it's dark (those that like to go at 7am or so...shudders...) and then you leave work and it's dark.
AH! but what happened to my memory trick? that means...means... >.<
yeah, the typical: "spring forward, fall back" didn't really work, i mean, doesn't "spring back, fall forward" work just as well? i mean, people fall on their face all the time (fall forward), and who hasn't sprung back in fear when they've seen something scary? exactly.
anyway, so my german coworkers were talking about how it has been getting dark even earlier nowadays as winter approaches. i remember when i first got here during the summer it used to get dark around 9 (starting to) or 10pm (for reals) but nowadays it starts around 7 or 8pm. anyway, they said it would get even worse once we gained (?) an hour. they were saying how it gets depressing because you would go to work when it's dark (those that like to go at 7am or so...shudders...) and then you leave work and it's dark.
AH! but what happened to my memory trick? that means...means... >.<
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
HIMYM & Glee
started watching two neat/hilarious/whacky shows: Glee & HIMYM (how i met your mother)
i think i like HIMYM because it's about a guy also looking for the love of his life, and usually it's girls doing that but this one's about a guy. aww... and neil patrick harris, haha. hilarious.
and glee, the songs. of course. that feeling you get inside. ahhh.
i think i like HIMYM because it's about a guy also looking for the love of his life, and usually it's girls doing that but this one's about a guy. aww... and neil patrick harris, haha. hilarious.
and glee, the songs. of course. that feeling you get inside. ahhh.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
house S6E1 quotes
thought-provoking house S6E1 quotes (mon, sep. 22)
- why do you think people will like you less if they know the truth?
- you gave him a moment of pure happiness (and i think to myself, how often can we say that for ourselves? that we've experienced)
- why do you value your failures more than your successes?
- ahh, house is so smooth. going from a hug to a dance. :)
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aw, i just realized my last post was my 50th!
- why do you think people will like you less if they know the truth?
- you gave him a moment of pure happiness (and i think to myself, how often can we say that for ourselves? that we've experienced)
- why do you value your failures more than your successes?
- ahh, house is so smooth. going from a hug to a dance. :)
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aw, i just realized my last post was my 50th!
Monday, September 14, 2009
spoiled
reminder: do not compare situations. relativity, ... in moderation.
anyway, i just realized i have been really spoiled. especially in keeping touch with my friends, and how, amazingly, i still am. very much. i just realized that roughly, every time i check my email (which must be ~2x a day, hah...), there is usually something new awaiting me. i mean sure i subscribe to the wiki daily article and all, but besides that ... usually a friend has emailed me back. (when everyone tries to at least once every 2 weeks it is not as difficult as it sounds, or at least that is when their rebound rates are.)
anyway, i realized this when last night i checked my email and bradley had emailed me (after a week). and this morning shune had relied back, and then tonight jonathan had replied back (after a month), it's just ... yeah. it's pretty neat! :)
so i decided that i am indeed spoiled by my friends. thanks!
and all the ppl that talk to me on gmail chat while i am work...aww... yeah i was worried i wouldn't be in the loop but i feel like --indeed-- i am still very much in it!
yay for karen's friends! (i feel like barney..didn't he say something like that?)
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and new songs:
- dance with me by jimmy wayne
"dance with me, i want to be your partner can't you see?"
and comebacks:
- poetically pathetic by amber pacific
" If you ever had the chance,
Would you make your life seem right?
Or would you only hold it back,
The good times, the hard, and the bad.
Whatever you say is alright,
Just as long as there's no doubt.
Could you look me in the eye"
- gone so young by amber pacific
"I never thought that this could go
And take me away from all I know
And leave me to think I'm on my own*"
* this is so me in germany right now! woah! (!)
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OH and my ultimate team rocks...grab yo pheet... oh MAN - 1st place intramurals for now. 3/3. 13 pts - 3 pts. mercy ruled. owwwwwwww!
http://gatech.imtrackonline.com/im/client/home/top_ten_list/48?last_page=sport
anyway, i just realized i have been really spoiled. especially in keeping touch with my friends, and how, amazingly, i still am. very much. i just realized that roughly, every time i check my email (which must be ~2x a day, hah...), there is usually something new awaiting me. i mean sure i subscribe to the wiki daily article and all, but besides that ... usually a friend has emailed me back. (when everyone tries to at least once every 2 weeks it is not as difficult as it sounds, or at least that is when their rebound rates are.)
anyway, i realized this when last night i checked my email and bradley had emailed me (after a week). and this morning shune had relied back, and then tonight jonathan had replied back (after a month), it's just ... yeah. it's pretty neat! :)
so i decided that i am indeed spoiled by my friends. thanks!
and all the ppl that talk to me on gmail chat while i am work...aww... yeah i was worried i wouldn't be in the loop but i feel like --indeed-- i am still very much in it!
yay for karen's friends! (i feel like barney..didn't he say something like that?)
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and new songs:
- dance with me by jimmy wayne
"dance with me, i want to be your partner can't you see?"
and comebacks:
- poetically pathetic by amber pacific
" If you ever had the chance,
Would you make your life seem right?
Or would you only hold it back,
The good times, the hard, and the bad.
Whatever you say is alright,
Just as long as there's no doubt.
Could you look me in the eye"
- gone so young by amber pacific
"I never thought that this could go
And take me away from all I know
And leave me to think I'm on my own*"
* this is so me in germany right now! woah! (!)
------------------------------------------------------------------
OH and my ultimate team rocks...grab yo pheet... oh MAN - 1st place intramurals for now. 3/3. 13 pts - 3 pts. mercy ruled. owwwwwwww!
http://gatech.imtrackonline.com/im/client/home/top_ten_list/48?last_page=sport
Thursday, September 3, 2009
coping
it's been hard being over here. well i mean in the same ways i thought it would be, but you never really know to what degree you are dealing with things, until well, you do? you know? like i'm always afraid of doing things, but that's because i don't know what's in store. but then once i do it, it's really not so bad. hm, i just contradicted/counter-pointed myself.
anyway, i've been coping by watching the oc like a maniac (i'm talking 4+ episodes daily), currently on season 3. and then rereading harry potter 7. it just reminds me of home so much :)
then i go to bed exhausted, sleep immediately, go to work, and cycle continues. hmm.. yeah.
but this wknd and next will be the penzberg volksfest, and then the next next next wknd after that will be oktoberfest, so it should be nice to get out. hm, yeah.
anyway, i've been coping by watching the oc like a maniac (i'm talking 4+ episodes daily), currently on season 3. and then rereading harry potter 7. it just reminds me of home so much :)
then i go to bed exhausted, sleep immediately, go to work, and cycle continues. hmm.. yeah.
but this wknd and next will be the penzberg volksfest, and then the next next next wknd after that will be oktoberfest, so it should be nice to get out. hm, yeah.
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