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Name: Pak
Birthday: 11/4/1988
Interests: !percussion!, futbol, bball, and...rememberin that i'm sbG 4 life
Expertise: awW shux, that's easy,...well, there's, ummm, i mean, c'mon, there's so many things like,you know, like, what's that thing called something where you do that thing you know, with something? yeah, i'm not going anywhere with this am i?... can you give me a minute?
Occupation: Student
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AIM:  sbgxalbee88
Member Since:
10/20/2002
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| hello xanga community. i'm wondering if anyone still uses xanga anymore???
anyway, quick update. although the summer is moving at a crazy slow pace, a lot has happened up to now. for one thing, my sister got married in late may! i'm so happy for her and ron and i'm proud of the both of them! i got to be one of ron's groomsman, which was pretty freakin awesome because the closest i've ever gotten to being in a wedding was about 14 years ago in my debut as a ringboy.
after the wedding, i've been in chill mode for the most part. i decided not to schedule anything significant between the end of school and when i depart for china because i wanted some time to myself. in retrospect, however, i now realize that a month to just "relax" is MUCH LONGER than it seems. i've been splitting my time unevenly between studying, reading, jogging, hanging out with friends, and watching tv, with an emphasis on the last one. now, i'm one day away from china and am regretting not preparing more during that free time haha. however, i've been in tighter crunch situations before so i'm not too worried.
this isn't to say that i have not been concerned at all with my trip to china; quite the opposite. i'll be attending princeton in beijing, which is a mandarin language-intensive program. when i get to china, i will have to sign a pledge that states that during my eight weeks there, i will use nothing but mandarin. that is pretty crazy considering that i only have one year of college-level mandarin under my belt. i'm praying right now pretty hard for God to give me confidence, endurance, patience, and faith that He will be with me during my time there. i'm heading into my trip to china with the assumption that it will be one of the most challenging experiences that i have ever had. this is the first time that i will be placed into an environment where the words "sink or swim" are very applicable and i'm not gonna lie, i really need to place my faith in God from the moment i enter the country. there are 2894723904782 things that can go wrong, but i'm confident that with God on my side, there are 2894723904782 x 2349823049823 things that i never even imagined that can go right. with that said, this has been my brief return to the xanga world and i hope to come back again shortly.
peace.
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| there are so many things to be thankful for and I often don't even think about them. glad that there's a holiday that makes me do so.
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| i have not written in xanga for the longest time, so i guess this entry is a testament to the extent of my boredom. anyway, i'm officially a month and a half into college and it is nothing like i expected. studying is very time consuming and i feel like everyone's schedules are so random that having a meal with someone needs to be planned weeks in advance. i find little motivation to be active and my bed has never been more comfortable.
however, despite all of these things, i definitely feel as though i am maturing in my thought processes and my view on how life works. i've come to discover that college is very unforgiving and i realized that i can't be nonchalant about schoolwork, relationships, and responsibilities. the first of these, schoolwork, is a given. the classes are so big and the relationships between teacher and student are so impersonal. some of my teachers probably have no clue who i am and therefore will not give any slack for late assignments or a bad test, so i've learned that preparation is the only way i can survive. relationships - like i mentioned earlier, i now have to make a conscientious effort to maintain relationships with people or they will too easily be swept by the waves of extracurrics, studying, you name it. i can't just assume that everyone will be at d-hall at 6 (like at exeter), waiting for friends to come and talk about everything from politics to that cute girl that we all just "discovered." finally, i've been elected to a spot on the Undergraduate Assembly and now i have a lot of work to do. the UA is basically the stu government for the entire school and that means that i have a tremendous responsibility to my peers. i have to make sure to be on top of my work and to fulfill at least some of my campaign promises.
in a nutshell - i'm going into this with potentially a lot of things to worry about and stress over. and i suppose until now, things have been okay and i've just been going with the flow of things. but i really need to make a conscious effort to place all my trust in God and pray that He takes care of me. i can log in the hours of studying, make efforts to maintain friendships, and attempt to fulfill my campaign promises, but by my own strength i can accomplish nothing. | | |
| whew, i haven't expressed myself in a while. guess it's gonna wait some more. | | |
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