Invigorate

Whew. I had just participated in a psych study that made me recall vividly (for eight minutes each) TWO particularly saddening experiences. I don't think recalling such sad memories is beneficial to the soul and sanity of a person, so I shall attempt to counteract it by vividly journalling about a recent positive experience I had within 24 hours today. Why did the ethics committee allow such a cruel torture on Amherst students? haha just kidding.

Firstly, I am so proud of myself as I managed to stay alive and alert throughout today. I believe it is quite a feat, with a math exam, an Astro quiz and a Mandarin dictation. All of them went well, I hope :) well, at least I felt rather confident when I left the classroom haha. I am also grateful because I am growing closer to a certain friend. (sorry, I know that I have promised one of my readers to be more specific in my posts, but I have to conceal this friend's name for a while. hehehe)

She is a Sophomore who always sits a seat away in Microeconomics lectures, and at the beginning of the term, I never talked to her at all. We're both quite shy, apparently;) However, I remember breaking the silence about a week ago when I asked her if she was helping out for the desserts night the ASEAN student's association is going to hold. And although she doesn't talk too much, she is undeniably a friendly and nice person. I always look for her and talk to her on the pretext of comparing our P-set answers, and she always responded happily whenever I do so. When I asked her if she wants to study together for the upcoming Microeconomics exam, she even offered her phone number without me asking to. ;) I feel legend - wait for it - dary! HAHAHAHA.

Anyway, she makes me look forward to my Microeconomics class, as now we engage in small talks before and after the lecture. And no, she's not the only reason I like my Microeconomics class. I have to add that I have an amazing and hilarious professor for the class, Professor Christopher Kingston. He is from Dublin, speaks with a slight Irish accent, and always makes witty (but rather wry) English jokes that the students are half afraid to laugh to. My friend Corry and I are probably the only two people in the lecture hall who dared to let out our laughs. He gives very clear explanations too, and I really look forward to the segment of the class that covers Game Theory.

So yeah, life is Amherst is really good, especially if you can somehow manage a decent amount of sleep to sustain alertness throughout the day, which is necessary to keep afloat of the academic challenges offered by the school. Oh my Laoshi also talked about interesting Chinese history today, too. He mentioned how among the countries who waged war against China, the United States is the least cruel, as the American government decided to return the money pillaged from China without China even asking them. (Of course, the money needs to be used to send Chinese students to study in the US but I think it is still very noble of the States.) Haha fun stuff.

Truly Indonesia's Finest,