Friday, 06 June 2008

• Last Day of Class

  Today is going to be the last lecture I will attend for my undergraduate education. My feelings and thoughts? Well, I suppose it hasn't quite hit me yet. But I'm sure that it's going to be a sad realization after the fact, when I'm sitting at home being a bum, working at some dead end job dreading the 9-5, gaining weight from sitting at a desk all day, given that that's what I will be doing.

  First off, finals. Can't forget about the finals so quickly. I'm not quite done yet. Just one more week.

  This brings me to start thinking about my senior year in high school, when I was supposed to start applying for college. I had no idea what I would want to study and had no intention of going to college. I was basically applying because going to college was "the next thing to do after high school" as a Chinese American kid. I had no ambitions and no real desire to get educated beyond high school. But I did it anyway just because it's the right thing to do and it's what all of my friends will be doing. Also because I had already taken my SATs, so might as well.

  All in all, I can't say that I have ever regretted going to college. It was the most amazing experience. I met some great friends and learned about things that I would otherwise not have taken the time to learn on my own. I had a fair share of partying, bonding with roommates, cramming for tests, etc. Most importantly, my year abroad in Japan. I had the opportunity to meet people from other countries and being immersed in the only other culture I was familiar with besides the ones I was born and raised. How lucky am I to embody three different cultures and adding different pieces of each to create who I am today?

  Anyway, I guess life as we know it begins in about two weeks. I'm scared as balls but hopefully I'll pull through. Well, I kind of have no choice.

  I like how I'm trying to sound a lot more reflective than I've actually been. It's fun to do that sometimes.

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