Monday, October 29, 2001
had two midterms today...one for my Mass Media Law class, and the other for Articulation Improvement class. the first one i studied practically the entire weekend for, as i anticipated it to be much more tougher. and the inclination was right...definitely trickier, but what's coo is that i got through it relatively unscaved. found myself well versed on all the nuances of libel law, and *most* of the court cases. as for the 2nd, well...got through it OK, but i think i'd have been better off if i studied for anohter hour or two...
felt quite relaxed afterwards, and usually for me feelin' relaxed usually translates into having a crazy excess of energy. so as i usually do after a midterm or getting a big school-related project done, i hit the basketball courts down at the IMA w/ a heightened focus and passion...
explosive speed and sniper-esque shootin' and passin' skills rediscovered... =]
feels good to be called "all-star" and "superstar" again...ha, ha...
felt quite relaxed afterwards, and usually for me feelin' relaxed usually translates into having a crazy excess of energy. so as i usually do after a midterm or getting a big school-related project done, i hit the basketball courts down at the IMA w/ a heightened focus and passion...
explosive speed and sniper-esque shootin' and passin' skills rediscovered... =]
feels good to be called "all-star" and "superstar" again...ha, ha...
Friday, October 26, 2001
first midterm out of the way...funny, 'cause it seemed like a relaxing experience. granted, i did feel this relaxation because the exam was much more "taker-friendly" than i'd anticipated, but mainly 'cause of this strange sense of nostalgia and closure that i felt. this is my fifth (and probably last) year of college, and as i started taking the exam, it immediately struck me that this would be one of the last few midterms i'd be taking ever...in a college setting, that is. Unless you consider life itself as "college" setting, that is...
heh...unexpectedly refreshed my mind on something a guest pastor said this past wed. at a christian fellowship (AACF) i attend weekly here on the UW campus. but it's definitely true; life itself is a college setting, since we're constantly in the mode of learning, learning about others, the nature of the world and the things of this world, etc. i know i have my dissenters when i refer to life as a "school," possibly 'cause of the negative connotation school has among students particularly in the West, but life is definitely designed in such a way (for humans particularly) which is geared towards learning through trial and error, and discerning Truth from this learning...
didn't intend to get all philosophical, but i guess i'm naturally inclined to be as such, 'cause of my cerebral wiring...
on another note, here's some Mariner related news: i think personal withdrawal effects of the Seattle Mariners' ALCS breakdown have subsided...even if it did mean "Sodo No-Go" in terms of M's fans grandiose World Series aspirations, there's always the brighter side of looking at it as a "learning" experience... =]
heh...unexpectedly refreshed my mind on something a guest pastor said this past wed. at a christian fellowship (AACF) i attend weekly here on the UW campus. but it's definitely true; life itself is a college setting, since we're constantly in the mode of learning, learning about others, the nature of the world and the things of this world, etc. i know i have my dissenters when i refer to life as a "school," possibly 'cause of the negative connotation school has among students particularly in the West, but life is definitely designed in such a way (for humans particularly) which is geared towards learning through trial and error, and discerning Truth from this learning...
didn't intend to get all philosophical, but i guess i'm naturally inclined to be as such, 'cause of my cerebral wiring...
on another note, here's some Mariner related news: i think personal withdrawal effects of the Seattle Mariners' ALCS breakdown have subsided...even if it did mean "Sodo No-Go" in terms of M's fans grandiose World Series aspirations, there's always the brighter side of looking at it as a "learning" experience... =]
Tuesday, October 16, 2001
as for the earilier post on division series tickets, well...actually got 'em for yesterday's game 5! no doubt, it was probably the most electrifying baseball game i've ever attended personally. the crowd definitely played a huge factor in winning the game for the M's and sending the Indians packing for an early winter vacation...
as i walked to Safeco Field, the closer i came to the stadium, the more i could sense the electric atmosphere of Mariner playoff baseball. if i could put it into words, i guess i'd say it had a "this is it" feeling, where each of their historic 116 wins were having a cumulative effect on this day, where all the plentiful highs and scarce lows were converging here...
i pretty much felt like a little kid again, excitedly striding through the concourse towards my seat which was on the left-field, 300 level bleachers...
baseball definitely doesn't get much better than this (yeah...still sinking in at this point), seeing the team you've almost obsessively tracked the entire season stake their claim in history, solidifying one of the handful of most successful seasons in history. and if they end up getting by the perennial Yanks and into the World Series, and actually... *collective gasp*...winning it, then the best baseball team in all of history could very well be a fixture in our very own backyards. as the late TWIB announcer once proclaimed, "well, how 'bout that." and i'm sure he'd definitely say the same for those Mariners...
as i walked to Safeco Field, the closer i came to the stadium, the more i could sense the electric atmosphere of Mariner playoff baseball. if i could put it into words, i guess i'd say it had a "this is it" feeling, where each of their historic 116 wins were having a cumulative effect on this day, where all the plentiful highs and scarce lows were converging here...
i pretty much felt like a little kid again, excitedly striding through the concourse towards my seat which was on the left-field, 300 level bleachers...
baseball definitely doesn't get much better than this (yeah...still sinking in at this point), seeing the team you've almost obsessively tracked the entire season stake their claim in history, solidifying one of the handful of most successful seasons in history. and if they end up getting by the perennial Yanks and into the World Series, and actually... *collective gasp*...winning it, then the best baseball team in all of history could very well be a fixture in our very own backyards. as the late TWIB announcer once proclaimed, "well, how 'bout that." and i'm sure he'd definitely say the same for those Mariners...
Thursday, October 04, 2001
feels funny to be updating this thing from the confines of what's known as the HUB, on the UW campus...
well, school's been coo thus far...feels good to be back for this fifth and likely final year of this college experience. i think this quarter's gonna be fruitful grade-wise, judging from the syllabi requirements for each class, along with a gauging of what kinda techniques and strategies i need to employ to hook myself up w/ the *phat* quarter-end GPA...
switchin' notes, comparative politics class was especially amusing yesterday. the professor chose my question (he had the 300+ of us in the hall write a single question the day before) to read in front of the lecture hall. here's the question:
"should the mariners head into the playoffs with a 10 or 11 man pitching staff?"
the prof answered, "well, w/ the way Abbott pitched last night, 11." people chuckled, and what made the situation even more amusing was that he called me up to pick up a prize (which was, of all things, a text entitled "understanding korean politics"), and openly noted the fact that i had a NY Mets cap on. and, as a testament to exactly how much Mariner madness has sunk into the fabric of the Seattle population, about half of the room actually "booed." naturally, it was more of a sarcastic "boo." i couldn't help but chuckle afterwards. haha...yeah, it was a real amusing experience to say the least. what's more, the Cookie Monster actually stopped by the class moments later...but i digress...
not quite sure if the following insight is noteworthy, but i guess now i can empathize a little with what A-Rod (aka "Pay-Rod") went through in his first visits to Safeco Field this year... =[
well, school's been coo thus far...feels good to be back for this fifth and likely final year of this college experience. i think this quarter's gonna be fruitful grade-wise, judging from the syllabi requirements for each class, along with a gauging of what kinda techniques and strategies i need to employ to hook myself up w/ the *phat* quarter-end GPA...
switchin' notes, comparative politics class was especially amusing yesterday. the professor chose my question (he had the 300+ of us in the hall write a single question the day before) to read in front of the lecture hall. here's the question:
"should the mariners head into the playoffs with a 10 or 11 man pitching staff?"
the prof answered, "well, w/ the way Abbott pitched last night, 11." people chuckled, and what made the situation even more amusing was that he called me up to pick up a prize (which was, of all things, a text entitled "understanding korean politics"), and openly noted the fact that i had a NY Mets cap on. and, as a testament to exactly how much Mariner madness has sunk into the fabric of the Seattle population, about half of the room actually "booed." naturally, it was more of a sarcastic "boo." i couldn't help but chuckle afterwards. haha...yeah, it was a real amusing experience to say the least. what's more, the Cookie Monster actually stopped by the class moments later...but i digress...
not quite sure if the following insight is noteworthy, but i guess now i can empathize a little with what A-Rod (aka "Pay-Rod") went through in his first visits to Safeco Field this year... =[
