New Year's Eve Catch-up Post

It's been a while since I've blogged anything of substance, and I think that if I hold off until blogging til next year (2010) I'll have missed some sort of deadline or something..so, I'm updating tonight!

I'm about halfway through winter break (been home since the 20th, going back the 10th) and like any other break, being home gets me into a lazy streak and makes me not wanna go back.

On recommendation from a few people, I decided to buy the first (half) season of Glee on the day it was released, even though I hadn't even seen one episode of it. Of course, I watched it ALL in one day, and then some. Maggie and Shea came over so I watched a few of the episodes again with them. I enjoyed it! I'm not sure if I was completely blown away - I had REALLY high expectations because I knew I had wanted to watch it for a while but then my little brother couldn't find any episodes online so I just had to wait til it came out on DVD.

Of course now I have both soundtracks on my DVD and I'll be listening to these for a while :) which is good, because I was needing a new playlist anyway. Needless to say, Lea Michele's voice is amazing!

My parents are currently in the Philippines, us kids couldn't join them because our school break schedules didn't really match up. They sent us a couple of Japan pictures (they spent two days there beforehand) and it looks like they're having a lot of fun :) I'm happy, they really deserve a break. It's just me and my older brother here in the house for the next couple days - my little brother is going down to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl! So exciting! I'm gonna try to find him in the stands on TV :D

I was planning on recapping this past semester, but right now I'm really thinking forward. I'll just say it has by far been the most interesting and different semester...living off campus, more academic freedom (independent studies), more responsibility (FASA president), and thinking about the future. Which by the way, I'm still unsure of.

However, my apparent "success" at my Anthropology independent study has me considering a PhD in Anthropology. I actually started looking at some programs, and they are kinda intimidating. So, I mean, we'll see.

One thing I've noticed though (and this isn't limited to Anthropology) is that people that I've talked to about different professions say that it sucks. Well, not in those words, but they advise against going into that particular field. It seems to me like, if you're not in some pre-professional program people aren't very encouraging. So, not being in a pre-professional program, I feel pretty lost.

I had a REALLY good semester academically, and I feel like I can do anything (almost). Or more like, I have the potential to succeed at something if I really want it, and I put in the effort. I think that's been the story of my life for the past few years - me reaching for things that I thought weren't possible, but then I was able to reach it.

Of course, that little epiphany proves no help in figuring out what to do with my life. It's actually counter-productive, in that now I'm bringing in these other options.

Ahh. My brain hurts everytime I think about it.

What's coming up this year? MY LAST SEMESTER YAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!

My courses:

1) ANT 229: War and Migration. I'm REALLY excited for this class. Frances was telling me that her friend took it and said it was one of the best classes she's ever taken.
2) MKT 213: Marketing Projects and Cases. I already took MKT 203 with Hope before so I know I like him.
3) HIS 391: Independent Study. I told myself I wouldn't do another independent study but I had to because there were no other classes I could fit into my Take 5. I'm actually excited for this one though...I'll be filling in a lot of blank spaces in terms of my Take Five.
4) MUR 394: Internship. I'll be at the Arts and Cultural Council of Greater Rochester 3 days a week. It'll be a great experience for me!

FASA - No major events planned, though we gotta get going on our event to honor Cory Aquino. Other than that we have some big collaborative things going on, the biggest one being an Asian Awareness Month.

Sigma - I've taken alumni status this semester. I simply would not be able to handle everything if I stayed active. I'm still gonna make it out to events as often as I can!

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Ok. Also. Most people know I can't really cook. My mom has been trying to teach me for ages but I'm just too impatient to stand around and wait for things to be done cooking. However, it hit me that I will probably be my only source of Filipino food once I grow up so I needed to make some kind of effort. My mom told me that I just need to help her cook, and that I'll learn that way. I've helped her before, but the thing is I'm not home that often and so I pretty much forget whatever I learned the last time and have to start over. It doesn't help that I have no time to cook at school. So I came up with the idea of writing it down, taking pictures, and.....drum roll please.....putting it all here in my blog. That way I can share the genius that is my mom's food, with the whole world.

:)