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Saturday, January 24, 2004
Yesterday, I gave myself a good back rub using the massager. My lower back really hurts due to doing lots of physical things. But I’m happy with the massage, because I slept pretty soundly and comfortably last night.
And last night, before going to sleep, I read some random, short prose pieces by a Japanese woman named Sei Shonagon (966-1017). My favorite piece is called “In Spring It Is the Dawn” from The Pillow Book.
Here’s a sample paragraph:
“In spring it is the dawn that is most beautiful. As the light creeps over the hills, their outlines are dyed a faint red and wisps of purplish cloud trail over them.”
Well, right now is 3:05pm, and I just finished reading for English. (And I’ve written the above entry some time earlier this afternoon, probably like around 1 pm?) And I’m listening to Japanese songs on the other computer (my brother is on the other computer anyway). I really like the Japanese ending song to Fatal Frame II (PS2 video game). It’s so cool, and I’ve seen the video of that song too.
Anyway, I hope both of my sisters have fun at their little dance practice thingee today for Thieu Nhi tomorrow, because all of this week is Chinese New Year’s celebration, of course. I’d join them, but I have a lot of work to do, and this semester I’m going all out trying to make straight A’s in all of my classes. It’ll be challenging, but seriously, I really want to go to med school.
And as for Thieu Nhi, *sigh* I have absolutely no idea if I’m going back for a while---maybe a month later or something, because February is a busy month for me. And besides, I feel like I don’t belong anyway. In fact, sometimes it seems like I rarely belong anywhere. I'm always in mixed groups of different ethnic groups---those are the kind of people I hang out with, those are the kind of people who understand that the world is superficial, those are the kind of people who are kind and caring, instead of arrogant or shallow...
There seems to be not enough of those kind of people. That's why I hate cliques---sure, there are Asian cliques at UST, but I consider them really stupid and weird... *shudder* I don't know. I just feel like those who hang out in cliques are rather narrow-minded people. I like people to be open-minded and understanding and if possible, diplomatic... *shrug*
And for Thieu Nhi, all my siblings and I feel the same... I just feel as if it's all too clique-ish for some reason...
I don't understand the overall behavior of Asians, especially Vietnamese these days, but I just wish they won't show off their pride too much---too much of it is rather arrogant, and I find it rather annoying...
Well, I'll figure out if I want to stay in Thieu Nhi later, for now, I'm just going to focus on school and things that matter most to me.
Sure I have my ups and downs, and somehow I'm always alone fighting my own battles, with no one to help me---but I'm still here, and there are people who need me, and that is all it matters to me...
// rambled by A~Lotus at 3:21:00 PM
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