Posts Tagged ‘college’

Work Week’s Got Me Beat

September 2nd, 2011 by Manda | 4 Comments | Filed in School, Work

When the earliest I can get home on any given day of the working week is 5p.m. (on a Friday!), it is very telling just how all-consuming my class/work/internship schedule is. Needless to say, I’m beat from this week. It’s almost 6p.m. on a Friday evening and I’m sitting on my couch in my PJ’s watching reruns of NCIS like an old lady. Not gonna lie, it’s kind of nice that I have absolutely nothing planned for tonight but to relax and unwind. Oh, and maybe tackle some of my readings…

I know I’ve talked about how busy I am on this blog before and it might seem like I’m complaining but I’m not, honestly. My schedule is something I chose and I’m happy with all the things that I’m doing. I just think it’s kind of scary how fast I went from being a freshman with a handful of classes and a schedule that was wide open in terms of free time to a totally jam-packed schedule where I’m juggling sixteen things at once. How did I grow up so fast? Where did the time go? Am I really expected to be an Adult in the Real World come graduation next year?!

(Oh, and in news I meant to post earlier but I completely forgot to and now it’s kind of late and outdated: I survived both the DC earthquake and Hurricane Irene last week without incident, minus the 24 hours or so I lost power due to Irene. My area was incredibly lucky as others were not as fortunate with either, or both, of the natural disasters.)

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When Did We Get So Old?

June 12th, 2011 by Manda | 5 Comments | Filed in Friends, Life

I’ve been on Facebook a lot since being in Hong Kong, seeing as access to the website isn’t blocked in HK. One thing I’ve noticed while surfing Facebook is that amongst my high school acquaintances from my class in Australia there is an alarmingly, and increasingly, large amount of us have been/are getting married and/or babied.

For example, off the top of my head:

  • One girl with a 4-year-old son
  • Three girls with two children under the age of 4
  • One boy with a one-year-old son
  • Two girls that are married

I’m the same age as my friends that are married or with children, and I can’t even begin to fathom marriage or parenthood. I still remember the good ol’ days in high school where my friends and I would gossip about so-and-so and the biggest thing we had to worry about is whether or not we failed the math test or if we would get a date to the next school dance. To think that now some of us have much bigger things to worry about makes me feel so old!

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It’s That Time of Year Again

April 5th, 2011 by Manda | 5 Comments | Filed in Life, School, Technology, Travel, Work

It’s that time of year again… The time where the end of the spring semester sends my stress levels skyrocketing and I am perpetually almost at breaking point.

This year, I’m freaking out over final exams, final papers, making a summer travel itinerary (and organizing everything that comes with a self-planned trip in southeast Asia), trying to coordinate a summer internship, preparing for my summer employment opportunity, figuring out if I have places to live… The list goes on. And to top it all off, my beloved MacBook gave out on me, so I am currently computerless.

Till my computer gets fixed (I have a Genius Bar appointment tomorrow and I’m hoping it’s not a big issue, so it should be fixed soon) I’m going to be scarce. I’m relying on my roommate’s spare netbook and my iTouch for my computer/Internet fix, but neither are ideal for blogging, unfortunately!

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