they don't tell you about them at school... but we go through a bunch of them all the time. so i stumble upon yet another one of the many ones i might still find myself encountering during my life journey... whooooop whoooop! i think i am beginning to get used to their occurrences... maybe.
so here are the current challenges:
-- finishing up the 'minor' corrections to my magnum opus so i may eventually get THE official diagnosis of Poly-traumatic Hypertension Disorder... (i really am cynical about it yes you can tell! i probably wouldn't have done it if i had been given a second chance to choose... yes i regret it quite a bit... but that's that. it's an acknowledgment. people often tell me i shouldn't talk about regrets. i say we need feelings like regret to learn not to make similar choices; if we never reflect on life and paths taken, it is unlikely we will learn from our experiences.) ... and also to rework the chapters into articles... as you know: publish OR perish!
-- learning to work with others in new projects even though i am not really enjoying the dynamics at the moment and having to get used to the people who are involved... more specifically, learning to work with some people who aren't really practical about things... a test of my patience & tolerance!
-- figuring out if i'd like to stay in research and to try to get into academia (btw in case you think it's the case: no you aren't guaranteed a position with a PhD, no... hardly!) or whether medical school is another option or something completely different...
-- trying to figure out why other people seem to have gotten everything sorted out and how they do that... i am envious!
a friend who died in war-torn Dafur while trying to make a difference in the troubled land of Sudan once told me that we go through life figuring out what it is that we don't enjoy doing or don't tolerate too well... in hope that we might find something that is agreeable... some people definitely strike it lucky in their first few attempts; they end up doing what they love. others, myself included, seem to take longer... i sometimes wish i didn't have so many different interests and were only able to a few things whether i do them well or not... that way, i won't have so many different paths that i could explore. oh well. i really don't know which is better...
posted by ~overacuppa~ on Monday, 18 February, 2008 at 21:12 hrsHello, this is ur cousin from singapore haha. met u at your brother's wedding, hope you still remember me. =]
im doing psychology too. but just a degree. r u doing masters or sth alr?
Posted by: yan ting on Saturday, 23 February, 2008 at 10:20 hrsoh hello Yan Ting (i have to admit that i probably recall you as a wee toddler and i feel old thinking about it! haha)! wasn't my brother and lianne's wedding fun?! it's the most understated Chinese wedding celebration i've been to thus far and methinks that ought to be how it's done! small and cosy. =)
hope you are enjoying psychology! you are also doing Japanese?! amazing! i've just defended my PhD thesis 3 weeks ago and am finishing up some 'minor' corrections before submitting in final copy to the university of edinburgh, in scotland. it's kinda weird that i am in the usa but that's a long story... i guess my papa must have told you about this silly place... if you'd like to write; best to reach me at hengrumay [AT] gmail dot com
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