Welcome co-director part two. Just when I thought I was ready to wind down, the co-director position screamed my name. Had I not decided to re-run, the thought of it would have haunted me forever. But here I am...term two of APAC co-director. I still have to get through the rest of this year but after a quick breather, I'll be ready to continue our progress.
Tonight was the 14th annual Asian American Leadership Awards at U of I. The ceremony recognizes outstanding undergrad and graduate student leaders, faculty, staff, alumni, student organizations, events, and more.
PSA won outstanding student organization and FACT won outstanding program again this year. I was one of three winners of the outstanding undergraduate leader award. No doubt am I honored to receive it but I truly believe that everyone nominated deserved the award just as much, if not more. Some of the other nominees contributed to my experiences as a leader. They know who they are and should not go unrecognized. A big thanks to them.
I've been in need of inspiration and tonight provided some. The awards received tonight in no way indicate an end because there will always be work to do. I have yet to decide what role to take next year. Big or small, I will be there to do what I can.
Aside from all this, is Mabilangan really that hard to read and pronounce? I can probably add a few new ways to my book of mispronouciations. Hah.
For real though, thank God for these blessings. He put me on a path that has allowed me to accomplish things I never thought I could do while always keeping me in good company.
I don't know what I'm doing this summer nor do I know what I want to do with my time next year. It's already April. People have asked me what my summer plans are and summer break starts in a month. My motivation lately has been crap. Everything is difficult from getting out of bed, to cleaning my room, and doing school work especially. Spring Break ended 2 weeks ago and I only unpacked my luggage today. Yeah...I've been partially living out of a duffel bag in my own room.
I don't have an internship this summer as I had hoped and at this point I don't think I'm going to get one. I've been blaming the economy for the internship cut backs at certain places but I know for sure that I haven't been trying hard enough. Knowing that I have a chance again next year may be contributing to my lack of effort as well. I need an internship to graduate though but somehow that's not enough reason to push me. Yeah I don't know what's wrong with me either. I'm still at Starbucks so I can choose to stay here for another summer and just work there. Or I can find a Starbucks around home to transfer to. That's what I want to do but I probably should have started calling around a while ago. I suck.
As far as next year, I don't know what I want to do with my spare time. Do I seek another leadership role or do I call it quits and kick back my last year here? I've been so involved since Freshman year pretty much. A lot of my time has went into the student organization stuff but I've sacrificed some other things as a result. I definitely haven't invested much time into the friends I've made here and knowing that a lot of them won't be here next year is a real bummer. I also thought DJ'ing would carry on throughout college for me but I haven't invested much time into that either.
So what do I do? A lot of things that I've done in college has been towards the positive impact on the lives of others. I get a high off of those things like planning social events for PSA to raising money for a good cause to putting together FACT. Those highs only last so long though.
Things are just getting complicated...and I'm not talking about my life! Actually, I'm talking about the internet and our most commonly used sites/applications. Let's think back 7+ years when I was in junior high. It was around the time I started using the internet and the same might go for most of you. What was hot back then? AsianAvenue? Apartment 107? Napster? Chatrooms?!
Ok now think back 2 - 3 years...facebook? myspace? xanga?
And now...facebook? myspace?
Well, what sparked this blog was how complicated everything got. AIM is full of all these weird features now that just take up more computer memory. Facebook is full of shit and Myspace isn't any better. I still enjoy facebook but only for the features that it had when I started using it like tagging pictures. Now there's all this crap on there that tend to waste all of my friends' time. I keep getting these random ass quizzes on disney movies not to mention the super wall and the other bullshit invitations I get. Myspace and facebook are pretty damn similar now. It sucks that facebook isn't college exclusive anymore either. Them facebook developers got greedy with the money. Even xanga is all tricked out!
Just something I thought about. As life gets more complicated, so does the internet. There's all these extras that waste even more time.
slowly but surely, all nighters are returning. somehow i was able to correct my sleeping habits when school started but now im getting back into my bad cycle: stay up all night, be tired throughout the day, take a long ass mid-day nap, and repeat. the worse part is, it makes me miss my 8am classes!
the only reason im up now is cuz i loaded up on caffeine. i stayed at grainger for almost 8 hours straight. i got there at 7pm and left at about 3am. i'll probably have to do that a few more times until im all caught up in school work. once that happens though, i'll probably fall behind again in no time.
i haven't had the urge to blog anymore but since im up for no reason and im tired of facebook and the psa forums, this is something new.
within the past week, i realized something new about myself. i can speak out and express my opinions quite freely but i find it difficult to express my feelings and emotions. im pretty sure it was the other way around before. i usually vented within my blogs and/or away messages. i definitely don't do that anymore. so where does it all go? pretty much nowhere or in other words, i bottle it up. but don't worry, i'm not angry or anything.
well i guess i'll try to sleep again. until next time xanga. next time probably won't be for another 6 months or so.
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