Friday, December 01, 2006

last day of classes, but the beat goes on
as does the work...

thumbs up on this day. i walk into my SEA lit class and midway through the class whilst we're doing evaluations on the readings we had done over the course of the year, my prof whips out two red boxes

filled with KUEH LAPIS!!!

hellwig rocks man. i love how she knows everyone in class by name and how she's so passionate about the work she does. this is the way profs should be, trying to ignite that same kind of passion and engagement in a field. not just a passing along of information, but encouraging wonder and awe in a subject matter

and while i'm on the topic of praising profs, i think i'm going to throw neary in as well, because i'm highly impressed by the way he is able to communicate at the level of the student. i'm running up to him after class, throwing down all my confusion and thoughts at a certain reading and he looks at me, just as confused because of course i'm rambling and my thoughts aren't being articulated very well.

but when he does get what i'm saying, his first sentence uttered sets the context for everything and suddenly i understand it all and i feel a little foolish asking the question since it was sitting there right under my nose all long.

going on a different tangent..
i liked the year, i enjoy academia. but i wonder if i can survive at the graduate level, i wonder if i can qualify for all the applications i'm sending out.

and i worry.
i worry that i may get into a rut of intellectualizing and then on the flip side, i worry that i don't think critically enough.

then there are the simple things in life. the things we should let ourselves be interrupted for, the people we should tend to first, and put convenience on the backburner. then there are relationships and in every relationship responsibility and an implicit trust that you take with you everyday, that you are liable for constantly.



on reading out loud a fortune cookie and adding a necessary extra location to it
'"act on things now for good results in the spring" in bed'

somehow, in certain situations, the joke never tires
thanks deej for stopping by.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I WANT KUEH LAPIS TOO!!!!!

Anonymous said...

sorry dearie.. i ate your share :P

shu