School:
I had a lot of worries when I started school, as I already mentioned in my last comment. Well that was when I first begin school. Now all my worries had become a reality and I had found some kind of balance between play and work. Keeping up with the deadline for essays and readings was not an easy task. Not only you didn’t have the time of the day but most of the readings were in an ancient language that was difficult to understand. However, I had managed to complete my assignments on time and make time for friends and food. The fact that we have the privilege to endless materials and database certainly helped. Furthermore, we have access to help, for instance the writing center or the tutoring center.
About myself:
Among the characteristics I like about myself are: open mind, adventurous, and unique. I think the list of what I don’t like about myself is definitely longer; but one that bothers me the most is my terrible communication skills with my family. Why is it so much easier to deal with strangers than your own flesh and blood? I guess every factor in your life comes in place, and they are the ones that stick with you the longest, the past, the present and hopefully the future. Not able to express your feelings properly has lead me to many misunderstandings and unnecessary conflicts. The worst part of it all is if you don’t fix it, it becomes part of your attitude and behavior. But, they will always be the most important people to me, my priority. Perhaps the source of my deepest fear us rooted in this problem. I hate being by myself. I think loneliness can destroy a person from the inside out. Humans naturally seek companionships, we feel uncomfortable being alone or away from our love ones.
My thoughts:
Our culture of consumerism encourages us to find happiness in materialistic things, but it can only provide us temporary happiness. Recently, my anthropology class has me thinking, simple living might be a preferable living style. It is not easy to let go of a life style you have been living for almost all your life. Very slowly, I hope I can eliminate the urge to spend money and buy unnecessary items.
My motto:
My personal motto: do not judge a book by its cover. I guess it is an attempt to not follow the conformity of society and not taking symbolic cues from some one’s appearance that can be different depends on where you lived.
My mom, me and my brother
