Happy morning

When I got to the lab this morning, my mentor was there. She told me that my Language and Thought professor said that I did well on the exam and that my exam was one of the best! :-) This made me really happy because I think Language and Thought is difficult compare to other ones I'm taking. I guess I'm not a bad student after all! Yay! I feel so motivated to do work now. I'm starting to realize that praise motivates me but punishment and criticism don't. If anybody want me to work hard, I have to be told that I'm the best person to do the job! :-pFinally, the mystery of MIA was solved. I've seen people using "MIA" on e-mails and on-line message board (e.g., "sorry for being MIA") but I could never figure out what it exactly meant. From the context, I could figure out that it meant something like "been busy and not responding" but I didn't know what MIA stands for. Even though I felt like a looser for asking, I asked my friend who said "sorry to be MIA" in his e-mail. According to him, MIA stands for "missing in action" and people use it to refer "too busy to respond." So, my guess was right, and I'm happy to know what MIA actually stands for. As these examples show, little trivial stuff can make me happy. I usually consider myself as rather pessimistic and serious but maybe I'm more optimistic and happy than I think. Or, maybe I have bipolar tendency?