Why does it take so long?

I'm tired of worrying about grades. According to our school's website, it takes up to two weeks for the grades to be posted online. ok...why does it take so long? I know prof's submit grades online...it's not like someone has to enter all the grades manually. This school is kinda backward when it comes to this type of stuff. They are not quite up to par with our modern technology.

For instance, our ID card. Most school ID cards look kinda like driver's license. They take pics with a digital camera that is hooked up to a computer, and the ID cards are printed out of a computer. (I don't know how exactly it works but ya know what i mean...) It's all digital, right? But our school ID cards are...almost from stone age. They take polaroid picture of you, stick it on a piece of cardboard, type your name and ID number on the cardboard (using a type writer!), and laminate it. I think we are the only school in NYC that has cardboard ID cards. This is pathetic.

Today was quite busy. My mentor wanted a huge list of articles by the end of this week. So I spent pretty much all day running around at NYU library and my school's library. When I finished making copies, printing out, etc., I realized that the school will be closed tomorrow. Oh, no!!!! My mentor wanted all the materials by the end of this week but she wasn't in today. So, I e-mailed her to tell her that the school will be closed tomorrow and don't know what to do with these articles. Then, she said that she'll come by later tonight to pick them up. good, good.

I had lunch with Misa today. for some reason, all my friends hate Indian food...but Misa was an exception. Then, of course I had to have Indian food. We went to this place on University Pl. It looked kinda modern and cute inside of the restaurant. Food was not too bad, either. I had vegetarian lunch special and mango lassi! yum. I love mango lassi. mmmm, yum. It was kinda nice to have lunch with friend. I usually just pick up some junk food and eat in the lab but that's kinda sad, ya know. Lunch with friend is fun!

hmmm...what shall I eat for dinner???

I am...

scared as hell.

I'm wating for my Spring 05 grades to be posted online. These grades will determine whether I can stay here in NY for the next academic year. I've been checking my record online like crazy for the last couple of days and I almost get heart attack everytime I do. What if I get a B? What would I do? well, I just have to pack up and move back to Ohio. ugh.

I remember exactly how I felt when I found out that I got a B (later changed to B+) on social psy last semester. It's a flashbulb memory! so vivid...and I can still feel it... I really hope that the same thing won't happen this semester...I've dealt with enough of transfer related issues so far. But I also remember that I kinda screwed up on both cog and h&s finals. ugh. I can't wait for the whole thing to be over.

what a liar

I got e-mail from Int'l student office twice today, and both of them were about int'l student mentoring program, which matches up incoming int'l students with existing int'l students. I guess they are desperately in need for potential mentors...it's kinda annoying to get e-mails about the same topic twice in the same day. Anyway, one of the e-mails said that 10% of the university population is Japanese. wtf? That can't be right! Are they telling me a lie to get us Japanese students to be mentors??? What kind of school has its 10% of students being Japanese? That's just really strange.

Anyway, I just needed to say, "what a liar!"

school year ended

Finally, the school year ended. I still have a paper to write, but I'm done with the semester. Now I have to be anxious over my grades (GPA below 3.7 means going back to Ohio), and if I do get good enough grades to keep my scholarship, I have to be anxious over the comps. I have about one more month before the comps. As soon as I find out about my grades and my scholarship status, I should start studying for the comps.

Not much going on lately...just been busy with translation work. I consider myself somewhat fluent in both English and Japanese but when it comes to translating, it's a whole another story. I didn't know how hard it was to translate (especially business documents) untill I started this job. There are some phrases in English that we never use in Japanese, so I can't usually translate words to words. For instance, "have a nice weekend!" There's a translation for this phrase, but in Japan, we don't usually tell each other, "have a nice weekend."

I may go back to Japan this summer. I called a travel agency yesterday, and they told me that pretty much all the tickets for June is sold out and there's a wait list. ugh. But luckily, they found a seat for me on June 28, and returning on July 13. I haven't decided whether to buy these tickets or not, but most likely, I will. All the good food I can eat in Japan, especially my mom's cooking....yum!!! can't wait to go back. And I also can't wait to get my visa renewed. after I get that done, I can travel abroad anytime I want to (as long as I have money). Maybe I can go visit Yayoi in Amsterdam!!!

I'm officially...

STRESSING OUT!!!! and by putting this thought in words, I'm even more stressed out. There doesn't seem to be enough time to do everything I need to do. Ok, I need to make a list of things to do and deadlines. And I think I'm getting sick again. ugh. this sucks, sucks, sucks!!! Ok, enough of me whining.

not young any more

Had a very crazy week last week. Leaving home at 7am and coming home after 11pm. Running to NJ everyday to babysit or to conduct interviews. After one week of craziness, my body said "you are not young any more!" Starting from Friday night, I got super sick...sore throat, fever, headache, etc, etc. ugh. Not when Dave is visiting and Yayoi is in town! Anyway, let's go over what happened last weekend! (I've been into this mass-update lately!)

Friday afternoon: interview in NJ (for my research project) but the interviewee wasn't home when I got there. She forgot about the interview and had to wait for her to come home for 15 min or so. At least, the interview was completed, though.

Friday night: Dave got in town and we went to a random Thai restaurant in Queens. It was a super small, family-owned restaurant with only three tables, and I actually liked it. It was very homey and had a good food. Very satisfied.

Saturday: still feeling crappy from cold. went straight to study session at noon, then went to conduct an interview. while i was doing all these academic stuff, Dave went shopping and had some beer at a bar! How cruel! By the time I got back home, I was feeling super super crappy and couldn't go to party at Yayoi's sister's place. :-( I was very much looking forward to it! ugh.

Sunday: felt much better, so decided to go on a cruise with Yayoi et al. It was sooooooooooo much fun. I can't say this enough. It was fantastic!!! Best Sunday ever! Had a great view of the Statue. Later, Yayoi came to my ghetto apartment in Queens. Ya know what we had? We had breakfast food at IHOP! Yayoi seemed to be quite happy with greasy American breakfast, though.

Anyway, I had a crazy busy and fun week/weekend! More excitement to come, I hope.