LIFE'S WHAT YOU MAKE IT

Sometimes we need to stop to remember how fun life can be. After all, life's what you make it :)

My, for the sake of euphemism, BEHIND has been ignited and lit with the flames of collegiate hell lately, and I honestly I (as much as I would love to) can't euphemize this statement any further than it is already euphemized. Euphemism. My word of the day to all you lovely folks.

Putting the depression aside, college really isn't so bad, at a practical standpoint. Not struggling and wrestling with it and myself would have been the problem. I'll just learn to view it as a a clay-pot work of art. A pot is mixed, churned, nipped, tucked, carved, thrashed, shaped, and set ablaze in fires ranging at extreme temperatures, and if still the clay pot isn't satisfactory, it is destroyed. Heck yeah for motivational analogies.

New item for my bucket list: jumping off frostbitten peaks on skiis with the illusion of suspension in midair. Ohhhh yes.

Fly :)

ITALIA

Una mattina molto buona da Hartford, CT!
Translates as "A very good morning from Hartford, CT!". But is it? Is it really? :)

So here I am, slowly but surely turning nocturnal (thanks college), and at this point in time I think it's safe to say that school is a health hazard that should be taken seriously, for the sake of the future. Overdosing on coffee is a definite must to stay conscious, and lack of sleep no doubt will shorten life spans greatly. Definitely part of that character building hype.

Wild for Italy! Number one on my to-do-list ♪

Cafe in Venice, laced with autumn tinted vines

Venitian alleys: seemingly straight out of a storybook

What I'd do to get lost in all that :)

Enchantingly mysterious, with a delicate charm entirely different from that of any other city I've been in. Haven't been in many, though. YET, that is :) Wait just a bit more and keep watch for me, Italy. I'm coming.

PHEWW.

Week two of school: officially complete. Well deserved pat on the back. 


Only week two, and already exhausted to the max. College can take a lot out of you. I find it amazing how most students at our school can ration out their time and work out in between classes, sports, extracurriculars, and self-studies. Managing time is most definitely NOT one of my fortes. The weight of academic college life feels like an 800 lb boulder on my shoulders (127 hours reference! Watch it! You won't regret it, guaranteed :) ) and lately I've been having the urges to partake in activities such as these.

Sky-Diving?
You know it.

Parasailing in the tropics?
MHMM.

Extreme? Very.

Ecstasy past the limit? Yup. 

Effective stress relieving outlet? I think so :)

...aaaaaaaaaaaand back to reality. It'll happen. But as for the present: more studying, less dreaming :)

GREETINGS...

...from the east! ♪

And so, the rusty gears begin to turn once more. It has already been 4 whole days since the fall term began, and ALREADY I'm swamped with quizzes and readings. It's actually very refreshing to be able to keep occupied 24/7, compared to my very unproductive and sluggish summer (other than getting my driver's license, of course!).

The weather has been very bipolar lately...not only back home in cali, but here in the east as well. For the first few days while unpacking and moving into my dorm, it was extremely humid and uncomfortably hot. Then on the first day of classes, it began to rain, bringing with it an icy chill at night. This continued on for a couple more days, and then, BOOM. Sun shining brightly in a cloudless sky as though the rain had never come. Sigh. Weather oh weather, won't you PLEASE make up your mind.

So here I am at my desk sipping cooled coffee, listening to the lulling chirps of crickets outside the window after completing some work while 99.9% of the students at school is at the Trin-hosted "welcome back" party. YAWWWWWN. Well, time to hit the hay :)♪

A LIFE'S PURSUIT

Happiness. 

Whatever form you may dream and imagine it to be, it ultimately defines what we all strive for on this ride called life. Some desire the big. Some the small.

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed.  Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.  ~Denis Waitley

Just the little things♪

Surely it isn't by mere coincidence that you have come upon this page? Perhaps the doing of fate. Who knows?

This journey of pursuit will be filled with exploration, adventure, and pure delight.

Join me? Well, if you say so :) Lace up your shoes, and here we go.