back in naperville

here i am, back in naperville for the winter break. will be staying for approx. 1 month before heading back for the spring term.

the days that led to the departure was eventful. i went to my grand-aunt's place, and found out we are related by two ways. she's my maternal grandma's cousin, so she's my grand-aunt, but one of her cousins married my cousin from my dad's side, so we're technically cousins as well. how weird is that, jump of two generations. i mostly spent time talking with her daughter who's thinking of coming to tech, so it was basically uni talk, telling her about how things are in tech and clarifying the stereotypes and whatnot.

on monday, i sold off whatever remaining texts for a measely sum of $13. i swear i spent like $50 on those books and i only got back that much. no wonder book stores make so much money. james sold his chemistry text which he bought for like over $100 and got back only $30. and what sucks is that the used text will be resold for like $70 at least.

then we totally rearranged our room. we planned it for couple of weeks. and it took a lot of work, but the new arrangement looks pretty nice, the room looks twice as big as it used to, since we bunked the beds and made a big enough space to put a couch there. we'll settle the couch next semester, but for now, we gotta get used to the new arrangement.

we watched 'the professional' and 'the terminal' that night. and i was surprised as there were scenes i never saw in the 'the professional' that james downloaded. all these while, i was deprieved of the missing scenes in singapore, and i am pissed coz the scenes enhance the relationship between mathilde and leon so much and makes the movie seem so much better. it remains my favorite movie of all time though. and i really liked 'the terminal' so i dont understand how it got such bad reviews. sure, there were plotholes, but dont every movie have them? what they showed is pretty realistic and i thought it was really interesting the way the characters revolved. everyone might need to remind themselves that movies are fictional entertainment afterall, and seeking perfection in something can never happen. so we should just take movies for what they are, instead of spotting mistakes. sure, i am uneasy about how he got out of the airport, since it doesnt make sense, but that didnt make the movie bad at all.

i woke up pretty early, and left for the airport, only to realize that my departure had been pushed back 2 hours all the way back in august and was never notified, or even if i were, i didnt notice it at all, since it was done so in august. it gave me enough time to squeeze watching a movie on my laptop, and while i left to go get lunch, i realized all my things were missing. i found it in a smoking area, and whoever it was working for the airport told me to go back to security coz i left my bags unattended. i wasnt even 50 meters away from my bags, but since i had 3 hours, i just complied quietly, telling myself that it was such a gay thing for me to walk back all the way to security, and walk back to the exact same place just because i got myself lunch.

i watched one of those college movies, 'road trip.' it was alright, but it is ultimately a bad movie. i followed that up the night i got back in naperville with 'orgazmo,' a horrible movie that borders on porn. i have no idea how james thought it was a funny movie. it was an hour and a half (and 3 hours if i add 'road trip') i could have used to watch better movies i have in my laptop.

well, i got back to naperville around 6, unloaded my bags and got straight down to emailing my professors and TAs to consider re-grading my paper. my chances are slim, and i kinda expect them to tell me that its too late to change my grades, if there is any change at all, but im gonna give it a shot anyway. im just gonna take it easy and go all out on the next semester.

i have about a month here, and i'll try not to waste it like i did in the 4 months i stayed here earlier this year. im gonna map out what courses im gonna take til graduation and decide on what i should do, plans, and general re-organization of everything. ive more or less given up on computer engineering, which makes my choices easier. if i am to be an industrial engineer, i'll stay in georgia tech, and if i decide to be a material science engineer, i'll head back to illinois to enroll as a transfer student in urbana-champaign. seems pretty clear enough. another thing i need to do is start working on my internship/co-op position, i need to decide if i really need that at all, as if i do away with it, i could graduate in 2 years from now on, which isnt a long time at all. i could do with just a simple 6 months internship and still graduate in 3 years, which will also be pretty good. but those are the things i can keep in mind, but not decide on until later next semester.

its 0 degrees celcius right now, and its only gonna get worse. but if i think about it, its only about 4 weeks til i get back to atlanta. and somehow, i cant stay doing nothing at all. i wanna be back in tech and get down to business soon. but i guess i deserve a well needed mental and physical break for now.

off to catch one of the many movies i have in my laptop...