Monday, November 05, 2007
A day in the life of...
While i am supposed to be doing something more useful (i.e doing applications, finishing up assignments, studying for TWO TWO TWO more prelims), I decided that I should maybe take a breather and backtrack, and see maybe how my typical day (and perhaps life) is heading at the moment.Monday 5th November 2007
[630] alarm goes off; unheard and unbothered. SNOOZE!
[700] realizes that its seven, 30mins into preenrollment. jumps off bed and scurries to the dell laptop.
[710] gets all 4 classes for spring semester easily. looks at clock and decides to zzzz.
[800]bounces off for bed and start thinking of breakfast. realizes its yet another info session day. pulls out business formal attire. (which has been unwashed for the past 3 weeks or so...)
[835] runs downstairs for breakfast. 5 mins good enough for a banana and strawberry cereal. first time in a week i managed to wake up early enough for breakfast.
[905] arrives at Rockefeller. Japanese class begins.
[955] Jap class ends 5 mins earlier than usual. Run to the hotel school to pick up Financial Acct prelim.
[957] Runs to Uris Hall for office hours. Tried talking (in vain) to an almost deaf 80 yr old econs professor about the deindustralization of Singapore. (barely) sourced out relevant information for a term project due later on.
[1035] Walk briskly to Goldwin Smith Hall. Tried looking for a career advisor but was told none was available. Was told to return tomorrow at 1030am . :(
[1105] climb up steep slopes in uncomfy shoes and finally reach Malott. Grab a copy of the Cornell Daily Sun at the cafe along the way. (and think about how cold it is yet again)
[1115] Cognitive science lecture commences. Try not to go off tangent and focus....(and yet again coming out clueless from class)
[1205] Yet another horrible lecture done. Desperately dials for lunch dates. Sadly, no one picks up.
[1215] Decides to brave the cold and walk to the Biz school for a yummy Pesto Chicken sandwich.
[1234] waits in line and think about all the 1001 things to do later, tomorrow, the day after, the day after the after....
[1240] sits down in peace and wishes that no one catches the undergrad sitting in the grad assigned area.
[1248] gobbles sandwich and weighs the pros and cons of self-study or attending lecture. decide for the former. Runs to Music Library for solace = more studying.
[1355] Starts packing and decide to head down to Uris Hall early so as to be first in line for office hours.
[1420] Anxiously waiting for the TA to move on with irrelevant points that would never be tested on the prelim.
[1500] Abandoned by the TA, heads to Labor School Library to mug mug mug Finance before JFCI leadership meeting.
[1515] Compulsively checks emails and messages along the way. Reads the 4th online shopping request in the week and try to make a mental note of errands to complete.
[1520] Finally started working on Chapter 2 & 3 of Corporate Finance.
[1630] Head down to Uris Hall for JFCI meeting. Studies while no one is looking/talking/noticing.
[1700] Meeting adjourned. Leaves Uris realizing that the sun has set way too early. Remembers the gloomy days from freshman year and stupid daylight savings. Navigate through in the dark.
[1705] Arrive at the Industrial School Lounge for yet another round of studying. Prolly the 1465th one for the day.
[1730] Phone rings and heads of to Collegetown for Sheng Mian dinner at the Asian Noodle House.
[1825] Scurry around the Hotel School looking for the ML info session. Sign-in and go in to check out the bevy of pros whom I wannabe. Tries Diet Pepsi offered along the finger food line.
[1928] Leaves hurriedly without networking (and with regret about not networking) and head to Collegetown for office hours without going for the evening Finance lecture. Cold Cold Cold. Thinks about the weather forecast for snow on Wednesday :(.
[2015] AFter bombing the TA for almost an hour, decides its good enough for the day and should head off. Calls bf for a ride to friend's place.
[2019] Heads home first, run upstairs to grab textbooks (for bf) and cooking stuff (for friend) and run out back into the car.
[2023] Arrives at West Campus. Meets friend. Pass everything to him.
[2027] Nearing 10 feet from home, decides that pontanging class is bad. Gets bf to U-Turn and head back to school for evening class.
[2040] Dropped off at hotel school. Enters lecture room with a sense of satisfaction for attending class eventually.
[2042] Professor announces that class will end early today. WHAT WHAT WHAT! :(:(:(
[2043] Desperately phone everyone for a ride home; but no one responds.
[2100] Walks home alone in the cold with wind smacking me in my face. Take wider strides.
[2115] Enters home and room which feels so cold. Mental note to get the toasty heater over the weekend.
[2135] Start designing posters and coordinating logistics for Malaysian booth at the food tasting event tomorrow. Send out more emails. Check more emails.
[2300] Finish online window shopping and finally start on work. Realize another accounting assignment is due tomorrow. Reads Psych and gets zero returns from the textbook. Starts panicking.
[2440]Blog!
[0008]Another day has arrived but the night is barely over....
Zzzz. I really should be studying now. Shall continue with this another time.
I wish more people could empathize with me. so sick of the frivolity of ppl bombing me on msn or the (lack of basis) of comparison of school lives.
ilovetotwirl at 9:42 PM
