Miss Michy

way too shy for my own good. just a statement, not a judgement.

this needs to change, but how?

despite the stress and everything, i (still) really like where i am and what i’m doing, and life is so easy to love right now.

so much has happened this semester, all of which has enriched me in so many ways. for one thing, the group i hang usually hang out with has expanded to include akil, boon ken and nina, whom i have dinner with nightly. we gel really well and it’s almost ridiculous, the amount of fun that we have.

my final research essay is due tomorrow, and i can’t wait! 2500 words, easy peasy.  so much to look back upon fondly, so much to look forward to greatly.

tomorrow: official end of semester, sumptuous dinner at Thai Thai with ken, nina, kil and cindy!

sat: slumber party at ken & akil’s. mind your language + black adder + horror movie to ‘wrap up the night’ (yunus 2009) :( :( :( (tam 2009)

sun: genting day trip! afraid of the potential cable car shaking promised by some but oh well!

mon: manpreet’s birthday lunch celebration/BMW Shorties shooting

tues: possible makeup artist/advisor for cindy’s photoshoot

wed:transformers 2 with the boys and the girls?

thurs: MUCH NEEDED REST PLS.

fri: advisor/’art director’ at housemate’s photoshoots on the streets of KL :D

sat: klue urbanscapes at KLPAC yo! 12 pm to 12 am of fashion music and art!

sun: final editing of BMW shortie video, might need to be present.

mon: home sweet home seremban :)

may the next semester be as eventful and exciting as this one was. now i’ve got to slog and churn out that paper, wish me luck!

psst - i’ve finally joined twitter! follow me at www.twitter.com/miss_michy ( missmichy was taken :((( )

back to the main post - there is so much to say about the international SEARCH conference that occupied most of the past few days, but since i have no time for a full fledged post right now, here are the key points:

i) everyone did brilliantly.

ii) my research paper will be used by one of my professors from UniSA, along with 2 other friends, due to its quality! (omg happiness much)

iii) we are all insanely happy.

iv) i’ve discovered so much beauty in my classmates. i really liked them before, but now? i think i can safely say i love them.

v) our lecturers are really, really proud of us. the foreign academics are impressed as well.

vi) a pretty famous law professor from america complimented me on my research and the presentation - and i was so glad to be able really clarify what Web 2.0 was, and its significance, for him.

vi) it was a successful outing in every way and i can go on till point 20 but i need to refine an assignment.

vii) one last thing: some thought i was an actual lecturer - credibility points UP!

pictures and more stories later.

and i discovered something: being thought of as attractive or whatever is a really pleasant thing in itself, but what probably gives me the most pleasure right now, is to realize that i’m actually really, really intelligent, and to know that others see it too. to conduct conversations with really smart people/professors and not be lost, and to be able to contribute something scintillating, something smart, is awesome.

it’s kind of the best feeling in the world, apart from being loved.

which is another thing i want to talk about, but there’s just no time. there’s a lot going on right now and i’ve still got some manner of priorities, so yes, work first, thingamajigs later.

till then - classmates, if you read this, you guys are very much loved! :) to my other readers and friends, now that i can have more of a life with this conference over, i’ll see you soon!

So that major presentation on power and activism is over, and I’m all the happier for it. However, there’s still some very scary things looming over the horizon, and as I type, I have less than 24 hours to get another huge chunk of work done.

I can do this!

Jessie asked me what I’m running on the other day when I told her about my workload. And to my surprise, I replied, “It’s cliche, but I really do love what I do. It makes everything so much easier.”

Even when you go to bed at 5 a.m to stumble out of it an hour later for more work. Everything pays off.

I’ll update soon with the story of how 8tv came to tap our brains for tv shows - one of mine got into the top 7 proposals, whichs means you might see my group’s idea on national tv at some point :) a classmate won the grand prize, with his pitch almost certainly going into production.

So proud of my batch. It’s the people I work and study with that make me wonder if, even if I had the chance, whether I would choose to spend my final year in Australia, and say goodbye to these inspirational, lovely folk.

Back to work now.

Oh, and you know one of those times where you’re actually glad you’re single for reasons apart from ‘freedom’ and whatnot?

This would be it. I can’t imagine having to handle something else, like a relationship, at the same time as all this work (it’ll be over in a week over in a week *chants as a mantra*).

Or maybe I’m just out of touch. Adios!

This was the missing post I mentioned earlier on. A boy I used to know found it for me - thank you :)

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I’m not sure what’s wrong with my site, but I can’t seem to reply on comments left on my posts. Before I blog; thank you Syaza, much appreciated, and I wish you all the best for your upcoming interviews as well!

I’m supposedly on a two week holiday, but I can’t really relax…I’ve got the research paper to prepare for the conference, one major essay on injustice due, an assignment that demands a fact sheet, a website, and a feature article for a magazine, as well as a 15-20 minute presentation on feminism.

That’s…a lot of work. I’ve got this week and next to do them all, or at least get started and be half done. No wonder everyone says Sem 2 is hell - it is, it is. I only get to stay in Seremban for a week before returning to PJ/the library to mug and research. The joys of doing a degree that involves so much reading and writing.

Plus I heard from my brother that my former class teacher/yearbook teacher asked for my number again so I can help out with this year’s edition…I can only hope the request comes at a time where I won’t have to turn it down due to time constraints.

More updates: I’ll be speaking at the international SEARCH conference on the 29th of May around 2pm in the afternoon, and my slot for that day, or the venue for the day, has the most student speakers with me, Iezu and Leonard, as well as an academician in the mix. I’ve named my paper ‘Web 2.0: By the People, For the People’.

I also make a mean baked potato with sour cream and chives, as I discovered at Dionne’s barbecue/slumber party right before the holidays. People thought I was a veteran, when in fact I had Googled the recipe only that afternoon. As I’ve said time and again, Google is your best friend, for everything from directions to getting recipes on the fly.

My younger brother won the state level essay competition he entered (where he wrote about ‘Dreams’, citing Kofi Annan and Martin Luther King etc - not bad!), and I’m so proud of him. Glad that he’s finding his niche (he’s been joining a lot of these competitions lately), even if it amuses me that we seem to be going down the same road.

Well, I’ve still got about a billion things left to do, so I’d best get started - take care now!