220102, 1720hr, central time.

my mind works in strange ways. today has to be my busiest day since the start of the semester, because besides my regular classes today, i also went for my circuits TA's office hours, ran some errands, went jogging during lunch break, and had lab for the first time in the semester. i got home just about 10 minutes ago, i'm physically absolutely exhausted. yet, at the same time, i also feel strangely happy. somehow.

my japanese class keeps me really happy everyday. for at least an hour, that is. besides my handsome sensei, i get to see my classmates, speak bad japanese, and actually have some fun, laughter and interactions in class. most of the time, i talk to the friends i already made since last semester's japanese class though, cos the other people also seem to already know one another. clique-ish. today, however, i talked to this other girl, who seems to be alone most of the time. it turns out that she's half korean and half chinese, but her father speaks japanese to her. she's taken japanese in high school for 3 years, so she speaks pretty well though she insists that her reading and writing skills suck. she's kinda sweet and a little shy. i like her. i feel like a big sister, think she's just a freshman. maybe i'll invite her to come have dinner with my old japanese classmates, i think they'll like her too.

my lab TA is quite nice too. clems is supposed to be my lab partner, but he's got something on and wasn't there today. so i had to do the lab on my own, which isn't really all that difficult at all. i think my TA felt sorry for me though, he was always there to check on me, and when he found out that i had to redo everything because i forgot to label the graphs before i printed them out, he apologised for not reminding me. strange. never had a TA apologise to me before for my own stupid mistake. hahaha.

then on my way home, i met this old friend of mine, who i got to know through the kcsa activities. he's already graduating this may, i can't believe it. it was fun chatting with him, wondering how come we didn't bump into each other more often, despite both living at the same area, studying at the same building [he's an electrical engineer as well], and still working actively with kcsa. it's all very strange, how we always seemed to miss each other. so this time, it's nice to bump into him again.

i guess it's been a very constructive day for me. i didn't exercise at all over the weekend, so it was good to go jogging today. [the weather was glorious! i was actually sweating, jogging outside. wow.] i made a new friend. met an old friend. though i didn't get much sleep last night, i still feel pretty alert right now. so it's all good. more work to be done tonight, to complete the day, so i'm meeting lizhen later at the coffee house. ah, getting back to the swing of school, definitely.

i feel very accomplished today. *pat on the back* i feel good.