So I got back from home last night and finished writing my two papers today after a lot of stress. I also showed my WISC video in class and got good feedback. Surprisingly enough I didn't do any reading whatsoever. I'm thoroughly behind 5 chapters in reading, plus four more chapters due next week. I really thought today was going to be painful, but it went surprisingly smooth. I am positive God is looking after me. Nevertheless, I have a session to lead tomorrow, a meeting that I don't know how will turn out and a group session to do all in the next 24 hours.
Ironically, after thinking of how crappy my gpa might be this semester, I was nominated for Kappa Delta Pi. I was wondering if there was an honor society on campus for my major :) Anyway, aside from the GPA, they require a nomination from full time faculty to be accepted. I got our director to sign and nominate me today, so I guess I'm in :). I just need to turn in my application by Feb 23. Our initiation is in April, but I really would have preferred Psi Chi or Phi Beta Kappa. Being a psych major gives me fond memories, especially when your professors are considered gods in the psych world and you are in the same honor society as B.F. Skinner. Anywho, the thrill is not as grand to get into an honor society when you're in gradschool, but apparently most people don't get nominated until they graduate, so lucky me that I got nominated after my first semester ^^. Well I guess I should get to planning my group counseling session for tomorrow. I'm so dreading that research advisory meeting with Dr. D. D:
Happy Day :)
I totally should be writing my paper since my classmates are also freaking out about it, but I'm not. I don't feel motivated enough to do it, and I've never been one to force myself to become motivated since nothing really good comes out of it when I'm unmotivated I guess I work better under pressure. Tomorrow, once I get back to LA I'll definitely have to start and finish writing my two papers. For now, I'm enjoying my birthday lazy weekend.
Today I woke up to hearing noisy pots and pans in the kitchen. My parents were busy cooking for me. I didn't think my mom would cook so much food for us the four of us. I think if my mom didn't have to work today, we could have eaten out to save my mom the trouble. Nevertheless the food was excellent :)
Unlike my other 20+ birthdays, I felt like my dad was finally treating me like an adult. I guess since I'm paying for my own apartment, bills and everything else, I also feel more like one. It's actually scary, yet liberating to finally be paying for your own place by yourself under your name, especially when I've always had everything handed to me by my parents since young. Anyway, my dad finally spoke to me about my getting married. He told me I should not settle. Of course I always thought that I wouldn't as much as possible either, but I know sometimes you have to weigh in what matters most to you. Ultimately you will never get everything to line up the way you really want it. I know that if I wait too long, things might change, but still it wouldn't be fair to him or me to get married out of practicality or lukewarm feelings. That aside, career is my top priority for now, so he should be able to understand and wait for me if he really loves me that much.
Anywho, my mom bought me a beautiful yummy cake from Bread Basket (family tradition) and we drank some wine. We had some pancit, puto, ginataan and Ate Estelle made some diniguan (chocolate meat XD) and nanay made some laksa and some adobo. For some reason, my mom always manages to cook something no matter how busy she is. She had work today, but was still able to make all that food. My dad also helped make puto and ginataan. We went to church while my dad made the puto. I got to wear my other cute shoes :). At around 1pm some guests arrived. I didn't know my mom invited anyone. We watched Transformers. It was pretty good. If they deepen the storyline a bit, I think it would be much better though. It's a bit focused on Shia's character Sam. I am still miffed about the fact that Optimus Prime never says "Autobots, transform!" and there was no hint of the original theme song anywhere in the movie! I was sorely disappointed. Plus Megatron doesn't turn into a bazooka. How sad. Anyway Harry seemed to like it a lot and couldn't take his eyes off the screen.
So I took that Myheritage.com celebrity look-alike thing again. My usual suspects are Song Hye Kyo, and Gong Li almost every time. This time with my most current picture (granted it isn't full front) I get Matsu Takako as my closest lookalike. I usually get her as the farthest. ^^ Anyway I like the picture they chose to match me. Second place is Song Hye Kyo still and Amazingly enough, a bunch of really beautiful women I've never been matched with before aside from Gabrielle Union.
Check it out.
I'm officially 26. As the clock struck 12mn, I was checking raw scores for an achievement test I need to score for a class. I kinda feel like Harry Potter in that sense. Anyway I need to get these papers done. It totally doesn't feel like my birthday at all, but I know it will be sunny today and pretty like it was yesterday. Too bad I'll be doing a bunch of class work. I'm just glad I got to got to feel pretty and appreciated by my friend on her wedding day yesterday :) Btw,the waiters at the reception refused to give me wine, because they thought I was under aged. Not that I care for alcohol anyway. I had some white wine after making ravioli in white sauce and had some cheese platter and crackers. The wine was okay, but I guess I'm really not a alcohol lover. Anyway I'll get to eat the ever so special cake I really love that my mom bought for me. My mom also bought me two pairs of really cute shoes :) so that makes me happy. I lucked out that they actually had size 5 dress shoes. It's so annoying to almost never find your size when you have tiny feet.
Bye bye Polaroid ):
Shine is sad.
Now what am I going to do with my i-zone with sticky film?! (;_;)
