5 months or 7 months

So generally speaking, I was suppose to have five months left until I graduate. When I went to talk to my adviser, she told me I was one class away from graduating in the Spring. So according to her, I will not be graduating in May but in July. But I am not super upset about this b/c I wasn't aware that I was only one class away from graduating. I was going to risk it next semester but I could not exceed my maximum classes my head can handle. There's no way I am having a repeat of my second year. I did what I could and my adviser offered all the help that was possible. If it was my old adviser, I would have been screwed over. If only I knew about this last semester, I would have pushed it this semester by taking 5 classes but the old adviser did not provide too much help. I am, however, not pleased to hear that. I haven't been able to tell my parents about it. I know they will not approve of this but like I said, I did what I could and my adviser did what she could. It is only for one more month and no more. No matter what, if she said one more month, then one more month and only one more class. PERIOD.

So aside from all of that, I have been working endlessly. I understand that it is the holiday season but my hours are a little ridiculous! I am a full-time student and a part-time employee but I am working 9-10 hours a day! I won't be complaining if I was working at my career choice but I am not yet there. Yes, I may have 3 days free but if you think about it, I only have one day to myself. I spend the other two days at school. I never complained about it until now. Right now, I'm focusing on school more b/c it is my final year. I need all the relaxation time I can get.

Ok, enough of the complaining. Now onto the great news, I have completed the second and third round of my police applicant. I have taken and (barely) passed the written test. I ended up getting rescheduled for my oral interview. Well, I went and had my oral interview earlier this month. I did pretty well and passed it. Now I'm just waiting for a background check. I hope by the next post, I should get the news.

So, I'm just going back to studying for my finals. Until then, later...YEA! Patriots beat the Redskins! (Hahaha! I am in Redskins territory!)

6 months to go!

Note to self:

I only have 6 months until I finish with school. Please let the next 6 months run smoother than Phase 1 of the 6 months period. Please let Phase 2 be better and faster.

To my dear body:

I know I have not treated you well especially since I suffer from too much stress. Right now, I can feel your message. I can feel how difficult my breathing is right now. I am trying to relax!!!

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Anyways, you probably see how it is. I have six months left until my school career is over and I will officially have a full-time job. I know in my last post, it have not been quite a month yet.

So what have happened since my last post? Well, I have been having emotional breakdowns and all have been happening at work. A lot of things have driven me to these breakdowns but mostly stress. I did not have any trouble 2 months ago with controlling my emotions but for some strange reason, I cracked.

Other than that, I have been busy with midterms (but they're over now) and homework. Nothing new is happening at school. Other than I probably did terrible at one of my midterms b/c I had a bad case of writers cramp...blown!

Outside of work and school, I have been busy with my drawings. I have yet to complete this one drawing and now there's dents and marks all over it. It took me about 2 weeks to finally put in the details and I am still working on outlining the details!

So I have nothing else to say. I'll by working on my police stuff. So looking forward to next Saturday!

Lucky number 7 months to go!

As of today, I have 7 months left til I graduate from college...yea lucky number 7!

So right now I'm waiting for my Forensic Psychology class to start. Today, my parents left for their 8 days trip to Beijing. So what has happened since September 7th? I submitted my application to the police and got an email back with the written examination date and I need to fill out a few more information. So super excited about this opportunity! I got super excited to the point I broke my dad's mug. I am hoping that I do get a passing score on my written exam and do well in everything else. I do want to start my career soon. I hope I can get into the academy by next summer.

Other than that, nothing significant happened at school. All I've been doing is studying and studying. However, I realized that I need 21 credits before I can graduate. So that's about 7 three-credit classes. There is no way I could do that in one semester. Well I can do that but I'm not having a repeat of 2008! So that means goodbye to winter vacation. :( Bummer! But that's what I have to do to reach for my goal.

Outside of school, it has been nothing but a boring life. Nothing out of the ordinary, nothing significant happened.

As for work...I don't even want to talk about it! It's the same old, same old stuff going on since the summer.

For now, I must conclude because class is about to start and I need my full attention. Goodbye for now and see you in a month!

8 months to go...

8 more months until my anticipated graduation...

So school started...last week. It's my second day of class. So this semester, I'm taking 4 classes and going to school 2 days a week...My classes are jam packed on Mondays. I have only been to 2 classes of the 4. So what am I doing on my days off? Nothing...it has been raining for the past couple of days so there's nothing better to do. I have been drawing just random stuff and more stuff.

So what did I do on my week-long vacation? Drawing and coloring. And oh yea, I was working. I did not got anywhere interesting, I did not do anything that was interesting (unless you want to hear about going to work) and nothing in particular happened...well maybe the earthquake (which I completely missed) and the "hurricane". Why the quotation marks? It was called a hurricane but it wasn't a hurricane! It was more of wind and rain and that was it. Everyone was freaking out but it did not do any damage here.

So what's my stress level? Right now, it is at medium. I'm extremely stressed out at work followed by personal problems and to top it off, school. But lately, I feel relatively calm. But I think this is how it is when I start school. I start off not stressed and by the time mid-terms come, I'm pulling out all of my hair! However, I'm starting to have massive (or unbearable) headaches. Is this a good thing? I have no idea. These headaches are really becoming a bother because I can't sleep too well at night as these headaches are painful.

So far, I've been attempting to save my money. I'm hoping to have enough so I can buy a new and more stylish glasses frame. I've looked into other options to get books and the only best way is renting the books. I should have done this awhile ago so that way I don't have to buy all these books and in the end are being used as: paperweight, door stoppers, fillers for gaps between the night stand and dresser and defense mechanism. Lesson learned: If you are not going to need the book in the future, rent them rather than to buy them. It saves you the hassels of shopping for bargains and selling your books. Believe me, I have a bunch of books I wanted to sell away but they no longer use the books I bought therefore, no way to sell them back. Bummer!

Sleep, sleep and more sleep is what I really need. And my own place so I don't have to deal with the headaches from home. I just want a nice peaceful sleep without any interruption. And oh yea, do not call me stupid because it is getting on my last nerves.

Before concluding this entry, I must address a few things that are getting on my last nerves:

• Calling stupid (in a negative way) I honestly do not care if you call me stupid in a funny, comical way, like when we are having fun.


• Starting drama between me and whoever. I do not care for drama.


• Who does not believe that I can be whoever I want to be. I need support.


• False accusation. This end here and right now! Remember the saying, "Innocent until proven guilty."

If anyone (friends and non friends) does any of the listed above (especially the false accusation), you will not be associating with me any longer and if you are on Facebook, you will be defriended immediately!

So for now, I must return to reality and face life. And homework...*sigh*

9 more months...

9 months...until I officially graduate from college. What? What were you thinking? It's not that!

So what happened between the last time I posted thru today...school, school and more school. So I've been in school for the past month but in two weeks, I'll be done with summer school. Sadly, I only have a week for vacation. Then it is back to school for the fall semester...talk about bummer. School is fine but I think my brain is fried. I can't take it anymore. I need a vacation, my brain needs a vacation. I am trying my best in school but I'm having trouble concentrating.

Stress is a factor in my trouble with concentration. The stress from school, work and other personal problems have continued to build up inside me. I've struggle to sleep for the past 2 days and my stomach have been acting up. It feels like my stomach is rejecting the food. My body ache so I'm having a difficult time even trying to relax. I just need to take a break from everything. I need to relax but not be in so much pain. The bad stress continue to build and it is not leaving anytime soon. It's almost uncontrollable. The stress is going to take over my body and then it will be too late. I don't want the stress to control me. I want to control the stress. I can't think right. I have lost a lot of sleep and I cannot function correctly.

Aside from school, I've been working.

And oh yea, I went to Otakon the last weekend of July. Sorry to say, it was disappointing (well, at least in my opinion). I think they'll do better next year.

So this is it for now. I would say more but I got things to do and rules to follow. Daniel! Leave my toy octopus alone! What did he do?

10 months to go!

So 2 months down and 10 months to go...

So today I finished session one of my summer semester and I hope to finish this class with a C or better. Let's see...not much has happened since the last time I updated. It was the same routine everyday; wake up early in the morning, hop on the bus, go to class and go home. Fridays is the same as everyday after I got my hours cut! Now I'm working 3 days a week and left wondering if the cut is permanant or temporary. I'm starting to enjoy getting Fridays off but I'm not making the money I need. Anyways, back to the school topic, so one month down for summer session and another to go. I was surprised to see that I am actually doing well in a math class. Most of the time, I'll be doing horrible.

Lately, my focus have been on work. I think it is time to find another job. I have my hours cut and the drama is back. Honestly, drama needs to stay in the theatre and not at an arts and craft store. It's starting to get out of hand again. All I'm saying is that I do not care about your problems and I do not want to be involved.

Since the problems arised at work, my temper and attitude has gotten bad. I am trying to control my temper but there's always someone or something sparking the fire. It's difficult to control it when all these problems keep coming at me.

So nothing new or significant happened since June 10th. Oh well, maybe next months, something unusual and/or interesting will happen (at school, not at work). We'll just wait and see. For now, it time for sleep. So hope to see you next months...LATER!

11 months to go...

Here I go again and 11 months left until I graduate from college. So what happened since May 18th? I had one week of summer vacation, which was not as exciting since I was stuck at home most of that week and I had work. Then last week, I started summer session at main campus. I have class everyday at 9:30 am. I have not gotten used to getting up earlier (6:00 am) just so I can catch the 7:50 am bus to main campus.

Not too much has happened since the last post other than my BFF and her boyfriend are in town visiting and chilling. She's only here for one week and then she is going back to her current home. Even though it took her a while to finally get to Union Station (Thanks for the 3 hours delay, Amtrak!), we got to chill for a bit but I'm saving the fun for last.

Who knew some, NOT ALL, people on main campus can be really mean! Yes, I am a student at UMCP but I go to the satillite campus. I ask for simple directions to the Stamp Union/Bookstore and all I get is people ignoring me or telling me to "go find it yourself." Ok...It was not the answer I was seeking but it doesn't mean those certain people have to be super mean. When someone at Shady Grove ask me a question or direction, I give it to them but I won't be telling them to "go find it yourself." I just don't understand what was their problem.

Other than school and life, work is getting more stressful. Just yesterday, I felt everything was in order before 3:00 pm. Afterwards, it became a bit chaotic. The new supervisor is still learning so I absolutely don't blame her for anything. She's still new at this. But then, after 3, something sparked the fire and everything just went crazy. I am not happy with a few cashiers (well maybe 2) not doing their jobs. One cause so much problem. She decided on when to take her break when it was clearly marked down when to prevent cashier shortage. Then after 5, the chaos died down and everything went back to normal. I do not know how this chaos broke out. The boss went on vacation for about a week and then she comes back to a chaotic environment. Two MODs butting heads, one MOD making up accusations and the same MOD hiding in the office and not doing her job. I only know about the false accusation the previous Sunday MOD was making up because she wants to. I don't know what's all this mess but I don't want to get involved in this. I just want to come into work, do my job and earn the money to pay off my tuition.

I can go on but it's 2:14 am and I am getting super tired. I have lost a lot of sleep since summer session began and I just want to have one day to sleep. Well, that's all for now. Be sure to check back in July for any new updates as I continue my journey to graduation...Til then, as Spock will put it, "Live Long and Prosper." (I just enjoy using 'Star Trek' quotes!!!)

12 months to go

May 19th, 2011: 1 year to go

Starting today and ending at or around this time next year, I will be taking one day out of each month to document my journey to the end (of college, that is).

So today I see my friends ending their college days and moving into the career world. Oh yes, I am pretty jealous about this. So this is how it went: Fall of 2007: We entered our first year of college at different schools. By now, most of my friends are starting their 101 level courses while I was stuck taking 001, 095 courses. Spring of 2008: Everyone else continue taking their college level courses. I am taking mostly elective courses. Fall 2008: I just finally take my college level courses. Everyone else is taking the next level courses. Fall 2010: I transferred to a university and took 300 level courses, everyone is finishing their final fall semester. Here we are today, I have one more exam left (who knew this course was combined with another university) and then I'm free...for about a week. Then I'm back to school for two more months of torture (What? I need to take 2 courses before I can graduate!). Why must getting a good career this much torture?! Ok seriously, it's not all torture.

Other than school, I got work to deal with. Not the job I want but it will do for right now. Work has its ups and downs. Up: Flexible schedule, great environment, "friendly" atomosphere. I say "friendly" because not everyone there is as friendly and awesome co-workers. Down: Can be stressful at times, crappy Saturday night MOD (I am not talking about the GM or AGM) on some nights, 2 annoying and useless workers.

Anyways, I need to finish studying and more studying. Then off to school to take my last final exam of the semest...DANIEL! YOU FARTED ON MY COUCH! You didn't need to know that!

Check back in June for the latest update as I continue my journey to end of my college days.

Spock Out! (Ahhhh...the joy of watching Star Trek)