This morning I was just casually walking to class when suddenly, on one of the main streets on campus, I notice hundreds of tents and booths and a huge swarm of people literally everywhere. Turns out today is that day where organizations give you free stuff to try and get you to join or whatever.
So I went to class and then went around to some of these booths and whatnot looking for something interesting to join and I came across a Korean club booth and at first I was wondering if this was a "Koreans only" kind of thing but I asked anyway and they seemed kind of happy that I asked and were like, "Of course not! You can join! Come to our meeting you get free Korean food!" and whatnot so I signed my name or whatever but turns out this meeting is during my online class so I'm going to have to let the class run while I'm at the meeting or something idk.
Then I was given free "Honest ade super fruit punch" juice/tea and it was amazzzinggg. Then I won a free large tshirt, a frisbee and a really nice waterbottle so I'm very pleased that I decided to look around even though it was craziness and like a million degrees outside!
I sweat so much I thought I was going to look kind of terrible for my next class but I just felt gross that was all.
Then in my next class I found a girl who I've sat by three times now so I think maybe I can try to be her friend! I'm shy and awkward about these things so I'm hoping she doesn't see this side of me yet haha.
Now I'm just kind of chilling in my dorm; I painted my nails which I haven't done in forever so it was nice I guess. And now I'm going to /maybe/ study but the thing about today is that I'm supposed to be excited and spazzing about BTOB's comeback stage but I haven't reached that point yet, like I don't know if I'm ready for them to come back because it requires a lot on my part and..idk.
Oh well anyway hopefully the rest of the day will be exciting!
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Best Advice I've Heard
Quick Update: Registering for classes made me realize how important it is to be prepared and have back up plans beforehand if things don't go your way. Now I'm in Waco, TX with my sister and so far it's been very relaxing, mainly because it isn't nearly as busy here.
Anyway, I met a friend during Orientation and we were talking, and I wondered why it was so easy for her to befriend people and be humble about it. "How are you so likeable?" I asked.
This is what she answered:
Once you realize that no one is perfect, you can be a friend to anyone.
Pondering this made me realize that I, myself, have suffered from judging people by the little things about them that I disagree with. They might be people I could become close friends with, but if there's one thing that I don't like, I call it a "deal-breaker" and don't even attempt at a relationship.
Now that I think about it this is a terrible excuse to not become friends with someone and I think it may be the reason that I have a hard time being close to people.
Once we accept that people are different and everyone has their quirks and mistakes, we can literally accept anyone as a friend.
Okay last thing. So at Orientation they asked us to like, stand up for which statements we agreed with or related to and they read a list of statements and one of them was "Are you homophobic."
No one stood up. Not meaning no one was a homophobe...but rather no one admitted to it.
It's interesting that the things that are hardest for us to admit are things that may offend other people. Sure, everyone is entitled to an opinion but when that opinion disagrees with someone else's lifestyle, it becomes "controversial."
Honestly, I don't know how I feel about this. Shouldn't we be comfortable enough in our opinions to be able to admit to them? Why do we have to hide our opinions because it may disagree with someone else's?
I'm not saying I am homophobic nor that I am not, but the fact that no one admitted to it, yet people admitted to self-harm, being ashamed of their body, etc, was really interesting.
People admit their insecurities about themselves, but not about other people? Maybe this is exactly why we judge people so much. We aren't even comfortable enough in our own opinions to accept other peoples'.
Anyway, I met a friend during Orientation and we were talking, and I wondered why it was so easy for her to befriend people and be humble about it. "How are you so likeable?" I asked.
This is what she answered:
Once you realize that no one is perfect, you can be a friend to anyone.
Pondering this made me realize that I, myself, have suffered from judging people by the little things about them that I disagree with. They might be people I could become close friends with, but if there's one thing that I don't like, I call it a "deal-breaker" and don't even attempt at a relationship.
Now that I think about it this is a terrible excuse to not become friends with someone and I think it may be the reason that I have a hard time being close to people.
Once we accept that people are different and everyone has their quirks and mistakes, we can literally accept anyone as a friend.
Okay last thing. So at Orientation they asked us to like, stand up for which statements we agreed with or related to and they read a list of statements and one of them was "Are you homophobic."
No one stood up. Not meaning no one was a homophobe...but rather no one admitted to it.
It's interesting that the things that are hardest for us to admit are things that may offend other people. Sure, everyone is entitled to an opinion but when that opinion disagrees with someone else's lifestyle, it becomes "controversial."
Honestly, I don't know how I feel about this. Shouldn't we be comfortable enough in our opinions to be able to admit to them? Why do we have to hide our opinions because it may disagree with someone else's?
I'm not saying I am homophobic nor that I am not, but the fact that no one admitted to it, yet people admitted to self-harm, being ashamed of their body, etc, was really interesting.
People admit their insecurities about themselves, but not about other people? Maybe this is exactly why we judge people so much. We aren't even comfortable enough in our own opinions to accept other peoples'.
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