I'm not a nerd, at least that's what I tell myself. Heh. But when I'm in class, I really can't stand it when other people around me are whispering, but not in the quiet-so-others-can't-hear-you way. The loud, obvious whispering that goes on in the relatively large classes here really pisses me off. It's hard enough trying to understand what the professor is saying without other distractions going on around you. It's kind of crazy how rude some of these people are to the professors. Even the people in the very first row are chit chatting as the professor's lecturing. Argh! But the professor doesn't say anything at all, not even a glare in their direction! Errrrrrrgh. So frustratingly annoying!

/rant

Yup, it's Carnival weekend here (and the rest of the world except Asia). I never knew there was such a thing until I came here and learned that it happens in other countries as well. Yaaaah, sheltered in Taiwan? Maybe just a tad. Or I just didn't pay much attention to my surroundings. But anyway, we were going to go to Aalst today because they apparently have a pretty big parade each year. Alas, it was not meant to be. It was a rainy, gloomy, wet day, and my friend and I decided that we didn't want to go out and get wet. So instead I stayed at home and organized and cleaned the room.

Yesterday while we wandered about Leuven, there was this small musical procession. So green! Reminded us of St. Patty's Day. But yah, the music was nice. :D



Room redecoration project! First up, the walls around my bottom bunk. When I first moved in, the sofa was on the bottom, so there was no wall space. But now that I'm using the bottom as my bed, plenty of space. Lots of pictures, but not enough. I actually wanted to cover all of that white wall, until I realized I did not have enough pictures. :( The rest are Nancy Drew Postcards.


Close up of the other wall. Two of the lines of pictures are held up by string, but then I ran out of pins to string up the rest, so I just taped them on. :P Ah, I cheated.


Nancy Drew postcards! Got these (30 total) when we went to the Spy Museum in D.C. I love Nancy Drew! I think this is when my fascination with mystery novels and tv shows got its beginnings. :P

What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?

I sure am! Just barely. :P

It's been nearly a month since I last posted! What have I been doing, you ask? Well, um .... came back to Belgium and school started. Totally different from last semester in terms of number of classes (10!) and workload. Yup, I gots 10 classes this semester. Well, technically it's only 8, but because we have a class that's supposed to be taken in our second year plus a class we missed last semester due to some professor problems, we have 10 classes. Total. Oh. My. Yah, going to be a fun semester, I can tell already. Blah.

What classes, you ask? Well, let me list.

- Family Therapy
- Client-centered therapy
- Clinical Sexology
- Methods and Techniques in sex research
- Anthropology of Body (worst class thus far)
- Sex Education
- Culture Historical and Culture Philosophical Reflections on Sexuality
- Law of Gender, Sexuality and Reproduction
- Medical Sociology
- Sexual Psychology

In addition to all those, we need to be prepping for our master's thesis. Tien ah. So um, not sure how I'll survive this semester. :(