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Date Posted: 11:40:14 09/06/11 Tue
Author: EC
Subject: Back to my reality

Indeed, the reality started to kick in when all my friends and family are finally flying back home. It was the last Monday. However, God probably know that I am not ready for the reality and decide to take couple things off my schedule last week. THANK YOU LORD!!!!!!!! With the long weekend just passed, I gradually geared up myself, took a deep breath, and got ready for all the tasks waiting for me.

Honeymoon and marriage life have been wonderful. Hawaii is definitely a place that I would like to visit again and hop on different islands =) The most amazing thing is that my wife mode kicks in automatically. Well, at least I haven't started taking classes yet while K has been working every day. I think it's fair that I did all the cleaning and cooked every day for the 1st week =P

It's always hard to get back to sch work. Dissertation and internship application (see below description*) are like two big burdens on my shoulder. Over the long weekend, I have been ups and down. Whenever I have to encounter the internship application, I feel like as if there is a dark cloud evolving my head. Whenever I feel stress, I tend to escape - I will do other tasks that give me a feeling of moving-forward. I will start watching TV episodes that I don't have to use my brain. I will do anything except the internship application. That's totally a vicious cycle as I get more and more overwhelmed by procrastination. Therefore, I have to engage into many positive self talks. All I hope is that I can have a placement for my final year, I can graduate, and I can finally slow down my life at least for a while. I just need to take a deep breath and dive into this muddy water until I see the light. I am glad that K is swimming with me now =)

*Internship application: It's an application that kinda marks the final stage of my program. Very competitive and stressful process. I have to apply to 18-20 sites all over the nation, hoping to have 5 sites that will interview me. After all these preparation, no guarantee that I will get a site. If not, I have to apply next year again).*

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