About today: woke up really early in the morning to go to school, prepared for the presentation to the freshies for the department talk, and had a really short one in the end due to time constraint. attended the briefing after that, talked to professor again for cca-related stuff, went back to the room to draft my speech for saturday, had a meeting, then looked for prof again.

it has really been a long journey, it has been trying; though i do admit that sometimes it's really worth the pain. some professors have been like angels to me - they have inspired me and encouraged me to search for what i enjoy doing. of one positive and inspiring conversation i probably will not forget, was with a prof last friday. i literally just sat in his office to talk to him for 1.5 hours! at first he told me he had 1.5 hours to spare cos immediately after he had to chair a seminar, but i thought i won't take up too much of his time (i'd expected at most half an hour lol!), afterall, it's just an interview with like 5 questions..

but he ended up sharing alot more, not just about academics, but alot about his personal experiences, his beliefs and what he enjoys doing. i don't think i'll forget what he said. he made me so glad i decided to do this and happy that i'll be writing all of this down and publishing it (though sad to say i cant record everything down). he talked about how students always feel that grades are important, but it really is not. what's important is to work on what interests you and what you enjoy - in that way, you will discover your true self and what you do will impact you positively and help you somewhere along life. he also shared that one of his best choices in life was to become an economics professor, then he corrected himself and said that his best choice in life is to find his wife. :]

moments like these make it worth the sacrifice..

:)
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