sunshine

Its a bit ironic that I use the term sunshine to describe my feelings today. Considering that I had a 9am class on a rainy morning coupled with a minimum of 2 hours of sleep(my warped clock, tsk), the signs for a monday blues seem both ominious and imminent. However, this turned out to be my best monday for weeks.

Its amazing how little things in life can bring you so much joy. A simple sms from someone special just filled my heart with warmth that the cold weather cannot override. Though, I won't make the mistake of reading too much into it, as there are too much uncertainties le, but I'm really happy. And, sometimes, moments of happiness like this are not meant to be rationally deconstructed.

And my best friend, Andrew who went M.I.A.-ing in KL with his work, work, work is finally online for the longest time ever(ok, i may be exaggerating, but hey, a month is a long time for me with regards to him, bleahz). I got to catch up with him again, hearing that he's doing fine, rocks. Telling him I miss him and knowing that he miss me too just make the day perfect. And, yes, my graduation day is far far away, but he already promised he will try his best to take leave from his work to come for it. How sweet! Shucks, I sound so gay, but if there is anyone in this world who's indispensible to me at this moment(with the exception of my family), its him. 11 yrs of friendship and counting.

School took a turn for the better too. I have managed to take it easier le. And with my filtering mechanism turned on to filter analysis from crap and my decision to switch off at crap at intervals and start drawing things on my notebook, I felt so much more at ease. What's more, there are still instances in classes that I will feel the need to speak up and actually enjoy doing that, taking a stand, speaking from a position of strength and even just some lighthearted talk. haha, its actually amazing to me how once you identify a problem, you can actually remedy it so soon.

After four weeks of school, there's actually an interesting presentation! The third presenter, Ying Shi for regional security seminar captured my attention for her whole presentation and the q n a session. She did the unimaginable thing........trying to sell a grand theory. Whole-ly unconventional and quite original indeed. Not the regular staple that my peers have dished out so far(and what I might possibly do too). A pity that her grand theory has many flaws in it that probably the majority of the class(sadly, including me) could not really buy it. The usual refrains from the ps cohort have to come into factor again, using established theoretical construct, questioning the argument with the other side of the coin and basically trying to bash something original. Sighz, must our minds really be so closed, I kinda wonder. I am seriously hoping that she can iron out the limitations of her argument and polish that raw gem into a diamond. For, originality and boldness in her argument did capture my attention. For whatever the limitations of the points in her presentation, that was a really interesting viewpoint. Her presentation brought semblances of the criticisms levelled towards Grand theorists such as Huntington(Clash of Civilization thesis) and Mackinder(Heartland theory).

What a great way to start the week! Going gym-ing tommorow too. :)