Yes it has. I haven't been updating much because I forget that I have this blog and I'm just not usually in the writing mood. I will have to change that. So what is new with me?
In the beginning of the year, I started the sketch challenge but I only lasted to about 15 days. I really wanna continue it even though it's been a month since I have last sketched. I am bad with commitment, huh? It was just a way for me to feel creative again. I believe in the 15 days that I sketched, I saw improvement with my skill. So... I gotta keep it up.
School resumed. I have pretty decent classes but I'm at the point again where I am behind on my readings and I'm starting to slack. Gotta find that motivation!
For the summer, I wasn't planning on doing anything big but I found another study abroad opportunity and I am going to take it! I would be traveling to Taipei, Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai, and Beijing with a business administration program where we would be visiting companies and doing cultural things. I am really excited so I've started to save up money, which is going okay. The only other thing I need to worry about is my GPA and see if they'll let me pass. Crossing my fingers! Ah, I really hope I get to go! If not, I wouldn't be that upset. I will just have to make up for it by planning a trip. Teehee!
I have been extremely moody and irritated with my boyfriend again. Ahhhhh. It's driving him and I nuts. I wish I wasn't feeling this way and being mean to him but whatever he does is just not satisfying me. I think I just need my own space away from him. Living in this studio apartment with him and seeing him 24/7 can feel quite suffocating.
The end of our lease is ending soon and hopefully, I have my next living situation all figured out. I just kinda went with it because, honestly, I'm kind of desperate for anything. I decided to room with this guy friend of mines and his other friends that I'm acquainted with. I realized... I'm the only girl. I've known this guy for a few years and this year, I've really gotten to know him a little more. The new place is right by campus so it's super convenient for us and the divided rent is less than $300. I anticipate that there will be several parties but oh well :\ They're a good bunch of guys and I just hope they know how to give people their own personal space. Overall, it's odd thinking of me rooming with them, haha. All is well.
Lastly, I've begun my first, actual ethnography study for a class. It has to be food-related so I've decided to do a research on the Hmong post-pregnancy diet. My fieldwork is around my friend's sister who I have known for a while now. This will be her second pregnancy. She'll actually be giving birth by the end of this week if all goes as expected. So far, we have been having conversations and interviews. I'm going on a whim here because it is my first experience so I have to take in all that I can learn. It's hard because I don't really know how to ask the right questions or formulate more questions... so there would be awkward moments. I really have to do more research on that. haha. Anyways, wish me luck.
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