Didith Rodrigo's blog post about Ateneo's performance in the ACM Intercollegiate Programming Competition reminded me that the first-years I taught are in their fourth year now, and will soon face the Real World. I miss teaching...
Random Emacs symbol: planner-page-name - Function: Return the canonical form of a Muse page name.
One of the things about always being on, always working on stuff, is that it's sometimes hard to remember to just breathe. I'm glad that Simon's around to remind me of these things and to share those moments. He came over last night. We talked until almost one o' clock. I showed him the video of my Emacs presentation, and he laughed and regretted missing it. Much of the time, though, we just sat on the couch and relaxed. Note to self: when I have my own place, I need a more comfortable couch...
A good way to grow friendships (or relationships, for that matter) is to do non-work stuff together. I initially stuck this under OnLove#date-ideas, but realized it was generally applicable.
Objectives for activities:
| Familiar surroundings | Change of scene | |
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Art and culture
Feel free to suggest more!
Random Emacs symbol: bbdb-finger-host-field - Variable: *The field for special net addresses used by "M-x bbdb-finger".
My mom sent me a penguin stuffed toy! =) And cute cat self-adhesive notes! And a Halloween gift box with a cute cat on it! =) Awww...
Random Emacs symbol: ucs-input-activate - Function: Activate UCS input method.
The Graduate House Halloween bash is still going on downstairs. The loud whoops seem to indicate that people are still having tons of fun. But I don't have any energy. I feel so out of things.
This lethargy started at dinner. Maybe an MSG overload at the Japanese place we went to? Not eating there again.
But there's also... well... it's never really been my scene. That's why I still insist that I'm an introvert. I don't get a thrill out of just partying.
I'm tired. I don't want to meet more people right now. I want to get to know the people I know, and maybe go from them to the people they think I should know.
The high energy, bubbly person most people know - that's me. That's a real me. But there's also a quieter, deeper me. That's a real me, too. I think it's time for people to get to know that side of me. (That said—I might be quieter, but I still think life is good!)
Or maybe this is just the MSG talking...
Random Emacs symbol: mail-extr-disable-voodoo - Variable: *If it is a regexp, names matching it will never be modified.
Sacha Chua
enterprise social computing consultant, storyteller, author, geek
sacha@sachachua.com136
http://sachachua.com137
Currently: Toronto, Canada
Originally: Manila, Philippines
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