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so today after first class my friends and i went to the canteen to eat breakfast. when apple and i got there, we found a vacant table. but on the bench, we saw this...

HAHA! laugh trip! of course, we didn't have the heart to wake kitty up so we looked for another table instead after taking pictures of the cute little kitty sleeping like a baby.

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my former school rocks! check the website out: www.diplomaticschoolyangon.com! there's this forum for ex-students and i just might find more of my grade school friends there. deeees eeees soooo coooool, man! but compared to the other ex-students, i'm one of the oldest already. HAHA! but it's a stellar idea to put up a website like that where DSY students (old or new) can get together because the student body is composed of diverse nationalities. even the locals move abroad for high school or college so it's a great way to come together after years of not being in touch. plus, i can't believe Daw Myo Myint is still the principal! OMG! she was the principal a year or two after i enrolled in nursery school!!! oh wow! this must be a world record!

thanks to my grade school best friend Esther for telling me about the newly-launched website. (what's your blog's URL again? i forgot! HAHA!)

speaking of Myanmar, i still haven't finished my seminar paper (topic: Myanmar: On the Road to Democracy). i figured it would be just fair if i wrote a paper on it because i lived there for 8 years. it was my home and it will always be. i had the best times growing up there. i miss everything about Yangon, even our road trips (that would take us for days) visiting historical places like Bagan and May-Myo. last semester, i studied Burmese history for Dr. Boncan's class and it was only then when i realized how historical Bagan was as the center of the Burmese Empire way back. plus, it's a different feeling when you realize that the places you've been to play a major role in the history of a country. makes you feel blessed you actually stepped on Burmese soil.

then there's politics in Myanmar. it's even much worse than the Philippines. or maybe they're on the same ground. i saw Aung San Suu Kyi in flesh just by taking the road where her house was. she's on house arrest so during that time while i was in the car we'd pass by her green gate where she would talk to her people from behind the gate guarded by soldiers. i knew she was someone important because i read her biography but i didn't reall understand Burmese politics then except when i keep hearing "Do-ye! Do-ye! Democracy ya-si ye!" when translated, it's their cry for democracy. college students go to the streets and fight for their grievances.

i also miss the food, the annual April water festival, and the people!

so yes, this paper has a sentimental value to me.

anyway, i will work on that. for now, i have to study for an exam tomorrow.

oh, according to a Are you a geek? a nerd? or a dork? test i took, i'm a NERD. what the hell?! i don't even like school! i was hoping that i'd score a geek. but noooo. i had to be the NERD. i still claim that i'm a GEEK.

this was the result:

Pure Nerd
65 % Nerd, 39% Geek, 26% Dork

For The Record:

A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.
You scored better than half in Nerd, earning you the title of: Pure Nerd.

The times, they are a-changing. It used to be that being exceptionally smart led to being unpopular, which would ultimately lead to picking up all of the traits and tendences associated with the "dork." No-longer. Being smart isn't as socially crippling as it once was, and even more so as you get older: eventually being a Pure Nerd will likely be replaced with the following label: Purely Successful.

Congratulations!

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but by definition, I AM A GEEK. take that!

take the test too from here!

good bye!