Summer 2014: Life Update #4

I have finally reached the end of my week from hell. It might be a little extreme to call it that, but believe me when I say that I am more than thrilled for this week to be over. Why? Well… Continue reading

Self-Reflection/Creative Writing Week

Tomorrow marks my last week of vacation before starting spring semester. In a way, I’m kind of sad to be giving up my alone time in the apartment and trading it in for classes. As for my activity list, well, only a few items will be completed when it’s all said and done, and none of them will be the big adventurous kind like climbing Diamond head or hiking Manoa Falls. But I’m not saddened by that. There will be some other items that will be accomplished. I am deeming next week “Self-Reflection and Creative Writing Week.” Several items on my activity list involve me doing something I haven’t really done in years: writing. Yes, I realize I operate two blogs that are both writing intensive, but not in the way I plan on being in the next 7 days. Everyday next week I will post something (or multiple things) covering different subjects (such as the first installment about my truth about undergrad) and spanning different genres (from poetry to prose and everything in between). I will also be hardcore Netflix bingeing and catching up on my reading. So to start off the week (though I realize it’s still Saturday here in Honolulu), I have an apology to make: Continue reading

The Prediction

“I’m going to make a prediction about Rhonda.”

That’s exactly how this started. Little did I know that being asked to discuss my teaching assignment in my pedagogy class would lead to the following announcement from my professor/adviser: Continue reading