October 7, 2012
Hey journal buddies!
So last year, when I was still a nascent freshman making my way into the world of the American collegiate experience, having fall break in October, just a month and a half into the semester seemed a little needless. Euphoric as every freshman is about college, I was on the high of Hamilton life and with my what-a-wonderful-world goggles on, I couldn’t see why anyone would need to run for the hills, or more appropriately, from them, so soon in the game. I do now though…
Hamilton with its academic due is kicking into high octane this week. With a French exam on Monday, an economics problem set due Tuesday, an economics exam on Wednesday, an Africana Studies paper due Thursday and a final performance for acting class on Friday, I sit through the final moments of the weekend before the educational roller-coaster ride begins. And as this Sunday dwindles into Monday, I essentially feel like a piñata about to be whacked hard in the behind by deadlines and exams.
So, as I overdose on Café Opus’s Opus Magnums and embark on a series of perpetual all-nighters, fall break seems like quite the savior now. And with that, I concede once more that the people that make administrative decisions like when to have breaks or not, are certainly way smarter than I am.
Major / Minor: Theatre / Art
Activities: House of Brockmann productions, WHCL, "From Where I Sit" column editor for The Spectator, Southeast Asian Student Association, Rainbow Alliance and MP^2
Favorite Pastimes: Hanging out with friends watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S., acting, overloading on chai and chocolate chip cookies, singing and bopping to Disney songs in the shower, day-dreaming of Cafe Opus's mango brie paninis
Hometown: Gujranwala, Pakistan
High School: Lahore College of Arts and Sciences
