wasted the day away doing anything but studying... last night i drew a pretty map of southeast asia and managed to convince myself that that was studying. on the other hand i do remember precisely the shapes, sizes and locations of every southeast asian nation, plus their capitals. on the other other hand, there are only 11.

after gus left today i had even less motivation to study.. least of all french. it is so hard to get into it because its pure memorization. what is female what is male where does this pronoun go, before or after this and that article, bla bla bla... i love it but the tests really kill me

going to entertain the idea that sleeping little is perfectly alright as long as i down a can of ice coffee in the morning on an empty stomach. i think it works!!! gus and i have found a new studying haven. i drink coffee there with three packs of sugar and creamer. i still love milo, but milo is not going to help me pass my midterms at all. 


i will save milo for days where i don't have to have bloodshot eyes trying to desperately keep open and a mind so fatigued all it wants is to receive images of a blank wall... i dream of languorous days like in Bintan, which i haven't blogged about, but it was really great, and i had tons of fun. for some reason my computer has reformatted to underline, in red, almost every single word indicating it has a grammatical or spelling error. i spent five minutes looking at "languorous". i don't think i've suddenly lost the capacity to spell or construct sentences though... or have i