tashidelek
Hello all.
I decided that it's a good time to start writing in my livejournal again. Not because I have something urgent to post or something like that, but mostly because this is a way for my family and friends to keep tabs on me and how I feel. I am really bad with writing emails, but I still try to. Livejournal is probably the least personal way of communicating, but everyone has to agree that it is pretty convenient. So after this I am probably going to send my livejournal link to my family so they can read up on how I am feeling, what I've been doing, and etc.
It's amazing to think of all the changes that have occured in the year 2006 alone. My sister is married and from now on Gandhi is my brother-in-law? My grandma just recently passed away, and now I am living in downtown NYC all by myself? And to think that just a little over 3 months ago I was once standing on Tibetan land. It really is a strange life.
But that's the past. That's all just memory. What matters is now. Classes are great. People are awesome. Life is good. I can't say that I feel one particular way or another about anything. I am just absorbing every new change without any expectation. I think it's better this way, to not have any expectation, because in a sense it's almost like having control over how I think/feel.
It's pouring outside and I really want a comfy couch, a cup of hot chocolate, and a good book to read. So the other day I bought two books from Mercer Books (it's nextdoor to my class) and they are The Bhagavad Gita--Adriana's recommendation--and The Way of the Boddhisatva by Shantideva. I started reading Shantideva but haven't even finished the ridiculously long Introduction section. The commentaries made by the translator are really interesting but I will say more about the book when I am finished.
I'm enjoying and sliding in easily to the pace of the New York life. But yeah nothing notable has surfaced. Most of the time I am busy trying to catch up on reading and essay writing. When I am not busy doing that, I am busy trying to get to know my floormates better. It's really hard to get to know anybody here because everyone comes as quickly as he/she goes. You meet someone and he/she is gone the next minute. Chances are, you're probably not going to see them for another month or so. It's actually kind of nice but I really wish one or two persons would stick around long enough for me to appreciate them.
I don't really miss anything. I'm just quietly anticipating for many exciting things to happen.
I decided that it's a good time to start writing in my livejournal again. Not because I have something urgent to post or something like that, but mostly because this is a way for my family and friends to keep tabs on me and how I feel. I am really bad with writing emails, but I still try to. Livejournal is probably the least personal way of communicating, but everyone has to agree that it is pretty convenient. So after this I am probably going to send my livejournal link to my family so they can read up on how I am feeling, what I've been doing, and etc.
It's amazing to think of all the changes that have occured in the year 2006 alone. My sister is married and from now on Gandhi is my brother-in-law? My grandma just recently passed away, and now I am living in downtown NYC all by myself? And to think that just a little over 3 months ago I was once standing on Tibetan land. It really is a strange life.
But that's the past. That's all just memory. What matters is now. Classes are great. People are awesome. Life is good. I can't say that I feel one particular way or another about anything. I am just absorbing every new change without any expectation. I think it's better this way, to not have any expectation, because in a sense it's almost like having control over how I think/feel.
It's pouring outside and I really want a comfy couch, a cup of hot chocolate, and a good book to read. So the other day I bought two books from Mercer Books (it's nextdoor to my class) and they are The Bhagavad Gita--Adriana's recommendation--and The Way of the Boddhisatva by Shantideva. I started reading Shantideva but haven't even finished the ridiculously long Introduction section. The commentaries made by the translator are really interesting but I will say more about the book when I am finished.
I'm enjoying and sliding in easily to the pace of the New York life. But yeah nothing notable has surfaced. Most of the time I am busy trying to catch up on reading and essay writing. When I am not busy doing that, I am busy trying to get to know my floormates better. It's really hard to get to know anybody here because everyone comes as quickly as he/she goes. You meet someone and he/she is gone the next minute. Chances are, you're probably not going to see them for another month or so. It's actually kind of nice but I really wish one or two persons would stick around long enough for me to appreciate them.
I don't really miss anything. I'm just quietly anticipating for many exciting things to happen.