BUT DAANG. The last time I posted on this thing was on my birthday, and it wasn't that happy of a post either. Wow...my birthday was on August, 11 2010. And now it's November 10, 2010. It's almost been 4 months since I wrote on this thing. Crazy. But then again it's not that crazy. Because ten days after my birthday, August 21st, I went to college.
College really is something impossible to capture within words. It's my education. It's my friends. It's my stress. It's my home. It's my new life. From right now, thinking back to the beginning, it's hard to imagine that it's been about 3 months already, but it's harder to imagine that it's been only 3 months. At UVA, I've met some of the best friends of my life, faced some of the hardest situations, and had some of the most memorable experiences yet.
When I comb through this before I publish it, I'll probably think that I sound over-hyped and exaggerative (is that a word...? LOL). But right now that's really how I feel. College has taken my almost monotonous life and completely tossed it around. There's so much going on, even though it's starting to slow down in some ways, that it's too hard to just write about. So, following in suit of Gigi, I think I'll try to describe it through the people here. Experiences aren't much without people, anyway.
Well obviously I have to start with someone other than John, because he matters the least right now. So let me go on about my friend in my Statistics cla--HA I kid. I think an introduction of people here beginning with anyone other than John would be terribly put together.
So here's to John Bisu Lee:
Well, as most of you know, John is my roommate here at UVa. But he's also one of my best and closest friends. A lot of people had said that you shouldn't room with people that you're close with, but so far I haven't regretted decision. Although, I have to admit that living with a close friend can be stressful if there's some tension, over all, I wouldn't want to change it. Living with someone who knows me almost too well, and someone who I can be completely open with, takes away an incredible amount of stress from the "college experience." I know people here who almost never want to go back to their dorm, because their random roommate turned out to be a total tool. But I don't have this stress lurking around the whole day. I said in earlier posts that I was very thankful to have John going to UVa with me, and that still is true today. And back then, there is no way that I could have appreciated this as much as I do now. I never expected to meet my roommate online, let alone one of my best friends. It still makes me think, "What the hell....LOL," to this day, but 아직 너무 감사해. Even though John makes a lot of people uncomfortable (only initially though, just cause he's so upfront about things. It's a good thing.), college is a bit more comfortable for me, In fact, probably because of John, I've made some of the closest friends of my life here at UVa as well.
Alex:
Alright, so before anyone asks, Alex is still first ONLY because his name is alphabetically before Charles' LOL. But really it's cause I like him more (농담 ㅋㅋ). But yeah, dang...it's a whole different story with Alex. I never believed (or wanted to believe, rather) that you meet some of your best friends at college. But how foolish was I. While there's definitely still the same huge place for those certain people that I love from before college, and while I'm not so immature that I would replace them, never would I have foreseen the relationships I now have made here. Too bad Alex isn't one of them......................
LOL. But seriously, Alex is probably one of the best examples of what I was talking about above. When I talk to Alex, sometimes it really seems like I'm talking to myself. Not to sound homo or anything, but it seems like because we're so similar in a lot of ways, we have this friendship where we can already understand each other without really having to say much. I remember this one time in particular, when we were walking to the corner through the lawn (BAHAH this sounds so weird to people not from UVa), Alex was saying something about himself which, to him, he couldn't really explain. But I actually had the same issue, if you could call it that, and basically finished what he couldn't say. It's like that quote from the brilliant C.S. Lewis that says, "Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, What! You too? I thought I was the only one." And that moment on the lawn was exactly one of those moments. From then on, I knew that Alex would become one of my best friends. Not just here, but in general. I can only look forward now, for the rest of the 4 years that will come, and hopefully to New York and Grad School (LOLOL), and to the rest of my life, keeping Alex close.
Charles:
Charles too. A lot of what I had to say above fits Charles just as well. I remember this other time when It was just him and I sitting in his room after econ one day. I was supposed to study for Stats, but knowing me, I just chilled instead. Somehow we got to talk about pretty deep topics, about beliefs, great moments of faith in our lives, and just stuff in general. And almost the same with Alex, everything we were saying seemed to just click. It was like talking to myself pretty much. Even more comforting is that it was like asking myself a doubtful question, and hearing a response I would have given myself a few months or years back. To say the least, it was encouraging. But more than that, it was then that I knew I was talking to someone who I'd be a brother too forever. With Charles especially, I'm extremely grateful to be this way with him now. Because with my stupid issues, it almost didn't seem like we would be as close as we are now. To expand on this as little as possible, it didn't seem like Charles wanted to be friends ... (ROFL QQ....). But that's all in the past now. Now, trying explain all of this in wordsl, it takes away from the value it has to me, to have found these core group of brothers that I can depend on and relate to, share in the good with and trust with my bad sides too.
Shean:
John's cousin, Judith's boyfriend...LOL. So many tags. But yeah, I'm glad to have gotten to know Shean this first semester, and I'm really glad to get to live with him next year. It's kinda sad because I don't see him as much as the other guys (Because we're all single and he isn't...LOL), but I think next year will provide many more opportunities to get to know Shean even better. But yeah, I doubt you'll even check this and read this, at least not in the near future, but you're an awesome kid and I'm really excited for next year :D.
Seolah:
Who knew that randomly sitting next to someone on orientation day would have resulted in such a funny, entertaining, enlightening, and a very valuable friendship. You're my favorite girl at UVa LOL. :). But yeah, I guess you are kind of like a guy in that I feel almost too comfortable around you. Even though I don't see you every day, or as much as a lot of other people here, I still count you as one of my closest friends at UVa. You're very confident, and sound in your reasoning, and even though I like to make fun of you for being dense, there is actually a lot to be learned from you. I can trust, that when I turn to you with something, I'll get a fair and reasonable assessment. But other than that, you're just really interesting to talk to, and very fun to have around. To be honest, in the beginning, I didn't see us clicking that well. But now I can't see why I thought that. It's always pleasant to have you around. I know that's a weird word choice, and I don't mean it in the commonly assumed sense of the word, like "pleasant looking," or "she's a pleasant old lady." But I mean it like: it's just nice to have you around :). So stick around for a while, okay?
Suji:
Suji is one of first girls I met here at UVa. And I'm immensely glad that I did. I told her this too, but even though to me, it seemed like she wasn't really interested in getting to know me at all LOL, Suji is an invaluable friend here and someone I want to remain close with. I love how she teaches me Korean, even though John is a better teacher. But I haven't really annoyed her too much yet, so it's all good. But seriously, even though I've been cursed with having to get close to TWO GIRLS WITH BOYFRIENDS LOL, Suji is becoming a girl that I can trust as well. With her, our correspondence in the beginning was nothing more than hanging out only by the virtue of sharing the same friends. But thankfully through that, we've bonded and are becoming closer each day.
Judith:
It's basically the same for Judith as well. I think it's a fair statement to say that, out of respect for her and her relationship (as well as Suji's), I've taken getting to know her a lot slowly than I have with the bro's. But as we continue to talk and grow in friendship, I see us becoming real friends. I might make fun of her a lot and have more quick and snarky comments than genuine things to say to her, but I care for her well being and want to be remain close. Just don't make your boyfriend hate me .... -______- .... and you'll be a very, very, very tiny person that I can depend on :).
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But yeah, that's about it for people here. I'm sure they'll come up a lot if I continue to actually post on this thing, so get used to seeing their names. To all of you guys that I was talking about (The ones from before high school), I still am massively grateful to have you guys. When I get a call or a text from one of you, even if it may not seem like it, it's really comforting to know that college hasn't ruined our friendship. If I don't reply or always seem like I have to go somewhere, it's cause life over here is super busy. But I still love you guys!
ANYWAY, yeah, so I hope you have a better sense of my life here at UVa now. I'm in clemons library where I'm supposed to be studying for my STATs quiz tomorrow, but I decided to do this instead. Now that you know who I'm with down here, the context is provided for many awesome, sad, trying, and epic stories to come.
until next time~
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yerrr welcome (:
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