on pictures, words, and expression

so as of yesterday at 4:30 pm, i am officially finished with finals for the semester! the point where i am now is always one of my favorite during the holiday season, knowing that i can finally get to my christmas shopping, reading (for myself), and hanging out with friends without having that foreboding feeling of failure hanging over my head, ha ha ha :)

it makes me realize all the other things i could be doing besides locking myself in my room for hours at a time to study...yeah, that's how it's been the past 2 weeks. as preston discussed in his last post, after awhile, you just can't help but think of what lies beyond the classroom part of your education...and there's so much :)

you learn about something new every time you walk out the door, and that's a pretty incredible thing. i mean, it sure beats sitting and studying for hours and hours :) equate that to leaving a country, and whoa. i can't wait to "walk out" again and see what the world has to offer...there's still so much i haven't seen.

i've also decided that i need to put more pictures on this blog to reflect all those things that i am learning every time i leave, not just the country, but just my routine :) you'd be surprised how much you can gain from even just doing that, and i think i need to start on this soon. alas, i don't have any pictures today, ha ha, but i've always felt that pictures (together with words), could create the strongest impact on a person's consciousness.

then again, i'm a visual learner.