A Girl Named Athena

She is a 2 years old baby girl, with brown curly hair and plump cheek. She's only a stubborn little child unnerving my placid, peaceful morning. She likes doing everything her way, never accepts the answer of 'No'. You just have to give an approval to her. Otherwise, she will just do everything you tell her not to, and pretends not to hear what anyone says, including her mommy.

She likes to yell, if something bothering her, and accidentally bumped her head on the wall, then she cries even louder. She likes to tease her sister when her sister seems to have much fun. It has got to be her and only her the one who has fun. She likes drinking milk, and gets really nagging when her bottle is empty. Fiuhhhh, I never knew that my first experience in taking care a child can be this difficult.

But....
When she lays down on the carpet while drinking the milk and watching Dora The Explorer....
When she starts asking questions like 'What's that??' with her big curious eyes...
When she smiles and laughs at something and says 'That's funny'..
When she asks me to read her a book...
When she hugs me and said 'Bye bye, Nana' in the end of our meeting...

My heart is simply melting and the day becomes brighter than ever :). And when she doesn't show up in a day, I miss her, with all her naughtiness and cuteness.

Oh, btw, today is her 2nd birthday.
Happy Birthday, sweetie :)

Temporal End

It's the first of December and it's marked with snow falling down heavily from the sky. Temperature drop down to under 0 degree of Celcius. It's freezing cold yet the white of the fresh snow covering the surface seen from inside the house looks so amazing.

All the programs I was taking during the fall semester has ended. MSU Tesol' ESL Classes was the first to end. I was feeling sad since I enjoyed the class so much, I like the people and the teachers, and there wouldn't be another class with the same members next semester. Few people will surely take the class again but most people would concentrate further in their study.

Every Tuesday program has ended too, with a great potluck party at the end. But we're gonna meet again in the beginning of year 2007, and I'm looking forward to doing more great programs next year.

My Beginner Spanish Class has come to an end, too. I would go on to the next level in spring semester. Can't wait....

I took the GRE Test again. I am quite satisfied with the result, I already did my best, even if the score is not over-the-top, but that's the best I could do. If the department I am aspiring to go considers the score is not good enough, well... maybe that's not the way I am supposed to take.

Meanwhile... I am just waiting for Reza's winter break to come so that we can arrange what place to go in our holiday. Maybe we're just gonna go around Michigan considering that travelling in this very cold season is just not comfortable. Still, I am so excited.

I have many plans to take many classes in the next semester. Now that I have adpated to my surrounding,i feel it far more exciting. I also hope that I can write more in this blog, more regularly, so that this online life journal can keep the track of my life, every single day of it.

I hope all of you enjoy the holiday too :)
Happy holiday everyone!