Alicia`s Music

hey everyone, it’s Friday morning April 23rd 2004. A very pleasant 65 degrees outside and this blue bird is sitting outside my window up on the balcony. I’m listening to BRING ME TO LIVE by evanescence...I haven't posted a xanga entry in so long and I thought today would be the perfect day to do so since I didn't go to work this morning as a result of my sore throat and headache. So here I am, writing...typing away my whole life in front of you. Today I will not burden you with useless details about my life, but rather the incidents that have shaped me over the year , and made me who I am.

this school year has DEFINATELY had its ups and downs. I've made such a great choice in attending this fine consortium of Claremont colleges. Pitzer, specifically, has changed me. The way I talk, the way I act, the way I feel, and more importantly, the way I will act. College does change people, and I’ve definitely become a victim. over the year, I’ve changed my whole perspective of my middle-class rural Asian family bubble to a more open, liberal, hippie loving gujarati. I’ve learned to appreciate people for who they are, not what they do or what they look like. Education wise, I’ve literally gotten every penny of my 40,000 dollar education stuck up my ass with a shit load of work...week after week..after week...why? I want to become a doctor. I want to become that neurosurgeon. I WILL work hard and do whatever it takes to do what I want to. As my parents always tell me..if there's a will, there's a way.... human physiology tested me out to my limits. I've never been pushed so much harder in a course than Dr. Copp. I worked each day, and every night studying for this course, and I hope that the work pays off. If not, who am I to blame someone else?? I thank you for all the hard work Professor Copp.  

first semester was quite different than the second semester. First semester, although I was getting used to all the college life and academic life, I was still that immature teenager who wanted his mommy by his side at all times of the day. I was still that kid who didn’t rise to the occasion and sat down after taking a fall. yes, I went out to parties, made new friends...but I was still in my own bubble. although I didn’t keep in contact much with friend this second semester..there was a reason to that. I had found solidarity within the Claremont colleges. I had placed myself in this own little bubble at these colleges. I worked on my friendships here on campus rather than going off every Friday and Saturday so that I could hang out with friends from other schools. I bonded here..tennis became a big part of my life...two hour practices everyday of the week..except sunday..and then 3-5 hour matches two to three times a week..it was a Huge commitment. the tennis team definitely became a family. we were a bond that could not be broken as a whole. It was good getting to know all the seniors and students from Pomona. I was proud to call myself a member of pomona-pitzers tennis team.