Tag Archives: Resolutions

Life is Good

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Posted by Phoebe Yu on March 9, 2010 – 10:50 pm
Filed under ILR, Involvement, Travel

I apologize for the lack of updates. Looks like I failed one New Year’s Resolution already, but fear not, Spring Break is just around the corner and since I am being extremely lame, I will be staying in Ithaca for the break and treating it as some sort of zen sabbatical.

I did pretty well on one resolution so far – Take every opportunity to travel. There was Mock Trial at Yale in February. This past weekend I was in Shippensburg, PA with the Cornell HR Games (basically Jeopardy, HR style) team competing in the Northeast Regional. Both Cornell teams made it to the semi-finals and went head-to-head. To my immense surprise, my team made it to the finals and went on to beat Shippensburg University. NORTHEAST CHAMPIONS, HOLLA! It’s so nice to have the plaque back after the series of Penn State wins in the past couple of years.

So other than that, why is life good? Canada broke the record for the number of gold medals at a Winter Olympic game! Ithaca is finally showing the first hint of spring! I may have exciting plans for next spring semester! NY Fashion show just keeps fueling my love for fashion! School is chill but interesting! Love, love, love Cornell.

New Year Resolutions

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Posted by Phoebe Yu on January 16, 2010 – 7:46 pm
Filed under Academics, Involvement, Personal, Travel

I have made enough New Year Resolutions to know that they should be called “List of Things Phoebe is Not Going to Do” instead. Looking back at my 2009 resolutions, I completed one (1. Get into Cornell), was half way on my way to another one before my tuition bill came along (5. Have $20,000 in my bank account by the end of the year), and failed at others completely (8. Finish a novel and 4. Be unselfish in love).

This year, I waited after the New Year and New Decade euphoria to settle down a bit, hoping the overly-optimistic and wishful thinking would be out of my system before I sit down and make resolutions that are actually feasible. So here they are, somewhat anticlimatically presented.

Write New Year Resolutions – YES! DONE! (Kidding…)

Think before I speak – to avoid embarrassment, regret, hysteria, and perceived stupidity on my part.

Do something terrifying – gorge-jumping or dancing in front a large crowd of people maybe?

Hit the big FOUR-OH, not agewise mind you, but grade-wise.

Learn to cook beyond boiling water.

Get my driver’s license, because my friends currently view my inability to drive as practically a disability.

Blog more often! And write for a publication.

When it comes to extra-curriculars, DEPTH, not BREADTH.

Take every opportunity to travel.

Sleep before 12:30 and get up early to preview lectures – I have a feeling this will be the toughest one.

Of course, there’s the “internship/career/graduate school/fitness plan/eat healthier” staple that come with every resolution list which I will bypass here.

QOTW: What are your New Year Resolutions? And how many have you broken already?