Saturday, February 7, 2009

Azusa the highs, lows and in betweens

I have returned to the predictable, the routine, the very place i left to find new meaning in life. Now that i have returned to this place i try to take the good out of the bad. I must say that i dislike being here, amidst many of my fellow students that don't give about anyone else but themselves. People who live in a bubble we call "APU BUBBLE" and so they are blind to the people and social injustices that occur outside of it. I wish i could pop everyone's bubble and make them see the real world that lies outside of it. Life is not what you can buy from it, but why wish i could make them see, i wish i could make them appreciated "the other" without imposing on them their own beliefs. I guess my feelings are a bit imposing as well. Who am i to change anyones paradigm, people don't have to believe what i believe. I long to be away from this place, i day dream about being back in Los Angeles, far too much.

The reason i hate this place is because here i need to work to pay rent and to buy my own food. I don't have a host mom that does this for me anymore. I have to work really hard, two jobs to be precise, and on top of that i am taking 5 classes that all demand much from me. When do i study? the weekends. Therefore, i have little to no time to socialize. My roommate Rosy is worried about me, i see it in her eyes. She's worried because i work to much and hardly sleep. She worries because I'm always tired. She's a good roommate, I wish more people were like her.

Although living with 5 girls can be stressful (especially if not all of them believe in cleanliness) I am learning to be patient, and to not let everything get to me like it did the first month. My thoughts are random and unorganized but i finally let them out.

1 comment:

Jenn H. said...

Oh my sexy eveline...lol...

girl I know exactly what you are talking about...I felt so alone in my business ethics class senior year because no one was considereing the individuals or the groups of people that no one thinks of. but anyways, I know I am far, but thank you for the inspiration you give me...to care and to look outside my own circle!!!!

God Bless...hold your head up...you are not alone...but you represent a loving and kind heart...don't let anyone take that from you!!!

Jenn