[. Endings & Beginnings .]

Time to break the almost 1/2 year of silence on this page! haha

So I had my last class at YorkU the past week and I have been experiencing some nostalgia and confusion ever since. Is this normal? LOL. I would be more inclined to think that most people couldn't wait to leave their post-secondary institutions.

At an earlier point of my university life I did consider taking a year off because I was directionless. I felt that I had stumbled into a foreign forest and have lost the path I started on. Through seeking advice from the university counsellor as well as family and friends, I decided not to leave school but to take it one-step-at-a-time. This eventually led to the "x" number of years I stayed with York which have been previously teased for 'dorkiness' and the specialty of 'holding a fork'. Little did I know nor could foresee what direction I would take by the end of this journey. But I am so grateful because it is one of the most significant journies that will continuously shape the rest of my life. This journey led me to friendships, finding my hunny ^_^, a good education (that is one of my parent's dreams for my sister and i) and a direction toward my future career. York, your relatively "safe" learning environemnt will be missed.

Mavis and I think that we are pretty lucky to have Dr. Geller as our counselling professor this year. She is a fabulous humanistc & electic clinical psychologist and teacher. Her presence, energy, knowledge, experience and insight just simply compels you to reflect on human, psychology and life. (.... chaotic, but hopeful....) My official last class was handled (as Carl Rogers would say) with empathy, positive regard & congurence. No better way to end a tragic year at York (having its 50th birthday and the longest TA strike up to date) than with a great time of sharing and eating cupcakes at an 8:30a.m. class! hahaha. Thank you, Dr. Geller, for facilitating a well-needed closure for us!

Though classes are finished I have one last project to complete. I am currently finishing my thesis paper due the coming week. >.<
On a side note in commenting on psychology research: it is a very time consuming, stressful, and complicated process but worth the experience and finding significant results!! But I am not sure if I ever want to do regression analysis again or research in general. Though, I would like to have access to journal articles to keep myself up to date!

Having written this entry, I now can't wait to formally end this chapter with the completion of my thesis and convocation (oh yeah, and there's still Seneca), and begin a new one.

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"All beginnings are somewhat strange; but we must have patience, and little by little, we shall find things, which at first were obscure, becoming clearer." ~ Vincent De Paul

"A hard beginning makes a good ending." ~ John Heywood