Summer's been over for about a couple of weeks now and even though I just graduated a two months ago, I didn't waste any time jumping back into the academic world.
I didn't waste my summer, not entirely anyway. I immediately signed up for classes at San Francisco's city college and took Introduction to programming in Java. The class was boring and was pretty easy. There wasn't much opportunities for me to socialize and practice my social skills. Though there was one notable event that happened. When I was taking the midterm, I was sniffling a lot due to the cold weather and an Australian guy next to me was annoyed by it and asked me if I wanted to go to the bathroom to take care of it. I answered uh, no and did the midterm. The next day he apologized for being slightly rude about it and I said it's okay. Odd, normally I would be annoyed by it. In my previous blog, I had to deal with idiots left and right, and their actions dwell on my mind for days, yet I felt nothing about this guy. I guess my psychological programming in the last two years is working.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
First Post and Two Months and Counting
It's been two months since I graduated from UCSD with a degree in economics and I have been slowly adjusting to life back home in San Francisco.
Two years ago, while I was at UC San Diego, I started a project that would help me in dealing with my social anxiety and my social awkwardness by keeping a log and analyzing my social interactions around campus. I kept a log of my social interactions with various people across campus in INTJ@UCSD, intjucsd.blogspot.com. In the end I felt that I have made significant progress in dealing with my social anxiety. I was no longer afraid of talking to others, going to new places or experiencing new things, but every now and then I would trip up and do something stupid or give off the wrong body language. I still feel that I have some work to do in order to finally cure my social anxiety. This blog will be a continuation of that project.
Before I begin again, I want to once again thank Terra Bailey, Resident Dean of UCSD's village transfer housing, and Dr. Jeffery Poizner, Post doc fellow at UCSD CAPS. Both of them were a tremendous help to me during my time at UCSD.
Two years ago, while I was at UC San Diego, I started a project that would help me in dealing with my social anxiety and my social awkwardness by keeping a log and analyzing my social interactions around campus. I kept a log of my social interactions with various people across campus in INTJ@UCSD, intjucsd.blogspot.com. In the end I felt that I have made significant progress in dealing with my social anxiety. I was no longer afraid of talking to others, going to new places or experiencing new things, but every now and then I would trip up and do something stupid or give off the wrong body language. I still feel that I have some work to do in order to finally cure my social anxiety. This blog will be a continuation of that project.
Before I begin again, I want to once again thank Terra Bailey, Resident Dean of UCSD's village transfer housing, and Dr. Jeffery Poizner, Post doc fellow at UCSD CAPS. Both of them were a tremendous help to me during my time at UCSD.
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