The Bikes of IB May 19, 2009
Posted by Astrid in Musings and Rants.trackback
Sigh. It all sounds so perfect, right? Pack the few essentials and live by wandering from place to place. When I first learned how to bike, it seemed as if I had my ticket to freedom. Over the years I got bike bags, flashlights, helmets, and other unnecessary equipment to add to my dream that I could get away whenever I wanted.
So much for that dream.
How’s IB, you say? It’s like biking across an endless number of hills. You work so hard to reach the first hill, and when you do, you enjoy a fleeting moment of euphoria as you coast down the hill, and before you know it, there’s another hill waiting for you. And lots more.
We’re carrying more frustration and worry than we can handle.
Sooner or later we realize that we can’t handle constant frustration and fatigue without an inevitable crash.
We’re expected to handle everything, even in the most desperate circumstances.
It isn’t just about homework, procrastination, and a lack of time. We have lives, too (or at least we try to have one). We have relationships, family issues, and ambitions to take over the world, and balancing life and IB isn’t easy.
But there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, and (despite what the UBC grads said at our last Friday Session) future life might be a little easier for us after we go through the dark tunnels of IB.
And if it isn’t, there’s something to be said for laughing with amazing friends and planning for the stunning IB Talent Show, even during moments of stress and panic.
=)
let’s do it, michelle.
We’ll emerge with only a couple of lost limbs, in any case. Who needs their left arm anyway?
And I find it very ironic that the urge to update your blog is proportional to the amount of homework you have due tomorrow. LOL
shhhh don’t remind me lol.
and you shouldn’t be reading blogs now anyways lol
I like the packages in the second picture. They look like my backpack.
I love you, Astrid :)
Those pictures made me smile. They were all so appropriate.
.. on friday.. or thursday.. let’s figure out our tables xD
your posts are like poems. just read your reply to my fb msg — keep on pushing! :) i know you can do itt!
(and then we can pig out on biking afterwards ;) i’ve been meaning to splurge on rainguard things..!)
Karajan – Thankssss you’re the best =DD YES let’s, those rainguard thingys are just so tempting to buy lol
Lothwe – i love you too. lol yeah we should, the tables are sort of weird right now
tiphatron-lambda-phanie-pack – they do. perfect for kicking.
bikes are cool.
And it’s really neat that you can actually upload an interesting blog in such chaotic situations o-o.
lol
Just me and my bike
Just me and my bike
just me and my brand, new
hand-me-down bike
Pedalin’ into the next life
leaving our sorrows behind~
Oh my this is funny! (and slightly depressing because it is so so true ah!)
That is what my blog is about: http://survivingib.wordpress.com/
I laughed at the “most desperate circumstances” picture, where did you find these?