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Internship aside, I have truly learned a lot this summer, by virtue of sheer lived experience: about family, relationships, parenting, leadership, development, happiness, and just what it means to have sifat baik - a good nature, treating others well. Most of this has truly had nothing to do with my internship or even my academic program in Malaysia and Vietnam. I hope that I will be able to internalize at least some of what I've learned. I'll be lucky if I can.
"Fix You Up" - Tegan & Sara
And what do I need to do to see myself in a better mood?
And what do you need to do to get yourself in a better mood?
Well, there's not a lot for you to give if you're giving in.
There's not a lot for you to feel if you're not feeling it.
What I wanted most was to get myself all figured out.
And what I figured out was I needed more time to figure you out.
Cuz this love is all I have to give.
"All I Really Want" - Alanis Morissette
And all I really want is some patience, a way to calm the angry voice
And what I wouldn't give to find a soulmate? Someone else to catch this drift?
And what I wouldn't give to meet a kindred?
Enough about me, let's talk about you for a minute.
Enough about you, let's talk about life for a while.
Why are you so petrified of silence? Here, can you handle this?
Did you think about your bills, your ex, your deadlines? When you think you're gonna die?
Or did you long for the next distraction?
"Your Legs Grow" - Nada Surf
If you were here, baby, we'd increase the dosage.
Call me anytime you've got a ghost.
And you're the only person in the world I feel that way about.
If you move off to the side, I'll get swept back out.
And there's a light that rises up from the bottom of the lake.
And its beam has hit me hard; now I'm wide awake.
"Save Me" - Aimee Mann <-- this has always been my song, btw
You look like a perfect fit for a girl in need of a tourniquet
But can you save me from the ranks of the freaks who suspect they could never love anyone?
(Except the freaks who suspect they could never love anyone)
Cuz I can tell you know what it's like: the long farewell of the hunger strike.
"Fix You Up" - Tegan & Sara
And what do I need to do to see myself in a better mood?
And what do you need to do to get yourself in a better mood?
Well, there's not a lot for you to give if you're giving in.
There's not a lot for you to feel if you're not feeling it.
What I wanted most was to get myself all figured out.
And what I figured out was I needed more time to figure you out.
Cuz this love is all I have to give.
"All I Really Want" - Alanis Morissette
And all I really want is some patience, a way to calm the angry voice
And what I wouldn't give to find a soulmate? Someone else to catch this drift?
And what I wouldn't give to meet a kindred?
Enough about me, let's talk about you for a minute.
Enough about you, let's talk about life for a while.
Why are you so petrified of silence? Here, can you handle this?
Did you think about your bills, your ex, your deadlines? When you think you're gonna die?
Or did you long for the next distraction?
"Your Legs Grow" - Nada Surf
If you were here, baby, we'd increase the dosage.
Call me anytime you've got a ghost.
And you're the only person in the world I feel that way about.
If you move off to the side, I'll get swept back out.
And there's a light that rises up from the bottom of the lake.
And its beam has hit me hard; now I'm wide awake.
"Save Me" - Aimee Mann <-- this has always been my song, btw
You look like a perfect fit for a girl in need of a tourniquet
But can you save me from the ranks of the freaks who suspect they could never love anyone?
(Except the freaks who suspect they could never love anyone)
Cuz I can tell you know what it's like: the long farewell of the hunger strike.
