and i feel human again

i haven't slept in two days but at last, i'm done writing all my papers. i only have seven 1-page reports to write but i'll leave that for friday. i think i need to treat myself a little more nicely starting now. i have a meeting at 2:30 pm at the KLTI office. that's more than an hour away by subway. i only have time for a quick lunch.

my brain just stopped working. am having to retype every word here because of all the damn typos. guess my hands are shaking and my nerves are shot.

big day tomorrow. it's the KLTI seminar, our final project for the Asian Writers Residency Program which i have been part of for the last six months. each of us six asian writers have to deliver three short lectures/talks on the following topics:

(1) our life here in korea - to prove we haven't wasted our time
(2) what we think of korean literature - to show that we haven't wasted their time
(3) introduce our country's literature - to fulfill the requisite culture exchange component

i like to think i was clever with my titles but now they just look pretty lame:

(1) going solo: six months alone in a city of eleven million
(2) rarefied voices: tone in some korean literature in english translation
(3) news from the islands: some trends in philippine literature in english

too many colons, eh? and i have to admit, these are chika essays. mainly because (1) any jargon might be lost on the audience and (2) i am unable to produce any passable jargon in the first place. haha. ha.

i need a massage and a facial and a deep-conditioning hair treatment and a facial peel and a visit to the dentist and lots and lots of cuddling from the polymath. which is pretty funny, considering that we've never even held hands.