2 weeks and 2 days left

2 weeks and 2 days left before i head back to ann arbor, this time for more than a year i think. don't think i will be returning next year; gonna do spring term, and hopefully try to do an internship somewhere. somehow, the thought of leaving this time is not as gut wrenching as it was the other time. this time last year, i was busy seeking to close up things/relationships with ppl here b4 i leave; as paulo coelho out it, i was seeking "closures" to things here before i move on to new beginnings in ann arbor. this time wrong, the need to 'close' things isn't as great. maybe i din not really open up new things when i came back; or rather, i chose to believe that things will always remain the same over here. friends will always remain friends, family will be just as i left them the previous year, and so on. call me naive, but this allows the heart to be more at peace with itself.

p.s. go read 'the zahir' if you haven't. it's pretty decent, but pales much in comparison with his other previous works.