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Being Obsessesive. Being Compulsive. And Being In Order.
02
Dec
When I was studying psychology in college, I remember the very lengthy chapter and lecture on OCD. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I found that interesting. I think I laughed at the things some people with OCD do.
But, wait. We’re all a bit OCD in some way, right?
If I put on my right shoe before I put on the left, I feel so uncomfortable. After walking a few steps, I need to take off both shoes, and then put on the left shoe first. Then the right. Then I feel at ease.
Before I study, my desk area must be neat and tidy. Because if it isn’t, I end up putting aside all my work to tidy up my desk. Which slowly turns into a massive spring-cleaning session in my room.
When walking along a sidewalk, or on a path, or on any surface for that matter, I don’t like stepping on anything that look like stains, patches of whatevers, fallen leaves, or even tiles that are dirty. It usually looks like I’m dancing.
And oh, I like reading and typing phone text messages in full, with proper punctuation etc. Wastes space, but it’s just more fun that way.
I do other random silly and interesting things. But I don’t bother remembering them well enough to write them here. I just thought of writing this because although I should have been working on my thesis paper, I spent the whole morning cleaning up my room. I also cooked vegetable soup for lunch. Which has nothing to do with OCD. But I like the fact that I actually cooked vegetable soup for lunch.
Now what’s for dinner?
Intolerance
15
Apr
Gone are the days when I could enjoy a whole pint of ice cream for myself, and still enjoy the full creamness of it and live the rest of the day happily.
I remember that when I was a kid, I used to put a lot of Milo powder into a huge mug, and add in lots of milk, mix them slightly together, just enough to create a semi-muddy mixture. I called it ‘yucky-milo’ and I could have a few cups a day. But then I remember always feeling a bit uncomfortable after that. I would feel very tired and my body would start to feel uneasy. I always thought it was normal: too much powder and milk mixed together. But then it happened a lot, even after eating ice cream or just drinking too much milk.
It took me a while to actually realize that I am lactose intolerant.
It just struck me one day, thinking back about how my milk drinking days were, and how I would feel the pain after drinking too much of it.
My shopping list has been altered a bit as of late. I now go shopping for lactose-free milk, lactose-free ice cream, lactose-free cheese, lactose-free yogurt, etc. To my amusement I find all these things easily at the store near my house. And so my cereals are now accompanied by real milk, just minus the lactose. By the way, too much cereal does the same to me, because of the lactose content. So far, I have not found any lactose-free cereals.
When I was in KL, I found it hard to get my hands on any kind of lactose-free products. They weren’t available in many stores, and so that is how I began falling in love with soy milk.
But soy milk with cereal every day isn’t exactly the nicest thing, because some cereals, like Post, are made for real milk, yum-yum!
Anyway, I had ice cream today, not the lactose-free one, but normal creamy “lactosey” ice-cream. I know the right amount to take in now so that I don’t feel weird for the next few hours.
Have mercy on me!
Milk for life,
MatSalleh aka Dom
Brandeis
14
Apr
Some people have started to wonder where I went off to. In case I did not get the chance to say my goodbyes before heading off to Boston and explain what kind of new journey I am embarking on, I would like to fill in the gaps for you now.
I am now a student at Brandeis University, located probably no more than 20 miles out of Boston City. I’m doing graduate studies in Musicology and Gender Studies, two very interesting fields. Musicology is a very vast field on its own, but do a wiki search on it and you’ll know what I mean.
I love Brandeis: the scenery on campus is so serene and almost magical. The people are fun, funny, and yet like all students should be, very serious when it gets down to studying. The campus is hilly, which gives me a good workout everytime I head to class… and you don’t want to know how it feels like being late for class, running up a hill, and still looking calm when you walk through the door! It takes skill. But wait, I’ve only been late once. Train was late, not my fault.
So yes, I don’t live on campus. I stay in a lovely town called Cambridge, just outside the actual city of Boston. I live around Harvard University, where there’s a perpetual flow of academia in the air. And to get to Brandeis, I take the subway, then the commuter rail, which the people in Kuala Lumpur would know more as the KTM. It takes less than 40 minutes to get to Brandeis, and I only have classes three days a week. Great, isn’t it? The other days I stay at home studying. (my parents read this blog!).
I chose Brandeis because of its wonderful condusive campus, and also for the fact that the faculty for both music and gender studies are renowned and really amazing people. And so far, I am enjoying all the courses that I am taking. Tough, but challenging in a very satisfying way. Oh ya, the food in Brandeis is good too. So if you ever drop by Boston, I’ll give you a nice trip to Brandeis and eat REAL good campus dining hall food :)
I am loving graduate studies for now. Hope it lasts.
Missing mamak,
MatSalleh aka Dom
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