Nerd, Geek, Dork

You can call me one of them as long as you put "cool" or "hot" in front of it. :)
I admit that I'm a nerd/geek/dork. The followings are only a couple of indications that I'm one of those.

1. It has been a while since I was working on a conference proposal or a journal article. I just couldn't even look at one more article after finishing my dissertation. I thought about writing a journal article with my dissertation. However, I just didn't have any energy to open my dissertation file (Yes.. we're living in a digital era and i don't even have a bounded copy of my dissertation).

I'm so glad to have a friend who encouraged me to work on writing journal articles. Otherwise, I would think about it but wouldn't write anything. I finally looked at a couple of different submission guidelines and started working on writing a short article. I, surprisingly, like this.
Yes... I'm sitting in my hotel room after working 10 hours at the office today. I like to read more about "Problem-Based Learning" and how it was used in different settings. I can't wait to read more tomorrow.

About a month ago, I felt the needs to study about financial statement and basic finance/accounting terms. Fortunately, my co-worker/former classmate/friend wanted to brush up his accounting/finance knowledge and volunteered to lead a small study group. So, three of us started a "Little Seminoles Book Club." We just finished our 3rd discussion today and look forward to starting case studies from next week. I was so excited to learn the difference between balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement and what information it entails. We're thinking about continuing this book club and considering studying statistics for the next topic. I guess, i'm going to lead the discussion. :D

In general, I like to learn (except languages) and enjoys (for the most part) intellectual stimulations. I had been over stimulated in the academic setting for a LONG time and now i miss it. I'm glad I started working on my research again. Yay!