Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

I woke up in the morning, realizing that the whole building lost its electricity. I thought I would get away for skipping teaching piano, but it came back 2 hours later when the kids are still in the apartment. After teaching, we went to my aunt's place [again] for dinner. It's pretty boring there because there's no internet.

I was playing with my nephew half of the time. He cried once in a while to get attention. Once, when I tried to play with him when he was about to cry, he moved near me, snatched my glasses and "crushed" the with his hands. He probably knew he did something wrong, and started bawling after. [By the way, he's only a half years old] Now, a part of the hinge of my glasses is broken. It's not that serious and it's fixable, but I'll probably have to wear my contacts for the next few days since I left my spare in Waterloo. So much for trying to stop him from crying.

Nathan texted me last minute saying that he forgot that Christian is in Hong Kong and no one's picking him up from the airport. It was a late notice and I don't know if I'll be able to arrange a ride for him. I couldn't find his flight online, so I really don't know what's happening. At the moment, I'm still waiting for his flight info and what's happening tomorrow. Gosh, so last minute.

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

So a few of us went to STC and planned to watch a movie. That didn't happen because it was like Asia in there. The line was so long and we thought it was not worth it to line up for a movie. We all went to my place and watched up instead. After I had to pick up my mom from work and a few stayed at my place and waited for me to come home so we could go for bubble tea. We played the truth game and it was pretty darn funny. Cherry was so into the game, so accidentally struck her straw into her ice too hard and the ice flew right into her top. It was hilarious as she struggled to retrieve the ice cube.

I've noticed how since university, my mom doesn't really care how late I come home. When I went out tonight, she told everyone not to stay out and play too late. Then she was like "that sounded soo forced and fake, doesnt it? I seriously don't know what to say! Haha! Have fun guys!" I'm blessed to have a mother like her. She' not like any typical Asian moms. I'm just...really lucky.

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Today was Andy's birthday party and our kris kringle day. It was loads of fun, laughing and joking around. Surprisingly, not a lot of people showed up, but it was still pretty good because we got more chances to bond with each other. I hope there are more of these in the future.

Sunday, December 27th, 2009

Christmas break seems to fly pass quickly. I must say, this Christmas is pretty awesome. I got the stuff that I wanted, I could stay up late without a cause [like doing units], and I passed all my courses in university. I wish life can be like that every 3 or 4 months.

Today was pretty lax. I had to deliver something for my grandfather to his friend because he couldn't make it to the funeral. I went out for lunch with my dad. I thought you would give me some money for Christmas, but that didn't happen. In fact, I didn't get anything from him. But it's okay. I don't really mind it.

Miranda dropped by with her gifts for me and for the Kris kringle tomorrow. We had a nice short chat. Then, few minutes later, Steph came with the belt that I wanted to get for a long time. She was able to get it at Fairview for 50% off [Last time I went, it was 20% off]. I wanted to give her back the money, but she refused to take it and ran off =(. That was such a nasty move.

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

Boxing Day at STC! We bought a massive amount of chocolates for my aunt to bring back when she goes back to China. I also got a pair of black dress shoes and a pair of leather boots. That was it for the boxing day because I didn't have anything to buy to begin with. I saw Carmen with her boyfriend in the mall, but we didnt talk long since it was pretty crowded.

After shopping, we went out for dinner with a bunch of family friends. We ordered so much food that there were a lot of leftovers. It's okay, because Patchi and I will just finish it all tomorrow since we're home alone.

Friday, December 25th, 2009

Merry Christmas!

Today, we went to my aunt's place house to spent this year's christmas. I had the chance to play taiwanese mahjong and it was GREAT. It's so much more fun than regular mahjong because you can still win a lot with crappy wins. I also get to play with my nephew. He's so adorable, especially when he laughs. Well, that was it for today. Even though my break is filled with events, it gets boring at times. Must find more stuff to do!

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Christmas Eve! I woke up at 2pm today. Finally, some good sleep. Nothing much happened today. We went to dinner at Sheraton with my aunt. It was so crowded and FILLED with asians. The food was alright, but it could've been better [and more selections]. I get to see my nephew again. He's so adorable and his cheeks are so puffy and huge. I can't wait until he learns how to talk and call me 'uncle'.

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Wow, it feels like my break is going by faster and faster. I woke up at 12pm today. Six hours of sleep is good enough for me. San called me out last minute to give me gifts for others and want to see me. We went to Fairview, shopped a bit [I got a jacket from AE <3]. Gosh, I love shopping spree, though there are still some stuff that I wanted to get. Meh, I've been spending way too much money lately. I'll hold it in for later.

On another note, I officially passed term 1! I actually passed micro with a 50 and zoology with a 59! Good enough for me to not redo any of those courses. The other marks were okay, though i expected higher for some of them. It's all good, they were still within the range that I wanted to be. I'm just so happy that i made it through. The thought of failing a course is so scary. After all, I've never failed a course in my whole life before. Looks like this Christmas is going to be great!

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

I only had 4 hours of sleep. I woke up early in the morning [9:30am] to go shopping for rice krispies, marshmallows and some groceries. Nathan was originally going to go with me, but he was still sleeping, so I didn't wake him up. After, making the rice krispies, we went to STC to shop for gifts. We managed to finish shopping for all of our gifts. Then I drove Cherry, David, and Terrence to Brian's party. The party was alright, though I was too tired to interact much. When we came back home, Nathan and I stayed up until his ride is here, though I ended up sleeping at 6am. Staying up late without a cause feels nice =).

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Wow, it feels like a Friday tonight. Probably because it's the first time that I came back to Toronto other than a Friday. The exam today was long, very long in fact. 110 multiple choices was just too much to concentrate on. I hope I passed.

Anyhow! Term 1 is done. Time to relax and party!

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

Last day of studying. Headache. Overwhelmed.

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

Wow, I woke up at 3pm today. Studied my ass off until 10pm. I was literally at my limit after that, so I decided to play some HoN with the others. God, I suck so much. But I got better after the first game. It was a nice stress reliever. Tomorrow would be officially my last day of studying. After that, I'll be free for a week and a half! Hopefully, I'll finish with a high note, and something to be proud of.

Friday, December 18th, 2009

For the whole day, I could feel that my mood is going to change just like that. Like, I feel like I'll get mad or pissed of at something or someone very easily. So, I decided to stay away from the others, or at least tried to.

Microbiology exam was hell. I didn't know how to answer a lot of questions. After the first 3 pages, I actually gave up and started to filling whatever sounds the best [usually b or c] if I don't know the answer. I really hope I pass. I don't care if I'm in probation. I just don't want to do the course again. I hate this course with a passion.

Now, I'm attempting to study for cell biology. It's not going as well as I thought it would because I'm suffering from sleepiness at the moment. I don't know if I'll actually finish a module, but whatever. I don't have much hope inside me anyways.

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Memorizing about 30 different groups of microorganisms was painful. I manage to run through it once and hopefully it retains in my memory. If I do moderately well on this exam, then there still might be a chance to eliminate the possibility of being in probation. It really depends on how well i did on my 2 zoology exams as well. I know some people had already given up studying because of the intense vocabulary. Usually, I would've given up already, but on a second thought, I've came so close to the end. It feels like there's no turning back.

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Zoology exam was deadly. I don't even know if I passed or not. This is quite discouraging because I worked so hard to pull up all my marks and now I stumbled, tripped and lost all my momentum. I have basically lost all my motivation for my microbiology exam. For once, I miss Toronto. I'm tired of exams.

Harry, Nathan, Michael and I were talking until 5 am in the morning. We talked about life, and how we regret our choices and decision made in high school. It was pretty sad at one point. Then we started to gossip about other things. Guy-talk, good times.

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Why is studying so deadly and boring? Maybe it's just zoology. Studying something that's extremely vague and subjective is basically studying for the impossible. It's like, I really don't know what to expect in the exam. At this point, I really want to get over with this and move on with microbiology, which I think it's more study-able. I really don't have a good feeling about zoology. Maybe it's time for me to give up.

Like Steph's friends, I shall pray to the Zoology God and hope that He'll be nice to me tomorrow.

Monday, December 14th, 2009

It feels like a Tuesday today. I don't know why. Maybe because I'm not cramming the night before?

I can feel that I'm running out of juice in this game of studying. There were times where I want to give up because it's so boring and I don't know what to expect on the exam [for zoology at least]. Even though I did the midterm, I can't really remember what was on it. I really don't have a good feeling about the last 3 biology exam. I've done so well on the past 6 exam and I don't really want to ruin it by bombing the last 3. Basically, the last 3 exams is thee key whether I'm in probation or not for next term. That's probably the only motivation that I have right now.

On the brighter side, there's exactly only one week left. In exactly one more week, I could finally relax and catch up some sleep.

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

I went back to Waterloo tonight because there was a Microbiology exam review section. Considering how I'm barely passing micro [like literally], I think that this review would help a lot. The review started out okay, but as the night progressed, it started to get boring. At some point, I kind of fell asleep. I feel so bad because the volunteer spent a lot of time planning this session. In the end, the review was worth it because I got quite a few notes for the exam. Now, at least I know where to start studying from.

Asides from the review session, I attempted to study back at MKV. I wouldn't say that it was too productive, but little is better than nothing. I'm already 2/3 of the way. Just one more week. Hang in there, Henry. It's almost the end.

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Today was Patchi's birthday party. Good food. Fun times. It's nice to chill with some of my old friends again. Ray and his moans and grunts, Eric's awesome hugs, San's mahjong madness; they're all priceless. Looking at Patchi and his friend brings me back good memories of the past when we were at that age. We're all getting old, very old. I could say that I really miss those days, but right now, all we could do is to look forward and hope that history would repeat itself. Chances may be slim, but it's possible.

Friday, December 11th, 2009

Chem lab exam today! It was easy, as expected.

Kenny's dad came early to pick us up, so I had to rush and pack everything. After i finish packing, I realized that I left my bag at V1 when we were getting some food earlier. I asked the others if they could just get it for me cause Kenneth's dad was waiting. No one wanted to go because they were all busy gaming. So I went out with my tennis shoes [kswiss], trying to speed walk as fast as I could without slipping and falling. When I got there, I accidentally dropped my bag, which had Ryan's glass bottle of nestea. I thought it was only, just a small drop, but I started noticing some liquid coming out. That was not a good sign. All of my chem lab stuff were soaked with sweet and sticky nestea, so I was forced to dispose them. my bag was flooded with liquid and my calculator [Patchi's calculator to be exact] was taking a dip in the nestea. At first, I thought that only the cover of the calculator was wet, but I was wrong. It got into the interior as well and last time I checked it, it was working properly. I got mad, really mad. When I got back to MKV, I just dropped everything and put my bag in a plastic bag to bring back to Toronto. Not cool at all.

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

"Everything will be okay in the end.
If it's not okay,
it's not the end." - Unknown

The Chem exam wasn't as bad as I thought. In my opinion, I think it's easier that the one that I did in grade 12 at Ward. One scary thing that happened is that a guy had a seizure. He was just diagonally behind me. It was really scary, as it was my first time witness one. I was shocked and I didn't know how to respond to it.

After the exam, I took a really long nap. I was supposed to set myself a timet o wake up, but I decided not to because I deserved the sleep. It was great! I haven't felt so good in a long time.

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Why am I such a retard? I was doing the exam exam that I did for term test 1 and 2, and i got most of the questions right. If only I had more time to study back then, I would've done decent in the course. I don't know If I should be happy or not because I'm getting the materials, but the fact that I know I could have done so much better just ruins it.

I kind of slacked off a bit in studying, so I don't think I'm going to go to bed before 3. Oh well, no pain, no gain, right?

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

"Oh my god, my bum jiggles!" - Nathan

Study, study, eat, study, study, work out, study, study, sleep. The end.

I think that will the pattern for the next few days.

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Wow, today was quite tiring. I drove my mom to work in the morning and brought Nathan to get his haircut. After than, we went to York to pick up Brian and visited Ward. I got to see some of my teachers, and had a really nice talk with Ms. Filazzola. We decided to go to a really expensive dimsum place after to have lunch.

We got back to Waterloo around 9:00pm. I tried to study for a bit, but it wasn't that effective. I hope that I'll get more studying done tomorrow. At the moment, I actually feel that there's hope in all of my exams. I know this is not going to last, once my exam hits.

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

Nathan: How does that taste like? *points to something on the table*
Me: That's pumpkin soup, I think.
Nathan: No, not that. the one beside it. The one that looks like a pastry.
Me: That's a towel...
- Nathan having a blond moment during dinner

Today was pretty much packed with events. Our family went to dim sum for lunch because my aunt wanted to play some mahjong, so they decided to go to dimsum before playing. Then, Nathan and I decided to leave early to go to Eaton Center to shop around and visit San. I bascially went on a shopping spree. I haven't felt that nice ever since school started. It was nice to relax for a bit, though most fo the stuff that I got were christmas gifts. Best item that I bought was a REALLY cheap cardigan at buffalo [for myself of course =D]. After shopping, Nathan and I picked up Patchi and went to my aunt's place to have dinner. The dinner was pretty grand, and we all made Nathan eat like crazy. Typical Asian family, eh?

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

Oh my God. Epic fail. Missed my final chem lecture/review. Set my alarm to 8:30pm instead of 8:30 am. FML.

So, today didn't start that well. We ended up going back to Toronto around 5, which was later than I expected. I brought Nathan down to our "crappy" gym and worked out for a bit. After dinner, Cherry called us out for bubble tea with Harry and Terrence. After than, we did some mad cramming for exams. I don't know if it was effective, but I guess it's better than not studying at all.

Friday, December 4th, 2009

Lecture are over. Exams are coming. Today will be the last day of relaxing. Can't believe it's almost the end of first term.

I made up my mind. I'm not doing physics anymore. I don't think I can make it through especially how people who are taking it this term are struggling, even though they took it in high school. I decided to take psychology again and may attempt for a psychology minor. I hope that my plan won't backfire.

Toronto tomorrow! I'm excited, for some reason. I planned quite a few things too and I hope I'll have enough time to cram in some studying.

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Finally done all the exams for this week. I'll actually have a good night sleep tonight. The zoology lab exam wasn't as hard as I thought it was, but there were some pictures that were quite annoying. And I forgot how to spell the words, and some of the parts too. What pisses me off the most is that I forgot to go back to my questions and circle a multiple choice question. I would've gotten that question right too. Oh well, what's done is done.

After the exam, I went to a stress reliever event where we get to make tshirts. I made a tshirt that said "Biology is Life" in the front, and "Life is Biology" at the back. It's not perfect, but I had fun and was able to relax.

I can't wait to go back to Toronto. This is probably the only time where I really want to go back. I think I know why, but I'm not too sure. I don't want to think about it, I just want to go back.

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Right when I thought that it was impossible to pass the zoology lab exam, Ryan came back with a lab manual. He went to the night lab tonight and asked the TA if he could take one of the 'unclaimed' lab manuals. Thank god for him, or else I seriously would've thought I'll fail...again.

I could feel the tension starting to build inside me. I really want to give it up and I really don't want to care about it, but I just can't get past the barrier and my belief. Everything is weird and awkward now. Maybe I should have just kept quiet and suck it up like what I did before. This is giving me too much flashback of the past. Since when I turned so weak?

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Wow, it's December already. Time flies so fast not that I'm in university.

The psych exam was alright, but I have a feeling that I failed it or get somewhere in the 50's because it felt like the first test all over again. The three exams took a lot out of me and it's sad to know that I still have one more to do.

Few minutes ago, I just realized that I left my lab manual at the side bench after the lab. This sucks because my lab exam is Thursday and I haven't really start studying. Life sucks hard. I right when I thought I'm almost there for the week, I encounter another obstacle.

Currently I'm sitting in the laundry with Nathan. He asked me if I could help him with his massive load of laundry. Since I'm the 'big brother', how can I say no to my 'little brother'. And plus, he offered to wash my sweats because I ruined it yesterday after the fire alarm. Looks like I'll be sleeping at 3:00am again.

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Crap, I used the wrong equation for BIOL 140L exam. I KNEW there was something wrong with the answers because I got 2 'none of the above's. There goes 2 marks, darn it.

BIOL 130L exam was alright, but some questions were like what the fuck. Oh well, those two exams are done with. Now I have to move on to the next 2 exams, fml.

The fire alarm went off around 2:00am. It was pretty frustrating because I wanted to study some more psych before going to bed. Originally, I planned to sleep at 1:20 or 2:00am; I ended up sleeping at 3:00am. I can feel that I'm slowly giving up. I don't think I'll have enough energy to finish the rest of the week. The tiredness is blocking the information flow instead my brain. I just hope I'll know enough for the last 2 exams.

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

I finally got my external hardrive. Yay, now I could back up my stuff!

I hate studying. It takes to long and it doesn't guarantee you with a passing and satisfying grade. Making notes until 4:00am was not cool. This feels worse than june rush in ward. I wish I could just sleep forever and never wake up. The sad thing is that I won't be able to have a decent sleep until Tuesday night. I hate you, science!

Saturday, November 29th, 2009

*Jacob takes of his shirt*
Guys in the theatre: OHH YEAHHHHHHH!
-happened when we were watching New Moon

Chinese Lady 1: Oh my god, the asian guy [Eric in New Moon] is so handsome!
Chinese Lady 2: I know, right? He's adorable!
Chinese Lady 1: Wait, is he a guy or a girl?
-two chinese lady being ridiculously funny beside me

I watch New Moon with Steph today, and as expected, the movie sucked. If the book sucked that much, the movie isn't going to get much better. The people in the theatre were hilarious. Even though the movie sucked, I had fun listening to the comments around me, especailly with the two chinese ladies beside me talking. Overall, I was satisfied with this movie.

Since I went out for dinner with my dad, I end up not having a lot of time to do my notes for my exams next week. Steph told me that I shouldn't have gone to the movies. I don't regret it, because if I watched it later, then there won't be as much audience, thus, no funny comments. I ended up staying up untill 3:30am to finish my microbiology lab notes. It's all good, because I'm used to it already...I'm a true UW warrior.

Friday, November 28th, 2009

"Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners" - Robert T. Kiyosaki

I realized how screwed I am for my exams next week. I wish I had more time.

I thought it was over and done with, but it came back again. I don't know how long I'll last for. I hope there's a better way of resolving this.

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Last Microbiology Lab today! Once step closer in finishing this stupid course and forget about it! The lab was short and quick, so I was able to get back to MKV by 4.

Chem tutorial are useless. For the pass 3 tutorials that I went to, they taught stuff that I knew already. They make it sound like it's something that we have to attending in order to do well in the exam.

After today, the major studying begins. Honestly, I'd rather stay up late and do lab reports than studying for multiple exams. At least I know I'll pass in lab reports but with exams, there's a chance that I might fail. Next week is gonna be hell. Better find an efficient way to cram all those materials in.

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Staying up untill 5:30am, finishing my chem lab report was not cool. I don't know why, but this report took a lot out of me. I think it was all the numbers and calculations. Me and large amount of numbers does not really go together. Anyhow, today was a really short day since I skipped my morning classes again. The chem lab was a piss off because we have to finish the last lab report on the spot. I probably did a really crappy job because I had to rush everything.

The good news is that I'm done all my lab reports. That means no more late nights. Now all I need to do is to start studying like mad for the exams next week and a few weeks later.

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Very, very long day. I actually didn't fall asleep in psych class, despite how tired I am. Chem lab report was the only thing that was on my mind for the rest of the night.

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

It's sad to know that some people are already studying and cramming for their exams, while I still have to finish up my lab report. Chem Lab report did not really go well last night because I had some technical difficulties with Microsoft Word. Originally, I planned to finish the whole results section so I don't have a huge load on Tuesday night since I have a night class, but that's not happening because I only got through half of the results. Looks like I'll be staying up late again. At least kenny will keep me company this time, haha.

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

So I woke up today and said to myself that I want to dye my hair brown. I did it. I went to the salon in the afternoon to get it done. At first, I just want to dye it dark brown, where you could barely tell a different kinda thing. But my mom insisted that if I want to dye something, at least make it more apparent. She's probably annoyed how her dye didn't turn that apparent. So, she chose brown instead. Under the light, it looks really, really light. But if I'm not under the light, it's not that light. No more virgin hair!

Steph was overwhelmed and perhaps in denial for a second or so when i told her. She was so overwhelmed that she didn't even noticed that I got a haircut too. Ryan thought I was Patrick when he came into MKV, which was pretty bad because he said that I got shorter too. I didn't tell a lot of people yet because I want to see if they can notice it. In the dark, maybe not, but when there's light, it's pretty obvious. If they can't see it, I guess they're pretty oblivious. Haha. Well, now that I blogged it, some of them will know. I just want to see their reactions. Hehe.

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

Today was crap! I realized how many things I forgot in Waterloo. I couldn't work on my work at all. All I could do was study. I guess that's better than nothing

I had abdominal pains for the majority of the day. I seriously don't know what happened or what I ate. I hope it gets better by tomorrow.

So, I have decided to skip out on SciBall next Saturday. Mainly, it's because I have 4 exams/tests 2/3 days after. Another reason is that I don't feel like partying when I know I should be studying. Plus, party/clubbing is not my thing anyways, I could live without it.

Friday, November 20th, 2009

"School is my life...I have nothing outside it anymore"
- Tammy stating something something
very true about school and life

I got a slight headache after the ride back to Toronto. Eating apples did not help at all. Forgot to transfer my files from my laptop in Waterloo. Overall, boring and unproductive day.

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

My oxford tutorial presentation didn't go as well as I thought it would. I was pretty unlucky because I ended up getting a topic that I was least familiar with. I guess it's done and over with. Whatever.

I spent the remaining of the night doing my chem assignment. I actually completed the assignment with minimal help. I felt so proud of myself because I was actually able to solve those questions all by myself.

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

"I got my hair burnt for being too aseptic..."
-Ryan complaining about his burnt hair

Got my chem mark back. Passed. Better than last test. Nothing more to ask for.

Today, I actually went to my chem tutorial for once and it was kind of useless. Oh well, at least I know that the following ones are more important. Microbiology lab was more like a race to finish now. Ryan and I always tried to beat Viv and her partner, Stephanie. Today we ALMOST beat them. I would consider it as a tie because we reminded them to copy the expected results. If we didn't tlel them, they would've lost by default. Another funny thing that happened was that Ryan burned his hair. He leaned too close to the bunsen burner and the flame skinned a bit of his hair. It was pretty hilarious because it turned out like copper split ends.

Tuesday November 17th, 2009

Michael: OH MY GOD! WHY ISN'T THIS MOUSE MOVING?!?
Me: Because you're not touching the right spot...
*Michael looks down and realizes he was touching the part beside the touch pad.*
-LMAO

One of the longest day of my life! It was already bad enough that I only had 3 hours of sleep. Evidently, I fell asleep in all of my lectures for about 10 minutes. I actually fell into deep sleep, without knowing what's going. That's how tired I was.

I managed to get my zoology lab done pretty quick. I THOUGHT I was going to get some sleep before psych lecture, but I didn't. I ended up cleaning the dishes that was piling up in the sink, and made dinner for psych. Obviously, I wasn't able to stay up in psych class and fell asleep two times. When I got back to MVK, I crammed some oxford tutorial things. I wanted to sleep at 12, but Michael needed help with his chem. Finished helping him around 1:15, which was pretty good. I'll still get around 7 hours of sleep (Y).

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Since I ended up sleeping at 6, I ended up skipping both of my lectures. I was planning to go to microbiology, but my drawings took me longer than I thought. The day went be very fast for some reason. Probably because I've skipped almost the whole day.

After my cell biology lab, Nathan and I went to Vivi L's place since she wanted to take a shower before going to MKV. So we decided to eat dinner at CLV too. We had pasta and rice, which was really good since it was something different.

I managed to finish my first chem assignment, though I wanted to finish my second one as well. it took me longer than I thought so I decided to do the next one tomorrow. There was a meteor shower tonight. I went out for about an hour and saw 1. If it wasn't cold, I would've stayed longer. I guess it's okay because I saw at least one. And plus, I needed to sleep for a bit before my zoology lecture since I didn't get a lot of sleep last night. Nonetheless, the meteor shower was once in a life time experience.

Sunday, November 15th, 2009

I knew doing my lab report on the day before it's due was not a good idea, yet I did it anyways. The report wasn't as bad because it was based on osmosis. There's nothing much to write and it is pretty easy to get a grasp of it. I ended up finishing the report around 6:00am, which was pretty good cause I finished in less than 12 hours. We [Viv and I] went to Nathan's place to work on the lab report, thinking that there will be people over to chill. Best not to ruin their fun, right?

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

I finally got my braces off today. Stupid retainers are making me speak so weirdly.

There were not a lot of time to do work today, so I decided to make today a chill day. After teaching piano, I played some pokemon on ds [yes, I still play pokemon]. Then, I had to get ready for Carmina's debut. The party was fun and we took some random bubble pictures. I offered to drive Andy home because he lives so far. On the way, we cranked up the radio and hoped for "Party in the USA" to appear. It did came once, but it was only part of a mix. We were kinda disappointed [well, only me, Kim and Andy] but it's okay, we just kept singing. Good times, good times.

Friday, November 13th, 2009

I probably failed chem test/exam, but I did the best I can. Regretting for not studying more? Yes, definitely, but I know that it would still be the same because of the crammed week. That was all that I can do.

Finally get to go back to Toronto and do my laundry. It was nice seeing my family again. We went to our aunt's place for dinner and some mahjong. My mom made me play a few rounds so I can "relax" and forget about school. I guess it helped for a while, but things don't really work that way. This weekend is gonna be eventful, which is not good because I have a lab report that's due on Monday. the report is easy, but I know that it's gonna take a while to write. I'm planning to stay up on Monday for it so it's all good.

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Studying for Chem was hell. In the end, I gave up because all I was doing was knowing how to do the pass exams. I'm planning to wake up earlier in the morning to do some more reviewing before I leave. Hopefully, that'll work out.

Thank god this was the last day of sleepless night. I barely made it through my lectures because I was so tired. The day went by so fast. Even our "apparently very long" micro lab went by fast as well. We finally beat Vivi's group and rubbed it in their face. Not to be mean or anything, but it felt so good.

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Woot! I actually finished my micro lab report before 12am! It seemed like it was too good to be true. I actually had a bit of time to study for chem, though I don't really know any of the equations or concepts. I have to do mad cramming tomorrow.

Today, I DIED in both chem lecture and microbio lecture. I felt really bad afterwards, but I only had around 4 hours of sleep. It's funny how I only sleep in class, but not when I'm back at MKV.

A funny thing that happened today was when Harry accidentally knocked over the garbage bin and everything fell out. When I came out of the washroom after a shower, Harry called me, looking really sad and annoyed and asked me for him. It wasn't a big problem so I helped him mop the floor. The way how he asked me was hilarious because he sounded like a little kid.

For some reason, after getting the microbio lab report out of the way, I feel like I took off a tonne off me. I know I still have my chem to cram for but whatever. Just one more day of hell, then i could rest up and start on my other assignments for next week.

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Today was a long day. I had to drink two cups of coffee and a cup my tea to kinda stay awake. I gave up staying up in cell bio lecture and slept right when the lecture started. We dissected grasshoppers today was it was, well, interesting. It wasn't as hard as crayfish, but it was very..juicey?

Anyhow, the psych test's class average was 80.5%, which sucks cause I got 80% and I'm 0.5% under average. I guess it's not the matter of getting something above average. What's more important is passing the actual course.

Ryan, Michael and David come to MKV to do their lab reports. It was pretty funny because both Ryan and Michael were trying to pin point each other's blond moments and use it against them. In the end I didn't really finish a lot of my remaining lab report, but oh well, I still have tomorrow.

Monday, November 9th, 2009

This week is gonna be hell and I'm know I'll get around 4-5 hours of sleep each night. Tonight, I have to cram my bio essay in. It was not that hard, but it took me a while to complete it. I think I'm getting stupider because it's taking me forever to just write a conclusion paragraph. I can't wait until this weekend because I could finally get to sleep.

I'm starting to lose a bit of hope in school again. It's like I'm heading somewhere without direction. Things are getting harder and harder as each day passes. A girl once said, "University was the best 4 years of my life!" I don't know what's considered as her 'best' but so far it's crap for me.

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

Microbiology lab reports are deadly. They eff you over really bad. Usually, results section is the easiest part of the lab, but not for this one. There's 8 tables to go through with 3 sets of figures. We have to right a linker text for all of them too. I ended up staying until 3:30am just to finish that part of the lab report. I thought I would have time to start on the bio essay, but apparently not. Looks like I'll be staying up late for tomorrow too.

Steph left around 4:30pm today. I felt really bad yesterday because I took her bed and the fact that she slept really late [she usually sleeps at 12-ish?] After, a few of us started to cram in some work. Right now, things are not looking too bright because lack of sleep plus sick plus lots of work to do is death and torture. I wish I can totally skip out on this whole week.

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

Sleeping on the floor last night wasn't that bad and I kinda slept better than the 2 nights before, surprisingly. Today was open house in Waterloo and Kim and her parents came to visit. They came at a really bad time because everyone was still asleep. One by one, they came out form their rooms to say hi.

Steph, Harry and I visited their friends at West wing. We chilled for a while and then went back to East wing, attempting to study. For dinner, we went to 'Curry in a Hurry' and surprisingly, it was pretty good.

After dinner, the party started and most people went crazy in drinking. Nathan was so drunk that he didn't know what happened the next day. I drank a bit (maybe 4 shots and 2 beer?) and had a headache after. I was trying to watch after Nathan so he wouldn't drink any more. When he passed out in the washroom, I had to carry him back to my room because he said he was going to sleep in the washroom. When I put him onto my bed, I gave up and slept too. I really felt bad for Steph because Nathan and I stole her bed for the night, but she manage to get Chris' bed in the end.

Friday, November 6th, 2009

It's FINALLY weekend! Once again, I fell asleep in chem lecture. No matter how hard I try, I always end up sleeping. Today I lasted around 20 minutes or so. I don't think I'm improving at all.

This weekend is going to be somewhat relaxing and stressful since I have to balance between homework and partying. Technically, I shouldn't chill too much, but Steph came over this weekend and it's the first time I'm staying in waterloo for the weekend. Either way, I'm still planning to finish as much as I can, preferably my micro lab report and my bio essay. I know that it's not really realistic, but at least I know I'll try.

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

I wish my cold would go away right now. This is not making things better because there's a lot of things for me to complete. For the past hours, I've been trying to start on my microbiology lab report that was assigned today. You may think that I'm crazy, but when you have another major midterm next week, an essay, and another lab report assigned, I think you would do the same thing to.

At the moment, I really want to sleep, but I know I have to at least finish the introduction of my lab report. At the rate, I think I'll only finish a part of it. I can't even think properly right now. I was thinking of taking a nap, but it'll just make my sleeping habits go even worse.

We were analyzing why we are doing so bad now but so well in Mary Ward. We came to a conclusion and blamed it on the schedule lectures and labs that we have to go to. In Ward, we had so much freedom and time to do all our assignments. In university, majority of the time is used for labs and lectures [for science students at least]. If only university gives out units just like Ward, wouldn't that make live a bit easier?

Weekend is coming soon and that means I could sleep in finally. I need to start studying for chemistry test while completing all the other assignments. It seems kinda overwhelming right now, but I have to get through it eventually, sadly.

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

I decided to skip chemistry lecture after my psych study this morning because I was really tired since I only had 4 hours of sleep. I had to help harry with his math assignment that's due today. It was a little hard for me at first because I haven't done math in so long, but I managed to pull through. I think skipping my chem lecture this morning was a good decision [well, skipping in general is bad] because I know I would sleep in class anyways. Because the fact that I skip chem, I was able to stay awake through microbiology.

After microbiology lecture, I went to the library with Vivian L to do some studying and work. It was pretty successful because I got majority of the work that I want to finish done. I guess studying at the library is a better alternate than studying in res. Later on, Ryan joined us and we went to a Biology event where we get to meet our advisors. They gave us a lot of precious information and strategy to us. They encouraged us not to give up if we're struggling to hold on. One disappointing thing that they said that was a student must need a 90+% average to be even considered getting into med school. I'm pretty sure this shot a lot of people's goal. Surprisingly, I wasn't that sad about it because I saw that coming. Med school is not the only option. There are probably many more options where studying doesn't take your whole life like med school does. Either way, my concern is not really about getting into med school or not [even though it is evident that the chances are close to 0%]. It's the fact if i'm able to make it through this crappy term.

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Today, I woke up feeling like crap, but still pushed myself to go to classes. Sadly, I slept in both of my lectures. So far this week, I've been sleeping through all my lectures. I need to really fix up my sleeping habits, and also get better from this pre-sickness thing.

Zoology lab was quite frustrating because there were so much to look for and the directions of cutting the crayfish was confusing. I didn't study for this lab as much as I did for the others because there were simply too much and it might interfere with my psychology. In the end, I had to wing the oral quiz and hope for easy questions. I ended up getting 4.5/5, which is not bad for not finding 1/4 of the stuff.

Today was also the psych term test, which was surprisingly quite easy. I hope I'll do well because I thought I did really well on my Cell biology and I ended up with an 'okay' mark. Good thing our psych teacher marks things pretty fast, so I'll know my mark by Friday the latest.

I just noticed how many things I have to do for next week. I'm actually staying in Waterloo over the weekend for once because Steph is coming over and that they have a party or something. I don't know if I should be partying...partying hard at least. Study hard, play hard - but I have a feeling that I won't have enough time to finish everything. Decisions, decisions...

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

I did my first Psych study for psychology credits and I won $10.50! It was actually pretty sweet because all I did was a few clicking and submitting. What didn't go as planned was the lectures. I fell asleep in both of my lectures today, which was really disappointing.

Studying for both psych and zoology lab is hell. When I look at the lab manual, I get overwhelmed because there are a lot of parts to remember. After, its me to forget some stuff for psych. I think it's getting late and I need to get some sleep in so I could do well tomorrow.

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Wow, time is passing by so quickly. It's November already, and the sad thing is that I haven't caught up with my sleeping hours yet. I'm starting to stay up late again and it's becoming an habit. Why can't I study more efficiently so I could have more sleep? I have to find a solution to this because I'll end up falling asleep in class again, especially for chemistry.

Mike, Nathan, Vivian L, and David slept over at MKV this weekend. The suite was pretty messy when we got back, but it's all good and we cleaned up in no time. Mike had to finish cramming his lab report that's due tomorrow, while the others cram to finish our cell biology lab notes.

I just hate the fact that I have labs almost every day of the week. That means I have to study for the next lab on the previous evening. If I don't have to study for a quiz or test, I would have to cram for my lab reports. I really need to find a better way to manage this, or at least get used to it.

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Happy Halloween!

Halloween is not really important in our family. I don't really care because we spend our day just like any other regular day. Today, I went shopping with my mom and Patchi. Then, we decided to go to pmall for some bubble tea. When we got there, we saw a bunch of little kids trick-or-treating! I didn't even know that it's legal to trick-or-treat in a mall!

My mom wanted to bring me out for dinner. Also, my dad wanted to see me because he was busy for the past 2 weeks. I guess it was a nice "halloween" dinner.

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Yearbook are out, and surprise surprise, there are mistakes everywhere. Lucky me because I'm one of them. someone effed up my grad write-up. It fully said 5 years of high school [i graduated in 4 years thank you very much], learned a lot from Mrs. Powell for photography [never took photography in my whole life], and a shout out to TA 21 [I'm in TA 13!]. Even worse, it ended with 'LOL ^_^'! OMGFML! Now, my whole reputation is ruined thanks to whoever did the grad write-ups.

I think I'm getting sick because my throat is kind of sore. So, I decided to skip my microbiology lecture so I could sleep in. Before we left to Toronto, we watched 'A Moment to Remember'. It wasn't as sad as people were talking about but over all it was a good movie. A funny thing that happened was that Michael though we lived on the second floor. He waited there for like 10 minutes before noticing that he was on the wrong floor. Got owned.

Thrusday, October 29th, 2009

Wow, the microbiology lab that I did today actually took me less than an hour to complete. This is crazy because usually labs take a very long time to complete. Though, I didn't really use the extra time wisely because I was so tired. Oh well.

I've been researching and see what option I have if I fail in this program. I could either give kinesiology a shot since it's less intense as life science biology. Or I could wait another year and see how life goes with life science and then switch to AFM if I continue to fail. It seems like it's a waste of money, but at this point, money is not really 'the problem' at the moment. I'll have to see how it goes this year.

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Officially turned from dumb to dumber. 52.3% on zoology. I thought I did better than that. I really don't want to switch out. The only mark I didn't get is microbiology. I know I failed that. I'm probably be lingering between 58-61% average. Don't know what to do anymore. University sucks. Science sucks.

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Dissection was the bomb! It would've been better if I had a more mature earthworm to dissect with, but it's all good. When I was reading over the lab manual, I thought it would be disgusting to see the guts coming out. In the end, I had a blast cutting open the worm [even though I kind of butchered and destroyed it]. The oral quiz for the dissection was not as hard as I thought. Maybe it's because I chose the easier questions. Lucky me.

I thought It wouldn't take me too long to finish the remaining of my chem lab report tonight. Boy, I was wrong because I had a writer's block and could write anything for at least half an hour. I ended up finishing my report at 2:00am.

I never knew that I have another psychology test next week. I better start studying early because I need to pull my mark up. My remaining midterm marks should be posted soon. I really don't have a good feeling about it...

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Once again, I fell asleep in CHEM lecture. I lasted for half of the lecture and then I gave up because I was so tired. On the other hand, I managed to stay up for Microbiology lecture. I guess it could be considered as an improvement.

Cell biology lab was stupid because we had to use the spectroscopy machine and the sound it made was really annoying. Also, the fume from the petroleum ether gave me an headache. I swore I didn't inhale any. Maybe I had lack of sleep, I don't know.

I got my mark for the Cell biology exam, which was not as good as expected. I thought I got over 80%, but ended up with 77.5% instead. I'm kind of bitter because if I got the 'smallest living thing' question, I would've had 80%. Oh well, it's a pass, and compare to my other marks, it's actually pretty good. Now, lets hope that I pass my 2 other bio midterms, which is highly unlikely for microbiology.

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

"I'm soft and bouncy." - Vivian L accidentally
said this when we called her soft, so soft that she's soggy and saggy.

I was hoping some that I'll get some work done tonight other than my cell biology lab book work. It ended up taking me longer than I thought it would. On the other hand, tonight's curling game was better than last weeks. I actually got decent shots for once.

I think I'm reverting back to the last few weeks. I need to make myself work faster and sleep earlier. I need to stay awake in lectures or else I'm screwed for the next term tests and exams.

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

I should really be sleeping right now, but oh well. I guess I'm used to the late nights

Today, I went to the library with Cherry, Katie, Miranda and Chris, and attempted to do work. I only ended up doing very little, so little that it's almost insignificant, because I had to finish wrapping and write the birthday card for Mariel's debut. Then, I drove Cherry to Ten-to-4 for karaoke and met some of my other friends. I had to leave because I had to get ready for the debut.

Mariel's debut was awesome with crazy performances. My favourite was Karmela and Sheen's performance. Ohhh Karmela, this girl can sing! It was a cool combination with Sheen's awesome beat-boxing. I was also one of the roses and it was kind of a once in a life time experience. It was my first time being one, and probably my last time. Thank you, Mariel, for choosing me as one of your roses. I hope you have a wonderful birthday and wish you good luck in the world of adulthood.

One scary incident that happened tonight was when I was on my way to pick up my mom from work. My car was running low on gas, so I decided to fill it up with some gas. After filling it up, my car wouldn't start up for some reason. My mom already told me that there's something wrong with the battery today. I'm surprised that I didn't panic. Luckily, I found a good Samaritan who helped me and started up my car again. Now, both my mom and I lost trust in this old crappy car. We got to do something about it.

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Midterms are finally over. Microbiology was hard. One question was worth 1% of our final grade. At least there were some questions that I was sure that I got them right. I really hope that I pass this exam because if I do, I'll have to do REALLY well on the final because it worth the remainder 70%.

Weekend is here. Time to rest up, relax, and catch up some homework.

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Cell biology midterm exam was easy, as expected.

I hate microbiology with a passion. I have no clue what's going on. I'm gonna fail the exam. There's like no hope at all now. Fail, fail, fail!

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Everyone one, especially the ones who takes sciences, are probably cramming readings and lecture notes tonight. Whether it's Cell Biology or Microbiology, I could guarantee that most, if not all, of them would be staying up pretty late.

I think I got cell biology down so hopefully I'll do well in tomorrow's exam. Microbiology, on the other hand, is like impossible to study. The more I read, the more discouraged I get. I don't get what's going on and I'm scared that I'll get mixed up with cell biology. Lets hope that the other microbiology students feels the same way so the average will be bell curved. I don't have any confidence for that course at all...

A bit past midnight, I decided to check my facebook to see if there are any updates. I found a really interesting and funny video that I wouldn't stop watching it. It was a really nice stress reliever and made my day. If you want to watch the video, go to the following link:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=120554701784

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

"It'll be a shame if you draw and label
the figure wrong."- One of our TA for Zoology lab said it
when she was telling us to copy the figure from the board.
I don't know why, but I found it really funny. I'm
still laughing at it right now.

The Zoology midterm exam was decent because I actually got some questions. Hopefully I'll pass the exam because it'll definitely boost my confidence. In my opinion, the battle really begins tonight where I try to cram both cell biology and microbiology together. To be honest, I think that cell biology will be a breeze, but history has proven that whenever I think like that, the outcome always results in the opposite of what I thought it would be. Microbiology is the one that I'm worrying about, and probably everyone who I know that's taking this course. I'm kind of looking forward for the week to end, but at the same time, I don't. Mainly because I don't want Friday to come because of the microbiology exam. Oh well, life never goes according to my way, so I might as well go according to life's way.

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Study, study, and study.
Sore, sore, and sore.

Not having enough sleep is becoming an habit again, as I fell asleep in chem lecture. I ran back to residence to take a nap, and I could barely get up to go to microbiology lecture because of my soreness and tiredness. I had no choice but to skip the lecture because I'll end up falling asleep AGAIN. I guess it was a good and bad thing. I was energized for the lab in the afternoon. Surprisingly, I passed my last last week's pop quiz with a 6.75/10. It was considered as good since the class average is only 5.25.

I studied a bit more for zoology, though nothing much had really gone into my head. The midterm is tomorrow and I seriously don't know what's going to happen. Have to hope for the best, I guess. I'm actually going to sleep earlier today because it'll help me with memorizing readings/notes. And plus, I'm super sore from curling last night. One sneeze can cause me laying on the floor in pain.

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

I went back to Waterloo pretty early today because I wanted to make it before 6 so I can play curling. In the end, we got assigned to the 8-10pm section, which was still cool. I haven't played curling for so long now. Playing it gave me back memories of the high school curling team. All the falls, the jokes, the competitive team. Surprisingly, the person who I missed most was Jesse. Even though he's the same age as Patchi, he had mad skills. The chances of seeing him again is very slim, as his family decided to move to Hong Kong. It seems like he was having trouble adapting to the new environment, but I know he'll pull through. Maybe one day, us curling people from high school, will reunite.

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Home, sweet home. I'm glad that I actually went back to Toronto this weekend. Both, my mom and my grandfather, noticed how depress and stressed I was. They gave me a 'talk' how I have to take care of my health, and that health is always more important than education. In terms of money, they think that it's not a major issue. So are they trying to indirectly say they want me to fail rather than killing myself with all nighters/late nights? In a way, it may put more pressure on me because I don't want to disappoint them, but it also reinforces the confidence that I lost few days ago. My family still has hope for me despite of the shitty marks; I, too, should have the same amount of hope that they have for me.

It was funny how the topic in the family was how I only got an average of 4 hours of sleep last week. Even through webcam-ing with my aunt and grandma in China, they spent at least half an hour talking about it. Yup, my family is weird.

So, I thought I was getting my braces off today, but ended up keeping it for another 4 weeks. Oh well, it doesn't matter if I get it off sooner or later, it's still the same to me. In the afternoon, I went tot he library with Miranda to do some quality studying. We were originally going to go to Agincourt, but it appears that it's on renovation for the next 2 months. So, we went to Woodside instead, which was packed with loud Asian kids running around. Surprisingly, we got quite a few things accomplished. At night, I decided to go out for dinner with Patchi and San. We went for teppanyaki [sp?] and it was delicious. It was the first time for Patchi because he had breathing problems when he was younger, so we didn't bring him to places with heavy fumes. We all enjoyed the dinner.

Going back to Toronto, I would think I'll finally catch up in sleeping and pay off some of my debt, but boy, I was wrong. For the past 2 nights, I've slept at 3:30am and waking up around 9 or 10am. If only there are more than 24 hours in a day.

Friday, October 16th, 2009

"Well we didn't stoop to his level and attack his work.
It spoke for itself." - Miranda complained about
an incident that happened 2 years ago.
This made my day.

Wow, today must have been the worse day in university so far. Everything just came crashing down one after the other. I learned that i barely passed my psych test, 58.33% and then an hour later i learned that I got the SAME mark for chem. That was the nastiest double blow. Totally ruined my weekend...

So now I'm still in Waterloo, waiting for my ride at 1am. Yes, I know, it's such an odd time to leave, but hey, at least I don't have to take the yucky FED bus. Tim and his friend, Brian, came to Waterloo to visit. No offense, but This weekend was a bad week to come because of midterms next week. Oh well, it doesn't matter with me anyways because I'll be away.

So after discovering the horrid marks, I was pretty bummed out because I spent a lot of time studying for those two tests. Looks like I need to start cracking on my 3 bio midterms, though I have a feeling that it's not going to be pretty.

Studying Zoology is like studying the impossible. The textbook does not correspond to the lecture notes, which are quite vague. I don't feel like the notes that I took in class are enough to have a decent mark for the exam, if not, passing at all. It feels like there's no hope for this midterm but I guess I have to make the most out of it because if I fuck this one up again, then my confidence level is going to be too low for cell biology and microbiology midterm.

Oh university, just take my life away instead.

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

I keep on falling asleep in my lectures nowadays. I try really hard not to, but it just won't work. I feel more tired now than the few days that I've been pulling late nights and all nighters. I had 6 hours of sleep last night, and another hour of nap, yet I'm still exhausted. I really want to go to sleep right now, but I need to read. Midterms are coming soon, and I really don't want to regret for not using my time to study. Therefore, I MUST read, at least a chapter so I won't have a guilt trip.

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

I was actually excited for today because it'll be the first night in Waterloo that I'll be sleeping for at least 6 hours. Everything was going according to plan, until this one unexpected curve ball that was thrown at me. Some of my class times for next term were full...

At that moment, I was extremely angry because I spent to much time planning and revising with Steph. It feels like that all the hard work went to waste. Now I have a night lab [ends at 10pm], which is not too appealing. I tried not to have random holes in my schedule because I am having trouble this term with the random breaks. But it seems like I'll have some random holes for next term too.

At first, I felt like it was the end of the world because it'll affect my sleeping hours. Waterloo planned it REALLY bad and it's unfair for some people who got assigned at later times. Few hours ago, I just sat in front of the computer, stalking quest to see if there were openings in the times that I want. Later on, I decided that it was pretty useless because people would probably chose their primary choice. Oh well, that life. All I could say is '我認命' [ngo ying meng; I accept life?]

Even though I'm kinda tired right now, I still have to get through my Zoology lecture notes and study a bit of the microbiology lab tomorrow. In just 2 hours, I will be able to go to bed, and begin paying some of my sleep debt, though it is probably just enough to pay for the interest...

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

No lab and tutorial means more sleeping and studying.

Today's day was actually ideal because it feels somewhat like a schedule of an art student. We used those time for sleeping and study, though I don't think the studying was too effective. Even though I was able to get through all the chapters for the test, I didn't get most of the questions. It was pretty bad considering how much time I put into for this term test. I can't even imagine what will happen with my 3 other biology midterms next week...

After psychology class, I need to start workign on my chem lab report that I haven't had the chance to touch on. It should be fairly straightforward since the report is modified. The only reason why I'm blogging earlier today is because I know I'll forget after doing my lab report and i know what I'll be doing for the next 5 or 6 hours. My goal is to finish the report by 2:ooam - sounds reasonable, doesn't it?

Monday, October 12th, 2009

"Harry: Hey Kenneth, do you know what's a douche?"

Kenneth: Yeah, of course. There's a live one standing in front of me" - Kenneth being cool.

Today was pretty much reading Psychology and finishing online quiz and assignment for chem. I didn't really finish reading everything for psych, but there is still time tomorrow since my class is at night. Though, I should really save some time to do my chem lab report that's due on Wednedsay...

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

Today, I went looking for a digital piano to bring to Waterloo. That took most of the day, which is bad because I need to study and work on my lab report. Later on at night, I went to dinner with Harry, Tim, San, and Miranda. We went to this japanese restaurant at Danforth and Pape [I forgot what the restaurant is called]. So that was a lot of driving for me. Okay, back to studying. =(

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

Today was Cherry's birthday dinner thing at Seoul bbq, and it was pretty good. The food there was alright and we all had fun. Too bad I didn't stay for the after party because I had to do work. But when i got home, I didn't do anything. Sucks...

Friday, October 9th, 2009

The chem test was alright, though I know I screwed up some questions. I'm glad that it's a long weekend because I have some serious catching up to do [both sleeping and readings].

Today, I was pretty much dead. Tried to do some readings, but it didn't work. The ride back to Toronto took around 3 and a half hours due to the bad weather condition and traffic. Though, I got some sleeping time done during the ride, which was a good thing.

I should get to bed now because it's already 2. I guess I don't keep track of time because I'm so used to staying up late. Better fix this up during this weekend and have a fresh start in my sleeping habit!

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

I hate Chemistry. I hate science. I hate my program.

Maybe it's the fact that everything is happening at the same time. I really regret not staying in accounting. I KNEW I wasn't interesting in sciences. I knew it's gonna be intense. I'm tired of trying so hard and see no results. I feel so stupid because I don't get these simple concepts. Especially in chemistry because they were all high school work. I really wonder why I'm in the program.

University is stressing me out and I am doubting my future. Great, I wonder what's gonna be next.

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Every other Wednedsays are supposed to be one of my favourite days because I only have two classes. Today was an exception.

So it's the day before my BIOL 140L due, and I didn't start on it yet. After my Microbiology lecture, I went to the library to look for book again for my lab report [I went last week and all the books were gone]. I found out that I was looking at the wrong section. Great, I could've started on this report earlier. I progressed really slowly as I only finished 2 paragraphs of my intro in the first 2 to 3 hours. After dinner, I thought I was in good pace, thinking that I might finish before 12. Boy, I was dead wrong. When the hour hand struck 12, I was still struggling to finish my intro. It was that sad.

So now it's 8:15am, still doing some finishing touches for my lab report. You guessed it right, I've been working on it for the whole night. I have classes in like 15 minutes, but whatever, zoology can kiss my ass. Through all the mad cramming, I'm actually quite proud of myself for acutally finishing the report because it seemed quite impossible few hours ago. I've never stayed up for that late and in fact, it was the first time that I ever stayed up in October. I'm surprised that I didn't collapse yet.

It's even sadder to know that I might pull another late night on Thursday [technically today] just to study for my chem term test. Just one more major obstacle, and then I'll be able to sleep like there's no tomorrow.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Longest day of my life. I want to sleep!

I actually fell asleep during my BIOL 130 lecture, with my face flat on the table. For once in my life, I was tired after a lab. Tonight, I have to stay up for a bit JUST to start on my lab report. Looks like I ate my words when I said that I'm not gonna leave an assignment last minute. Though, I guess it's an improvement because I'm starting the night before. My head is hurting like crazy right now, so I better get cracking on my report or else I'm gonna be really cranky tomorrow.

Monday, October 5th, 2009

I didn't sleep that well the night before, but I still pushed through the day without taking a nap. The cell biology lab was long, and surprise surprise, Viv and I were the last ones to finish AGAIN. Gosh, lab sucks. Then we got our lab reports bad. It was good and bad news because I did REALLY well on the lab report itself [got perfect], but Apparently i marked too hard on the other person's report. I ended up getting 3/5 for that portion, so I ended up getting 8% out of 10% that we were able to get. Biterness sucks...

So now, Chris, Vivian L, Nathan and I isolated ourselves in my room, trying to get some work done. Hopefully, we'll get some studying done.

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

I continued to study for a bit more while I'm still in Toronto. My mom ended up skipping work in the morning and afternoon so I didn't have much time studying. I thought I was going to work when I get back to Waterloo, but that didn't happen because I had to install Windows & on my laptop. I ended up going to sleep at 2:30am installing programs.

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

Wow, I actually study/did work for once. Usually, I either touch only one textbook during the weekend, or not touch them at all. It'd different studying in Toronto because I'm so used to it. It feels like high school all over again, where I cram units during the weekend to catch up or get ahead [trying to get ahead usually fails]. Similarly, I'm trying to catch up in university, except this time I'm working to prep myself for the tests and midterms. I guess, in a sense, Ward had taught me how and when to catch up when I'm behind, though, it also introduced the art of procrastination to me. I've experience the overwhelming workload for the past 4 years. It's funny that I kept telling myself that it won't happen again next year, yet, history kept repeating itself. Though, I can remember a bit of improvement each year [kind of?].

So, Year 1 of university. Will history repeat itself again for the 5th year in a row? It sure feels like that's where I'm heading right now. But for some reason, I feel that there's hope, because the ball that rolled away a week ago is closer than I thought. Just need a few more strides, and I'll be able to get back on top of the ball.

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

I woke up feeling like crap in the morning. Throughout my chem class, I had a runny nose. After, Viv and I decided to go to the library to look for books for microbiology. When we got there, all of the books were taken out. Sucks...

Since I wasn't feeling so well, I decided to skip my microbiology lecture. I asked Ryan to take notes for me instead. I'm glad that I made this decision because I really needed that sleep and I feel much better right now. The bus ride to Toronto was not so great. Traffic, rain, and lots of stuff to bring home is not the best combination. I left Waterloo around 4:15, and got to STC around 6:45. The dinner for lunar festival was actually okay, though they served the food really. All the kids were complaining and it was pretty jokes because the waiter indirectly rushes us to finish each dishes.

This weekend is meant for catching up in readings and assignments because I realized that the ball is rolling away from me. Time to catch up!

Thrusday, October 1st, 2009

Wow, now I hate microbiology even more.

The lab started out great, but the fact that we have to finish 5 experiments in 2 hours was almost impossible. I only finish 3 out of 5 experiments. Almost everyone in my class didn't, yet one of our TA was being really rude [his tone is rude at least]. In addition, i got my fingers stained. Great...

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

READ, READ, READ!!!

I realized how much reading I've been skipping. I seriously need to start cracking on those readings. I know i might not be able to catch up, but it's better now than a week before my midterm exam. Hopefully, I'll get as much as possible in my head.

Labs are so frustrating! Especially when you have 4 of them and sometimes you forget which is which. So far, I've screwed up all my labs this week, and I have a feeling that I'll screw up tomorrow's microbiology lab, just because it's microbiology. Today's chem lab was kind of stupid, though it was pretty straight forward. I messed up one of the steps pretty bad because I accidentally added 5mL extra of 6M HCL to our experiment. Technically it didn't matter much, but it's weird having a different colour solution than everyone else. Also, when I was trying to turn on the Bunsen burner, I had trouble AGAIN. This time, it wasn't about my lack of skills with the sparkler. Apparently, i stuck the ube to the 'air' facet, not the gas one. That was pretty embarrassing. FML

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

I don't like Tuesdays very much...

Tuesdays are the days where I can't take any naps. Tuesdays are the days where I can't eat proper meals. Tuesdays are the days where I start at 8:30am and end at 9pm. I hate you, Tuesdays.

Today's lectures were not as bad as yesterday because I actually was able to stay awake. The lab, on the other hand, was a big fail. We had to draw 7 figures of different species within 3 hours. When there were 10 minutes left, Viv L and I were still scrambling through our last two slides. For our last slide, we found a really nicely stained, bug/lobster-looking species. Without any hesitation, we started drawing that figure. Ryan came by and saw our species and was shocked because it was so different from his. He then showed us a picture in our textbook - apparently it was supposed to look like a flower, not a bug! We immediately asked our TA to come and help us take a look. When she first saw our half-drawn diagram, she gave us the "what the fuck" look and started laughing. Luckily, she found us the species and we somehow finished cramming everything together. Boy, that was embarrassing...

I found out that some people are having their econ midterm/term test on Friday. So, currently I don't have a ride back to Toronto. Worse comes to worse, I'll have to take the FED bus, which is a regular yellow school bus [YUCK!]. Hopefully, I could find someone that I could leech a ride off, or at least someone to take the FED bus with me.

Monday, September 28th, 2009

It's only been the third week of school and we're already pulling an all nighter. Sad thing was only 2 out of 4 of us finished.

The day went by really slow as I kept on falling asleep in my lectures. The only thing that was running through my head was "when will this lecture be done?" The BIOL 130L lab was a a big fail. We had to mark another's lab report, but there were a lot of questions. It was quite surprising how there were people who don't know how to write a proper lab report. What's amusing was that people did not read the instruction properly. My report was a big mess and at times, I feel bad for deducting the marks.

Viv L, who had lack of sleep, found out who had her lab report. The guy who had her lab report kept asking the TA [teacher assistants] if he need to deduct marks. Viv L got really pissed off and started being really picky with HER lab report [she had the lab report of the guy's friend]. The point of this exercise is to mark another's lab report and try to get as close to the mark that the TA will give them. she ended up almost failing the guy's report. The way Viv L acted was priceless. I guess that's the result of lack of sleep.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Everyone is cramming for their lab report for tomorrow. We [Nathan, Viv L. and I] are in Victor and Christian's room working on our lab reports. I'm done my report, though I don't know what to put for the 'linker'. Now I need to finish my flow chart, which is straight copying. Okay, work time again.

Saturday, Spetember 26th, 2009

Today was packed with things to do, unlike the previous Saturday. I went to my ortho in the morning to have my check up. Apparently, I'm getting my braces off 3 weeks later. After, I went to Kim's birthday party. This was the only time where I didn't stay late [that means staying for dinner] because I had a baby shower to attend to. Even though I didn't stay long, I got to see a lot of my friends that I haven't seen them when school started. The baby shower was a waste of time, though the food was quite good. I would rather use those few hours to work on my lab report that's due on Monday. But on a second thought, if I didn't go to the baby shower, I would've stayed at Kim's place, and do nothing. So, either way, I wouldn't have done anything. I guess seeing all [well, most] of my friends in Toronto was worth it. I'll just pull a late night tomorrow.

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Back in Toronto again! Except, this time my weekend is actually packed. I left my keys to my friends so they can have a sleep over at MKV. Okay, have to get back to work...

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

It's only 9:35pm right now, and I'm dying to sleep.

I woke up at 7:00am today just so that I could get my free breakfast from my Don. We had banana pancakes, which was worth waking up for. But the day went downhill from there. Usually, after my 8:30am-9:20am class, I go back to MKV to take a nap before I go to my next class at 1130am. Today was different because I had a Chem tutorial, which filled up the 2 hours between my two classes. What sucks more was that I had a lab in the afternoon as well.

Today's lab was about microbiology. Even though labs are far more interesting than lectures and tutorials, it can be quite frustrating at the same time. We were required to examine 4 different kinds of microorganisms. Most of us had trouble staining and finding the organism. When the clock struck 4pm [the lab started at 2:30pm and ends at 5:20], I was still on my first slide. Luckily, I was able to finish the lab despite of the many struggles that I had. I guess labs aren't my thing...

On another note, I am getting better in using the bunsen burner. In Ward, we were not allowed to use the bunsen burner and instead, used the hot plate instead. In university, we are forced to use the bunsen burner. At first, it was pretty embarrassing because it'll take me at least a minute for me to get the fire started. For some reason, the bunsen burner makes me feel a bit 'mature' since Ward kind of sheltered us by not letting us use it. I have to be extra careful and not let my lab coat burn, especially when I was on my own to do today's lab. In fact, this realization triggered the reality - the fact that I'm an university student. More importantly, I'm not a kid anymore because I'm all grown up. It took me around 2 and a half weeks to figure this out and get things sorted. I guess it's better later than never.

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Today was amazing because I only had 2 classes. It was a nice day to catch up on some work. I finished all the quizzes that I have to complete, which was pretty good. Though, for my chemistry lab quiz, i got marks deducted because I didn't enter a period in one of the fill-in-the-blanks. This sucks cause it lowered my mark a lot since it was only out of 6. So I emailed my teacher and she noticed the problem. She said that she'll fix the mark when she's grading.

At 6pm, Viv L., Ryan and I went to an mini orientation for biology major students. I learned a lot of interesting things, and of course, new friends. The only sad thing is that I realized that I have to take physics next term. Although I'm bummed about it, I kind of knew it was coming. I could skip the whole physics part if I want, and still graduate, but I need to know physics for the MCAT test. So now, it's the matter of staying stubborn and refuse to take physics, or suck it up and take the damn course so I could do the MCAT test. I really don't want to do it, but I want to do the MCAT just incase I 'miraculously' get into Med-school. I'd say it wouldn't hurt to do the MCAT test, for backup if anything, but at the same time, it's PHYSICS. Oh man, life sucks...

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Oh my God! I actually forgot to blog for Tuesday because I had night class. Oh well, nothing much happened that day so it's all good.

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Today was very hard to get through because I didn't have a good night sleep. But it was all good because my microbiology lecture for shortened by half and hour. It was like Christmas since I was able to take a nap because I go to my biol 130L lab. The lab was actually the first formal lab that I did in Waterloo. It was pretty straight forward and fun - nothing too complicated. I hope that all my other labs for the remainder of the week will be just as fun and straight forward.

One thing that pissed me off tonight was the stupid Psychology survey. There were 40 sections, each section containing about 10 questions. It said that it'll take only an hour to complete this survey, but I ended up taking two hours. The sad thing is that when I reached the 39th section, the system logged me out because I've reached the time limit. I never knew there was a time limit to begin with! I ended up redoing the whole damn survey, except this time I didn't give a crap about it checked off random circles. All of this work for just 1%...

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Back in Waterloo today.

The trip to Toronto seemed really short, probably because I didn't get to see my family that much. We came back to Waterloo earlier today because we want to participate in the ballroom dancing club. It was really fun, but I don't know if I have the time to do it. After dancing, a bunch of us went to crash CLV's BBQ. All of us were not satisfied and were still pretty hungry. So, we decided to go back to MKV to cook some dinner. That was pretty much summarize the whole day.

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Today, I had fun driving around the city and finishing what I had to do. I picked up Vivian C and Vivian L to get some curling equipments. After, I went to Vivian L's house to chill. I realized that I really need a haircut, so I decided to take a trip to the salon and get one. Mariel texted me and said she wants to me get an invitation from her. So I went all the way down to her place [which is really REALLY far!] and got my invite. At first, I thought I got lost because Ellesmere started to get really isolated. I even went pass UTSC on the way there.

It's really sad how today was my first full day back in Toronto, and my mom told me this morning that I have to eat dinner alone. My mom needed to work, and my grandfather and my brother went to the chinese opera. I was lucky enough to stay for dinner at Vivian and Kim's place.

Okay, back to reading... =(

Friday, September 18th, 2009

First week of school is done! I'm glad that I actually survived this week, although I know that next week is gonna be worse.

I like my Fridays because I only have two classes to go to. Technically, I finished at 1:30pm, but I had to wait for the others to finish their classes to leave for Toronto. We left Waterloo around 6:30pm and reached Toronto Around 8:30pm. The rest of the night was pretty much relaxing, though I do regret not reading or work on some chemistry. Oh well.

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

-> San pressuring me to give her my iPod Touch. Thanks San, you made my day. =)

So I decided to put the date for my title instead because I tend to miss blogging or blog after 12am. I guess it's more convenient when I actually look back at this blog. [And because I'm running out of ideas for title names]

The first week of school is almost done and I can't wait to sleep in. All I've been doing was reading, reading, and more reading. It's sad to know that next week and the week after is gonna be much worse because my labs begins. After this blog, I still have a few pages to read before I go to bed. Sad, eh?

Some people asked me if I miss home yet. The answer is no, but I do miss all my friends in Toronto. What does it feel like? I guess it's indescribable because technically I'm not going away for a trip. I could say that my feelings are neutral right now, which is probably a good thing. The only thing I kinda doubt is my choice in program. Maybe it's just the beginning and that I need to adapt to it. I hope things turn out better because I really don't know how long I could last for or if I could make it to the end.

It's All the Textbook's Fault

Wow, I actually forgot to blog yesterday because I was so busy reading my BIOL 130 textbook.

Yesterday was actually pretty tiring because I had my first chemistry lab. That was a big fail because I had trouble finishing my titration/'how to use a burette' exercise. Stupid guide was so misleading and I ended up redoing the exercise. I kept on forgetting to shut the stopcock, so the water kept on running and it never reached 0mL [If you took grade 11 chemistry, you would know what I'm talking about]. Thank god I was at the back of the lab so no one really noticed, but it was quite embarrassing.

After classes, I went back to my residence to do some reading. It took my almost 4 hours to finish 30 pages of cell biology, which was pretty sad. I was going to read a chapter for Psychology, but ended up going to bed because it was getting late and I wanted at least 7 hours of sleep. [I probably got like 6 and a half, damnit]

Feeling the Stress...Already

It's only been the third day of school and it already felt like the hated schedules days in Ward.

Today, I was supposed to have 5 classes to attend, totaling of 9 hours of classes. Luckily, my lab and tutorial were cancelled for this week. I thought Zoology would be the most interesting course that I'm taking right now, but so far I'm hating it. On the other hand, my Cell Biology class is almost like the carbon copy of my grade 12 biology course, which is a great thing! At least I'll understand one of my 5 courses now.

Because of the cancellations, it gave me time to shop for the rest of my books. The line up to get in the bookstore was crazy. Now, I have all my textbooks, lab manuals, and lecture notes. The total amount of money I used for books was not pretty.

I had one night class tonight, which was Psychology. Surprisingly, this course is actually interesting. Sadly, Psychology is the only course that I'm looking forward to because it seemed so easy compared to my 4 other science courses [maybe excluding Cell Biology].

First Day of School

Even though I only had 2 classes today, it was quite tiring. The lectures are so boring and I almost fell asleep during one of them. After the lectures, I realized that I have to buy 2 of my textbooks. The line up for the bookstore was ridiculously long. It's sad that I'm not half done buying my textbooks at the moment. All of the books that I need are sold out in the used bookstore.

Surprisingly, I actually felt sleepy really early tonight. I've been wanting to go to sleep ever since 9:00pm. Tomorrow's gonna be even worse because I have a total of 9 hours of classes. It's sucks because I heard that clubs sign ups were tomorrow as well. Must find a solution to it...

And the Hell Begins Tomorrow

Today was like a 'meet our parents' day because all of our parents came to Waterloo to visit us. [Well, with the exception of Kenneth because he went back a few days ago.] Each family brought in a lot of food and groceries, so much that at one point, we had a hard time of rearranging the things in our fridges. [Yes, we had to bring an extra fridge.] I think we have more food here than in my own apartment in Toronto. With that amount of food, I think it could last us for a couple of weeks.

I went out for lunch with my family and we had chinese food. We wanted to see if the chinese food here were any good. Even though the looks of the food were not as appetizing, it was surprisingly good. When all of our parents left, we were supposed to visit the mall, but that didn't happen. So we stayed in our residence for the rest of the afternoon. As always, we had some of our friends over and a few stayed for dinner.

School starts tomorrow and as always, I'm not excited at all. Though, I think sleeping earlier would be a good idea since I've been sleeping really late lately.

Last Day of Frosh

As expected, I had muscle aches all over my legs so I decided to rest for the day. The day started out pretty bad because leaders were knocking on our doors and hitting pots and pans very loudly to wake us up and make us go to the events. Since I slept at 4am last night, I decided to just ignore them and go back to sleep. The events for today wasn't that interesting anyways. I only went out to eat dinner because we were running out of food.

Today was pretty much a waste of time. I should've went back to Toronto if I knew earlier. Oh well, I guess it's good to take a day off.

Leader Chase - Revenge or Torture? [September 11th]

Fire drill at 9:45am - not cool.

The day started out pretty relax. I decided to skip out on all the activities in the morning and in the afternoon because I heard that it was just mock lectures and stuff. At first, I was looking forward to the Leader Chase. Basically, it a game of manhunt, except we have to carry them back to the Link for points. Our leaders told us that this was the chance to get back at other leaders who've been teasing us. But at the same time, it felt like a torture because all of the leaders that we caught were quite heavy and there were only the 2 of us, Viv L and me. This was like the workout of the year. Some leaders were very sneaky and purposely made it harder for us to carry them back. Some female leaders were deceivingly heavy, despite of their petit size. After the game, I was pretty much guaranteed to have sore aches on every part of my body.

After the Chase, we had a dance for students of science faculty only. It was great! We had some freezies, took a lot of plastic flowers since it's hawaiian-themed, and met some new friends.

People came over to our place after the dance and we chilled until 4:00am. We played poker [Viv L totally dominated], did our science dance [chyeah!] and played video games. Viv L. decided to stay for the night because it was getting late and we don't want her to bike back to her resident, which is really, really, REALLY far away.

Back-to-back parties means lack of sleep. Thank god frosh week is almost over.

The Blog for September 10th

I ended up waking up at around 11:30am yesterday morning. I decided to make myself a grilled cheese for lunch, with a cup of milk. It wasn't that great because I used processed cheese, but whatever, it was easy to make. After, I went to SLC to meet up with some people. There, I saw Harry and Vivian L with their friends. Then, I decided to chill with Ryan, Charlene, Jessica, Eliz, and Katie. We went back to UWP, which is like on the other side of the campus, to check out their rooms. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. An interesting thing that happened was when Charlene lost, or should I say, misplaced her keys. So we went back to the SLC to see if she dropped it somewhere. She ended up finding it on top of the water bottles at her place when she went back to double check. Owned much?

After, we got ready to go to Monte Carlo, which is a semi formal dance with a casino [not real gambling of course] It was pretty cool and we met a lot of friends and old friends. Apparently, Agatha went to Waterloo as well! I swear she was at York, but she told me that she changed her mind. When we were lining up to get in, there was a drunkard who randomly started to talk to me and 3 of my korean friends. He went on explaining his life and how asian people have weird names. Then he asked us what's our 'asian' name. Of course, I made up one on the spot, saying my name was Ho Lee [yes, the guy from 'Single and Sexy' for anyone who watched it]. That was probably the highlight of the day.

Inside Monte Carlo, Laura jumped and hugged me from behind. At first, I was so shocked and thought "Who's that crazy girl?" It was nice reuniting with people that I haven't seen for a long time.

Monte Carlo was supposed to end at 1am, but Chris, Ryan and I decided to go back to residence around 11pm. As the night progresses, more people came visit one after another. We ended up having 9 people over. I guess I could call it a party. Within the group, we made new friends and had a chance to share emails and phone numbers. Around 2am, there was ANOTHER white drunkard who was trying to find a jam with booze. At first, it was pretty scary because we though it was our Don explaining to us that we're being too loud. I quickly kicked the drunkard out of our room because we never know what he'll end up doing.

As a matter of fact, it was Ryan's birthday. The 3 girls from our building decided to make a Nutella Bread Cake for Ryan. Ryan didn't really like the idea of eating too much sweet, so we all helped him finishing it. In the end, the people ended up leaving at 3:30am. HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYAN!

GAGS = Mission Impossible

"Sine, sine, cosine, sine,

Three point one four one five nine!" - Math cheer that was use for a game of broken telephone.

The morning portion of the day was pretty much boring because of the lectures and speeches. The fun began when we played Go and Get Stuff [aka GAGS]. GAGS is basically a scavenger hunt, but there's a twist to it. Most of the things listed were quite impossible to find. We had to do thrillers, cheers and all of those crap to please our judge so we'll get more points. Since some of the things are impossible to find, we were told to use our imagination. Vivian L, Michael and I went back to my res to find anything that meets the requirements of the game. One of the thing listed was chopsticks with chinese writings on it. So we took a pair of disposable wooden chopstick and wrote random chinese characters with a sharpie. For 'an World Cup', we drew and wrote 'the world' on a styrofoam cup.

There were a lot of walking around the campus today. We basically walked from the northern part of the campus, to the southern part, and back. I didn't stay long at the Bonfire at night because I was extremely tired and wanted to rest my legs. The good news is, I get to sleep in tomorrow!

So Tired!

It's 12:50am in the morning and I am falling asleep. Today's frosh was filled with events and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The most important thing is that I got cool gifts and freebies! [Joking!] The night before, I found out that Vivian L. was in my orientation group. I was glad that I have someone to chill with. During the orientation, she introduced me to one of her friend, Michael. We learned some cheers, learned a dance, and had a chance to watch an hypnotizing show. The show was extremely funny, though I think half of the people there were faking it.

Okay, I'm really REALLY tired right now. I think this is enough, though i might polish this up later on if I have time.

P.S. HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARRY! =)

Frosh - Day 1

Water, water, water! ... Loo, loo, loo!

Water, water, water! ... Loo, loo, loo!

Water! ... Loo!

Water! ... Loo!

Water, water, water! ... Loo, loo, loo!

That's basically our cheer...

Frosh was pretty interesting. It was kind of like Oasis at Ward, but just with a larger amount of people. It was quite interactive, as the MC forces us to meet new people. I guess it was alright, but I kind of feel bad because I don't remember half of the people I met. Hopefully, I'll bump into one of those people and get to know them better.

We played many games and did a lot of rotations. One thing that still lingers in my mind is during one of the games where a pair link their arms with their backs together. One of my partner was a really bulky football player. So, he locked his arms to his sides and begins to lead the way [more like dragging me around]. For the next minute or so, I was literally being dragged on my heels. Not fun at all...

Tomorrow, the faculty has a chance to host some [nerdy, in my case] events for their students. Boy, I can't wait...*rolls eyes*

The First Day

It's hard to believe that I'm an university student already. Waterloo is definitely different from Toronto, environment wise...

Moving in was quite simple and easy. The volunteer works at Waterloo were really helpful. The room I'm living in is quite roomy. After all, it's the most expensive residents in campus. The Dons [aka dorm supervisors] hosted a gamenight. Met some new friends, played this weird game [forgot what it's called] and table tennis. That's about it.

It's funny how I received about 14 calls from my family and it hasn't been 24 hours yet. I don't think I miss them, my friends and Toronto a whole not at this moment because it feels like any other overnight field trip I had in the past years.

On another note, frosh officially starts tomorrow, and I am not looking forward to it. Why? Because all the events sounds so nerdy.

The Night Before

Excited to move in? Nah…
Ready for school? Not really…
Finished packing? Not quite…

For the past few months [more like for the past year], everyone’s been hyping about going to university. And now, this will become the reality in a few hours. I don’t know why, but I am not excited for university at all. Yes, I got into the program I want and the school I want to go to, but there’s something different and something missing. Perhaps, it might be the lack of chilling in Toronto because of my 5-week trip to China. Maybe it’s the fact that we’re all going separate ways, or the fact that we were once on the top of the hierarchy and now we’re back to the bottom in our new environment, just like the transition between elementary school to high school.

Back to the packing business, it looks like I’ll have to wake up extra early in the morning just to finish/double check all my things. There are still some things on top of my luggage that needs to be packed at the moment and I don’t think I’m gonna touch it anytime soon…