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December 16th, 2009

09:15 pm - "I’ll be your seven-day fool Only because I really love you" So I'm ALMOST free from University.. I finished two exams yesterday, Psych and Social Science.. =_= sad thing is.. I have no definite idea how I did on that.. For Psych, the day before, (Monday) I woke up at 10:00 in the morning with the intention of studying all day and leaving time for Social Science.. instead.. my mom offered me the computer to use after she was done playing parchisi.. XP..and I logged onto Subeta..and played until 1:30 p.m ..>.> damn.. my game addiction is back.. I have dropped farmville.. and have moved onto Subeta.. T__T I love playing the quests there and getting lots of sP.. and then buying stuff.. because now I can dress my avatar.. not like neopets.. when you couldn't do that.. and dressing up is fun! ^-^ I also found out that I can save up sP to buy a Sheeta elixir... ^o^ instead of trying to look for one in the adoption centre! hooray!! I just need to complete lots of quests... >_> Sheeta is my favourite because it's a pretty goat.. lol so I started studying at 1:30.. barely got a chapter done..and then went to tutor..and hardly got 2 pages down.. and I had about 8-9 chapters to review and look over my notes.. ugh.. so when I got home at 7:30, I made myself read the chapters I didn't cover during the semester..which was about 3.. didn't do that.. because my mom called me over to see that Shrek 2 was playing on CTV!! ^o^ I only watched a bit of it.. and went back to work.. I ..somehow.. O.O (it still boggles my mind) skimmed through all the chapters, looking at the paragraphs with bold words in it.. and then going over my own lecture notes.. and I only had 2 chapters left.. I decided to read one chapter before bed..and I went to bed at 2:00.. woke up at..well.. alarm rang at 7:00..but the snooze button lasted for about a half hour.. and Ana texted me "Good Morning" to see if I was awake, because I told her I'd meet her at the University library before the exam, at 8:00 to review some more together.. I got up.. I decided to read the one last chapter I didn't go over very briefly..which was one of the last chapters.. when I got to the exam room, I sat near Briti and Lydia.. and then we started discussing what we studied.. and it appeared that I completely forgot to read a section.. on fear.. O.O oops.. and there were like 5 questions on the fear thing..I hope I guessed right.. it was 100 questions in all.. and I felt confident about some answers.. I don't think I failed.. I am hoping for at least a 70%.. because I know hoping for an 80% will just jinx me and set me up for disappointment.. >.> so i finished at 10:30-ish.. :P 2 hours ahead of time.. ^-^ but I went to Subways with Ana, who finished at the same time.. spent like an hour there..eating a 6 inch sub that Ana bought me.. because we both had no breakfast.. so nice of her.. and went back to Ottawa U in attempt to study.. for Ana.. a second time at studying (she only looked over lecture notes I sent her) and for me..the first time.. O.O it was all so overwhelming.. but somehow I managed..especially with Ana..it's so hard to study with her.. it's like studying revolves around her.. you've got to follow her.. she asks questions you've got to be at the same mind with her.. else you leaves you behind.. and just tells you random stuff you can't understand because you haven't looked over the other stuff along with her..she went at it so fast..I guess because she had already gone over the notes.. and she has a bit of photographic memory.. >.> great.. but i decided not to do study on my own and just follow her..and ignore the stuff she had already gone over and that I didn't look over.. luckily..a lot of the stuff we discussed was actually on the exam!! I had a little over an hour to study and I think it was passing..? hoping.. I got my term paper back from my prof then too.. I got a 70%.. in the rubric.. she writes a lot that I should stick to a neutral side.. not biased.. I remember on my first meeting with her to discuss my topic.. she said something like "I can see that this topic means a great deal with you"..and I just nodded and agreed with her..because I was curious about falun gong..and I think she misinterpreted that I was believer of Falun Gong..or something like that.. so I think it was SHE who had a biased mind .. she was purposely looking out for a biased tone in my paper.. and i didn't think I was biased.. *sigh*.. whatever.. I'm just glad it's over.. and tomorrow I have my English exam... which I haven't done much to prepare for it.. oh shit..I just realized I need a dictionary.. my prof allows the Checkmate book (which is a guide on how to make a good essay), notes, and a dictionary..so amazing..I don't know how we can NOT cheat.. since there is also some short answers like "define tone..etc" and the rest is the critical analysis essay of another essay he'll give us.. I suppose I should prepare tomorrow.. ( 2009 quiz ) so.. I was very nervous today because I thought I might get my teeth pulled out today because of two teeth growing a bit slanted, causing over-crowding.. and I thought it was just two teeth.. when I went to see a specialist about it.. I find out that I do have wisom teeth that need to be pulled out also.. So I need to pull out FOUR teeth.. yip. pee. T__T Actually..a reasonable part of  me was hoping that I was getting it done as soon as possible..to get it over with..and to make sure it was free.. because I have no dental plan. They took another x-ray of my mouth. and then made me wait half an hour..in which I eventually started playing pac man on my phone. then the specialist came by and he was friendly.. told me an overwhleming amount of stuff that I'd have to do before and after the surgery.. like no food 12 hours ahead of time.. after that, waking up to a "numb-as-a-rock" mouth with pain and bleeding gums.. and sore throat because of the chemical that makes my throat dehydrated (that kept me asleep), a tube up my nose and down my throat.. and my own sober self tucked up in a little corner of my head because I'll be doped up from painkillers.. ice on my face, on and off for 5 hours.. and soft foods only.. washing my mouth out with salty water.. >.< well..that's all I could remember.. there was more..but he told me there would a booklet with all the instructions.. he was a really nice guy.. made me laugh even though I was nervous.. my surgery date is Jan 8th. right before or a little after Semester 2 starts for university..yippee.. -__- but it's on a friday.. so I might miss my english class.. all in all.. I will have four holes among my teeth..all at the back, so it wouldn't be visible..but fairly noticeable to me.. =( and I wouldn't be able to aford braces until a year later.. well.. my new year does not look good. Current Mood: gloomy Current Music: Seven Day Fool // July Black Tags: 2009 quiz, final exams, subeta, surgery, wisdom teeth

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November 27th, 2009

05:20 pm - I want your everything as long as it's free... *SIGH* So I finished my crim midterm today!! Today, Parmiss needed to borrow some Ottawa U books.. because I guess Carleton's library isn't that good enough? XP so I invited her over and she used my card to borrow the books.. it was so fun! I could find the books easily!! and when I suppose to use that morning to study for my midterm, I hung out, talked with Parmiss, Briti, Oyuka, Charles and some new people I met.. LOL Although I did go through most of my lecture notes.. I could not read all the chapters.. I know.. procrastinator me.. but I didn't think it was that serious!! I find out two nights ago that I had to read 12 (TWELVE) chapters in two nights for the midterm.. but I only got to so far as 2 chapters... TT^TT Had lots of fun, relaxed with some cheap timmy's hot chocolate with whipped cream, treated by Parmiss.. burned my tongue... rushed through my notes at the last minute.. like literally.. I had 2 minutes left to get to class.. Zheng took over of hosting Parmiss.. XD and I rushed to class, late for about 4 minutes.. did my midterm.. 60 questions as usual.. and I swear.. I am certain that 5 out of the 60 questions on that midterm, I KNEW the answer. so screwed... I focused on numbers and data..while it was based on theory!! agghhh!!! oh well.. the stuff that I explained and read out loud to Parmiss and Charles paid off.. The Ken and Barbie, Son of Sam, and Quebec dude who shot 17 women or something like that.. one of them was on the exam.. that felt good to know.. >.> so now that it's over, I feel so relieved!!! Because the exam is a take-home.. but I have no idea how that will be.. o.O Also, although I am sorta free, I'm not. I have to catch up on  my Psych notes.. and read the missing chapters I had avoided.. T ^T so need to use my time wisely... pfftt.. XP I'm watching a chinese drama right now.. oh well.. Parniss is coming to hang out again on MONDAY!! Yaay!! Why didn't we figure out that she has mondays as a day off.. at least until 6:00p.m, and I have the whole  morning off, with a fun class, Psy, with Zheng and Briti, whom we could all hang out with together??? it's horrible that our last week is next week.. but then again, the holidays are coming up.. maybe next semester we can do something else.. also, Apparently, Ottawa U's libraries is so much cooler.. seeing as you can TALK in two floors.. and they have comfy couches and chairs.. ^-^  tee hee. Current Mood: complacent Current Music: Bad Romance // Lady Gaga Tags: criminology, midterm, parmiss

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November 24th, 2009

01:54 pm - I was feeling good at the beginning but now I feel crappy. I'M DONNNEEEE!!!! Sweet relief!!!! So I finished my term paper on Falun Gong yesterday morning.. and started to work on my powerpoint presentation last night.. I started on it a little while I was tutoring, but I really didn't get back to it until 10:00, before that, I was chatting on msn and downloading appropriate pictures for my ppt... and my brother was playing some fuzzy-animal thing called Chuzzles, a bejeweled version of it.. before I had to take the laptop away from him.. so between 10:40p.m to 2:30a.m I lapsed between a organizing my stuff on the powerpoint and putting the information in, and taking "short breaks" which was falling asleep on my couch, sitting up, with my laptop still on, on my lap.. XP it was so horrible.. I just wanted to go to bed!! I finished my paper the night before at 1:30 or 2:30 the night before so I was so sleep deprived.. at 11:00 p.m my eyes were droopy.. I remember in between, my mom brought me a plate of sliced oranges to eat.. (still on the couch, I was glued there), and when I was done with it, I didn't even put the plate in the sink and rinse it, I just put it on the floor, next to the couch.. my mom came by and picked it up.. she's so sweet.. the only time I moved was when I suddenly woke up and I was lying on the couch.. and an hour had passed by, my mom already asleep (and sleep talking..XP).. it felt so weird.. 1:30, I went back to work.. still felt droopy, so I got up and moved around and then went back to work.. the slideshow was only 7-8 slides long and I took soooo long!! it's because I procrastinated and kept falling asleep when I should have been typing in information.. so I got the basic of it down, not a lot of pictures, I did that this morning, made jot notes, and made the pictures come in at the right time.. a little after 11:00 about 20 minutes before my class started, and I was still at home. THE PRINTER WASN'T WORKING.. >.< Terry broke it!!! agghh.. so I went to the library and waited until a computer was available and printed there, ran back home to staple the term paper together, and went to class.. I was 20 minutes late, I made it in time to see the whole Animal Rights presentation and I went up next. With no practice. Just improvisation. and I hardly even looked at the sheet with my jot notes.. I forgot to mention some things that I ended up mentioning at the end.. and there were several brief lapses of time when I was searching for a word and didn't find it.. so I just put in stupid things like "not a lot of good stuff"... ugghh.. so embarassing.. I spoke loudly I think. and made eye contact I think... I think. the teacher seemed confused at some places and then understanding in others.. I really don't know what's my presentation mark like.. ick.. I can hear my voice shaking in some places.. not all I think.. At least I knew my information. *sigh*.. all in all..I'm good.. I think. Just have to cram for my midterm now.. on friday.. uuwaahh~... I don't want to. I want to watch dramas. animes.. read manga!!! Current Mood: drained

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November 4th, 2009

06:25 pm I found  a websire affliated to the university of Ottawa website that gives me a list of ads for people looking for roommates. ^-^ it lists all prices, some as low as $350 a month, to what's available, internet, laundry, meals, cable, furniture, etc. Most have heating and electricity already... They range all over Ottawa, and they tell what buses can be taken to get to Ottawa U. and how long. has a link to google map too! It definitely makes my searching a lot simpler.. I just have to save up for it now.. and hope that the ones that I like will still be available in December.. it's all very rushing.. but.. I'll take it one step at a time. My mom told me a really sad story.. and it's probably the truth.. :( My mom decided to go to casino on my grandmother's anniversary night, hoping that maybe she would give something to her.. She lost money of course. And then she told me that she shouldn't have hoped so much. My grandmother didn't love my mom. :( Because my mom was born in the year of the tiger, she has to avoid monkeys. They are bad luck and against her. Sadly, my grandmother was born in the year of the monkey.  So my grandmother treated my mother really badly, if she had treats, she would only give to my mom's siblings, and she would never hug or hold her affectionately or say sweet words. My grandmother would beat my mom many times with a really hard broom, that has a thick, hard pole, and it would snap in half after beating my mom so much. The only parent who loved her was my grandfather. But my grandmother hated it when my mom was treated nicely or given treats or comfort. But my mom acknowledges my grandmother that she raised her, breast-fed her, and took care of her, just enough to keep her alive and growing. I remember last time we went to Vietnam, my mom bought my grandmother a wheelchair. relatives said that it wasn't worth it because she wasn't going to last long to be able to use it for long. But my mom bought it anyways. She bore no grudge against my grandmother. She didn't hate her. I don't know if I can say she loved her.. but she knows that it's only right to treat your own mother right and respectively.. so that's why she goes to church every year to light incense sticks for my grandmother. But it certainly has me understand my mom a little better. I can see why she's strict. And how she isn't very comforting or know much positive encouragement. and it definitely made me think. I would do a lot to make my mom happy and proud. So I'm sharing this because this is a promise to myself that I will succeed in Nursing. get a respectable job that would make my mom happy and proud to tell the rest of her family. Save up and make sure she lives comfortably in her later years. I will get into Nursing. that's my first step. =D It makes me proud to be her daughter. Current Mood: contemplative Tags: duty, grandmother, housing, mother, nursing, respect, vietnam

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November 2nd, 2009

10:43 pm - Wishing I could be somewhere else... I'm tired.. Last week was an emotional turmoil.. this just seemed to going wrong... even though..I can't really think of the individual things that made me upset.. just in general.. it was all wrong.. =( anyways.. I had lots of fun volunteering at the Mayor's trick-or-treat event. Handed out juice. Got free juice in the end. really good juice. Halloween night was alright. was really late to meet up with Shannon. Faneeza ended up not allowed. I was decorating my front door with fake spider webs, spider, snake, jack-o-lantern..and one person came to ask for candy.. @($*&@!! well..my neighbour didn't do better.. which by the way.. has really put herself in my mom's blacklist.. surprisingly, to some people because of her strict nature, she doesn't "hate" people.. she's gotten along with most people.. except for my neighbour.. odd..maybe the neighbour's jealous.. I don't know.. Anyways.. I am feeling a little down..depressed even? it seems that everyone else is depressed or want to kill themselves.. 3 people tonight have just said that.. and earlier.. I was thinking what it would be like to not have to worry about deadlines, homework, assignments, projects, study... it sounds very relaxing.. no wonder students are often depressed.. I'd be surprised if everyone I knew survived the first semester of Uni... if they do..they are good from there.. I suppose.. I found out I got bumped down 1% on my psy midterm because the prof decided to take off a question because most people sucked at it.. except for me..I got the second part right.. is it possible to go down one mark??? 66% to a 65%.. D= that's mean.. it placed me farther from the average. so I'm emailing my prof about it. I've got an essay to rewrite and somehow improve it by at least 10%. (it's an 80%) when I can't think of anything to improve on.. D= I've got a term paper and an oral presentation on the same subject for week after next..and I have to catch up on at least 3-4 chapters for each Psy. and Crim in my reading.. that's a lot.. forget Social Movements.. I haven't touched that thing since the 2nd chapter.. Chapters still doesn't have my Skip Beat book. although it's better if I'm not tempted or distracted. I saw my geisha costume at the theatres on another girl.. it looked pathetic...and Ari's dress rocked far better.. I'm glad I didn't buy it.. wore my heels.. for the fun of it.. because I don't know when I would wear it again. found out it was made in Vietnam!! very proud of them!! and so was my mom.. ^^ Went to Parmiss' house last friday. she invited me over.. didn't realize she intended it to be a sleepover.. but never got that part of the message, so I left home late at night from her place.. Saw Jodi there and we had fun together putting on makeup. It was nice seeing them again. so gonna start another day of university..and pray that I make it with decent marks.. (80% and up..although that's not lookiing to good with Crim and Psy.. or Soc.. >_>) This was just a brief update of my week last week. Current Mood: confused Current Music: if the subject title had a song it would be here.. Tags: depression, halloween, heels, juice, marks

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October 11th, 2009

12:14 pm - "I'll become a different self from yesterday" I did the MOST STUPID THING EVER!!!! TT___TT I'm so angry at myself!!!! So Ottawa U has it's own "holiday"..Uottawa Day... and it thought it was Friday, Oct. 8th. Since I had Thursday off I thought I had a 5 day weekend because of this thanksgiving. On Friday, I didn't turn on my phone, spent most of my day reading a book,(it was so much fun), and playing games on my laptop.. I had lots of time to do my homework, seeing as I finished my midterms.. then on Saturday, I finally went on the computer and went online.. I can't remember what it was that grabbed my attention or told me something that on Friday, people went to classes.. TT^TT Maybe it was Shannon.. I don't know, but I asked her if she went to class on Friday, and she did... FRIDAY was the WORST day to have skipped classes!! Friday is the day I have the most classes. Even though two of those classes was English and Social science are easy to catch up in. English prof just talks about literary terms and such, Social science, the prof has a slideshow of the lectures, and everyone copies it off of that. I just have to ask someone for the notes. But Criminology is another matter. :( I don't know anyone there and the prof hates putting up lecture notes.. so I had to email him and I accidentally said something embarassing...I think.. I said I don't normally skip classes unless it's an emergency, and I'm not the type to skip classes because I was tired or suffering from a hangover.. >.> (SHIT!! why did I SAY THAT?!) and that I wouldn't miss it again. I told him the truth as to why I missed it.. I guess I was stressed out for missing so many lectures.. :( Yes, I can catch up in notes, but int he lectures, I'm sure I missed out on a lot when the next midterm comes around ..because some of it will be based on the lectures..and stuff that the prof said but didn't put in the notes.. TT_TT why did it happen to me?? Why didn't I check my agenda? Also..why didn't anyone seem to correct.. I admit I really gloated about my extra long weekend.. it must be karma.. also, if I had turned on my phone on Friday morning, I would have gotten the text from Ana, asking me if I was going to Social Science class. Then I would have made it in time..if not for social Science then for my other classes.. =( this really sucks.. Current Mood: distressed Current Music: Mou Hitotsu no Birthday // Fm. Theta

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September 20th, 2009

10:46 am - my minid is running around in circles.. An update! I need to update!! I'm so confused.. could this be writer's block?! NOO!!! Not at this time!! Anytime after my 2nd Essay.. but now now!! In English (or Workshop in essay writing), I have to write a narrative essay, right? It used to be due Tuesday(I would have been so dead by then..) but it was moved to Friday..thank god.. But I can't think of anything to write!!! here's how it started..at first I was confused about what how the narrative essay should be written in general.. and then at my second last class, The profs(there are two..each to take half the workload of marking essays..) had us write a very short and brief essay in the last 10 minutes of class.. they gave us random topics. It wasn't for marks, it was just to make sure that everyone can do a simple essay and that they aren't making a horrible mistake by being in the wrong class because they are currently inadequate. So I just wrote a random essay to the topic "What 'the hell' and I doing here?" It was fun enough.. Back then, when I was writing it, I realized too late that my essay didn't have a clear point.. I think. I just wrote that it was funny that the prof assumed that everyone in the class was taking it because it was mandatory and that I was a little nervous and scared that that indicated that the class would be very hard and no one would take it out of interest (i.e me.) that was my intro. Then, in the middle, I wrote how I didn't know the 5-paragraph essay didn't have to mainly consist of only five paragraphs.. and how I'd always squeeze all of my words into these small 5 paragraphs. Until gr.12.. which is partially to blame as to why I got such bad marks for essays.. and how I finally understood the joy of writing fun essays and communicating to readers with my opinions and thoughts.. in an essay that could be as long as I like.. during my gr. 12 English exam..  when I wrote my exam essay about Ophelia...and called it "Better off Dead." writing that short essay was a lot of fun! I ended it with, "I know my essays aren't perfect, but I feel that I have improved a great deal since my first essays." Do you see how there's really no point or arguement in it?? so last class, when they were talking about the example essays they read, some of them were alright.. alot of them had no arguement..or that the students who wrote about why they hated it so much, and wished they weren't in English, had more conviction or was more entertaining to read than the ones about why the students love the class.. O.O I was thinking "Omg that's me.." I actually said this to Sara, who sat beside me.. When I got my essay back I was so surprised and happy! the prof who read my essay gave it an A-!!! Woo hoo!! So I am fit enough to be in this class!! LOL So relieved.. of course, lots of punctuation errors.. so what? that was done in 10 minutes!! anyways, back to the narrative essay, now that i have renewed confidence in myself..it soon deflated.. :( in class, the prof showed several examples of what a Narrative essay should be.. and they were so good!! Ahhh!! I can't write anything like that!! One essay, done by a first year some years back, had symbolism, parallels, and other stuff I can't remember in her essay!! It was like reading a short story!! in the english books in gr. 12. TT^TT how am I suppose to write a good enough essay now? The essay was write going through a personal journey.. does that make sense? bringing the reader in, almost like the reader is experiencing your own story.. I can't do it.. =__=ll what do I do? Sara already had a story for her essay.. it was about a boyfriend she had in High school, a really smart and talented bf, who was valedictorian..apparently he was really stressed out, which school and life, and he became really controlling of her, when she dumped him, without knowing about his problems.. he nearly killed himself by jumping in front of a car.. he tried to make her feel guilty and blame her for it.. but she realized it wasn't her fault..and there's a moral to that story.. a person isn't always what they appear or seem.. ISN'T THAT GREAT?! How am I suppose to write or even think of a story that would be good enough like the examples I've just seen or heard?! I can't do this.. I've been thinking.. but I can't seem to really stick with one idea.. so enough of ranting about that.. it's not like a story is going to pop up into my head.. maybe I could write about one of my fears.. I think I'm going to have to end up making something else.. About the mississippi book, It's found!! The librarians just made a stupid mistake, and eventually someone found it and just checked it in last week.. before I came to the library and try to explain to them that I'm sure I didn't lose it.. good thing too..it means my mom didn't hide the book! >.>...hmm..or did she.. did she return it later? I bought an HP laptop!! It's sweet.. I like it.. 15.6" and it's got a built in webcam and mic. been playing the HP games.. so fun.. LOL spent most of my weekend playing with it!! distracting myself..when I should be thinking of a topic.. which reminds me that I have a whole chapter of Psych to read before tomorrow.. :( Current Mood: distressed Tags: english, hp laptop, library book, narrative essay

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September 16th, 2009

12:03 am - "I want to live, even if it's just a litte...in this beautiful sky" MY STUDENT LOANS FINALLY CAME IN!!! Hooray!!! on the first day that it came in, I instantly bought most of my textbooks. it totaled up to about $350... =_= already that would be about $1,500? by the time I repay it? maybe more? ughh.. On Monday, I bought a Criminology textbook, which is like the regular textbooks from school.. big, hard cover..heavy..it was $130..T__T and then the other books, which were thin paperbacks. One was a photocopy of a bunch of essays from English. That was $25. a smaller paperback on Social movements for Intro to Soc. Science was about $60. And then the other book, it kinda looks like an agenda, but it's called Checkmate and it's basically a guideline to writing really good essays.. that was $60 bucks too.. Monday night, I called a number that I got from a girl who was selling her Psych. textbook with study guide included for $95. But she had already sold it by the time I called her. :( well..second time..I called her Sunday night and she wasn't home. So I bought a new Psych. Book today. the book with the study guide was cheaper than the Crim textbook alone. In total it was $120. aahh... =__= I gonna die of debt... also, I'm a little behind on psych and Crim..seeing as I got my textbook's pretty late..I'm almost through the first chapter for Crim, but I haven't started with Psych..and I've already had three classes of Psych.. while Crim has only been two..and the first was only an intro. and a read through of the syllabus. I have both psych and Crim tomorrow.. :( I feel sad that I haven't been able to watch my favourite dramas or catch up with the updated anime and manga ... TT_TT but it's worth it..I'm enjoying University. I saw lots of ads at the Uni for rooms for rent.. some of them, the rent was pretty reasonable.. a room in downtown for $500-600.. but a room that's furnished already, for something like $350 a month, but it's in Hull.. but near a bus stop. And Quebec bus passes are cheaper than Ontario's and also can be used on both STO and OC Transpo buses.. of course..I doubt those rooms will still be empty by december.. I'd also need a better job to save up and be ready to move out. which, I have finally accepted another day for tutoring. I was offered to teach for 4 days instead of 3, and I'm also being paid 12.50 now! so there will be extra cash..but I feel like I should be working more.. I saw Souad at Shoppers Drugmart at Rideau. She had told me weeks ago that she got a job there..and she's still at it..looks very professional.. ;D hmm.. buying my books was so tiresome. When I first went into Agora on Monday with Sara and Safia, the bookstore that sells used books, or just sells books cheaper than the University bookstore, there was about 5 other people in the store. buying books. so lucky. but something was wrong with my debit card, so I had to run around the block to Scotiabank, wait in line there for about 15 minutes, and solved the problem in less than  5 minutes.. >.> run back to Agora and purchase the books that I have on hold there for me. When I went in there.. there was suddenly about 30-40 people waiting in line, either to get their textbook or buy their textbook.. but you see, those two lines..are sort of meshed together..because as soon as you get your back, the line to pay for it is right in front of you.. there was this long, continous stream of people in the store.. I ran back outside and told Sara and Safia I couldn't wait in there..I was certainly not going to butt all those people and incur the wrath of dozens of students.. I decided to stop by there later, intead I went to Benjamin Books, another similar store, right near campus.. It definitely had this Harry potter-esque feel to it all over again.. kinda like getting a letter from Lisgar in gr. 9? well, there weren't a lot of people there, and as soon as I walked in, there was this old man who asked me if he could help me, I told him the title of the book that I needed, and in less than 5 seconds he had the book for me.. O.O It was so cool, later, when I tried Agora again, and saw that the line extended to outside of the building and onto the sidewalk, I went back to Benjamin Books and bought the rest of the books I needed. The man had them so fast, I could almost believe he had some kind of wand and just swished them over.. the store was small, but it was packed from ceiling to floor with shelves of different school books. pretty cool. I am definitely buying the rest of my books there from now on.. ^-^ I also heard back from Saba. The university would only allow her to be an international student, but that costs her about $15,000 ..so she's not going to go this year. She told me other stuff..but seeing as this is diplomatic issues and such, I shouldn't type anything. Anyways, she's going to work a year and save up for University next year. She told the university about her situation, and agreed to allow a deferral for her scholarship for next year. GOOD FOR HER! She has no internet access right now, so I don't know where she is staying, she was using the library computers. Really sad that she couldn't enjoy her first year of university with everyone else.. :( I might not even be at Ottawa U next year. I heard from Sara Alhattab that there is this other university..some odd name, that offers Nursing, and is easy? to get in? since it's not the capital university that's situated in downtown..but it may mean that I would have to move into residence.. we'll see.. still unsure about my future..but lots of ideas. I spoke with a person in the Health science faculty about my situation. There is this other course, that only takes 24 months to complete, it's a Registered Nursing Bachelor of Science- Second Chance, and it's basically, take a whole bunch of courses, and take an exam for registered nurse. After that, I would be a registered nurse, but most registered nurses still have to continue their education, but this time, I have the option of going to Carleton as well as Ottawa, because carleton provides many programs only for registered nurses..which is weird..and that's why I couldn't apply at Carleton. BUT.. the registered nursing course only takes 24 students a year.. because the regular nursing program is always so full, and last time (the time when I applied) they could only fit in 2 extra people.. my grades didn't make that 2 people category.. :( but I have more options now that I've taken some university courses..and can hopefully get a really good G.P.A.. *phew* thinking about this makes me really tired.. Current Mood: content Current Music: Planetarium // Otsuka Ai Tags: agora, benjamin books, registered nursing, student loans, textbooks

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September 13th, 2009

12:14 pm - "Shut up and put your money where your mouth is" FROSH WEEK IS FINALLY OVER..and surprisingly it ended quietly if you think about from my point of view.. So yesterday morning, the winning teams weren't announced at all when the schedule said it would.. so I don't know if my team ever won..also they said prizes would be awarded to the winning teams.. oh well.. before leaving for Fedstock, which was a concert just for Ottawa U. students.. ^-^ hung out in the Common room at Marion(the science building), played the Quidditch board game... very complicated.. kept mistaking one of the Gryffindor chaser as my own..I was Slytherin.. anyhoo, I left that game in the middle of it.. and played Smash brothers on the Nintendo 64 that was left available for 101ners who were bored..it was pretty fun.. I had no idea how to play half the time..I believe I was headbutting other players when I should have been trying to use a much more effective attack, whatever..i kept playing Pikachu because it was so cute..and then one time I played Kirby.. that was hard.. I didn't know what to do after eating other players.. >.> it was fun though..always lost or ended up in 3rd place.. which is pretty good..seeing as everyone else knew how to play.. After that, seeing as the science faculty had this huge supply of kids booklets about Water Safety.. I asked one of the guides what they were doing with it all or where it all came from, she didn't know, but the whole frosh week, they were looking for ways of reusing it and getting rid of it.. yesterday, they had everyone split up into teams and build a paper castle out of these books.. My team's castle turned out pretty good.. we used lots of triangles in ours to make it strong.. we even ended up having these little roman columns thingys at the "front" and stairs leading to an entrance, with pointed roof tops on the two front towers.. it was about 4-5 feet tall.. it was cool.. I saw Jon. Burrows, he was in the engineer group(a few of them showed up) and made a "castle", which actually looked more like a huge fort.. XD Another group made some kind of lizard or dragon.., I would say our castle would have been 2nd or 3rd best.. really..fairly judged and everything.. actually, another group made a pyramid but they didn't quite finish it..but it was about 5 feet tall also.. hrrmm... he ended leaving for Fedstock a little later than planned.. I was suppose to tutor at 4:00 and we were heading out by 3:30.. so on the way, I took a ticket the the guides were handing out for 101-ners and I just walked slowly behind until I reached a place near confederation where I can ditch and go to work for 2 hours and than come back and enjoy the rest of the evening at Fedstock. I walked home, grabbed my teaching stuff, went to loblaws, bought bus tickets, and was hoping for some Cheetah, saw Karen and asked her where it was, and she told me that Loblaws stopped selling then?!?! WHY?!? When I was FINALLY ready to try it?!?! ahh..fuck it.. so she reccomended Amp... I tried it anyways, I tried the Green Tea one with Ginseng.. it wasn't so great.. NOS tasted better than that.. I just didn't want to be tired for the concert at the Confederation park. so I  sipped at it.. tutored, took the bus as soon as possible, and went to Confederation park. texted Shannon and Zuhair to come meet me, bumped into Zuhair at the entrance, who was just leaving, darn, but he was talking with Oyuka!! I saw her!! Yaay!! She's at Ottawa u, but in some program that's not so popular, so she didn't sign up for frosh week.. she asked me about Saba..which I have thought about recently and I hope, and pray to any GOD, that she's ok.. she told me she'd call me as soon as she settled down..she was suppose to be at Ottawa U, but the fact that I didn't see her in the science faculty...is really disappointing and freaking me out..what if her country demanded that she go back home..or Canada didn't allow her to stay for University? T__T I really hope she's ok, wherever she is.. She was suppose to move in to a family friend's home, and go to Uni, whil her parents sent her money.. but she hasn't called, emailed or been on msn ever since july.. O.O I'm really worried..what if she disappeared like Carmen? anyways, enough worrying, I'll email her.. Fedstock was alright.. it was made up of performers I don't know or don't care about..like Danny Fernandes.. I saw Ill scarlet.. that was interesting.. and Talib Kwalli? some rapper..who was really lame.. my legs were killing me by the last perfomance which was Talib, and so I went to get my free food from the SFUO(student federation) hot dog, chips and drink.. hung out with Shanon throughout the whole concert.. stood right in the front, a little to the right of the stage. My first concert..and it was alright.. about like 7-8 people were carried across over people's head to the stage..very interesting..and half way through the concert, people were already smoking weed.. there was a guy in front of me..who obviously did not care about personal hygiene, so it was always a relief to me when I could get a breath of fresh air, even if it had traces of the smell of pot in it.. I was grateful for it. it was pretty crowded and very warm..so I didn't get cold until I left the crowd and stage..and got food.. freezing..XD but that was near the end of the night, nearing 11:00.. I forgot to mention how COOL Criminology was!! for our first lecture, we watched a movie that analyzed Batman and his "shadow side".. how all of his arch nemesis are characters of what he could have become if he didn't have the self control.. and how he is right on the border of going insane or being a full out criminal..and how he is accepted by fans because of his very human traits compared to other superheroes and whatnot.. SAW LOTS OF JOKER!! BEST LECTURE EVER!!!! ahahahaha!! really cool class..I cannot express that enough..LOL that about it.. went home alone, when I was offered by guides to walk me home..I thought I was safe in Snady Hill..but it still creeped me out.. O.O Twice, I heard someone walking behind me as soon as I left hte busy street, Laurier, with a whole bunch of drunk people.. and twice, I took out my phone and pretended to call someone, first time, I nearly called Shannon, but then the footsteps disappeared..I didn't even see the person.. the other time, I really did call home, and just said "Oh terry? were you awake or alseep? Is mom home?" and that's about it..the person behind me, finally passed me and walked into Pizza Pizza I think..whatever, by then, I was safe again..on Rideau street.. really creeped me out.. never going to walk home alone in Sandy Hill again at night..O.O Current Mood: happy Current Music: Waking up in Vegas // Katy Perry Tags: 101 week, amp, batman, cheetah, criminology, fedstock, joker, paper castle, quidditch, smash bros

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September 8th, 2009

10:36 pm - "Nothing of more sadness than my sighs" OH FUCKING SHIT... I can't find a book, Mississippi Jack that I finished reading over a week ago.. and I have to return it by 12th.. I can't tell if my mom took it and is hiding it purposely.. to make me return it overdue..but I think she would have returned it.. thing is..I was sure I returned it.. O.O I remember reading it at Jeremy's place (student)..so I'll go ask if they happen to have found a big book.. it is pretty big.. so the thing..it's impossible for my to lose it in my room and never to see it again..there are only so many places I could hide a big book like that.. o.O and I don't like to spread the books around for that very same reason..if I didn't have to hide it from my mom I wouldn't have this problem!! anyways, back to u101.. very exciting.. scavenger hunt was excellent(collect points from each station by accomplishing a task..or three).. did some crazy stuff.. did the rocket thing with mentos and coke, tried to solve the myth of painting a room (a box in this case) using explosives(fireworks).. didn't work.. took place in campus and other stations in confederation park, sparks street, and even on the Rideau Centre roof! stuffed strange things into a microwave and tried to guess what would happen to it.. a grape, orange peel, marshmallow, a bar of ivory soap, a C.D, and styrofoam, I think.. the C.D was the best one..it sparkled instantly and the shiny side just cracked off into tiny pieces.. this is why you don't this at home..you experiment at the University under their cost and all in the name of science.. XD guess which football was filled with helium and the other with air.. we, my group, Carcinogenics..WE CAUSE CANCER!! tried different experiments to see if the balls would do anything differently.. turned out, when we guessed wrong, that both balls were the same.. >.> the lesson was "question the question".. another was only 3 people was needed. To figure out what item would best get rid of the spicyness of hot sauce. Lemon juice, Peptobismal, canola oil, coconut milk, toothpaste, peanut butter, water, and honey, I think that's it.. the girl who tried toothpaste and water was screwed.. water, of course, toothpaste..umm..the mintyness would be considered spicy.. now add hot sauce to it, that would just make it worse.. XD I tried peanutbutter.. it turned out our group was so cool, that there were 10 volunteers for it!! everyone tried something different.. we each had to take a shot of Indian hot sauce with tobasco sauce.. peanutbutter..didn't cure the spicyness..but it wasn't worse..ate lots of tortilla chips left available. that was fun.. and then suddenly I got high off of hot sauce.. because I kept racing with a bike and running around after that..to each of our next stations.. o.O I don't know..never had that much of hot sauce, without anything else to eat it with.. had to keep it in our mouths ofr 3 seconds too..to insure that our tastebuds get it all..lol.. the next best thing would be hte coconut smashing!! we were lucky enough that there was a residence building next to the station, and also that there were people willing enough, one member of our group knew them and paid htem 20 bucks, to rip out their screen on their window, so we could smash a coconut from the 18th floor!! it was so awesome! we smashed the second coconut with a ladder and a cinderblock dropped on the coconut from the ladder's height.. on the way to coconut smashing, we found this whole bunch of stuff next to the arts and engineering buildings.. we stole them.. because they insulted us.. said something along the lines of  "at least engineers get laid"? there was a ladder, a folding chair, a computer chair with wheels, a rolled up big piece of paper that turned out to be A JOKER POSTER!! WOOT!, a paper mache goat head (their mascot?), a drilled coconut(which I smashed from the 18th floor), two pylons, a bike lock, a dirty cushion, and a keychain. after the scavenger hunt, we made a "fort" with the stolen loot trophies... and all signed our names on the poster, which was taped to the ladder..unfortuately..I couldn't keep people from drawing on his face.. TT^TT so Joker's face was ruined.. :( oh well.. at the end of the day, we had a free BBQ, I had two hot dogs, grape crush, and a bag of chips. during our late lunch or early supper, the guides (2nd, 3rd year science students), blended random stuff the crowd gave them.. it first started off as hamburger, hot dog, silly putty, goop, and then onto a can of coke, nail polish in a bottle(which turned out to be indestructible), an unopened condem(which too, was indestructable..GOOD TO KNOW!! LMAO), a CD, a light bulb, a cell phone, and some other stuff. pretty entertaining stuff to watch while eating.. played cards after that, more President, with Bram(who said Carleton wasn't as interesting as Ottawa), Zheng, Shannon, and Jeremy Chitpin!! CHIPPY WAS THERE!! Hooray!!  also bumped into Zuhair, but he couldn't stay for long.. today was different, I went to a meeting for social science students.. learned some new info, like guidane counsellors or mentors..stuff like that, after that, went to Shinerama day! participated in begging people to donate.. sang "You are my sunshine" several times..which seemed to have an affect on people.. I was with a large group of 8 or 10 people, so we stood on each side of the sidewalk, kinda like fans making a pathway for a celebrity? chanting Cystic Fibrosis has got to go, G-O-T-T-O-G-O Aauu, Got to go! Aau, Got to go (repeat) and 1, It's time to Donate, 2, to Cystic Fibrosis, 3, I can't hear you, 4, More more more! (repeat) and Skinnery-dinky-dinky-dee song.. I love you stuff.. I got to the heart of some people..XD and if someone who had already donated passed, seen by the sticker on their person, we cheer like they are celebrities!! and often, cars or trucks would drive by and honk..lol..it was fun.. after that, we went bowling at McArthur..honestly..the glow-in-the-dark there was way cooler..the lanes glowed.. nice.. but I sucked at real bowling.. my first game, I got a score of 9. NINE! nein nein nein!! (that wasn't a typo..) then the second one, I moved up to 55 or something like that.. T__T; I broke two nails attempting to hold the ball right..after that, I just rolled it like I did with the 5 pins one.. 6_6 like most people.. after bowling, I was ditched by Shannon, she went off with a guy that we got friendly with, not so good looking, so don't get the wrong idea, to Hull, to drink and party.. >.> she just left me.. without a goodbye.. kinda like "Ok, we're going Cathy!".. thanks a lot.. Honestly, I'm gonna start ranting and complaining here.. I think Shannon's real purpose in University is to party. to get drunk, make friends, and ..you know.. she doesn't normally like the u101 stuff during the day, she enjoyed herself immensely at Camp Fortune, complained all day, and when she hung out with me, Zheng, Bram and chippy, with cards, she said it was the best moment of her day.. she was so bored during the scavenger hunt and that no one was friendly with her in the group. It's because there was no hot guy in our group..anyways, the whole time, she kept saying "I want to get drunk!", because she was so bummed out about that day.. until finally, she saw her brother, and her brother and his friends invited her to a party..she left immediately..just like that. when she was bowling, she was in a random team with semi-good looking guys.. and she was very happy.. and there are rumours, already..that I can't say because I promised Shannon.. I wasn't expecting to party.. so maybe that's why I'm content..? anyways, I'm just complaining, not saying anything else, that I wish there was a sober buddy with me.. :( like Ari, or Jodi.. but neither are at Ottawa.. I would have loved to have gone to Camp Fortune and just dance.. but I wouldn't like to with people who will gradually change into drunk people..and then forget me.. :( everyone I know right now is 18 and older.. it sucks to be young sometimes..and Zheng never seems to forget to remind me..   T 3T *sigh* I guess next year.. I had the weirdest dream, and it's al--- forget it..I'm not ready to admit it.. fuck it all.. I wish I didn't have that stupid dream..and it might have been shannon's fault and her careless comments yesterday.. TT_TT I don't want to be like this.. I wanted to use the song "Your Brightest Stars" by Krista Bartlett ..just because I'va fallen in love wiht that song..even though I only heard about 3 words from it.. and it was from the JOE commercial.. Current Mood: from running Current Music: Song of Innocence // Sarah Brightman Tags: bartlett, blender, book, bowling, commercial, joe, krista, scavenger hunt, shinerama, u101

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September 6th, 2009

12:23 am - The mark of the beginning of FROSH WEEK. Been some busy days these past two days.. I don't know whether to say "ugh" or be happy about it.. XD Friday, Shannon called me in the morning and woke me up to ask me if I wanted to go to Ottawa U to pick up day-planners (YES! We get free agendas!! NO! I already bought one..dammit!), and some other stuff.. like Gee Gee sticker! Shannon needed to get her student I.D card.. so I agreed. On the way there, there was a ladder on the sidewalk.. without thinking I walked under it, as soon as I did, I looked back to make sure it was a ladder. it was. so I kept going, wondering if I'm due for bad luck. Met shannon on time. sort of. I was there before she was. XD Got my Gee Gee sticker. It allows me to see any of the games for free! ^-^ because I'm a first year. Shannon obviously didn't get the notifications that you needed two pieces of I.D for your student card and your student number.  So she didn't get it. that day. wandered around campus a bit.. not too much wandering.. because I really didn't want to get lost.. found out that agendas are handed out for free on Saturday. Bought a copy card.. I thought it was a card that would allow to print/copy for free if I paid 3 bucks.. turns out you can put your money on your student card and use any of the printing/copier machines on campus and just insert your card as payment in advance. You can also buy a card, if you don't have a student i.d, which is 3 bucks, and then you put money into it. Visited Lisgar!! Saw Mr. Grills, Mr. Derry(right? Latin teacher? He was really nice.), and Mr. Buschlen.. didn't talk to everyone because there were classes going.. but I ended up leaving after school ended anyways.. XP and met up with some people, Mimi L., Cheyenne, Kim. N, Penghui, Aisha.. ^o^ They were all surprised and saying "Hey! You! What are you doing here?" LOL Mr. Derry thought Shannon was still going to Lisgar. uuhmm.. walked home with Cheyenne, Mimi, and another friend of Cheyenne. went to tutor and met up for the FInal destination movie. Never seeing a movie like that again.. If I ever do, I don't know what the reason would be. I type this here..hoping that I remember this. came home nearing 11:00.. O.o oops. I think my mom got a little over me coming home so late. that night, Shannon wanted me to go to u101 week with her. the Frosh week. the celebrating and welcoming the first years and getting people to know strangers. At Ottawa U, to attend frosh week (which is karaoke, games, scavenger hunt, ddr, concerts, movies), I'd have to buy a kit. and the kit is different depending on what program you're in. For Social Science it's $90.00 w.t.f? for nursing students it's $75.00 and for science students, which Zheng is, it's only $50.00 ...how does that work? Science courses would be more pricey(in general, labs and such) than social science courses.. I wasn't sure if I wanted to go.. it didn't seem worth it. But I promised I would check it out. I didn't know if they checked names if you were in the program or not.. I was hoping they would and that we couldn't get them. I was wrong. It started at 9:00 a.m and went through until noon I think. But since Shannon and I didn't order it online, we would have to go early.. and see if we can buy the extra ones they would have available.. I got there a little late. about 9:15 a.m I texted Shannon earlier, telling her so. didn't see her. waited. and called Zheng and asked if he was there and if he knew where Shannon was. Zheng and Bram met me around a quarter to 10:00 a.m and Shannon still wasn't there. turned out she wasn't awake or didn't even leave.  called her home phone and her mom answered. got it all covered by proving to her mom that Shannon really was just seeing me and not some "boyfriend"... So I got my cool dayplanner, which is half filled with ads and such, but looks really good. also inside is a student discount card. similar to SPC, but it's directed toward smaller stores.. well, non-chain stores, I think. It's really cool. wandered around and Shannon didn't meet us until it was near 11:00. Shannon convinced me to get one. we had to tell them that we weren't in the faculty yet, but we wre planning to reapply next year. which is sort of true. Helath sciences..more like.. >.> they let us. Shannon, Zheng and I are split up into separate groups.. T ^T because they want us to know different people. oh well.. the schedule is pretty cool too.. next time, maybe tomorrow, I'll put down where the student discount card works, and what the schdeules like..^o^ and the kit was alright. Basically, it's the same for everyone.. only the snacks vary.. boys or girls, there was AXE shampoo/conditioner and hair gel, a razor for shaving, a water bottle, a beer opener, a little beaker that's meant to be a shot glass, an extra bag with SCIENCE U101 printed on it, lots of ads and papers, coupons for laundry detergent, and Best Buy, key chains, a small bag of chips that were very similar to Doritoes but a different name, 5 gum packages, samples of candy, like icebreakers, toothpaste, L'OREAL shampoo/conditioner, TUMS, foot powder stuff for odour, a big plastic mug, pens, and several other samples and such.. XD I guess it would add up to $50.. plus it was all in this black bag with straps. I don't know how different the social science kit would have been.. but would it have been worth $90? Well, their activities are different too..I guess.. anyways, one of the things that's happening tomorrow night is a trip to Camp Fortune. >.> three times in less than a week, I've been out of the house for a long period of time.. so I don't think my mom would like me going, but I think she's given up lecturing me and is just waiting for me to be in trouble, and find out my own mistakes for "not looking or getting a job and just wasting my money away".. umm.. I have applied.. it's just no one has called! from there, we four walked to Chinatown.. surprisingly.. I didn't have breakfast, so I was already hungry. Stopped at this Chinese restaurant.. it wasn't so bad.. but I think i would have preferred a buffet.. we all ordered food together and ate it all.. well.. Zhang, Bram and I.. Shannon couldn't eat a lot.. It was Dim Sum hour.. which was basically carts wheeled around and you just take what you want..and they'll just mark it down on your reciept. Shannon and I didn't know this.. and Zheng and Bram was meeting us at the restaurant, because they had to go do something.. about Zheng's glasses.. those people were really pushy and insistent. O.O couldn't say no.. 5 minutes later, when the guys came, we had two dishes.. one was a tart, that Shannon thought was lemon, but was really this creamy egg thing. which was alright..but she didn't want it.. T__T, and then this shrimp stuff.. which I accepted because the lady wouldn't leave.. -__-ll shrimp stuff was good. as a group, we also ordered Shrimp and Mixed Vegetables with Fried Noodles, Beef and Eggplant in a yummy sweet sauce(good), sour and sweet chicken, Bram had some vegi springrolls, and Shannon ordered a plate of squid for herself.. but realized she ordered the wrong stuff..XD she wanted squid tentacles.. which is the tentacles, deep fried with batter.. and made crunchy.. which is really yummy.. she ordered squid alone.. so it was squid meat, shaped into a ring, that resembled onion rings, but was soft and a little bit squishy? LOL She couldn't eat all of it, and so Zheng and I ate the rest. Bram is really hard to convince to eat strange looking food..something I never knew.. :O had it with tea and lots of ice water. very hot that day.. the vegi was great! there were mushrooms, water chestnuts, bamboo, green peppers, baby corn, eggplant XD, and broccoli. after that, we walked to a near by park, and for 3 hours straight, played President. O.O didn't even realize the time go by.. it's crazy, but it was fun, because it made us all forget about university, funds, fees, classes and such.. it was a great stress reliever. I was suppose to meet Serena Dai at Rideau to go shopping, but I totally forgot that Saturdays, the mall would close in 2 hours.. so I called her to come to the park, which was closer to her house than the mall. and waited for her there. In the end, I was bum, I was President some times, Shannon was bum 80% of the time, Zheng the same, but president, and Bram varied. when we met up with Serena, took the bus to Rideau, and Serena sort of just looked at some stores at Rideau, but then left at 6:00 to catch the bus and use the remainder of our transfer. We decided to meet on another day and plan a better time to meet. when I got home.. I soon feel asleep on the couch after and woke up about a quarter to 10:00. -__-; oh well. It was a nice day today.. but it left me tired. I go to sleep now. Current Mood: exhausted Current Music: Secret Ambition // Nana Mizuki Tags: cards, frosh week, lisgar, ottawa u, president, restaurant, science kit, u101

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September 1st, 2009

04:34 pm - The summer releasing me from high school, but pulls me closer to University.. was alright. Haven't been on IJ for a long while.. and now suddenly realizing that summer's over!! in weather and in vacation.. trying to apply for a job at chapters and Old Navy again.. it's online..and it's such a headache!! =_= I forgot why I quit halfway last time I tried to apply online.. also my resume has changed since then.. so I'm trying to redo it.. Been playing Farmville on FB.. pretty addiciting.. it's so much fun to collect our vegetables after their ripe and get money out of it.. and animals too!! well actually, I only started playing because I wanted to adopt this little black sheep that wandered into Sari's farm.. it was for free and it was so cute! suddenly I started playing it and I got 3 sheep, a duck, a chicken, a pig, a cow, and a rabbit.. although what the rabbit can give, I have no idea.. depending on what it is, I'd have to wait some hours, or days for the vegi/fruit/ or animals to be ripe(for the animals, if they are ready, I can collect eggs, milk, wool and such.. ) must finish this later.. I FORGOT I HAD TO WORK!! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Back! lol.. uumm..where was I? ..... still applying for Old Navy and Chapters..turns out that Susu got a job at shoppers in Rideau and paying her 9.50 an hour as a cashier.. almost wish I applied.. damn.. When I signed off some papers at the Ottawa U for my student loans..it turns out that I won't get my money..well the money won't appear in my account until the 8th!! that's when Uni starts.. oh well..at least it's nor my busiest day.. Friday, I have 3 classes.. It goes something like this: Monday: Intro to Psychology - 4:00 p.m to 5:30p.m Tuesday: Intro to Social Sciences - 11:30 a.m to 1:00 p.m. Workshop in Essay Writing - 2:30 p.m to 4:00 p.m Wednesday: Psychology - 2:30 p.m to 4:00 p.m Intro to Criminology - 4:00 p.m to 5:30 p.m Thursday: FREE!!! (Although I may have to use this day to work.. T 3T) Friday: Social Sciences - 1:00 p.m to 2:30 p.m Criminology - 2:30 p.m to 4:00 p.m Essay Writing - 4:00 p.m to 5:30 p.m So all in all..a pretty good schedule.. no later than 5:30, so I have the evenings for work or for studying.. I have a 3 hour gap in between classes on Tuesday, so I can use that for revising or studying.. (pfft.. I wonder if I'll actually follow that.. I think I may just lounge around starbucks or chapters.. and eat subway.. XD) I don't have to get up early in the mornings.. I hope this will improve my punctuality.. ^_^' classes are mainly in the afternoon.. which I'm the most sleepy at.. so I hope my extra hours of sleep will fix that problem.. I want to go to Sushi Kan.. (sushi buffet) this month, I'll will be paid 12.50 an hour for tutoring.. I'm not sure what else I wanted to update on..but it's too lat-------- Oh yeah!! I got new glasses!! They are a little bigger than the last ones I had.. well.. they are more rectangle.. means I have more room for vision before I turn my head.. they are the classic black frames.. nothing fancy on the side..which I initially wanted.. but they would have not been able to support my thick lenses and they looked way too big on me.. so I stuck with the small rectangular ones.. oh well.. so they are my back up glasses.. well actually.. I like the new ones over the old one.. so my old ones are now my back-up glasses..in case the new ones break.. which would suck and I hope never happens.. O.O Current Mood: at Old Navy and Chapters site. Tags: facebook, farmville, jobs, new glasses, schedule, university, work

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August 26th, 2009

11:34 am - "I gotta feeling, that tonights gonna be a good good night" I'm all sore from yesterday.. So I was suppose to meet everyone at 10:30.. but I was suppose to get there at 10:15 so I can do the scholarship business and my school diploma.. >.> ugh.. woke up at 9:30.. and left the house at 10:30.. whoops..actually Parmiss, called me at a quarter after 10 to remind me not to leave at the time we were meeting.. She knows me too well.. -__- So when I got there, it was near 11:00.. but they were also waiting for Ana, Camille, and Meghan.. So I had time.. Parmiss and Pegah was already there at 10:15 (at school..) and Zheng and Bram.. the poor guys.. only they would be punctual.. actually I heard that Zheng and Bram were up at around 6:00.. O.O omg.. XD anyways, went into the school. did the stuff.. I asked for my diploma to be reprinted.. not it's not as fancy as the old ones.. no fancy blue border around it.. but it has my full name.. turns out it only took 5 minutes.. 6_6 Got out and the other girls finally arrived.. neither of them said hi to me.. even though I waved.. they definitely saw me though.. BUMPED INTO MARIA!! She was leaving court? I guess whatever trial it is, it's still going on again.. she was with her sister and some other dude.. She didn't stay for long.. I don't think Zheng wanted to invite her.. so when she asked us what were we doing..I just answered reminiscing about old school days.. which was true.. Parmiss wanted to go to the movies because she had to leave at 1:00... :( but the theatres weren't open until one.. and Ana and Zheng were hungry.. he had already planned to show us this sushi buffet.. which looked amazing!! I've got to back and try it again, with some other friends.. *nudges Ari* I didn't eat there, because before I left, I ate a huge breakfast.. T 3T and so did Parmiss and Pegah.. plus I couldn't use my debit card just yet.. so when we got there, everyone ate, and Parmiss, Pegah and I walked around looking for a bank.. there was none.. I needed to transfer money from savings to chequing.. :( But we did stop buy at this store that sold aquatic animals and small creatures.. and fish tanks and stuff.. I walked in and instantly found the animals. being with the two animal lovers, there were no complaints about how long we were taking.. XD We saw the MOST ADORABLE turtles ever!!! I just wanted to hold one and "hug" it with my hands... >.< so cute!! and some lizards.. beard dragons or something like that.. hermit crabs, lots of FISH! not just normal ones.. but BIG ONES! I mean there were pretty patterned fish that looked like there was writing on it.. and I think it was about 5-7 inches long! there were eels (or eel..I think one), also saw fish from finding nemo!! There was of course lots of Nemo and Marlin (We, Parmiss, Pegah, and I were calling them that, even though we knew they were clownfish), Dory (who was smaller than the clownfish.. go figure..XD), the yellow fish in the Dentist's fish tank, the purple and yellow one in the fishtank, lots of beautiful angelfish, and PUFFERFISH!! they were so cute..and funny. frogs, coral, shrimps, and other tank cleaning creatures.. but the best one, the prized feature was the shark!! it was so cool! Of course, it just sat there, it must have just ate.. but it was about 2-3 feet long, in this huge tank.. there were little fish in there, but they were two fast for it, and would just dive into the coral or plants to hide.. they feed it raw fish.. I think it was a dog shark.. but I'm not sure.. it was only 200 bucks.. XD but you need a permit to have one.. so.. oh well.. took pictures of several fish on my phone.. but most were blurry.. especially the clownfish..they just swim around too fast.. My favourite one was of a giant angel fish and the other was the shark, and possibly the orange fish with black markings that look like some kind of script. ^o^ after spending about 20 minutes or half an hour .. went back.. and suddenly.. Parmiss had to go.. so off Pegah and Parmy went.. :( I waited until the others finished eating..which thankfully..they were..sort of.. they kinda ordered a lot.. well..Zheng did.. he didn't eat much sushi..but he ate lots of teriyaki, beef, squid.. uhh..well..that's when I was there.. I have no idea what he ate before that.. he actually ordered a bunch to share with everyone.. but they were being picky.. I had no cash.. so I couldn't pay for the buffett.. which was only 12.99 ^o^ but if you order too much, and don't eat it all.. they charge you for the leftover food.. >.> poor Zheng had to eat it all.. left the place and walked to Silvercity from there.. Camille's skirt kept getting lifted up by the wind, so she had everyone circle her, to block the view, and slipped on some short shorts under her skirt.. XD finally got to Gloucester mall.. these people walk waayy too slow.. except Ana..sometimes she ahead with me..but sometimes she stayed behind because she wanted to talk to Camille or Meghan.. They wanted to watch Inglorious Basterds... I didn't know what that was.. but it sounded stupid.. they wanted to see it because of Brad Pitt.. anyways.. bought my ticket.. Zheng had trouble with his (just wasn't his day) debit card.. Bram bought his.. and then Ana, Camille, and Meghan suddenly left without saying anything.. because the movie didn't play for another hour.. or something.. anyways.. the rest of us walked to CIBC and Zheng cleared up whatever mess was with his card.. it was just the theatre machines..you know, famous player, pay-it-yourself machine.. thingy..cause it didn't work 3 times. went to Chapters.. thinking the other girls were there. Found out Bram's middle name was Mark on the way. walked in, I bought a yummy Java Chip frap.. which I introduced to Zheng and Bram.. >.> they never had it before.. what's wrong with the world.. lol.. read some manga, until Shannon met up with us at Chapters.. really happy and excited.. and then when she found out what movie we were watching.. she had the idea that we watch a movie that we actually wanted to see. Anything than Inglorious Basterds.. Bram was a little hesitant.. Zheng wanted to see G.I Joe.. I didn't care.. I actually wanted to see Julie&Julia.. but I didn't think they'd sit through that.. so I agreed. we didn't see the other girls again.. Shanon had bumped into them outside of Chapters.. but they sort of ignored her.. texted and email the others..was going to tell them that we were seeing another movie.. but they didn't answer or reply.. played DDR twice.. and air hockey with Shannon.. my arm is sore and so are my legs.. Shannon.. 7-6.. because three times.. I accidentally let them in.. I can't believe Shannon beat me.. XD Fool's luck. LMAO the movie was alright..something my brother would have loved.. had to really pee..really badly.. at the climax of the movie.. there was a really hot asian guy.. he was a bad guy.. and his name was "Shadowstorm".. wtf?! :S but he was really good looking.. there was scene where he took his shirt off.. of course, he died.. but I knew instantly he was korean and I was right.. Byong-Hung Lee..I think.. really nice.. but couldn't appreciate him much.. because I was getting uncomfortable.. I had a tall glass of water at the sushi restaurant. a frap. and a regular sized drink from concession.. in the span of 4-5 hours... I really needed to go.. after that, Shannon drove us to Timmies, Midway (where I spent only two dollars on games.. most of it on DDR.. and then wheel of fortune.) got some candy as prizes.. play go-karts at the Midway.. went to St. Laurent..rested our feet, Shannon left, and then the rest of us bused home.. Never saw Ana, Camille, and Meghan again.. they called us while we were at Timmies, and as I tried to explain to Ana what happened at the movies, she hung up on me.. that was really mean.. I was trying to apologetic.. T 3T went home at about 9:00.. XD my mom was ok..she wondered what took me so long.. My brother was still at SuperEx. He went and found some friends and hung out with them..going on all the rides..including Zipper..twice. came back about 10 min after I did. was so tired. But I played FB's mindjolt Sushi no Suki for over an hour! I didn't even realize it! it was so addicting!! I beat my own score at least.. which is now ranked 3rd? I think? on the top of this week. ^-^ very proud of myself.. didn't go to bed until 2:00a.m Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: I Gotta Feeling // B.E.P Tags: fish, g.i.joe, inglorious basterds, school, shark, silvercity, sushi buffet, sushi no suki

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August 24th, 2009

07:22 pm - "She tags along, and stands in the crowd and looks up at the man that she turned dowwnn" well..this week will end up quite eventful.. tomorrow, I'm heading out to Lisgar to drop off my scholarship letter, which(Yes, I know.. procrastinator) I've been meaning to do since last week... long story short.. twice I made an attempt, first time, I didn't know that the school closes at 2:00.. I came too late.. today, I couldn't make it.. I stopped myself from going any further..which was the Laurier bridge next to the school, at 1:58pm and knew that I wouldn't make it in time.. so tomorrow, I'm going over there at about 10:00 a.m and get it over with.. I also have some issue with my High School diploma.. would it matter if it doesn't have my father's last name in it? I specifically wrote down my full name, "Cathy Yen Dao Nguyen", but because I spent my whole elementary, middle, and high school as just "Nguyen", did they think it was a joke? either way, my diploma just says "Cathy Yen Nguyen"..and since they said that I had to have the name that would appear on legal documents..like my birth certificate?...it should be the full name.. but, do middle names matter? When I looked closer at my birth certificate, I found out that my mom filled out my last name as "Nguyen" only.. ISN'T THAT COOL?!? I can't remember when it was..months ago, for sure, I wondered if I could be married, have a kid, and only let it have my last name, and not the father's... well it's true!! the thing is, "Dao", my father's last name, is listed as a part of my first name.. or my middle name.. so it's really "Cathy Yen Dao" and then Nguyen.  So I wonder if middle counts..especially..if I hardly even use that middle name.. so I'm going to have to go ask and if it's possibly..have my diploma re-printed and such.. *sigh* if only they paid attention to what I wrote down when I was asked to write my full name..for the diploma.. anyways, after that, I'm meeting some people, recent graduates, for an end of the summer get-together..I'm not exactly sure who's going to be there.. Zheng organized it.. and I think Shannon will be there.. I keep forgetting to look at the list of people and see if I recognize anyone.. Camille and Meghan will be there too.. I think we're going to see a movie..which one, it hasn't been decided yet.. and then possibly to a buffet..? I don't know.. I'm excited for Thursday!! I can't wait to go to SuperEx.. sucks that everyone can't come.. :( oh well.. I think it's just James, Ari, and me.. Although I hope Shannon can come..and Serena D. hhmm..interesting things about the new school year at Lisgar.. gr.12s got to pick their lockers.. they start on Sept. 1st.. XD and Terry as Szeles for DRAMA!!! LOL But he also has a bunch of teachers I've never even heard of.. He has Ms. Grant for English..so I hope Terry can be alright in English.. honestly..I fear for him when it comes to English..at least he's reading more..it's more Harry Potter than anything else..but at least it's something.. I want him to try Eragon.. because it sounds good and right for Terry..plus it's as big as H.P too..in size.. but he won't try it.. He did like the Ven Polyherme series... He likes to laugh a lot.. kinda like Stevie Diamond books.. so I'm not sure how well The Lemony Snicket series will go.. ALSO! I peeked into the new school agendas..which I think are a little nicer..because it's smaller..and it has a whole bunch more stuff in it.. it provides the population of each country on the world map.. but the front design sucks, and the ruler/bookmark for the agendas don't fit.. so they have these tabs at the bottom corner to rip to you can keep track where you are in the agenda.. but that's besides the point, there are examples, or list of clubs that make the school sound good, you know? like Debate Club, Math Club, BioMed Club, Graphic Arts Club, and there in the middle of it was Mural Manaics!!! SO COOL!! My hard earned work is being awknowledged!! we were mentioned!! a little too late..when I'm not even there.. but I hope Clayton continues the mural and the club.. T ^T and maybe Serena can advise him from time to time.. she doesn't want to do the club anymore because she needs the study time.. she is repeating a year out of choice.. so that's about it.. I'm feeling a little bit brighter after thinking about this.. recently.. there has been two song lyrics that keep running through my head.. one is "He was a skater boy, she said see you later boy, he wasn't good enough for her..." or  " she's cheer captain, and I"m sitting in the bleachers, she wears short skirts, I wear t-shirts" which is"You Belong with me" by Taylow Swift.. very catchy... XD Current Mood: drained Current Music: Sk8r boi // Avril Lavigne Tags: agenda, diploma, eragon, lemony snicket, mural maniacs, school, ven polyherme

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August 16th, 2009

10:33 pm - I fasten my heart to a tree in a garden, so it will never escape. So I saw The TIme Traveler's Wife.. and it turned out better than I expected.. there were a lot of naked butts.. alot.  Mainly the guy, main character.. can't remember the actor's name.. because he wasn't very good looking, the way the director made him look very unshaven..to give him this wild look, of someone who can travel through time and can't be bothered with shaving often.. could not look shaven enough for his own wedding.... stupid director.. the actress, the wife?! SHE IS A WALKING SKELETON!! WTF?!? She looks fine with clothes.. because she doesn't wear tight clothing, right? But the one time you see her get out of bed, and you see her naked back.... AAGGHHH!!! It's like looking at some giant alien lizard!! Shannon had the same thought, who sat beside me, and so did Faneeza and Haruka, who sat in the back, while we sat in the front. You could see her spine. I'm not fecking joking.. You could see the knobby bits of her spine..and when she stretched to the side, facing her back, you could see her ribs.. It was like watching a horror movie....=_= ick... It got better when she put on a shirt. but other than that complaint.. I enjoyed the movie.. It didn't find it very confusing either.. although I wouldn't read the book because it is pretty sad and depressing to think about.. :( Although Shannon was still confused.. even though I spent a part of the movie revealing things to her or explaining things to her.. which weren't much.. just a couple of words.. but whenever Shannon giggled..and sometimes because I giggled.. the ladies sititng about 2-3 seats away from us shushed us one time very loudly.. I understand, but no need to glare at us... ok? the movie was a little funny.. Shannon glared back and and said "excuse you".. and they told us to shut up and shushed us again.. T ^T anyways, there weren't a lot of people.. I think that was a maximum of 15 people including the people I mentioned.. O.O movie is not that popular or highly anticipated? well..whatever.. When I was headed to South Keys, I had made myself remember that it was the bus #97 that went the fastest to South Keys.. my brother was convinced, like, "I am sure. I am sure it's the 95" over and over again.. when it felt like we've been on the bus for too long.. I told him to go up to the bus driver and ask.. but all he said was "I am sure" without getting up.. >.> turned out he was wrong.. the idiot.. I got there around 2:30 and I walked around Wal-Mart.. well, I walked.. my idiot of a brother danced as he walked, listening to his mp3 player to the songs of "Give it to me right" by Melanie Fiona.. oh lord..it was embarassing walking around with him..and several times, I notice that people turned their heads more when I say "Terry! hush!" a little too loudly.. more than when he was just singing and dancing.. damn it. Saw these perfect shoes.. omg.. and a good 24 bucks..the heels are pretty high, but thick and sturdy. open toed. but that doens't matter. as it has a little buckle around the ankle.. and what looks like black ribbon or lace on the shoe..with a little black bow.. it doesn't sound like much.. but..I wish I took a photo of it so I could show you how adorable the shoes really are.. I was tempted to buy it.. but I resisted..even when I took Fifi by later and she told me to buy it.. I didn't.. but I think I will when I go back soon.. >.> It may be the only open toed shoes I'll ever love.. because the black lace abd ribbon on distracts the eye away from the toes.. XD I looked up some interesting facts about wal-mart, futureshop, and Best Buy.. I looked online for Best buy, but it's got a toshiba laptop for under $400 and the price will be cut even further if I make a contract with Bell for 24 months? Also it's a good 10" screen I think.. which would mean it has a lot more room.. too good to be true.. I have to check it out.. O.O future shop..not so great.. I said so, very out loud that "best Buy is better.." walmart..just sucks.. >.> cheapest was 700 bucks and the laptop didn't even look that great.. T 3T So I'm going to check out Best Buy and then Factory direct..which is a store with mainly refurbished stuff for good prices.. I hope to see what they have.. although I think I'm sticking with Best Buy and borrowing money from my mom.. hopefully..I really need a laptop. last night was pretty interesting.. We saw a small skunk in front of our house.. of course it took a while for the stink to pass because we had our screen door open, and our windows.. -__-; and then we decided to see where it went.. accoridng ot my mom, it sort of disappeared near a neighbour's front steps.. although there is no hole leading to a possible den in the ground.. so no idea.. we went about the neighbourhood with flashlights..and several neighbours peeked through their windows because the flashlight shone through their windows.. which probably looked like police flashlights.. ^_^; a little embarassing but whatever. never found the skunk.. wasn't really afraid that it would spray again. Seeing as it sprayed once, it would take a while before it could build up enough to make another.. I'm uploading this in the middle of the night because I am secretly reading manga online.. found a really good.. the main character is a demon and doesn't care about love. she reminds me of Kyoko. from Skip Beat! so whenever my mom comes around, I turn back to IJ and continue my post.. XD that's all for now. Current Mood: groggy Current Music: Secret Princess // Rie Kugimiya Tags: best buy, factory direct, future shop, laptops, movie theatre, the time traveler's wife, wal-mart

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11:17 am - ain't a fairy tale, I'm not a princess that you'll sweep off her feet, lead her up the stairwell Finally bought my SuperEx voucher..no thanks to Terry...I wasn't sure when the Quickie store would close on a Saturday.. T 3T He came at 6:00p.m because he  "forgot" the time.. while around 3:00 my mom was already mad and worried..and wanted to see if she could call any of his friend's house and see if he was there.. I told her that the numbers that obviously belonged to a girl could not be it.. because he wouldn't go to a girl's house.. But it turned out he did, the idiot..He didn't leave a number, or a name, or even call home when he left to hang out with a friend.. I bumped into Lukman at the bus stop on Friel and Rideau.. Actually, I didn't even recoginze him until he waved his hand in front of my face.. LOL anyways we talked as we waited for a bus, He had just recently quit Wendy's and applied to a whole bunch of other non-food related stores.. XD you see, he had the same horrible experiences as I did when working in a restaurant.. He had worked at another fast food before Wendy's but quit that..and then when he needed cash, he applied at Wendy's, giving restaurants a econd chance.. of my "vast" knowledge of employers..I told him that even if you applied a month ago, don't be expecting a call until at least 3 months later..especially at places that say "Hiring".. they'll be getting a lot of resumes, and they'll take their time to leaf through them all before making call.. >.> He's not going to University either.. He's taking a year off... I'm surprised his mom lets him do it.. maybe she already knows what it's like to have a child go off to university or college, and maybe doesn't want to let her other kids go if they don't want to? I think Lukman isn't the oldest in the family.. If only my mom can be a little bit understanding.. :( She found my books when I went out to buy the vouchers.. she went in looking for batteries..and found some Nana volumes, and a Warriors book.. I returned the Nana books, but my mom wanted to know what the warriors book was about..remembering the Georgia Nicolson books from over 2 years ago... I bluntly told her it was about cats. My brother bluntly told her it was about cats.. and a guest who was visiting, who knew english told her it was just a fiction book about cats... She still doesn't want to hear that!! She demanded that Terry read it and tell her what it's about.. she wouldn't accept whatever Terry tells her anyways.. if it's not educational.. then it goes back to the library or she rips.. thing is..recently..I've been sleeping in late.. like 11:00 or 12:00 late..and the night before last.. I really went to bed, exhausted for some reason..and waking up late..the times I'm not really reading a book, I get in trouble for it  and she assumes that I was up late reading a book.. but I have no proof or arguement against.. and it doesn't matter because she really is the most stubborn person alive and always thinks she's right.. the guest that stayed over for a bit.. She's only met my mom once before and knew that there's no point in arguing with her, or else my mom will bite your head off.. with words. So I'm going to see The Time Traveler's Wife today in South Keys.. thing is, Haruka finally asked Faneeza out.. and Faneeza, bored of just working and staying in the house, agreed, after she asked me what I thought..something about Jath being all jealous and controlling, even when he's in Toronto.. >.> the idiot(Jath).. So Faneeza asked Shannon to come...I wonder how Haruka will take that..I don't even know if he knows that Fifi invited friends.. anyways, Fifi offered Shannon to ask Andrew, but she didn't want to.. (O.o oh?) and asked me because she hasn't seen me in forever.. after-prom actually.. which is close to forever.. So I'm going to go see if I can go shopping at Walmart before I meet them at 3:00 in South Keys. Current Mood: confused Current Music: White Horse // Taylor Swift Tags: books, jobs, mom, south keys, time traveler's wife

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August 14th, 2009

06:52 pm - Love replaces love, now look at me. nnyyyaaaahhhh!!!!! Yesterday was my last day to buy a top up card for my cell phone!! I knew that whole day that I would need a new top up card.. but as I walked home from the day's event, I forgot..and as I got home my mentioned buying cucumbers on sale at loblaws before it was over.. which by then, I was typing up my last entry on IJ.. so I told my mom that I would as soon as I was done and that way I could go buy the top up card.. But I forgot!!! ... -_-lll I don't know how.. but when I finally realized it.. It was 10:30.. ugh... TT_TT on my phone was about $10.50... so what I did was send a whole bunch of texts to some friends.. no one replied except for Mary.. and I didn't want to call her in case she was busy..because her replies were taking a while to get to me.. So it was around 11:00 and I had no one to call..because I didn't want to just give up 10 DOLLARS to PC.. =_= so I offered the phone to my brother to text to a friend.. and then I offered the phone to my mom and wanted to see if she could call anyone in the U.S or Vietnam.. but PC requires that I request for a long distance call ahead of time.. I wanted to scream.. So I finally gave up my phone at about 11:45 to my brother so he could call a friend.. I fell asleep.. and then found out today that he talked for over an hour with the friend.. until the phone cut him off.. XD so at least the money was spent.. oh well.. I'll refrain from buying the top up card again until super ex comes around and I'll need a phone by then... A new spider has come back last night!! It's not as big as Tiny, but it's legs are much longer, making it look bigger. You can see the markings on it's leg, and it's web is just as big, except it's moved to under a covering my mom made in the backyard, but it's also very delicate.. it's attached to some objects that are moveable or may have to be moved some day.. TT^TT I haven't decided what to name it yet.. it's not exactly "Tiny" material.. so I'll have to think of some other gender-neutral cute name.. My mom also happen upon a creepy, fat, yellow, fuzzy caterpillar.. she saw it crawling on our wall, outside of our house.. at first she was confused as to what it was, but then as it moved..she freaked.. the gardener that she is.. she didn't like it all.. she is terrified? or disgusted with caterpillars.. I really wanted to keep it, raise it in a box, and feed it and see what kind of butterfly would come out.. but I think the pretty interesting caterpillars normally turn into boring old moths.. the ugly simple caterpillars turn into the pretty butterflies.. so it took a while for it to start moving.. it wouldn't do anything, even when I put in a raspberry bush leaf next to it.. my mom flipped it over with a stick..and it looked pretty unnatural..my mom kind of squealed and ran off.. XD finally it started moving when I was taking pictures of the spider. WOW. It moved fast.. way way waaayy fast. I was kneeing on the cement ground, so I didn't record it for long.. as soon as I was done, my mom picked it up with a stick, brought it over to a corner of the backyard on grass...and squished it with the stick.. kinda sliced it in half?! >.< EEEWWWWWW.... =_= I definitely squealed on that.. I can't remember if my mom did.. she did shudder.. It may sound unreasonable.. but that caterpillar would have only started eating in her garden.. all around, there aren't a lot of other places where we could have put the caterpillar where it wouldn't harm anyone's garden.. >.> so yeah.. the act wasn't pleasant but it was necessary.. Current Mood: discontent Current Music: I believe // DBSK Tags: caterpillar, pc, phone, spider, top up card

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August 13th, 2009

08:58 pm - "Don't be afraid of what you feel inside" well well well.. Today was actually fun!! Today I was suppose to meet up with Parmiss and others at a Persian restaurant at 4:00.. I had unintentionally left at 4:00p.m... -_-ll So I got there about 45 minutes late because of the large detour... anyways, the Persian restaurant was on bank and laurier.. a really quiet and pretty place because it was the middle of the afternoon. Jodi was there, who only came a little bit before me..(I wasn't the only person late.. ^-^) Zheng and Bram were there too.. others were invited but they didn't make it or didn't reply anyways.. So we spent about 10 minutes looking over the whole menu... it sounded pretty good.. some of the dishes sounded just like Ari's kind of thing.. there were a lot of shish kabobs.. well..there were beef kabobs, or chicken, or shrimp.. and it was served with a Persian rice that I can't remember the name of.. looked pretty tasty... but I ordered something else.. It had a plate of the yummy rice, with a side bowl of some kind of chili? well there were beans in it and beef..and had french fries on top.. I was suppose to spoon the stuff onto my rice and eat it like that.. Jodi, Parmiss and Zheng had kabobs.. Jodi had chicken, Parmiss had beef, and Zheng just copied Parmiss. XD Bram had the Greek salad, I think... one of those salads that were pretty yummy.. I tried it.. ^-^ They gave us free pita bread, butter, a quarter of an onion, and mini salad.. no one touched it..LOL I had one pita bread.. Parmiss had us all try this Doogh.. It's a common Persian drink that's made up of yogurt, water, and mint leaves.. it's served cold, and according to Parmiss, it's normally fizzy.. kinda like soda.. but the one we had wasn't.. that aside, the drink was pretty sour.. when I smelled the yogurt.. I thought of bad milk.. but it tasted fine.. kinda like plain yogurt.. Parmiss was a little disappointed that no one liked it.. but we all drank a "fair" share as a taste.. It was alright to me.. I could drink it again..I don't know if she believed.. it didn't help that the guys were jokingly saying that they loved it and such.. >.> After that, Bram, Zheng and I treated ourselves to cheese cake. yummy.. they had 5 different kinds, but we ordered 3 different kinds, so we could all have a try. I ordered a Cafe au lait cheesecake, Bram had a decadent chocolate, and Zheng had some kind of berry cheesecake.. It was all very yummy.. I liked mine the best though.. ^_^ after that, since it was still pretty early, and I didn't want to go home just yet.. I suggested we go to Rideau and hang out there.. by the time we got to the Confederation park, we decided to stay there. Parmiss, Jodi and I stuck our feet in the fountain and cooled.. the guys wouldn't do it because they wore socks.. we had flip flops.. I don't understand it. Why do guys wear socks and shoes in the summer?! my brother does the exact same thing when goes to school in June.. there are flip flops, or sandals for guys too, right? anyways, after that, we sat down in the grass, and I learned a new card game called "President", which turned out pretty fun! I never ended up being president.. that mostly went to Parmiss or Bram..sometimes Zheng or Jodi.. Since there was 5 of us.. sometimes I was neutral.. I was neutral quite often.. 3-4 times.. we played like 6-7 games.. there were vice-presidents, and then their were bums(the loser, last person to lose all their cards) and the vice-bums? (second last person.) It was very interesting and fun. A great way to spend an afternoon..before we realized it, it was 7:20p.m and we went home.. walked to Rideau, everyone took a bus home. It was actually a satisfying day. Better than being at home and hanging around the computer or "disappearing" into my room to read a book, but the length of disappearances would eventually get my mom suspicious.. and I had to get away from the book.. I have been caught up on the Bloody Jack Adventure Series...god, is it addicting.. lots of action, adventure, and cute boys? XD anyways, I'm on the 5th book, when I've only been reading it since 2 days ago.. and the books are pretty big.. Harry Potter size.. the last books.. not the first books.. I've got to go shopping for school supplies..only less than 200 bucks in my account. still have to wait for a call from my mom's social worker to talk about osap before I can pay my bills with the University week after next. ugh.. lots to do..I typed my scholarship letter..sent it to some friends.(ari) and am hoping to get any corrections or opinions on it.. I think it's alright. It's suppose to convey the message of thankfulness, hard working, and honesty.. I hope.. I hope it isn't too wordy..and I made it pretty formal.. oh well that's about it today.. I think I will be taking up some knitting again.. it's pretty fun, and found a pretty gold and green patterned yarn that I want to use because those are the BEST colour combination ever!! Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: Hi Ya Ya // DBSK Tags: cards, confederation park, doogh, fountain, persian restaurant, president, scholarship

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August 9th, 2009

12:54 pm - "Here I am, either you make the time or just forget about me." TINY IS GONE!!! TTATT nnooo.... he disappeared.. although after the rain ruined his web and I might have had something to do with when I opened the window that was next to the web(which may have been possibly attached to) twice..and may have altered the web a bit.. I didn't notice the web ripping in any way when I opened it.. TT^TT anyways.. he's (or she..but I've gotten used to he..) gone!! at first, his web was there, still torn and not fixed.. we thought maybe he was hiding or something.. but no, he's completely gone.. because the web is gone too, now.. left unattended.. I hope he's still alive . T ^ T My mom thinks that Tiny may have just built his web somewhere else if it is still alive.. My mom's friend, who has had several strokes, left Canada over a week ago.. the friday before last friday.. she went to the airport..and My mom and I were the last to the leave the building that she's lived in for so many years.. My mom got very emotional.. She cried at random several times, out the blue really, and hugged her friend and went on about how sad it's become and such.. I think my mom really believes that it was the last time she will ever see her friend.. We've acquired a lot of stuff from the friend. One including a smaller and lighter tv.. a sofa couch.. and some other stuff that we planned to sell. So yesterday, we had a small yard sale.. successfully sold some stuff..a fax machine, hoola hoop, scooter, a hammer, tea kettle, and coolers.. but the thing that sold the most was my mom's plants. she just took out random plants that had grown too big for the hosue and that she didn't want to take care of anymore.. and they were mainly sold to one woman.. she was on some kind of cheap plant buying frenzy.. whatever attracted her, she bought the plant. It was like she just moved in and wanted to fill it with pretty plants and flowers.. or that she suddenly developed a new hobby of plants.. whatever it was, she spent nearly 40 bucks worth of my mom's plants.. she sold her plants from around 4 dollars, to 7 dollars..and then there was one plant, that was about 3-4 feet tall.. something like an elephant ear plant, but with pink blossoms.. that was 10 bucks.. my mom made about 50-60 dollars in one day from selling her plants.. and she still has a lot more.. o.O My mom kept the money from her plants..all the odd stuff that I sold, I kept a majority of the money..and Terry had some too.. although I'm using most of it as change for the next time I have a yard sale.. which may be Monday. So I sort of made some money.. although there's a lot more I need to make..and it doesn't help that I can't tutor this week.. I need to buy a laptop.. I may have to borrow some money from my mom and pay her back later in the year.. or next year.. I also found out that I have a whole bunch of things I should have done a long time ago..when I got a letter about my osap, I was suppose to go to the University of Ottawa and talk about my loans..and go over stuff.. apparently.. it said so in the small printed paragraph that I didn't bother to read fully because ..well.. you know how it is.. I just skimmed through it.. uggh... =_= There's also the Lisgar scholarship.. I have to write a letter to the Anonymous Donor.. and then show the school my bill from the Ottawa University..and then they would write a cheque to it.. There's also the fireworks show at the Casino du Lac Leamy that I want to see..the Grande Finale is on august 15th.. 10 dollars for admission.. then there's SuperEx.. hooray!! the drop the price for admission and the all rides bracelet by 2 dollars!! But the voucher can only be bought at Quickie now.. and it's called the Dr.Pepper voucher...thing.. anyways.. so have to buy that before the twentieth..and decide a day to go.. I'm so excited for SuperEx!! I actually want to go see all the animal and stunt shows!! of course, ride all the rides!! I hope Shannon can go with me this time, that way I can have a friend to go on all the rides with me.. or find someone else who wouldn't get scared or motion sick go with me..  well lots to do before I start enjoying the last bit of freedom of summer.. I just ordered the latest SPC Card online.. I don't know if it's worth it or not.. I think it is.. instead of buying the card at a shoppers or some place for 8.50 plus tax.. I bought it online..which costs 2 dollars for shipping and $1.50 for using scotiabank online to pay as interac thing..whatever.. the thing is, I get a $10 giftcard for Bluenotes.. I could have picked Best Buy also, but there were different expiry dates..Bluenotes expires in December, while Bes Buy expired in November.. it might have been useful...if I ever decide to buy a laptop or mp3 player there, anytime soon.. 6_6 so I'll have a new SPC Card for the new year.. I thought SPC cards were for only people in high school..but I guess, as long as you have a student I.D card..you're good.. :O although I shouldn't be spending anything for the next 4-5 years that could be used for repaying osap and such.. but I doubt that's gonna happen.. Current Mood: busy Current Music: Give it to me right // Melanie Fiona Tags: osap, scholarship, superex, tiny the spider, yard sale

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August 5th, 2009

05:54 pm - "When I'm miserable I want to run and play like a child, filling a balloon full with small dreams" So a lot of things happened, and I don't know if it totals up to a bad day or a good day.. o.O So I'll list them all here. 1. I am not tutoring for a whole week... that's possibly $72 dollars down the drain.. because the woman does not think of paying me at all for the days that I am not to come to work.. why? because they are going to Toronto for a wedding.. I am in need of money.. so this is -5 points. 2. A very cute rather large house-spider has made a web right next to our backyard door. at first, last night, when my mom opened the screen door, a part of the web fell on her and she accidentally ruined the web. Now this morning, it has repaired the web without it being caught on to the door. the spider is so unusual and entertaining to watch it spin it's web that me and my mom took a whole bunch of pictures and videos of it... as soon as it finished it's web, a fly instantly got caught in it! It was so cool!! the spider worked so fast, that I couldn't record the catching part and the struggling fly part.. I only got the part where the spider just wrapped the fly into a neat little ball.... several minutes later, the fly-ball turned into a shrivelled little thing.. really cool.. didn't catch anything else..not that I watched the web for hours...My mom says the spider is good luck, so I hope it can live where it is for a long time..although I'm afraid that rain might ruin the web or a bird might eat it.. :( it's pretty much out in the open.. +2 points. 3. I finally got a letter from the committee that hands out the Ron Larkin scholarship... I didn't get it.. what's even more disappointing is that it was a 5/45 chance.. @#)%*@#% why?!? I was expecting a number near a hundred... but I was so close!! I might not have made my 500 word essay sad enough.. TT_TT I bet if Safia Hashi had applied for that, she got it instantly.. It's because I didn't really volunteer that interacts with the members of my community like Safia did, working in summer camps for kids and such.. Although I am covered for the tuition and other school fees..that $1,000 would have helped a lot. I shoudl be grateful that I even got a scholarship.. but I feel that my application wasn't professional enough.. so this brought me down -3... 4. To take my mind off things, my mom and I walked to Rideau and went to Fairweather's to buy these lovely summer evening dresses... they are formal enough for dinner parties or get-togethers but casual to wear at home too.. I love them. I bought one, and my mom bought another for me. They also fit both of us, so if my mom ever wanted to borrow them, she could. They look really good, and I think the 45 bucks were worth it, I guess.. too bad the SPC card didn't work on deals at Fairweathers.. This cheered me up a bit, when after we went to Richtree and Timmy's for Chocolate milk Ice cap. and muffins. +4.. 5. I wore reused dailies contacts.. I had put them in tap water filled bags... normally, a couple days or weeks after I had opened them from the original package, I can wear them just fine, but since it's been in a chlorined water bag for over a month... contacts aren't suppose to be in contact with chlorine..that's why I'm not allowed swimming with them anywhere..  I wore them for only a couple of hours..and now my right eye is a little irritating.. I hope it goes away soon.. I realize it was a mistake.. I'm gonna have to buy soem Saline as soon as I find out where they are sold..I hope they are sold in regular pharmacys.. like the Loblaws one.. -1.. 6. other stuff..like Terry.. who's always a downer.. but at least he works most of the day now.. but I need a job too!! But I have a lot of free time now.. what to do?? no points for this.. because it's sort of neutral.. hhmm..let's total that up.. -5-3-1= -9.    -9+2+4= -3 So overall..the good stuff doesn't even counter the bad stuff that's happened recently.. :( I've also been reading a lot of manga online.. and there is this particular that has been so hilarious and making me laugh so hard.. it's based a girl who's playing a RPG that feels 99.9% real..called Second Life.. she tries to prove her younger brother that female gamers don't have it easy because guys are willing to help them and such, so she(being given one wish since she was the first gamer to log on) asked to be a guy(only she has been able to do this, the game only allows one character, and the gender has to be the same as the gamer..)..it turns out pretty funny and better than I expected.. XD although I a  HUGE fan of beautiful art, and I find it really difficult to read any manga or manwha with the heroine making ugly faces all the time.. but the plot and storyline is just so amusing that I can't help but read the first 30 chapters in 4 and 1/2 hours!! I started at 11:45 p.m and realized I should stop when I noticed it was 4:00a.m (my mom was out at Casino, and I was afraid that she would com back any minute) I went to bed, and woke up early at 9:30a.m by mistake.. I stayed in bed, trying to get back to sleep, but  then an hour later, 10:30a.m, I got up, because I was so anxious to read 1/2 Prince that I just went ahead.. my mom wasn't home yet, so thankfully, I could finish it without her catching me.. but there was only a few chapters left.. so I finished that in half an hour.. TT^TT the last chapter uploaded was August 2nd.. the one before was only 4 days earlier.. so I hope the next chapter is scanlated, translated, and uploaded soon..I'm so anxious for it!! wow.. :O that was a big paragraph.. ok that's enough.. after 1/2 Prince I read other manga to take my mind off of  it.. I read two other manwhas that had about 20-something chapters.. but I finished those and still no 1/2 Prince chapter 31!! I"m so impatient.. I also thanked the scanlators and translators.. (I visted their website..hoping to find a release date.) Current Mood: discontent Current Music: Balloons // DBSK Tags: 1/2 prince, eye contact, fairweather, house spider, ron larkin scholarship, work

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