I haven't updated in 5 months, I dunno why I haven't made an effort to. Maybe it's because I know practically no one reads my posts since hardly any of my friends are on LJ. A lot has happened since the last post, thought a lot, felt a lot, gone through a lot. I finally got a haircut and I think I'm liking short hair now..it's so much easier to handle! Although it must be flat ironed after every wash, which means my hair'll probably be all burnt and dead soon, it looks great!

Summer school is doing me good, not too much work for one of my classes so I could focus on stats II if I needed to. Yes, I'm still not done with it. I feel stupid for dropping it last term, but I did have a lot to do then. I will be through with it after the summer though! And speaking of which, I gotta get cracking on the assignments. At least there's no school at all next week! It's like a study week...in summer...which is awesome!

I also just finished a Korean drama "My Name is Kim Sam Soon" and I thought it was pretty good! The actors did a pretty good job too, especially the leading female who played Sam Soon. Another lucky Bridget Jones type woman. Hmm..maybe I should stay single until my 30s. Maybe I'll meet a hot, good looking, rich guy and we'll get married! XD

However as I have heard quite a few times recently...damn the Y chromosome! Lately, a lot of my girl friends have been going through some "problems". Why must people be so complicated, why must people (girls?) think and analyze so much. Why can't people have a thought bubble over their heads, things would be so much more simple. I like simple, I am simple, simple I am. -_- Poo..I don't know what I want anymore.

Wait, yes I do..I wanna GET OUT OF HERE. Go travelling or something. China, Europe..whatever! I want a rich boyfriend, or rich husband, I want lots of money. THAT's what I want. Yes, I'm gonna go dream about it now...

I really don't like working alone...not that I can't, I'd just prefer working with a co-worker. It's just too boring here alone!! I feel like going home to study now. I don't think I've ever been as productive as I was yesterday.

I told myself that I'd really try in Stats 2 this term and so far, I've been doing pretty good...I think. I've been going to TWO stats classes in a week (I have never done that before in my entire university career - going to a class that I'm not enrolled in), and I was planning to go to the tutorial yesterday morning..yes, a Saturday morning..at 9am! So I woke up at 8, left the house and found it was snowing wet snow. The road was slippery and above that, I saw that all the traffic lights on Steeles were not working! Well from what I could see that is. It was kinda freaky, and I also realized I had left my cell at home. I wouldn't have cared if it was a nice day, but driving when the weather's so bad, on a busy street with no traffic lights..that didn't sit too well with me. So I turned around to go back home, and also decided to forget about the tutorial.

So I went home, it was about 8:45, sat down and studied stats for the next 3-4 hours...don't ask me how I did it, but I did it. I finished one chapter and a bit and decided to take a break. So during my break, I went on the computer..to do paper work for my Sifu -_-..wth is wrong with me. After my break, I did a little more studying, took a nap, had dinner, then worked on my paper due Monday. I can't believe I finished a paper 2 days before it's due...I also don't remember ever doing that. It feels good tho! Got it over with at least.

I just hope I get a decent mark in Stats..I mean all this extra work and time spent on it?! >_<
Anyhow..*pat on the back* for doing so much yesterday! XD

I'm finally done getting all the texts need for the term...and the grand total comes to..$90.00!! XD Yes, normally I wouldn't even be able to buy one text, but this term I got all four for under a hundred bucks! The initial cost if I had bought everything new would have been around $500, but I got everything for less than 1/5 the cost! HA take THAT York Bookstore! Believe it or not, my saviour was the classifieds section of the (same) York Bookstore site...how ironic. And yes, it's pretty sad that I make use of this service in my FOURTH year..I should be ashamed of posting about this! >.<

Ok, well the shame doesn't beat me saving $400, so that's ok! And just a final note: Quantitative Methods II (Stats 2) will have my ass this term :( I don't think I'll be updating for a while for the next few weeks...or maybe the occasional "Yes! I got 51% on my quiz/test/assignment!"...we'll see..

Firstly, MERRY BELATED CHRISTMAS TO ALL! And in case I don't post before the 1st..HAPPY NEW YEAR TOO!!!!

I just got back from watching King Kong..and I must say, BEWARE of this movie if you are 1. a very emotional person who cries at the drop of a fly or 2. an animal rights activist (yes, you know who I'm referring to). I cried, yes, I admit it. Heck, my brother and cousin teared and they're both guys over the age of 20. I guess what Peter Jackson was able to do was establish that relationship between the gorilla and the girl and touch the audience with the soft, heroic and childish side of him. Which was also why it was so unbearable to see anything happen to him >.< Then there's also Andy Serkis (the guy who played Gollum in LOTR) who was SO good at playing Kong this time. Personally I think Jackson did a pretty good job (again) with this film..he didn't disappoint me =p Guess this means he'll only be getting another handful of Oscars next year. And yes, I'm so getting the DVD when it comes out with the directors cut/extended version with special features and all.

Gah, I don't remember when it was the last time I cried so hard watching a movie. If I was watching it alone at home or something, I'd be sobbing so hard in the end. It really sucks to watch a movie and not be able to cry to my heart's content...that's what absolutely sucks about watching a movie in the theatres..with FRIENDS. It's torture I tell ya, trying to hold it in -_-

And people are purely STUPID IDIOTS who can't leave nature the way it is and who're DUMB enough to screw themselves over by intervening! I'm glad King Kong is a fictional story, because if it wasn't, I'd be so pissed off. But then again, to come up with a story like this is bad enough >.< But it does correctly portray humans being the greedy, selfish, conceited species we are. GAAH ok, gotta find something else to do and get my mind off this...(hm, maybe I should stop listening to the soundtrack first...) >.

Yes, I bet the subject line will catch the attention of some of you. Damn you cece_y for getting me into this old series! Not only that, I'm watching the Taiwanese live action Meteor Garden..-_- What have I become...first Jay Chou, now THIS?!

It's pretty good, funny and extremely shojou..>_< But I guess that's why I like it. The guy playing Doumyouji (spelling?) in the Taiwanese live action's growing on me...shit..Now I'm at a point in the series (both manga and live action) where it's just like.."who cares about Rui!" That's so bad! I actually cared about Rui earlier on in the series (and the actor playing him did a pretty good job too)! Oh well...now it's Doumyouji/Tsukushi! Doumyouji/Tsukushi! Doumyouji/Tsukushi! XD

...Now I wanna watch the Mars taiwanese live action too...anyone know what it's called and where I can get it? Better yet, anyone know anyone who HAS it??

I just got back from a dinner banquet with family. In case you guys are wondering, my uncles own a seafood company so they're affiliated with lots of big restaurants, so sometimes we get invited to their events (anniversaries, xmas, etc). So today, was the eighth anniversary of some restaurant on Leslie and Finch and they were playing these little games with CASH prizes! The first, I didn't go because it's basically singing 7 random chinese songs of different genres. And there were lots of chinese oldies which I have never heard of in my life.

The second game was one that was taken straight out of that chinese, hong kong game show with the three guys bringing in celebrities as contestants. This one was the one with the balloon sitting on a box, where u have to hold it, say a number between 0 and 100 and if you get it right, the balloon pops and u lose (well, we win the CASH in our case). So we had 6 people at a time, and say if the first said 35 and the actual number is above that, the host will say 35 to 100, then the next person goes. If he/she says 75 and the actual number is below, the host will say 35-75, and so on until the lucky person gets the number. So I was 3rd in line and the numbers 35 and 50 were said, with the choice of 50-100 left. I walk up to the mic and guess "71" and the balloon pops!!! What luck...20 big ones, into my pocket, just like that!!

The third game is another taken from the same show where there's a line of candles that we gotta blow out with a straw. However, there's a triangle behind the line that we gotta straddle (without touching the lines), and hands can't touch the floor. So the closer you move to the line of candles, the wider you gotta part your legs..(yes, ouch). This game was played by 6 people again, split into two groups. I was in the first group and I blew out 4/7 or 8 candles, while others blew out 3 or less..so I WON AGAIN!! And this time, it was $30!!! XD XD I was lucky cuz some guy in the group after ours blew out 5.

So in the end, not only did I walk away with a bursting stomach, I also had an extra $50 in my pocket.

But thinking about it, it's all so strange. I mean, if my dad didn't push me up there the first game, if I wasn't standing 3rd in line, would I have won? If I wasn't 2nd in line for the second game, and was split up into the first group of players, would I have won $30?? Well, on a more serious note (my dad and I were discussing this in the car) chance and opportunity doesn't come seeking for you, it's out there and often times it just slips right by you. The question is, are you willing to reach out your hand and grasp it?

I finally had my first ride on the Viva today and it was cooool. I felt like such a newbie that I actually went and talked to the driver and learnt a bunch of stuff about Viva. The fare was $2.25 which is not bad at all. Surprisingly, the driver doesn't check your ticket!! If you're lucky, you could even get on without paying, which a lot of ppl do, says the driver. But don't get so excited yet, ocassionally there are people coming onboard to check passengers' tickets, and if you get caught, you'll be fined $150. So would you rather pay $150? or $2.25?

Through the rest of the trip, the driver just randomly educated me about the Viva system and the one thing I found most interesting was the fact that they had some "GPS" system in every bus. How this works is that it keeps track of every bus' schedule and if the bus happened to be behind schedule, it would actually signal the traffic lights on the road it's on to stay green! So if the bus nears a green-almost-yellow light, that light would stay green for another 15 seconds until the Viva passes! That is some amazing high tech shit!! And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the Viva buses are so punctual!

Then there was something else about how there are heating systems under the bus to keep it from freezing when it gets cold. It's also used to melt off all that crap passengers bring onboard in the winter, and any liquid will run to the back and out the back door. =p

AND there's also the 60 footer shuttles that I gotta try! She says there are actually tables there for us to do our homework -_-....AND they might install internet access on those things too. WHAT.THE.HELL and she says there are 80 footers in Europe!!!! I wonder what they have in those ones o.0

Had the best Halloween in the longest time, and I didn't even get any candy! After a long and frustrating day at school, I got to go out for dinner at Boston Pizza with cece_y and melicious_520 (note to those interested: check out mel's page for pictures!). Cece and I dressed up as, our versions of Harajuku Girls!!. It was really fun; I love these girls off for spending the night with me and letting me forget everything that happened...ok fine, for letting me vent off steam, same thing. Cece looked really nice in her new GothiLoli dress, it was a pleasant surprise to see her in fishnet stockings...would have never EVER imagined her in those! XD We gotta do this again next year, and EVERYONE has to dress up!!! *looks at mel*

I took a peek at those courses this term, that I'm going to be taking next term, and I can only say one thing...GOODBYE GROUP WORK!! These courses are so different, now that I think about it. There're very little things to hand in and I'm gonna have exams worth friggin 50% and 60%...sounds like first year -_- But only difference is, I'll be keeping up with my studies this year (haha) so hopefully, it's not that bad. ANYTHING is better than more group work...I have had enough of that crap.

I hate group work. I hate group work. I have so many group assignments this term it's disgusting, and seeing how classes are like now, I'm sure there's more to come for other courses. There is never a group that I'm happy with. I'm currently dealing with two groups for two different classes and I'm unhappy with both. The first one, which I've been dealing with for the past month, are okay actually. There's only one girl out of the 5 of us that I can work with. The others don't say anything! It's like we always have to kick 'em to get something outta them! But then again, I know there are always the quiet ones in group work. But there's this other guy, who joins our group half way through our project, who also thinks he knows it all! He contributes yea, but he doesn't realize that what he says is completely outta line sometimes! I tell him things, saying how that won't work or whatever, and he just tries countering me again! Wtf?! So since then, everytime we have group meetings, it's like all we try to do is butt heads.

Then there's the second group that I just had a meeting with. They're also taking the same class as the one mentioned above, yet they hadn't started their assignment till the last week the paper is due..which is this tuesday! I was like, then what the hell have u guys been doing these past few weeks? And the guy says "nothing...planning"...and I think..FOR WHAT?! Did it take US 3 weeks to plan for that?! The point here, is that they are rushing to finish their shit while I have to suffer with them in that they always have to meet late for this assignment we have to do together and they put in such half assed efforts!! I mean, I'm pretty sure I told a lot of you already, but like last Thursday where I had to meet up with the guy from this group at 10pm and had to work till 3am to get most of the paper done.

Then after this assignment (which we are presenting in less than 24h), there's another group presentation for yet another class the three of us are in together for the coming week. Yes...this is how it's like when you're nearly done ur university major. Everyone starts appearing in the same classes...not that it's a bad thing..but u get tired of them real soon when u're in the same groups for all these classes. Not only do you see them IN class..but also OUTSIDE class -_-

Yes...I hate group work...I wouldn't even mind having more individual assignments! But why group work?!? I hate group work...it's giving me ugly panda eyes. Pandas are cute...but panda eyes on me, aren't. -_-

What I may post about may seem...out of the ordinary by me..? But we'll see how it goes, I guess since I really don't know what I'll be rambling about exactly. It's not anime or manga related like most of the posts I read on live journal...why do so many people like Xanga..-_-
It's strange how I get these kinds of feelings sometimes...it's not often! Just once in a while...like now. People are the strangest creatures on this planet, we're too. fucking. complicated. Why can't we just have those think bubbles over our heads that tells everyone exactly how we feel and think. I wonder how it'd be like if there was no such thing as dishonesty, if there was no such thing as lying. One thing for sure we wouldn't be have people playing mind games on us and we wouldn't be screwed up playing the same shit on ourselves.
Right at this moment, I feel like I really can't trust anyone...not anyone outside my family anyway. Don't get me wrong, I know I have a lot of great friends and everything but dealing with people can be so hard. No one's perfect and no one's exactly like you. There are bound to be differences, and sometimes it is those things that I really can't stand about people. Obviously people may think the same about me, but do I care? Do I not?
I'm not desperate for a boyfriend or anything, nor do I really care about that right now. But sometimes, it is really hard to trudge through life feeling alone. But if I talk to you about things, what would you be thinking? Do you care? How would I know if you mean the things you say?

...wtf...I obviously have an issue with trust, huh? I have no idea where that came from. Alright, time to shut up and move on *bitch slaps self*