Saturday, October 14, 2006
I’ve been silent so long. It’s been 10 days since I last blogged.
It’s hard to tell where to start. There was MAF. I guess you can call that MAF. With mooncakes which I didn’t quite like. It was freaking cold in the north campus. And ther’s something about really big gatherings, it makes me feel awful cold inside. Like there’s just so many people, that they make me feel out of sorts.
And now I’m in the Halloween party committee.
My sis and mom are coming up to visit me in another 2 weeks. I’m looking forward. Especially to see my sis. But what happens when they go back? I haven’t been seriously homesick since I came, but I’m not so sure that I won’t be when they leave me here.
Was supposed to go to Chicago for fall break. But my dad wasn’t too keen on it. My mom too. Told me to stay, and since I gave them the option of stopping me, I couldn’t very well go back on my word. And I guess it gives me the opportunity of resting and recovering my sleep. If my mom knows what hours I’ve been clocking for sleep she’ll just murder me. I slept between 4 and 6 am for the past week. And now my sleep cycle’s so screwed, I can’t sleep any earlier. Just now, it’s like 3.35am.
I guess it all boils down to me trying to do too much last minute studying.
It’s madness. Debra barely started school a week. And I’m already have friggin’ midterms. I had an English paper due on the Monday that just passed, the same day I had my math 216 exam. And Tuesday was my Korean exam, and Wednesday my econ exam.
I nearly just keeled over and died. I don’t remember studying that hard. Maybe A’s was bad, and this is a close second. Coz every piece of homework is graded. Every quiz counts. You just can’t let up. It ensures better grades overall I guess. But then I’m so used to slacking it off the whole year and just cramming like mad.
Fall break is here, and I was supposed to sleep it off. But now, it seems to me that every minute and second is so precious that I can’t bear to shut my eyes. For fear that when I next wake up, it’ll be school all over again.
Markley is so quiet now. Everyone’s home for the fall break and there’s no one. Kind of nice and quiet. I’m not against company. But just imagine what happens when everyone’s back. I’ll just rock myself to sleep.
Anyways, I got back my econs paper. I got an A! haha. I was so scared coz I was friggin’ sick during the paper and I thought I was just gonna die for it. Like I need the A so badly. Especially since I know that I’ll screw my Math paper so badly. Since when have I ever been a math wiz? And seeing that I’m not, I really can’t stand the subject. I should have gotten the exam paper back by now, but I missed lecture on Friday and the lecturer didn’t want to pass it on to my friend. Sigh.
but all the same, I guess no matter what sucky score I get, it could have been a lot worse. So thanks Daryl! For the crash course in 216. I did experience a sudden urge to do math AFTER the exam so I finished my written, lab and web math homework. Phew.
Enough about my non-existent week.
I shall start on post-midterms. It friggin’ snowed on Thursday. I mean, I know how envious everyone will be. But it’s only supposed to snow during the end of November. So the snow’s early by a month and a half. And it’s so cold. Like -1 to 3 degrees C. and the snow’s not even piling. Just melting away into sludge. I remember seeing it like 2 days ago, and the only thing I could think of was, ‘It’s so wrong. Why’s it snowing like now?’
Friday night, Brian, Daryl and I went to China Merchandise to pick up asian produce. Oh, for the invention of Chinese supermarkets, THANK YOU! Haha I bought a huge load of stuff. For Wenxin(that’s my new roommate) and me to consume. She couldn’t come. I tried to cheng qiang and carru it but died like after 20 minutes and Brian offered to help. Thanks! We tried hunting for the bustop and we got lost in the process and stumbled in on Pfizer property. And got busted by the security guard. Sigh. After trotting back and forth, Daryl(the Northie) told us that we should just walk to his dorm. Which was a 20-30 minute walk away in the freezing cold. Nearly couldn’t feel my toes after that. We reached at like 10 plus. And dumped some stuff there before heading back to Hill campus. I dumped my stuff, then we plus Wenxin headed to grab sandwiches ad we went to the ARCADE!
I spent so much money there. It’s mad. It was to celebrate my Econs A. haha. I’m not addicted to playing guitar freaks and drum mania! It started with going there by accident once. Then I just head over with Daryl occasionally. And now it’s like a compulsive sport. It’s so fun! But I really suck at it. My coordination is like crap.
Today we woke late and headed to the mall for shopping. Brian and Daryl nearly just died waiting for me and Wenxin to shop. I spent a lot again. I’ve got to stop. We bought some lingerie from the legendary Victoria’s Secrets. And this story needs some telling. We’re like so non-existent in the chest area that the lady had such trouble finding sizes for us to fit. Wenxin and I were laughing so badly at our inadequacy.
I got a coat from Vanity. I really like it. Wool in brown. But it’s not warm enough. Still gotta layer. And I got a pair of Ugg boots too. Freaking expensive. But they’re really warm. If only that they look so clunky.
Got back to UM. Showered and dumped our stuff and finally ate again at TK Wu. I admit that it really tastes a lot better than the 2 time si ate there with my parents when they first came. I was really eating the wrong dishes then I guess. Their perception of Chinese food is really amazing. You have all these odd dishes which don’t exist normally. But it was a really decent meal, and I enjoyed it. Discovered that Shaoning is such a literature fan. He’s read so many novels. I feel ashamed. I mean, a guy reading almost the same genre of books that I read. Like wow. And so man of them too. I really need to get started on A Farewell to Arms. And Anna Karenina. And Anne of Green Gables. The last is due for my English class. Some analysis stuff.
We went to the arcade. Again. Amazing huh? I’m getting better.
We’re planning stuff to do for the next couple of days. Like iceskating, and I need to get a pair of inline skates. So I can learn to rollerblade. And we’re gonna have a picnic in the arboretum I think. Walk to the Huron river and go to Amer’s my all-time favourite café for breakfast.
Oh gee, I’m so darn tired. I need sleep. And like NOW.
