Elyssa

Art?

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:50:26 GMT

I saw a card in my brother's Yu-Gi-Oh! cards that I thought was nice so I borrowed the card to draw it. During the conversation, I somehow got roped into doing another drawing as well... Anyway, here are the pics:

Familiar-Possessed - Wynn

- I did not include the dragon because I'm pretty sure I would have messed it up...

Familiar-Possessed - Aussa

- Once again the supernatural creature (It looks kind of like an evil/aggressive beaver to me...) was not included

I guess I really should go write all the essays/answers (Med school applications are icky... -_- ) and the paper I've been putting off for the last two weeks?

My mom's been bugging me to go take driving lessons too... My Learner's license is expiring at the end of this month but I'm still not big on driving.... -_- Oh, what to do....

TezuFuji Fan art?

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:20:09 GMT

Title: Date?
Rating: G
Notes: It's quite rough, I'm running on 3 hours of sleep so this is most definitely not my best piece of work. I took a picture of the drawing so the paper has different shades at different places. This drawing was done with a somewhat dull 4B pencil and a lead pencil.
Oh, and how can I fix Tezu's right arm? :| I've tried many things but this was the closest it got to looking "right". Help?

Caption: Because at Seigaku a "date" involving only 2 people is unheard of.

*cough* Yes.... umm.... comment please? *runs away*

Book Meme

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:23:53 GMT

It seems everyone is doing this, so I thought I'd jump into the bandwagon as well. :D

The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed.

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicise those you intend to read
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read 6 and force books upon them

Looks like I didn't read much more than average~ A few I started, others I know the story of, some I never bothered to finished, and others just didn't feel like reading~

1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4. Harry Potter Series - JK Rowling (I've read half, does that count? I couldn't force myself to finish the 5th book... -_- )
5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee: (I've had to read this twice for school... Once in elementary (grade 7) and once in high school)
6. The Bible (yeah......)
7. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11. Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12. Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14. Complete Works of Shakespeare
15. Apparently there is no #15...
16. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger (school)
19. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20. Middlemarch - George Eliot
21. Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23. Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26. Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33. Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis (all 7 books... I got confused after a while though...)
34. Emma - Jane Austen
35. Persuasion - Jane Austen
36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
37. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38. Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40. Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41. Animal Farm - George Orwell
42. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown (I have this books, and it's been sitting on my shelf for over a year.... -_-)
43. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44. A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
45. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46. Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47. Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50. Atonement - Ian McEwan
51. Life of Pi - Yann Martel (for school... parts of it were really draggy... How far does the Tiger/human metaphor extend anyway?)
52. Dune - Frank Herbert
53. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57. A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60. Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63. The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65. Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66. On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67. Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68. Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding
69. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
70. Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72. Dracula - Bram Stoker
73. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74. Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75. Ulysses - James Joyce
76. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath: I keep thinking Plath would be too depressing for me.
77. Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78. Germinal - Emile Zola
79. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80. Possession - AS Byatt
81. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens (actually, I'm not sure if I actually finished this... :| )
82. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83. The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87. Charlotte's Web - EB White
88. The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90. The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93. The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94. Watership Down - Richard Adams
95. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96. A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas.
98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

Total: 14
+ 3 "halves"?

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:26:46 GMT

Yay school's done! ^-^

Once again, I've spent more time during exam period drawing than I should.... Anyhow, I was trying to learn how to draw chibis (some of my earlier attempts are laughable) so what better way to practice than to draw a club portrait! :P So I drew the execs of the club I'm in (I'm an exec too) and here's the result:

Hmm.... how does this pic uploading thing work? ... :|

Anyhow, comments welcome. (And guess which one is me! XD )

It's a Thursday, once again

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:35:05 GMT

School is hazardous to one's health... I had trouble walking up the stairs because I'm so tired... :| . ... Oh, and UBC students lack the ability to be quiet in libraries (It's really annoying).

Anyhow, I'm running on less than 5 hours of sleep (two days in a row) becuase of a lab report. Writing about diabetes and treatments kept me up til ungodly hours in the night/morning. Of course then my abstract turned out to be some of the worst crap I've ever written because I was so tired. I'm very thankful that all the Physio reports for this year are done. I swear my last two reports (renal function and glucose tolerance) were at the same standard as my highschool biology reports...which is amazingly sad...

I've also realized there's nothing to make you feel dumber than a honours program. We're got a few people who know basically everything there is to know about the body in the program (which has a population of 16), but while they're mostly quite nice, it's wrecking havoc on my self-esteem. Many friends have suggested taking a "dumb" course to feel smart. The worst thing is, the psych class I'm in right now (101) is usually considered as such [no I'm not taking this as a mark booster, it's a pre-req for something else I want to take]. My marks in the class are pretty abysmal... [The thing is, I get everything, the prof just has some ridiculous questions that test wording rather than concepts]

Does anyone have suggestions for easy mark-booster summer courses (and trust me, my marks GPA can use the boosting...)?
Some stuff I'm considering are: bio genetics, abnormal psych, personality psych, cognitive & bio psych, math (I heard matrix isn't too bad... though would it be strange if I took a 2nd year course after a 3rd year course?)... I think there were some other stuff (someone suggested econ 101/102).
[[To adevyish: suggestions? of anything at all?]]

So, I'm still working on a Prince of Tennis fanart. It'll get done something this year. lol. I'm inking right now, but I would like to colour it before sticking it anywhere. We'll see... Once again, I've come to the conclusion that I cannot draw chibi-chibi characters. Perhaps I'll go stare at a picture of crack!Tenipuri family and try again.

Recently, the number of PoT fics being updated decreased quite a bit (Perhaps becuase the manga is now fnished?). So I'm a bit sad becuase I have nothing to read. lol. Yes, I llive on fanfics. XD
[[Adevyish: do you still want me to beta that story you sent me? I know I told you I'd get it back a month ago, but then the computer crash happened and . . . yeah... I should have time this weekend if you want it. Oh, and we should go to Tropika something. lol.]]

Yeh... my head is pounding and I think I want caffeine. But caffeine only makes my headaches worse. (I'm too tired to think about why, but from prior experiences with headaches, caffeine and exams, it isn't always the brightest idea). I'm so confused... -_-... I have no idea how I'm going to get through a 3 hours Histology lab... Perhaps I'll go get that tea after all...

NOOooooo..... cries

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:14:10 GMT

I'm having a bad day.

My computer (laptop) wouldn't start up today no matter what I tried.... it starts out fine and then I end up with a blue screen with a few lines about software and hardware problems and suggesting that I contacting my BIOS vendor to buy updates, changing video adapters, but nothing that tells me exactly what's wrong... I tried restoring it to earlier time and still this happens... (So I'm guessing it's a hardware problem, but it was working fine yesterday.....)

I miss my computer already... *sniffs* does anyone know what to do to fix it? I can still run it in safe mode but a lot of things don't work in that (I tried using Dell's Help thingy and the important (i.e. computer function test) wouldn't run... -_-)

If nothing else workd I think I'll try to run it in safe mode and transfer the really important things (mostly school stuff [I don't want to rewrite my freaking formal lab report]) to a USB drive... And really, what a great time my computer picked to go wacko, I have a midterm/test tomorrow... -_-

I really hope it'll magically start working again.

Do you think erasing the whole system and setting up WindowsXP on again will change anything? If I really have to, I will get a new computer, but I've very attached to my current one (it was a graduation gift from my aunt).

Yeah... I'm really down today (of course it doesn't help that I only got about 5 hours of sleep).

Oh, and I was supposed to go to a psych study today for debriefing and to get my credits, but the freaking research assistant didn't show! I waited for over 20 minutes and she freaking didn't come!

And in less than an hour I'll be in doing another Pharmacology lab (3-4 hours long). I'm so not looking forward to it ... The write up is going to be so awful...

Argh.... -_- yeh....I'm really down today. I want my compu to work again! *cries*

Chinese New Year, Life in general

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:30:31 GMT

It's been so long since I've posted...

Anyhow, Happy Chinese New Year to everyone who celebrates it!

I stayed up watching the broadcast from China last night. and my conclusions are that freaking "famous" female Chinese singers can't sing... and can't rap.... *the rapping by the group of 4 (I think) women [who could actually sing decently] was traumatizing...*

However, most of the comedy skits were pretty good (I especially liked the one involving the policeman. Here's a segment from it (translated):
Woman: "I'm not driving too fast."
Policeman: "Yes, you are."
Drunk man (to woman): "No, you're not driving too fast."
Woman (to policeman): "See, he agrees with me!"
Drunk man: "You're flying too low."
XD. Anyhow... (though the comedies with the sailor and the bus driver were pretty bad...) But the policeman one and the investor was were awesome. There were many hilarious plays on words (which if you really think about, isn't that hard to do in Chinese)

Another good part is the acrobats. So wow! ^-^

Enough about that. I spent yesterday afternoon making a card. (It really did take an afternoon... but probably becuase I'm just slow...)

School is so icky now... -_- I really miss the times when getting 90+ only involved doing homework and reading notes before an exam.... *sigh* the old days... lol.

And I need to pick something to do for my honours thesis... Why oh why did I go Honours stream? ... I could have just done math for BSc and everything would be simpler.... ok, so probably not. So the four hardest BSc degrees offered by UBC are Honours Pharmacology, Honours Physiology, Honours Biophysics, and Honours Physics. And silly me just had to go for honours physio.... -_-

Sorry, I'm rambly today. I need more sleep. (Which isn't going to happen becuase of my upcoming lab reports (plural), tests, performance (which is supposed to be tomorrow... and I haven't enough touched my violin in almost a week.... maybe I'll just call in sick... -_-), volunteering, etc.) [And sleep isn't going to happen unless I can control myself . I finished watching Erementar Gerad (Elemental Gelade): 26 episodes in 5 days... And now that that's done, I'm sure I'll find something else ot distract me from sleep. I'm easily distracted, more so when the fanfics I follow don't get updated in a very long time..... *is sad*]

I also need to go exercise and work out... (I do want to look good in birthday photos, lol). I really need to get in shape... But this is only going to happen once I get enough sleep. Gah.

My attention span is non-existent today (If you still can't tell by this entry... that sounded strange.... o_o). So I'm kinda screwed for the 3 hour pharmacology lab starting in less than an hour. I'm kind of dreading the lab actually.... Dreading even more the lab report for it (40 pages....)

I really need to find something to do Thursdays 11 -2. A 3-hour break is really just a waste of time.

On a totally randome note (as if this post hasn't been random enough already), apparently you can do IB part time... :| My friend from elementary school MSNed me yesterday and wanted to sit in on some UBC classes. Anyway, we were talking and she was like "I'm in school part time (she's in grade 12 IB), and I've lost weight and become a cheerleader!". And I was just ":| . . . wow?" (I met her when she was in grade 6, she was chubby and large for her age...) Oh well. our birthdays are just a week apart so I might do something with her... (although it really sounds like all she eats now is salad.... -_- )

And since we're on the topic of food.... I better stop before I scare everyone away. *sigh* (What can I say, I like food) XD lol.

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:24:00 GMT

Ok, so once again, it's exam time. I have come to the conclusion that I don't like school... and apparently, UBC has no particular fondness of me neither... -_-

Yeah. (I'm just writing because I need to rant and my studying is driving me nuts).

Lately, UBC's be kinda making me go -_-. Seriously though, they take in about $7000 per student per year, manage to hire in a way such that half the faculty lack the ability to teach, give practically no financial support to students, and still manage to always be underfunded...

Currently though, the lack of financial support's been pissing me off. They advertise that they give scholarships to students in the top 5%, but nope that's just the cover. Only the top 2% (or less) actually get the money... (I'm bitter because I was in the top 3%... -_-) And even then, the scholarship covers only about a quarter of the tuition.

That and the mandatory "Athletic Fees". Instead of using the $300 to create a free student exercise facility we all get to pitch in to send the varsity athletes (and the Debate Club) around the continent so that can play (oh, and part of that money actually ends up in their hands to do whatever they want). What the heck?! I have nothing against athletes, but I do have something against the school leeching 300 off everyone just so a small group of students can travel for free and get monetary rewards... (I'm not kidding about the monetary rewards)

Oh, and the new this year: everyone's going to be contributing a few hundred dollars a year so that the commerce students can have their own new exclusive building (because the current one isn't exclusive enough). For the new building, Commerce students will get swipe cards so that none of the other students can enter...

For those who don't know, I'm in Science (the underfunded and overworked lab monkeys).

Anyway, I really should be studying for my exams. I'm finished with Math (whatever possessed me to take advanced calculus anyway?). I still have: Biochemistry, French, Physiology and Pathology (in that order).

I'm so tired of school. I miss the times when I can do so well without putting in much effort. *sigh*

I think the stress is getting to me... :|

~*~

Oh, on the brighter side! I'm performing in January! I'm so excited (don't worry I'll get nervous about it after my exams; right now it's a happy thing to look forward to). I'll be doing 3 pieces: Salut D'amour, The Butterfly Lovers, and something I don't know the English name of... :| ... Anyhow:

Salut D'amour (Edward Elgar Op.12): It's really nice, though slow, still nice though. ^-^ I think this is the 3 people group. And I really have no idea how it's going to work... :| Rehearsal for this starts on the 15th so I need to memorize it soon... (preferably today before my lesson... [On a side note, there are several piano versions of this recorded, but I prefer the violin. ^-^ ]

"Title unknown": I think this is the easiest song I've had in almost two years... I think it's probably around grade 6 - 7 level... at most. :| But I get to play 1st violin (and it's an easy song) so I'm not complaining. ^-^ Oh, this will be done as a strings quartet. I'm not even sure if we have a viola... Two years ago (I wasn't around last year for the performance) I was in a quartet and we did the intro of Butterfly Lovers and I played the viola part (on violin). I don't think anyone at the studio play viola though, so we'll probably have a "3rd violin" instead. Rehearsal for this starts next Tuesday... :| ...[Did you know, in term of rarity of players Violin grade 10 = Viola grade 6. And in Vancouver, Piano grade 10 > Violin grade 6... Vancouver has so many piano players! I wanna learn piano. ^-^ It's such a lovely instrument! But then, I also want to learn Cello and Pipa... and the chances of that happening is pretty low... They're all such wonderful instruments though!] {A few weeks ago, I told my mom I want to pick up Pipa again and she was like o_o, how in the world are you going to find a teacher! Of course, I told her that if she and my dad are going to make me go to China this summer, that's the first thing I'm going to go shopping for. XD} [I can rant about musical instruments for a while, but I think I'll save that for now. XD ]

The Butterfly Lovers: This is probably the most famous Chinese classical piece. Of course, the story of the Butterfly Lovers is also pretty famous (and full of drama, death and cross-dressing). The weirdest thing about this piece (for the concert) is that there's going to be 1 guy (he's really good. He's one of the best violin players in the 16-24 age group in Vancouver... yeah he's got the medal to prove it ... -_- ) and at least 3 girls, myself included. So the girls are all around grade 10 level (I think I'll probably be the weakest since I haven't taken the exam yet, and I practice the least). But when I first heard about how this will be done I was like "Wow. o_o. So basically, there's going to be a horde of girls playing counterpart to 1 guy.... o_o... wow..."

~*~

Now that I've basically procrastinated for about an hour, I think it's time to go study once again... or go play violin. ^-^

Happy December, everyone! ^-^

Stupid things

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:29:19 GMT

Ok, so I was in the shower earlier, and the thought 'I've done a lot of stupid things' came to me. (My mind works in funny ways). Anyway, so I thought it'd be interesting if I made of list of stupid that I've done:

- I taught a 2 hour first year Caculus tutoring session while running a fever (I can only imagine how much sense I must have made...)

- I walked 20km (without resting) while running another fever (fevers make me do stupid things?)

- I held on to the metal part of the power plug when I was plugging in my clock (I was not feverish and this happened more than once... :| )

- In grade 12, I wasn't paying to World History (we had a guest lecturer) and my teacher was glaring at me. Me, being my usual brilliant self, decided to answer the question being posed, and make it seem like I was paying some semblance of attention, made a comment about trees. After my oh so brilliant comment, I realized that the lecturer wasn't asking about trees. He just couldn't pronounce 'treaties'... Didn't that make me look real smart? lol

- Once, when I was much younger, I got a little treasure chest thingy (I still have it). After storing all my little 'valuables' in there, I locked it. Scared that I would lose the key, I slid in through the slot, into the treasure chest. It only took me about 10 seconds to realize that I can't open the lock anymore. lol (We eventually managed to fish the keys out).

- I've walked into doors and walls (usually because of fever) before but my brother's "Walk into lamppost/post" stories are so much funnier

Oh pooh... I know there was more...

*sigh*

Anyone remember other stuff? I know I've done tons more stupid things before... lol

Course there's the school related one where I want a fun and interesting and not too hard degree and promptly signed up for an Honours degree... lol

(Just watch me get slaughtered by my courses come September)

Anyway, back to the original topic. Anyone want to share stories of stupid (or just not-too-smart thing they've or I've [I don't mind, please do] done?) Please? lol

eck....

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:21:40 GMT

I have just come to realize something... My life is like a soccer game...and I just happen to be the soccer ball... Seriously, I'm either getting my ass kicked by school or life... *sigh*

Anyway...

'Party' on Friday for all those interested.

Ok... This week is Spring Break (aka Reading Week). I haven't done much of the catch up work I'm supposed to do yet. ANd I'm definitely not ahead in anything...

*sigh*

I want to write more but my brain isn't exactly functioning correctly at this time...

School

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:09:56 GMT

Ok, I was going to stick this in the other post but I decided to cut it up.

So, as most of you know (or have heard me complain about it already) I have 6 courses this term.

Anyway. I wasn't able to achieve my target average last term so I'll need to work extra hard this term (and even harder because I have more (harder) courses this term:)

My classes

Core classes:

Biol 201 (Cell Biology II: Intro to Biochem) - I'm not very confident about this becuase it's been my lowest science ever since I hit university. So far it's mostly chemistry (which I'm okay with for now) but I don't know about later... Oh, and I need to do the problems for this (I'm about 50 problems behind already... -_- )

Chem 205 (Physical Chemistry) - We're doing Thermochemistry right now. There's so many freaking equations! (We have like 15 already...) I will definitely need to spend time on this... *sigh* I have about 4 chapters of catch up reading about again, about 50 problems...
Mibc 202 - Total bio bio. -_-. On the bright side, all the exams are multiple choice... (actually I don't know if that's a good thing) I like my prof! He's cool (a doctor!) and nice. The downside? The class... -_-. There isn't enough practice material and the textbook is boring and messed up. I can't retain any information (seriously! I don't care about the like 8 freaking factors involved in how a freaking T cell functions... -_-; did I mention that I've read the first 7 pages like 4 times and still can't tell you what they said? -_- )

Electives:

Anth 140 (Biological Anthropology) - At the moment, it's easy (it's grade 11 genetics at the moment). However, I do need to go read the text book (first 4 chapters) before the test (15% of final grade) next Monday. I am aware, though, that after the first test the class will suddenly get a lot harder -_- ... And there's an essay worth 30% of my final grade. My topic (choose 1 of 3, the first two options suck): What makes us human? [Any suggestions?]

Phil 125 (Philosophy : Scientific Reasoning) - I'm not sure if this is really the class for me... We're basically doing history... -_-... I don't like history... Ok, it's not that bad (the class) but the required readings are kind of ridiculous (about 30-60 pages a week). It's supposed to be an easy course though (which is why I'm taking it) there is no final (5 finals to worry about is enough) but there are like 10 exams... -_-

Psyc 102 (Introduction to Developmental, Social, Personality, and Clinical Psychology) - It sounded interested in the outline and I did want to take a psychology class... so here I am. However, it's a first year university class and the lectures are interesting but the textbook is horrible. We're going through like 1 chapter every 2 weeks right now. However, at the midterm (mid-February) it'll be one chapter per week.

Can you say 'Wendy is dead meat?'

Oh, and did I mention that I have 4 midterms in 3 days?
Feb 14th - Chem + Micb
Feb 15th - Biol
Feb 16th - Pysc

*Wendy is dead meat*

Review of last term's classes:

Biol 200 - The class is ok. Nelly Pante's a pretty good teacher. There was stuff on the final that we didn't really cover though...

Chem 211 - Pretty good class actually. Mike Blades is an awesome prof! ^-^ He was nice, helpful, funny, explained things well and really considerate of students. The downside is that the lab is kind of time consuming. The lab itself is fine but the reports are not so nice. We had to use calculations in the lab that we did not learn in the course til much later... (though doing that made the lecture part easier...)

Math 200 - I am still pissed off at my mark. Kerstin Wielage is a good prof. She does have an accent though. The class is good as long as you keep up with the problems (I did not... -_- ) and if you don't make stupid mistakes (I made tons of those: 10 / 3 = 2, East points to the left, sin * sin = sin^3 ... what kind of idiot am I?)

Phil 220A - I have yet to figure out what the 'A' is doing there... perhaps it's because you're basically garunteed an A? Lol. I did pretty well. But then I thought it was pretty interesting/fun. (Instead of practicing math/stats/chem problems I did philosophy!) Translating is a pain though... proofs are usually fun. ^-^ I recommend this class to people looking for an easy class or an easy A.

Stat 200 - If I didn't totally bombed the second midterm I'd be much happier. Anyway, the class is okay. They basically spoon feed you everything you need to know. Practically no one goes to the labs (the few (3) times I did go the class size ranged from 5 to 12 ... and the registered number of students is 24... ) again, pretty easy class. You start off (i.e. first week is basically) with grade 4 stats ("this is median" "this is mean" "this is how you calculate mean" "this is range" "this is a stem and leaf plot") Once again, easy grades. (Really boring lecture though...) [My prof was amazing nice though] ^-^

Anyway, my head is pounding. I should probably go to bed.

Wow... I've spent like 2 hours on LJ... I really should be studying... -_-

Europe

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:38:34 GMT

Ok. So I'm back from Europe and now my life is a mess. Europe was pretty cool. ^-^ A overview of some of the cities:

Amsterdam : I stayed near the Red Light District. Half the streets smelled like pot. -_-. But the shopping was awesome! (I didn't buy much though... and practically none of the shoes fit... they'll all like size 8 and up usually...) And some of the museums were pretty cool (the Van Gogh Museum was kinda iffy though... you get tired of reading "This artist was heavily influenced by Van Gogh becuase you see he also: used green/used short strokes/used bold colours/did a self portrain/etc."). [So according to the Van Gogh Museum Van Gogh had a influence on basically anyone who *insert some really silly/random thing here*]

Cologne (aka Koln) : I love this city! So nice and much quieter than Amsterdam (although the service in Amsterdam is much better). It's much cleaner and the cathedral was so amazing! It was huge! We went up one of the towers in the Cathedral, it so so nice! Oh, and the bakeries were awesome!! THe side markets also had food, and there was a Starbucks. THe food there was cheaper than in Amsterdam.

Paris : Loud, noisy Paris. A place to avoid unless you have perfect French. Some people are quite snobby about their language. They did take pity on me becuase my French was so bad though. XD. The food was amazing! I loved the food and the bakeries. But the prices were a bit steep... The Eiffel tower was so cold! lol. It was cool though (no pun intended XD ). The Louvre was so wow... It was huge and a total sensory overload. But the Mona Lisa a bit of a let down... There are way too many tourists in Paris and it made the whole trip less enjoyable. And the churches/cathedrals in Paris can't compare to the one in Cologne.

Leuven : I love this city! (But then I did grow up [4.5 years of my life anyway] there) Anyway, the waffels there are the best! I want a waffel maker now just so I can try to make it at home! lol. Also the food prices are amazingly awesome. We got so much fries for 2 euros. My dad and I had trouble finishing it! But Leuven isn't a tourist town, it's a university/high school town... I loved it though! XD

Afterthoughts: I don't make a very good tourist. Apparently I should have bought more touristy things instead of normal things -_-... And I should probably start hadning out those Christmas present... :|

Pics:

The Cathedral!! Taken from almost a block away. It's huge!

Eiffel Tower! (Pretty Obvious)
[A lot bigger than it appears in the photo XP]

The Pyramid outside the Louvre Museum (Paris).

Holidays!

Sun, 24 Dec 2006 05:03:50 GMT

Hello people!

As most of you know already, I'm going to Europe this winter. ^-^

Anyway, I'm leaving Canada in less than 12 hours so I thought I'd just say a few things before I leave.

1. I'll be going my Christmas shopping while in Europe, so if you guys have any requests just post. (Of course if it's something expensive, I expect you to get my something as well. XD ) Otherwise, you get souvenirs? XD

2. Enjoy your holidays everyone! Don't let anything related to school ruin your holidays! XD

yah.... I guess that's it! XD

Random thoughts: Oh! Artemis still owes me sushi! XD lol. I can't believe Math and Bio are my two lowest marks this term. :| .

Eh.... I'm tired... -_-

Anyway, if you'd like anything post. Otherwise most of you are getting souvenirs! (Or candy! Like chocolates! :P )

Last day of exams

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:52:26 GMT

Hello world!

It's the last day of exams! ANd I still have one left... I just finished Chem 211 this morning.

I think the exam was ok... *sigh* we'll see. I did surprisingly (to me) on the lab. 93.7%! I was expecting something like 80% becuase I kept losing marks in the discussion questions (I think there's 1 out of a total of 8 labs where I got higher that 80% in the discussion...) THis just goes to show that you don't need to understand much chem to get good results in a lab... XD

Anyway. The highlight of my day so far: my first A+ (pretty much a borderline A+ but an A+ nonetheless)!!!! Can yuo believe taht's it's in Stats 200? lol. I'm very happy right now. ^-^ It brought my overall average up 0.9% [which just goes to say how bad my average was before this...]

Anyway. Bio 200 is messed. My TA pisses me off. Seriously! Our section has light the lowest average because he takes marks off and every chance he gets! Oh and the "you're suppose to make up a hypothesis for them [meaning a published article]" pisses my off too. In fact if he didn't take marks off for that stupid 'hypothesis' My final mark would be 2% higher! *Grr...* That and he took marks off a project that practically all other TA marked for completion... If he didn't do this my mark would round up! Can you see why I hate him now? ARGH!!! I really wanted to do well on this course too! *GRR...* He shuold die a horrible death. -_- *sigh* *breathes* lol

I just realised that I messed up in my math exam. I stuck an extra sin(rho) in the intergration formula... And that just happens to be like 15% of the exam... *argh* So I can't even make sense of my final answer.... *sigh* [The funny thing about this exam is that coming out, one of my friends said "Oh there goes my 103% average. ANd I was like, "Get back here! I'm going to hurt you!" Yeah... he was the 1st year (and really smart) and said that he was planning on winging math 200...]

That's about my life so far... Actually parts of my life have been put on hold due to exams. Oh! Does anyone have the scanlated version of Tami no Matsuei? I know it's licensed but I really don't have the money to buy 11 volumes of manga... That and I have't seen many in stores... Ivy: Do you have it (scanlated version) ? lol

I wonder when the rest of my exam marks will come out? Bio 200 comes out in like February because of the mess up/rewrite. Math 200 is very slow about exams. Stats is already out. I think Chem 211 will be out in a week. Phil 220 too...

Now I probably shuold review my notes for philo, which starts in less than 3 hours...

And after the exam I need to rush home so that I can rush to violin where my teacher can slaughter me for not practicing in like 2 weeks... (I've played like about 3 times in the last two weeks... nowhere near the 20 hours she wants me to... lol)

Enjoy your winter holidays everyone!

P.S. To Ivy: are you home tomorrow? I can bring your manga to your house.

P.S.S. I had coffee this morning and my head feels weird... :| Perhaps I shuold avoid coffee in the future? Especially during exams? (Lol. Chem is the second exam I've written this term where my head hurt during the exam. XD)

Life?

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 20:31:06 GMT

So, right now I'm in the middle of exam period and I really should be studying for Chem.

But I was thinking [gasp!] and really you always hear people say that you should take whatever you're interested in/enjoy. But really, what am I interested in? I'm interested in the human body but I dread most Biology exams. [And really there are like no courses about this until med school...] Other than that what interests do I have? It seems that my life is quite empty...

Anyway, so I finally figured out what academic stuff I enjoy. I like things that I'm naturally good at. But now that's a problem because what is there that I'm naturally good at?
I like math but now the people in my math class are really smart [like all my classes] and I'm no longer in the top of the class.
And chemistry, well getting a 55% on a midterm is a wake up call I'd say. I'm in Chem 211 now. I'm panicking about the final and I suppose my attitude towards Chem might change depending on how my final exam turns out... The thing is, I enjoy most experiments I just don't like the reports...
There's biology. It never was one of my better subjects... It can be interesting but my brain seems much more math orientated...
What else? Um... Stats 200 was boring... (I don't really like the subject)
I don't like essays becuase I never get higher than a B+ (and I've only gotten that once...)
I'm interested in Computer Science but all the courses that are available have like 6 hours of scheduled lecture/lab/tutorial and I don't have that kind of time... That and it's a bit late if I want to get creditted for this (like major/minor) when I graduate...

The thing is, I'm so average now and I'm so unhappy with it. Really! Who wants to be average! I want to do well! *Argh* I know Mel is doing really well. I swear that girl probably has a 90% if you exclude Science One. *sigh* She's really hard working though... and efficient... and a keener :| .

Anyway, back to the 2 things really bugging me.

What really should I get a degree in? I kinda want to take a Commerce course just to see if it's interesting. But it's much too late to transfer to Commerce... I'm not going to do well in Arts either because I'm not good at writing... App Sci is out because it's physicsy and iffy (after Science One physics, i.e. equivalent to first year honours, I'm scared of it now)...

I really don't know what I'd do if I don't get into med school... I hope I get into Physiology next year (after all it's the closest I can get to human biology for now...) but it's competetive and I don't have the average. Everyone else applies has at least an 85% average and I only have 80% -_- argh! I figured if I get rejected, I'll do Biology but oh those exams scare me!

*sigh* so really what should I do? There is like no longer anything I'm particularly good at and I'm very sad.

P.S. Oh! And Ivy! I need to return your manga! lol

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:22:50 GMT

Today's been a really iffy, icky day. -_-

I'm sad now.

To begin with, I did not get enough sleep and being sleep deprived is never a good way to start the day off. Then, because I was tired and stuff I got to school late. (I really dislike being late for class...)

Anyway, so Math was okay. Phil with okay too (I did better than I thought on the last quiz). But then for Phil, the prof decided to make it the best 4 quizzes out of 5 and that just gives basically everyone else an advantage over me. -_-

Anyhow, Stats was boring as hell. Jiyun was freaking out about finals and her grades (she has 90+ in like practically everything and she never shuts up about how "low" her marks are! So annoying! [Sorry, I'm just annoyed in general and just happen to take it out on people who've bugged me today] )

So, lunch was okay. Nothing much happened.

I was hoping to get my chem midterm back today. But my prof (who's actually a pretty cool guy) is in Ottawa at a Conference so our lab instructor taught. And all the notes were in a difference order and I was bored, lost and totally confused. -_- (And that just added to me being annoyed)

Ok, so next was biol 200 tutorial. Normally it isn't so bad. But we got our written assignments back. I'm so pissed at my TA right now. Basically, he took of 17% (10 out of 60) becuase I did not "make up a hypothesis" when I was explaining the article. (We were righting reviews of articles. My article [I was writing about their introduction] did not have a hypothesis. Apparrently now it's okay to make up stuff about other people's experiments! Argh! What a f***ing retard! Oh, so I wrote "their theory was blah blah blah" and that apparently isn't close enough so I got a freaking 0 out of 10 for that section. [I was entertaining thoughts of hurting him on my way home... that's how bad my mood was] My final mark for the assigment was 70% I am hating him so much right now! And I was nice to him on the TA evaluations too... *so regretting that right now*

So the biol lecture after that was okay. We did go kind of fast but I was in a bad mood from the tutorial.

Not much happened after that. There were so many people lining up for busses though... -_- Yeah, but I basically spent my entire bus ride home (on both busses) entertaining thought of really hurting my bio TA... -_- *sigh* [*bad Wendy*]

I really dislike it when you give a good review for a teacher/TA and they follow it right up by giving you a 70% or something like that. -_- *there's way too much irony in my life... things have a habit of coming back and biting me on the ass -_-*

I guess the other thing that's been annoying me lately is when people just use me and then ignore me. I swear basically everyone (of course there are exeptions ^-^) in my classes this year have wanted answers or help with something from me. But when I have a question, or even just need help with one problem they're all like "No. I won't help you. I want to see your fail." *Argh* So called 'friends' are pissing me off. Or when someone (in this case just one person) say "let's work together on this" and what she really means is "I don't get this question. I will not allow you to actually work on the other questions until you provide me with a good answer to the one question I can't do." (Seriously, the last time I worked a problem set with her she says "I don't know how to do it, I'll just watch you. Please send me a copy when you're done." -_- Seriously, what the heck? And she doesn't have the decency to return the favour (or even tell me before she hands it in) after she gets the answers (from the TA) to the current problem set. )

I guess I'm just in a bad mood.

I'll be working on a chem problem set (or more like just comparing answers) with a classmate tomorrow. [Assuming UBC doesn't lose electricity again...]

So, basically backstabbing, two-faced, 'friends' who just use me are really pissing me off. I'll get over it though. It's just sad how it happens all the freaking time. -_-

*sigh*

Now I must get back to homework. I've got to finish that chem problem set too...

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:19:35 GMT

No school today. [Vancouver + snow = City wide panic XD] Normally that would be a good thing (aren't I a good student XD) but it's the last week of classes and that just means all the review classes are being cancelled... -_-

Anyway, I actually went to school and found out after I got to campus... *I wasted 2 hours commuting...* Oh, I saw Ivan on campus and I we were talking. Somehow we started talking about getting food and I was like "Oh, I have food in my bag: 1 apple, 2 oranges, 1 banana, 4 brownies, and pizza" he looked at me strange. XD (He was like "It sounds like you're going camping -_- " lol. But then fruits and veggies are good for you. I need to eat more of them XD

So, classes... my Chem lab is killing me... I have a 'formal report' 5% of total grade (4 credit course) and it's so freaking long. My numbers are working out and I have no idea what do write for the last 3 discussion questions... Where's Clarence when you need him?

So anyway that's the biggest thing bugging me right now. That random other smaller things (I shuodl call UPS and get them to pick out my stuff, figure out how to do chem homework, fill out passport application, oh and I don't have a stable internet conection) ... And I should really start studying for the BIO 200 final...

If I don't get into physiology what should I do? I guess I'm not really sure about the whole 'honours' thing. Any suggestions anyone (in Science)? (Lol. UBC doesn't offer many interesting Science Majors... I can't do any of the CompSci stuff for the Chem/Biochem stuff... so it has to be something pertaining to biology).

I hear BioPsych is kinda boring, Biology is much to big (too many people I think), Microbio is experiencing a sudden boom... Ionno... I think if I don't get into Physiology I'll do like Cell Bio & Genetics and apply for Co-Op... or just Work Study...

I'm still looking for easy electives for next term. I have 6 courses (3 required science stuff) and Psyc 102. I'm currently registered for Germ 100 and Anthro 140. But I'm thinking of switching one of them (for another class). Has anyone taken any of those classes (or have recommendations for arts electives?) ? [I don't want to write essays... lol]

I really shuold get back to my stupid chem lab report now... -_-

Have a nice day everyone! XD

another rant

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:58:50 GMT

I'm currently moping. My life really isn't appealing to me right now. And I previously thought that I left those kind of thoughts behind as I finished trans. -_- *sigh*

Yeah, anyway the reasons for my mopiness:

I just bombed my stats midterm (71%) [I made so many stupid mistakes...], and my math midterm (74%). I behind in every freaking single subject (including my violin stuff :|). I have a math midterm Friday morning at 9am (in which I need to get over 90% in). I have a chemistry midterm next monday (I think this is what's stressing me out the most right now). And I have serverl assignments due the week after. Oh, and I'm so behind for bio right now, it's not funny. -_-

You know what's funny? There's this guy who sits beside me in stats (anyone familiar with the sci one people will know who soon) anyway, so he's this egotistical, clueless, obnoxious jerk (my personal opinion XD, but if you ever talk to him you'll see what I mean). So, basically he has a high opinion of himself and is convince that he's the nicer guy in sci one last year, and also that he should get 95% in everything. (Yeah it's the same guy that told me 'but that's you' for the last stats midterm where we got the same mark). So anyway, today after we got our stats midterms back (after class) he tells me:
"You know, I for this exam I did something I've never done before. It's the first time I've ever cheated. I copied an answer from you because I thought you would get it right 'cause you're smart. But the answer I put down first was right, the answer I copied from you lost me 3 marks!"
Seriously! Whose fault is that?! Did I tell him to copy me (during a test no less)? lol. (I find this very amusing. Although he got 83, he's blaming me because he decided to copy a wrong answer from my paper! lmao)

Yeah, and I should be studying right now. Except I'm kinda mopy... -_- I just finished doodling a piccy... I'll scan it tomorrow and then I can practice shading... I still don't have the shading down yet -_- *sigh*

And my internet is currently bonkers...

I really should be studying... Studying would be smart... *sigh* I really need to do well for my next two midterms...

Oh yeah, I just remembered what I was going to say. My Chem midterm is on Nov 20th. I have to go to a dinner (YMCA) (6 - 12) on Nov 18th (or else they'll charge me $25!!!). And my genius brother just decided to have his birthday party on the 19th! Seriously! Will I be able to get any studying done this weekend? -_-

*sigh*

*still mopy*

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 04:34:48 GMT

Stressed? Me?

Kinda...

Yeah... So anyway, I have concluded that I've done okay on my midterms so far (with the exception of math). (3 more to go, the pressure is on!)

Math Midterm 3: I did so badly it's not funny! You know something's wrong when you get the entire first question wrong and skip more than half of the second question... especially when the entire test is composed of 4 questions. *sigh* I want to get it back so I can reivew and practice doing those problems but I'm really dreading my score... And I was hoping to use math to boost my average too! -_-

3 More midterms:

Stats - This Friday. I have yet to start studying... not a smart thing... I figured I'll start either tomorrow or Wednesday. (I have a freaking chem lab report due tomorrow and I have no idea how to answer the freaking discussion questions. And I have a Bio essay due on Wednesday... -_- I just need to edit my draft so that I can pass it off as 'science')

Math - Next Friday. I really need to study for this because I messed up on the last test. I was hoping to do well on that so I can relax about the 4th midterm... (and probably study chem instead)

Chem - Nov 20th. It seems far away but most midterms do until too late. This is 15% of my final grade... Doing well could help. And I'm currenlty 5 chapters behind in the reading and have no clue what goes on in class (I fact I spend a good portion of the time watching the clock... :| )

I'm so screwed...

In fact, the only class I'm not behind in is philosophy. And I think we all know why... It's fun and easy... And the class average is like 85 :|

Now I really should get back to finishing that Chem report... -_- (really I have no idea what I wrote for the first discussion question...)

Oh, and Daddy went back to China today... again... *sigh*

And the badminton ppl still don't know how old I am... kinda stupid really... meh. It was a lot more interesting when Van was still there. XD

Oh, I should really get back to the VCH person soon... In fact I shuold have called her 4 weeks ago... :| ... -_- lol

Sun, 29 Oct 2006 06:04:23 GMT

I think I'm gonig to post in this thing once a week. ^-^

Anyway, this week in my life:

BIOL: I passed the midterm!!! I'm so happy! (lol. Now I can worry about passing the final... -_- *sigh*) And suddenly the course gets a lot harder... We started Unit 6 (Mitochondria and Chloroplasts) oh gosh, the electron transport stuff is complicated... but that might just be becuase I haven't read the textbook yet... (and I have a quiz on this on Wednesday... *dead again*). However, I think what is really bugging me about this class right now is the essay thing we need to write... I need to do well too and I really don't know how writing the introduction to a summary on a scientific article will help me pass the final... actually, I just don't really like working... lol *so sad*

CHEM: I did quite well on the midterm. I'm kind of surprised really. But now, I need to start preparing for the second midterm (which is suppose to be a lot harder. According to Clarence the class average for the second midterm last year was 20% lower than the first midterm... :|). What I have the most problem with actually is the lab for this course. It's been pretty good so far except for:
- One of my acurracy and precision marks is 8/20. Now that's just sad. The class average was around 17/20. (And this is why I'm not going into chemistry)
- For the lab report I'm doind right now, I ended up with a final error of 329%. That's just wrong! I have no idea what I did wrong too! How the heck does anyone end up with a 329% error? *sigh*

STAT: I just finished the problem set for stat. It seems to be ok, but I should probably study more for this as it's starting to get more difficult. *sigh* And there's the second midterm to worry about too... Perhaps I should make an appearance at the tutorials once in a while... But from what I've heard my TA is bad at teaching, so perhaps it'd be smarter of me to go to one of the other tutorials?

PHIL: Surprising this is getting harder too. *sigh* We're currently on Predicate Logic. It's fun and interesting but the problem is that English is not logical! A lor of the 'or's and 'and's are messed up...

MATH: I have a midterm on Monday. And I'm around 3 weeks behind in the work. (Did I mention that the midterm was at 9am?) And argh!

I guess I'm just kind of stressed in general, huh? lol

Anyway, I bought my airplane tickets already. There's so expensive! (Katie managed to get them cheaper cause she's leave Dec 14th and coming back Jan 9th). Now I need to get my passport, Visa and blah blah blah. (See how organized I am? lol)

I'm actually practicing violin now! lol. I've never been good at this practicing thing. *need to work harder!* [I have been neglecting scales, however... *bad Wendy!*] [Cecilia will kill me if she finds out... *sigh* I need to start practicing scales and double stops again...]

I just realized it's 11pm. I shuold be in bed. My dad will lecture me, most likely...

I was going to rant about some issue but I would rather not be verbally slaughtered. So, perhaps some other time.

Good night.

life (again)

Sun, 22 Oct 2006 19:29:58 GMT

Lol. I realized that I'm using this as kinda a rant space about my life in general XD.

Anyway, so I've survived my midterms!!! ^-^ (I'm just not sure about how well I did on Bio and Chem and I'm kinda worried...)

Oh! I met my mentees!!! (The Science One people) And they're both older than me! (I find that funny) ... They don't know that though, so I'll give me a bit before I tell them XD. lol

Oh, we were supposed to get our midterms back on Friday. But the TA got sick so we need to wait another week... -_-

I got my Stats midterm back. The test was muc too easy... (this is bad becuase we'll end up either getting scaled or being slaughtered on the nest midterm and final exam). The class average was 87% and about half of the class got over 90%... -_- (I messed up because I didn't read a question right and I got 96%. But I really have no idea how much of the total mark this is worth. Ivy, do you know?)

My violin teacher wants me to perform again this Christmas. I have yet to find out who my partner is though... And I need to work on my tempo... Apparently I'm too slow... (^-^ That won't be a problem for lon! XD)

I've been looking at airfares with Katie (we're planning on going to Europe this winter). The airfare and insurance alone will cost me around $1300... That's just scary... We're going to be there for two weeks and the trip will end up costing between 3 and 4 thousand... :|

Anyway, on matters in the less distant future. Halloween!!! XD. I need to pic a freaking costume. I really like Lenne's costume... (Thanks Amiya) but I'm really not sure I can pull it off *pinches body fat* ... and getting the material (especially the boots) .. It would be so cool though!

Oh, Amiya, Lacus's pink dress would definitely be cool to make. You must send me pictures! It's such a pretty dress! ^-^

My brother's calling me for lunch... I don't want to eat stupid pizza... -_-

*sigh*

Oh, well.

life...

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:24:29 GMT

So, it's been 10 days since my last post so I thought I should post again.

I have 3 midterms next week.... *I'm so dead...*
Monday - Chemistry

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So, it's been 10 days since my last post so I thought I should post again.

I have 3 midterms next week.... *I'm so dead...*
Monday - Chemistry <The one I'm struggling the most with right now>
Wednesday - Biology <I need to learn how to write a good essay in 15 minutes and well as review like 10 chapters worth of info... -_- >
Friday - Philosophy <This should be okay-ish we're just doing proofs... but I guess I do a bit more practice... That's what Thursday will be for I guess...>

On the bright side, I've survived 2 midterms already:
Wednesday (9am, 2 days ago) - Math <This turned out to be okay-ish... I messed up the arithmetic again though... *sigh* So, meaning I probably won't get near the amount I was hoping for... -_- >
Friday (Earlier today) - Statistics <I think I did okay... I guess we'll just need to wait for the results to come out...>

So, aside from school work, I got a new piece for violin! I am very happy about this piece (It's actually a 2 violins piano piece). It's so nice! XD I especially like that it's not hard! Just fast (which I can handle) lol. However, the plus is that I can improve some of my techniques (especially vibrato) and well an the intonation. ^-^ (I actually don't have the name of the piece, which makes me sad, I have the Chinese photocopied version lol.)

I've been reading Subaru/Seishirou ficcys. I never thought I would like something like that (meaning male/male stuff), but there is just so much angst and potential in that pairing! (lol. I still think it'd be more interesting if Hokuto were alive though. XD) <<Oh, and Ivy, can I borrow your Tokyo Babylon manga? lol. I'll bring you the manga you lent me (Are you on campus next Thursday?) >>

Oh, I've also gotten fat... -_- and it's annoying me... -_- I want to loose weight but I haven't been getting enough sleep and nowhere near the exercise I need (I'm getting like 1 hour/week... so sad... -_- ) and losing the extra I now carry is like not happening... -_- *sigh*

I'm thinking about dressing up for Halloween. But I haven't really decided on what. I just realised that Halloween is on a Tuesday. It's like the worst possible day for me! I have a chemistry lab on Tuseday (2-5pm) so dressing up won't work. After that I need to rush home and then leave for the violin class. ANd I won't get home til 9pm! Seriously! Why the heck does Halloween have to be on a Tuesday! *lol, kk, I'm done now. lol*

Blargh. So, yeah.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Blah

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 03:37:29 GMT

Ok, I should be doing work.... (as usual) but (as usual) it's not happening... *sigh*

And this is what's happened since my last post:

- I got my math midterm back. Perhaps I should do back to grade 1 and learn addition again? Seriously, I lost about 12% because I added or divided (10/3 = 2) wrong. So pathetic... -_- (So much for math and me getting along)

- I tried doing problems in my math book. I discovered that I can do most of the hard stuff and I'm clueless when it comes to the basics... *sigh* 3-D Conics... I'm so confused... actually I guess I just didn't try to understand the stupid stuff.... I can do partial derivative though :| ... and The multiple choice part of the 3D section ("Cylinders and quadratic surfaces" [The onlt part I absorbed is that 'cylinders' include more than the stuff we've been taught in high school :|]) anyway, I was doing the 'match the picture to the equation' problem. And I got like 2 out of 8. (I can do ellipsoids.... that's it.... so sad... -_- )

- I got my first chem lab report back (I got 70/80). Apparently we need sample calculations for everything. The scary thing is, there was like 12 calculations for that lab. So, I have until tomorrow to fix the lab report due today. (THe TA told us when we were handing it in...) [And this is actually the work I should be doing right now...]

- There's a bio quiz tomorrow. Guess what? It's an essay question. Guess what else? We have 20 minutes to write it. I'm so dead... Although I guess it'll be good practice for the midterm. (Which takes place in 2 weeks) [Reviewing for this is the another thing I shuold currently be doing]

- I realise that I don't read the question when doing a problem. It's a really stupid thing I do. I have a tendency to miss words as I'm reading a question...

- Ehh.... I think that's about it. Oh! Nightmarket's over! (And I managed to get 2 pairs of pants for $10!!! *is happy*) The sizes aren't perfect fits but hey, it's 5 bucks, I'm not complaining XD.

- Daddy's coming back tomorrow! I think he's leaving again in November though... *sigh* Oh! And I'm probably going to Belgium after my exams in December. Anyone interested in coming with me? ^-^

- I finished my 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle on Sunday. It's so pretty! (Pisces by Toto Jigsaw Puzzles [Actually, it's a Chinese company and that was like the 3 English words on the box so I just strung them together]) It glows in the dark too! (I'm happy. It's so nice!) Once I find a place to put it, I'll get working on anoter jigsaw puzzle I have (different company, a close up of one of the final fantasy girls). [Oh, I got these for $8 each at the Nightmarket.lol]

I really should go do homework... Really... And I really want to draw piccys too... I just don't have much in my head right now so I need to find a model (picture) to kinda copy and change... (does that make sense? :| )

Ok, getting to work now.

I need to:

1. Do sample calculations for the UV-Nitrite lab
2. Review BIOL Unit 4
3. Force myself to catch up on everything... -_-

Long and random rant from a sleep depreived adolescent girl

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 05:07:32 GMT

Ok, so I haven't write much here...

Anyway, I just need to let off some steam I guess... *sigh*

Okay, what's happened in my life so far:

- School's started. I'm taking 5 things this term and it's driving me crazy! (I blame Biology and Chemistry... *sigh* so much reading... -_- We're on like chapter 11 for Chem right now and I'm just about the same for bio...). My thoughts on my classes so far:
MATH 200: I actually kind of like this. It's not too hard nor too easy (for now). XD (Maybe it's just because me and math get along XD)
STAT 200: It's been kind of bland so far... I'm glad I only have this for one term (lol). So far, it's been pretty easy... my prof is quite nice too, which is good... the course itself is pretty boring though.
PHIL 220: It's an interesting course. It's been really fun so far! (I think this is the first course I've considered fun since like grade 7... :| ) I'm still a bit worried about the tests though... Just because I'm scared I've been lulled into a false sense of security... :| (does that even make sense? :|)
CHEM 211: Seriously this is the class for people who will actually be doing chemistry in the future. I feel kind of out of place with all the chem and biochem people... *sigh* And I'm behind... I have around 10 chapters of assigned problems (like 35 questions per chapter) to catch up on... so not fun... -_-
BIOL 200: The class has been pretty good so far. The reading's been horrendous I'm behind... We're currently on Unit 4. And I should have finished unit 5 reading by next Monday... but I'm only actually read Unit 1... and I'm not even sure if I've absorbed all the info in that...
To summarize: I'm screwed. To make it worse, I need at least a 85 average to get into physiology (90 would be best but 90's like impossible for me...) (wait... judging from my marks last year I need an 90 average this year to guarantee a spot... gosh I'm screwed). Also, I'm taking 6 things next term so I'll be so dead...

- I quite my job. Meh, I need the time to work on my studies... too bad I'm so easily distracted. I really have no idea where my time goes... I need Mel's time management skills... (How does that girl manage to finish everything with time to spare? *sigh* ...I shall need to bugs her secrets out of her the next we meet XD)

- I got my L! And the pic on my driver's license is so retarded it's not funny... *sigh*

- I got a cell phone. (And some of my friends are telling me 'finally!' so I thought I'd just mention it.)

- I've gotten fat. Which makes me very very sad. But alas, it is true. *Sigh* I will need to exercise... but I'm so tired and lazy all the time... (I blame the extra fat...) Maybe I'll just cut down on my food intake for a few weeks and then start exercising regularly... (exercising regularly... *cough* who am I kidding? Although if anyone has any suggestions...)

- I took a Chinese class today. OMG... my teacher thinks I'm feeble minded, or something akin to that. She thinks I don't known pingyin... I don't think she understands that I know the basics... and just the basics... *sigh* Maybe I'll just stop going? I mean, I figured if I'm going to take Chinese I might as well just take it at UBC and get credit... *so confused*

- I've watched Ouran Host Club. lol. It's like my new hobby. I like Kyouya and the twins best XD. Meh, I'm just sad it'll be ending (I'm waiting for the last fansub episode to come out). I think they should do a sequel! (lol. that's the fangirl in me XD) (Oh, and is it just me or is that Ecliar girl really scary... :| )

I really should be catching up on bio or chem. Or preparing for the Philosophy test tomorrow (15% of my final grade) ... which are actually all smart things to do... I guess I'm just kind of dumb... *sigh* Oh well. As I've said earlier, I guess I just need to let off some steam.

Did I mention I'm sleep deprived? Seriously, I am unable to function on 7 hours of sleep I need 8 to function (and according to my prof last year, I should be getting 9). I'm currently alternating between being really tired and sleepy and being the tired high... (currently at tired and sleepy)

*sigh* I think I've written too much :|

Or, and we have a changed crew for Saturday badminton lessons. There's now (from youngest to oldest): Janice, me, May, Jeff, Chris, Vince (I'm not really sure about him yet) and Erin (Or was it Eric? He's new); notice that all the guys are older than the girls. And Chris is really nice to me now ^-^ (He even practiced with me! *is happy* He's very much better than me, so I'm glad that he practices with me after classes. Maybe I'll get better if I practice with him? lol). Oh, for those of you who don't know, we are the coaches not the students XD lol. The students are between the ages of 6 to 12 (or was it 13?).

Oh, and the stupid badminton club at UBC was full. -_- *sigh* I guess I'll just do drop in for now ... *sigh* It's so much easier with a membership though... and I was going to play with David (who's also really nice about playing with someone worse than he is [namely me] so that I can get better and exercise ^-^. Yay David!) lol

Ok, my eyes are just shutting down on me. I think I'll go to bed now.

Oh wow. That was quite a rant... XD

I'll go now.

First entry

Sat, 12 Aug 2006 22:00:29 GMT

Wow. First post.

The sad thing is, summer's almost over. I think I just wasted like 2 months of my life... *cries* ... I think basically the only thing I've done so far that isn't really a waste of time was that Organic Chem class... even though my mark was a bit low... -_-

Anyway, I really wanna go play tennis... (Jielei's influence XD) *sigh* Perhaps I'll just grab Jeffhu again...XD

Other things I need to do before school starts:
- go shopping
- buy books
- organize my desk and room :|
- exercise (badly)
- go to VGH
- sell the horrible horrible textbooks I have left
- decide on and submit my work schedule for term 1

I think that's it...

*sigh* I'm so tired... I got about 5 and a half hours of sleep last night... not fun... -_-

Anyway, work has been horrible lately. Some people are just so mean! (I have a person yell at me yesterday because she didn't get her tax receipt from UBC 2 years ago... and the really dumb thing is that she put her address down wrong so it's really not our fault! But no! She's convinced that the address was/is right so once again, we'll be sending a tax receipt to an address that doesn't exist in any mailing systems in Canada! *mutters 'stupid people') On the bright side it should been getting better once school starts (we'll be getting a different group of people).

Meh. I'm kinda sleepy maybe I won't be going to the nightmarket today...