does myblog inactivity have anything to do with the increase in blogspams?
i haven't been blogging because this year i have just been hovering around, looking for a niche. i still haven't found one, but i feel free enough to blog about it now.
life in u of c is like taking a dive. Every quarter, you start anew, fresh and full of air. all is well, you're just floating about, looking at all the other swimmers doing the same. then by the middle of the quarter, you start to feel your lungs slightly constricted, you find it slightly harder to breathe, you start flapping around, you rest more, trying to conserve oxygen. Things get more and more claustrophobic, things pass by faster, and by the end of the quarter, you are squeezing out your last resources of oxygen and telling yourself, 'just a while more!' you flounder about and just stick it out for a few more days then the end comes and you emerge and draw in a big breath *gasp!* -- and you feel much better. well, break comes, you enjoy, grow stronger again, then it's time to take another dive.
i promise this summer i'm going to work out so much my lungs are going to get so bloody big u of c isn't going to scare me anymore.
yoohoo!
k i'm back. yes it'smidterms time and i'm busy. sowee. but to compensate.
PICS ARE UP! enoy.
que hay de nuevo? mucho!
time for another update.
got my new laptop! woohooo! inspiron 700m, so cute la. now can use msn and go online whenever i want to mwahaha. when i'm not busy doing work la that is.
homework for the week, nine chapters on the illiad, 3 spanish quizzes, one listening exercise and one reading exercise, a two page essay on the illiad, 12 math proof questions, one chem lab report and 6 chem questions on quantum mechanics. wahlau..
on the side, i have also recently acquired an accent. no it's not an american accent, but it's not malaysian either. what happens is as much as you try to retain your malaysian accent or copy the american way of talking, you are bound to be influenced by the ppl around you, ethopian american, asian american, african americans and so forth, so subconsciously you mimic them a little, yet you can't make it cuz you have been grounded in your malaysian ways, so you end up stuck with this accent that comes from the middle of nowhere labeled the lame int'l student accent. sigh. so now i have an int'l student accent. i get the creeps when i hear myself talk. haha.
anwyayz, that's it for now. i have to finish my essay by this evening. chao!
pillar of salt
can't help it. i keep looking back. guess i'm more sentimental than i think.
first day of school.
hey hey
strange because it's the first day of school and i'm supposed to be really busy but this is the first time since coming here that i feel settled down and free enough to make a loong post. so here comes the loong post as promised.
as aforementioned, today is the first day of classes, so let me elaborate on that first. don't think i've mentioned this earlier, but if i did, bear with me. i'm taking calc 3, honors chem, this humanities course called human being and citizen, and spanish. haha. because of my ingenius planning, my first class starts at 8.30 am on mondays wednesdays and fridays, and my class lasts till 5.30 on tuesdays. sigh. but anywayz, as i was saying. woke up today all excited and eager to start class. swayed happily into the building when i suddenly realized i didn't know which room the class was in. and the building is HUGE. luckily i met this singaporean girl whom i knew was taking the same class and SHE knew ehere it was so i just kind of tagged along. after that, i had an hour's break and you think i would be wise enough to figure out the rooms for the rest of my class but NO. i wasted one hour eating breakfast, taking a walk to the bookstore and when the time came for the spanish class, i was rushing against this throng of students (it was 10.30 then, peak hour) trying desperately to search for my class. finally, i apporached the office and got the room number, so no biggie, just 5 minutes late. i don't have to tell you what happened for calc lecture either.
but overall, lectures are fine. spanish is in small class format so there'll be plenty of interaction for us to practise the language. but for chem and math we have a class of roughly 70 ppl so there's a lot of liberty there in the sense that you wouldn't be caught if ou don't show up. and ppl here are also very attentive in class, or they are considerate enough to be quiet in class so you can't really make friends during lesson time. bummer. i was looking forward to meeting new ppl. but anywayz, back to the lectures. classes are cool. still pretty easy at the moment, math was review on sets and we didn't even start chem and spanish. my chem lecturer is this jolly old man, spanish a young graduate who speaks with this latino accent, and my math lecturer dons neon green hair bands and doesn't wear a bra. this is soo not intec. haha. but classes are cool, eventhough i have HOMEWORK ON MY FIRST DDAY OF SCHOOL. don't think it's going to be an easy year. too spoilt in intec.
should i touch on orientation as well? this is getting pretty long winded. nothing much la. i never really liked orientations. jsut not the type to make fast friends and go to parties the minute i meet them. this kind of thing takes time one ma.. but anywayz, i don't think it's something i miss, sadly.
i'm starting to like this place quite a lot. sad huh that i identify with the place more than the people. but downtown is wonderful, there are hundreds of improv comedies, music performances and films to go to, some more pricey than the rest. and weather is like genting. and fall is beginning so the leaves are starting to turn golden. really nice. but i think you'll have to wait till next week to see the pics though. that's when i'll get my new laptop. :)
friends- making friends with too many singaporeans for my own good. :p dunno la, it's irresistable to talk to someone who shares your accent and lame sense of humor. liyana tells me it's the trap of only mixing with ppl of the same region and i should be careful not to fall for it, but i can't help it! there'r also thais and hong kongers and chinese ma..sigh. one thing is that you can say it's much more probable that you'll keep in touch with these ppl after you graduate than ppl from the states or canada. on the other hand, you would never have stretched yourself to fully experience a foreign culture. so, we'll see, still looking out for friendly faces.
guess that's long enough la. i still have to log on to see if i have any math homework which will be due end of this week. i already have an essay due next monday on illiad. and i haven't even gone to class yet. but yeah, that's life. ciao!
yeah it's cliche to post lyrics but i thought i identified..
i don't wanna be alone (oh oh)
living life all on my own (oh oh)
i don wanna live my life in isolation
filled with empty decorations
cuz i wanna be with ppl that i know
who would do the things i do (oh oh)
making all my dreams come true (oh oh)
i don't recognize the shadows at my door
although i've seen them all before
because the only thing i really want
is to be with you
don't worry. i'm fine.
still in oweek.
helo. bumming in the library now waiting for lunch. i'm sooo sleepy... yawn.
things aren't great, but they are getting better now. yesterday went to see this show in my dorm by a traveling improv comedy troupe called second city. real funny ppl they are. tonight there's a movie on the campus quads too. so there'r things to occupy me.
the making friends thing is getting better too i guess. just generally make small talk to everyone you see and be nice. i have yet to find a few that i can really talk to though. but i guess it'll be ok. ppl here are generally very friendly. and chatty. sometimes abit too much for my taste but it's cool. like yesterday i earned a ton of responses and small talk from the cup of bubble tea i was holding. so yeah, no cliques, lots of small talk, if that's how it's supposed to be i'm pretty fine with it for the moment.
there'r like 3 thai restaurants down my street. cool! haha. but don't think i can eat there everyday with the amount of money i'm getting.
mm, that's about it i guess. too tired to write more. just had pe test btw, talking about tired. yawn... think i'll go nap in the other corner of the library. ciao!
