Been avoiding this blog x___x

Life's been pretty monotone, so I never find any inspiration for blogging about my life. When I think of blogging, I think of writing meaningful (to me) long posts. I don't expect anyone to read my blog, everyone is free to do as they wish. Maybe I could post small things instead, but that would sort of feel like I treat my blog as if it was a tumblr. =/

Been progressing a bit in school, not stressing this break about my marks =) I want to step it up next semester. And actually start volunteering. I want to make life a bit more interesting despite school. Perhaps volunteering once a week could help my mind take a break from academics for a few hours, instead of just staring at the computer.

I hope everyone (anyone out there) is having a happy holiday with family or friends! ♥

Back to school

I still haven't found a volunteering position yet. However I did apply to be in a mentoring program where I can be a mentor to a first year student. I just have to wait to be matched up with someone, this waiting makes me quite nervous x_X So far first week of school was okay, we went through course outlines and had introductory lectures. I can somewhat feel the tide is about to crash on me soon, the difficulty of the courses may be immense. And I gotta prepare myself for the worse this weekend by studying. I have bought all my textbooks except for one. I went to that class and the professor says "previous years book", which is quite confusing, I asked him if he knew the title or edition and he said he didn't teach this course last year so he doesn't know =/ And some of my friends were thinking we just use the textbook that we used in first year. Since both courses are similar and we didn't cover everything in that textbook.

This year my courses don't need access codes to online assignments. Thus, I bought used books. For one of my classes, we were required the newer edition so I bought it at the DIscount bookstore. Two of my books (that comes with solution manual) cost $226.95 and $183 at the school bookstore. I bought them used for $50 each with solution manual, as a result, I saved tons of money, and they were in very good condition, the previous owners seemed to have taken very good care of it o_o

I hope everyone will have a relaxing weekend~

Summer Filler

Since the last time I've blogged, I've been doing nothing interesting. I went to the mall with my mom to get school supplies for my siblings. We also went bra shopping for me....I really hate bra shopping with my mom, because she has to see how the bra actually fits on me in the fitting room. Even though I'm an iron board, she wants me to fit in and look normal, so we bought some with a bit of padding. It's always embarrassing for me because the employees of the store look at me with that "what-does-she-need-a-bra-for?"-face. =____= Honestly, none of the bra's in stores are ideally my "size". The cups are never filled (if you know what I mean). So we just go with whatever band size fits properly. Perhaps one day I shall go to a specialty bra store that associates with people like me. *siigh*

Besides that, I've been stressing a lot. I was only able to take 4 courses because of my probationary contract, however I got out of it after my summer grades came out, but the system wouldn't let me enroll into 5 courses. And the class I wanted to get into, ran out of sections to enroll in. So I was stuck. Yesterday, the contract got cancelled somehow (I sent an e-mail and left a phone message to my academic counselor and they prolly cancelled it for me) because when I tried to enroll in a section that was open (happiest few seconds of my life), it worked!

I've also been stressing about tuition fees, and how it took a while for the system to update, showing if I paid off my fees or not. Next summer, I will try to get a job because my parents are losing quite a load of money due to my education.

For now, I will attempt at writing out a resume. It was always suggested by a high school teacher that you should update your resume once every year. I should have took that advice but I was lazy and lost my previous resume, so I'll have to start from scratch and memory. The reason for writing a resume is to apply for volunteering, something to do during the school year. I know, school work is going to pile up and I may not manage but it is worth a try.

I completed the kdrama, Lie to Me a week ago and am moving onto Miss Ripley now. On Rogers on Demand, I've been catching up with some episodes of Hell's Kitchen and it's fun to watch as usual.

I hope everyone enjoys the rest of their summer!~~ ^_^

Wispy Clouds in Blue Skies

This summer, I witnessed many go on vacation. When I mean many, I mean many, I mean 2 close friends and a bunch of other facebook friends hehe. One of my friends visited her relatives who live in Switzerland, so she got to tour around Switzerland, Brussels, Amsterdam, Antwerpen, and Rust. Now that I think about it, that was many places! Unexpectedly, she brought Swiss chocolate with her to share and it tasted so smooth!! The chocolate instantly melted and formed a bed sheet on my tongue allowing the chocolate-ness to delight my taste buds. *___*

This morning I finally got off my lazy bum and went out for a jog, after three months of hiatus. I felt much better after jogging and stretching but walking home, my legs were so wobbly. But I'll keep going at it until school starts.

After summer school ended which was a couple weeks ago, I've been idling around, watching dramas, going to the library, meeting up with friends, and somewhat pre-studying. I've been watching the Korean drama Lie to Me (almost finished with it) and I will move on to Miss Ripley soon.

Next summer, I plan to volunteer, since I haven't done so for more than a year now. I really want to build up my self-esteem and gain more experience. I'm going into my second year this upcoming September. In third year, I plan to retake first year courses to boost my grades up. So it would most likely take me 5 years to complete my Bachelor. Yesterday, I did some "accounting" work and realized the amount of money that went into schooling. My parents don't let me work, so I heavily rely on them for financial support, and they've been providing me for my education. Asian parents don't really show implicit affection towards their children. So I guess my parents wanting me to have a good future serves as them caring for me. It hit me, that I do need to take my education seriously, so I will try very hard not to slack off and procrastinate like I did in first year and aim to be a better person each day.

The weather this summer has been beautiful lately, not too hot and not so cool. I hope everyone will have a terrific week ahead!!~~~

Finally Free!

Hii everyone!!! I apologize for the lack of updates/ blog posts. I have been swept by exams and essays from this summer term. When I work on an essay, I put all my energy and focus onto it and neglect other things. I put in so much time working on my socio essay that I did not put in any time to study for my biology exam. I pretty much studied the material....let's say skimmed through it ON the day of the exam. During the exam, I was able to answer some questions well, others....I wish I had dedicated more time on. Fortunately, throughout the term, I took my own notes from the text book on some chapters so I somewhat had an idea of what things mean. There are about 50 people enrolled in the class, however only about 15 people show up to lectures, I was one of the very few who attend each lecture so I got a lot of knowledge from it. Except for that one day where I left the lecture midway because my friends found it pointless and persuaded me to go out with them. Overall, I think I did decent, we'll have to see because the grades do not come out until the end of this month. =)

I can now finally say that I survived the first year of University. And that I have half a month of summer left to frolic in the grass! Some bad news for me....three of my close Uni friends are leaving the school. One is headed to the U.S, and the two others are moving to college. It really opened to me that as you grow older, people come and go. I'm just very grateful to have met them and gotten to know them, these people will have a place in my heart.

After my sociology final exam, I spent a day with friends and we headed to Pickel Barrel for dessert!!

After indulging on sundaes, we walked around town and took our time at a garden. Which had a fountain in the center. At night time, we stopped by Gino's Pizza and munched on a half veggie, half meatball pizza. It was absolutely a day to remember.

Photos courtesy of my friend Kathleen ^_^

~Smoothies~

One day I decided to make smoothies for my siblings and myself using the Magic Bullet. We purchased the machine a year ago and it still functions fine. Making smoothies is practically the only purpose we give it. Inside smoothies: bananas, strawberries, vanilla ice cream, and milk.

Uni has been going well, but there is a ton of readings to be caught up in, so I'll be dedicating this weekend to that. On Mondays and Wednesday I have a 5 hour break before my last class. So instead of studying, I've been using that time to hang with my Uni friends. We walked all the way to Harbourfront which I think was my first time. It was very calm and relaxing there, we took pictures, sat at the bench and studied a bit of Sociology when we were there.

After that, I had a sudden craving (very rare) for something refreshing. So we popped into Booster Juice and I ordered their Funkey Monkey smoothie. It was my first time drinking from Booster Juice and the smoothie was so tasty, there was no excess ice so the raw flavours from the banana and chocolate soy milk tickled my taste buds!! I hope everyone's summer is full of sunshine~ =D

Humid weather

Two of my summer courses started last week, I am starting to feel the pressure of having to do more work but I'll deal with it somehow. For one of my courses, I was able to borrow the book from the library! It costs $50 from the school bookstore so I saved on money. hehe I'm cheap =D I haven't seen my close friends in such a long time. The next time I see them would be August. For now, I have been spending time with my family. A few weeks ago, I actually went to an outdoor swimming pool for the first time, it was pleasant and unpleasant at the same time. My feet have not touched a pool since 3 years ago, the weather was cool and the water was ice cold! My body seems to have a low tolerance for extreme temperatures because I was still shivering even after changing back into my clothes. After swimming we went to this new sushi place that opened up a few months ago. We decided to try it out.

On the Sunday that just past, my family ate a Thai seafood hot pot. Whenever we eat a hot pot, it is practically the only time we all sit and eat with each other in one place at home.

It was a nice day out so we strolled to the beach/ lake to get some fresh air. And that days plan was to go back to the sushi takeout place (Sushi 67) to eat. My mom brought the camera so we took some photos but after a while we forgot to take photos of the rest of the food we ordered. Some stuff to point out, the service is the best I have seen so far for a sushi place. When you walk through the door everyone (team of Chefs) give you a warm welcome hello. The waitress always asks how you're doing and explains the items on the menu well. The place is really small, can hold about 8 people. But the advantage of such a small place is they can focus more on making the food the best they can even with all the takeout orders they receive throughout the day. When you leave, they all say thank-you, it's a really comfortable place where they acknowledge your existence.

Above is the Dynamite Roll

Coconut shrimp

Seaweed salad

We also ordered Marinated Fried Tofu (Inari) sushi, and Grilled Fresh Water Eel (Unagi) sushi. For an outing of four, the total cost was $31.60.

June has really gone by fast, however I have a feeling that July will go by slowly because of the extra courses I'm taking x___x