Potluck= Bring Your Own Bowls
Quidditch= Bring Your Own Broom
Party= Bring Your Own Booze
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Head in Bag, Bag in Hand.
Okay, so last Sunday was probably the worst day I had ever since I left home. Actually, probably one of the worst even before I left home. It started when I wasn't feeling too well, and I woke up with the most horrible stomach ache/cramps... And no, it wasn't my period. Anyways, Sunday was Sh*t-I-Have-To-Do-Hmk Day, and I was doing math and more math and feeling generally unwell and then I was doing bio and then suddenly the sun had sank into the earth and darkness leaked in through the windows. My stomach hurt, my head felt funny, and when I couldn't take it anymore I half-crawled onto my bed, hugged the covers, and lay there letting fine little chills running up and down my body. My head wasn't completely right, and so I concluded that I might be experiencing slight fever symptoms. And I thought, This isn't at home where getting sick isn't so bad, you have people there who know what to do, who can probably get medicine to you, can drive you to a doctor. Me lying on my bed in the dark, it was a bit scary, thinking that if I was suddenly really sick, and my roommates weren't home, and I somehow couldn't call anyone- it's damn inconvenient, and frightening. I wasn't feeling so awful, so sick, and I didn't know what it was because I had no cough, no sneezing, runny nose.. I just felt awful when I woke up in the morning. It just hurt. A lot, so much that I wanted the pain to materialize into something dark and black so I could physically crush it with my hands and step on it to make it go away.
I decided, You know what? I'm just not up to getting up anymore, I'm going to stay in bed and hopefully fall asleep so I won't feel anything anymore. I couldn't sleep. I slowly righted myself up and the sensation was now so totally different and it was like my insides were hot and stuffed up and it was waiting.
I felt for a random plastic bag and then I threw up. I heaved until there was nothing left and stumbled out to throw it down the garbage chute on my floor. I saw V (my other roomie) and told her I threw up, and it was so amazing a feeling to have her- someone- look at me with concern, and ask me if I want anything (Advil, I think it was)..
I hadn't thrown up in years. Ugh.
I decided, You know what? I'm just not up to getting up anymore, I'm going to stay in bed and hopefully fall asleep so I won't feel anything anymore. I couldn't sleep. I slowly righted myself up and the sensation was now so totally different and it was like my insides were hot and stuffed up and it was waiting.
I felt for a random plastic bag and then I threw up. I heaved until there was nothing left and stumbled out to throw it down the garbage chute on my floor. I saw V (my other roomie) and told her I threw up, and it was so amazing a feeling to have her- someone- look at me with concern, and ask me if I want anything (Advil, I think it was)..
I hadn't thrown up in years. Ugh.
Blog Layout Frustrations!
Argh. I really wanna get rid of what I have as a default background/layout NOW. But I can't, because I don't quite understand how it works, despite looking up some blog layout websites where you can apparently dl them or something. But is it like a picture or something where you can just "upload" like a picture?? I'm thinking you've got to paste html coding or something with a pic attached to it somewhere here, but again it's so hard to just know what I'm doing. The thing is, I don't want to dl a background.. (layout is different, right, which includes where the "followers", "Tags" and other things are placed on the site and design). I want to actually put my own picture/background or whatever on it. Is the layout and site background separate or together as a whole? I'll feel more irritated if I see any more coloured dots! In case you didn't know, I don't like polka dots! Dot patterns, spot patterns, dotted spots.....
I'm being whiny, aren't I? I guess it's just I don't have the amount of time I think it'll take to understand and learn how to make a background and so I know it's here to stay ... grr. And also, I just went out on the metro somewhere and back for nothing at all. Wasted time. To put it plainly, I was asked for an ID at a place where that question WASN"T supposed to be asked, and I didn't have it. It would have been the stupidest thing ever if I did have it though, and showed it anyways. HA.
I'm being whiny, aren't I? I guess it's just I don't have the amount of time I think it'll take to understand and learn how to make a background and so I know it's here to stay ... grr. And also, I just went out on the metro somewhere and back for nothing at all. Wasted time. To put it plainly, I was asked for an ID at a place where that question WASN"T supposed to be asked, and I didn't have it. It would have been the stupidest thing ever if I did have it though, and showed it anyways. HA.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Hmk.
Hmk. I seriously have to start doing SOMETHING. Because all this procrastinating/going out/doing other things/hanging with ppl means I'm not doing my work! So tomorrow I'm going into hermit mode and forcing myself to catch up to half a month's work. Which is really scaring me right now because it's near the middle of the freaking month and I have a midterm, for one, at the end of September. Oh, and my 4th course I HAVEN"T EVEN GONE TO YET.
Dilemma. I have now officially signed up for another Arts course, which apparently has NO WAITING LIST. It's amazing that there're now 2 arts courses I can take for my dropped Physics class. No waiting list, I checked it up (all thanks to this guy who told me about it) and and could immediately get in. It wasn't like that last week. Anyways, SEPT 15, the doomed deadline for course add/drop is on Tuesday. Here are my choices:
-ECON 208 (Intro Microeconomics Analysis and Applications)
-ANTH 206 (Environment and Culture) ---Anthropology: Introduction to ecological anthropology, focusing on social and cultural adaptations to different environments, human impact on the environment, cultural constructions of the environment, management of common resources, and conflict over the use of resources.
I really really wanted to take an anthropology course (I'm signed up for Anthropology of Development next term, but I have to drop it because it means I have more than 15 credits- the norm, equivalent of 5 courses), and I'm overjoyed to be able to get into one. Now, I don't know much about these two, and I can hardly know about them because I haven't even attended one class. My first class, for BOTH these courses, is on Monday. The deadline is Tuesday. One day to decided, one day to perhaps refund my Econ textbook and buy the Anthro ones, one day to make a decision. Talking to ppl, I've gotten "oh this is harder" for Econ and Anthro, and "Oh you'll be fine" for Econ, and "Omg this is so hard" for Econ. So wth. I'm leaning towards the Anthro right now, altho it's a specific focus of Anthro.
Dilemma. I have now officially signed up for another Arts course, which apparently has NO WAITING LIST. It's amazing that there're now 2 arts courses I can take for my dropped Physics class. No waiting list, I checked it up (all thanks to this guy who told me about it) and and could immediately get in. It wasn't like that last week. Anyways, SEPT 15, the doomed deadline for course add/drop is on Tuesday. Here are my choices:
-ECON 208 (Intro Microeconomics Analysis and Applications)
-ANTH 206 (Environment and Culture) ---Anthropology: Introduction to ecological anthropology, focusing on social and cultural adaptations to different environments, human impact on the environment, cultural constructions of the environment, management of common resources, and conflict over the use of resources.
I really really wanted to take an anthropology course (I'm signed up for Anthropology of Development next term, but I have to drop it because it means I have more than 15 credits- the norm, equivalent of 5 courses), and I'm overjoyed to be able to get into one. Now, I don't know much about these two, and I can hardly know about them because I haven't even attended one class. My first class, for BOTH these courses, is on Monday. The deadline is Tuesday. One day to decided, one day to perhaps refund my Econ textbook and buy the Anthro ones, one day to make a decision. Talking to ppl, I've gotten "oh this is harder" for Econ and Anthro, and "Oh you'll be fine" for Econ, and "Omg this is so hard" for Econ. So wth. I'm leaning towards the Anthro right now, altho it's a specific focus of Anthro.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Of Quidditch, markets, and Monty Python.
Quidditch match again today, Saturday at 2pm. I wore my Quidditch shirt (which is wicked cool), and it was crazy. I went with D, and we were Beater buddies, hahahaa. Because I would never want to play Chaser; it's just too intense for me. XD
Afterwards, we (4 of us) went to the Eaton mall food court to eat an early dinner (or late lunch..), then a group of us went to the famous Jean Talon market, which I really wanted to go to since ..forever! It's like our Atwater market (so many stands of fresh fruits, veggies, spices, seafood, maple syrup etc. making up an outdoor tented market while inside there're many many specialty shops).. however, Jean Talon is the one deemed a tourist attraction, and omg, it was amazing! I loved it there. We (a group of 8, now) took the metro to the Jean Talon station (surprise, surprise) and the HUGE market was amazing. Fruit and vegetables! Fruit, fruit, fruit! It made my mouth water... I simply adore fruit, so it excited me to see so many, and the deals were phenomenal! I saw this huge section of these apples, and I asked this man if it was crunchy (I didn't know the type of apples, so I couldn't be sure if it was those naturally soft ones) and you know what? He said, "Want to try?" and picked out a slightly smaller apple for me! And then I decided to buy some. They were in little tubs/buckets (called paniers), and they were 1.50$ for a small panier (which was perhaps 4-5 apples), and 3.00$ for a bigger panier. I chose a small panier and I gave him a toonie. This man, he took out a handful of change, and after picking at it, gave an "ehh... " and picked out a dollar to give back to me! I was astounded! He was like, "It's okay" and my melted a little under his kindness. After I walked away, still holding my half-an-apple, I counted the apples in the plastic bag. Nine apples. For 1 freaking dollar. Did I walk into a Fruit Heaven? Of course, since there were so many stands, all selling similar fruits, there are ranges in prices. There were samples of fresh cut up tomatoes, cucumbers, peaches. OMG I hadn't had a peach in such a long time, and I took a slice. SO sweet! I picked out a lot. Haha, I think it came out as 7$. But I'm going to savour every one ^^ I bought some maple-syrup lollipops. And then, 2 little plastic boxes of blueberries for 3$. Hey, blueberries are really expensive there! It's one thing from home I really miss, apart from friends and family. I can't wait to taste my first blueberries since early August.
You guys have to come visit me in the summer if I manage to get a job/possibly take a French course and make use of my extended rent time. I mean, summer is THE time to be. I've had BEAUTIFUL summer weather (the heat, the sun, the shine) every single day here, with the exception of 2 cloudy/rainy days at the end of August. I'm going to take you to the Jean Talon market where we'll spazz out over fruit! <3
Home by metro, where I showered, and went up to the 3rd floor for some Thai stir-fry (I contributed by bringing up "a crap-load of rice", which is what the stir-fry cook told me hahaa.. she was on a student exchange for one year in Thailand (she's from PEI), and she understands some Thai and she knows how to cook Thai food!). Then we watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which is quite.. strange/funny in a wth way/random. Now I can say I've watched the movie "everyone" has seen.
Briefly, I visited a ABC party in another room on the 3rd floor. Not as scandalous as I thought. I say this, because ABC stands for "Anything But Clothes". These 2 girls I met were wearing black garbage bags, haha. There were ppl with togas too. Anyways, it was only fun if you were with friends/if you were drunk, and the air tasted a little too alcoholic so I went back to my flat (that's what we call our appartments hehe) and washed the dishes.
Afterwards, we (4 of us) went to the Eaton mall food court to eat an early dinner (or late lunch..), then a group of us went to the famous Jean Talon market, which I really wanted to go to since ..forever! It's like our Atwater market (so many stands of fresh fruits, veggies, spices, seafood, maple syrup etc. making up an outdoor tented market while inside there're many many specialty shops).. however, Jean Talon is the one deemed a tourist attraction, and omg, it was amazing! I loved it there. We (a group of 8, now) took the metro to the Jean Talon station (surprise, surprise) and the HUGE market was amazing. Fruit and vegetables! Fruit, fruit, fruit! It made my mouth water... I simply adore fruit, so it excited me to see so many, and the deals were phenomenal! I saw this huge section of these apples, and I asked this man if it was crunchy (I didn't know the type of apples, so I couldn't be sure if it was those naturally soft ones) and you know what? He said, "Want to try?" and picked out a slightly smaller apple for me! And then I decided to buy some. They were in little tubs/buckets (called paniers), and they were 1.50$ for a small panier (which was perhaps 4-5 apples), and 3.00$ for a bigger panier. I chose a small panier and I gave him a toonie. This man, he took out a handful of change, and after picking at it, gave an "ehh... " and picked out a dollar to give back to me! I was astounded! He was like, "It's okay" and my melted a little under his kindness. After I walked away, still holding my half-an-apple, I counted the apples in the plastic bag. Nine apples. For 1 freaking dollar. Did I walk into a Fruit Heaven? Of course, since there were so many stands, all selling similar fruits, there are ranges in prices. There were samples of fresh cut up tomatoes, cucumbers, peaches. OMG I hadn't had a peach in such a long time, and I took a slice. SO sweet! I picked out a lot. Haha, I think it came out as 7$. But I'm going to savour every one ^^ I bought some maple-syrup lollipops. And then, 2 little plastic boxes of blueberries for 3$. Hey, blueberries are really expensive there! It's one thing from home I really miss, apart from friends and family. I can't wait to taste my first blueberries since early August.
You guys have to come visit me in the summer if I manage to get a job/possibly take a French course and make use of my extended rent time. I mean, summer is THE time to be. I've had BEAUTIFUL summer weather (the heat, the sun, the shine) every single day here, with the exception of 2 cloudy/rainy days at the end of August. I'm going to take you to the Jean Talon market where we'll spazz out over fruit! <3
Home by metro, where I showered, and went up to the 3rd floor for some Thai stir-fry (I contributed by bringing up "a crap-load of rice", which is what the stir-fry cook told me hahaa.. she was on a student exchange for one year in Thailand (she's from PEI), and she understands some Thai and she knows how to cook Thai food!). Then we watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which is quite.. strange/funny in a wth way/random. Now I can say I've watched the movie "everyone" has seen.
Briefly, I visited a ABC party in another room on the 3rd floor. Not as scandalous as I thought. I say this, because ABC stands for "Anything But Clothes". These 2 girls I met were wearing black garbage bags, haha. There were ppl with togas too. Anyways, it was only fun if you were with friends/if you were drunk, and the air tasted a little too alcoholic so I went back to my flat (that's what we call our appartments hehe) and washed the dishes.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Poster: E-COW-NOMICS.
I really considered getting this for you, JYT, just because you`re the only one of us that`s going to be taking a lot of commerce or economics or management-type courses. If anyone wants it, I can get it for you.
OH I FORGOT TO MENTION: My spending SO much money was also because the posters weren`t actually expensive, as far as my poster-buying experience has been. A normal-sized poster (my beloved `Diving Pig` is an exception) was 9$, or even 7$; smaller sized ones were 5-7$, and even smaller ones were 2-3.50$. I bought 10 posters (only 2 normal-sized ones, the others were about the size of the ones on my wall- the photo of it is on the 3rd previous post, I think). 
E-COW-NOMICS: Economic Models Explained With Cows.
(Enjoy! lol)
Socialism: You have two cows. You give one to your neighbour.
Communism: You have two cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk.
Fascism: You have two cows. The State takes both then sells you some milk.
Nazism: You have two cows. The States takes both and shoots you.
Bureaucratism: You have two cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk away.
Traditional Capitalism: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income.
Surrealism: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.
American Corporation: You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyse why the cow has dropped dead.
Enron Venture Capitalism:You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. You sell one cow to buy a new President of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public then buys your bull.
French Corporation: You have two cows. You go on strike, organise a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows.
Japanese Corporation: You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called "Cowkimon" and market it worldwide.
German Corporation: You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.
Italian Corporation: You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You decide to have lunch.
Russian Corporation: You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.
Swiss Corporation: You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you. You charge the owners for storing them.
Chinese Corporation: You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity. You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.
Indian Corporation: You have two cows. You worship them.
British Corporation: You have two cows. Both are mad.
Iraqi Corporation: Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them that you have none. No-one believes you, so they bomb the crap out of you and invade your country. You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a Democracy.
Australian Corporation: You have two cows. Business seems pretty good. You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.
New Zealand Corporation: You have two cows. The one on the left looks very attractive.
Communism: You have two cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk.
Fascism: You have two cows. The State takes both then sells you some milk.
Nazism: You have two cows. The States takes both and shoots you.
Bureaucratism: You have two cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk away.
Traditional Capitalism: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income.
Surrealism: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.
American Corporation: You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyse why the cow has dropped dead.
Enron Venture Capitalism:You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. You sell one cow to buy a new President of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public then buys your bull.
French Corporation: You have two cows. You go on strike, organise a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows.
Japanese Corporation: You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called "Cowkimon" and market it worldwide.
German Corporation: You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.
Italian Corporation: You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You decide to have lunch.
Russian Corporation: You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.
Swiss Corporation: You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you. You charge the owners for storing them.
Chinese Corporation: You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity. You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.
Indian Corporation: You have two cows. You worship them.
British Corporation: You have two cows. Both are mad.
Iraqi Corporation: Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them that you have none. No-one believes you, so they bomb the crap out of you and invade your country. You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a Democracy.
Australian Corporation: You have two cows. Business seems pretty good. You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.
New Zealand Corporation: You have two cows. The one on the left looks very attractive.
Poster: Shit Happens
This poster is hilarious. I considered buying it so many times, but there were two main reasons why I didn't:
1. I am not used to saying swear words much, let alone having them on my wall. There are more or less 50 sh*ts on this poster.
2. I have a little bit of an issue with the JEHOVAH'S WITNESS one. I bible studied with 2 Jehovah's Witnesses in grade 4 for maybe 1 or 2 years, and there's something about this that just doesn't make it funny to me. Maybe because it reminds me of Natasha (a Jehovah's Witness, and friend), and her, and her character and kindness doesn't really go well with "shit".
But here ya go- have fun! (I LOVE the SURREALISM one XD)
TAOISM - "if you understand shit, it isn't shit" HINDUISM - "this shit happened before" CONFUCIANISM - "Confucious say 'shit happens'" BUDDHISM - "shit will happen to you again"ZEN - "what is the sound of shit happening?" ISLAM - "if shit happens, it is the will of Allah" SIKHISM - "leave our shit alone" JEHOVA'S WITNESS - "knock. knock. shit happens" ATHEISM - "i don't believe this shit"AGNOSTICISM - "can you prove that shit happpens?" CATHOLICISM - "if shit happens, you deserve it" PROTESTANTISM - "shit happens, amen to that" JUDAISM - "why does shit always happen to us?"ORTHODOX JUDAISM - "so shit happens, already" TELEVANGELISM - "send money or shit will happen to you" RASTAFARIANISM - "let's smoke this shit" HARE KRISHNA - "shit happens rama rama" NATION OF ISLAM - "don't take no shit" NEW AGE - "visualize shit happening"SHINTOISM - "you inherit shit of your ancestors" HEDONISM - "i love it when shit happens" SATANISM - "sneppah tihs" CAPITALISM - "this is MY shit" FEMINISM - "men are shit" EXISTENTIALISM - "what is shit, anyway?" SCIENTOLOGY - "if shit happens, see Dianetics p.137" MORMONISM - "excrement happens" (don't say shit) BAPTISM - "we'll wash the shit right off you" MYSTICISM - "this is really weird shit" VOODOO - "shit doesn't just happen - we made it happen" DISNEYISM - "bad shit doesn't happen here" COMMUNISM - "let's share the shit" MARXISM - "you have nothing to lose but your shit" CONSPIRACY THEORISM - "THEY shit on us!" PSYCHO-ANALYSIS - "tell me about your shit"DARWINISM - "survival of the shittiest" AMISH - "modern shit is useless" SUICIDAL - "i've had enough of this shit" OPTIMISM - "shit won't happen to me" TREKISM - "to boldly shit where no-one has shat before" SHAKESPEAREAN - "to shit or not to shit, that is the question" DESCARTES - "i shit, therefore i am" FREUD - "shit is a phallic symbol" LAWYERS - "for enough money, I can get you out of shit" ACUPUNCTURIST - "hold still or this shit's gonna hurt" DOG - "i just shit in your shoe" CAT - "dogs are shit" MOUSE - "oh shit! a cat!" POLITICALLY CORRECT - "internally processed,nutritionally drained, biological output happens" EINSTEIN - "shit is relative" FAMILY GATHERING - "relatives are shit" MATERIALISM - "whoever dies with the most shit, wins" VEGETARIANISM - "if it shits, don't eat it" FATALISM - "oh shit, it's going to happen" ENVIRONMENTALISM - "shit is biodegradable" AMERICANISM - "who gives a shit?" STATISTICIAN - "shit is 84.7% likely to happen"HIP-HOP - "motherfuck this shiznit, beeatch!" TANTRISM - "fuck this shit" CYNICISM - "we are all full of shit" SURREALISM - "fish happens" WICCA - "you can make shit happen but shit will happen to you three times"
Would you get this poster?
Posters!!
So, this huge, huge poster sale set up by this company (I think they travel around).. They transformed the 3rd floor music--whoops, ballroom, into poster-land. It's amazing! The selection: funny posters, quote posters, movie posters (aaahh Twilight), abstract posters, art posters, nature/photography posters, world map posters, animal posters, cartoon posters, Super Mario poster, Hello Kitty poster, Beatles posters, Audrey Hepburn posters, wickedly cool posters..... everything. And since the walls in my apartment and room are bland and boring, I went and bought, bought, bought! The first time I went, I was too cheap and bought 3 really small ones from this cardboard b
ox labelled, "2.50$ each" hahaha... They're cute though! These are the 3 posters I got.
The next day (today), though, I went back for the ones I really like yesterday, and ended up buying so much more (I spent over 50$ in all..) but before you say anything, I was influenced by my roomie, D, who spent over 70$ on posters yesterday. She freaked my out when she showed me, but after today's purchases, I totally understand. Because these posters are just.so.awesome. The one I wanted the most, though.... T_T I could not, without hurting my conscience, buy this one poster. It was 24$. The most freaking expensive normal-sized poster.. and everyone I told about this poster had not seen it there at all!
ox labelled, "2.50$ each" hahaha... They're cute though! These are the 3 posters I got.The next day (today), though, I went back for the ones I really like yesterday, and ended up buying so much more (I spent over 50$ in all..) but before you say anything, I was influenced by my roomie, D, who spent over 70$ on posters yesterday. She freaked my out when she showed me, but after today's purchases, I totally understand. Because these posters are just.so.awesome. The one I wanted the most, though.... T_T I could not, without hurting my conscience, buy this one poster. It was 24$. The most freaking expensive normal-sized poster.. and everyone I told about this poster had not seen it there at all!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Microeconomics 208-
When I dropped Physics, I had to find an Arts course that was on the "list of approved arts courses" for Arts&Science freshman students. I don't know why we have that list; maybe 'cause we're a special case. XP Well, the only class that wasn't full (little surprise there WAS anything good that wasn't completely filled), that fit my schedule, was ECON 208, aka Microeconomics.. The reason I got in was probably because this course was a beginner course for all economics/management/business students, as it's apparently a prerequisite for so many key courses, and they probably had to open up many classes to accommodate everyone. The class time that I signed up for was 3:05-4:25pm, which isn't bad at all, and it was the only class that I could get into without being on a waitlist.
So. Skylights gets to be happy for a few days, and then finally checks myCourses (a mcgill thing) to see if the professor has uploaded the lecture I missed so I can finally find out what the freakin' course is about. Lecture is there. Click. Read.
"o Course is lectures; R&L are supplementary.
o Frank’s Falling Behind required reading
o 100 percent final but practice quizzes. Finals to combine multiple-choice and essays."
Read again. And again. Fourth time. 100 percent final but practice quizzes. Skylights has a freaking-out moment and breaks a window. Hahahaha- get it? Get it? Okay, I'm experiencing stress, I'm allowed to break a window. 100 percent final running through my head 100 percent final running through my head 100 percent final running through my head
(p.s. alludes to a part of a song... anyone know?)
Okay. I'm done freaking out, for now. I'm ready for something funny to break the rest of my tension. The lecture outline volunteered to do so, because it was feeling contrite about the 100 percent final. It read, "Frank's Falling Behind" was required reading. Now, isn't that just perfect for this course's expectations? Better than "Falling Forward" any day. And that's not just because the alliteration would have made it more lame. Figure it out yourself.
*amused*
So. Skylights gets to be happy for a few days, and then finally checks myCourses (a mcgill thing) to see if the professor has uploaded the lecture I missed so I can finally find out what the freakin' course is about. Lecture is there. Click. Read.
"o Course is lectures; R&L are supplementary.
o Frank’s Falling Behind required reading
o 100 percent final but practice quizzes. Finals to combine multiple-choice and essays."
Read again. And again. Fourth time. 100 percent final but practice quizzes. Skylights has a freaking-out moment and breaks a window. Hahahaha- get it? Get it? Okay, I'm experiencing stress, I'm allowed to break a window. 100 percent final running through my head 100 percent final running through my head 100 percent final running through my head
(p.s. alludes to a part of a song... anyone know?)
Okay. I'm done freaking out, for now. I'm ready for something funny to break the rest of my tension. The lecture outline volunteered to do so, because it was feeling contrite about the 100 percent final. It read, "Frank's Falling Behind" was required reading. Now, isn't that just perfect for this course's expectations? Better than "Falling Forward" any day. And that's not just because the alliteration would have made it more lame. Figure it out yourself.
*amused*
Of Korean rice cakes, Asian markets, and China B****.
So yesterday was Labour Day, so it was a "yay, no school today let's procrastinate and go find an asian market together lalallalalaa~" kind of day.
I went with 2 Korean buddies of mine, both who live in the Chocolate Factory Rez too. We got lost though.. apparently Sherbrooke street, the one that runs in front of the McGill Roddick Gates, is so long it doesn't even end on a map displaying a huge chunk of Montreal. Anyways, we finally found one, and the funny thing is, we didn't even go to the one we wanted to go to. We got off at the Vendome station, which is a few stations down Lionel-Groulx, on the orange Cote-Vertu line, and I saw a Korean/Japanese/Chinese market while we were walking to our destination, and I thought, "Why not check this one out?"
Turns out it was enough for us. We were mainly looking for "dok"=cylinder-shaped, white rice cakes/noodles. Like nian2 gao1. But it's specifically Korean. I've had those at home before, stir-fried with kimchi. Anyways, I bought for myself a pack of dok to put in the freezer for emergencies, and dried seaweed, corn starch (here, of all places....) and rice noodles.
We had to go to a Korean/asian market today, because it was Asian Potluck Night!! (no, not Labour Day XP).. So the potluck was SO awesome, basically there was no room to move around in my friend's apartment. I helped make the rice-cakes (which were a hit btw) and food kept arriving.. so many of the dishes were done quick before some late-arrivers came, but it was okay because new ppl would bring new dishes. However, the rice cakes were definitely the best, so tears for the late-arrivers. It was a lovely evening.
So, thoughts on China B****. I know that's the reason you read this, youu people! Lol. Because Montreal's Chinatown sucks, and is only a couple of streets (am I stretching the truth a little too much?).. 'Nyways, this girl refers to it as... *drumroll and suspense*
China Block. Hahahaha. So that's what I'm going to refer to it as. XD So apparently there're lots of asian markets there. It's should've been a "duh" to anyone, but I've never gone into one there, so I didn't really know. It was a bit sketchy. But to be fair, I didn't do any close examinations of all the stores on every street, and I honestly don't know it very well. I'll fix that asap!
I went with 2 Korean buddies of mine, both who live in the Chocolate Factory Rez too. We got lost though.. apparently Sherbrooke street, the one that runs in front of the McGill Roddick Gates, is so long it doesn't even end on a map displaying a huge chunk of Montreal. Anyways, we finally found one, and the funny thing is, we didn't even go to the one we wanted to go to. We got off at the Vendome station, which is a few stations down Lionel-Groulx, on the orange Cote-Vertu line, and I saw a Korean/Japanese/Chinese market while we were walking to our destination, and I thought, "Why not check this one out?"
Turns out it was enough for us. We were mainly looking for "dok"=cylinder-shaped, white rice cakes/noodles. Like nian2 gao1. But it's specifically Korean. I've had those at home before, stir-fried with kimchi. Anyways, I bought for myself a pack of dok to put in the freezer for emergencies, and dried seaweed, corn starch (here, of all places....) and rice noodles.
We had to go to a Korean/asian market today, because it was Asian Potluck Night!! (no, not Labour Day XP).. So the potluck was SO awesome, basically there was no room to move around in my friend's apartment. I helped make the rice-cakes (which were a hit btw) and food kept arriving.. so many of the dishes were done quick before some late-arrivers came, but it was okay because new ppl would bring new dishes. However, the rice cakes were definitely the best, so tears for the late-arrivers. It was a lovely evening.
So, thoughts on China B****. I know that's the reason you read this, youu people! Lol. Because Montreal's Chinatown sucks, and is only a couple of streets (am I stretching the truth a little too much?).. 'Nyways, this girl refers to it as... *drumroll and suspense*
China Block. Hahahaha. So that's what I'm going to refer to it as. XD So apparently there're lots of asian markets there. It's should've been a "duh" to anyone, but I've never gone into one there, so I didn't really know. It was a bit sketchy. But to be fair, I didn't do any close examinations of all the stores on every street, and I honestly don't know it very well. I'll fix that asap!
So, again, school starts on a Tuesday.
Ugh. I just had a freaking 3-hour bio lab. My first one, and it was okay, except now I know that I have to drink lots of water and eat (more) before this 1:35-4:25pm lab, because afterwards, my mouth was a desert cave (I wish I could say "dessert cave"...yumm) and I was a touch woozy. Water dammit! But it could also be attributed to my only eating a Nature Valley Oat bar for lunch. (OMG I found 2 more Nature Valley bars that I can eat! And they're SO good! Furthermore, they have CHOCOLATE in them!! Hahaha... so, yay. 'Cause it's hard to find anything chocolate flavoured without it containing milk. I love milk chocolate T.T)
I really need to actual sit down and think about what I should do for lunch for the rest of the school year. The SSMU (pronounced "Smoo"- I laughed too, when I first heard that) building is the food/relaxing/club headquarters building, and it's close to where I go to class, so that's where I go when I have free time. They have cafeterias and vending machines, and washrooms ('cause you never know when you need one) aplenty. So, on the second floor, there's a caf with the Montreal/Eastern Canada version of the chinese food court chain "Flaming Wok", called "Tikki Ming". It's basically the same, and luckily for me, that's the only place I can get food that doesn't have the damned wheat and dairy. I do want to bring lunch instead of buying it though; it would cost less, and I would like to not hate Tikki Ming (if I were to eat it every single week), the only place I can buy food without going somewhere farther.
I'm hungryyyyyy... I'm going to shower first before I cook though. At the moment, I don't care if I faint from hunger as long as I get clean. Haha.
I really need to actual sit down and think about what I should do for lunch for the rest of the school year. The SSMU (pronounced "Smoo"- I laughed too, when I first heard that) building is the food/relaxing/club headquarters building, and it's close to where I go to class, so that's where I go when I have free time. They have cafeterias and vending machines, and washrooms ('cause you never know when you need one) aplenty. So, on the second floor, there's a caf with the Montreal/Eastern Canada version of the chinese food court chain "Flaming Wok", called "Tikki Ming". It's basically the same, and luckily for me, that's the only place I can get food that doesn't have the damned wheat and dairy. I do want to bring lunch instead of buying it though; it would cost less, and I would like to not hate Tikki Ming (if I were to eat it every single week), the only place I can buy food without going somewhere farther.
I'm hungryyyyyy... I'm going to shower first before I cook though. At the moment, I don't care if I faint from hunger as long as I get clean. Haha.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
McGill Quidditch-ing
First Quidditch practice today. It was awesome. I think I'll go to the next match too =P
I bought a red McGill Quidditch shirt too~ I'm totally gonna wear it when I play!
I think I'll stay away from the Chaser position; I was a Beater today, and loving it.
I was nervous at first, 'cause I'm not exactly good with that coordination thing. Especially after tripping over holes and stepping over the back of my friend's shoes (*cringes* I know I've done it to some of you, if not all of you. Apologies.) and making my chopstick a loner after dropping its soulmate down the crack between the oven and the counter. I mean, there wasn't supposed to be a crack there! And it hung suspended between the two for FOREVER and I kept getting sad because there was no way a finger could reach in, and I didn't have something long and thin enough to stick into that scary, dark crack. And then this one tall Jewish guy helped me out of my dilemma with "simple physics" as he called it. How did I go from Quidditch to chopsticks? =S
SO ANYWAYS, so many people showed up in the end that it wasn't so embarrassing. And since I avoided the Chaser position, I didn't get roughed up and my weak sports skills didn't show. (Chasers are the ones that have to grab the Quaffles and throw it through the hoops to get points, similar to basketball.) People showed up with 30cm-long scrubbers, flower-patterned broom handles, an electric broom, a swiffer........ well, what could you do? They said BYOB. Bring Your Own Broom. I borrowed my Korean/Australian/NY neighbour's broom. I think I already mentioned that =.=lll
Lol, it was hilarious though; people (obviously tourists) were taking pictures of us. Some of the older uni students on the team told us they had some media attention too, like from CBC. In case you forgot about the game, I'll perhaps post some of the team player rules later.
I bought a red McGill Quidditch shirt too~ I'm totally gonna wear it when I play!
I think I'll stay away from the Chaser position; I was a Beater today, and loving it.
I was nervous at first, 'cause I'm not exactly good with that coordination thing. Especially after tripping over holes and stepping over the back of my friend's shoes (*cringes* I know I've done it to some of you, if not all of you. Apologies.) and making my chopstick a loner after dropping its soulmate down the crack between the oven and the counter. I mean, there wasn't supposed to be a crack there! And it hung suspended between the two for FOREVER and I kept getting sad because there was no way a finger could reach in, and I didn't have something long and thin enough to stick into that scary, dark crack. And then this one tall Jewish guy helped me out of my dilemma with "simple physics" as he called it. How did I go from Quidditch to chopsticks? =S
SO ANYWAYS, so many people showed up in the end that it wasn't so embarrassing. And since I avoided the Chaser position, I didn't get roughed up and my weak sports skills didn't show. (Chasers are the ones that have to grab the Quaffles and throw it through the hoops to get points, similar to basketball.) People showed up with 30cm-long scrubbers, flower-patterned broom handles, an electric broom, a swiffer........ well, what could you do? They said BYOB. Bring Your Own Broom. I borrowed my Korean/Australian/NY neighbour's broom. I think I already mentioned that =.=lll
Lol, it was hilarious though; people (obviously tourists) were taking pictures of us. Some of the older uni students on the team told us they had some media attention too, like from CBC. In case you forgot about the game, I'll perhaps post some of the team player rules later.
BTW. The picture up top? Beyond cool. I bought a team t-shirt!
So Apparently I'm Green and Yellow...
So this girl on my floor has synesthesia. The first person I've ever met who did, so it's very cool. We were doing a big group study at my apartment, for math. Aaaargh, the one that took like, 5 hours....
Anyways, if you didn't know, synesthesia can be defined as "perceiving sensory data of one sense with another, eg, seeing sounds or hearing colors."
She sees colours in sounds/words. Lol, she said that math sounded red, and I agree that that was pretty fitting for the subject that we were frustrated/stuggling/angry with. Haha. So I asked if my name was red (just to make sure I'm not associated with math any more than I need to!) and she said that I was green and yellow. O.O yuck? Hahhaa.. like, sewer water? She clarified and said that it was sorta green and yellow, interwoven. I wonder what music sounds like for her.. I mean, it would be so amazing to be able to SEE MUSIC. Beautiful. I can only imagine what it's like.. I should read up more on synesthesia- it's something I don't know much about, and I'm so curious to know more! My roomie, D, is apparently green. Green is nice. Green ... is trees. =)
Anyways, if you didn't know, synesthesia can be defined as "perceiving sensory data of one sense with another, eg, seeing sounds or hearing colors."
She sees colours in sounds/words. Lol, she said that math sounded red, and I agree that that was pretty fitting for the subject that we were frustrated/stuggling/angry with. Haha. So I asked if my name was red (just to make sure I'm not associated with math any more than I need to!) and she said that I was green and yellow. O.O yuck? Hahhaa.. like, sewer water? She clarified and said that it was sorta green and yellow, interwoven. I wonder what music sounds like for her.. I mean, it would be so amazing to be able to SEE MUSIC. Beautiful. I can only imagine what it's like.. I should read up more on synesthesia- it's something I don't know much about, and I'm so curious to know more! My roomie, D, is apparently green. Green is nice. Green ... is trees. =)
The Weekend Feeling.
Wow. I woke up at 10:00am this morning, and soft wonder filtered through me like the sunlight through my windows. I haven't done that since........... weeks n' weeks ago. A real weekend. It's such a liberating feeling, knowing there's no frosh, no classes, no appointments, no grocery shopping....
Although I have a Quidditch math at 2:00pm. Hahaha. I know, I'm so clumsy that I'd be of no use whatsoever except being that idiot with the laughter fit who just serves as a distraction to everyone playing. I borrowed my "neighbour"'s broom, except it's like the one that Kiki rides near the end of the movie ("Kiki's Delivery Service") to save Tombo from the dirigible... you know what I mean?
My HP-crazy roomie's coming along too, as is another girl on my floor. =P
And later, I might go to see a movie-fest thing, or go to a Korean market (I'm dubious, because so far, no one knows where it is, and the source only heard that there was one...) Dammit, I need an asian market! Of any kind! Chinatown is just one street, and it's a bit sketchy....
Although I have a Quidditch math at 2:00pm. Hahaha. I know, I'm so clumsy that I'd be of no use whatsoever except being that idiot with the laughter fit who just serves as a distraction to everyone playing. I borrowed my "neighbour"'s broom, except it's like the one that Kiki rides near the end of the movie ("Kiki's Delivery Service") to save Tombo from the dirigible... you know what I mean?
My HP-crazy roomie's coming along too, as is another girl on my floor. =P
And later, I might go to see a movie-fest thing, or go to a Korean market (I'm dubious, because so far, no one knows where it is, and the source only heard that there was one...) Dammit, I need an asian market! Of any kind! Chinatown is just one street, and it's a bit sketchy....
I Have Triumphed Over The Physics God!
...for this year, at least. I dropped Physics after 2 months into grade 12, and so it should make sense that I would feel the same about it in university.. where it's going to be so much more work and cramming. Science x3 and Math is just too yucky, and it's not going to be as easy as high school where if you want to drop something, you just go to the counsellor and Click! you're out! In uni, the courses are crammed into 1 term too, and so much more material is covered that even if I do drop before the add/drop deadline, I'd be so far behind on my new class that I'd rather do my research seriously and get me schedule fixed as soon as possible.
So, YAY! The Physics prof is one of my favourite profs, but sadly I don't get along with the same subject he gets along with. However, if I suddenly get hit by the Physics Requirement of Doom, I'll have one thing to look forward to. Actually, if I took a Physics course was all theoretical (i.e. talking about black hole THEORIES and "Is it possible to time-travel?") SANS the math/equations/headaches, I'd really enjoy that. I guess it's the math feature that makes Physics what it is to me. I don't enjoy doing math.
I wish I could take a French/Literature/Greek Mythology/Anthropology/Sociology/Psychology class. Do you see a common pattern in these courses? Hahaha... I'll start off- for one, NO math! XP
However, I'm now taking Econ 208... which probably has math too, but at least it counts as an arts course. All the other Arts courses I wanted to replace Physics with were full- and I mean the waiting list is full too. =(
So, YAY! The Physics prof is one of my favourite profs, but sadly I don't get along with the same subject he gets along with. However, if I suddenly get hit by the Physics Requirement of Doom, I'll have one thing to look forward to. Actually, if I took a Physics course was all theoretical (i.e. talking about black hole THEORIES and "Is it possible to time-travel?") SANS the math/equations/headaches, I'd really enjoy that. I guess it's the math feature that makes Physics what it is to me. I don't enjoy doing math.
I wish I could take a French/Literature/Greek Mythology/Anthropology/Sociology/Psychology class. Do you see a common pattern in these courses? Hahaha... I'll start off- for one, NO math! XP
However, I'm now taking Econ 208... which probably has math too, but at least it counts as an arts course. All the other Arts courses I wanted to replace Physics with were full- and I mean the waiting list is full too. =(
Friday, September 4, 2009
♪ On My First Day of School....
a week before anyone else....♫...
I bought my monthly metro pass! 68$ for a normal person, 37$ for a student with an OPUS card!! It`s so awesome that I can go anywhere I want....
So, I was taking Math 140, Physics 101, Chem 110, and Bio 111. Very, very yuck. *grimace*
However, the professors were SO awesome!!! For the first class, every class was sorta like a fun intro, with backgrounds of the prof, the course content, some of what it`s about, and jokes. The chem prof was the BEST! This guy, Ariel Fenster, was on the Discovery Channel, as I found out later! And when I googled, he came up.. on Wikipedia! Anyways, it was the most interesting lecture ever, as he told us about the difference between disposable diapers and washable ones (`If you ask babies which they would prefer, 99.99% will say that they would like disposable diapers.`) LOL! And he did magic by sprinkling magic powder into a beaker of water, turning it dark, and taking the powder out with a hand motion, as the beaker miraculously become clear again. And then he satisfied out curiosity about fake snow- and made it in front of us! He threw it at 2 people in the front row, hahaha.
And the Physics professor, despite how I feel about the subject, was super awesome and funny too! What`s with the thing about skinny Physics teachers?? I've noticed that my Physics prof is skinny and tall too, like my high school physics teacher, and when I asked others, they said their physics teachers back in high school were like that too. Hmmm........ I guess if they have no flabby parts to defy gravity with, they have one less thing to worry about, and can direct their attentions on more important pursuits such as pondering about astrophysics.
I think I'm getting into the school mood now. Now that I have homework, I mean.
I bought my monthly metro pass! 68$ for a normal person, 37$ for a student with an OPUS card!! It`s so awesome that I can go anywhere I want....
So, I was taking Math 140, Physics 101, Chem 110, and Bio 111. Very, very yuck. *grimace*
However, the professors were SO awesome!!! For the first class, every class was sorta like a fun intro, with backgrounds of the prof, the course content, some of what it`s about, and jokes. The chem prof was the BEST! This guy, Ariel Fenster, was on the Discovery Channel, as I found out later! And when I googled, he came up.. on Wikipedia! Anyways, it was the most interesting lecture ever, as he told us about the difference between disposable diapers and washable ones (`If you ask babies which they would prefer, 99.99% will say that they would like disposable diapers.`) LOL! And he did magic by sprinkling magic powder into a beaker of water, turning it dark, and taking the powder out with a hand motion, as the beaker miraculously become clear again. And then he satisfied out curiosity about fake snow- and made it in front of us! He threw it at 2 people in the front row, hahaha.
And the Physics professor, despite how I feel about the subject, was super awesome and funny too! What`s with the thing about skinny Physics teachers?? I've noticed that my Physics prof is skinny and tall too, like my high school physics teacher, and when I asked others, they said their physics teachers back in high school were like that too. Hmmm........ I guess if they have no flabby parts to defy gravity with, they have one less thing to worry about, and can direct their attentions on more important pursuits such as pondering about astrophysics.
I think I'm getting into the school mood now. Now that I have homework, I mean.
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