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Saturday, January 27th, 2007
9:17 am	3 year recap continued again - Wedding We held wedding dinners both in Singapore and in China. I escaped much of the fuss for the traditional chinese wedding (phew!!!) by telling others that our wedding dinner in China was merely a 'Hui Men Jiu' as we already had our wedding dinner and stuff done in Singapore. In Singapore we chose Raffles Hotel - the iconic and historical 5 star hotel. This hotel is unique because it was already present when the british were in Singapore during colonial times.It has a deep history and has housed guests such as Rudyard Kipling, Somerset Maugham and Charlie Chaplin. Hence the architecture and decor takes one back to the rich british colonial past. The ambience of a charming bygone era can be distinctly felt in the secluded guest wings. This hotel only has suites (3 stories with the outdoor pool and spa at the highest floor), and we got to stay 2 nights as part of the wedding package. It was truly a memorable stay. I urge all friends to spend a night or two in this hotel if they happen to pass by Singapore in the future. My daughter Genevieve was born last year October. She's sooooooo cute and intelligent. She even has 3 little teeth coming out already. Just looking at her melts my heart. And she has this deep fixed stare that melts me even further. Taking care of the baby is very hard work and I must thank my wife's parents for helping out. I got a new apartment and we will be moving there once winter is over and after my wife completes her six month breastfeeling program. She's such a heroine. Cheers to my wife for giving birth naturally too. I'm excited about moving cos it'll be the first time I'm living in my own home. As new apartments in China all come totally empty, we had spent a good sum of money and a lot of time shopping for and designing our new home. It looks wonderful and it'll play an important part in raising a family here. Well, this about sums up the happenings of the last 3 years. I skimmed a lot of stuff and left out quite a bit too (such as my trip to Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon etc) but yeah... that's generally it. I think I won't be travelling as much in the future because now I've a family to manage. The most precious time that I got to spend with my kid will be the first 17 years - until they go off to university. So I'm gonna have to hold back on travelling, start saving for their future education and spending quality time with them. Lastly, today's my 27th birthday. Happy Birthday to me. Yeah...a young married man. A dad already. Who would've thought life would press on this quick. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
8:20 am	3 years recap continued Continuing from where I left off, I finished off school, went to Singapore for a few months of training before heading to China. I decided it would be interesting to spend the next phase of my life there. After all, I had a lovely gf from China. In addition, staying in China would be a new experience for me in contrast to staying in modern developed cities in North America or Singapore. First destination was Shanghai. My gf resigned from her job to meet me in Shanghai. A brave action on her part since finding good jobs in China is very tough. In addition she had a very very stable and high paying job as a doctor working in the gynaecology department. I suppose we were madly in love to have done what we did... to just meet up in a new city and check out the future together. Anyway, I rented a 2 bedroom apartment in the prime area of Xujiahui. Minutes from the bus terminals, light rail transport, normal Shanghai subway, Shanghai Sports Stadium and Shopping centres. Although our area is considered extremely convenient by Shanghai's standards, I consider the transport system in Shanghai to be inconvenient. Subways are often sardine packed. People RUN to flag cabs. We have experienced countless times whereby we had been waiting for cabs for very long time, and people who just decided they needed a cab cut into our line. They RUN to the cab, open the doors and sit. First one to sit in the cab gets it. Courtesy is absent. Just plain inconsiderate selfishness. Try flagging a cab in the rain. Good luck.. We decided Shanghai was not the kind of city that we would like to live in. The salary there, although higher than other parts of china, pales in comparison when one considers the living expenses in that city. Shanghai has many delicious restaurants, and I found myself eating my money away. And it was way too crowded for my liking. So we decided to move to another city - my wife's hometown. : ) Although Anhui Province is currently regarded as a poor underdeveloped province, my wife's hometown, Wuhu, is perhaps the best for living in the province. We have been to the capital of the province Hefei, and found it to be quite distasteful. However, Wuhu is still somewhat unknown even to many local chinese. In terms of starting a family there, I would say it's pretty good. ( We were thinking about getting married at that time). So we moved to Wuhu, started a business, got married.. and this would be something to write about in my next posting. (Comment on this)
Friday, January 26th, 2007
8:25 pm	3 year recap Noting that the last entry was like 3 years ago, here's a recap of what's been going on for me all these while. Well, much has happenned. I'll try to recount in sequential order. My last 2 terms in Waterloo all went well. In between the last 2 terms, I felt very drained out. I guess that's natural cos it was after all 5 consecutive terms, soon to be 6. So I decided to go on a short holiday before the final term began. I had originally looked at the brochure and saw many exciting tours around. However I had to plan it such that I would be back for the first day of classes. As a student, I didn't feel that I should be missing out on any school days. So I had to forego my initial intention of heading off to France. I found a tour that fitted snugly between my schedule - the Spain and Portugal one. Since I couldn't find anyone to accompany me on that tour, I decided to go it alone. It was a cosmos tour and I was put into a tour group that was a mix of old and young people. As it was a tour meant to relax and de-stress, I did not bring a camera with me. Although in terms of rooming I had a room all to myself - quite a lonely feeling I must say , during the tour itself I had fun tagging along with people in the tour group. It was odd to see that I seemed most comfortable with the old folks. Most of the time I spent wandering around together with the old folks, many of whom were in their 70s. It was interesting to meet people from all walks of life, and it was pleasant chatting with those people whom I thought were full of life and spirit despite their old age. There was this american couple who originally came from Cuba. The man was about 7 years younger than the wife and they seemed to be a couple very in love. They had been to Spain before.. I think it was about 10 years before. They came with their son at that time. They were able to communicate in spanish. They wanted to visit a restaurant that they used to go to years ago. According to them it's a famous, old and established restaurant frequented by stars at times. Their specialty was their apple cider and I think it was their apple cider chicken too? Anyway since they spoke spanish and there was ample free time alloted during the tour to wander around by ourselves, I followed them to the restaurant and had a hearty meal. I saw a lot of huge barrels in there so I guess they must've kept their good cider in them. The only time I saw Spanish menus with rice was the seafood rice. Why? I don't know. Rice can go with many other dishes but why only seafood in Spain? Anyway, one thing interesting about Spain is that they serve huge steaks and fries. I was wandering around the streets of Madrid when I came into a restaurant and ordered a steak with fries. The guy gave me a huge chunk of meat and lots of fries. First time in my life I couldn't finish a steak dinner ! And fries in Spain are delicious. Got a different taste cos I think they fry them in olive oil. Anyway, tasted much better than the fries in North America. The Spanish and I Portuguese like olives. In many restaurants they'd put olives on the table as appetizers. Beware though...eating them might mean you are paying for them. (I thought it was free at first! until I found out the hard way when they charged me for all the appetizers I sampled on the table!!! ) People are lazy in Spain. They have their siestas and dinner doesn't start till like 8pm ! That means I go to the restaurants at 6 trying to get dinner and they say they're all closed ! I'm like err...... One annoying thing that happened when I was walking around in Madrid...It had started to rain, and I didn't have an umbrella with me. So I popped into one of the small stores in the street and asked to purchase an umbrella. The old saleswoman led me away from what was shown on the shelfs and pulled out a bunch of so called better ones from under the counter. Since it was raining and I had to get back to the hotel and didn't want to be wet doing that, I hastily bought an umbrella , only to realise the split second I walked out the shop door that I had been massively overcharged !! It must've been the most expensive umbrella anyone ever got... ok it was a so called branded item, and it had a button where you can press and the umbrella magically opens by itself..press it again and the umbrella magically closes... but hey, I thought it was mean of her to cheat a tourist caught in the rain! Moral of the story 'beware of old ladies...not all of them are sweet like ur grandma ' .. I went to the usual tourist things - flamenco and spanish dancing with dinner, visiting of many touristy places.. One thing I might have regretted not doing was entering that big tourist mosque. Usually I feel uneasy entering religious buildigs except churches/cathedrals, but I guess that mosque is probably just a tourist place and maybe I should've gone in to check out the moorish architecture. In any case, the thing I most missed out on in Spain was barcelona. The tour that I went with took me to the main cities and interesting places of Spain EXCEPT that it didn't take us to Barcelona ! That's a BIG miss. Cos I hear from people that Barcelona is a romantic place one should visit if given the chance. Oh well, perhaps in the future? Portugal was like Spain but the inferior version. They appear to be still using washrooms with mechanical flush toilets and the country looks historical and not very happening. I really enjoyed Portuguese pastry though. They have so much delicious pastry and I bought quite a lot to sample. yum yum ... Most relaxing part of the tour was wandering around the cobbled streets of towns. There is a distinct special feel to cities with stone walls. It feels cosy, homely and warm. Just sitting outside to drink a cup of cappucino and take in the surroundings is a good way to unwind. Having returned from my trip to the Iberian Peninsula and visiting cities such as Madrid, Seville, Toledo, Avila, Cordoba, Lisbon etc I was refreshed enough to begin my final term in Waterloo. This entry is getting a little long so I'm gonna stop here for now. (Comment on this)
11:03 am	I'm back ! Ok ! After a few years of absence, I have decided to continue writing. My next post would be a recap on what has transpired in my life during the past few years. (Comment on this)
Sunday, May 30th, 2004
4:40 pm	last entry? I am bored of writing. This may be the last entry. :) so long my friends, and if anyone is ever interested in catching up with me, do so personally. (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 29th, 2004
7:49 pm	A fun and fulfilling day with excitement ! : ) Last evening I received a call from the bank. apparently the student visa was not set to auto mode and the visa department had been mailing the past statements to my old address.. which is really their fault as I had already updated with the bank. their systems were not very interlinked though. Anyhow I went to the bank to pay my school fees, as I 'found out' by fluke that it is due today. I also cleared up the visa mess by first speaking to the bank personnel about it, and pressing my point with the visa department. I wanted to be off the list of people with bad loan history as that does not reflect well on me. furthermore it was not my fault for not paying as i did not know i had to pay, and they sent the bill to the wrong address. So i pressed my point. I was really impressed with the service i got, and I must say that I would not have received such good customer service if i was in singapore. what happenned was the visa personnel that i talked to on the phone listened to what i had to say, and talked to his supervisor about my situation. his supervisor did not listen and did not want to clear my history and credit late payment fees back into my account. This of course was inflexible, heartless, brainless and nonsensical on his part. While most if not all singapore employees would simply wash their hands off of the affair, given their supervisor's nay, this helpful staff personally felt that it would be unfair to me, given my explanation to him about the whole situation. So although he could not convince his supervisor, he took the extraordinary step of going one step higher; up another level and discussed the situation with someone who had higher powers. Now that's what i call real service. Service with the heart, and the guts to do what is right, even for a stranger. I admire his brave actions and think he deserves a toast for going the extra mile and doing his job well. 3 cheers for you chris ! after my bank drama, I discovered a restaurant that serves south-east asian cuisine. They only open for dinners, at 5pm and the guy in there said " yeah we got laksa " .... so, extremely delighted, and given the fact that I had not had laksa since when i was last in singapore, which is like a loooonnnggg time ago, I decided to have laksa for dinner.. so i ordered take away congee - cos my throat and mouth have ulcers and it's hard for me to eat hard food, and went to the park with my friend who called me. we had slurpee and i had a few spoonfuls of congee, reserving the rest of my 2 servings for tomorrow. when we reached the restaurant, which had a really great south-east asian ambience, We looked at the menu and I realised the numbers beside the food are not the food order numbers, but are the prices. and it was shocking to see a $38 dollar "singapore laksa" on the menu. well i was already there and all the food was priced in similar fashion, so I went ahead to order my favourite laksa. This is the most expensive laksa that i have ever eaten. But let me say a few more words here. this laksa was special. firstly, it did not come with noodles, but with rice on pandan leaf. secondly, it has excellent soft shelled crab and big shredded prawns and dumplings and big chunks of scallops, long beans, and laksa flavoured gravy. All this with the rice made a very filling and excellent meal. So yeah thoug it was a big pinch on me, I really enjoyed the dinner - the food and the atmosphere. I also ordered a 10 dollar appetizer- " cha gio " which when I asked them where did that come from, they said singapore. I was like " no way" never heard of it man... and when they double checked, they came back and said it was from vietnam. yeah that sounded more like it.. i was thinking it must have come from vietnam. and my friend proceeded to tell me the process the vietnamese sauce was made - oh man don't you guys ever eat the sauce.. it is gross and unhygienic, the way they make it... i don't think i'll ever eat the vietnamese sauce again after what I heard about it. if any of you guys are interested in finding out more about the sauce, you can do some research. anyway i had a good dinner, but it was so expensive... man i'll only eat meals like this once in a while.. hope i don't spend too much on sunday when I enjoy the whole day in toronto. But i will have fun doing stuff there.. anyway that's another story for another day, that's if i bother to write about it. wow i'm getting tired now after the "laksa" dinner so i'll stop writing soon. school starts again next week. so fast. only 10 days break this term. oh well, early start early finish. I'll enjoy my cable tv later. so fun.. bought a tv from my friend, put it in my room, ordered cable and yeah it's gonna be a fun fun term. i even got a mandarin channel that sometimes plays korean or jap programs.. i can flck flick flick the remote.. heh.. last term was an excellent term. I think I aced all my subjects. 3 results came back with an 87, 93 and 83. waiting for 3 more to come out, and the prospects look good. hope the upcoming term will be a very good term too ! yeah really hope so. i think it will. i shall try to exercise more next term... join badminton club .. and i have already signed on for gym membership.. gotta try to reduce.. man today i wore my newly washed jeans and realised how tight it was.. felt very sorry for myself.. i am becoming so grossly fat.. man something's gotta change or something's gotta give !.. that's it for now. blabbered on enough. feeling sleepy...... 'jiu zhi dao chi ! ' (Comment on this)
Friday, April 23rd, 2004
6:59 pm	holidays again. spring break My exams just ended yesterday. Now I have a few days of holiday. only about 10 days. Too short but it's ok. Studying throughout is better. And it should be enough. I look forward to the summer term. A less crowded campus, and more relaxed feel to it all. I shall try to be more active in the summer term. Get out of winter mode and into the spring and summer recharged one. This was a good term. Although I overloaded myself on courses, my grades this term will be much higher than previous terms. It's an irony that I do better when I take more courses. It shows that it's all about working habits. Not that I studied more or anything, but just that I did what I had to do, and put some effort into the assignments. Got back my final marks for 2 courses so far. I was pleasantly surprised with the 87 and 93 percent. Although I thought I did well on those courses, I did not expect to see such high scores. I hope the other marks come out soon, and I hope to get above 90 for music too. This term's gonna average out above 85 for my 6 courses I suspect. Want to give all thanks to God from whom all blessings flow. I'm en route to graduating by the end of this year. Hope I don't get held back for any reason. chop chop get degree, get married and live happily ever after. yeah more hopes and wishes. well I'm gonna enjoy the treasured 10 days of hols left for me. Sleep more, do some exercise, read some books (not textbooks! ) and just chill out. Oh yeah and I have to pack my room again and do some arrangements too. ANyway that's it for now. Getting too tired to type again. cos I ate a lot and drank some slurpee. so now feeling drowsy. ciaoz now, signing out, Marvy the little barbarian nerd (Comment on this)
Thursday, March 25th, 2004
2:47 pm	Spring winter lasted so long. even two days ago it was still snowing. and yesterday it rained. today it was much warmer and i think spring is finally arrived for good. i was sick since last saturday. i think it was partly due to overdrinking swimming pool water with all the chlorine. i don't even want to think what er.. disgusting things i took in. all it takes is one untimed breath to suck in all the gross water. then my throat started becoming sore, and i guess i must've caught a cold somewhere along the way cos one thing led to another and before i knew it, i was weak and had to skip school. i haven't been sick for over a year already but i'm glad that it did not clash with any exam periods. now hopefully i can recoup well these few days and then go on exam fever. anyway just to complain more about my sickness - it was really annoying. and the days that it lasted seemed slow and long. agonising. i called my friend early in the morning to ask him to take me to the doc. one thing i got to do while staying at home is to continue watching some jap anime. haven't been doing that for a while. but now getting back the habit. hope exams go well. can't believe it but it's 2 weeks away ! the thought hasn't even crossed my mind yet. well i'll worry about it when the weekend arrives. now i gotta get back my health. thank goodness the weather's improved. (Comment on this)
Friday, February 27th, 2004
3:16 pm	aloha ! : ) aloha my friends. long time no tok. writing from hawaii now on soft white sand with HOT chicks playing around me. yeah right... i wish.. i need a tequila.. although waterloo is getting warmer, at least this week.. and i been doin alright.. done most of my midterms and got back the results with nerdy marks.. so it's been sweet thus far. and i will keep goin on... and on.. looking forward to my trip to china in august. it would be fun. finally will get to stand on the great wall. wah.. then i can feel great.. like the great wall.. doh... by the way proposing to someone on the great wall is kinda romantic don't you think? anyway, i'll have fun when i'm there. and i'm also looking forward to coming back to singapore in december. why? haven't figured that out yet.. what else what else... looking forward to watching " passion of christ " , will be goin to badminton today i hope, gonna check out some china youth group on saturday, dim sum in missisauga on sunday... my regular anime watching everyday.. pretty much occupied i would say.. and oh yeah.. not to forget swimming on sunday.. indoors of course, else i freeze my balls. oh yah more more thing to write about. my v day. my v day was special. why? because i received goodies for my gal. my goodie package consisted of a lovey card, lovey photos, a hand drawn and painted rose on "xuan zhi" - chinese special paper, a dvd entitled "xiang zuo zhou xiang you zhou " turn left turn right is the english title i believe. and also an aloe vera lip balm for winter..whoaaaa.. and a hand made book bound with thread the traditional chinese way, and included were 9 famous chinese poems handwritten by my gf in exquisite chinese calligraphy, accompanied by the hanyu pinyin and also the english translation. i was totally impressed. must have taken her hours and hours to do that. and also i got a cute bee from her. skinny bee with a big head and when i press the big head it will say " i love you...i love you.. " I found that quite sweet. yep that's ma v day. and that's all for now. maybe the next time i write will be around 2 months later? after my final exams.. or maybe not. maybe earlier if i'm in the mood. Thats all for now. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 28th, 2004
12:09 am	24th birthday My 24th birthday was a special day. School was closed because of snowstorm. (I had a hard time walking back home last night from my classes) So it was a good start to my birthday.Spent most of the time sleeping and watching jap tv serials, and my friend drove me out to the cinema to watch Butterfly Effect. His treat of course. Bought a sweater,some mixed fruit and blueberries (I love them blue balls),some packet drinks and milk for my cornflakes. A good day. A happy day. Since I just turned 24, this journal entry shall be deeper than what I would normally write. What is it that people chase after? It all can be summed up in a word : Fulfillment.Fulfillment whether it be in love,marriage,work,school,play, or fulfillment in terms of filling the void of loneliness, fulfillment in attaining one's goals,ideals or beliefs,or fulfillment of voids in one's life or the need to feel loved,accepted,respected or even to the extent of being feared and obeyed. Is it possible to actually have all your wishes,expectations and voids fulfilled? I would say no. Life,like economics,is a tradeoff.Lacking the experiences of someone else, we only have our personal chart of what we want out of life personally.But there is much more to life than what we actually want for ourselves. There is so much more life has to offer, but we don't know about it since we can only experience life through our experiences,and look at life through our eyes and through our mind. Our ignorance of our ignorance then causes us to live out our lives the way we think it should be lived, because this is the only way we can see it and conjure it, finding meaning to it through the mists of the journey called life.This is also why there is a need for a God in order for us mere mortals to attempt to even grasp bits of the perfect knowledge that is embedded in the universe. Why then am I writing this? Because perhaps the key to all this, and the beauty to all this, is that it does not matter whether one is really able to fulfill their needs,wants,thirsts or ideals. What matters is the constant attempts in fulfilling them. That is what makes us human,and that is what our human nature instinctively beckons us to do. People find real fulfillment in life in the process itself,and not merely in the end result of it. A person who merely ponders about such things but takes no action or has no response to this clarion call to live may die regretting not doing many things in his life within his God-appointed hours/stint on this earth. I would now, on my 24th birthday, like to thank my dear gf, who has been an integral part of my life in the past year, for her time, effort, care and unselfish love for me, and who has made the fabric of my life stronger,deeper and more colourful.She has truly been the glue that held me together when things seemed to fall apart. The one who believed in me,and the one who shared in the making of my destiny. A toast to us dear ! and a happy new year . gan bei ! (Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 7th, 2004
3:32 pm	Today is a happier day Today I managed to get myself signed in into that philosophy course. i'd have to wake up early on tuesdays and thursdays now cos that class starts at 8.30 in the morning and i have to spend some time walking to the venue. But I am happy to have got that settled. The bookshop ran out of texts so i visited the prof and he lent me his text until i get the chance to buy the text from the bookstore. So at least I won't get left too far behind without a text. Later I will have my entrepreneurship course. This course relies heavily on group work and I really hope I will be lucky enough to get a good group. I must spot the nerds in the lecture hall and associate myself with them. hopefully I can do that and secure myself a good group. My marks depend on that. Today I got another good news. Got back the last of my results for last term. It was a good term. I got good marks generally and I am quite pleased with my results. A boost to my average. Now that these things are settled, maybe it's time I officially declare my major and plan with the school. I want to drop out of honours to do a 3 year general econs degree. mmm my average is pretty high now so it's kind of a pity. But, since my grand plan is to finish asap and start up my own company God-willing, I should not waste too much time in school. Time is money. hehe Time is also lost opportunities. Hope my future ventures will be successful. - Marv the man with the plan (Comment on this)
11:13 am	new term middle of the first week of school. i was depressed yesterday because i found my history class to be very uninspirational and distasteful and I was extremely uncomfortable the whole time.after the class, I decided it would be better for me to switch classes. so this morning, I saw a philosophy professor and got him to sign me into his class. hope all the technicalities go well and i can be officially registered into that philosophy class soon. because of my late attempt, i had already missed the first philosophy lesson. That prof scared me when he said his class average for that course last term was only 70 ! that is way too low for a first year course in my opinion. usually the average should be at least 75 for a first year course. and he also said there were a few failures of his course last time. so why am i trying to get into his course? because it will be much more interesting than the history course i'm trying to drop. for starters, we will be discussing THE MATRIX . The philosophy prof was also very nice and helpful. and he told me people shouldn't fail his course if they at least show some effort. so I hope to get into this course and actually learn some things. who knows perhaps the love for philosophy has begun? as soon as my courses are settled, i will feel happier and more relieved. less stress. It was stressful running around going to different places to get things done. all of this because I am taking 6 courses this term - overloading the term maximum. that's why i have to go around getting signatures from profs. well, I hope this term will be a good term. last year was an excellent year for me. and I hope this year will be even better. I am glad today I am less depressed and stressed compared to yesterday. I don't know. sometimes I feel I am too sensitive, and easily pressurized. The weather was biting cold yesterday and today. and will probably continue to be so for the next few months. after all it is the heart of winter. And I can never get used to the cold. It always sends shivers down my bones. Canada is the land of the cold. (Comment on this)
Sunday, December 21st, 2003
11:14 pm	short hols what a week ! final exams ! finally the week is over , and my short holidays begin. right after my exam i hung out with some friends, 3 girls, and they watched me eat my favourite korean potato soup (gam ja tang) while we all happily chatted away. then we went to the supermarket and they did a lot of shopping for groceries for lunch and wool for their knitting. i made myself useful by pushing the shopping cart. we went to one of their residence, and they began to cook their long awaited lunch while I went to sleep on the bed. ( a sleepyhead i was considering my previous night's studying for the last exam) and so, I awoke to a sumptious second lunch cooked by the girls, and we had a good time eating and chatting again... me telling them my chauvinist jokes and they shakin their heads and thanking themselves that they are not my gfs. girls are so gullible to jokes man... haha then i said byebye to them and met my other friend, and we headed out to watch lord of the rings. long movie hehe. yesterday I played weiqi.. hehe lost big time despite having 9 stone advantage. well well I'm just a beginner beginner... well that's it for now... been having fun watching vcds etc... and doing what i can do in the hols. hope i have a good winter holiday. merry christmas to me, and to all friends out there ! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, November 13th, 2003
4:59 pm	snow has come heavy snow . big winds and ice i guess winter has arrived. so early i still don't have earmuffs. (Comment on this)
4:14 pm	new scare there is a new scare in my house. an international student from china moved in.. she has issues.... the first night she moved in, i was busy studying for my midterm the next day. and in the midst of my trying to catch what little sleep i could , she knocked on my door at 3AM and asked me " ni ke yi xiao sheng yi dian ma? " so i was like what the hell .. i wasn't making any noises,espcially not at this time. i was so damn annoyed. i had already had a bad day. so i tried to go back to sleep. but my mind wouldn't let me cos of pre exam stress and this freaky new girl. then.... just as i expected... about half an hour later, i heard a knock on my door. yes it was her again, and this time she said " ni ke yi jiao ni de peng you xiao sheng yi dian ma? " I was so pissed... and i curtly told her in mandarin that EVERYONE in the house is already sleeping at this time.. there is no sound. then she said in mandarin " are you sure?tell me the truth, is your gf in your room?" oh my goodness how cranky and annoying can one get? i later found out from someone that she has " problems..." fancy a nut moving in opposite me. hope i don't get too much shit (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, October 14th, 2003
11:51 pm	Autumn Cold period is here. continual showers today, and the leaves have fallen from the trees. Expect it to get colder as winter approaches. (Comment on this)
Friday, September 19th, 2003
1:02 pm	School again End of the second week of school term. Glad I survived last term. This term is more challenging. harder subjects. Been pretty off updating my blog these days cos I'm not the pen it down kind. Tried keeping a diary a few times but never got beyond the first few entries. Let's see what n up to these days.. anime...Hikaru no go's pretty cool.. though you have to skip the repeats as the series wears on. School's alright.. having to decide what major and type of degree to enroll in soon..thinking of just finishing earlier with a 3 year instead of going for longer...thoughts thoughts.. and i hope this school term will be a successful one. lots to do and lots to enjoy. good times i been having with friends, and basically so far things have been going quite smoothly hence the lost for words. HOpe things continue to go good...although i expect the school term to only get tougher. The university choir is working on "Elijah" this term with guests singers/soloists from outside.I think it'll be fun to do it. It certainly was fun sightsinging through the whole thing. Hope we get through the whole thing as we only have 12 choir practices every term. I guess it should be no problem cos we have an excellent conductor and choir members who'll go learn the notes on their own probably heh.. and oh i'll be getting internet at home again soon. yay ! so maybe then i can update more regularly if i'm free? hmm more like when i feel like it and the comp's in front of me. For those of you overseas in some countries such as china who want to access my webpage, (previously for some reason it was unaccessible from certain countries) I believe it's now possible to do so, so give me an email or something and I can pass you the link. That's all for now I guess.. Harvy Marvy signing out, booyakka! (Comment on this)
Saturday, August 30th, 2003
9:41 pm	holidays coming to an end one week to the next term. i will treasure it. the summer term was pretty enjoyable.. made some new friends.. and had a great time at canada's wonderland.. now new people are moving into the house and i wish to move out soon! hopefully in the next few days when my new room is clear for me to move in.. can't stand loud girls... esp cantonese quacking ones they have all invaded my current house..intruding into my serene hermetic life. and all privacy was lost in an instant (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, July 17th, 2003
11:07 pm	salute goes to brave RJC filmer Great job. Evil teacher caught in the act. these teachers should be sacked a long time ago. thanks for bringing it out to the world to see the truth. there is now nowhere left for that b to hide except for mandatory counselling. 3 cheers for the hero here. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 9th, 2003
11:20 pm	shocker today was a scary day. i got back my last midterm mark and got 50 %. wahhhhh freaky huh? getting barely 50 was quite a shocker..when my friend beside me got perfect.. hehe the tests were on the table for us to pick out our own...and he tried to fake me by showing me other failing papers.... not that mine was much better... ~ ~ in any case, on the bright side, they take the higher of the 2 mid term tests and count it, and i did okay in the 1st midterm, which i got 66.66 %. and an extra bone for me- the class average for the first midterm was 50 percent, so the teacher decided to boost the marks for that midterm by giving everyone an additional 15 percent to sorta average it out. so that means, i'll be boosted up to an 81.66 %. and my second sucky midterm won't count! somebody gimme a cheeseburger.. what a nervewrecking day ... ups and downs of life... but it sure was a jolt though..which will inspire me to try not to fall into the same muck like this in the finals....50 percents certainly can occur...and i should perhaps spend more time with the books. ~ andrenaline rush man.... phew that was a close shave ~ (Comment on this)