| 03.17.02 Sunday St. Patrick's Day Hey Thanks if you've been visiting and checkin' on how i am doin'! I hope I haven't disappointed you. Yeah, as you see, I didn't update that often lately. You know why, 'cause I've been sort of struggling through this paper for my abnormal child psychology class. wow, it took me more than 10 days to browse around, wanting to decide a topic... i kept changing my mind and worrying too much... always wishing to find the perfect articles. it's pressing close, it's due tomorrow. finally, on thursday i sat at a computer in the reference area on 4th floor in the Robarts Library, and came up with a so-called "outline" for my essay. well, i was working on the topic "facial recogniton of emotion of childhood social phobia" this whole time, and then trying to put "school" into it. hm... it didn't quite workout, until I got to see my T.A. at Sickkids so that i gain some new light now on how to write it. since saturday, i have been diving into my articles and just storming the ideas out on the computer. so far, efforts in the past ten days do not seem to be done in vain. Actually, it's not that i don't wanna come up and update. there have been a lot of wonderful things happening around me lately! and also a lot for me to think of. My FAMILY came and was in Toronto for the past two weekends! First, it took a couple of days to icebreak and warm up. but then, we started to relax and click a bit! Particularly, HAPPY 23rd ANNIVERSARY to MOM and DAD on March 10 (last sunday). Praise and Thank God the pastor at Church reminded us to enjoy Sabbath as time for rest, a time for family and time to build relationships. Though I needed to study, I sort of dropped that 'cause I was too excited and felt so special that our whole family could actually spend my parents' anniversary together! Let's celebrate! How? After we had dinner on Sunday nite at Kowloon on Cecil (actually, my family has been eating at Kowloon for four times during their two weekends here) I suggested that we all come to my dinky little room and play BIG TWO, and other card games. Yup, we were so hyper and it was so much fun: Instead of using our hands to slam, we used our FEET to play the "Blanket" card game! I can tell you more details later if you want to! My sis Adriana got to stay over at my room. sleeping bag on the floor, (I am glad i happened to have vaccuumed friday morning!) suitcase on the side... and then it all worked out fine.... I loved the bed talks and everything; just her being here with me made all the difference! besides my family, I have also been thinking about my FRIENDS. It's mid-march already. six months have already gone by for this year of school meaning summer is coming. time for moving out is pressing in. yet this time, i feel that it's gonna be a little bit different. though i'll probably stay at Wetmore Hall again this summer, I can't imagine what's gonna happen next september. A lot of people close to and around me are going to be leaving or graduating. Grace and Priscilla will finish in May. Ariadne might not come back. Jacqueline might apply for other rezes. Loretta might be moving out to other places. All the sudden, i am almost done with my third year in university. all the sudden things and people going to make a big change. I have become very nostalgic. Perhaps, this is going to be a preliminary preparation before the real convo so that i'd be ready for the farewells then? I don't know how to imagine, but I know that things will be very different next year. I know that I am going to miss the times here with my close friends a lot and a lot. I only want to treasure each and every single moment being with them now in the remaining couple months and engrave each of these precious moments onto my heart. |
| 03.19.02 3:39am It was only Monday, but I am feeling "tired" already! I feel tired, but I cannot fall asleep. I wonder, what do I really need? walked around my room, switched the side light on, switched the side light off... i munched on some Lebanese desserts from a sandwich bag .... It's so difficult to resist switching on the computer; I just click on email, click on the I.E. icon, and serve pointlessly. Yet, i did it again. I refused to get on ICQ. I figured from the bottom of my heart, I needed a break. I need a retreat in a quiet place. I want everything that's going on, everything that I am thinking of to stop, perhaps, for me. So I can rest. Yes, there is too much going on. I need some rest. I skipped class today because I was too exhausted and brain-dead. I even told my Mom that, and she encouraged me. It's so nice to hear her voice and her call... OH! I need a break.... z z z z z z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z |
| 03.28.02 Pulled my first all-on-my-own all-nighter of the year. I was the last one to leave the Wetmore Study Hall. Didn't think much about it, just hoping to finish studying for JLP 315 - Language Acquisition. End up - brain dead for the test. Nodding off in class; oh, i felt so embarrassed. Can studying ever be finished? I'll take me a whole Easter Weekend to make up for my sleep! |
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