its been a long day, therefore it has been a crappy day! yup, thats my philosophy... and its still not over, a 3h class in a little bit. just enough time to blog a bit
letsee.... im listening to Crazy by aerosmith, i like.... i think its old, but i feel like im going crazy now....
this chinese new year will not be spent collecting money, but catching up like a mad woman. i have a presentation and 2 assignments due the monday, and a calculus quiz on the wednesday, and perhaps a lab on monday and a report due on monday (depending if the ta is nice and merciful). perhaps more assignments to come and more fun stuff.
i am totally lost in calc... i hate it.... i dont think i've hated calculus before. tonights stv class will be spent catching up on notes, and assignments that i can somehow concentrate on during my incompetents prof's lecture of blah blah blah.... hopefully this time i can get my laptop and the wirelesss up and running so that I can occupy myself and do something useful!
yes, and must write that essay for stv too... that shouldnt be too bad... i will look for the article in class.
yea... this term is going to hard... im kinda worried... i dont think ive been this worried before about school, mebbe during 1B.
anyway, time to eat dinner and get ready for class!
o yes, my new favourite quote. i know its mean, but i still like it.
"some people are like slinkies. they dont have a particular use, but still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs"
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Its an ICERINK out there
so im back from my SUPER long day at school.... about 9 30 am - almost 10 30pm. geeeezzzzzzz couldnt even work on my assignment in class due to my laptop not working and HORRIBLE battery life!!
note to self: next time i get a laptop, battery life and portability are important factors!
so last week and this week up to this morning was spent mostly on work term report.... damn those things.... every little thing takes so long.... i should have done more of it at work when i was bored...
anyway, its been freezing raining here and i shudder to think of how tomorrow morning will be like. debating whether to wear con's snow boots or my sneakers. my sneakers have no grip, but con's boots are a little heeled. it took me almost 10 min to get to cph today! i live across the street and a bit only!
this week is mad catching up. lots and lots of assignments to do and reading to catch up on. profs are pretty bad this term. lets go thru them:
Transportation: this one is not to bad. his voice kinda sounds like kermit with a chinese accent, but other than that, he's pretty clear, decent notes. my one complaint is that the dinky (300pg) textbook costs $120+! o well, we just photocopied it! hehehe.... im a rebel! :P
Structures: this one is pretty bad. apparently my prof had taught one of my previous prof who has already retired!! anyway, this guy seems to have a tendancy of making things harder than they are. i mean, ive done virtual work and other stuff he's talked about, but it just seems so much harder!!! too many symbols!!!! and i heard his exams and assignments are pretty brutal... :( o well, what can i do..... must read text and review notes this weekend!!
Water Quality: this prof is pretty good so far. kinda goes off on tangents, but his notes are great. we'll see after assignment one and the labs next week....
Geotechnical Engineering: what can i say, MK teaches this class... must read notes... his assignments already had so many changes to it... o yea, his lectures are pretty sleep worthy. he doesnt seem to know a lot, but what he knows for sure, he lkes to repeat it throughout the entire lecture. for instance, lecture 1 i learned, "rocks are hard". 2nd lecture, "sands are not as hard as rocks". 3rd lecture "water makes rocks wet". i was in a daze and copied that down... :S
Calculus: 5th calc course and LAST thank goodness! the prof is all over the place, our assignemnt had NOTHING to do with what we did in class. yet another self teach course... his voice is also perfect for puttting people to sleep. his notes dont make much sense, have titles really, or explainations... it jsut seems to have some letters ...
STV: yes, thats STV and NOT STD. this prof is a nut. he doenst seem to have any worth listening to, and his voice just DRONES AND DRONES.... i think i would pay more attention if i recorded him for the 2 hours and then played it at home fast forwarded. i just want it to be a high mark class, i'll need it this term for sure....
this seems to be a long term where my text books are once again my good freinds. good bye to carefree second year.... i suppose the only good news so far is that i am DONE my WTR and i have an INTERVIEW! yup, its with a water company, so we'll see!
note to self: next time i get a laptop, battery life and portability are important factors!
so last week and this week up to this morning was spent mostly on work term report.... damn those things.... every little thing takes so long.... i should have done more of it at work when i was bored...
anyway, its been freezing raining here and i shudder to think of how tomorrow morning will be like. debating whether to wear con's snow boots or my sneakers. my sneakers have no grip, but con's boots are a little heeled. it took me almost 10 min to get to cph today! i live across the street and a bit only!
this week is mad catching up. lots and lots of assignments to do and reading to catch up on. profs are pretty bad this term. lets go thru them:
Transportation: this one is not to bad. his voice kinda sounds like kermit with a chinese accent, but other than that, he's pretty clear, decent notes. my one complaint is that the dinky (300pg) textbook costs $120+! o well, we just photocopied it! hehehe.... im a rebel! :P
Structures: this one is pretty bad. apparently my prof had taught one of my previous prof who has already retired!! anyway, this guy seems to have a tendancy of making things harder than they are. i mean, ive done virtual work and other stuff he's talked about, but it just seems so much harder!!! too many symbols!!!! and i heard his exams and assignments are pretty brutal... :( o well, what can i do..... must read text and review notes this weekend!!
Water Quality: this prof is pretty good so far. kinda goes off on tangents, but his notes are great. we'll see after assignment one and the labs next week....
Geotechnical Engineering: what can i say, MK teaches this class... must read notes... his assignments already had so many changes to it... o yea, his lectures are pretty sleep worthy. he doesnt seem to know a lot, but what he knows for sure, he lkes to repeat it throughout the entire lecture. for instance, lecture 1 i learned, "rocks are hard". 2nd lecture, "sands are not as hard as rocks". 3rd lecture "water makes rocks wet". i was in a daze and copied that down... :S
Calculus: 5th calc course and LAST thank goodness! the prof is all over the place, our assignemnt had NOTHING to do with what we did in class. yet another self teach course... his voice is also perfect for puttting people to sleep. his notes dont make much sense, have titles really, or explainations... it jsut seems to have some letters ...
STV: yes, thats STV and NOT STD. this prof is a nut. he doenst seem to have any worth listening to, and his voice just DRONES AND DRONES.... i think i would pay more attention if i recorded him for the 2 hours and then played it at home fast forwarded. i just want it to be a high mark class, i'll need it this term for sure....
this seems to be a long term where my text books are once again my good freinds. good bye to carefree second year.... i suppose the only good news so far is that i am DONE my WTR and i have an INTERVIEW! yup, its with a water company, so we'll see!
Monday, January 09, 2006
Back at Loo
well, actually i've been back for a week, now. havent really been keeping up with blogging, really busy with classes, stupid wtr, and just basically settling back into school mode. went on my ski trip with darrick this weekend! it was great! im really a chicken, idunno, im just so scared that i'll break something, and i need more confidence going down the hills. darrick was really patient with me though, :), and we both had a lot of fun.
we stayed at the village lodges, and went night skiing on saturday night. i scared driving so far in the dark, everything was just black and deserted, and i should have gotten better directions. but we got there alright, with the help of a trusty ontario map. darrick said he should have gotten the gps software thingy, that basically you put on your laoptop and it just navigates for you and talks to you too. unfortunately, navigating is not one of my fortes...
sking was fun, we went down the beginners ones only, but the one we ended going on the most was pretty high up and long. i dont like the lift ride much, its so jolty and i feel like i might just fall out! the lodge itself was really nice, i wish i took a picture of it before we messed it up... lol it was really nice to just spend time with my darrick without school, worries, etc...
coming back was also a little scary. since we got the bed and breakfast pkg, we just left shortly after breakfast so that we would get home earlier and darrick could finish his wtr! we HATE highway 19, its everywhere, it seemed that we passed by a high way 19 almost 5 times!!! anywa, we were trying to turn around cuz we got to a more deserted residential road, and practially slid sideways into someone's driveway. the driveways there are reallllllly long and some can be pretty steep. this one wasnt even that steep! anyway, justin's poor neon, went down to the bottem and couldnt get back up. we were stuck! o, and did i mention that there were NO TRESPASSING signs nailed on the trees next to the driveway entrance? we didnt mean to trespsass, it just happened, the guy wasnt too happy (to say the least) and left us there as he roared off in his truck! anyhow, darrick tried pushing, but all that was happening, since there was at least a 2 inch layer of ice/snow underneath, the car just kept sliding, and melting the snow, and the snow just kept freezing back into ice.
so, darrick told me to see if i could get anyone to stop and help us out. i waved to a pontiac hatchback, with 3 guys in it, explained the situation and asked if they could help push us out. and they did, and it worked, and we were off and on our way home again. my timmies coupons were put to good use, their fruit yogurt is pretty good! much better than mcdonalds. i had to get new eyeliner on my way back, cuz my old one was gunky, so we stopped at conestoga mall, and i got a new pair of runners! a pair of kool looking sketchers for only $40!
got home, took a nap, cooked some beans, and didnt do ANY work all night! now i gtg buy some books, and continue cracking down on my work term report!!!
it was a great trip, and pics are posted in my msn space! i wanna go back again for reading week with more people! thanks again for the car, justin!
http://spaces.msn.com/members/catsbluecastle/
ps. i originally started this blog so that i could keep in touch with my friends , and family that i didnt get to see as much. it really helped me update little things that happened in my life, especially to darrick since he was in cali. i find it quite therapeutic and calming, and helps me "record" events, so i can look back on it. im going to keep updating it, as best as i can, perhaps not as frequently, cuz i really do enjoy writing. besides, my english needs a lot of brushing up! lol....
we stayed at the village lodges, and went night skiing on saturday night. i scared driving so far in the dark, everything was just black and deserted, and i should have gotten better directions. but we got there alright, with the help of a trusty ontario map. darrick said he should have gotten the gps software thingy, that basically you put on your laoptop and it just navigates for you and talks to you too. unfortunately, navigating is not one of my fortes...
sking was fun, we went down the beginners ones only, but the one we ended going on the most was pretty high up and long. i dont like the lift ride much, its so jolty and i feel like i might just fall out! the lodge itself was really nice, i wish i took a picture of it before we messed it up... lol it was really nice to just spend time with my darrick without school, worries, etc...
coming back was also a little scary. since we got the bed and breakfast pkg, we just left shortly after breakfast so that we would get home earlier and darrick could finish his wtr! we HATE highway 19, its everywhere, it seemed that we passed by a high way 19 almost 5 times!!! anywa, we were trying to turn around cuz we got to a more deserted residential road, and practially slid sideways into someone's driveway. the driveways there are reallllllly long and some can be pretty steep. this one wasnt even that steep! anyway, justin's poor neon, went down to the bottem and couldnt get back up. we were stuck! o, and did i mention that there were NO TRESPASSING signs nailed on the trees next to the driveway entrance? we didnt mean to trespsass, it just happened, the guy wasnt too happy (to say the least) and left us there as he roared off in his truck! anyhow, darrick tried pushing, but all that was happening, since there was at least a 2 inch layer of ice/snow underneath, the car just kept sliding, and melting the snow, and the snow just kept freezing back into ice.
so, darrick told me to see if i could get anyone to stop and help us out. i waved to a pontiac hatchback, with 3 guys in it, explained the situation and asked if they could help push us out. and they did, and it worked, and we were off and on our way home again. my timmies coupons were put to good use, their fruit yogurt is pretty good! much better than mcdonalds. i had to get new eyeliner on my way back, cuz my old one was gunky, so we stopped at conestoga mall, and i got a new pair of runners! a pair of kool looking sketchers for only $40!
got home, took a nap, cooked some beans, and didnt do ANY work all night! now i gtg buy some books, and continue cracking down on my work term report!!!
it was a great trip, and pics are posted in my msn space! i wanna go back again for reading week with more people! thanks again for the car, justin!
http://spaces.msn.com/members/catsbluecastle/
ps. i originally started this blog so that i could keep in touch with my friends , and family that i didnt get to see as much. it really helped me update little things that happened in my life, especially to darrick since he was in cali. i find it quite therapeutic and calming, and helps me "record" events, so i can look back on it. im going to keep updating it, as best as i can, perhaps not as frequently, cuz i really do enjoy writing. besides, my english needs a lot of brushing up! lol....
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