You know spring is here when...
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colors and
life are all around you.
Would anyone know how to appreciate life if there was no death?
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5:52 AM
I just don't get my priorities right
Spent my whole friday afternoon and night:
1) arranging all my photos in my harddisk. painstakingly arranged and renamed all my utah and last semester's photos, compiled from various people's cams, in
chronological sequence (i'm really particular abt the sequence!)
don't let my effort go to waste:
http://meteorflower.shutterfly.com :P btw, looking at my past fotos made me more determined to LOSE WEIGHT.
2) researching on digicams! :P
i just can't wait to lay my hands on a prettier, slimmer and better camera! the more i see these pretty cameras, the more i am disatisfied with my pok camera! *oogle oogle*
Apparently, there is a theory that every year during Cornell days (when accepted high sch students come and tour cornell), ithaca's weather will
cunningly act fine to delude the prospective cornellians and their parents. indeed we had sunny and fine weather the last 2 days.. but the collusion broke down today - raining almost the whole day.
boooo...
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1:48 PM
Luxury is...
...going out of your room without having to go through the hassle of donning layer after layer of thick warm jackets/sweaters and wearing socks and boots/shoes. boy i am glad those days are over (for now) :)
last night, before i conked out on bed, i was actually planning where and what to eat for my first breakfast in spore after being away for 8 months (that is assuming my parents can come and fetch me from the airport at 7am!) tough choice between bedok market, kiliney kaya toast outside my house, or katong's prawn noodle. i decided on big fresh prawns and prawn noodles becuz they are sth i really havent eaten AT ALL since i came here! but first, i got to check if my daddy is willing to take leave on tt day or not :P
last last night, while studying for org chem prelim, i suddenly thought of linda and the big hug she promised me :) i hope i don't break into tears when tt time comes... :P
why do i
always come out of every org chem prelim feeling demoralized and doubting my decision of majoring in chemistry? :(
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7:13 AM
Sporadic thoughts...
My new love...Running! With my earphones plugged in, i feel i am in my own world and running past the real world; with all my attention focussed on my thoughts and mind, i hardly realise i am pushing my physical body that far. Instead of stoning and daydreaming and thinking all sorts of things in my small little room and then later feeling guilty of wasting my time, running is undoubtedly a more productive alternative: be rewarded with the solitude and comfort of being in touch with your inner self AS WELL AS the eradication of fats and calories and the boost to my low metabolism rate all at the same time! :D
My all-time love...Planning! for the future Planning for next semester's and future semesterS' courses! Planning for breaks! Planning for trips! My number one distraction from my mundane sch life. Life always looks more beautiful at a distance.
Some things never change...1) I still can't write essays for nuts. Producing an essay at the eleventh hour has been my inherent working style since sec sch, but for 2 consecutive essays, i was unable to turn them in on time. gosh. :( 2) mishaps are still prevalent during my lab work. i thought i slightly improved already, until my thermometer exploded during distillation. thankfully my TA was very sympathetic and nice abt it, she even replaced my thermometer for me (if not i would have to pay another 100 bucks for tt thing probably). 3) I am slow at learning everything, and that includes learning how to drive a car. can kind of drive now la, but not 100% confidence yet...
A new hope...The best news i had yesterday: my math prelim score! a surprise to me cuz i thought i could not do the question which i thought was the simplest topic of all. even my math lecturer was surprised: he gave out the scripts one by one, and while he passed it to me he peered at my score and then took another look and said
something like "wow". restored a bit of my morale in math since my below-class-median score (yucks yucks yucks) in prelim 1...
Bizarre grades...I seriously thought i made a lot more mistakes in my second jap oral prelim than in my first oral prelim, but my grade was better this time?! wakarimasen! on the other hand, my daily grade is getting worse... gosh... what is wrong?!
Still missing it...
Girl power! HEEz! :P Enjoying the panoramic view at the top of Neon canyon!
My awesome team members during our final hike! Taking a break after scaling the canyons with our backpacks and knowing we are on the right way!
It's just amazing how 12 people with such varied personalities could actually work so well together as a team. The things that we share - common experience, lingo, jokes - would not be easily forgotten even as we go on separate ways once we are back to civilization. These great people made it possible for me to survive the trip, and made my days in the wilderness thoroughly enjoyable and unforgettable!
Joy of cooking...
Ok, i didn't actually take part in the cooking process, two of my future housemates cooked LAKSA and guo tie and fried tofu and invited us to eat. The food was good, but i thought the cooking and washing-up processes were even more fun when the whole lot of us were confined in the small kitchen and lots of hilarious things happened haha. Can't wait for the 14 of us to move into our house in aug! hehe!
List of things to look forward to when i get back (still growing):1)
6A CLASS CHALET!!! my beloved class, miss all u guys! yay, relive the good days of watching late-night soccer game and seeing the black horse stage an upset! MUAHAHA!
2) Possibly a trip with les to taiwan!
3) Possibly a trip with yun, lin, di and si to thailand!
4) Promised treats from gary and wai kit! I'm gonna hunt down the best restaurants in spore after my exams! (of course, let's hope tt gary will be accepted by williams or amherst then i will automatically get a treat in Ritz as promised!)
5) A new camera from daddy!
6) most importantly, home sweet home! :)
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3:09 AM
Ridiculous weather
Err... it's april already, but it's snowing right now?!
Ridiculous leh! ithaca's weather is insane.
My morning was good, cuz i understood what's going on during org chem lecture for the FIRST time in ages.
Screwed up my math prelim and jap oral prelim AGAIN. Oh man, am i just stupid or all my courses this semester just so coincidentally are that difficult? :(
Quite excited now cuz my schedule for next sem is more or less in place alr yay (after painstakingly choosing, planning and arranging the courses for ages), and my work attachment details are out! interesting stuff! (at least it looks interesting for now...)
i am convinced i lost weight within the span of my backpacking trip, judging from the fotos taken during the trip. but in any case, i have gained everything pound of mass back by now, judging from my current mirror image.
I told myself i must record down my daily experiences/reflections for the backpacking trip once i come back but till now i haven't done it yet. gah.
i just have to say this for the (n+1)th time: i can't wait to go home! :D
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3:09 AM
The SPRING motivation!
No "6A motivation" for now, here comes the next best alternative!
it's SPRING, baby!! SHeesh i wish i had my cam with me but here's the picture: The sun is out, so is everyone! and everyone is in short sleeve shirts and shorts/mini-skirts! people are dining outdoors! people are playing frisbee on the lawns! people are sprawled on the grass, reading or napping! and some girls are sunbathing in bikinis, can u believe it! the temp reached 23 degree celcius today! OMG, is this ithaca???
OF COURSE! this is SPRING at ithaca! after living in a all-yr-round-constant-temp country for 19 years, i finally understand the meaning of spring! u can just feel it in the air, and it's so amazingly uplifting! i just can't help but feel cheerful all day (despite not understanding A WORD in org chem lect today, i am not lying!)
and you won't believe what the power of this "spring motivation" did to me, guys!!! i did the most incredible thing today!!
i went jogging for 55 min just now!!!
i am so amazed by myself k! i used to think jogging/running was the most sian exercise ever, thanks to years of madatory jogging on rgs field/rj track for stupid 2.4. i thought my j2 2.4 run was the last time i would ever run this far in my life. ok, so i jogged with christine on the brandnew rj track a few times last yr to try and lose weight haha (OMG that is one yr ago!!) but well, i thought i would never jog alone for the rest of my life at least.
and i ran today! feels so great!!!
ran a long looping route around my campus: starting from my dorm, passed Beebe lake (i forgot Beebe lake can be filled with liquid rather than solid H20!), ag quad, the sport stadium, engine quad, tip of college town, down to west campus, up the libe slope, through arts quad, back to north campus! as i ran, i just can't help my admire my lovely campus and recall what happened exactly a year ago: it was 31march, the day before the official day of admission decision and i was eagerly waiting for that letter from Cornell. my mum called me while i was window-shopping at novena square after lessons and i asked "da4 de hai2 shi4 xiao3 de???" "DA4 de!!!" and i "YESH" in the fitting room! LOL.
a yr ago, at that point in time, cornell was the only place i wanted to study; a yr later, i am glad i followed my heart admist all the obstacles, and i don't regret my decision :)
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6:15 AM
