Extra-Long Week-end

Oh man. What a long. I mean LONG week it has been. I feel too lazy, just slotting around the house… =/ I think its time to go back to school. Scary enough, I miss it. [ those words will bite me in the arse later on when I will be pulling all nighters. Ahaha] Anyways.

So yesterday wasn’t too bad, went out. Oh man, seriously… I hate this city ahahha, driving just just absolutely hectic!!! Anyways, especially with Wal-Mart. Need I say more? Well, the worst was over after I went to Chapters and picked up a few books.

The Last Song- Nicholas Sparks--i'll write a blog just about the book :) some other day

Italian-English Dictionairy =D

Im going to shout it loud and proud to the world… I am an Italian dictionairy owner!! I shall treasure that book like a Bible. I kid you not =/ LOL seriously… its like …. My favourite book in a creppy weird way but anyhow.

I read through Dear John at chapters…its pretty nice. I mean if you watch the trailer over and over and over and over and over again,you get a good idea of the characters and after you read it, it makes it easier to visualize.

Well… Friday, I went out, saw Leap Year xD

1- IRELAND is frigging GEORGOUS!!!

2- Looove the movie. Ahahah Its sooo cute (well then again, im a sucker for foreign love movies LOL ) but yeah…this girl thinks that her boyfriend that she has been with for 4 years was going to propose to her, but turns out he gives her earrings the night before he leaves to Ireland for a work thing…so according to this Irish tradition on LEAP YEAR, which is ever 4 years, the woman can propose to a man. It is some kind of the ONLY day …so she ends up going after him to Ireland to propose to him on leap year. But yeah… the plane lands away from her destination because of a storm. So yeah…worth watching. Has funny moments its really cute. The theather though I warn was filled with all woman Ahahah and some men were dragged to go . Awe. overall...predictable...but hey its pretty good :)

Well that about sums up my long long long weekend. I still have a stack of binders I haven’t put away yet *tsk *tsk LOL and yeah…still not ready for second sem. I didn’t’ even practice factoring! IM SCREWED! LMAO

Reality still hasn’t sunk in that exam return day is tomorrow *shyt* -_-; Well see how that goes… I suppose..

Then there is the Grammy’s Tonight! WOOT* Its going to be awesome!! Black Eyed Peas are going to perform …. Can’t wait and Lady Gaga is going to win awards… it got me thinking…as weird as she is …she is the most popular artist towards youth today (apart from Justin Beiber) but anyways, im really glad that youths today are accepting change! I mean…it’s the same with Adam Lambert, he didn’t win American Idol…but hell, he is REALLY popular, loved and accepted by so many youths today!

Anyways. ..

Take Care!

C

Broken Mirror

(c) Célina. W 2010
Well here's one of the rough art work:]

Vampire Diaries

Oh man!! Vampire Diaries = officially best favorites seriess!!!
Damon <333

It's been a long time coming

Ahhh!! It's been a while since I've blogged and I miss it!
Wow, alot has been going on since I have last posted. Oh man .... it is safe to say.... EXAMS ARE OVVEEEERRRR!!! I looked at my blogged and was so relieved, I got to delete 8 check points! -_-; *phew!
Anyways, now the only stressful, last panic mode thing to worry about is final marks! *dun dun dunn!! Oh man!
Anyways, exams were just a killer, but apart from that... things have been lighting up. I mean I surprisingly didn't have a break down! :O Ahhha, thats quite an accomplishment ^_^

Well were almost to Febuary (omg) and things are piling up... Glad to see snow on the ground, and excited for the Olympics that are coming up! :)
Feb check points:

- panic for chemistry
-die in math
- pass out when getting report card
- scream for the Olympics xD
-craze for badminton =D

Lastly, I have started to draw alot... it feels good and I miss it! I hope someday I can paint bigger versions on canvas =)

I want to end off by shouting out for my Ateh! Im sooo happy for you ;] Happy few weeks <3 Ahhha
With Love,
C

The Concept of "Hard Work Pays Off"

Haven't blogged in a while... I guess you can call it lazyness.
So what a week it has been! I truly feels like someone just stacked books in front of you, labelled "homework" and demands it to be done in a short amount of time. Result: fatigue, under eyed circles, Insomnia, terrible eating habits! I kid you not, I feel like im a guinea pig being experimented on how-much-work-you-can-handle-before-exploding. LOL
Anyways,

French- typical work. A Pre-Exam is to be expected monday -_- Which I will so forget. Finally finished all those Autobigraphies!!!=) Oh happy days!!
English- Too behind, and now we have a presentation to finish!!Oh no!!! LOL Seriously though, some irrelavent things to do....like... match character soul with a solar system and make connection between the two o_O
Biologie- Well.... you truly are a pain in the butt. After stressing that I bombed a test and running in cirlces yelling "The sky is falling!" "The sky is falling!" I can finally stop and say.... Hard work pays off!:) Had a presentation today, you have no idea how nervous I was.... my heart was pounding so fast! The concern: presentation time max, 10 minutes.... How was I to finish explaining 38 power point slides in that.... I mean.... Is that even mathematically possible? LOL

Tired.
Im definitely exhausted.... and my body is telling me I need rest, I feel like im catching a cold due to exhaustion... Fear not. I will rest... soon. LOL Just a few more things to finish.... 1 presentation 1 pre-exam test 893742897429374329874983274687264879326432 hours of studying and 10 hours of exams.
And im home free. I can hopefully be one step closer to being accepted. HOPEfully.

I gotta keep praying and working my but of !

Take Care!

MarieC

Dreams in need of reality

So just figured out that blogspot works at school! This is excellent! I definitely can do much more writing now... Since I got to study at home this week and the next... -_- So not looking forward to exams. Anyways, definitely had the weirdest dream yesterday ahaha so I shall inform. Well, its been two nights now that i've dreamt of this Italian band. LOL read.

So last week this is what happened:

Well my dream started out with me in Italy
How I was in love with the country
I met this Italian band
because I am their number 1 fan
Then we hung out for a while
This were beyond great
Man wouldn't it have been the best date
I was taken to their home to meet the family
We've had a great time till unexpectively
a coffin appeared
and my sister was to come , from not near
Next thing I knew I was running in the woods
A coyote running after us- I should stop reading books
Until we hit the edge of a cliff
we were scared for out lives that someone would flip (off)
Surely enough one did,
Luckily was saved with
a guitar strap on a brance
the coyote left and we advanced
we saved him over the cliff
headed back to dish
we had dinner and sang songs
he had a song for me all along
sadly the dream started to fade
what could the meaning be anyway?
the green hills and blue sky
was time to say goodbye
two georgous italian guys
I was disturbed and heard some noise
back to reality its 7'o clock
was awaken from a knock
surely knew it wasn't the end
someday I would see them again


Ahahhaa, so that's what happened last week.
Anyways, do dreams really contain secret morals or hidden messages?
What a dream! dont' you hate the ones that are so vivid
and seem too real ? absolutely....scary! LOL


Anyhows, Here was my interpretation of it- I guess I took the message as me meeting someone
in the futur, someone i'd love just as much as my love for Italy itself. Anyways, I also thought that the coffin would symbolized my fear of losing a close one which has been on my mind and been driving me nuts! Anyhows, I thought that the fact that my sister showed up was reassurance of our bond in the futur, hopefully we'd stick by each other through the rough times and that I would okay. Since in my dream I was beyond happy, I really do pray that I will too be happy one day with someone. Ahah sucks the futur is so unpredictable.


Anyhows. How about you ?



Take Care,
Marie C

Journey: Moving On

Hello.

Well... it surely has been quite a day I suppose. Wasn't too bad- french we played a game...darn we were 6 minutes away from leaving because the teacher was late =/
English.... wow, we just read and talked.... no fun...then these friken grade 10's are out in the hall skipping class and making noise like they so cool. The teacher goes off in vending off about how stupid these kids are for not going to class. She is having a hard time understand why's so.
Anyhows I really couldn't blame her- I mean really... WHY NOT go to class? I mean... going to class just makes your life easy. You sit in a semi-comfortable chair and you just listen.. HECK! don't even listen, just make sure your eyes are directed to the teacher who's speaking...occasionally nod. Thats it!! I mean oppose to being in the halls, disrupting others, talking about nonsense and 5 minute of fame news as well as getting in trouble and so on.... just go to class. Oppose to being kids in 3rd world countries who work in contaminated dumpsters and honestly are slaved to work in fields and homes or child labour.... WHAT IS WRONG with this unappreciative generation? ANYWAYS. total tangeant.
Anyhows... following that- Got a stack of homework that is due. Oh my word. Read this..do this...study that... ARGH!!
So after making a huge dinner (Gotta post the recipe) I did a few hours of homework then went to the gym. How weird was it....
Meet up with some friends there... walked in and things just seemed different. Something was missing. Someone was missing. Its been longs month's since I've been there.... I gotta say the first tiem walking in surely felt weird. lonely even. Just keep walking I thought...
After a few minutes or so, I meet up with some friends... even the more ackward. I mean my mind was somewhere else... I couldn't focus on how fast I was running on the threadmill or how long I was on those ski machines.
After a few minutes... started to laugh it off with some friends. A different group of friends really make a big difference in your life. It really does open a much new PERSPECTIVE. You see things from other views... I mean after a while I got use to them and we started to laugh off about some things and then I ran into another group... not so friendly... definitely got the look from them. confusion. and probably inner humor. Right then I said to myself... Hell with it. I mean... I'm here having a great time with friends, these are the people who like to do the same thing as me .... these are becoming a step to making healthier choices. these are becoming my positive influences. Afterwards, I gotta say I was darn right sore. I guess you can say, I released alot of ENDORPHIN for all you biologists : )
In simple terms: ENORPHINE: creates a feeling of euphoria (the exercise high), and reduces tension and anxiety. Blood levels of endorphins increase up to five times resting levels during longer duration (greater than 30 minutes) aerobic exercise at moderate to intense levels and also during interval training. Also, after several months of regular exercise, you develop an increased sensitivity to endorphins (a higher high from the same level of endorphins), and endorphins that are produced tend to stay in your blood for a longer period of time. This makes longer duration exercise easier (you're feeling no pain) and it causes your exercise high to last for a longer period of time after exercise. AKA: you feel great after you work out =)
Afterwards, grabbed some hot chocolate and chilled out a bit... Then back to homework. Its a give and take :]
Lastly, ended off the day with episodes of Home Improvement [yea the 90's] and Vampire Diaries [<3] ahahhaha,

Its 11:11! ahahaha

Hope you all have a gre Friday!
Looking forward to the weekend and its upcoming challenges :]

Take Care,
Marie.C

HATRED.

Good Jeebus I’m probably the moodiest person right now haha, went from a great day to a terrible, irritating, annoying and darn right pessimistic day. I swear I try not to be like this! =P

FRIG. What the hell is wrong with me? I had a splendid day. Where did it go wrong… Maybe you can help!

- Got home from school

- Did homework

- blogged

- msn

- made dinner

- msn

- homework

- read

- sleep

UGH! So that “Friend” y’know he is pissing me off. His status is always like “THINKING” and stuff… and then when I talk to him to be like “what’s up man” and stuff… he gives me attitude. FRIK! I mean seriously…. This whole “my thoughts are my thoughts, your thoughts are you thoughts…” CRAPP is enough. Another thing that pisses the HELL outta me from him is…. “ (insert name) was right… I shouldn’t over think!” I HATE it when he uses my ‘friends’ name…WHY? Well lets see… him talking to my friends about problems equals distance between us. I mean when I’m around them its sooo ackward! WTF! I mean they just stare as if I’m guilty of something …or when they ask… “so whats…new?” its like seriously, so ackward! Another thing, “Well one of us has to open up” when talking and honestly its like… oh jeeez, thanks for taking one for the team *eye rolls* UGH! I’m in need of a shrink right now… LMAO

I think I’ve vended enough- prolly just feeling the stress o_O

Cure: maybe sleep…more than 4 hours? I shall try it.

#1fan: how is the music uhm transferring going’? like… Dj earworm and stuff?

Take Care,

Fa La La La, what a day!

"ahoj"
>Czech greetings to all!

WHAT A DAY! Okay...so I dont know if its this "high" from getting 4 hours of sleep but WHAT A DAY =D
Okay, so before I get into my day, yesterday was what a night! Relatives came over right...so It was completely random! I mean like.... They call and was like...were coming by after 5. So I was like....wtf? Because we didn't have anything for supper! So then, I was l
ike ...aw man what to cook!
And the relatives were like.... no don't worry, we came to visit -_- But honestly, even if you say that, you don't go somewhere without having a bite. So then my mother came home (THANK GOODNESS!) She picked up a few things at the grocery!! So made platters of like Brie and baguette, and veggies etc...and my mom and I made pasta! (since the kids hate Chinese food....which is totally ironic ) Anyhows. The night was MUCH better than the other day when I had to drive there. There was still ALOT of sub-text talk, but in the end, I was complimented as being a great hostess xD
So they ended up leaving at 9:30pm. so not good, I lost 5 hours of homework time! Ugh, that was the primairy reasong was I wasn't to happy with their unexpected arrival. So ended up having to rush all my english homework, get ahead in the bio notes and finsih french.... oh man what a night. I finished all by 12am, thankfully. then I spent the next hour and half reading then english book, we were expected to read 65 pages! Did I mention it was size 4 font!!! -_- Fell asleep, and the ipod din't work! CURSE! lol

Today.

Woke up early, and made my parents lunch (don't comment. LOL )
Anyhows, went to school and it was a great day!
French...meh, we did FW and Verbes- sarcastic yay
English- FINALLY started that darn english assignment thats due soon! LOL
Bio- got my test back (RELEIF) I didn't fail!!!! LOL and continued note....booooo!

Spare- Oh man was sooo jokes. I wrote a song for the english assignment (b/c we have to "creative" so we wrote a song... about Northrop Frye, Inherit the wind and Civil Obedience ....think of it like some MESSED up remix! HAHAHA 100% entertaining and 120% weird.

Lastly, I met a new friend from Mexico!!! she's soo cool!!!

Anyhows, today was a great day I must say!
Just need to learn to balance.

I hope you all had a fantastique day as well!!!!!

P.S- Deluxe pizza tastes weird! LOL

Take Care!
Marie- C

From boring to better

"witaj"
>Polish greetings to all!

What a day, what a day.so I was originally suppose to wake up early for Table Tennis....yeah, that didn't work out so well =P
well... it would of, but 1) I slept to late 2)the sun wasn't out

what a day today! School seems to be getting more and more boring as the days go by...
French- Gerondif PART II! English... Northrop Frye PART II x_x zzzzz (yawn) He talks in ABSOLUTE circles -_- Then Biologie....ugh. Its so boring! I mean... we talked about hormones... we currently leant I think 7 or 8 ....out of 26 X_X Im screwed!! LOL I hear Night School calling my name =P
But fear not... The day got much better, outside of school . Went to the chapel and started to play piano and guitar. Well attempted I suppose, I wrote a few more poems last night so I tried to fit some melodies to go with it. not that bad, my friend came by at 4th. So much fuun! He played the guitar and I told him "we gotta make up a melody" and so he came up with this GENIUS melody its rediculous. The best part was its sort of a duet so I can play it on the piano =D
So seems like one thing on my New Years resolution can be crossed off faster than I expected ^_^
Finally got home and got a call from my father....The pain in the butts relatives are coming over here. HERE! At this very house.. UGH! So not looking forward. I see alot of ackward moments and just plain sub-texts. This should be interesting.... I guess the fate of the world being saved from WWIII outbreak is once again in jeopardy.
Lastly, so behind on homework... to much stuff to do. Especially English o_O
Anyhows, before I get to any more depressing thoughts about homework .... lol
I wanna dedicate this poem to my #1 blog reader-fan.

-so copyright to célina.2010 (c) -

-Unnamed-

Life's great
You just got to take
It one step at a time
And find yourself on the inside

Don't hate for who you are
this is nothing, but the start
Don't stop believing
just because you're not achieving
One day you'll find what it is you've been searching
You will then realize the things you've been learning

Stay strong
because you know you belong
You're destined to do great things
Patience, your jouney is juse beginning

Don't lose hope
because you never know
The things you might find
And the great things you leave behind

This is life's complicated way
In making you believe in yourself someday
Keep pursuing your dreams
Never give up, encouragement is all you need

(c) célina 2010

^ DEFINITELY want to turn that into a song one day *__*
:)

Cheer Up!

Take Care everyone! Have a splendid day =)
Marie. C

Remembering him

Well I talked to a friend the other day. And he asked me whether or not New Year reflection work. Well...I told him after I write something down, I usually forget about it and try not to think about. Seems that after that Insomnic night yesterday- got me reminiscing my past as I was writing random poems. Ugh. Why am I remembering him? Can't life just move on? Then I heard a song on the radio which
seems very appropriate lol I shall share it. First thought I'm gonna post a poem I wrote yesterday. Tell me what you think of it? What needs to be improved *blah...blah...blah..


So this is dedicated to all those you've experienced summer romance
[this is so copyrighted to Célina-2010]

-That Summer-

That summer you changed my life
when you came, and looked me in the eyes
here we were on a random day
we gazed at each other, not far away
that smile of yours i'll never forget
it is when you left, i felt regret
i miss you each passing day
things just never seem to be the same
you brought happiness to my life
i can't believe you said goodbye
you're now just a passing memory
the times together between you and me
can't believe its over
because you're million miles away
life's not the same
without you here beside me..everyday.
(c) Célina 2010


This song is wicked! to all who's been cheated on-this one's to you .
Youtube to hear the full song!
[This is "Give him up" by: Faber Drive]

She's crying
On the phone
Everyday, it's the same
But she'll never know
He's lying,
He's not alone
At the bar, grinding hard,
With another ho

So wasted,
He stumbles in
Throws the keys on the couch,
Acting innocent,
She won't ask,
Where he's been,
Just wants a kiss from his lips,
Cause she misses him

All this time, it kills me

This is the game that plays away,
He's gonna cheat
Night after night,
Another girl, another drink
She doesn't see that she should be with me
She's gotta give him, g-g-give him up,
She's gotta give him, g-g-give him up,
She's gotta give him, g-g-give him up,
She's gotta give him, g-g-give him up,
She's gotta give him,
G-g-g-give him up

He wakes up
To go to work
Takes his keys, his cds
And a Gucci shirt
He's practised
And well rehearsed
Every line by design
In the mirror first,
She's dressed up
It's Friday night
Sitting home, all alone
Hoping he's alright,
He calls her,
He's working late
She's never thought that he's got,
Another dirty date

All this time,
All this time,
It kills me

This is the game that plays away,
He's gonna cheat
Night after night,
Another girl, another drink
She doesn't see that she should be with me
She's gotta give him, g-g-give him up,
She's gotta give him, g-g-give him up,
She's gotta give him, g-g-give him up,
She's gotta give him, g-g-give him up,
She's gotta give him,
G-g-g-give him up

They say come what may,
But I can't seem to get you off my mind,
They say come what may,
But I can't let you fall for every line
They say come what may,
But I can't watch while you forgive him,
Everytime,
Everytime

This is the game that plays away,
He's gonna cheat
Night after night,
Another girl, another drink
She doesn't see that she should be with me,
She's gotta give him, g-g-give him up,
This is the game that plays away
He's gonna cheat
Night after night,
Another girl, another drink
She doesn't see that she should be with me,
She's gotta give him, g-g-give him up
She's gotta give him, g-g-give him up
She's gotta give him, g-g-give him up
She's gotta give him, g-g-give him up
She's gotta give him,
G-g-g-give him up.

Just gotta keep thinking and moving on, its a New Year
Take Care,
Marie. C

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Insomnia

"Dia Duit"
>Greetings from Ireland!

Yes I'm back from relatives....alive!Well... partially. Came back around 10. Then, planned on going to bed. Yeah right...that didn't work out. Couldn't sleep. Can you believe it? the day before going back to school....back to reality, the most important sleep of my 2 lazy weeks, and I couldn't sleep! Well then, not to worry, I worked productively in those times, wrote 4 poems... listened to some Italian musique, then had a crisis! My ipod broke! Or something.... you see, I can't fall asleep without listening to Italian musique...I guess its like a lullaby? haha cheeezy. But anyways. Yeah so after writing 4 poems, and texted a bit, turned on the ipod (I warn you this happend 3 hours later, so it was literally 1 am. ) then, the ipod played a bit... suddenly it froze! DARN GOODNESS! tried to reset it... didn't work. Tried to smash it... still didn't work. Few minutes later... it goes blank! Black screen! ARRRGGGHHH! I was pretty pissed off. Anyhows, turned on the radio and fell asleep eventually.

So, how was the time at my relatives? Well... I gotta say...it was a first. Of all years that my relatives come from Australia, never have we ever, sat 14 at a table. Yeah....it turned out to be some kind of reunion? o_O"

Not bad , as most would say, heck they say to appreciate...well, it wasn't like any ordinairy gatherings. You see.... I had to drive there for one! Hahah, did i mention I hate driving? Well... WINTER driving!! Especially and hour and a half away, got some crazy people on the roads, cutting into your lane, UGH the nightmare.I've drove to the parallel universe. Entered a strange city.... the city where there are endless restaurants with chinese or viet or korean characters... The hotels around... Hilton. The housings? More than 500,000- 1,000 000 at least for cost...and the cars? Lots of mercedes and Nissans. Almost a déjà vu to Caledon really, were students drive to school in Hummers and ferraries for the least. Finally got there...alive! :] Was welcomed by 3 Australian coursins, awwe there's so cute with their little Australian accents! Entered... not much has changed at my aunts... still the large house. Immediately, "would you like some food!" Didnt' even take my shoes off and already I was offered baked goods! Wait a minute... Did I say baked? yeah.... my aunt and her family..NEVER cook. They do, but RARE. Otherwise its all asian take out...so that was strange. They baked. Wasn't too bad Im alive aren't I?
Anyhows... an hour later, my other cousin came back. She was rushing at the store for last minute school supplies for a project...Yeah due the next day. haha, she's bound to learn one day. So my cousin came...looked totally different. She was heavy on the makeup this time, fliped out her blackberry and quietly greeted. Did I mention this cousin is spoiled? She has a Queen size bed to herself, a 27" flat screen HD television, cordless phone, sound system, a mini fridge, a blackberry and a MACBPЯO! oh yeah...those are all in her own room and seperate grand piano. she's 14. -_-" Here I am thinking to myself i'm begging for a job, to save money for a darn blackberry! I'm going frantique for scholarships to afford a MACBPЯO! Here...a 14 year old with a car waiting in the garage for her...Aieyah. Definitely, need to handle my fanicials much wiser. Anyhows... few hours later... more long lost relatives showed and my sister :] Not bad...it happened as I mentioned it would be. the greetings, the smiles...and the interrrogations. Yeah got alot of "What are you planning on doing with your life?" "Have you considered being a doctor?" Etc.... Ugh, family gatherings feel like updating people on gossip. [ sorry i'm being quite pissimistic about this ... I forgot how proper gatherings were]
So my aunt attempted to cook. Wait, my uncle took over and made steaks, yeah not her husband. the guest. haha, not that bad, he cooked it quite excellent. Then my other aunty pitched in....store box mashed potato. Oh boy, there's a first for everything right? Well... my first time trying instant potatoes! =P My job? Help make sushi. Again first time trying it...not that bad. Later on, my aunt brought over Italian homemade Tiramisu. Definitely, didn't know what to think. She for one, NEVER cooks. I'm not going to lie, I was frighten to try. I mean.. I've seen it lots of time on the food network, seems simple enough...
My sister whisperes "Whats in it?" I reply.. "Its suppose to be [keyword:suppose] soaked lady finger cookies in STRONG coffee, and then some cream topping goes on top...and you keep layering it." She headed for the frozen cheesecake. Well, my aunt insisted I tried, because she heard how I was the cook at home. [dam it, why did someone have to tell! I mean... for one, I DONT DRINK COFFEE! let alone having a cake...with STRONG coffee.. -_- " ] I had no excuses [heck she sat beside me] .... So how was the cake? Well...a few things... I found myself digging for lost cookies in the cream. Seriously couldn't find it... I was going to question if she even put any. Then... [first time for everything, i tried coffee] Oh boy. Terrible experience, first bit....couldn't swallow it...the smell of it stinged. But i turned to her, mouth full and smiled "Its great!" she was relieved. Heck, the dessert turned out to be a success [not for me, nor my sister of course] but..for her husband for one. He took the half of it and promised to eat it all, because apparently that was the best thing she's ever cooked. Well... at least some people enjoyed it. Later on, my cousin was going on about how to work a Blackberry, what is what. How is it done. And then, continued to inform me on the MACBPRO. Then we took photos with the younger cousins and next thing you know... it was 9 o'clock. Hallelujah!
Time to go. got a good 1 1/2 hours of driving back. Before we leave though, we were insisted on taking anything we wanted... heck was that Macbook available? She already had 2 other computers. Just kiddding. My aunt gave us a, I kid you not. A "Little Red Robbin Hood" basket...wait. Did I mention it was a LARGE basket of left over stuff... like choc. boxes, ferraro choc, etc...all leftovers.. But lastly, red envelops for Chinese New Years. [Gosh, she gives it now because she probably knows we won't be coming back for a LOOOONG time. Btw/ Chinese new years in febuary. hahaha and she was giving that now. I was never good at reading in between the lines..but this one I caught on too] What are red eveloppes? Well here is the BEAUTY of being Chinese. The perks of Chinese traditions... each year, family memeber gives teh youngest in the family [all] money. Its to symbolize, good luck, fortune, for the NEW year. Anyhows... the other Beauty of it, is the timing they give it... I mean, here are ...After December you're broke. haha, and you know it. Spending all that money on gifts or Boxing Day. and you're starting a new year with no money left...then comes Chinese New Years... an enveloppe filled with money [donations from EVERY aunt, uncle, grandparents...etc] and basically you have a net loss of 0 >: )


Today.

What a heck day. French... meh wasn't too bad learnt "Le Gerontif" rule. English.... killed me. Read -Northrop Frye- on the first day of return!!! I mean.... he literally FRIED my brain today ... The -Keys of Dreamland- ... its I think interesting? After few pages in and I zoned out... remember I was up pretty late. Then biology,... looked forward to it at first,....yes, we were gonna learn about the Endocrine Syste [sarcastic yay] My friend announced she got an early acceptance to Waterloo. Congrats to her. then he was give back our Reasearch papers. So 2 months ago we wrote a good 8-10 Research Paper on a subject. And .... this was frigging important. worth 10% of your grade... which can REEEALY help people [like myself] to bring up their marks. So i'm going up there...enthusided and thought... well whats the worst that can happen. Everyone that was told their marks all looked fairly happy... positive comments. and then I was my turn. My heart raced. and I couldn't stop thinking "UNIVERSITY ACCEPTANCE DEPENDS ON THIS!" [I swear, any random tangeant moment...thats all that comes to mind =/ ] It was finally my turn...a hope of bringing my Bio mark up...at last!!! I was disappointed. So you would think that failing the paper would be bad right? Whats JUST as bad, is getting near the same mark as your average. THE SAME!!! ALL THAT BLUDDDY HARD WORK AND FOR WHAT.... PAR!!!!!
Yeah, I was REAALLLLY pissed off [I dont know if it was from my lack of sleep? or hearing that my friend got accepted early btw. she has an 85+ average...] I was screwed! My last hope ...and he PARS my average! [Golf term for -even- ] UGH!!! What was I gonna do... I was devistated. Depressed even! hahaha, So for the next 40 minutes of copying down notes... I thought... SOlution...gotta find a solution.... debated over whether or not I was gonna apply for night school and upgrade my mark. Ugh seemed hte only way... I mean, there isn't any way I can just magically get up a good 15-20 % higher in my mark increase... I was screwed! Exams are in 3 weeks....and I was NOT content with my mark. The bell rung. Hallelujah. Needed some air. Went to the guidance office and picked up the forms... found out... Night school.... was 30 more away by driving. 2 hours per every second night.... What was I gonna do!! Next sem. Math, Chem and religion... I guess I could take it.. But what if I get assignments and labs? I'd lose 2 hours + 1 hour to commute for Night School.... It was that ... or have a slim chance of getting into university. Why did he have to mark so hard and give me Par. Why did bio have to be so cruel!!! I was going insane. (clearly)

These I think that I have developped are further symptoms of insomnia. Well... spent a good hour at the guidance office. could use someone to talk too, then this guy shows up. A school alumni. He totally made my day. Turned out he's schooling at my old hometown up North [north as in 16 hours away] Definitely cheered me up, the guidance counsellor was poking jokes at him and I eventually forgot all about the bio crisis. Kept asking him .."OMGSH! did you have this there....did you try thsi... how are you adjusting to only living with ONE high way and ONE mall." hahah,

Well I gotta say, days are totally unexpected. Sometimes meeting new people or seeing a friendly face can cheer you up. Thats probably all of my update. If you're still conscious and reading this...then, congrats!And..
thank you .

Take Care, Marie. C