Things I wished they had told us...

It's been a while since I ranted on here, so here goes my spiel.

This terms has not been good for me......In fact, it's been quite horrible. The only not so horrible part is probably the Anime club (though I sometimes have occasional treasurer fails, they were.....okay fails...). My midterms....on the other hand....
Let's not go there, it'll just make me grouchy and turn into Mourning Murtle....

I remember having a list of things that alumni's of my high school suggest to us. Little nitty gritty stuff we should know and remember for our good. Now being in 2nd year, I could probably make a whole essay on pointers on surviving university/college.
One of which will be the following:
I wish they had told us that staying awake in your class will help you in the class you will have next year....
I'm currently reading up my Chem 113 notes from last year, and only just found out that, have I stayed awake 100% in class, I wouldn't suffer so much in my Organic Chemistry right now...Okay, I'll still suffer, but probably at least some 5% less.

Vancouver winter is not very helpful in keeping me awake...actually, Vancouver WEATHER is not, in it's entirety. Either that, or something is wrong with my sleep-wake cycle. I'm pretty much on the verge of needing sleep on a "20h out of 24h" basis. Sure, I could try caffeine, but only if I want my heart stopped. Either way, sleep......has probably been the greatest contributor to pain this year for me. I probably haven't had a good sleep since......since before summer, I guess. By all means, I can wake up, move around, do stuff. But my logic drive and spontaneous creative drive is going as slow as a dial line internet. At 24kb a second, or less. Alas, not very helpful for exams that HAVE to be taken at my dinner hour.

...If this keeps on continuing, I'll probably need to start thinking about 1) Breaking my own boundary, and going to psychologists again, and/or 2) get my brain checked, whether it be checking out what the heck is up with my sleep-wake cycle, or whether my brain is malfunctioning in another manner, or both.

Though chances are, if anything IS wrong, it'll probably just be something so statistically improbable that no one in the world will have any idea how to deal with it...maybe other than myself, since my existence is statistically improbable in some way.

My love and hate relationship with China...

...Or rather, despise...
It takes too much out of me to hate something, but I can despise it greatly...

Anyhow, I'm not exactly having a great time behind the Great Firewall of China. In fact, I'm almost bored out of my mind...
Then again, that's because I leech off Youtube for my Otaku(not?)ness. And given that Youtube has SOMEHOW wronged China in SOME WAY...It's currently off the web for us...
...Oh and so is facebook...If this were university, I wouldn't really argue...but it really does blow to be unable to stalk-- I mean, know what tom foolery your friends are up to while you're halfway across the ocean...

But I can't help but be here, because 1. My parents are here. 2. My dog's here. 3. If I don't come here, I won't have access to the treatments that I need...
Sucks to be special biological, tell me about it...
Oh well, let's see what else I can pull from this proxy--

Oh, one other thing about this place...
The locals really doesn't give a damn about your health, and would love to give you lung cancer...
Excuse me while I go and find a gas mask; some yonder gentleman has decided to put me at risk of cancer...

What is this...the Birthday curse AGAIN?!

Apparently I've been having this ever since the day I was born, almost...
Every time my Birthday comes near, I get either have worse things happening to me than ever, or have the worst out of the year...

Let's see...So far the casualties include....
10 (YES....TEN)(?) friendships that could have gone REALLY good...
Countless quizzes, tests, and exams.... (Most recent being my Math Midterm)
My ankles, or some other part of my body...
MY DAMN PATTERNS FOR AE, WHICH IS IN TWO WEEKS

...Not to mention, I have hardly ever celebrated my birthday ON my actual Birthday...the only two times(?) I did was probably all the way back when I was six or something...and that party ended in shambles....And the one I had one with the ten friends, well.....it was considered boring back then for the preteen girls, so they were bored so much...and never came back again...(That wasn't what broke us though...*sigh*).
And then all the other attempts I tried to have....well.......crash and burn....

Maybe I was suppose to be born EMO, because I feel like I've be edging towards being one since...well, whenever........

...Or maybe that's just a result of wanting to be selfless, and yet being selfish (maybe?). Maybe I just want myself to be too much of a saint...

...Think I'll go and chew on some banana peel as a form of torture of hopefully making myself feel that life isn't as bad as chewing that...

...Wait....threw the garbage out just today............darn....
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Summer school, preparations, youtube videogame addiction...

Yeah...Summer school...

Though I'm taking only two classes, and having no job, I've been abusing my spare time on two things...Browsing youtube for videogame playthroughs, and cooking...

I heart having a kitchen...

Though the only complaint I have is that the closest grocery store isn't exactly great if I want oriental food related products... and having no rice cooker is being a bit a of blunder so far...but I'll solve that problem after I've headed back to Taiwan to import one (probably as patriotic as I'll ever get in my life...rather pathetic on my part, huh?)

Oh, and baking your own bread = YUM...though the bread can't last more than two days, and I hate the stale taste of refrigerated bread...

Now I just need to figure out a toast recipe, and I'm forever away from buying bread!

(And shortly after, I'll start conquering jams...*evil plotting*)

(Note: That I'm plotting over COOKING, what does that make of me?)

Class has been...easy, actually...the only difficulty for me is staying awake in the three hour biology class that starts in the late evening. The good thing? Both the midterm and final are ALL MULTIPLE CHOICE! :D

But they are worth about almost 50% each...D:

Or like...50 for the final an 40% for the Midterm...

Math...Math 200 (multi-variable calc) to be specific, is easier than the 100 level math...(What the heck, exactly...) There's a midterm every week, but thankfully, they've been merciful...

but the prof warned that the final won't be so lucky...D:

BTW, my math prof makes me wanna LOL the first week so much...when I was sitting more in the first few rows and can see him clearly (I've retracted myself a few rows back just so the powerpoints become the center of my attention now XD).

Here's the explanation...

Okay, if any of you have the version of "The Naked Sun" by Isaac Asimov with the cover that has Daneel with his shirt (and chest) open, grab it...

If you don't, here's a link to the amazon buy page...(don't actually buy it, you know....==U)

http://www.amazon.com/Naked-Sun-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0553293397/ref=pd_sim_b_5

If you have this version of "The Caves of Steel", it'll work just fine too, I guess...too bad though we're looking at Daneel from the side/behind in that one though...

Anyway, so what the heck does this have to do with my math prof?

My prof is basically this:

1. Take Daneel from the cover

2. Make him shorter

3. Shave his hair off.

No seriously, I mean it....

And me, being the (once?) rabid Asimovian, could barely contain myself.

...Did I mention I had a thing for robots? (And bald men...sometimes?)

(As in a attraction, guys/gals, not a fetish...bet you were all thinking twisted-ly, huh?)

But between the two, I think my prof is better in a way, because he can smile at the very least...

...Oh wait...If you consider what Daneel does in Foun--*gets censored by spoiler censorship*

*Sigh*...wonder if anyone can cosplay him...*Gets smacked by self containment*

So...cosplay...I've got the fabrics, but that's about all I've got....A friend is doing the patterns fro me, and I still need to hunt down some accessories...There's no time left to make them...

So until then, I'll continue procrastinating my time on Youtube by looking at playthroughs of games...

BTW, Atlas (the game company, that is) has some pretty interesting plots running for some of their RPGs...Me thinks me has begin to fall for some of their protagonists...:D...

(Kitty, you do realize you are now OLDER then their average RPG protagonists, right?)

...D:<>

(Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV is at most 18...okay, maybe 19...)

SO?...=_=# I'm pretty good at going back on my words!

(...So you're gonna give up your bald muscular robot who looks like he's in his forties, and who no one wants, probably, for a devil summoner who is surrounded by very attractive looking female demons, with a certain minor fangirl population to fight off?)

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...I'll stick with what I have...

(Good choice...^^)

Not that it makes you more immune to being paired with other male robots anyway...

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...Fanfiction...hey...maybe I should have a look for--*more censoring*

Exam procrastination...

More like studying procrastination...

Anyhow...I heard that the people back in Shanghai had a great S2F2...lucky ducks you all. If I could sneak back, I would have...but exams caught me. ><#

To be honest, I've been kinda laid back lately, partly because I've had a drought of life minor problems and such, and again accompanied with the minor(?) depression of winter... So I'm kinda in the rebooting mode right now, along with exams and such...

So most of my creative stuff, including my cosplay which occurs in about a month and a half, are all on hiatus right now. Oracle Gene is going through a stage of re-creation (I kid not), because...well, things got complicated, and I think I wasn't doing the actual story justice back then. Not to mention how much of a FF7 rip off it was (if say you turn the thing inside out, upside down, and twist your head 120.9 degrees)...so I'm trying to solve that. I've kinda have a clearer sense of what is happening now, rather then just have the characters run loose on their own (then again, only Dio was allowed to ad-lib...a little bit).

I really just hope that the story will turn out fine?...

Oh, and my supposed nanowrimo needs work too...I was gonna scrap it, but it turns out later that if I did do that, there is no other storyline in my brain through which to convey the message...so it has to be an independent series(?). *sigh*

I...have way to many stories running loose in my brain...

Lalalala...wish I could head back home early...==U

Spring cleaning!

*Enters with vacuum cleaner*

...Me thinks that if I turn this on, disaster may occur...especially with all the dust...

Anyhow, a slightly late happy spring time for everyone, and if you are currently having your spring break, I hate you, because I don't have one. (Why Canada? WHY~~~~~)

My classes are almost near the end...and things aren't looking exactly the best. I'm not failing anything, but have been getting Bs instead of As...(such I perfectionist I am, I know...but it's necessary for my intended major though!)

So soon it'll be exam time! D:

And my school isn't over yet, because I'm taking two biology courses during the first term of summer, go me...

So, I shall return to my slow and dull spring cleaning...and hope I won't die in the process...

That*cough*may*whizz*be*choke*difficu--*asphyxia!*

Must... find....method...to vent....anger....

I seriously think this blog is a place where I dump my fustrations, rather than have any other creative usage like I intended it to be (well, it might have been that my creative side have been on procrastination or must-crush-in-order-to-study). Anyhow, this is one of those annoying rant blogs as usual...

The thing is, there are a lot of red tapes here at UBC... and you kinda need to work through them if you want what you want. I'm currently in Arts, because of some lack of chemistry problems (Ahem...your Chem 11 is what I learned in Chem 9 and 10, UBC. <(-_-#)>) So I'm attempting to transfer into Science at the moment...

Problem? Assuming I'll be starting again as a supposedly "Freshman" in Science, I won't be able to take the courses I want...why?

Here's the thing...Science, you fill out your majors at the end of first year, Arts, we fill that out in the second year. So with that being said, I won't  be able to chose my courses which are restricted to Chem and Biochem majors, despite being legible, and simply because I not in their major yet...

...What the hell?

Okay, most of you might just go, "Oh, just take a year more!", but I'm not gonna do that...because my study permit is only for four years, and my financial situation would only allow me to go on for four years...that extra year, I'll have to pay for myself...

And unless I can think of a way to make 50000 Canadian Dollars in two years time, my future looks bleak at the moment...

...We need to take scissors to those red tapes....

81th Academy Awards: WOOT!

...Just to say before hand, the woot is for the host, Hugh Jackman, for charming me off my socks...(I have a thing for singing and charming men). It is in no way related to the winners of the awards, or my experience of viewing the show.

Yes, we know that Slumdog Millionaire stole the show somewhat, and thus everyone else was a little bit left in the poor shadows. I myself am a little bit on the doubtful side on the film's domination, but since I haven't seen the film, I don't think I'm legible to pass judgement at this point...Could have been that it was a typical Bollywood film that took Hollywood by surprise, could be the film itself was that great, or it could have just been pure luck...

Now we do have to remember that the Oscars (insert copyright sign here) is based on a closed voting system. It's not based completely on public opinions, and thus they often give us a kick in the head with surprises, that some (or most) of us will react with "What on earth were they thinking?!"

That does not mean, though, people, that you spend every second complaining in the chatroom about it. If the shows boring, turn off the TV, do something else. If someone stumbles on their speech, don't tell us again. If someone doesn't know how to speak English, don't mention it. If you don't like the music, too bad, and you do realized there's a mute button on the remote, right? And if Bollywood wins, so what? It's not a popularity contest, so your voice is unheard.

...With that being said, would you all just spend the next full year learning to shut up, and just watch the show? I'm trying to enjoy the show, and the chat box right next to me is about to burst into flames from drama over personal music preferences, censored swear words, and the moderator's trying to organize 25 somewhat chatrooms at once, but there are way to many morons running loose to be kicked off completely...

Next time, I'm watching the Oscars either alone, or with a bunch of more educated people that would only go "What? Now that didn't make sense to me..." and leave it until after the ceremony...then we can argue over it...

...Wonder how my Film class is gonna go this Wednesday...*evil scheming time*...

Moral of the story:"If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut." - Albert Einstein.

I'll say that 99% of the internet needs to learn part z.

Oh my...long term neglect...

*Dust the thick layer of dust and filth off website*

Yikes...I need to take more care of my blog...

Anyhow, just a short update on current bearings and such...

Second semester so far has be hectic, and now that we're getting a one week long break, I intend to use it to reset back to academic mode...but that'll be after I've had my fun...

My first self-sewn cosplay is 98% complete! and I'm wearing it tonight~~~<3

Though to say my pattering skills were horrible, and I ended up with the most horrible pants imaginable. Hopefully no one will notice...*cross fingers*

With that being said though, I need to hunt down a bit of stuff...such as bobby pins...and maybe hairspray...or maybe I'll yoink that from my friends?...

BTW, if you are wondering what the heck I'm doing up at 5 in the morning, let's just say I slept from 11 to 2, and then woke up, which almost immediately resulted in melatonin deficiency. Well, at least it gives me time to fully prepare my make up, starting with a face mask.

Some Vancouver update...Weather's in the freezing windy but sunny state, so colds and flus are around every corner...so some boosting of the immune system is very very necessary...in the non-shot form, thank you!

Other then that... Happy Valentines day! <3

Advantage at last! :D

Advantage of being an UBC student...

Random movie sets will be staged on the school campus sooner or later...

In this case, guess which movie it is?

No clue?

It starts with a X...and not the forth movie of a trilogy, but rather a prequel...(which could still be ironically BAD on the producer's part...)

Still...no? Nada?...

Alright, enough stalling...It's X-men Origins: Wolverine...With that being said, no random fan mobs, poor superstars running loose, random superstars showing up in the starbuck just yet...(which is rumored to happen more than usual, with the that guy that looks like so and so IS so and so)...

Ripped a picture from my friend...

They turned our English department's building into a prison facility...(surprisingly fitting, I guess, and pun intended).

Yes, there is a tank parked in there too...:D

That is all for now...just wanted to show off...(wonder if they're looking for extras)

Edit: Turns out the footage is just pick-ups...so probably no famous faces to be found around...D:

Edit Edit: Lied about the above, there was an explosion involved...as well as...well...Wolverine himself...=^^=....

Punchline: Was too busy with HW the day they had him there DX

Start of Semester 2

Well, well...semester two has started...

Good news, teachers are a lot more interesting this term, or at least the ones that have changed...

Bad news, alot of them believe that most of the learning is up to you...D:

Oh, and Film History at UBC = awesome, because every class, we watch a full movie, for free! :D

Well...if you don't mind watching the none mainstream films...

I'm trying to concentrate on only one creative pursuit right now...which is most likely going to be cosplay...it takes a lot to sew, and I still don't have some of the essentials...

Gyah... need to sleep now...

Thou shalt not procrastinate...

...Why didn't they put that in the ten commandments?...

So...I've done all my cosplay related shopping...

...And socialized plenty...

Gain a heck lot of weight which I shall attempt to shake off once I'm back dancing in Vancouver.

...Oh, and the animation project is so so SO overdue...(but there was no deadline to start with...)

...And a really procrastinated and late Happy New Year to all out there...

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If that was a commandment, I must be the greatest sinner ever...

PS My camera is fix by my father's all-corrected-hand-persuasion! :D