Another Lazy Christmas

Playing xbox on our new widescreen, eating, sleeping.... life has been pretty good this Christmas.

Too bad it isn't going to last for too long. Next Saturday I will be boarding a plane back to Vancouver and life will return to the normal routine of sleep deprivation and studying. bleh.

It has been great sleeping in until 11:30am and eating tons of food. I've gained 5 lbs during my 1 week at home, which is a good thing. 5 more pounds to go! I lost 10lbs during school, mostly due to my 1-2 week long illness and I'm hoping to regain it and more.

I'm supposed to be doing my Mandarin 11 homework but I'm just not motivated to do any of it but I should since I won't have time once school starts again for the new term. I have 6 courses and labs DX.... why do I keep doing this to myself? If I count my Mandarin 11 distance learning class and my CSP workshop... I pretty much have 8 courses. :'(

Whining aside,

I'm very excited to start term 2. Having experienced university life in term 1 I feel that I kind of of know what to expect in terms of studying and time management to better prepare myself for term 2. whee! And, I passed all my term 1 courses! woot woot!

I'm also learning a different input method for typing Chinese called "CangJie". The learning curve is steep but the learning outcome is full of advantages.

Advantages of Cangjie:

- Don't need to know how to pronounce word

- Faster typing speed

- help me memorize character

Disadvantages:

- very unforgiving with input errors :/

- hard to learn

On a final and more personal note:

Not so sure how to deal with her right now. I think it's kind of good how things are right now. Now that we are not on good terms with each other (her fault) she has stopped pestering me. The bad thing is that there are a lot of awkward moments. gaah, wish she would just leave me alone. Wish we weren't such close friends to begin with. More like I treated her as a friend and she just used me.... fudge, so goddamn immature and needy. Can't wait 'til next year when I won't have to see her anymore.

The story of Tree and Fungus

Once upon a time there was a fungus and a tree. I'm not sure if they are friends anymore but here is their story:

When Tree first met Fungus, Fungus was ill. Tree offered to help Fungus get better and Fungus accepted. Fungus got better and thanked tree. Tree and Fungus became friends.

Tree had a lot to offer and Fungus realized that. Tree was patient and generous. Fungus was dependent and inconsiderate. Fungus depended on Tree for many things, and Tree did not mind.

Soon, Fungus kept on asking and asking for the things Tree had. Tree began to slowly tire, but continued to give. Eventually Tree was too tired and told Fungus that it could no longer give. Fungus was offended. Tree and Fungus slowly grew apart. Fungus found a new friend and did not talk to Tree anymore. It was okay though because Tree had many other friends, such as the other animals in the forest. They were kind to Tree because Tree was kind to them.