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 general going ons of my life...

Cold.
Cold.
Cold.
Cold.
Cold.
My fingers typing away in the cold.
My brain freezing.
What am I to write about today?
Ah yes, it is cold.
All I can think about is how DAMN COLD IT IS UP HERE!!!
My brain screams the word 'COLD!'
Yes, I know.... I want heat.
Wear an extra sweater? Maybe I'll do that.
When will Spring come?
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So anyways, I'm getting sick of this Tibet crap. I'm getting sick of trying to explain to ignorant narrow minded people that the Chinese are not conducting a genocide of Tibetan people as we speak.
Go to China. Go to Tibet. See with your own eyes what is going on!!
Yes, the Chinese Government has a bad rap when it comes to Human Rights.
How can you expect them to perfect their human rights in such a short amount of time when in North America it took us 200 years?
Go ask a Chinese in China... are they suffering? Are they not free?
Depends on what you mean by 'free'.
Sure, they have no political freedom but it doesn't mean the people in China are being oppressed! When I say China, I mean Tibet is included. They are a province in China. They are part of China.
ughhh I have ranted again.

And I can help but think of this one line in the movie Sarafina. "FREEDOM!"
haha, great movie. You guys should watch.

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Now for the interesting stuff.
I'm going to try attempt to write an essay for an essay contest in 2 days. Actually, less than 2 days. The topic is 'What contributions can individuals make to solutions to the problem of climate change?"

I think I can pull it off. I won't be great. I probably won't even win, but hey, at least I tried. I kind of like writing essays. It helps organize things in my head and I even learn some new things along the way.

My jacket is keeping me warm. :)