Twitter

I've been hearing about this thing called "Twitter" for a very long time now. My knowledge of Twitter was that it was basically just a status update. In other words, Facebook in the nude. But why is it so popular? Can't people just settle with Facebook and be down with it? So in order to solve this mystery I headed over to Twitter and created an account. Can't say that I'm very impressed. It really isn't all that interesting. Interestingly though, two status updates later I had already gained a grand total of two followers. Yes, TWO followers. Sadly, these were spam followers. Both accounts were something along the lines of "Brittney Sex Videos". Something Twitter has but Facebook doesn't. Good job to you, Twitter.

On another note, I've been making multiple test timetables for my year at UBC. They call these worklists， and are used to help you create a timetables with courses that you may want to register in. Afterworking on my friend's UNBC timetable for over an hour, we both concluded that the principal of our highschool must be amazing to be able to make a school wide timtable for 500+ students.

It is NOT EASY trying to get your courses to fit nicely. And I also have criterea such as no early mornings on Mondays and trying to get out of school by 3pm. So far my latest class ends at 5:00pm. Not that I can do anything about it since I'm working with a standard time table. I =do= have a worklist where my latest classes are at 3:30 but my lunch breaks would be weird. I will eventually get this sorted out. Just need to have my fingers crossed.

I think there is something in my left eye....

Go the whole way.

I have been toying with the question of "What if I got a tattoo?"

If I were to get a tattoo I would wait until I actually got a job. I think it would be pretty awesome to become a doctor with a tattoo, but I guess I would have to avoid becoming a pediatrician or something like that. "OMG the doctor has a tattoo mom, so can I get one?" Oh well, I'd lose my job if I did get one.

I also think that if people get tattoos they should go all the way with it. What is the point of getting one if they make it small and discreet? I mean, when people get tattoos they KNOW that it'll be on their skin FOREVER so why make it so discreet like it's a shame to have a tattoo? Seriously. end rant.

If I could get any tattoo and not have to worry about my job etc, I would get a sleeve. I just think that would be totally epic. I'm not sure why, but I do. I would have Chinese dragons and probably my last name in Chinese characters. Actually, dragons and horses. Dragons because I like dragons. Horses because that is my Chinese zodiac sign.

And yes I realized I have just ranted on about this, but if I had to make it discreet I'd just put 黃 somewhere on my back. I doubt I'd do it because if it had to be discreet then I wouldn't even bother getting a tattoo.

First Time Voting.. Even if it's Provincially

Yay! So at approximately 12:20'ish I walked over to the Civic Center from my school - a 2 min walk. (How do you use a dash anyways?)

Inside the gymnasium, there were many tables set up with two people sitting at each table. There was the ballot box thingy, and a lame cardboard-hide-what-I-am-voting-thing at each table. So I go to Table #34, which some lady kindly directed me to, and I presented to them my yellow voting card and picture ID (driver's license). blah blah blah skip to next paragraph.

Voting wasn't all that exciting, BUT I did get to exercise my right as a citizen of British Columbia. I guess that was pretty epic.

Woah, Sudden Post Floodage!

Yes, I went from a few posts to +24. Strange, yes?

Well, not strange at all! I just decided to merge my old posts from my previous blog into this blog. This was a random decision that I made a few minutes ago. This is how I came to that decision.

Firstly, I decided to head back to my old friend Cantr II. I found that one of my characters had died a rather pitiful death: he starved. I also found out that I wasn't banned from the IRC anymore.

Secondly, I checked out the Cantr forum and discovered that my avatar and signature were not working. This was due to the fact that I had moved all my avatars and signatures in my photobucket account into one folder for easier access. Upon discovering this, I also discovered that I had a link to my old blog from my profile, and out of curiosity... I clicked on the link.

Anyhow, I decided that I shouldn't bury my old posts into the realm of unknown so I merged them here. I think the reason why I didn't do it before was because I was too lazy to learn how to export my posts and import them into my current blog.

The reason why I had originally started a new blog was because I wanted to leave behind all the politics I had on my old blog. Namely all the Tibet related posts I had on there. Those were posted while I was obviously upset about the whole situation and had not really thought it through before posting what I had posted. Anyways, I do not believe in censoreship and hiding old things so I decided to merge them here. If you want to know about my current stand on the whole Tibet situation... well, maybe I'll make a post in the future.

University, it's coming close!

So, I've just received my admission package from UBC Vancouver yesterday! I'm very excited since I don't really see myself going anywhere else. This is probably due to the fact that my parents have drilled UBC into my head since the day of my birth.

This whole going-to-University-thingy is driving me a little insane. I'm going to be living in residence and will not see my family again until winter break. Well, going to University is not what is driving me to insanity but rather, my mother is getting on my nerves. She has been very irritable lately and every little thing I do sets her off into a frenzy of lecturing and shouting at me. Maybe she wants to give me a whole 8 months worth of lecturing and screaming at me before I leave for school. Ah, who knows? I'll just have to live with this for the next few months.

Edit:
I just read my post from December and my first short term goal is to graduate. Well, yay me! I have technically graduated since I have met all the requirements and credits to graduate from high school. I guess I am halfway through 'getting into University' since I have been offered admission but I have not paid the $250 nor have I accepted their offer.

In the long term, my goal of getting into Medical school seem pretty slim seeing as only 15% of applicants actually get into the program. And the chances are even more slim if I add in the fact that Medical school may not be something I want to pursue in 4 years.

That trip to California seems possible since I may want to do my graduates in an American school. Ah, who knows? Maybe I should rename this blog to "My Future Plans" or something.

Future Plans

The Short Term:
Graduate
Get into University
Graduate with a Bachelor's Degree
Go on a school exchange?

The Long Term:
Medical School
Graduate with a Doctor of Medicine Degree
Trip to Hong Kong with mother
Trip to California
Marry a Doctor (haha)

Basically in the short term I plan on going to school full time and getting my Bachelor's in Science. I'm not really sure in what concentration at this point. Possibly more to do with biology but hey, I'll never know. I started out liking chemistry in the beginning of high school; now on my last year I enjoy biology more. I also reaaaallly want to go on an exchange to another country. I think I'll learn a lot more if I can see things in as many different perspectives as possible.

In the long term I hope that I'll have the marks and the money to begin medical school. I'll also need the smarts and persistence to stay in. Hey, I'll maybe even meet a doctor whom I'll marry and I'll never have to work. (yes yes, dream on.... one can dream right?) I also want to take my mother back to Hong Kong for a summer. I know my mother misses her friends and family there and hasn't gone back for almost 17 years. I also want to go back to my roots and experience Hong Kong culture which I understand is quite different from here in Canada. I don't think Vancouver can really replace Hong Kong. Originally I was going to take my younger brother to Hong Kong with me because he's my walking talking Chinese-English dictionary. Chances are I'll be too broke to go anywhere so we'll go on a road trip to California instead. Hong Kong will probably be in a looooooong time. Student = poor.

There is no way for me to know what will happen in the future so these plans are not concrete. Maybe I'll end up being some crack head on the Downtown Eastside. Maybe I'll decide to become a teacher. The future is very mysterious. I always ponder what will happen to me. It's quite scary really. What if some terrible fortunes befall me? What if WWIII happens? What if 2012 does happen? I don't know.

I'll probably look back here in 5 years (if ever) and laugh at myself.

Canada is Shattering

Political standoff and an economic recession. Great...

Now I understand why provinces such as Québec and Alberta want to separate. Canada is a mess and is falling into pieces. Someone needs to steer us into the right direction. What is that direction?

As someone who lives in a rather isolated region of British Columbia I honestly do not see where our tax dollars are going. The more I think about it, the more it looks like what the commies were doing in China. When Mao took over China he asked everyone to send their food to him so that he could disperse it evenly. That was the point of communism, right? It didn't work well, people got greedy so rural areas starved. Well, now we send all our taxes to the federal and provincial governments so that they can pay for some of our social and public services. Okay, the money is there... but where are the results?

Maybe we should do what Alberta and Québec are trying to do. Separate.
We supply lumber, fish, ores, and other natural resources to the lower mainland and the rest of Canada. Who profits from it? Definitely not us in the north.

Of course I'd hate to separate. I love my country. We are strongest together.

Ah yes... that's the word: together.

Maybe that's what the government should try doing. Work Together. Just like what we learned in kindergarten. Well, half of us are working together... but that's not together because that is only half of us. So is this Liberal/NDP coalition good for us? We'll have to see.



一支竹仔会易折弯，几支竹一扎断折难。
A single stick is easy to break. A bundle of sticks is difficult to bend.