it's been a long time...

I could've sworn that it hasn't really been this many days since I last posted. Anyway, I'm having a lot of trouble recalling what I did over the course of these 10+ days...crud.

[fri.oct.22nd]
After reading through some old posts about previous Fridays, I know what happened on this day. I was supposed to get up for my 9:30 Ecology class but didn't. I didn't get up til early in the afternoon and eventually got to YUBC around 4:20 or so; 10 minutes before closing. we headed back to Kev's house - Joanne, Brian, Terry, Kev, and myself. I did a whole load of dishes...as the kitchen was the usual warzone again...and then I was gonna cook some food until I got evicted from the kitchen and was forced to go study for my Animals lab quiz. Kev eventually brought up a huge bowl of fried rice for me...and I wolfed it down in about 8 minutes or so. I felt like a brick after that....though it was definitely tasty and satisfying. *burp* he raced me back to campus.....where I performed my Animals lab for the week. we dissected clams and looked at mussels and stuff. Mish dropped me off at Driftwood and I played for a bit. Grace was there! w00t! went home...and...slept?

[sat.oct.23rd]
I worked from 7am to 4pm. it was insane. I hate these early shifts. I went home and started to watch Star Trek: Insurrection...which I’d borrowed from Khoa. I fell asleep and woke up to Iola’s call. Fell back asleep again, and woke up to find her in front me. LOL! She’d arrived to find me sleeping, and this isn’t the first time that such a thing has happened. =P

Anyway, so I got changed out of my pajamas and we headed up to her house to check out the newly renovated basement! Heh! Nice!! Projector and new home theatre! =P A pool table’s is next! We hit up the Peachtree Centre in hopes of grabbing a quick bite at Congee Wong…only to discover that it was packed. We ended up eating at Keung’s Chicken congee place thingamabob. We drove along the long route to get to Twister, where she dropped me off for Thu’s karaoke event. Quite a good number of people showed!! – Sopheak, Grace, Khoa, Gigi, Thu, Mike, Brian, Kev, and I…along with some of Thu’s other friends. Anyhoo, Kev, Brian and I took off around 11:15 and headed home. I had to work the next day, and they had a tournament up in Alliston!

[sun.oct.24th]
Mass, lunch, home, shower? Something along those lines.
I worked from 3:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Joyce came to pick me up afterwards and we headed out to Paisano’s for Angela’s belated 19th birthday dinner! The two Steph’s, Anne, Joyce, Janis, Angela and I had a good time. I ordered the veal parmigiano….and had tiramisu and chocolate raspberry tartufo for dessert. mMmm! Went back to Angela’s place to chill, along with Janis, until my dad came to get me.

[mon.oct.25th]
I actually went to Ecology after not having done so in how long? I hit up Timmy Ho’s at PS2 after that bought myself a hot chocolate and bagel to snack on while waiting for Kev to finish class. When he finally did, we walked back to the house. I threw together some tuna sandwiches before heading out for YUBC. I left early (around 2:30 p.m.) to head home and pick up the Guides cookies. Mom and I went to pick up Joe from Kumon, dropped him home, then picked up 44 cases of chocolate mint patties from Rose’s house. We got back home and unloaded half of them into the garage. I went inside and changed into my Halloween costume – i.e. my old Abbey uniform with the tie dye Grade 12 blouse – along with pigtails and my grad tie. Haha, thank goodness I didn’t take any pictures. =P The girls dressed up in all sorts of costumes! It was a lot of fun! Went home after Guides and ate dinner, went online…etc. Same old.

[tues.oct.26th]
I didn’t get up to Biochem and Animals yet again. I barely even made it to my 2:30 Ecology lab!!! This week’s lab wasn’t even being held in the usual room! We were supposed to be going to a computer lab in one of the science buildings to learn how to use the Stats computer program. Luckily I caught up with the rest of my lab group just as they were filing out of the room. The lab ended fairly early, and seeing as how I hadn’t eaten all day, I went to the Student Centre and had a Classic Singles combo from Wendy’s. Eventually I made my way over to CLH D to write my Chem test. After that, I headed over to Gigi’s rez to chill with her and Khoa until it was time to head out for ABC (Aurora Badminton Club…up in, DUH, Aurora). Toan met us by the parking lot at Calumet, drove Khoa out to his car, then made our way up to Aurora. I’m now starting to play doubles style again rather than mixed all the time! Woo-hoo! Kev and I decided upon this after realizing that we couldn’t play mixed for beans! Headed to Timmy Ho’s for the usual grab-and-go before heading home.

[wed.oct.27th]
First off, it’s KEVIN’S 20th BIRTHDAY!! =)

Anyway, Ecology? Nopes. Had a really frustrating morning. Couldn’t find wrapping paper. Couldn’t find tissue paper. Couldn’t find a decent gift bag. Nothing was working out too well. Finally got to Kev’s place around 4:00 p.m. and gave him the second part to his birthday present. He left for his private lesson. Iola called me to tell me that Victoria was looking for me. I think this was also the day that I did a massive clean-up of the kitchen. Hrm, that’s about all I remember…

[thurs.oct.28th]
Umm…yea, no morning class again, as you may have already guessed. I really have to fix this issue, eh. =S

Went to YUBC, then went to eat the Student Centre with everyone. Had the same thing again – Wendy’s Classic Singles combo. Joanne walked me to my Biochem lab at Lumbers, and we chatted for a bit in the halls. I got a new T.A. His name is Arif. Our previous T.A., Min, was pregnant and switched over to an afternoon section. Anyway, this new T.A. is SO cool! He explains stuff really well! Woo-hoo! We finally finished the lab, and I made my way over to Tait where the varsity had just finished practice. Kev and Brian were there playing with Gary and Rob, and I played some singles against Kev. We picked up the car at the Tait lot, dropped Brian home, picked up Terry from TEL, dropped him home…and then I went home.

[fri.oct.29th]
Hunt out at PS2 until it was time for YUBC. Sopheak didn’t come. He was probably en route to Montreal already. Jason didn’t come either. It was just Brian, Kev, Jo, and I. It wasn’t super busy; just a fair number of people. Played some doubles with Kev, which was fun! Brian, Kev, Jo and I headed back to the house, where I tried to study for my Animals pre-lab quiz. Brian and Kev cooked up some vermicelli with pork, which I ate prior to going to my 6:30 lab. I was super hungry and decided to have two glasses of milk and a handful of chocolate fudge cookies prior to the noodles though. I think that’s why I felt sick for the next 3 hours. I went to my lab feeling like I was ready to throw up at any given moment. We dissected earthworms this time and looked at leeches. Mish dropped me at Driftwood and I played for a bit. Dropped Terry and Brian home, then I went home.

[sat.oct.30th]
My shift had been cancelled, so I didn’t work! Woke up, showered, then Kev came to pick me up. I deposited several paycheques at the bank, then headed to work to pick up my schedule and exchange a pair of pants for Karen. We were about to head back to the car, only to discover that it was POURING outside. We tried to roam Chapters for a while, but the rain still didn’t stop. We eventually just ran to the car. Off to Yorkdale we went. Parking was insane, and it didn’t help that it was raining pretty badly. We hit up BabyGAP first so that I could meet up with Cathie and pick up some stuff. Then we headed to the food court to grab some lunch. We ate at this place called Thai Express. It was….enh. Too expensive. After roaming the mall and being unsuccessful at finding shoes, we decided to hit up the SportChek in Woodbridge. No luck there either. In the meantime, we stopped by LCBO and picked up a bottle of Bailey’s. =P Our last stop for shoes was at the Skate & Board shop on Steeles between Keele and Dufferin. Still having no luck, we called it a day and headed back to the house and chilled until Alex and Sean arrived. They bought Kev a GIGANTIC 3 LITRE BOTTLE OF JACK DANIEL’S! OMG. We’d just looked at it at the LCBO too. Anyway, they did a few shots of JD. I did two shots of Bailey’s. Ugh. So sweet. =S We headed out for sushi after that. mMmm! I ordered deep fried soft shell crab for an appetizer, which the waiter called “deep fried spider”…and Kev ordered some Gyoza (dumplings). Then we split a 32 piece sashimi/sushi/maki platter. I was so stuffed afterwards! Seems like Terry, Brian, Sean, and Alex had a good time too. We squeezed back into Alex’s Neon and headed home….and it was such a tight squeeze at that. Kev and I at the front, with Alex driving, and Terry/Sean/Brian in the back. It was SO illegal…haha! Anyway, we decided to watch some TV back at the house before Alex (the D.D.) drove me home.

[sun.oct.31st]
First off, HAPPY HALLOWEEN! I worked from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. – cash training! FINALLY…after 1.5 years at that blood place! Heh! Ron was kind enough to drop me off at Sheppard Station after work! I got to ride in his M3!! W00t! WOW! Sweet ride! From Sheppard, I took the 84 West over to Downsview, then hopped onto the 108 that took me to the house. I chilled with Kev until Jason arrived in the evening. We headed out to Home Depot, and then Congee Wong, at FMP. I didn’t feel well after eating; I wanted to puke…which was not fun. I felt a tad better after napping during the ride back to the house. Apparently we swung by campus and picked up Joanne on the way. We prepped for the upcoming tournament and held a small exec meeting. I left around 11 something, and Jo came along for the ride before getting dropped back off at rez.

[mon.nov.1st]
No Ecology. Got to Tait around 2:15 or so. Didn’t do much, seeing as how the Fall tournament was going on. Kev left early to go to the library to finish up his reading. Shirley, Jo, Sopheak, Alex, Gary and I went to the Student Centre to grab a bite. Pagoda had shanghai fried noodles – FINALLY – so I bought a small box of that (instead of the usual Wendy’s Classic Singles combo). Shirley and I dropped Sopheak home, then me. I quickly ran into the house, grabbed my stuff for Guides, and Shirley was kind enough to race me over to Arbor Glen P.S. Dad was out with the car, on a Monday night, when he knew that he had to take me to Guides. ARGH. I had to run two games tonight – French Freeze Tag and Puzzle Partners – in order to cover the Cross Canada Challenge portion of the program. The girls were being a real friggin’ pain. So yea, I got home pretty pissed off, and I’d gone to Guides pissed off….and I wasn’t having a good night to begin with. Stupid mood went downhill at the Student Centre. Thanks to Jo, of course, for talking to me and cheering me up.

[tues.nov.2nd]
Missed Biochem and Animals. Went to my Ecology lab and wrote my quiz. It took exactly 24 minutes. Haha! I walked over to the house and seemingly surprised everyone. They expected me to be at my lab – which was to end around 5:30 or so. Anyway, I cleaned up Kev’s room and swept up all the crap on his room floor, in the kitchen, and all the leaves by the front door. Of course, the foyer is now full of leaves again; stupid wind. They came home from school, and we chilled until it was time to head out for ABC. By this time, I was getting hungry, so I grabbed two slices of egg bread to eat along the way. We picked up Terry from TEL and made our way up to Aurora. After ABC, we stopped at Timmy Ho’s again….then off to my house.

[wed.nov.3rd]
I’m seriously getting aggravated when it comes to this whole showering predicament. Each time I wake up to shower in the morning, my dad is still in there. So I go back to bed for about 15-20 minutes, and am about to hop in after him…when someone else decides to go in. Whether it be my mom, or my sister, I never get to go next. Because of this, I’ve missed so many classes! I can never wake up to shower and go to school!! What the frigggggggg man?! When the heck did Karen ever start taking showers in the morning?! She always showers at night!!! When did mom ever start showering in the morning! She always does it in the afternoon! ARGH!

Anyway, now that I’ve gotten that out of my system…
I didn’t make it to Ecology, but I did get to campus around 11:40 – just a touch later than when I was supposed to meet Kev after his class. I bumped into Khoa and Sopheak at PS2. Khoa asked to park at my house for the day because he had to write an exam at Seneca. I called home while walking back to the house with Kev, but no one picked up…so I left a message. I didn’t do anything but nap the day away. LOL! So awesome! I called home around 4:30 when I remembered that Khoa would be arriving at my place around then…and it turns out he was there already, and had parked, and left. My mom thought he was a crazy Chinese student from Seneca who decided to just park on our driveway without permission. Apparently she scrawled “It is illegal to park here.” in Chinese on a note and left it on his windshield. Hahahaha! I had intended on going to WMST this Wednesday, but I ended up not doing so. I was too comfortable lying in bed. Haha! I was not about to get up and go to a useless Women’s Studies class! I think I even managed to convince Brian into not going to Algebra. Mwahahha! I finally went home around 11 something. Got home kinda late, and luckily mom didn’t say anything. My jaw was sore too…hrm. I had a good day…sorta doing nothing. =) LOL!

[thurs.nov.4th]
It has taken me about 3-4 days to write up this entire post. I started it the other night, and didn’t finish in time – before I got cut out at 2 a.m. Therefore, I copied it into Word and decided to write a bit more each night. Thank goodness I’ve finally finished! I was seriously starting to forget what was happening from the previous week!

Didn’t go to Biochem or Animals. What happened? I really don’t know. I swear I woke up when my alarm sounded today…but….what? Aiya…

It was raining and disgusting today. I had to wear my warmproof Firefly jacket because it had a hood…and I was too lazy to hang onto an umbrella. Anyway, I made it to Tait around 1:45 or so? The tournament was still going on. I changed into my badminton clothes because my jeans were wet. Yuck! I hit around for a bit, but didn’t really play any serious games. Brian and Kev left for Chinese class around 4:15, and Sopheak took off around 5. We closed up around then. Jason, Terry, and I headed back to the house – luckily Jason had driven today! It was pouring and would’ve sucked to walk! I cleaned up the kitchen and started making some fried rice with Terry’s help when Kev and Brian got home. We ate, then headed up to Aurora for badminton. I played like poo tonight. Don’t know why. I wasn’t hitting around too well at Tait either this afternoon. Anyway, I still won all my games though! LOL! Played several mixed games with Terry against Nhi and Emily. Played some mixed (doubles style though) with Kev against Nhi/Terry and Sopheak/Nhi. The games at Aurora are so much more fun! Anyway, we didn’t stop at Timmy Ho’s this time. Oh well. It was raining and cold and gross. Ugh! Got home, ate dinner while watching Smallville, and gonna head to bed soon. Hafta get up to shower tomorrow, then head to Ecology! I need to make it to at least ONE of my morning classes this week.