The Fine Print

Thanks y'all, but I guess I should've made the fine print more clear - I still need to find a supervisor/prof or else I can't get in :/

On a funnier note, my classmate just sent me this and I found it hilarious...
The Ring scaring some girls...

David Duchovny

Hey I like X-Files and well, Evolution the movie also, ha ha ha... but here's something interesting that I found...

http://lionsgatedirectors.com/duchovny/

Kind of cool :D

Waiting over???

I can't believe this - my dad just called to say that I've been accepted into the IBBME MASc program at U of T!!!! I can't believe this - I guess I made the right choice in holding out! XDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Although now, like Cary, I'll have to find a supervisor. So yeah, I'm just almost there... I can't believe how much this is a load off of my mind. Now I can just concentrate on exams for the next couple of weeks instead of wondering if I made some mistake. Even if I don't find one, at the very least, it's still satisfying to know I could've made it and UW's still a possibility in Jan. Perhaps I don't have to look at UC Irvine in that much detail after all... Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee XDDDDDDDDDDD Now, back to my lab... but damn, I'm so fucking excited, I can't think....

Crossroads

Here I am at a crossroad... Essentially, get into UW guaranteed for Sept or wait. Parents actually suggested I wait (and look into states...) but I dunno. I think it might be too late for Sept for UW - might have to apply for Jan admittance now. Ah well, at least it'll give me some time to figure out how to proceed with the next part.

On another note - congrats to Tim for he was the winner. We'll figure out how to get the damn thing to you. DO NOT mail me money pls.

Official Rules

This is so retarded, it's actually funny... (To me at least :D) Anyway, I guess I should've set up some rules, considering that ppl are actually serious about this... (It should be somewhat legit :D) Bidding will end Friday, March 25, 2005 11:59pm. I'm only entering in Chard's bid of $41.01 this time for him - from now on, ppl interested in it will have to bid themselves here and send me a confirmation email so I know ppl are not bidding as other ppl (cough)chris(cough). (I suggest you should check around last minute on friday so you won't raise it unnecessarily b4hand... I'm such a nice person :D) Also please enter in the time+date what you bidded cause while blogger adds a time, it doesn't show the date. Since I'm gonna drain the battery to determine battery life, (ie use the damn thing), I'm gonna halve the current bids and REMOVE the buyout completely. So, it is now at $20.51CAD (and previous bid is $20.50) and please start bidding from that number. Minimum bid is $0.01. What else... oh yeah, one entry per household. The winning bidder will have to answer a skill testing question without any aid... If the winner does not successfully claim the prize, it will go to the runner up, and so forth.

Man, I should add some ads to my site or something... generate revenue as ppl come to bid :D Hrmmm, anybody want my x-box?

[Edit] I will post confirmation of bids ASAP. Damn crazy Tim!

On the auction block...

is my Curtis MP257. So yeah, I've decided to sell it - current bid is CAD$40 by chard, and buyout is $60. (although it might be cheaper if i start using it, heh) IT IS OPENED caused we couldn't resist seeing what it could actually do. Turns out, it can also act as a usb key (usb2.0 btw!) So yeah, it's 256mb usb key, although the 256mb includes the space that the music file takes... It records voice, but has NO radio, etc. Anyway, back to work...

Calories, the great filler...

I didn't know this, but instant noodles have a lot of calories! 470 in fact. I couldn't believe it when my friend told me the average daily intake per person is 2500 calories. How can instant noodles have that much? It's like noodles and flavouring!!! But what surprised me even more was that it had more calories than my Ensure Plus (Plus has more calories than normal). It's basically a meal replacement drink that my doctor got me to drink since I don't have time to eat breakfast and I need to gain some weight. So yeah, I'm thinking wth, I get "filler" out of eating instant noodles? Maybe I got this whole thing wrong (I almost never watch what I eat nor know anything about nutrients, % daily intake, etc.), but it just makes no sense how instant noodles would have that much. Especially since I eat a minimum of 2 packs each time... that's like 940 every time, which is more than the supposed 1/3 daily intake. Damn, now I'm thirsty...

Another thought...

Oftentimes it's worse to arm yourself with a little knowledge than to know you have none.

Losing track of time

I can't believe we've got like 1 month left, and then we're done. Finished. Out. Well, hopefully anyway... And the trip we're planning??? Nothing!!! Nada! Gotta get my shit together and start some research. So far, I think the main goal is travel around mid-end of July to meet up with Mike. I'M hoping to see HK, Japan, and China (where in China, not sure yet). TW only if I get into grad and get a student VISA... Anyone interested in coming with us? Chris wants to go to Aus/NZ also, and I don't mind too. Man, I don't even know where to begin...

I've also finished uploading most of my gradball pics into my Yahoo account. They're mainly the same as those posted by Orangefever (damn, everyone's got a digital camera and everyone wanted to take a pic with their camera...) but anyway, if you want to see my set, give me a shout and I'll send an invite... I wonder if non-yahoo ppl can see them...

Bloated

I'm eating my "fried rice" (it's a work in progress...) right now and boy do I feel full. This got me thinking about whether we eat more and more as we grow up. We probably do as as we become more active (sans moi), but I meant in general, like our appetite. My mom always told me to eat 70% full (some Chinese saying) which makes some sense since your body takes some time to digest, so it'll take some time before you feel how full you are. However, I don't do that - I eat till I feel full, so technically, I'm really more full than I feel at that moment. The result? Stomach slowly begins to expand? At least that's my understanding - so as it expands, and we can hold more, do we not eat more and more if we're constantly eating till we fill 100% full? But then again, I remember from somewhere that we feel full when we have enough nutrients, so not too sure. If I'm not making any sense, that's cause all of my energy is spent trying not to think about more food.... Don't wanna puke like I did after eating at Mandarin again...

Hrmmm, after hearing what happened to another fellow poster, maybe I shouldn't post my pics... don't want my face attached to this name in case I rant about some ppl :D Actually, I'm still waiting for pics from some ppl, but some are posted on Orangefever already.

On a happier note...

... Gradball 2005 was today - hopefully I'll get some pics. It was fun and our table won some stuff too! (Chris got Training Day, Huy got gift certificates for Milestones and associated restaurants, and I won an mp3 player, Curtis MP257) I guess I should say thanks to ppl who dragged me out to the event :D Anyhoo, back to work...

To forgive...

... is easy, but how easy is it to forget? I usually consider myself as one who doesn't take things too seriously and I typically shrug off jabs and annoyances ppl throw at me. Yesterday, however, proved me wrong. My housemate did something to purposely piss me off, and while it should've been shrugged off (as his attempt to piss me off failed since I wasn't playing WoW - and even if I was, I would've typically laughed it off since it was something minor), the fact that he did it on purpose somehow set me off. It's amazing what kind of thoughts ran through my head right after as all I could think of was how to get the fucker. In fact, it kind of scares me. I remembered some of the other things he did that I thought I've already forgiven him for. Yet if I truly, really did forgive him for those things, why'd I remember them? So yeah, they fuelled my thoughts for revenge pretty quickly. It wasn't until later that I looked at it in perspective and calmed down. Now what's bugging me is how I almost overreacted. Can one truly forgive? If so, why couldn't I? Why did I still remember the bad things and why did they come across my mind before the good things did? Maybe it's not as easy as I thought to forgive someone. I've "snapped" before, so this disruption of inner peace greatly disturbs me now as it almost happened again. Anyway, we're cool now and I must work on maintaining my inner peace so that I won't do something I'll regret. Heh, perhaps it's indeed serenity now, insanity later :D

And Tim...
-something about how you suck at pingpong?
though you did have an injury that time...
... bring it on bitch! XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[Edit] Oh, I guess I should put in here that he's a cool/reasonable guy - while he does things to annoy you, he learns when to stop... so yeah, the intent of this entry is not to put him in some bad light... in fact, I'm more mad/disappointed at myself than him