Thursday, December 27, 2007

Merry Christmas

Well sort of. It's two days late.
And a happy new year anyway.


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Saturday, December 22, 2007

Grey Sky Mornings

Wow, i've been away for slightly over a week and it feels like almost a month already. Seems like whatever little bit left of the holiday is crammed packed with events. Christmas parties, watchnight and not to mention about the school projects and assignments that I havn't touched since the holiday begun.

Well this trip was a very intensive one, I must say. Cause we went with a tour group, and they had so many activities in every day, unlike last year's canada trip, which was at a much more relaxed pace.

I think my typing skills might have dropped a little, maybe it's the result of being disconnected from the internet for over a week. Anyway, I'll try not to make too lengthy posts so I won't bore you. The specific events can be talked about later, for now, i'll cover some trip reflections.

First off - airport security! This is one thing I want to credit to china. Immigration process was very smooth. The officer didn't bombard us with questions. No iris scans, no saving your thumb prints and photographs to add to their database. Not like last year.

Last year's transit through Portland was HELL. Don't know what is wrong with those people. Either they're paranoid or just trying to make life difficult. Either way I don't know what they're trying to prove. That they have the tightest security in the world?

Okay that was a bit off topic but anyway... China has changed a lot since the past few years. If anyone with white skin and colored irises still look down on them, they have a lot to learn. Especially in Beijing. I expected it to look like Kathmandu, Nepal. Instead it looked more like KL, Malaysia. Seriously, I was surprised too. They had huge skyscrapers and wide roads. BMWs. Electric buses like those in canada. Underground subway system.

Well we had this tour guide which wasn't that good in my opinion. I think he's getting paid some commission, cause he kept bringing us to places to spend money, like tea houses, pearl factories, tourist traps...

Then we sort of ran out of money since the tour guide signed us up for some additional package. Fortunately we were able to use credit card to withdraw some cash to spend. Bought plenty of goodies, as well as some cheap clothing and accessories.

Here are some photos



Commies













And a lot of bad signs.















And the best one



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Thursday, December 13, 2007

Boredom Freezes Over



In one and a half hours, I'll be leaving for china.

Thought I might as well change my blogskin to a more appropriate theme. After all, october is already long over. It's been quite a while since I've made a long post and I thought perhaps now would be the opportune time.

Leaving for another country always feels a little weird. Last year, I felt the same before leaving for Canada, a edgy feeling of apprehension, combined with excitement and at the same time, a feeling of missing home already. Well looking back, Canada was great fun. It's a pity we didn't manage to take more photos. No matter, this trip we're bringing a digital and video camera, and I'll be sure to take lots of photos.

The days have been really cold recently, every morning I feel like freezing after showering. It'll be even colder in China, since it's roughly 5 degrees c in Beijing. I'm a bit afraid to go to china actually. Maybe I'm just paranoid. China seems like a place where bad things could happen. Haha.



Well I went for all the night rallies for Rhema Conference. Was pretty cool especially seeing all the people singing in T-ONE. The first sermon wasn't all that interesting, but the last service was pretty cool, especially the second worship part. Anyway, this holiday's going to be short and fast, packed with activity. Coming back on the 23rd of december. Christmas party later that day, and the next day. 25th Christmas, 26th class BBQ.

My only pair of creative earphones completely died today. I was listening to Swing Swing by the all american rejects when the right earphone started crackling. A few sputters later it went silent. Then just today, the left side went out as well. Those earphones were worth at least $30 or so. And now I had to get another pair. So I went to popular and bought a “Queen” brand earphone set for $15, being the thrifty cheapskate that I was brought up to be. Well you get what you pay for and those earphones couldn’t make the mark. So here’s to $15 wasted.

Hmm. And yesterday I went to TTS hospital to check my eyes. My left eye has been a little blurry lately, found out it's some condition where my cornea is conical shape instead of hemispherical. Results in increase astigmatism. Well now I have a year backbone appointment, a yearly heart appointment and a yearly eye appointment. And I'm only 17 this year. Lol.

Well I'll be away for the next ten days. This year is pulling to a close already. In an hours time, I'll be heading for the airport already.

See you all soon. I hope. Haha. No seriously I didn't mean it. I mean. I'll be back.


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Friday, December 7, 2007

In Soviet Russia, blog post writes YOU!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

I forgot that we have to choose electives today at 3pm and chose mine at 11:47pm. Since it's first come first serve, I'm in a pretty bad position.

Gotta get that 3.5 CIP somewhere somehow. It's bugging me but after making such a good video for Character Development, it'll be a waste not to do the CIP.

So many things to do.

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Monday, December 3, 2007

Wayy too many goodbyes.



I came home today to find that the r-age keychain I hung on my laptop bag had broken in two. Only one half was left, the other was nowhere to be found. It was a really nice keychain, from the dinner and dance this year. A few weeks ago, the metal started to get bent. It kept getting caught up in the bag strap and was slowly bent out of shape by the weight of my laptop bag. Then recently, the keychain started to break. At first, a small crack where the dent was. Then gradually the crack grew wider and longer. I noticed it but didn't do anything. Finally, it's gone and there's no way i'll ever get it back. Ironically yesterday was also the last time I would be going for the CM cell on sunday. Time seems to pass so fast. And suddenly it's time to say goodbye to so many people you wish you had known more.

Spent one last lunch at this chicken rice stall in far east plaza. Out of the original 12 or so people from this cell, only four (including myself) were present at this last meal together. We had a good time, and I guess it makes a bittersweet ending to it all.



And in just a few more months, it's time to say farewell to my poly classmates from year 1 too. It's just way too fast.


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