28 posts tagged “triumph!”

kung fu
the weekend
doing nothing on the weekend

and most of all...
discovering new wonderful filling places to eat.
to count-
i know one good all you can eat chinese buffet
and one BOMBASS hot pot restaurant

next is finding a good dim sum place, pho place, and then thai japanese etc.

well the grill.
omg, for the first time in like two months, i haven't burned my chicken.
and have it still retain its moisture, and flavor.
o and did i mention? it looked delicious too.
and it all took only 7 minutes.
i'm so happy :D now i can cook flavorful, wonderful, reduced fat meals in less than 10 minutes.
its a must have for college students :D:D:D
i can cook like everything in it.
this sounds like an ad, but really, my stomach is smiling and thanking my brain for finally getting the good idea of buying one. :D

and old year 2008

i look back and i feel as if compared to new year last year, my whole life's been turned upside down.  everythings changed.  who i hang out with, where i go to school, where i live, who are still my friends, who may become my new friends, my dreams, my goals, how i think.
to put it simply,
2008 was life changing.

there are still a few things about my life last year that i'm glad, very grateful, to still have, and hopefully i'll still have it until new year 2010.

but, its a new year, which means shedding old things, shaking them off your back.
so all those bad habits, grudges, feelings, BE GONE!
to make room for the good new things.

i feel like i've been kicked into high gear.
i've been rushing around all day, trying to squeeze errands in wherever i can.
but at the end of today,
i feel wonderful :D

i loved being able to see some of my favorite people today.
and be myself with them, and laugh with them, and talk with them,
all face to face and not over the phone.
it was nice, really nice.

i feel different. very different, since like yesterday. i don't know what happened or how.
but i feel as if i've woken up from a deep sleep. opened my eyes after a 6 month long coma.  shifted the blankets off of me to the sun shining through the window. 

after about 4 months, i'm starting to feel like i'm home.
and thinking about my trip back to the states, it feels like i'm visiting my parents and my sister, not going home.

i found a chinese temple in downtown. i'm going to go there at least before i leave for the states.
i really need some spiritual renewal.
i need to finish christmas shopping, wrapping, getting cards, writing letters, sending packages.
i need to pack for toronto and going back home.
i need to call my friends.

now that i'm coming back to the states, and finding out that my parents are taking me and my sister to cabo san lucas for like 6 days, it means that i only have a few days at home to do what i want to do.  which means the time i have with my friends is pretty limited.
but that just means that i have to make the best out of the time given to me, and that means that i'm only going to hang out with the friends who really matter to me.
sorry for the rest of you, i really do want to hang out, but only if had more time.
so you know who you are,
we have a date when i get back :D

k so went to this huge party, mcgill downtown students came, mac students were there, plus the numerous other friends they invited. it was actually pretty fun :D
went downtown today, and omg, really, its the best to see everyone, or at least about half the people in the spirit of things. seeing groups of guys dressed up as female slut elves, guitar heroes, robots, skater dudes and pirates was the highlight of my day.
other than that.
i have a lot of real heavy shit to do.
grocery shopping tomorrow, more homework :(
2nd round of midterms next mon and wed :(

early.
so like i've been telling everyone who's been asking, thanksgiving day was today, US columbus day, so i did the honors of making turkey. for the first time. and it turned out fkn good. like really fkn good.
i cooked it stuffed with apples and onions and poured cheap champagne all over it.
we had so much leftovers, its probably going to last until the end of the week :D
and we had rice, and gravy and the germans made some potato thing that was really good too :D we had some chocolate cake that one of them made :D
they recorded like me sticking my hand and forearm up the turkeys ass, and they took tons of pictures, they even decorated the table with candles and leaves from outside :D because i they don't celebrate thanksgiving in germany, its just a north american thing i guess.
it was lovely and warm and comforting and cozy and it felt a little like thanksgiving back home :D

i'm doing this instead of doing homework :( i've literally been procrastinating all fkn weekend :( :( :(
but i got an 88% on my chem final! YES! :D finally, actually a good grade :D its like an A+ in mcgill grading scale.
my other midterms really not that good, but according to mcgill grading scale, i got a B- on physics (67%) and eh, i got an F on bio, but then my bio prof is being really lenient and nice and allowing us to make it up by reading three chapters of the book and turning in one page summaries to get 3 marks on the test. which will boost my grade to a B. 
i have a calc midterm tomorrow which i literally am not studying for at all. period. because this shizz is so easy, well more like i know it because i learned it so many times which in fact makes me sound like a retard.
but im thankful, because that means i don't have to work as hard for it :]

so what am i thankful for this fine evening?
my friends back home and all over the place who i (thankfully!) still can talk to without noticing the distance between us, who i can still talk to about anything and everything, and are there for me when no one here can be
my family back home who are literally supporting me in everything right now
my experiences so far, being able to come here, being able to live here, being able to survive here, and being able to enjoy every single minute of it
the things i have learned, about life, people, places, relationships, and how to deal with it
the new friends i have at this moment, whether or not i'll be friends with them in a week, two weeks, a month, next year, at least they are here for me, with me, here and now
and being able to feel thankful, and grateful, and just wonder at all the things i have to be thankful for and how well i really am living

all i need now to top all this off is black friday. :( i miss you dirt-cheap-electronics-deals :(

i guess thats how i can sum it all up.
talked to my mom, and i guess they all got over it or whatever, but she was nice to me on the phone and it felt good to hear her voice again :D she's just worried about me over here, on top of some other crap thats going on back home.

all i can say is
ahhhhh :D

i feel so good, so good i feel like i'm flying, when my roomie decides to sleep in someone else's room.
is that a bad thing?
nope, i think thats normal :D
and i don't have class tom until 11:30
SCORE! :D