First Semester Done

Although I do not have any official marks yet I have survived my first semester as a university student. I'm happy knowing that even with all the changes surrounding my life as I began university, that I believe I find myself to still be me. I'm one who easily changes to adapt to my surroundings, but sometimes I find that by doing so I drift away from who I believe I truly am. That is why with everything new this year I wanted to keep myself as me. Although during the school year I put some of the things I do aside for school, when I came to this break I find myself not changed to much from the way I was before and that many of my habits and actions seem familiar which makes me happy. Although I think my family would be happier if I had changed from the girl who loves watching Asian dramas and listening to Asian music... but I don't plan on changing that anytime in the future, it is part of who I am to like it and I can't see myself ever fully forgetting this part of me.

First University Exam

Well my first exam passed without a problem...so far, will know for sure once I know how I actually did on it. I had to fill out my scantron using a pencil that was threating to break at any moment while I was filling in my sheet. The rest had to be written in pen so I didn't have to be careful writing the entire time, other than avoiding mistakes I shouldn't be making. It is hard to write in a small box when you've already scribbled something else in it out once already. I don't think Microsoft Access was made to be added in paper on exams...

I only have four more exams to write and then I will have finished my first semester as a university student. If I finished before ten pm on the 22nd I would've loved it more, but I guess we can't all have our exams end early, or have none at all. I am now destressing from the thought of my first exam before moving on to study for my next one, accounting, managerial accounting since the exam is only based on everything after the midterm.

Not everyone had an amazing first experience, but Nire sure had an interesting one.

I've Mentioned Her Before...

I'm talking about Nire. She is a really good friend of mine. After taking another look at my blog she decided it might be good for her to start one herself. So here to promote her blog is me. :) Nire's blog, The Rantings in Nicheese Hope you all take a look at her blog, as she writes more it should become interesting.

It's Been A While, Yet Again

I have a feeling I should remember to update more often, maybe take a break from watching Asian dramas, which I still find myself addicted to, so that I can update. I find that when I'm updating and writing a post I start thinking, and I'm not someone who thinks to myself alot. Normally I tune out my own thoughts with music and others conversations, even if they don't speak a language I can understand. After all the school work I'm stuck doing I don't feel like reflecting on what I want to do in the future, where I'm going to end up, and how many more similar classes I have to take, and it goes on and on until I reach a point where I wish I had decided to straight into the workforce even if it meant it might be harder to get into the job field that I wanted, becuase to be an accountant you do need the schooling. Especially if you want to reach the level of CA (charted accountant). That is more schooling after I've finished university and gotten my diploma and finished the required amount of work hours experience. That is, if I manage to pass the test to get into the classes I will need to be able to write the test to become a CA.

It is time to stop thinking about that far into the future. Now I need to think about studying, and helping Nire with ITIS again, even if I still don't know what it means, because it is our first exam and takese place on Saturday. I'm shortening my sight into the future so far that I'm not even going to think about the classics exam I have to write December from 7-10pm.

I have four question parts left to do on my ITIS (information technology something something course... I should know the actual name, but yeah... just asked my friend and she doesn't know either, and were in the same class... although on the bright side great minds think alike, we thought of the same totally wrong answer), but my Nire needs help, so I'm trying to help her over msn. It is hard trying to explain what she has to do in excel, especially when it is a function she has to do, the forecasting question is going to be annoying. The one question I feel like I should know what I'm doing, but I don't especially since I have no clue what alpha is in the question, which is important for part of it. The other question, I'm not sure what it is asking but I need to know it to do the following part which I actually understand. It is frustrating to be soooo close to being able to submit it, yet still not able to. I also only have just short of three hours to finish and submit it. Although doing this with technology is easier than doing it by hand, it can be annoying when you also know that it is due on Friday and not Monday because you can submit all the answer online.

I do not think I have ever worried so much about school and assignments as I have done this year. Which is not good for me, because when I begin to worry I reach a point where my eating habits are off and it gets to me that I know what I am doing (or at least am trying my best) and I still make quite a few mistakes.

Crowded Buses

Sometimes it is almost unbelievable how many people they can get on a bus. At school during busy transportation hours the buses are crowded. I didn't have to ride the bus often growing up since my mom was willing to drive to where we wanted to go. I have taken it a few times before, going to the mall to see a movie with my friends and whatnot, but I can only think of one time when the bus was really crowded. You could tell it was a group of students who were coming home from classes that day. I didn't have to ride for long since it is not far from the terminal to my stop, but now I normally have to ride at least one crowded bus, whether it is the one to or from the terminal to my stop, or one going to or from school. I normally wait until I know I'll be able to get a seat on the bus heading to the university before I get on, which is why I make sure I'll leave early for school. It's not that I'm not willing to stand but somedays when my bag is really heavy I'd rather not have my shoulder feel like it is going to break before I even reach school. In the morning depending on which bus I take going to the terminal I sometimes have to stand, which isn't so bad because the buses isn't crowded to the point where no one else can get on. It is at times like these I wish I had my licence so that I could drive to school, even if parking is expenses and the bus pass is included in tution. Somedays it is nice just to know you won't be crowded in a bus with plenty of other people.

Finally Done Moving

... my stuff at least. It is hard to get everything from one house to the other, and with the heat we've been having lately it is worse. My room is basically done though. I still have a few posters to put up, and I really want to print of some of my favourite pictures, but that is all extras.

I spent a good chunk of today putting together the desk for my room. I had the first part done, then I realized I had messed up two of the bars and would have to take what I had done so far to correct it. The second time around I was slightly more careful, and got it together properly, only gaining one scratch, and not being able to get the tray for the keyboard to slide properly.

Since the bookshelf has come over from the other house, and has been filled with books. Plus the fact there is no chance of anything in my room being moved until I move out. My room is completely finished. The only thing I'm missing right now is the abilitly to walk to my closet without any obstacles in my way, and actually space in my room to move in.

Starting To Hate the Classifieds

In my job search I have been using the classifieds in the local paper to see who is hiring. I'll read a position think, ahh I can apply for this. Then I look at the adress. Most the jobs aren't for this city, instead they are all about a fifteen minute drive away along the highway. This is a problem for a girl who only has her G1, meaning even if I did have a car, I could go that far, not with out someone who has had their licence for five years.

Been in a co-op program it would be nice to have some experience other than babysitting and volunteering in a soup kitchen. Other people within business co-op programs probably have more on their resume and I can already hear people going, we need people with work experience not only good grades. Especially when you have many people from a program applying for co-op work at the same time. I know I will have next summer, but it would be good to have even something small for during the year. Especially simce I do have one day off during the week which will ake my life so much easier.

Either way I hate the classifieds for putting in so many out of town jobs.

Summer so Far... Even if it Doesn't Feel Like Summer

I have been out of school for almost a month now. Time is passing by pretty quickly. I don't feel like I have done much so far this summer. I have cleaned, baked for guest, visited with my cousin who flew up here, been yelled at by my sister (never disturb those who get nervous for big tests while they study), and fought with my brother.

Todays trip to the dentist was quite interesting, I had recently watched a video and the guy in it (Japanese singer/actor) said he had gone for a cleaning for the first time, and he was talking about how loud it is getting you teeth cleaned. It had never really thought about it before but I had gotten used to the routine cleaning at the dentist office. It gave me something to think about at the time, which was good because I always feel weird when they are randomly cleaning my teeth for me.

Other than that I have been packing and unpacking, my family has recently moved, although we still haven't finished with everything. When the shelves were being built for my sisters closet she put some of her boxes in my room and hasn't moved them out yet. I brought over a few boxes, but since my sister and I shared a room before moving most of our stuff was placed in the same boxes so we have to sort everything which is hard to do when she is not willing to help. Most of my room is set up, all I have to do is move my sister's stuff back into her room, clean up enough so I can move my book shelf in. The book shelf is going to make my life so much easier since all my books are sitting on my closet floor right now so I can't put any of my shoes in and it also makes it hard for the movable shelves I put up.

The most useful things I've probably done this summer is pitting cherries and canning beans. At least there will be more help when it comes to canning peaches and tomato sauce.

It's Been A While

I was actually happy to remember my password for my blog without any help.

Today, well yesterday now, was my graduation from high school, I was quite nervous since of course there is always the fear of tripping in front of everyone. The fact that the girls had to carry flowers killed me as well. I find nothing wrong with flowers but holing them nearby for about two hours when your allergic to them can be a little much. The one thing about graduation is that it can make you look back. Even without people mentioning things, my mind still wandered into the past. As I watched some people walk up for their diplomas I thought stuff like, I remember crushing on him, or the fact that we sat next to each other in class which is probably the only reason we've ever talked to each other.

I always thought graduation was only a way to say be to the high school years and show that you are entering the next stage of your life, but somehow by sitting throught the cermony I realized that we are also remembering high school, showing that we are proud of what we have done in our past four years, and that somehow we will make it to the next part of our lives after this, since we've made it so far. Gradution can be a time where one realizes things they wouldn't have thought about if they didn't see everyone walking pass. Hearing what they have accomplished during their past four years, and learning their future plans.

There is also one hope for future graduates at the school I have graduated from, and that is that they don't choose an extremely hot day for your grad. Our school is famous for that and maybe someday, the cycle will break and instead of sitting together in a room that is stifling hot and crowded, you'll be able to breathe and not keep praying for everything to end soon just so that you can get out.

Next Step

I have finally received notice from all 3 (well technically 2, since I decided I didn't want to go to when school so I didn't go write the test, so I for sure can't get in) schools I have applied to. The only problem now is which to accept to. From an outsiders view one is better just because the school is the second best in the province, and has a great business program, the other one does well but it isn't amazing in comparison, as well as the second one is a newer school. Yet from my point of view looking at the programs itself, at the one school I have to start in business then specialize in accounting and am not guaranteed co-op. At the other one I have a guaranteed co-op and it starts with accounting specialization. The other thing I look at is the fact that the better school is away from home, while the better program is in my city. The hardest part is choosing and I need to soon since the busary form I am filling out that is due today wants to know the school of study, and I have yet to accept.

After writing this all out it seems better for me to choose the school close to home, not since it will be cheaper but because it is more specific to what I want, and ensures that I will be able to do what I plan on doing. So know to fill in the school portion of the application so that I have a chance at getting a way to pay for school.

One Month

Well one month and ten days to be exact. That's one month of changes for me. My english is still as bad as always, but thankfully the stories in math class weren't grammar based, five marks meaning only huge grammar and spelling mistakes were accounted for. My marks have changed, although my accounting dropped before midterms went in, I still managed to keep a 90% average which will hopefully get me accepted to the last school I applied to, even though I don't plan on going there, it's nice to know that I've been accepted. I was invited the test to go to one of the schools, yet didn't go since it was $50 to write and I don't plan on going to school far from home, or really away from home at all, since I managed to get into the local universities accounting co-op program as long as my overall average for grade 12 doesn't drop below 75% which I would have to start doing miserably.

I have discovered that my agenda countdown to the start of the final exams for my high school years was five days off since I missed an entire school week, so after I handed in the first part of my calculus test, I went back and added +5 to every page going back to the start of the school year. The one day I finish my test early and sleep for the last 30 or so minutes of class is the same day that I am wide awake and not falling asleep in the middle of class.

I still have unreliable tutorees that never show up, so I have 11 or 12 hours and 45 minutes of tutoring done which means one or two percent for a math mark, when I would love the whole three percent.

Lately I've been having problems thinking in the creative mind I need for writing my stories, but thankfully the other day I came up with an idea that I love and can write. I should try and finish the story my friends have all been reading (and I thank them all for giving me truthful feed back). I have different random parts written out. I also hope to update my fanfiction, the only problem is that I originally planned for the hidden man to be one person, but decided to, change it since I don't want the story to go in that direction so know I need to come up with a slight idea that has started to form in my mind.

Hope to continue writing more soon :)

It's Frinday the 13th and Good News Has Come My Way!!!!

Today on a whim I decided to check my university applications and learnt that I have an offer. I actually received it 2 days ago, the same day I reapplied to high school just in case I did get in. Now I am over excited and ready to bounce off walls. To top it all off, today was the first day of March Break, and I'm having a sleepover tomorrow. I'm a little to happy to seem to be my normal self, since as Nire and I discussed this past week, I am quite pessimistic, and am unable to speak English properly.

Grade 12

According to my agenda (and my personal countdown with in it), there are 65 more school days (excluding all weekends, exams and holidays) until I graduate. The best part of grade 12 is here right now, first semesters marks are in for university acceptances, people have started receive early acceptances, filling out scholarships has become a favourite activity. And amongst it all we still manage to have time to have fun.

Right now I'm on my spare, I had originally planned to work on a scholarship "essay" (I used quotations because a 500 word essay does not really seem like an essay in my opinion.), but I have given in to procrastination. I most likely wouldn't have gotten far anyways, since next to me my friend is freaking every time she hits enter because she loses the information on the form she is filling out. At least hitting enter brought her attention to the fact that she had easily been running over the 50 characters with spaces rule. She is now attempting to write a 300 word thing, since I still believe essay is and inappropriate word for a blurb about one's self. The more frustrated she becomes with it, the harder I begin to laugh.

As I have mentioned we still are able to have fun. There was the Nire's birthday party in which six of us slept on two air matresses, or at least until Maxine left because the air matress we were on slowly deflated over the night.

This past weekend, five of us (Nire, Olive, Maxine, Sarly[previously twin 2] and I) went shopping and to see some movies. I was teased relentlessly over my tatse in guys, while we bugged Olive for being the only one who bought anything. With the mall closing an hour before the movies we wanted to watch started, we headed to the arcade within the theatres to play some games. After losing and winning some games at air hockey, we finally managed to see the movies.

Since the movie Maxine and Sarly went to see was out before ours, they waited for us, playing the racing all the while. When we reached the arcade we began to scan the front lobby to see if we could find them, not noticing that they were playing the game in front of us (both Nire and I thought they were other people). After Maxine beat both Nire and Sarly at the racing, I took her head on and won. She has now claimed that we must race once again some day, but this time ensure that we do not use a winding course.

Many people hear that grade 12 is the best year of high school, now that I have reached that point in my life I agree. It is due to the thrills that come with applying for next years schools of choice, watching others freak over the exact same thing you are, yet learning to deal with it all and having fun at the same time. The year passes by quickly, but you will make many more memories than you can expect. And who knows, maybe I will make more since the year is not yet over.

The snow is finally gone. For a couple days the weather actually reached above zero so it was warm. The only problem is after one day with warm weather it began to rain. We had two days of raining drabby warm weather before the tempature dropped again. Nothing had really happened since exams, I managed to update my fanfiction. Planned to aim to get a scholarship, but it will take a while to find out if the group can aim to get it. If we managed to get together tomorrow and get almost everything figured out we should be able to reach our goal, what ever the goal aims to be.

Working On the List

Having a bunch of short term goals on my list worked out well. I've handed in my English ISU and got it back, 87% on it, which should raise my mark. I've finished reading One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, a day after the class during my spare but still finished it. Presented in Peace and Politics, my group did amazingly well, 88%, 90%, 90% (although we aren't suppose to know our marks yet, but Maxine needed a mark update so I managed to see our group mark). I haven't handed in my paper yet, but its basically done but I need to read it over again before handing it in on Monday. I've update my fanfiction, but with the end of semester coming up I haven't had a chance to work on my own stuff. And

I have finally applied to university!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have received responses about all three universities recieving my applications. I don't plan on getting early acceptance from any of the universities since I know that two of my marks this semester will be lower, although I should come out with over an 80% average since I get an extra 3% added onto my math mark since I tutored (thanks goes to Nire who agreed to be tutored when the person I was suppose to tutor never showed up, as well as getting her dad to sign for the 8 hours I tutored her online before one test). The worst part is now to come, waiting for responses from the universities.

2009

Happy new year!!!!

It's only the start of 2009 and I have so many things that need to be done and soon. I need to apply for university, I need to write my english essay (rough draft is due Tuesday), I need to apply for some scholarships and find out when OSAP needs to be in by. I need to find a job (although I don't plan on working until the summer) I need to study for my upcoming exams. I need to read more of One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (more English homework), I have a Peace and Politics seminar and paper due second week back at school. And the school related (the job is to help pay for university making it school related) list continues.

For myself, I want to continue working on my fanfiction stories, I get some great feedback from there which can carry over into my own writings. Carry on with my writings, especially if I want to be done in time for next years scholarship, as well as all the essays I write. Get fit, as many others are porbably hoping to do. End the semester with good marks, end the school year on the honor roll...

Although if I want to do all these things, I may want to stop talking about it and try getting somewhere. 8D