End of Second Year

I'm done with Spring semester. My head was about to explode during the last exam. I couldn't take anymore of it. Business Law is just way out of my league. I can never study things that require a lot of memorization, repetition, complex terms, and all that stuff. I find myself to work best with numbers such as Calculus, Financial Accounting, Mathematics, and Statistics.

Business Law = fail!

The same goes to Principles of Finance. I'm usually good (at least I think so) in perpetuity, interest rates, annuity and yadda yadda but I'm not sure if it's just me or it's the professor that makes the subject so hard to comprehend! Never in my life that I am close to 100% certainty that I will fail the subject. This time, if I do pass . . . Lord, You are so merciful. I promise to be better :(

My grades are pretty competitive but semakin lama semakin merosot sedikit. Kenapa? Why baby why?! Takpe, semester depan cuba lagi. Jangan cemas-cemas ye semua.

Oleh yang sedemikian, berakhir lah Tahun Kedua saya di University of New Brunswick. Sekarang ni apa yang saya perlu buat ialah mengemas rumah, tidy up sana sini, pack baju-baju masuk dalam luggage because this princess is coming home :-)

Tiba-tiba rindu rambut panjang.

Hamilton

As promised, here's the story. Briefly lah I'll tell you. Last couple of weeks, me and D decided to do something crazy. It was Thursday morning, we cut school and booked a flight to Toronto on the same day. We hopped on the next flight which was in 2 hours from that moment lol.

I don't have any acquaintances in Toronto but thanks to my good friend who coincidently was in Toronto for a visit, we spent the night exploring some parts of Toronto without getting lost. Thanks S for the hospitality!

The next day, me and D took a bus to Hamilton, which was an hour away from Toronto. Ada agenda sikit.

I seriously thought we wouldn't be so welcomed sebab diorang tengah ada final exam. It turned out that everyone was so sporting, welcoming, and friendly. Eventho the time spent was just about 4 days, gaya macam kenal lama je ek? We will surely come again :)

We wuz herez!

Delish!

We went here and there but the paling the best is again, the waterfall.

A panoramic view of the river and fall

At the edge with Azri and Peti

Hihi awkward. Didn't wanna look down!

This dude makes me look tiny

Food? Perkara wajib if you know me well.

Sushi all-you-can-eat feast!

My spider crab sushi

Before we left we had breakfast @ William's. Above is the fruity crepe D ordered.  Pretty onot?

My chocolate belgium funky monkey waffles. Sedap!

That's it? You call that crazy? Haha, you wouldn't understand. It's crazy and only we know why!

To be continued.

July programs

"As part of the Liverpool FC Asian Tour 2011, Standard Chartered is delighted to invite you and your guest to be a part of our great fanfare on Saturday, 16th of July when Liverpool FC takes on the Malaysian XI team.


As our guests, you will enjoy the unique opportunity of mingling with the Liverpool legends, ‘The Goal Scoring Machine’ Ian Rush and former Liverpool captain and assistant coach, Phil Thompson.
You will also have special access to our VIP hospitality amenities onsite at the Bukit Jalil stadium."




I've got two free tickets to Liverpool FC Asia Tour 2011 and OMG I'M LIKE SO GOING~ (Pura-pura excited) I don't even know the names of the players. The only one I know is . . . Gerard. Or is it Gerald? LOL. So I don't think I'd be 'mingling with the Liverpool legends' but I'll definitely take photos! Who else is going? I might leave early as I am volunteering for Relay For Life 2011. I wanted to promote this healthy program to all of you and maybe recruit more volunteers? But I totally forgot :(

Relay For Life is an over-night event, celebrating the lives of cancer survivors as well as to remember the lives of loved ones who have lost the battle. It is a high-spirited event where everyone in the community can join in the fight against cancer. It is a day filled with fun, comradeship and festivities. A time when people you know and people you don’t know team up to raise public awareness about cancer in the community.

Throughout the duration of the event, individuals, survivors, teams, companies, schools will take turns to walk the track to relay the message of cancer. Non-stop. From dusk till dawn.
*Courtesy of RFLMalaysia


One more event that I am excited about is obviously the annual National Cheer Competition (9th and 10th July). As always I will only be attending the final round which is on Sunday, 10th July. Can't wait to see how advanced the competing teams have become.

More info about Cheer 2011: Rage.com.my

Looking forward to these events, Redang and Singapore trip, and also our spa visits (thanks to mydeal.com.my for burning holes in my pocket). Also, I'm gonna do something with my hair next month.

Webster's Fall, Hamilton, Ontario

Last Thursday, as you might already know, I went to Toronto city. Not just Toronto, we went to Hamilton and Montreal as well. It was all spontaneous and surprising, crazy, funny and so stupid at the same time.


Location: Webster's Falls, Hamilton, Ontario.

It's pretty darn scary. I'm afraid of heights so this was sort of my own version of Fear Factor. I was literally at the edge. Enjoy.

Stuck in Montreal

No, not visiting Montreal. Stuck in Montreal. Funny story.

Let's just say it was the weirdest most random week ever. On Thursday evening, me and D decided to cut school for the day and hop on the next  plane to Toronto, which was exactly in 2 hours.

We were supposed to be back by Monday but . . . it's Wednesday now, 6.20 pm. The next bus to Fredericton is scheduled to depart at 10.30 pm and arrive around 9 am Thursday. There goes my whole week of school (I have classes only on Mondays and Wednesdays).

Because we're that stupid, that's why we're stuck. Long story cut short, we missed our bus back home, took a different bus of the same route, stopped at the transit station we're supposed to and taddaaa! The next bus to Fredericton arrives in 16 hours. Sixteen frikkin hours.

We're in some hotel right now. Slept for 5 hours until the hotel owner came into the room asking us to check out, unless we pay more. OH EM JAY BABYGIRL you can't just bash into my door and ask me to leave, ever heard of knocking?

Apparently, we're supposed to check out at 12 noon. I swear we checked in at 8 am and the receptionist said check-out is at 12 midnight. The hotel owner was a french speaking (because it's Montreal) Indian. I find it interesting for a moment when she was all "blablabla" and pointing fingers at me. "I don't speak French" said I. Then, we got into an aggressive argument. I was so pissed I wanted to check out as soon as possible, took my tooth brush and woke D up.

Thank goodness D was calm and called the receptionist and agreed to pay another 20 bucks just to stay until 10pm. Why didn't you just tell me it was 70 dollars? It could have been easier than bashing into the door and asking me to leave. We had 20 bucks each and a credit card. This is like Survivor.

Ocean tides

Calming, soothing, quiet. These three words perfectly describe today's weather. I rose to the sound of the gentle knocks on the door and was really reluctant to take a shower right away. These days, nothing seems motivating to me.

I showered after an hour of procrastination. Made myself tuna sandwich and drank a cup of green tea. Mom phoned from afar, from some place called Astana in Russia. I wonder how she put up with her work. I wonder if I could put up with my job in the future.

I made myself comfortable on the couch, attempting to finish up an essay I was assigned to do. It then occurred to me, that annoying heart beating feeling. That piece of memory you wish you could tear it away from your head, shake it up a little bit til it breaks into smaller pieces, and flush them down the toilet. I've caused so much pain to people and to myself, been so selfish and self-centered that it eventually leads me to losing something I thought was not as valuable as it is right now. It is a little silly, come to think of it. How easy it is to gain and lose, to love and unlove, to promise and break, to hold and let go, to come and go.

I genuinely believe that I can fix the damage I've caused. In so many ways I believe it is utterly possible. But what would you do if fixing is not an option? That depends on you. Some people would persevere, some give up and walk away. But I am a firm believer in second chances and if there is none, I know good things fall apart so that better things fall together. God is almighty.

C'est la vie.