eLeNaisms

another year in the making

2005-01-02T17:40:00.000-05:00

looking back
the past 2 weeks...

sightseeing with Tony, Pilar and Alex
neverending KidSpark shifts
Deloitte's Christmas party
Fairview, STC, Pacific, Pacific, STC, Fairview, Pacific, Woodside
Kevin's Christmas Eve dinner
New Year's Eve with Kenneth
surveys and sleeping in OMNI
yam cha at Elegant View =)
skating at Mel Lastman Square

2004-12-26T21:25:00.000-05:00

Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas treeeee...!

fun at dc

2004-12-14T18:30:00.000-05:00

spent a total of 15 hrs at the library yesterday studying for stats. i have to admit i had fun!
- "obtained" butter with winnie from tim horton's to make mashed potatos with
- cut up an apple with a plastic knife (it takes skills yo!)
- confused our hands with hot and cold things
- ate a hot dog with lettuce
- chatted with winnie and lemar in the quiet study room >=)
- watched david and lemar interact (death!!!) hahaha!
oh...and we studied! pretty hardcorely too! at certain points during the day all of us were totally quiet and focused, and none of us took naps that lasted longer than 5 min! so proud of us! =P i know i said i wouldn't go back this term last night when i was leaving, cuz near the end i started feeling claustrophobic from being there all day...but lemar just called...so off i go! but first!!--> naptime!! =)

(insert jeopardy theme song here)

2004-12-10T14:03:00.000-05:00

tax exam is at 7 tonight...i wish it would just hurry up and come so i can start studying for the french final i have tomorrow in peace! can't focus cuz i keep thinking about tax aaahhh!!

on a side note, i set off my fire alarm again last night. i thought i was doing so well!! it hasn't gone off since i stopped using the toaster last month, but noooo...it went off 4 times in 10 min yesterday. while i was boiling WATER! Smoke Detector must really hate me! =( but on a lighter note, it happened to winnie today for the first time!! hahaha!! so it ISN'T just me!! >=)

counting down the hours until next friday...friday friday friday =)

trapped...

2004-12-04T21:36:00.000-05:00

i'm trapped at the library with no way of going home. it's super cold outside, and the journey just doesn't seem worth it because i know i'm going to find so many other things there that i'll "need" to do...like vaccuum my room, and do my laundry...!!! just woke up from an hour long nap that i couldn't stop myself from taking...winnie's still sleeping...

worked all day on tax, but still trying to study tax...is this really what i'm going to be doing for the rest of my life? cuz that's a super scary thought. it was a pretty productive day of hardcore working on assignment though, and i finally got it done after lemar called me cuz he helped put things into perspective: exam >> assignment hehe! after that there didn't seem to be so much pressure to make it perfect anymore! and kevin started off my day by making me laugh...it's been a while since we've chatted. it's been a while since i've laughed at silliness. i love friends =)

i want to go home =( but there was a reason i came here...*sigh* 2 more weeks 2 more weeks 2 more weeks 2 more weeks 2 more weeks....

almost there!!!

2004-11-22T10:24:00.000-05:00

soooo close to being done everything for this term!!! i'm so excited! hehehe finally i'll have some time to do things i like again! like baking, and watching movies, laundry, gossiping and shopping!! hehehe too bad SOME people are just starting to work *ahem*bonnie lol! why do you have to be so backwards! =P going home on thursday!! it's also supposed to start snowing that day!! we'll see...hopefully this time next week i'll be building an igloo somewhere on campus! hehehe!!

sooo...whats happenin in UR life?
well...last week i studied for 102
this weekend i'm studying for stats
and writing a speech
after tuesday i'll have a french essay
yea -not school life!!! =P
what do u mean?! school IS life!
love life!
.................

so this is my life... =)

answers

2004-11-17T13:20:00.000-05:00

sometimes i wish that life came with flashing neon signs telling me what to do. then i wouldn't need to spend so much time dwelling on things that might or might not happen. ideally, my signs would correspond with those of the people i interact with too...and everything would work out for the best always. how can i know that what i choose to do is right? especially when it affects someone else. why can't anyone give me a straight answer? in my ideal world, those signs would come in pink.

replaying: leave me by new edition

on becoming a vampire

2004-11-12T22:20:00.000-05:00

i think i'm starting to develop the sleeping habits of a vampire... i've been taking abnormally long naps during the daytime and going to bed at odd hours of the night. and already have the overwhelming need to stay out of sunlight too! =P

went out with winnie, charles and kenneth last night and we played slapjack! i've never played with people who have slower reflexes than me, but managed to beat charles and kenneth! >=) muahaha! it was their first time though, and i'm guessing they'll get better, esp. at one up one down cuz they can do math quicker than us! hehehe maybe next time they'll be willing to try animal farm! didn't end up sleeping until after 3 cuz winnie felt the need to keep me updated on her progress in her solitaire showdown marathon with ivan hahaha apparently that game takes skills (which she doesn't have cuz she lost!! lol! jks) she kept me up last night, just like i kept her up last saturday watching ever after--we're even now! hehehe!

nothing else to do but work this weekend! cuz everyone went home...waterloo's not so fun when people go home!

worries galore

2004-11-10T23:08:00.000-05:00

i went to health services today to get my eye checked because it was swollen when i woke up this morning. while i was waiting for the nurse, i picked up a couple of pamphlets on things like eating disorders and post traumatic stress syndrome. there were checklists to help people diagnose themselves, and i must admit i was creeped out that i could say i'd been experiencing almost all of the symptoms! i was concerned about my eye when i walked in, but i walked out more concerned about compulsive eating and post traumatic stress...health services isn't very good at alleviating worries it seems. i should really start watching what i eat while i'm studying...

the swelling's gone down thanks to beeooteefull warm compresses! =)

on another note, we keep hearing noises inside the walls of our suite. rosalyn says it's mice...just chalk it up as another thing to worry about!

winter wonderland

2004-11-09T10:04:00.000-05:00

there's something about the first snowfall of every year. along with it comes excitement because it signals that the holidays are coming, fun of snowball fights and igloo building, and warm and fuzziness cuz it's sweater season! few things can beat waking up in the mornings to a fresh blanket of snow! =) hopefully this year i'll be able to find some time between exams to drop by the Chrismas lights festival! they'll have hayrides! and apple cider!! hehehe

but snow also comes with flu season. and it just so happens that i'm sick lol! my voice goes slightly lower in tone, and it seems to echo inside my heard when i'm sick, kind of like if you hold a phone to each ear when you're talking to someone--it's kinda like surround sound you might say! hahaha winnie didn't understand ggrrr!

we're supposed to hit the gym today, but i can feel myself getting tired already...it's been a long time hehehe somehow it just doesn't hold the same appeal that it used to! counting down the hours until next friday night, when everything will be over for the term! well...almost lol everything major anyways! maybe i'll finally get the chance to go skating!

true love

2004-11-01T20:03:00.000-05:00

my parents are the best. they're so supportive in everything i choose to do, and just the extent of the things they're willing to do for me and tony astounds me. i told them about the trouble i was having working out how i was going to get to toronto for deloitte's office visit and my dad offered to call in sick at work so he could come drive me to make sure i made it there on time. i can only hope that i'll treat my kids as well as mom and dad are treating tony and me. they're so psyched that i got a job at all =) it's so sweet, i think they might even be more excited than me! i'm so thankful they can be proud of me for that at least, because my marks this term certainly won't be anything to brag about...so tired of everything...

i was supposed to finish my speech earlier today and start studying for french and stats so i could go out tuesday night. but no...not gonna happen it seems =( ...hang in there elena...5 more weeks to go...hehehe that reminds me of charles. i made fun of him cuz he told me he talked to himself in his head sometimes. he's right it does make you feel better hehehe

2004-10-29T13:55:00.000-04:00

part of our shoe collection

2004-10-29T12:53:00.001-04:00

our meat department =)

2004-10-29T12:53:00.000-04:00

our produce department

2004-10-29T12:52:00.000-04:00

where i spend 8 hrs a day

2004-10-29T12:50:00.000-04:00

memories

2004-10-29T12:32:00.000-04:00

my haven

loves and love-nots

2004-10-29T11:02:00.000-04:00

i love laundry. half a term left to go, and i'm looking forward to coming home after 201 tonight to do laundry. that might seem a bit sad on a friday night, but it's like...my one chance to sit quietly and let my mind wander without having to direct it back to school before starting a whole new cycle of sleeplessness tomorrow.

i also love earplugs. i feel safer, and warmer and fuzzier somehow with my ears blocked off from the rest of the world. i also like the sound of typing on my keyboard when i have my earplugs on =) that's why i get a new pair every day! because once they've been used once, they just don't have the same springish quality that you get from a new pair. that's why it's so beyond me that david and lemar have used the same pair for half a year. hopefully they were just joking about the crustiness...eee-yeww! hahaha

i just noticed this layout has the same colour scheme as my audit textbook...i don't love audit.

first time for everything

2004-10-28T13:10:00.000-04:00

i couldn't stop falling asleep yesterday while studying for audit, and every time i woke up i'd need a break to get fully awake before i could get myself to start studying again. so i found myself calling home and blabbing for half an hour to whoever happened to answer the phone! lol! the calling card i just bought didn't even last a week and a half! so i convinced my dad to let me sign up for onlinetel --> the first time i used my credit card!!! yaaaaaaayyyyy!! hehehe i felt so grown up pressing that enter button! =P but i think it might've been a wee bit more exciting if i had had to sign something...!

i also managed to keep my computer turned off all day in an effort to study audit. that was a first too! was able to stay focused for quite some time! and whenever the urge to see who was on msn became unbearable i went next door and used winnie's computer hahaha! i think i've finally found my effective studying environment! =P

it seems like trying to study for audit helps me achieve many things...except actually studying...

in the words of herbal essences

2004-10-25T10:23:00.000-04:00

yes! YES! YYYEESSSS!!!! hehehe!
entered my room today and saw the fedEx envelope on my chair! finally got my acceptance package!!!!!!

yesterday's news

2004-10-23T15:13:00.000-04:00

there's something about the accounting courses this year...it's like no matter how much work and time you put into them, it's still impossible to do well! i had my first 102 midterm last night and it was super depressing handing in something knowing you didn't pass... =(

thankfully i was able to cheer up when i went to sweet dreams with kenneth, and it was all good again by the time charles joined us later! they're hilarious together! hehehe seeing how close they were kinda made me miss my friends in toronto though. it's been a while since bonnie's made fun of me, or since i heard kevin call me dumbo, or called up someone as soon as i got home like jenny and i used to do...2 more months! then i get to be back where everyone else is!! =)

i also got a welcome email from deloitte! remember how everytime we passed by a skyscraper i used to point up at it and say that's where i wanted to work when i grew up? that's one goal in life i can check off now! i'll be in td centre, which is tall, downtown, and close to eaton centre! score!!! lol! =P k but first i gotta work on passing 2A. argh!!!

tired beyond compare

2004-10-20T10:55:00.000-04:00

have i ever been this tired? and no ending in sight...

YYYYEEEEESSSSS!

2004-10-13T11:08:00.000-04:00

I'M A DELOITTE GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!! =) =) =) =) =)

please please please

2004-10-12T07:39:00.000-04:00

please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real please let it be real...

secrets

2004-10-09T14:00:00.000-04:00

back home for thanksgiving weekend. i was looking through one of my closet drawers when i stumbled upon my elementary school diaries. reading them, i was struck by how many "soooo cool"s, and "i'll show them"s there were! apparently i used to feel a constant need to prove myself to others--especially to my parents. it seemed like life was so complicated back then: one person's opinion could ruin my whole reputation, one bad test mark would ruin my whole life, one guy that i was going to 'love' for ever and ever...it seems like it was all about guys, friends, family, guys, to a minor extent school, and to a pretty major extent GUYS! i can't believe how guy-crazy i used to be! lol! but it sure seemed to make life a lot more fun! i don't keep a diary anymore, but i bet if i did it'd be filled with school, exams, and co-op, which is so way dry. i thought we were supposed to have more fun as we grew older cuz we'd be able to do more stuff...hmm...someone must've lied to me along the way! or is it just cuz i'm at uw, in accounting of all things. lol!

blogs aren't much of diaries, as bonnie keeps telling me. you're not really supposed to write anything that you don't want others to see. darn! i guess that rules out blogging about the cute guy i've been talking to more and more lately! hahaha!! =P

toaster war >=(

2004-10-04T14:56:00.000-04:00

'Twas a cold Monday morning, and all through the suite everyone else was still asleep. I woke up at 6 to finish some work, and it was around 7 that I got hungry, so I decided to make toast. So I put the bread in the toaster and turned my back for 3 seconds, and then it started smoking. So naturally the trusty fire alarm went off--like it always does--like it did the other 4 previous times it has gone off when I've used the stupid toaster!!! AAARGGHH!!! My neighbours must hate us, every time I try to toast bread the fire alarm goes off, and it keeps on going and going and going!! I swear they must have some sort of alliance going on! Winnie says the toaster doesn't like me, and I have to agree, but I can't keep on living like this! Scared of a toaster...what kind of sorry existence is that?! Well I don't like you either Toaster!!! This is WAR!!! Bring it on!! >=(

anything but work

2004-10-02T15:44:00.000-04:00

came back to toronto yesterday for a cma connections. the actual convention was alright, got some freebies =P and talked to some people who seemed like they have pretty cool jobs! had lunch at green curry with jing and joey after, it was my first time having pad thai and it was good!! =) went shopping along queen st. after and stopped by a library on our way back to check jobmine-that's how obsessed we are! lol! they're super fun to chill with! haven't had the time to laugh and joke around with people in a while! jing and i agreed that so far this term, our lives have been comprised of only going to hh for afm classes, and wilmot to study and work on those same hh classes. pretty sad existence but still manage to have some good times in between! =)

last night was the first full night of sleep i've had in almost a month! i had a super weird dream but it was still great lying on a bed that knows how to be the exact amount of firm and soft, and putting my head down on a pillow that's just the right height and provides the perfect amount of cushioning! apparently my time away at university has turned me into a connoisseur of sorts--at least i can say i learned one thing at uw!

i woke up this morning with the intention of getting a haircut, but kevin happened to pop online while i was waiting for my dad to get back from driving tony to his last weekend at wonderland. i didn't end up getting one though, cuz kevin said something that made me rethink. "don't come crying to me again if it's too short!" then i realized i haven't come home crying from a barbershop ever since i grew my hair long! lol! so i guess long hair makes me happier...but see if it's too long then i start resembling an unkempt hippie. gggrrr why's it so hard to find a balance!

so i ended up grocery shopping with my parents instead. i was studying in a relatively empty aisle of asian farm when a sudden overwhelming craving for sweet potatos hit me. that might have been because i was standing in front of them, but still...they look so dusty on the outside but they're so good when they're baked! hehehe i wonder why people call them yams, sweet potato sounds so much more cultured if you ask me! but then again, yam goes better with yum -- as in yummy yams -- it has a certain ring to it no? =D this is what i think of when i'm procrastinating...

sob

2004-09-27T17:32:00.000-04:00

my first rejection... ='(

jayson

2004-09-25T22:54:00.000-04:00

apparently jayson thinks that i write useless random things on my blog and he says i talk too much. how can i help it if what I think is important isn't what HE thinks is important?! lol bananas are a big deal in my life you know!! i had to go a whole week without their vitamin-filled goodness! ggrrr!!! >=P hahaha! jayson's so jokes! him, dan, rommel and their friend jeff dropped by for a visit tonight and they totally made my day! hehehe before they came the most exciting part of my day was taking out the garbage with rosaline -- it was the first time we took out the recycling since we moved in. surprisingly there wasn't a lot of it! ...but maybe all that means is that we're not recycling enough...uh oh!

so i guess no work again tonight! there's something about night time that makes me lose focus...maybe it's cuz i can hear the drunken people outside my window, and they're having tons of fun. why is everyone studying...or home in toronto aaaahhh! omg...i just realized jayson wore glasses today! hmm..can't say that i've seen them on him before! sexay! =P hahaha!!! can't say i'm writing useless stuff now can you?! lol!! i win!!!!!

uh oh

2004-09-21T07:41:00.000-04:00

winnie and i went home this weekend and we brought back a lot of food with us. roz stayed but she also went grocery shopping. so our fridge is overflowing right now. it didn't seem too cold in there and we didn't want the food to spoil so i suggested we turn up the fridge...and we did. apparently one number up on the fridge scale is equivalent to a billion degrees in the coldness scale!!! my bananas froze overnight...well, pretty much everything did. so then we turned it back down. and now my bananas have melted and the peels are all black. i guess what i'm trying to pass on is that you shouldn't freeze bananas. or at least if you do don't unfreeze them, cuz u could use them to make milkshakes...dammit why didn't i think of that earlier?!? aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!! my poor bananas! =(

give me a GEEEEEE!!

2004-09-17T13:33:00.000-04:00

i got my G! i got my G! hahahaha!!
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!! =D

late night bbt

2004-09-16T01:43:00.000-04:00

just got back from grabbing some bbt with roommates. having a shop so conveniently situated across from us is gonna cause some problems this term! we keep doing everything but studying lol! but winnie assures me that she'll start living at the library next week =P today we spent 15 minutes trying to start a song playing at the exact same time on both of our computers so we could get a surround sound effect!! hahaha! not bad! now if only rosaline would cooperate too, it could be like an imax experience! lol!

bought my greyhound ticket today. looking forward to spending a weekend at home, but it doesn't look like it's gonna be filled with much socializing! co-op postings start next week. everything is swarming towards us all at once, it's barely been a week and it already feels like we've been here for half a term!

every day at waterloo seems a bit surreal, like it's not really happening...before you know it, we'll have moved on to something else. someone told me today that i've changed and i've gotten more mature...i'm not sure if i agree but i certainly don't believe that things will always end up for the better in the end anymore. so maybe mature wouldn't be the word i'd pick. maybe it'd be cynical or realistic...late night introspection has never been one of my strong points. i think i'll leave the deep thoughts for rainy afternoons.

winnie cut my bangs

2004-09-14T17:55:00.000-04:00

winnie cut my bangs! they look good! =)
they're not too short so i don't look mainlanderish. and they're not too long so i don't look sleepy all the time. yaaaayyy for winnie!!! hehehe!

elenaisms

2004-09-12T11:18:00.000-04:00

so i was talking to david on the phone last night, and we came up with proof that you should never put all your chickens in one barn! ingenious no? =) we thought so! hahaha

so winnie comes back and roz moves in today! we'll see how we all get along together >=P (muahahaha!) hopefully one of them will bring a can opener! cuz we have many cans but no way to open them as of yet! in the meantime though, we've been eating croutons, because those conveniently come in a bag. thank goodness for croutons! and raisins, can't forget the crunchy goodness of raisins!

so i'm down to $2.35 on my calling card. and i was worrying that i wouldn't be able to finish using it in a month! but i should never have feared cuz connection charges are always there! now i'm wondering how many cards i'll use every month!

so i just noticed that all of my posts were written in the morning... it msut be becasue i still haven't been able to sleep in yet. i'm seriously thinking it's a deficiency i have-->IT-SID: inability to sleep in disease. whose symptoms include walking into doors, bigger eyes, and trouble remembering things. gee what a great start to 2nd year!

INTERNET!!! and bug vaccuuming

2004-09-08T08:23:00.000-04:00

midway through frosh week already! oh man so it's nothing like i expected! i feel just as clueless as a leader as i was back then as a frosh! we never really know what's going on until the half an hour before an event! but somehow we still manage to pull of something and make it seem like we've been planning it for weeks...well no...more like a couple of hours! =P

winnie and i got our resnet to work!!!! wooohooo!!! omg we're connected to the outside world again! lol! now all we have to do is pick freaky hours to go online so it works properly! kinda like i'm doing now cuz i couldn't go back to sleep hehehe not enough sleep this whole week! soon i'll start looking like a racoon--a sunburnt one!

BUGS 101
observed species in wilmot court

antflies: the more predominant of species; look like ants with muscles; have ability to fly

fruit flies: teeny black dots that float around; also very populous in suite 113; super annoying; tend to congregate around garbage

giant spider mosquitos: giant mosquitos that look like spiders with 6 legs; mostly like to chill on screens of balconies and windows

giant spiders: like spiders, only bigger, WAY bigger!

earwigs: elliptical looking things that have 2 long antennae; crawl along walls; uncommonly large in waterloo

bug vaccuuming: verb; action whereby a vaccuum is waved around wildly in attempt to suck up bugs; success rate: 60%; possible complications: bug party in vaccuum bag

all packed up...

2004-09-05T10:47:00.000-04:00

...and unwilling to go!!!! woke up at 7 to spend 4 hours finishing the rest of my packing. now i'm all done, but i'm still online chatting with kevin even though we just saw each other last night because i don't wanna leave yet! =( i'm still wondering how i ended up having more stuff to take with me this year than i did last year!! i could have sworn i unpacked half of what i brought back with me in spring!! lol but everything i have is already a necessity!

k move-in time - my parents are getting impatient lol
32 days to thanksgiving 32 days to thanksgiving 32 days to thanksgiving 32 days to thanksgiving......

modern inconveniences

2004-09-01T09:36:00.000-04:00

so my computer wasn't working properly, my dad's cell phone never seems to get reception, and our car is busted...just some of a long list of technological mishaps that have been plaguing our lives lately! two years ago, the way my computer is running now would have been totally fine, but now, it's supposed to be faster, capable of doing more things, and just better overall. so when it fails to perform up to standards we get mildly angry! if we didn't have a cell phone, my mom wouldn't have become so frustrated from calling my dad without any response. as for our car...bussing isn't that bad! =P i think technology is making the world an angrier place. >=( maybe we should go back to the days of living in igloos--i wouldn't mind spending a bit of time in an ice castle!! hehehe

going back to school shopping with tony today for clothes! he's so awesome! how many brothers would let their sisters play dress up with them? =) band girl won't know what hit her next year! lol!

5 more days until move-in day! i'm gonna miss everyone so much!!! already counting down the days to thanksgiving weekend! (37!!!!!)

the end of the beginning of the end

2004-08-25T19:59:00.000-04:00

only a bit more than a week left before i have to head back to uw! there are so many things i have left to do still! but my list of things to accomplish by the end of this summer has gotten shorter over the past couple of days which is awesome! went to the cne monday night and i got a balloon squirt and a stuffed doggy! they're both super cute! i can't really decide a name for it between spot, doggy, or puppy...i know, not majorly imaginative at all! lol! i guess that's what happens when i don't get enough sleep! and apparently i've never been on a ferris wheel before, it WAS just a dream! hehehe funny how that is...that means i've never been on a train before either!! =P it was different going with victor and hiroshi instead of with bonnie and kevin as i usually do--we actually spent time outside the heritage building for one! lol! it didn't seem like the guys were so much into shopping, instead it was a lot more walking! which kinda surprised me, since victor seems to like driving everywhere!

hit wonderland yesterday with bonnie, lily and her lil sister! she was so cute and omg she got us into scooby doo's haunted mansion!!!!! aaaaaahhhhh that has got to be the awesomest ride! you get to shoot at things and it's actually kinda creepy in there cuz things pretend to fall on you! hehehe me and bonnie didn't come anywhere close to beating the day's high score but i swear those people must have practiced a LOT!! it was soooooo hard to hit the little blue lights! surprisingly i didn't get too tanned even though we spent most of our time at splashworks! we had to climb so many stairs to go on almost all of the rides, they should so have escalators. since the line ups were so long, we had a lot of time to notice things around us. like how lily saw that a guy waiting in front of us had a 6th toe - that was kind of cool in an odd sort of way! i always wondered how it'd look! lol

next on the agenda? the zoo and mamma mia tomorrow!! oooooh a chance to dress up!! wheee! and that will round up my week of fun and excitement! i wonder what next week will bring...!

bbq + ar + ec = AW!!!

2004-08-22T20:23:00.001-04:00

ooooh what an awesome weekend! it all started on saturday morning when my driving instructor cancelled our session, which was a major relief. i swear the 5 minutes that i wait for him to arrive (cuz he's usually late) are the most nervewracking ever! i figure maybe it has something to do with the fact that he makes me do things which i don't really want to or feel ready to do at all! but it must be a hard job, i mean, how much fun can it be pushing people to do things all the time against their will? marco's not bad though, at least he sees the lighter side of things, cuz he's always laughing =)

georgina's bbq was amazing! it was great seeing some of my high school friends again, especially the ones i haven't been keeping in touch with too often in the past year. they've changed a lot, but only for the better! everyone seems so much more self-assured and definitely more social, it's like the cliques and stereotypes of high school have all been finally stripped away. thank goodness! it was doubly cool cuz i got to grill all of the food!! well almost! daniel cooked more than half of it hehehe but it was definitely a fun experience! i can see why the food network would host shows like Licence to Grill!

i had a blast today at amazing race! too bad linh and i couldn't run though cuz we had the same injury! how likely is that? lol! but that didn't stop us from walking to eaton centre afterwards to do some shopping! oooh and to get juice from Freshly Squeezed! omg that place should honestly have its own restaurant, complete with fruit desserts, drinks and salads! and maybe they can change their name to Fruit Heaven! mmm! i'd eat there every day!

speaking of fruits, we got a new fridge at home, which means we can double the quantity of our fruit purchases at our weekly grocery shopping trip! yaaaayyy!! and on that note, i should really get some sleep and rest up for the week ahead! =)