Vacationing

So I'ts 3am local time here in Hong Kong, meaning all my friends are up and about back at home. Vacationing has been great, and I've experienced a lot of cool stuff here, and bought some stuff to bring back home. I bought some stuff I like, as well as a bunch of randomness just for fun. Overall It's been a good experience, but I'm about ready to go home. I miss my friends, and its quite lonely here.

I've managed to go to some random places in china as well, two large ones being Shanghai and Beijing. Overall however, I have to say that I like Hong Kong the most, and will come back for vacation whenever I can.

On another thought, I feel very distant from a lot of people lately, seeing as it's hard to get in touch here with the time difference and places for internet. Hopefully I'll be back to see them all soon, as well as meet up with some people I've lost touch with.


Well, thats all for now. It's almost 4am, so I better get to sleep.
Take care all!

Back!

Just in time for finals. Odd that it's 5:49, and for some odd reason, (most likely a nap) I am unable to sleep at the moment. I was lying in bed for about an hour till I just gave up and came here. I'm actualyl quite focused today, got a lot done for my courses so that I will be prepared to write these wonderful finals next week.

Overall, not much has changed over the past few months, I bought a beanbag because I always wanted one, and I've picked up some other hobbies while taking a break from badminton. Basketball wasn't too bad for me, but it is frustrating to play a sport that you cant seem to do well in anymore (not that I was very good to begin with). All in all, the other sports and hobbies were a good break, but I'm picking up badminton again and most likely going for training over the summer.

My religious views have not changed, per se, but have been altered in the respects that I believe that any good done to better the world, is good done, regardless of what sect, religion, or group it is backed by. If religion seperates more than it unifies, then I think that we have it all wrong in spending energy to debate the master ultimate religion, instead of directing that energy to better the world.

I will probably not be writing back anytime soon as my finals are till the 21st of April, and I leave to Hong Kong soon after that for a month. I will be back near the end of May, and will start my work term at Spinmaster. Wish me luck, and good luck to everyone else on their finals if they have them.

Hell week again.

Well, it's that fun time of year again, where I get to write 5 midterms in 5 days. I seriously don't quite understand Waterloo's mentality on why they do this to us... --- Oh? What's that you say? They want to fail us to get more money? Oh, well that clears things up. That's Waterloo for you.

My midterms havent been going terribly so far. Some of them are a bit tough, but I'm surviving. This particular course however, is just beyond stupid. I don't understand how I'm supposed to study 8 weeks worth of material, using ONE (yes, just ONE) assignment, which doesn't even include everything. It actually obviously can't include everything since there's only 5 questions ON the stupid assignment to begin with. There are no practise midterms, no hint of what we're going to get on the exam, or ANYTHING of that sort. This is like playing the lottery. Hope that you can find information in time on an open book exam. I'm good at that, which is lucky, but I don't quite think that this is how exams are supposed to be. Regardless, I have no choice but to study till the wee hours of the morning, in hopes that I cover what is going to be tested. Joy -_-.

Beyond this, I'm okay so far. I'm still handling work and school together okay, and I'm not completely overwhelmed, as I thought I might be. Just goes to show, that as you apply pressure, you really get your act together more. I actually may have MORE time, than when I didn't have a job, mostly because I may have spent half of it doing nothing (or napping, probably napping).

Anyway, back to studying, 4:33 am.

Busy

I seem to be taking on new habits each day as I continue to do more and more activities. I still somehow manage to find the time for them too. It just kind of goes to show, that if you want something to happen, you'll make time for it. I unfortunately don't have such drive for school work, else my marks would probably be much higher. Baby steps... I'll get there eventually.

Sigh, 4:30 and still not sleeping yet. Whole lot of work to do this weekend, and I seem to be overwhelmed with a bunch of activities. Some of them are really my own choice and more fun, but I really do have to pick up on the amount of work to be done. Readings are starting to pile up.

Even though I'm time pressured though, I feel that I still have a lot of time for me, and that I'm still doing okay. I don't feel overwhelmed by everything.
Perhaps I should be worrying more, since I might realize that in the end just how behind I could be. I feel like I'm keeping up though. Not to worry. Doing well for now.

Balance

My term has been going okay so far. I haven't gone crazy yet by juggling school, work, and play. Admittedly there isn't a whole lot of time for play, but when I play, I play hard. This usually is in the form of some sport, be it badminton, basketball or snowboarding. I've had a lot of fun lately in the weekends just having fun and hanging out, but as the work piles on, I'm starting to feel the pressure. Staying up is starting to become normal again, just to play catch-up on work that I havent done yet. I don't really feel like I have less time than my previous terms, but more that I have more time management. Having a job has pushed me to do things quicker and procrastinate less. Good lesson to learn.

Other than this, I've been having quite a bit of time to relax just for myself, mostly going snowboarding. No one bother's you as you go down the slopes, or sit on the chairlifts. Even with friends, it's a very individual thing, and I find it really peaceful. One of my favourite hobbies, I've found.

I worry slightly about the future to come, regarding midterms, marks, and a whole bunch of other fun stuff like jobs and positions, but right now I'm just letting those things slip from my mind, and concentrate at the task at hand. I'll take care of it when it gets there.

Boarding Day!

I just recently came back from waterloo, after a whole long week of work, to relax for a couple days before heading off to school/work again.

I'm finding now that I have less and less time to do things with people than ever before, and that I have to juggle between events to do everything I wanted to. One of these things is snowboarding, and I'll actually be going for the day tomorrow. Should be a ton of fun, as well as a largely embarassing ordeal, since I'm not great at snowboarding.

Being back for a couple days has been quite good, but I've had a lot of time in Waterloo to myself, which I needed. I had time to just play games, relax, and not really care about too much else. After a long time, I've realized that as much as I like hanging out with people and being around them, having time just for myself to be "selfish" and do whatever I want is necessary. I can't always do what others want, and I shouldn't, since it cheats myself.

It's hard to know the path of life, so go with your gut instinct on what you believe to be right. If morals and karma has taught you anything, usually you'll know right and wrong.