about to miss the deadline...
*sigh* well it'd be a good excuse not to go for pharmacy this year right..? well the application's due friday but i haven't got the money order done yet.. mom said they take about a day or so.. so i'd be right on time (as usual) but i personally think that getting the application in early actually affects your eligibility... maybe im just paranoid/conspiracy theory about that tho..
dont u guys go spreading this around or anything.. coz i know it's only u few that read this but.. im ready to throw in the towel.. rejection sucks.. and i think i'd be monstrously hurt with another rejection... so maybe it's best not to apply..
but my excuse for now is.. whatever happens happens.. treat it as some sort of training i suppose.. and humility is a virtue.. haha well.. i donno.. just keep praying i suppose :) after all..
"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God."
1 Corinthians 10:31
right? right :) time to put the pride down and face the music.. after all.. my entire's life success? i could never say that it's all my own work.. indeed.. i could never.. not about anything at all
so maybe it's time to slow things down.. at least.. slow my pace down.. and watch to see what tracks He wants me to be running in~
the new year is here!!
i just got back from vancouver not too long ago.. (that's right.. vacation extended one day!!! haha take that useless first day of school!)
i went over to vancouver to visit my 'yeh yeh' because he's recently had 1/3 of his lung taken out due to cancer.. he's healing up well and is recovering.. doing pretty good for an old guy!
there are a few things from my trip that i'd like to share with you all:
1. the houses in Vancouver are HUGE... i mean HUMONGOUS... we stayed at my parents' friends' place.. it's freaking enormous!! 5000+ square foot house.. and that's not including the basement since they dont have one.. and practically their whole neighbourhood is like that. over there, the houses have 'fashions' too.. u can tell how old the house is by the style.. for real. and there are a bunch of puny bungalows there.. so what ppl do there is buy the land and bungalow.. demolition.. and build a custom house.. CUSTOM..
2. my little cousin = mini version of enrique iglesias. little kids grow up fast... i only have two cousins younger than me.. and this is the youngest.. he's 13.. i saw him a year and a half ago and he was still a little kid.. and when i saw him this time he was past puberty.. deep voice, squared off face (he had chubby cheeks round face before) and trying to act cool. he used to have this 'muk' (not a mole but those black round spot that are flat) but he got a 'muk'-ectomy (obviously i dont know the proper terminology). i sat down to dinner and looked at him a few times and pointed it out.. i think the whole table was surprised that i noticed.. but i did coz i remember it making him look quite beautiful in the girl way when he was a little kid... well i was sad to see it gone.. what was his excuse? "coz it's free before im 13!! so i got it done before november 4" i like how he subtly mentioned his birthdate.. haha i'll send him a gift next year =b
3. families/relatives are uber complicated: especially when it comes to cash.. man.. not just my relatives.. but i saw it in the other families too.. well i cant say a lot here about it since.. family business is family business.. but im glad that i dont have to deal with that sort of stuff in toronto since everyone else lives in HK or vancouver.. whew..
4. I WANT A DOG: it seems like everyone has a dog except me.. well when i went there.. both my aunts have dogs.. one has a 9 month old black cocker spaniel who is sooooooooooooooo sweet!!! u cant help but love her! and my other aunt has TWO pomeranians!! my favourite!! and they are soooo luvable! they sit in front of u so u can pet them.. the older one is really funny.. if u stop.. she starts pawing at u and looks up at u with puppy eyes and u have to continue petting them.. *sigh* im getting a dog when i move out
5. bring a recorder with you when on an airplane: this is so u can aid the parents sitting in front of you with their child. now im totally crap at looking at kids and saying how old they are... especailly when they are under 3 years of age.. i freaking cant tell.. but i hope that baby was 2 years old so we could say it was the terrible two's.. man.. u know when u scream so much that your throat hurts and u start coughing..? that's what this baby was doing.. 'i want that light on, that on, this off, this on'... mind you, that baby's english was not as coherent but if it didn't get what it wanted.. scream scream scream scream scream.. i thoguht it was a boy at first but im pretty sure it's a girl now.. man.. if she could only hear herself.. i'd bet she would've stopped.. and it's horrid since kids of that age have ZERO shame.. she screamed her lungs out (by the way.. you can tell when a baby is really crying and when they are just doing it for attention/getting what they want.. this baby did the latter everytime... i wonder if the parents knew that). i feel bad for their parents.. they were pretty patient and im pretty sure they'd need thick skin... i mean even when we were getting our luggage.. u could hear that kid scream.. and no one can do anything.. coz it's not like u can just tell the kid to be quiet right? well... best of luck to those parents.. hope it's just a phase...
well i've reached my limit in writing.. there's quite a lot more actually.. notice the length of that last rant section...
just something to add.. meeting my 'yeh yeh' helped me understand my dad a lot more.. like why he is how he is.. my yeh yeh is totally hard to figure out.. shows no emotion.. and when he does talk.. it's hard to interpret.. maybe he just doesn't like me? but according to my aunts.. he was totally glad to see me but he's just stubborn in not showing emotion.. i guess some of that rubbed off on my dad.. and i thought my dad was stubborn.. ahh well.. im just glad to see that he's doing well :)
