Day 101

Day 101

Thur. Dec. 19, 2013

Last day here at Waterloo and my last post of Term 1. I woke up early this morning doing my laundry and finalizing my house cleanup. My roommate was back and he was cleaning up even though he had overstayed his allowed intended period after exams. The house was clean and I made preparations in packing for my flight back.

For lunch, I went to Pi Market and bought my items for my winter term and went to their International Eatery. The master chef greeted me and remembered me from last time and struck a friendly conversation with me. After that remarkable customer service, I decided to buy my lunch there instead of Burger King where I had coupons. The service at Pi Market is exemplary and should be recognized as creating a customer-friendly atmosphere.

Now, the Greyhound bus to Toronto where I need to take a flight later on tomorrow was oversold. The overload of passengers resulted in delays for the other passengers due to waiting for another bus and traffic accidents on the freeways was a pain as well. In the end, I was delayed for nearly 45 minutes and then I met my brother in downtown Toronto. My brother cooked me dinner and fed me so much food that for the first time in Term 1... I felt so full eating food at residence. Tomorrow is going to be a long day and early flight tomorrow. 6 hour connecting flight with Calgary as a mid-stop.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! It would probably be January 4th for the next log at Waterloo University. Signing off for Term 1 of 2013...

Day 100

Day 100

Wed. Dec. 18, 2013

100th day milestone! The whole majority of the day was spent on reviewing the materials for VCULT100. Lots of readings and films that were discussed in class. The exam was harder in the multiple choice as there were 5 choices each looking very similar. For the essay part, I feel like I only did a satisfactory essay due to the complexity in describing a film and relating it to film forms and cultures.

Anyways, I have to say that moment when I are the last guy to ship out tomorrow and one of my roommates host a friend over for hotpot lunch on his last day today… First, his friend wears his snow/mud covered boots and walk over cleaned and mopped common areas that me and another roommate has cleaned. Second, the roommate leaves his hotpot on the stove and doesn't store in the fridge and finally, the roommate doesn't come home to clean up the friend's mess, his assigned cleaning section, and store his food.

Just when I think university stress is over for now…here comes residence stress. Almost feels like I'm taking care of my own children in the house. Fabulous experience here at ResLife!

Day 99

Day 99

Tues. Dec. 17, 2013

One more day before the VCULT100 final and one more day before it reaches Day 100. Today was an intensive studying and reading of VCULT100 materials as I focused on the parts of essay question and presentation definitions. Lots of hard studying made me want to get out.

I went to the campus today to buy my Greyhound ticket for a trip to Toronto. I must say, the girl who provided me the service appeared to be very unfriendly and uninterested in her job. I'm not sure if this is a symptom I'm starting to pick up about the level of service here at Waterloo, but I have to say that I'm not impressed. If you don't like the job, don't carry the attitude as it's very contagious.

That being said, any day that goes south can be fixed by talking to my girlfriend who has the patience and understanding to listen to my problems.

Two of my roommates ship out today and one of them will be dropping out of university as I had mentioned earlier. So sum it up, me and one more roommate left before this place is empty.

Day 98

Day 98

Mon. Dec. 16, 2013

As I am going to make my way back to BC this Christmas, I plan on doing my laundry on the last day of leaving Waterloo so that I won't have any clothes left in the hamper.

Time to get serious now with VCULT100 studying. I read over the required readings and glanced over the exam prep questions. Two essays and 20 multiple choice answers seem to be alright, but I'm seeing my friends stress out already. Not a good sign especially when I need to write two essays about two particular films we screened.

Later the night, I played True or Dare with my girlfriend on Skype and I realized how cheeky she was. Note to self...always go for truth.

Day 97

Day 97

Sun. Dec. 15, 2013

Almost nearing day 100! I will stop once I depart Waterloo as this blog is strictly logging my university life here at Waterloo.

The majority of the day was spent on video Skyping my girlfriend and watching movies instead of reading over notes of VCULT100 final exam on Wednesday. I did however glance a bit at my written notes and then went on relaxing and enjoying the day.

Nothing interesting to log on a snowy day as I stayed indoors...

Day 96

Day 96

Sat. Dec. 14, 2013

The final weekend for Term 1 and I must say it has been quite a journey thus far. As I wrap up an online critique for GBDA101, I noticed that there were a lot of good animations worthy in beating us to the cash prize. Oh well, we did the best we could and that's all that matters.

Later the night I ordered pizza from Twice the Deal and I must say I've become their frequent customers. I've get my orders within twenty minutes with no delay and good hot pizza to my liking.

The remainder of the night, I play poker with some friends my roommates had brought home. One of them was a couple which reminded me of my and my girlfriend. How adorable!

Day 95

Day 95

Fri. Dec. 13, 2013

Friday the 13th! As if bad luck was going to happen today, the day went by pretty smoothly as I still have my heat and hot water. I wonder when the day without electricity will arrive. It's bound to happen and I'm sure of it according to Murphy's Law which states that anything can go wrong.

The majority of the day was me Skyping and texting my girlfriend as we discussed about our summer plans to meet. The places we will be going and the things that we plan to do. One thing for sure, lots of photos for ever-lasting memories. Oh, the future seems so bright and happy!

Day 94

Day 94

Thur. Dec. 12, 2013

The hot water is finally back before lunch which means I had a full day with no hot water. The moment I had hot water, I quickly dashed into the shower to warm my body up. As I blog and write, I can not help by stare outside and see the snow accumulate.

Day by day, I feel confined inside this residence due to the snow and lack of motivation to go out. As a result, I continue on gaming and watching videos on my laptop killing time when I should be studying. Like I said, I plan to this weekend to get the job done for my last final exam on the Wednesday.

Day 93

Day 93

Wed. Dec. 11, 2013

What really amazes me is this residence...no hot water again for the second time. So to total things up, two no hot water, one no heat, and two no water incidents. One would think that the university has properly maintained the facilties to ensure students have a good place to live on campus. The response time could be roughly one full day without the resources depending on the circumstances. I'm starting to wonder if residence is even reliable and worth my money now…

Honest confession, I think I'm procastinating my last final exam studying. I will look into it this weekend as I am following up on Star Wars The Clone Wars TV shows since I haven't picked up after Season 1. Lots of good animation and intensive action keeps me interested for more.

Day 92

Day 92

Tues. Dec. 10, 2013

Another snow-filled day here at Waterloo and it's time for my weekly laundry despite having nothing too much. So I decided to change bed sheets, pillows, etc and increase the load.

I went out today with my friend to some game testing on campus and was immediately bored. The reason why I left early was that the rules were too complicated and my girlfriend wanted to talk to me on Skype.

I did my weekly grocery shopping and went home to relax for the remainder of the day.

Day 91

Day 91

Mon. Dec. 9, 2013

Laundry Mondays? No, not today as the place was covered with snow and I didn't have too much clothes accumulated in my basket.

These past few days I've just been sitting in my residence staring at the wall or staring at my computer. I know I should be studying for the last final exam, but I needed a brief escape from all of this. That feeling of freedom and being carefree was missed.

As I look back and reflect on this university decision that I made, I'm not quite sure if I can see myself with a career out of it. After all, it's why I'm here...to upgrade education to find a better job. More thought needed.

Day 90

Day 90

Sun. Dec. 8, 2013

It's Day 90 and almost reaching the 100th day mark! Incredible to be continuously writing each daily event down to log.

Last night I slept really late so I woke up at noon. I have a feeling it was going to be another fun and relaxing day I can chill.

Most of the day was spent on the computer watching cool movies that I haven't watched. Perhaps I can use them for VCULT100 final? I have no idea, but after that class, I see film a bit differently.

Day 89

Day 89

Sat. Dec. 7, 2013

Today was a day where I can fully sleep in and enjoy my time to recover all my missing sleep. I must admit, getting all the hours of sleep is excellent and really clears my mind up.

The majority of the day I spent it on watching old movies that were classics and playing computer games with my friends.

The reminder of the night was an intensive poker tournament that lasted five rounds in which I had won three. Each of our roommate brought a specific red wine to share and it turns out that my Australian red wine was better. Perhaps I like Aussie wine and that's why I have a perference. Might party late tonight...enjoy while I can right?

Day 88

Day 88

Fri. Dec. 6, 2013

One more assignment to hand in today for GBDA101 and I'm officially finished with school...minus the last final exam. The animation was completed on time and rendered with expertise by one of our skill teammates. I'm impressed that we did the project without any cuts to the animation storyboard.

Later the day, me and my roommate player poker and I won the majority of rounds once again. Tomorrow we expect to have a bigger and more fun-fllled poker tournament filled with drinks...if you know what I mean.

Time to relax!

Day 87

Day 87

Thur. Dec. 5, 2013

I woke up today extremely early as my ENGL100A exam starts at 9. Not sure what to say, but I saw a lot of my missing classmates show up on this exam day. Skippers or legit excuse, I really have no comment. What bugs me is that people pay money to go to school and missing classes means blowing your money. Anyways, the exam included four essays in total in a two and a half time period. I wrote two booklets of exams and left 45 minutes early because I was ready and prepared.

Next, I went to a meeting for GBDA101 to finish rendering our animation. A lot of big files were created and we were having issues rendering it out. Hopefully we will get it completed by tomorrow.

Since first exam is over, I'm going to take a break officially after tomorrow to relieve my stress.

Day 86

Day 86

Wed. Dec. 4, 2013

ENGL100A final exam tomorrow! I spent the majority of the day studying the novel and parts of the exam question. I also told one of my roommates who never sleeps at night and makes loud noises to be quiet as I want to have quality sleep before the exam.

Speaking of which, this roommate is an engineer who has decided to drop out of university because it was too impractical. However, he doesn't understand the concept that the remaining three of us is still in it for the university. I could go on one of my rants, but I chose not to.

Anyways, I did my video Skype with my girlfriend and then decided to call it a night real early as I have an exam in the morning.

Day 85

Day 85

Tues. Dec. 3, 2013

Literally nothing happened today like water outage, but a boring day at home playing computer games and studying for finals. The only thing I'm stressed at the moment is my GBDA101 project where I have difficulty with After Effects. Trying to figure out how things work is rather amusing by trial and error.

Other than that, the highlight of the day was when I video Skyped my girlfriend. It has been a while and I missed seeing her. This one will be a short and sweet post and I'll end it as is.

Day 84

Day 84

Mon. Dec. 2, 2013

Just when you think the water is back and you can do laundry today for my laundry Mondays...it stopped again. This time a water main had broke and we were out of water for another 5 or so hours. Luckily, yesterday's preparation of backup water was handy as I had clean water to wash my hands and drink as well. Emergency preparedness to the max! So laundry Mondays have to be postponed.

Today I brought all my roommates together and we played poker. I came in third last, but that was not the point as it was hard to get the four of us together to socialize. Then we head out to eat at a resturant where I had my belated birthday celebration. There was good food and a good looking waitress which one of my roommate was hitting on.

Also for today, my girlfriend wanted to make our relationship official in public as she asked me to put our status up on Facebook. The funny thing is...I had more like on that status than my birthday status. Funny how the world works eh?

Day 83

Day 83

Sun. Dec. 1, 2013

My Birthday! The first person to send me their wishes was my girlfriend before my parents...how awesome is that? Anyways, as I should be celebrating on this occasion, I sit in my residence without water. Yes...I said without water. The residence area had water issues and I was left with over 5 hours of no water. First it was no heat and hot water, not no water at all. Absolutely ridiculous!

Once water was restored, I immediately filled all my water jugs and water filters. As an emergency preparedness for next time, I grabbed my empty 2L pop bottle and filled it to the max and place it aside into my closet as my emergency supply. Sometimes I feel living all by myself is like living in a post-apocalyptic world. No water, no heat…nothing.

Anyways, as I celebrated remotely without any parties for this occasion, I spent the majority of the day talking to my girlfriend. That's all I could ever wish for...being with her.

Day 82

Day 82

Sat. Nov. 30, 2013

One more day before I turn one year older. Time really does fly now that I've come to think of it. Anyways, I didn't really do much today to write that much. All I did was looked over some readings for VCULT100 and the rest of the day I enjoyed myself by playing computer games.

Later the night, I played poker with my roommate and I won 5 rounds out of 7. Not sure if I was lucky or he gave up because I fold when I don't see a good hand and wait his patience.

Oh well, I ended the night with Skype call that my brother wanted me to test his app on finding cheap foods. It was very user friendly and easy to use...can't wait till it becomes official.

Day 81

Day 81

Fri. Nov. 29, 2013

Last official day of school and it will end off at Stratford. There is a lot to talk about for this final day. Today was the day for GBDA103 user experience presentation and I was all ready to present in my formal attire. When the class started, only one of my team had showed up...the other was not there. To be honest, we started this group off with a team of 4 and one of the members transferred out leaving us to a team of 3 and now for the final presentation...2. The show had to go on and I must say I was very impressed with the results of what our team was able to pull off.

To expand more of GBDA103, this class set the bar of what university education should be about. This is the class where I will miss the instructor and enjoy the interactive class that we had. To top things off in having a great instructor, she bought us coffee, hot chocolate, tea, etc. for everyone on the final day and took us to the Stratford campus' game room where we played with high tech equipment.

The last thing she taught me was about life on her last presentation slide mentioning how life is a wheel and that we are some point on the wheel. Whether when we are at its lowest point, we will find out way back to the top. Truly inspirational and worthy of sharing. I plan on keeping in touch with her not because we've established a network, but as a friend that developed understanding and mutual respect.

GBDA101 was the final class to sum things up. Our class had the time to work on our final projects and it was stressful as well because we lacked the knowledge of the softwares we were using.

The day ended quickly and I went home tired and dizzy. I took a nap and before I knew it, it was almost night. I did some work and now I shall sleep. I'm looking forward to my birthday in two days.

Day 80

Day 80

Thur. Nov. 28, 2013

ENGL100A final class and we were introduced to our exam preparation class. It turns out that there are 3 short essays and 1 big essay on the final exam. So much writing in so little time.

Today was the last ARBUS200 group meet where we worked on the last project. One of the member who has not been pulling his weight didn't even bother to show up to do the final project. Shame on him for saying that he had other work to do. We all had work and exams coming up and it should not be an excuse.

There days when I'm mad or upset can be easily turned around when I talk to my girlfriend on Skype and today was that day. She's the one who is most caring and understanding to me. For that, I am thankful and honoured to have her. After a talk with her about my blog and what steps I should take and that is to completely finish off Term 1 blog and then see how it goes. I figured that I'm not a person who starts something and finishes halfway. I haven't started before and I won't start now.

Anyways...GBDA101 presentations are tomorrow and I know our group is up. Time to sleep and suit up for tomorrow.

Day 79

Day 79

Wed. Nov. 27, 2013

Last class for ARBUS200 and I must say that I enjoyed the lecture from the professor. There was lots of informative and knowledgeable things about entrepreneurship that I had learned in this term.

As I sit down and write this, the real question I ask myself is why am I writing this? Am I writing it to get attention? To generate stories? To please the audience? I know the answer, but I will not state it because only the few know who I am and what I write. I had been informed by a person that I was being judged and criticized for my works. It was nice and honourable of the person to approach me because I believe in honesty. Even though it was upset and stunned, I needed to know the truth. It has occurred to me that I may be privatizing these blogs to those people who truly respect the truth.

My girlfriend knows of these daily university life blogs and she knows that I am in truthful in what I am writing down as records for me to revisit back into the past when this is all over. When one takes things online, the haters will hate and the judges will judge. The instructor that told me it was courageous to post these entries for the public to see was indeed right. However, it may come down to the final statement of me and my girlfriend against the world...

Day 78

Day 78

Tues. Nov. 26, 2013

The last week of classes before the finals. I have to say I've survived this far is an accomplishment. There were times I felt like quitting and turning around, but I endured thus far. Next challenge...final exams.

ENGL100A today was wrapping up the final bits of lecture as well as VCULT100 where the instructor went over final exam details. Slightly nervous, but feeling ready for the home stretch and going home for Christmas.

The night ended with a ResCouncil pizza party where we celebrated our works for the residence and I had a blast as I stuffed myself with pizza and pop.

As for the winter plans to meet up with my girlfriend, we decided that it would be better to do the meet in the spring where I can stay at her hometown and find a summer job there. Big plans...baby steps.

Day 77

Day 77

Mon. Nov. 25, 2013

Since today is my typical laundry Mondays, I got up early and headed off to do my chores. The downside to that was that I needed to exit the house to go to another part of residence to do my laundry which included a cold walk in the snow.

I did some studying today on various courses and I looked at some of the tools I have downloaded for my GBDA101 final assignment. Lots of new software to learn, but manageable...for now.

I ended off the day with some research about my trip to visit my girlfriend. I looked at train prices and then hotel prices and realized that it was going to be pretty costly. I told her it's time to let my parents know about her and see if they have thoughts about this visit. I hope it goes well as planned.

Suddenly, I remembered another story I wrote about the idea of waiting for someone. I will post up my first short story that I have written before my other short stories. A little background of my writing...after I finished two full length novels, I decided to try short stories to give it a try. In regards to the novels, that's for another time...

Day 76

Day 76

Sun. Nov. 24, 2013

Another day of sleeping in as much as I can to recover my energy. The day looks the same and almost identical as yesterday's. Some days I feel like I'm just sitting here and staring at the wall with a blank mind unaware of my consciousness as if my whole life is being played out like a movie. To be honest, I'm not quite sure if this is the result of university life and stress.

I think today is one of those days I sit back and reflect on life. I feel that once you enter university, you lose your sense of autonomy and individuality. Going to school and doing work on a repetitive non-stop basis has created a sense of pattern. Like robots on an assembly line, I have lost sense of that reality to connect back into my daily unique life.

This reminds me of a short story that I have written about patterns and repetition in our lives this summer when I was preparing for university. It's almost as if I had written how I would have become. I will share that short story to show one of my works which I have been longing for. My story writing journey all began when I started the chase for a girl which I still won't go into detail for now.

The skies are dark and the snow has stopped...time for me to get more rest for the grand finale...finals.

Day 75

Day 75

Sat. Nov. 23, 2013

I slept in really late till noon as I wanted to get some time to recover my energy. When I looked out my window, I saw snow covered grass and ice covered roads. What a bright delight to see the starting of winter!

Today I worked on some GBDA101 assignment as I tried to familiarize with the tools that I need for the final project. Then I did some reading for VCULT100 and got bored.

As a guy who remembers this special day, I video Skyped my girlfriend and we chatted for a few hours and celebrated our three month mark. I told her I might be visiting her during exam periods and that I would need to take a train to get there due to lack of transportation. If only if I had a car…

Short day for me, but I'm tired so I'm off to sleep.

Day 74

Day 74

Fri. Nov. 22, 2013

Woke up bright and early ready to present my product for GBDA103 this morning. I got on my formal attire and had a nostalgic feeling from the times I was at work dressing in business attire.

When I got to Stratford today, GBDA103 had so many interesting and innovate ideas for user experience. Although we may be short staffed and lacking motivated teammates, I was convinced that I would be able to present the product with a good sales pitch. Turns out later that there wasn't enough time and we got postponed to next week. Not sure if I should call that lucky or not, but either way I was ready to pitch my sales.

GBDA101 was a self-structured class we our group worked on finding assets for our animation project. I plan on getting some software from my brother who can assist me with the right tools that I need to use to craft a good animation.

As the term is coming to an end, I'm thinking of getting creative and do something to release my creativity that has been held back due to heavy homework and projects. Perhaps I can tell you some of my past stories that I had mentioned earlier.

On a side note, I was going over all my posts for reflection and realized that I had messed up on the days. I was one day behind, but it's all fixed now.

Day 73

Day 73

Thur. Nov. 21, 2013

Today must have been the worst headache or migraine I had thus far. I am on the edge between crashing to the ground and passing out or throwing up from the intense dizziness. Unsure of what the cause of this nature is, I'm taking Dimenhydrinate 50mg x2 for my systems. Funny thing is, I know a lot about the specific medicine I need to consume to keep me in my shape. No medical background, but I know what it does...that's another story from my past which I may reference to later on if I feel comfortable in talking about it.

Lots of group meeting and group work today. First I had my GBDA101 group meet and discussion on storyboards followed by another GBDA103 meeting on product designs. After that, I had ENGL100A where we watched a movie about Alan Moore, the comic artist, for the whole class. A good hour of stress relief, but the most stressful things were the ARBUS200 meeting at night and working on GBDA103 presentations which my group members were submitting me needed files I asked for three days ago.

The fact that's stressing me out the most is my teammates that I have to constantly nag to get stuff out despite being already late is absolutely ridiculous at the university stage. I understand that everyone is busy with their work, but if I can pull my time together...so can they. I'm like a work horse with three riders on my back and it's draining my energy out.

Some days when I feel my lowest, I go talk to my girlfriend about it and she helps me sort things out. Regarding the events of yesterday, all I can say about that is she's in a state of denial of the incident. It's really sad how society works against the victims of said crimes. I was talking to a female friend of mine on FaceBook today discussing about the incident and she was telling how certain laws of assault can be bent into the offender's advantage. All I can do is be there for her and help her pull through this. I've always been there for her, it's just another obstacle that's come across my path.

Day 72

Day 72

Wed. Nov. 20, 2013

Today was supposed to be a typical day just like any other day at ARBUS200 Wednesdays such as presentations, long days, and group work. Nothing really stood out that much except a brief networking exercise that last for two minutes.

I came home to work on my ENGL100A essay to wrap things up and I noticed that my girlfriend had expressed some dark thoughts on FaceBook. I texted her asking what was wrong and to my surprise, she had been assaulted by some guy who she knew. That made me very and angry and upset, but there was a situation at hand. She was lost in a rural area and running scared. I was able to calm her down and convince to her to call the police. Keeping my sense of the situation she was going through, I told her to tell me details of where she was. I asked for roads, street names, highways, electricity towers, fences, shops, etc. from her and was quickly able to help her track down where she was roughly through my Google Map street view and bird's eye view. Then I gave her the rough location and told her to tell the police where she may be.

Just so you know, this is all done in text. Anyways, the police arrived and brought her home. He asked questions and details of the assault and left. What was astonishing was that he didn't leave her a name card, or some crisis phone line, or even a police file number. I felt like the police is corrupted. Here I was convincing my girlfriend to report the incident with courage and all she got was that they will be working on getting him into jail. If this was a puppet show, I'm sure I could do better than just saying that if it's just lip service.

Later, I told her to go and tell her mum of the incident. To my disbelief, she said her mum listened and then walked away. I'm somewhat disturbed and disgusted with her mother's action. My girlfriend told me that I was the only one who actually cared about her...perhaps. And perhaps the only person who truly loves her...

Day 71

Day 71

Tues. Nov. 19, 2013

I haven't really been getting much sleep as I should as I usually sleep late and wake up early to a "Good Morning" text from my girlfriend each day around 7. Even if was grumpy or moody that day when I woke up, that one text from her can start my day off with a big smile and bring me on the path of positivity.

It's ENGL100A today and I sat in class listening to two group presentations on Captain Nemo from 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas. During the presentation of intertexuality, oppression, and religion within the book and linking it to another graphic novel called The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen...I found an astonishing link! The pieces of the puzzle were coming together as I assembled what the comic author wanted us to see about our society. Each specific character from The League represented a specific icon regarding society. I also managed to discover the Illuminati symbol within the comic by accident and thus setting me off in a rampant conspiracy theory during presentations discussions. Boy was I onto something big!

That feeling of multiple light bulbs lighting up simultaneously was astonishing as if I had entered into a whole new level of inception. This must be the whole point of this ENGL100A course and I have uncovered it.

Between classes, I went to Burger King to get my meal because I had a coupon for a deal. Since I'm a university student, saving money is good. Anyways, that's not the point...the point is the experience. Every staff including the manager appeared to be bored and tired as I greeted them with my order. This isn't the first time it has happened to me on this Burger King and I had given them a second chance. This time, they blew my experience at Burger King because they carried an attitude. An attitude that displayed that they did not like serving us. So, sometime this week I'm going to fill that survey on the back of my receipt and tell them my experience.

Now I'm going to stop the ranting and continue on with my VCULT100 where we discussed about gender views in film. One thing that struck out to me was that most films in Hollywood were centered around the male character and that the woman was an object of desire. Interesting...is that why our society is treating woman as objects? Still missing a link there, but I'm sure I'll find it like my ENGL100A.

Today's post is long! Not my usual post, but I had a lot to say for today... Anyways, ResCouncil meeting ended off with us discussing about doing more karaoke nights, door decoration events, and our ResCouncil member party. Looking forward to that next week! Long day...long post...long night...off to sleep.

Day 70

Day 70

Mon. Nov. 18, 2013

As much as I wanted to lie in my bed as the alarm clock rang, I knew I couldn't sleep peacefully until this term is over. I had to keep my daily routine of laundry Mondays as well as utilizing this free day for doing homework.

So I stayed home the whole day reading over the novels that I read for ENGL100A to help build solid points on my essay. Next, I did a final rundown of my VCULT100 before I printed and hand them in tomorrow in class.

For the remainder of the day, I worked on the GBDA101 accountability document and parts of my ARBUS200 group assignment. Feeling satisfied, I decided to play some online games to have my cooldown period.

During my work session, I was contacted by an unknown person on Facebook to whom I asked who he was. He explained that he was a follower of my blog and was wondering why my blog had stopped. Upon closer inspection, two of my posts that I posted earlier had disappeared. After wrapping my thoughts on my assignments, I reposted the missing posts and had a weird sense of...feeling...that how many people were really lurking on my blog? But then I tell myself that I shouldn't care what others think or expect to hear from me. This is my blog and I intend to keep it free and open without censorship.

Out of nowhere, I remember the instructor that had been following my blog telling me how brave it was to post my daily life for the public to see and judge. This remind me of another story about a chase for a girl for a year and seven months...old memories die hard. That's another story for another time.

I managed to call my girlfriend up because she lets me know whenever I am able to get the call without the parents knowing. In a few days, we will reach our three month mark. Although her number is counted as out-of-province fees for my phone, I figured this is money worth spent. We are planning to meet in December between my two exams which are split apart. She's already mentioned she has a Birthday and Christmas gift for me if I can make it and a tour of the downtown city. So much promise and a bright future.

Day 69

Day 69

Sun. Nov. 17, 2013

Miracles do happen after all is how I shall start with this post. I start this day off with me working madly on the ENGL100A essay which needs to be 6 to 8 pages in length. To come to think of it, I've published two novels both near the 200 page length. Maybe because it's my creative side that can bring out the best of me. I completed the best I could and the rest of the essay requires a class on Tuesday for me to fill in the supplementary content.

The miracle that I was talking about is when the doctor said my girlfriend needed a miracle to get her memory back. Over these weeks, my girlfriend is really remembering the story of us and parts of how we came to be. We had a phone conversation with her while she was at her friends house and I decided to sing one of the songs I had been trying to learn to sing for her. It turns out it was good and she liked it.

Upon realization that I had forgot a VLog on Saturday, I apologized and made up for it on the tonight's VLog. Then we asked each other if we are really in love and if it's just a matter of speech with no meaning behind the words. After a discussion, we've come to the conclusion that it is love. Reason? Love is the strength and patience that we have. Love is the honesty and trust that we build. Love is when everything tells me to give up, but I keep going.

What I didn't mention was what she and I had talked about last night. I told her she was the One and she replied that she knew I was the One when she didn't remember and that I didn't give up on her. Anyways...this talk is making me a mushy which I don't think any person cares except me.

Day 68

Day 68

Sat. Nov. 16, 2013

I woke up really early ready to do my essay. I sat down comfortably and listened to my music that I always listen to when I was typing my written novel into a document file. Old memories of hard work inspire me to bring back the nostalgia of getting things done.

After a couple hours of strenuous work, I have completed my VCULT100 essay about one film. Let me tell you, a formal analysis essay on a film's structure is hard! I'm more used to writing creative works rather than logical work. Oh well, it's done anyways so one less stress gone. Next thing to tackle...ENGL100A major essay about all the novels combined and how it has changed my views over time.

So hard work for the full day and the reward for me was that I was able to Skype with my girlfriend before she and I had to go to sleep.

Day 67

Day 67

Fri. Nov. 15, 2013

Snowing and cold winds for Stratford Fridays. As much as I would like to see snow, the freezing wind was killing my face with coldness. So GBDA103 was another fun-filled day because we had group Improv presenting on a product based on whatever images the instructor had put up. Basically, rolling with the punches and quick on your feet

Next was GBDA101 where I, the Project Lead/Facilitator, had to present our class with storyboard ideas from our group to work on our final project. Since I had presentation skills from my BCIT post-secondary experience, making good PowerPoint slides was a breeze and just talking in front of class.

When I got back home, I immediately worked on the my two big essays due next week with VCULT100 as the main priority. What I didn't realized was that our residence community had a karaoke night...and I have never sang in public. The only time I sang was to my girlfriend on video Skype and I was already shy as a kid. So what did I do? I assessed the songs that I knew of which were some of the good old classics and paired up with another guy and sang my heart out. After bursting that bubble of insecurity, I lined up as much as I can to sing some of the songs which I listen to often.

Turned out to be quite a night and I managed to get little bit of my essay completed. I will definitely work on it tomorrow for sure.

Day 66

Day 66

Thur. Nov. 14, 2013

I woke up real early for ARBUS200 group meeting. There was supposed to be four people in total which later turned into two. Is it me or does noone really care about their university work? They are really dragging us behind…

ENGL100A was a typical classes discussing about character and how it ties to heroes and anti-heroes. Nothing really much to go into detail for this class today.

The highlight of the night was video Skype with my girlfriend. It's been a while and it was nice seeing her face. That really ended my day with a smile on my face for a long day.

Day 65

Day 65

Wed. Nov. 13, 2013

ARBUS200 E-Portfolio due tonight and it's all done! What a relief...for now. ARBUS200 was a very fun interactive class as we practiced the art of negotiating. I realized that I'm too nice to negotiate to get lower deals. Oh well, the downsides of being a nice guy then.

After that, our ARBUS200 group met and started brainstorming our big project worth a lot of marks. So much work in innovating a new product and company from scratch. At least I have some business background in a strategic business plan from my other post-secondary experience.

The remainder of the night was me doing as much homework as I can and submitting that painful E-Porfolio online. Tired...must sleep.

Day 64

Day 64

Tues. Nov. 12, 2013

Probably the busiest day it can get for me in this week. So many assignments due that needs to be done this week. Essays, readings, assignments, etc. The list is endless.

ENGL100A was a substitute today and the instructor talked about comic book artists and relating it to our novel studies. After that was VCULT100 where I got my midterm exam results back. It was horrible, but there was nothing I could do about that written essay. I keep telling myself, I'm a writer in the creative side not the logical side in writing analysis.

Lots of work today and I have a headache which I need to rest and recover. As a result, I did not attend ResCouncil and called in sick. Luckily I had two floor reps to cover the missed content for me.

Day 63

Day 63

Mon. Nov. 11, 2013

Lest we forget. This is Remembrance Day and it feels like noone on campus really remembers its a day we honour the fallen soldiers who gave their lives to our freedom and peace. But I remember and I wear my poppy proudly.

Laundry day was today and there was snow outside. Cold chills and gusts of chilly winds really make me want to go in my house and sleep. I hope it doesn't get too chilly because I'm not used to it or I haven't adjusted it too quickly.

I did some novel readings for ENGL100A and then some GBDA103 report for final project. Constant nagging with teammates is starting to annoy me very much. I guess I have to do things the old-fashioned way...my way.

Texting back and worth with my girlfriend is worth it. She's beginning to pick up that flame where it had dimmed. Hope it goes well.

Day 62

Day 62

Sun. Nov. 10, 2013

I woke up this morning feeling very lightheaded and almost threw up. Somehow my balance is off and I can feel the world spinning. Luckily I had Gravol medicine for jetlag and taking one pill was keeping me stable to do my assignments.

Sunday is a day for working on those assignments. After a long dreadful time, I had succesfully finished my E-Portfolio and I needed to work on my VCULT100 essay and other minor assignments. Tough day for a dizzy person.

Later the night, I received a text from that girl who I was supposed to go on dinner tomorrow cancelled it because she didn't want to let me on. Oh wells, it doesn't really affect me that much. All I wanted was to be friends and it's sad how a guy who be friends with a girl must be date status. Unbelievable! Still got my lovely girlfriend who's making progress with her memory. That's always something to look forward to.

Day 61

Day 61

Sat. Nov. 9, 2013

Miracles do happen after all. I woke up this morning with a text message from my girlfriend mentioning some of her memory of us are coming back. She recalls some parts, but not all which is good enough for me.

I worked a lot on my E-Portfolio today and I think with a little bit more tweaks, I would done by tomorrow. Hopefully I have time to work on other assignments such as GBDA103, GBDA101, and VCULT100. Work is piling up and it's not looking well with the three day deficit over what happened last week.

Time to get cracking and tackle the assingments based on closest due date. I also realized that I haven't been writing into too much depth in my blog, maybe I will when the workload decreases.

Day 60

Day 60

Fri. Nov. 8, 2013

Another day at Stratford and the morning was snowing heavily. What a beautiful sight of winter arriving...minus the cold chills. I wish there was more snow because I love seeing the day so bright and pure.

GBDA103 was our last day to work on group projects and yet another member didn't show up to class. Shame. If it continues like this, I'm going to have a meltdown over the workload and that is not good for my health at all.

GBDA101 had a new group project that was worth a lot and cash prizes for designing a minute long animation. So much work piling up especially when the term is nearing to an end in November.

One of my roommates invited his friend to play poker. I told them I was busy and could only play an hour. After one hour, the game was over and I came first by knocking everyone out. Not bad...not bad at all.