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I am updating my journal after a while. It will most probably be a long journal. So if you have a lot of spare time or you are simply bored, keep reading.
So it's past midnight. I'd still call it saturday night. We played poker tonight with the people on the floor. More specifically they are Amy, Billy, Conrad, Mike, Allyson, Nick, Sampson, and his friend. It was all right. For some reason I did not enjoy it as much as I had anticipated. Maybe it is the stress from the upcoming finals. Yet I have not started to study hardcore. The finals are in two weeks.
So after I lost, I decided to come out. It was late. The weather was really nice. Not too chilly yet not hot. Then as I was waking, I just realized that I really did not have a summer this year. I was so caught up with school that I really had no time to enjoy the hot weather. I really did not have enough spare time to do anything. I tell myself that in order to gain something, you must sacrifice something else. Now I am just hoping to see if my sacrifice will pay.
Waterloo is a really good yet challenging school. I dont mind the challenge because I know I cant put myself up to it but its the ridiculous tuition I have to pay as an international student. The problem is that there are no loan programs for non-residents from the university. In addition, the scholarships and bursaries are very limited and mostly subjected toward residents. So people like are left with paying 9000 dollars just for tuition. On top of that are rent and food and suplementary fees. I just panic badly once in a while. I know I am supposed to focus on my studies but it is hard when you know you can do well in school but you got financial problems. Well maybe money cant buy happiness but it sure can buy education.
I am thinking of living off-campus next term. The housing fees are ridiculously high in the fall. I havent signed up for classes yet. Actually I missed my appointment time by one day. Stupid of me. I just neglected it, I guess. Well I still need to find out if I want to do Biochemistry or Bioinformatics; then I can choose my courses.
All the kids from my floor are doing co-op. So it means that I wont see any of them until winter. That is somewhat sad. They are mostly engineering kids so even in winter, I wouldnt see much of them anyway.
I need to start packing my stuff. Stupidly enough, the university has no accomadation for international students after the term is over. Our contracts ask that we move out one day after our last final. So it pretty much means that if you dont have anyone you can go to in the break, you are screwed. Fortunately, my brother lives in St. Catharines so I think I can move in until the term starts in September.
I was not satisfied with my choice of classes this term. I really had not much choice anyway. I ended up taking 3 biology, 1 chemistry, and 2 labs this term. The biologies burned my head. I am glad I will be done with them. By far, I prefer chemistry and math to biology.
Next term, I will need to take a lot of math-based classes whether I go to Bioinfo or Biochem. That will be pain too. No good balance but I will need to make up for me not taking classes last winter.
So I finally met some persian kids my age. That makes me somewhat happy but then again they are not gonna be school next term. I met two girls named Yasmin and Mahtab and a guy named Ali. All of them are in engineering. Blah!
I will turn 18 in two weeks. Finally! It seemed like everyone is getting older but me.
I wish I could go visit my parents in Iran and my friends in Ames sometimes soon but neither is going to happen so ehhh!
Anyway, I think I wrote way too much. Dont really expect anyone to reply to this post but it would be nice. It is all my personal stuff so it is normal if you cant connect with my situation.
EDIT - July 24, 2005 - 11:37 pm.
I met Ali tonight again. He told me there are 7 other guys living in our dorm that are Iranian. I met one of them, Mehran.
The ball seems to be rolling.
So it's past midnight. I'd still call it saturday night. We played poker tonight with the people on the floor. More specifically they are Amy, Billy, Conrad, Mike, Allyson, Nick, Sampson, and his friend. It was all right. For some reason I did not enjoy it as much as I had anticipated. Maybe it is the stress from the upcoming finals. Yet I have not started to study hardcore. The finals are in two weeks.
So after I lost, I decided to come out. It was late. The weather was really nice. Not too chilly yet not hot. Then as I was waking, I just realized that I really did not have a summer this year. I was so caught up with school that I really had no time to enjoy the hot weather. I really did not have enough spare time to do anything. I tell myself that in order to gain something, you must sacrifice something else. Now I am just hoping to see if my sacrifice will pay.
Waterloo is a really good yet challenging school. I dont mind the challenge because I know I cant put myself up to it but its the ridiculous tuition I have to pay as an international student. The problem is that there are no loan programs for non-residents from the university. In addition, the scholarships and bursaries are very limited and mostly subjected toward residents. So people like are left with paying 9000 dollars just for tuition. On top of that are rent and food and suplementary fees. I just panic badly once in a while. I know I am supposed to focus on my studies but it is hard when you know you can do well in school but you got financial problems. Well maybe money cant buy happiness but it sure can buy education.
I am thinking of living off-campus next term. The housing fees are ridiculously high in the fall. I havent signed up for classes yet. Actually I missed my appointment time by one day. Stupid of me. I just neglected it, I guess. Well I still need to find out if I want to do Biochemistry or Bioinformatics; then I can choose my courses.
All the kids from my floor are doing co-op. So it means that I wont see any of them until winter. That is somewhat sad. They are mostly engineering kids so even in winter, I wouldnt see much of them anyway.
I need to start packing my stuff. Stupidly enough, the university has no accomadation for international students after the term is over. Our contracts ask that we move out one day after our last final. So it pretty much means that if you dont have anyone you can go to in the break, you are screwed. Fortunately, my brother lives in St. Catharines so I think I can move in until the term starts in September.
I was not satisfied with my choice of classes this term. I really had not much choice anyway. I ended up taking 3 biology, 1 chemistry, and 2 labs this term. The biologies burned my head. I am glad I will be done with them. By far, I prefer chemistry and math to biology.
Next term, I will need to take a lot of math-based classes whether I go to Bioinfo or Biochem. That will be pain too. No good balance but I will need to make up for me not taking classes last winter.
So I finally met some persian kids my age. That makes me somewhat happy but then again they are not gonna be school next term. I met two girls named Yasmin and Mahtab and a guy named Ali. All of them are in engineering. Blah!
I will turn 18 in two weeks. Finally! It seemed like everyone is getting older but me.
I wish I could go visit my parents in Iran and my friends in Ames sometimes soon but neither is going to happen so ehhh!
Anyway, I think I wrote way too much. Dont really expect anyone to reply to this post but it would be nice. It is all my personal stuff so it is normal if you cant connect with my situation.
EDIT - July 24, 2005 - 11:37 pm.
I met Ali tonight again. He told me there are 7 other guys living in our dorm that are Iranian. I met one of them, Mehran.
The ball seems to be rolling.