Of days gone by
Happy Birthday, Chiaki?!
I can't believe it's been two years since I've talked about her on LJ and since I actually wished her a happy birthday. Looking back now, I can't believe how much happiness I derived from her mere existence. I suppose it had something to do with the large amounts of unhappiness that occurred in my life back then. When I think about those times, it reminds of how ridiculously awkward, dumb, and weird I was back then. Not like anything has changed (=D) but I'd like to think that some progress has been made in the last 2-4 years. I can probably still list all the stupid social things I've done on all my fingers and toes in the last ten years; each one of them giving me the shivers. Anywhoo...
Speaking of the last ten years, Samantha B. from high school is now a part of the lab I'm volunteering at. I've known her since I was 6 years old, back when we both were at Laurier Annex where the girls used to chase the boys in a game of "Spreading the Cooties". It was a happy reunion today since I haven't seen her since high school. She's a lot more bubbly than I last remembered her to be. In any case, having her in the lab means that I don't have to stick around as much, but I still get the lab experience required for my course. We managed to work out a schedule that will keep the lab running at full manpower while allowing me to free up my Wednesdays and Fridays, which means I get more time to do...homework... =\ However, if Annie doesn't work during those days (which is half the time), I get to spend at least 1 day with her guaranteed!
Apparently, my ability to write essays are improving. According to one of my classes in which we write essay commentaries on research papers and lectures, my writing is supposedly good enough to bag an A from any other course but my COGS 401 class. Apparently, the profs' strategy is to intentionally hack us to pieces in our first essay and point out all our glaring flaws. With that comes a intentionally harsh marking scheme that is supposed to dish out 2 letter grades lower in this class than in any other class involving essays. So in short, I just wrote my first A grade paper (and it's not a Philosophy class either). Kind of sucks since most of the comments I got were generally pretty good.
October 26th is the UBC anime cosplay contest event. It is exactly a day less than a year in which I first met Annie. In some ways, I can't believe it's only been a year. It feels like I've known her for most of my life. Thank you, amenonine, for dragging my lazy ass to an event I didn't even want to go to. =D
Why am I always contemplative or apathetic when writing LJ entries?
I can't believe it's been two years since I've talked about her on LJ and since I actually wished her a happy birthday. Looking back now, I can't believe how much happiness I derived from her mere existence. I suppose it had something to do with the large amounts of unhappiness that occurred in my life back then. When I think about those times, it reminds of how ridiculously awkward, dumb, and weird I was back then. Not like anything has changed (=D) but I'd like to think that some progress has been made in the last 2-4 years. I can probably still list all the stupid social things I've done on all my fingers and toes in the last ten years; each one of them giving me the shivers. Anywhoo...
Speaking of the last ten years, Samantha B. from high school is now a part of the lab I'm volunteering at. I've known her since I was 6 years old, back when we both were at Laurier Annex where the girls used to chase the boys in a game of "Spreading the Cooties". It was a happy reunion today since I haven't seen her since high school. She's a lot more bubbly than I last remembered her to be. In any case, having her in the lab means that I don't have to stick around as much, but I still get the lab experience required for my course. We managed to work out a schedule that will keep the lab running at full manpower while allowing me to free up my Wednesdays and Fridays, which means I get more time to do...homework... =\ However, if Annie doesn't work during those days (which is half the time), I get to spend at least 1 day with her guaranteed!
Apparently, my ability to write essays are improving. According to one of my classes in which we write essay commentaries on research papers and lectures, my writing is supposedly good enough to bag an A from any other course but my COGS 401 class. Apparently, the profs' strategy is to intentionally hack us to pieces in our first essay and point out all our glaring flaws. With that comes a intentionally harsh marking scheme that is supposed to dish out 2 letter grades lower in this class than in any other class involving essays. So in short, I just wrote my first A grade paper (and it's not a Philosophy class either). Kind of sucks since most of the comments I got were generally pretty good.
October 26th is the UBC anime cosplay contest event. It is exactly a day less than a year in which I first met Annie. In some ways, I can't believe it's only been a year. It feels like I've known her for most of my life. Thank you, amenonine, for dragging my lazy ass to an event I didn't even want to go to. =D
Why am I always contemplative or apathetic when writing LJ entries?