First year in uni, sudden exposure to a lot of freedom gives me a lot of room to slack off... and of course i fell for the temptations... -___- looking at my wagging records, the many times i slept in class, have countless lolly sharing sessions during lectures, oh~~ and texting (like many, i have mastered the skill to find the exact angle to point the fone to get reception in certain lecture rooms), passing notes, drawing random pictures etc etc listing all these things out makes me wonder if i actually learnt anythign in class, but apparently i did... at least i feel like i have.
Biology this year is really interesting for me~~ 101 107 and 106. Ok.. maybe the bio department organise it real well or something.. but i liked stage one bio even tho learning all those biochem names in 106 is a KILLER. i remember having a competition with emily to see who has to learn the longest word (she was doing comlaw) and OF COURSE I WON!! YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG SOME OF THOSE CHEM NAMES ARE~ wait... it coudl've been for chem.. hm... can't remember... speaking of chemistry... UNI CHEM SUCKS!! (yes~ now i regret not believing mike when he told me chem sucks) ok... and i am not saying it in terms of grades ok? coz i am happy with my grades, but i hate it when i finish a paper and have the feeling of not learnt anything... and that's how i feel about both of my chem papers... NOTHING~~ for exam i just crammed everythign in.. and now it's all lost.. -___- Physics is the same for me... ok.. i was never a very good physicist.. in fact, it's one subject i never ever really gets... it's like.. i know the theory, but i just can't solve the questions... (still dotn' get it) but with the funny electricity lecturer's funky demonstrations.. the paper was worth taking. ^^ Stats... ok... boring... basically self -taught the whole lot since i wagged too much. (but i think i am accustomed to self-teaching maths, since 6th form due to continueing changes of teachers, we self-learned stats, and in 7th form, i was in the 'schol calc' where 95% of the class done bursary calc the year before.. so the teacher didn't teach much... ) but i must retrain myself from wagging to engsci111 ~ mathematics modelling.. i'll be slaughtered ><
Course wise, i guess my passion for food sci has grew (even tho we haven't had any chance to do anythign related yet) but have lots of conversations with anthony (my workmate, going to do food sci in aut next year) helped a lot.. it's nice to talk to someone who is interested in the same field.. kinda... and maybe it's the general awareness i have now.. coz well... this is it.. i have choosen what i want to be, so.. sometimes i read food sci articles on net and stuff, and i was a huge fan to that show 'good eats' which is a cooking + science programme... little thigns like that... But i also got a taste of the public reception of food sci... yes we're never goign to be the highly 'respected' ppl like doctors or pharmacist.. even general scientist mite look down on us.. but u know what.. the more ppl look down on us, the less of ppl there are who want to do food sci, and the more likely i'll get a good job with good paid job. so HA~ doign somethign i like + gettign paid sounds like a plan.. and screw all you ppl think knowing how to make ice cream is not interesting!!!
Deciding to work this year... was basically telling myself i was going to au (remember i was thinking about goign to massey) sad as it is, i think i was too afraid to step out of my own comfort zone, plus since i applied late, the accomodations was still a question. And then i got a call from my boss, telling me to teach. and well that's a really good opportunity, so i took it, and stayed in auckland. I LOVED MY JOB, or at least at that point in time i did. Feeling 'important' in a workplace is really something. So i stayed.. well.. start of the year.. teaching wasn't going well at all, in fact after 4 lessons, a studen'ts parents complained, and they joined my class with Glenda's, and i start co-teaching a class. Remembering when my boss told me about teaching, i specifically said i have no teaching experience, and she said she think i'll be ok... I guess i underestimates the difficulty of teachign and she overestimated my abilities. But nevertheless, co-teaching is a really good experience for me.. Glenda has been teachign for years and years, and the way she delivers a class is just soooo amazing. And for the whole year.. she's always been so encouraging, and to this day, she never told me the real reason y my class was shifted (i.e. the parents complaining part.. ok i found that out myself, coz i saw the kid walked into her room, and 2 days later i got a call from Glenda so yea.. it all linked up) But during that 45mins every saturday morning, i think i realized i'll never be a good teacher, well maybe i can be, but i have a long long way to go, and i guess i was put-off teachign for the rest of my life.. *shrug*. playing on the keyboard for HSM choir was really great this year, new choir teacher Jen is one amazing person, her class is always filled with laughter and fun. (even tho she often 'forget' to plan the class, and they just kinda played games for the class) but that's the essense of a kids choir, learning how to sing and enjoy it while they are at it.
Ensemble assisting job didn't go as well as previous years.. first i have to battle with 2 new male assistant, who refuse to listen to me -__- up until i leave, alex and i are sitll the only ones that would sort music into 2 piles, one that we keep incase if the spares run out, we can always just photocopy the music if the kids need them. and to be honest... guys brain really work differently.. there are just things they.. dont' think about.. or can understand.. oh well~~ i guess that's prob y all the previous assistants were girls... but having guys in the team was.. great... i no longer have to carry impossibly heavy boxes of paper + chairs, well sometimes i still do... but mostly they do those.. hehehehe as the time passes, anthony and josaphatt became really good workmates, living with a stressed lucy isn't easy, i can tell you that... but we accept our differences. and it's all sweet. But the worst part i dislike about assisting this year is that... i feel like i am loosing the plot, sorta... Last year.. i knew half the students in all the ensembles that i assists by name and instrument, but i no longer do, coz taking the roll isn't part of our job anymore (well we only take the ones that don't have teacher, like trumpet or something) last year i knew every single songs that each ensemble played, this year i didn't, because half way through the year, we increase the orchestra number from 3 orchestras to 4. Which means the amount of photocopying required is huge~~ so most of the time i stay in the photocopying room helping josephatt to photocopy. And since the guys refuse to sort out music (if i dont' create a 2nd pile before they hand the music out, we have no copies in our file) + mr.Spragg always request really weird music.. like.. can u give a 3rd part clarinet to the trumpet or somethign, which require us goign to search the orginals, BUT at the same time, they hired a librarian who was rearranging our music library, making finding some music impossible... so the result.. when studnets come and demand music.. we coudlnt' give them any, coz we haven't kept any copies for ourselves, when mr.spragg wants music.. we coudlnt', coz the music library was a mess.... all these little thigns made me feel like i am not doing my job well, i have feelign irresponsible... Not to mention 3 years of strain on my back is taking a toll. Setting up the orchestra in the morning, because the design of the benches, u can't carry it the 'rite' way.. and when it comes to concerts and stuff.. timpani, drums, chairs, all need to be carried... i think around august this year... i think it was the monday after one of our concert.. i honestly coudlnt' get out of bed coz my back hurts (wagged for the whole day).. it freaked me out~~ honestly.. i know it makes me feel like an oldie when i say i have a back problem... but it was FREAKY~~~ thank goodness it never happened again, since then, if one of the guys are around.. i make them carry stuff =P.
so yes... freaky back problem + feeling that i am doign a bad job + fear of teachign is more than enough reasons to make me decide to quit.. i know i can overcome a lot of the problems.. but the bottomline is.. i decided 3 years ago that i was never going to persue music as a career, y bother making my life difficult when i could find a more related job to my career and work on it~~
Financially it's been a good year for me, considering the purchasing of ps2 at the end of last year left me very bankrupted. but this year, with a pay rise + raise in pocket money + student allowance, for once in my life i am not bankrupted at the end of the year. but of course, without the income next year, i'll definately have to cut down on my ps2 game purchases along with other leisury items... =S that is unless if i find a good job ^^ we'll see.
Friends... again.. this year i feel more than blessed to have the friends that i have. Since this year due to the nature of uni, i am alone for many hours in uni.. it gives me times to think about who i am without my friends, who are my friends, etc etc, i never really have to thought about that before... i mean.. i go to school, and there are ppl, we hang out... it was as simple as 123. Until this person name peter comes with a.. very interesting perspective on friendship, i can still remember our first conversation, it was unforgetable, he basically put question marks all over what i believed what friendship is. Truth is.. i am sure in everyone's life.. there are friends, and what jeff refers to as 'acquaintances'. and how do i tell them apart?? simple~ i am the kind of person who dont' normally step out of my comfort zone, i am the kind of person that are shy around stranger or ppl i dotn' know very well.. so the difference between friends and 'acquaintances' completely differs on how comfortable i am talkign to a person, hanging out with a person etc. Having said that... as i think about all those ppl that i woudl catogorise as acquaintances... i regret that i haven't allowed them into my comfort zone, most of the are very very nice ppl.. perhaps it's something i shoudl work towards in the coming year... ha~ that won't be an easy task... y do i have to be so antisocial?!??!
Ok.. below is a bunch of cool ppl who made contribution to my year.. and i guess here's a little appreciation... to readers or non-readers... doesn't matter... oh~~ and they are in no particular order.. except i put family members first, and all the girls first.. heheh ladies first. ;)
Parents, of course everyone have to thank their parents.. for their unconditional support, physcially, emotionally etc etc. To be honest.. my parents aren't strict on me anymore... in fact.. they start using other means to say no... say.. if i want to go to movies 2 days in a row.. they'll 'suggest' that maybe it's not a good idea to play all the time and stuff.. instead of just saying no... but because they are not as strict on me.. i feel like i have the responsibily to make the right choices... tell you guys a little secrets.. sometimes when i told you that i am not allowed to go to certain places... it's not my parents saying it.. it's my own conscience's doing... i dont' want them to be worried... if the event is late.. i wont' go.. simple as that.. coz parents actually stay awake until we gets back~~ and i don't like them to get worried and stuff.. Mum, ok.. maybe becoz they are not here atm... so i have like.. no complaints about them on my mind... -___- mum still strive to perfect her craft as a buddhist... from what she tells me, i really think buddism should be a philosphy other than a religion... she doesnt' worship anythign.. all she does is read loads of book that teach her how to be a better person.. and really~~ she is becoming a nicer person... i am really lucky.. my mum seldom yells at me.. and even when she does.. she get over it like in seconds... hehehe i am really proud of my mum. ^^ i have a nice mum that i share most of stuff with... =P Dad... i think for the first time i really appreciate how much dad loves us.. ok... early this year.. dad was like.. if you study hard, i'll give you anything you want.. and i said i want internet connection to my computer.. and you know what he did.. HE STAYED UP FOR 3 WHOLE NIGHTS TO SET IT UP!!! i was relaly touched by that~~ i mean.. my computer is completely assembled by him...he is one really talented man~ and i dont' know.. he's been really nice.. like... when i told them about how some of my friend take ferry to uni, and how i can't coz there's no one to take me in the morning, and plus it's more expensive.. and he just said.. 'i'll take you, and i'll give you whatever extra money you needed for the ferry fare, ferry is more comfortable, and more time saving' ok.. note.. i have 8am classes during semester 2.. which means i need to leave the house at like.. 6 somethign to get the ferry.. and he was willing to wake up??? Oh`` wish they are here now so i can give them a big hug... i have really ncie parents...
I think all my friends knows how important emily is to my life... in fact.. she means so much to me i dont' know where i should begin... what can i say.. she is the bestest sister anyone could ever have~ we share a really strong bond... in fact.. she knows me so well sometimes it freaks me out.. like she knows what i am going to say before i even said it... =S same can be said about mum, i guess i can be a transparent person?? *shrug* we have no secrets, and we accept each other's differences.. well we are not perfect.. we argue a lot =P but the bottomline is.. she really look out for me, she's always there to give me good advices, and she knows when she shodul push me to do new stuff, and stuff that i might not want to do at the time, and.. well.. she's kinda into the whole fashion industy, and she's my personal fashion advisor... kinda... her styles are very different to mine.. but she still has an eye for what's good and what's not... sometimes i think i rely too much on emily.. so much that i get scared thinking about the future.. she said one day she wants to go back to tw and work.. she feel more comfortable in that environment.. and well.. i always thought i'll stay here... but one day she'll leave me, there's no doubt about it.. i think i'll have a huge identity crisis then.. but meanwhile.. I LOVE YOU EMILY~~ YOU ARE THE BEST SISTER ANYONE COUDL EVER HAVE .~
Right.. Gilainne, my best friend.. a lot of us agree.. Gilainne if one of the very few near perfect ppl around. She is possibly the prettiest asian girl in macleans, she went to uni after 6th form and successfully made into law school, and we all know she gets good grades (so her parents will let her keep dating er bf) oh~~ and that too... she has the longest relationship with her bf i've ever heard of from our year, ok.. she sings, she dances, she plays piano and marimba, oh~ and she cooks ^^... and most importantly she is one loyal friend. she never takes anythign for granted, and the truth is... she works hard on everything, she works hard at things, that's why she is achieving well in all aspects of her life. So what is someone so perfect doing with a lazy, antisocial friend like me?? dont' ask me.. ask her =P but one thing about Gilainne, is that she really accept ppl the way they are... Example... ok.. i am not religious and most of Christian friends have tried to convert me at one time or another, and normally by the end, they gave up.. and they distant themselves from me coz i am a 'pagan', ok.. i do appreciate those ppl, i mean they want to save me from 'hell', i get it, but the fact is there's no hell in my belief. and u know what, i've know Len (Gilainne's nickname) for 8 years.. and she never talked about religion with me because she knew i dont' believe in it. In fact, i never knew she was so religious until 7th form when.. let's just say there were some bickering among some of my Christian friends, and she was quoting stuff from the bible all of ther place.. WOW... and well.. i really appreciate that she accepts me as her friend even tho our religious differences. You know.. many times i feel really guilty coz i don't think i am doign a very good job being her best friend and all... *sigh* and yet she's still always there when i need her. She is one busy person you know.. she helps her mum selling houses and stuff, and yet she always find time to hang out with us during the holidays... i dont' know what else to say except that.. i am more than fortunate to have a friend like her... i miss you Len~~ and i really regret that we coudlnt' spend more time together during uni due to timetable clashes and stuff.. but i still love you ^^ and have fun in Phillipines.. Lucy awaits for you return. ^^
Tina... i think everyone's first impression of Tina is always a memorable one. I remember first time seeing Tina in BBI during form 1, she was standing outside team B classrooms with a stick, and on the end of this stick, there's a pile of bird poo.. she was laughing hard out, daring ppl to touch it =P ok.. i was a very conservative person back then(still kinda am, but better now) and well.. didn't talk to her for a few years.. she's always known as Alicia's friend. Comes 6th form.. when i start straying away from my classmates, and start hanging out with the 'Mansfield asian group' we've start becoming really good friends. I've always admire Tina, she is a girl with guts, she is a girl who's got the 'i dont' care what everyone think of me' attitude, and well, she is one fun person to hang around with.. every minute spent with her is filled with laughter. To be honest, when i started hanging out with the 'mansfield asian ppl', it was a time where there were rumours about me around the school, and well.. at least i know in that group, they either dont' know the rumours, or they know my side of the story.. at that time.. i was so afraid of being judged, i hate being in the public eye.. and mansfield was my little hideout, and tina~~ she helped me to loosen up~~ she gave me glimpse of a life i coudl be in.. a world where i will just be myself... what other ppl think? doesn't matter.. the fact is.. whether we like it or not, there are always ppl out there that like us, and some that don't. Oh~~ not to mention this girl.. is one of the smartest girl i know.. hehehe she is one great study buddy. Too bad we only have 1 paper together next year.. Oh~~ have i mention how sweet Tina can be sometimes?? i remember i was studying in the IC for a chem120 test.. and she texted me askign where i was... and about 5 mins later.. she came into IC with a donut in her hand.. telling me i must be hungry from all teh studying, wishign me a good luck and left... Many times this year.. i often feel like i am holding her back.. well. she's made tonnes of new friends (i;ve counted, in one after.. and well.. i think i made like.. 2 =P but she is so sweet.. she still hang with me from time to time.. Tina.. thank you for everything.. and i hope even tho we are doing different courses... it wont' deter our friendship.. because i'll never want to loose a friend like you.
This year.. many of us changed (for us 1st years anyway) and i think many of us will agree that Anne has changed the most... she used to be the only Korean who didn't look like a Korean, didn't hang out with Koreans. I used to be really proud of Anne, i mean.. not being judgemental here or anythign but sometimes Koreans are in their very secluded group that makes you feel like.. they dont' give a damn about anyone else. But Anne is different, i mean.. she hangs out with us and we are not Koreans... This year... she's made new friends (all Koreans) and she changed her appearance.. A LOT, i mean.. dying her hair, perming it, and i think she start putting make up on and stuff. I know few ppl from our group feel like Anne is a totally different person.. but from few conversations i had with her, she's is still our old Anne, likes the same stuff, talk the same way etc... and you know what, i think it's great that she found a nice group of pharmacy friends to hang out with.. i wish i have a group of foodsci ppl to hang out with :S Annie Kangaroonie~ look forward to hanging out with you early next year ;)
Amy and Christine, sorry i wrote you two in the same paragraph, but well, I seldom see Amy without Christine and vice versa. Amy is my food sci buddy ^^, that is if she doesn't abandon me, and Xtine 'could' be my new foodsci buddy, depending on her decision. I think this year.. I have the most similar timetable with Amy and Xtine , and there 2 terrific ladies are always so friendly. I've known Amy since 6th from Chemistry, she was a new student at the time, i was always amazed at how fast Amy adapt into the whole new environments, i mean within days she had bunches of good friends, and well, she just fit in real well, and you know why? because she is such a cool, down to earth girl to hang out with. She is incredibly friendly, and always ppl with a friendly smile. Amy~ i look forward to doign another great year of Foodsci with ya~ ^^ Xtine is actually a new friend i've made this year, when i think about Xtine, the word 'funky' comes to mind, because that's teh kind of person she is, always hyper, always enthusiastic, and she's a highly social person.. i mean.. i had ppl come up to me and said 'hey~ aren't you xtine's friend?' =P hehhe, makes me feel like i've known a celebrity or something ;). Xtine.. i hope you chooses to do Foodsci (no pressure or anything) but whatever ur decision, i hope we get to 'sleep' in lectures together ;)
Sherry, an unmistakenbly hyperactive girl even tho when she gets on her 'lows' it's scary. I've learnt so much about her this year, i mean, who've guessed the girl talks and breath in cartoon and anime, works incredibly hard at her work and get's extremely high marks. I remember being shocked when i heard Sherry got like.. 1st or 2nd at various subjects in 7th form, the fact is, sherry doesn't like ppl to know her mark, and knowing how well she did, she just didnt' like to brag. Well.. i've gained a whole new respect for her this year.. i didn't know she was battling with a condition/disease ok.. i dont' know the name of it. but sometimes she gets really sick, and u know what.. she seldom wag a class, and she just works so hard that makes me feel ashamed, being healthy and yet slacks off so much. oh~ and great thing about being in sherry's lecturers.. SHE MAKES ME WORK =P she's about one of the very few ppl that do that can make me work. and she yells at me when i wag... lol i remember i wagged like the last week of bio101, and i was afraid that i'll bump into her durign the exams.. lol, and of course by the time i saw her again, she've forgotten all about it, phew~ ^^ Oh~~ and she's always desperate to find a friend to share her anime interest, i mean.. as soon as she knows someone has certain season of anime she don't have, she'll nag you until you lend it to her.. hahah she's so cute. Oh~~ and she's the person that introduce me to 'one piece', but yea.. dont' really have access to it so.`~ ^^ i dotn' know what sherry is tkaing next year, possibly major in bio.. so i hope i'll be in her class again, so someone will monitor my study and make sure i dont' slack off... =D
Alexandra, hehe my little sis.. sweet little hyper bassoon girl.. hehehe did i tell you ppl that she even gave her bassoon a name?? she also named her bassoon case. hahahaha.. She is one prodigy.. honestly.. gettgin ABBRSM at such a young age.. not to mention how many prices she's won at composition awards.. i think everyone can see she is going to be someone great someday.. and guess what?? i know that girl ^^ hehehe ok.. music aside, she's always a great friend, and a great workmate.. 3 years now i have worked with her.. and every saturday it's been a pleasure, and it's always nice to hear her talk about school.. funnily enough her life seems more colourful than mine.. *shrug* Alex.. thank you so much for everythign.. in fact thank your whole family while you are at it =P i am eternally in your debt, sorry i am leaving you, i'll will miss you sooo much.. well.. get to uni early, and we can hang out then. ^^ I love you little sis.. oh~ discipline those 2 guys for me ^^
Mindy is one of my tour friends, if i were to say that we've been really good friends ever since.. i'll be lying.. most of the time she is down at palmy studying med lab. and well it wasn't until sometime this year when she start blogging.. or xanga-ing that i've gotten to know her again. Well it's still the old Mindy alright.. hehehe i did learn to never be on the bad side of her.. hehehe she can perform.. 'interesting' pranks on ppl :P heheh i'll leave it at that. ^^ And besides.. it's always nice to have another girl in the group.. ok.. our group started with 3 guys and 3 girls.. and then Penny went to Auz, and Mindy went to Palmy, so it's just me and 3 guys.. note: I have no problem hanging out with you guys, i love you guys, and u know that~ honestly~ just that sometimes i get weird 'winks' from strangers and stuff.. once this shop lady even told me 'hey~ you are one lucky girl, surrounded by so many guys' -___-, makes me sounds like a slut flirting or something.' Ok.. i really enjoy hanging out with you guys.. and Mindy is just that cherry on top ^^ and besides.. now i have a higher chance of winning a debate when it comes to difference with girls and boys. and plus.. she's gonna teach me how to cook~ hehehe ^^ Ok.. and one more thing.. i like it that mindy bring 'variety' to the group, and she is less conservative than the rest of us.. like.. she don't mind having heaps and heaps of fotos taken of her, oh i dotn' know.. i like her presence ^^.YEA~~MINDY YOU RULE~ hehehe Mindy~ Lucy awaits for your return to party at Jeff's ;)
Hehehe while we are on the subject of Jeff. hehehe you know.. writing about Mindy and Jeff kinda made me realize how important blogging is.. i mean.. i dotn' know about you guys.. but it really brought us closer.. i mean.. problem with us tour friends is that.. we dont' have that many gatherings in a year.. i mean we have 1 per holiday if we are lucky.. and sometimes it's hard to be online all at the same time... but blogging has allowed me to know what' happneing with their life and stuff.. hehee blogging is cool. hehehe Jeff.. in my book.. is an academic legend (ok.. he'll deny this) but its' true.. HE GOT INTO MED SCHOOL FROM 6TH FORM!!! well he did the whoel bursary thing AT 6TH FORM and this was BEFORE they changed the selection to med school to 2nd year, and ok.. get this.. he is only 1 year older than me, and he'll graduate with a med degree the same year i graduate (and that is if i dotn' do my honours) oh~~ and his is like a multi-instrumentalist.. he plays the piano, the flute and the violin.. and he is one of the very few ppl i know that continued music after uni... i think he's got L MUS A and to think few years ago.. we were on the same grade.. and then i stopped, and he jsut kept going. ^^ he's unstoppable. ^^ hehehe told you he's a legend. ^^ Ok.. aside from all that Jeff.. has always been a mystery to me, there were times where we haven't talked/seen/icq for like ages and ages.. but once we start talking on the fone.. we can talk for ages and ages (ok.. ages and ages = 1 hr and above, i am not freaky like some of you ppl.. go on for like.. hours and hours -__-) maybe he is a very social person.. or maybe it's part of his medical training.. *shrug* but i like talkign to jeff, he's funny, he is the provider of dodgy jokes in our group.. hehehe and he is so good at teasing.. ok.. he has a way of grasping on 1 little fact and twisting it and tease you right back. -___- example? he is still teasing me saying that i have a bf AND a husband AND a 6 years old kid (mike is still doing that too... hm... *evil stares*). Jeff is one of the most thoughtful guy i know, I mean.. he takes time to make our birthday cards, unlike me, i do it when i am in the 'mood' (oh yea.. jeff is the only one i know that share that interesting with me :D) and durign many of our birthdays, he's the only one that remember about cake... little things like that.. and i was really touched by him sometime this year.. ok.. remember i wrote a depressed blog entry, and like.. he texted me to see if i was alrite.. ok.. at the time emily and i swapped fone for that day since her fone doesnt' fit into her new bag -__- and i was using the predictive.. and i was looking for the key that changes the words.. and instead i pressed the send button.. so instead of the msg reading 'yea... ' it read 'web' and u know what.. as soon as i send it.. he went online to check if i was ok.... many other ppl were also very sweet to me, but i really wasn't expecting one from him... hehehe Jeff, thanks heaps.. and look forward to that party when you get back. ^^
Mike, another one of the tour friends of course.. one hard out one too (in fact.. all of them are hard out -___- what are they doign with a slacker like me??) :O Mike's doing master degree in bio (something to do with endocrine). I mean.. postgrads... WOW~~ :P Mike is one of the most generous, kind ppl i know, honestly~ i remember in 6th form, he asked me what subjects i was doign.. and i said english, stats, bio, chem and physic. And he start offering his old notes and stuff. OK.. he asked me what i took just to see how he can help out and stuff.. And it never stops... i have his notes for my 6th form, 7th form.. well not this year, coz i am a good girl ^^ wrote all my notes this year ^^, BUT he helped me heaps this year.. Really, no one prepared me better for uni than mike, on the orientation day, he came and took me around, showed me where to get my course guides and stuff, for bio classes, he told me which lecturers are good, which are bad, what shoudl i watch out for in the exams and stuff, and those were all really good info, and since i had a glimpse of how hard out he studies for his exams in previous years, it freaked me out coz i've never studied that hard out in my life, so when i started uni.. i really thought if i don't work hard i am goign to fail(despite all the wagging, i do actually make up those classes.. eventually =P) .. i doubt i would've got the grades i got without him ^^ Mike is a person who's very passionate about what he does... not just academically.. anythign he is interested in.. he'll learn about it inside out.. and his interest is really diverse. Countless anime titles, comics, news, books that he's into.. and i mean.. he would look at all the loopholes, think about all the timeline.. see if it all fits and stuff, he was into psychology at one point, he even took his text book to dan's house at our sleepover.. hm.. ok.. we kinda ignored him.. hehehe (no one liked to be examined mentally :P) there was this other one time, i think i was in his car at lie.. 5:30 in the morning or something (we were going to armageddon early so we wont' have to line up for so long) and he was talkign about the Iraq war. Only ppl who are really interested int he subject woudl talk about politics at 5:30am rite?? :P oh~~ that's another thing.. i must thank him for the countless number of times he has driven me around.. well coz our gatherings are normally not around Howick.. and he's always so nice and gave me rides.. ok.. even tho both of us live around Howick (note!! around howick is not the same as IN howick) it's still a hassle to drive all the way from dannemora to bucklands beach, and then back to the motorway.. and he never complained =O (well at least he's never complained to me =P) Hehehe Mike~ i think after almost 5 years (it is 5 rite??) i think it's safe to say i no longer have to recognise you as 'the guy that wears the black vest' ok ^^ time to let that one go ^^ heheh thank you for all the friendship u've given me throughout the years.. no matter what ur plans are for next year, i hope you'll choose to stay in Auckland, becuase you are an irreplacable member. ^^
Hsuan.. or Shaun.. is the most patriotic person i've ever seen. In fact.. most of conversations i have with him is about politics.. and well, most ppl know i am not political at all, in fact.. all my knowledge of politics is from dad.. i shoudl point out that all his political stuff is on tw =P . A lot of times i coudl just sit there.. and just listen to his big plans, he is a huge believer in tw's independence... and you know what strikes me most amazing about this guys.. is that when he told me.. one day.. if it comes to a time where there's a war in tw, he'll go back and serve for his country. Not everyday you see a guy, someone studyign optometry, who might one day have a great future, a great easy life, and willing to give up all that just so that other ppl mite one day have a greater future... ANd even tho sometimes i frown upon some of the big plans he comes up with that would (save tw or whatever).. i kinda like it.. gave me a glimpse of hope, if there were more ppl like him, maybe one day.. there is a future for tw.. maybe one day every country will recognise us as an independent country.. as distant hope?? we'll see ^^ Hehehe see you in 2 weeks Hsuan.. and remember.. you promised you are goign to dress up as a girl. hahahah
Peter is one of my new friend this year.. I've known him through chem110 labs, he's the guy on the next bench.. the guy that helps us out during chem labs, the guy made me think about the whole 'friendship issue', in fact not just the 'friendship issue', there's the 'weirdness issue', 'religion issue'. Hehehe well this guy is a thinker (hm.. he really shodu have a nice debate with mike.. speakign of which.. WHAT ON EARTH DID SACRED HEART COLLEGE TEACH YOU GUYS?!?!? [note: both of them are from sacred hearts ;)] ) and he loves a good arguements.. probabily where all those topic arises. But i think most importantly, he made me realize how lucky i really am.. I live in a loving family, I never really have to worry about financial problems, i have a bunch of incredible friends, the lists goes on and on.. To me.. Peter is a survivor, i can't imagine what it'll be like to have to face with financial problems everyday.. and yet when his friend is in need, he was willing to help out and i really admire that. Hehehe aren't i lucky to have such a self-less friend. ^^ Peter, may you have a wonderful time in Hk with ur family, grab onto every moments because you only get to see them once a year. ^^
Ok.. i think that covers everyone, if i forgotten about anyone.. hm... sorry >< . well.. note: it's kinda contributed to the ppl that had an influence to me this year. Which means if you are a long time friend, but we haven't spoken much, Lucy hereby apologises. blogging is based on inspiration, and since I have an incredibly crap memory.. it's hard to recall anythign that's over a year old, and then write anythign good. But special mention must be made to Honour, who's in auz.. hm.. go online more often so we can catch up... heheh.. to Dan and Bruce, 2 incredibly busy ppl who don't go online anymore hope you guys are having heaps of fun in tw, and look forward to seeing you guys at the next gathering. Also to Josaphatt and Anthony, sorry you guys had to live with the 'bossy and annoying' Lucy for the past year, i'll miss you guys heaps, all the best for work next year. ^^
Hm... honestly.. i look at my friends and wonders if you ppl are all insane to want to hang out with me.. but hey~~ i am glad all you ppl tolerated with me for however long time. I LOVE YOU PPL~ I REALLY DO~~ all of you are a piece of jigsaw in the puzzle that's Lucy's world. And i hereby conclude the year review of 2004. and i wish everyone a Happy New Year (that is if i dont' blog in the next 3 days..) just for the record.. this is the longest post i've ever written, it took me 3 days... and it's one exhausting blog entry ^^;) Oh~~ before i forget, i really want to thank all my readers, for all our supportive comments, it means a lot to me. Sorry that you ppl have to read about my useless, endless complaints about my boring life.
Btw1~~ I realize a lot of the thigns i written are kinda like 'testimonials' so if anyone want me to post any of it on friendstar or somethign, dont' be afraid to ask.
Btw2 If i've written anythign that offended anyone.. firstly.. sorry, and contact me asap and i'll remove it. ^^
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