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I'm still updating!! Feel so proud of myself that i can die happy, wtf.

Anyways, here's the promised post about the thai dinner me & jon attended with the other malaysian on last saturday.

It was an 'End of Term Makan Session' so of course, even when i have 2 unfinished assignments and 2 untouched presentations to complete over the weekend, DIE DIE ALSO MUST ATTEND OKAY~ (cmon, it's f.o.o.d.-fantastic orgasmic overwhelmingly delicious delicacies, wait, that's no correct, oh well :/)

So being the vain and shallow person i am, i decided to 'prettify' myself for this event. Yes, Phei Yee, dinner also must dress up. I've been here for so long, but i've attended only the casino party, aside from that, i have absolute NO CHANCE to wear any nice clothings :(.
(basic school apparel: tshirt, jacket, coat, jeans + gloves & scarf = BORING~)

ANYWAYS, we both cycled to the bus station at Davis Center (explaining the location of this place is absolutely meaningless unless you're interested in attending the U of Waterloo, if so i'd be EXTREMELY willing to educate you on the subject), and met up with the rest of the gang. By the way, i was wearing a dress & boots with heels, imagine the difficulties faced when cycling >.< I WANT SPICY CURRY!! They didn't order enough veg for me :(, everything was meat, meat & MEAT! SO, i secretly told jon to tapao something called padthai because i was rly hungreee~ He himself wasn't full either so he tapao-ed pineapple fried rice. (damn, we look like greedy piggies, GRR~) OH, we had mango rice for dessert! To be honest, i didn't quite like it, the mango wasn't ripe and the rice was, well, not what i'd expected. SAD X(

THEN WE BROUGHT OUR TAPAO-ED FOOD AND HAPPILY WENT BACK. END OF STORY.
Sorry la, got alot more to say & the journey back home wasn't exciting also.

of course must photowhore laa~

i curled my hair! 2nd time in 10 mins..
not bad if i must say so myself *self-praising*

mah fave photo x)

make-up *.*

NEXT, english presentation!
Woke up at 7 yesterday morning to prepare. Overall, i thought our group did an awesome job. I was a little worried because this guy in my group, Waley, tends to make hip-hop gestures when he's presenting, thank gudness he left his 'groove' at home. One group even went overtime by 5 mins! Sad la that one, the last person in the group didn't finish his part. Include some pictas which i took when my group was done with.

with coat

without coat. didn't wear the blazer
for the presentation but for the weather >.<
the blazer was thick & my coat wasn't enough.

nice nice?? SAY NICE OR I'LL POISON U!!

other groups presenting...

waley's upper torso, herbert's specs, billy's hair & prof mark's head.
NICE PIC X)

i'm OBVIOUSLY not paying attention to other speakers

unlike him :/

THEN, i went to get my doctor's appointment done at the health center. The health center damn syok, it's located above a lake, so from the sofas at the waiting corner, you can see ducks paddling about. VERY SCENIC~ Some background info: I took the mandatory Tuberculosis test and was tested positive. They inject some toxic evil liquid into your skin & check for bumps. 'Normal, negative' people have no bumps or bumps less than 9mm in diameter. Mine was an EFFING 18MM. SIGHS~ I actually had a TB test in Msia when i applied for my visa, and was tested negative. Bro says it's because i was too close to him before i left for canada and somehow the antibodies were transmitted from him to me. SAD AGAIN X(

Back to the story, so i had my xray scanned and i was supposed to meet with a doctor who will go over the results of the xray with me. OH RANDOM FACT: the health center offers free condoms. Interesting info for anyone who wants to travel a gazillion miles from msia for free birth control. *winks* As expected, the xray showed that i was negative for TB BUT, the doctor said that i must either have an xray scan of my lungs annually, or, take some antibiotic pills for 6 months. Initially, i was very keen on taking the pills, but after texting jon & asking him bout his opinion, he strongly asked me to consult my bros before making any decision. THANK GOD FOR THAT, my bro said that the antibiotics were just a mixture of TOXIC, DANGEROUS, SIDE EFFECTS INDUCING good-for-nothing meds (or in other words, EVIL PILLS) & advised me to go with the annual xray option.

Well, that's that. Plenty of drama for a day. And ended it with super delicious strawberry ice-cream from the cremary opposite my apartment. (to jon: i know i said it tasted buttery & eww-y, but after taking a few licks, it wasn't bad XD)
Take care people. LOVES AND HUGS TO ALL OF YOU. MISS YOU GUYS!!

xoxo, ash

FOOD PICTA OF THE DAY

jon's egg with maple syrup which
tasted & looked like roti canai..no?

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To the special person in my life,

I'm sorry for blurting and saying stupid things from time to time,
I'm just insecure and need some confirmation from you.
I'm sorry for mocking down on others sometime & looking shallow,
I'm just plain bored sometimes & feel like telling you anything that comes to mind.
I'm sorry for the tantrums I have thrown on you,
Most of the time, there is a reason behind it,
But on occasions, it is just me being a brat wanting to vent my frustrations on you.
I'm sorry if you think I hit you for being mean,
I'm just more concerned about the reasons behind the action and not aware that the action may hurt you.
I'm sorry for the hurt and pain which I have put you through,
I didn't want you to feel the pain I've felt during our 'depression' period,
But sometimes I'm just a pain,
During those times,
I just wish that you would stop me from spiraling down further,
And put things back to normal.
Still,by the end of the day,
You know that we'll make amends, and forget about the whole thing,
So thanks for putting up with me,
And always be the first person to forgive and forget.

Hold my hand forever? *winks

XOXO,
'jengjeng'

hearts~

ps: sry guys for writing something mooshie & personal. I'm actually preparing for my english presentation, will blog about the whole freaking episode and the dinner i had with the malaysians soonish!! Pecks on cheeks to all~

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Dear peeps in Malaysia who are happily awake,
I'm awake too!! XD

wth, damn random. Anyways,
studying for statistics is a real bore, especially when one didn't attend a single lecture since who-knows-when. :( My lecturer sucks btw, I didn't get to enroll into the main lecturer because the class was already full. Boohoo.

People whom I used to be really close with are really getting further and further apart from me. SIGH.

Rode my bike for the 1st time today. Was raining and i had my hoodie on so when i need to turn back to check for cars, i had only 20% of my vision because the hoodie was covering 3 quarters of my eyes. Lucky to be still here typing to you guys. Hehe. The experience altogether was not too bad, just that the pedestrians were really trying their best to block the sidewalks. :/ Wait, i was one of them too. Hmm...

Cooked bak kut teh for housemates and jonathan (i'll call him jon from now even though he doesn't like it, blek dear). Jon and i thought that it was bland. sigh.

Gotta study business now but i'm procrastinating.

I wanna go out to shop or exercise! Someone help me finish all my work.

It's been 3 months + since i've been in the LOO. I'm 3 months older. great~ :(

Wanna bundle up in my electric blanket and study business. Procrastinating again.

Sorry dear for not sleeping before 1.30, blame it on the tea i'm drinking.

Sigh, i can almost picture the disapproval on your face. Fine i'll go study now. sigh~

i love you guys and love(sqr2) u dear,
ash

ps: peeps, how many time did i use the word sigh? 7? 8? SIGH~

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It's 2.26am and I'm pissed, very very PISSED.

My business class team members are a whole bunch of hateful people. I have never ever felt so terribly angry towards anyone before. So this is the story:

We have this strategy report due tomorrow (technically, it's today) and we had a late start. So, knowing that I will be extremely busy during the dateline period, I started the research on my own (with Jonathan's help) and laid out all the essential points into a word document and sent it to them. In the e-mail, I also stated that I wanted to start doing the most difficult sections first so the other easier sections will be their responsibility. Hoping for an instant reply, which they normally would give judging by the previous assignment, (which btw, went pretty smoothly, hence, I am totally flabbergasted with their attitudes right now), I waited but no reply ever reached me.

Hence, we met up yesterday night and to my surprise, or should I say not to my surprise, none of them even looked at the word document. Whatever 'research' they have done was bullocks, for they just copied some information from the company's website (our report is basically a swot analysis which is supposed to be easy). Also, I gave them a printout of my word document but they just set it aside without even glancing through! To make matters worse, none of them had any idea about what the assignment asks for!!!! This girl keeps wanting to add unnecessary information when our number of pages is extremely limited. Also, there is this guy who is really the definition of pain-in-the-arse. He kept mocking me by laughing at everything I have said like I'm talking nonsense. Even the girl (let's call her N) said that he was being mean. Anyways, it wasn't a big deal for me but both pain-in-the-arse and another guy (S) were busy talking nonsense and surfing you-tube. The last member of the team is this clueless english major girl (J) who was absent in almost all of our meetings and till now, is completely clueless about our current assignment.
The meeting ended and we all agreed with our responsibilities. I volunteered to do the swot analysis but girl N insisted that she and girl J would finish both the swot analysis and the strategy analysis. I was like, okay, so I would write on the executive summary and the company's strategy then.

Just now, when we had another meeting, the swot analysis was incomplete AND the strategy analysis was untouched. So, in the process of the meeting, girl N finished the swot analysis and since we couldn't stay at that place (J's apartment) for long cuz she has some partying to do (wtf right) we had to leave in less than 2 hrs. I then suggest that pain-in-the-arse and S to finish half of the strategy analysis while girl N do the other half. I wanted to do the conclusion but no, girl N INSISTED that she does the conclusion too. Wanting to trust her for once, I agreed. So, my job was to help Jonathan to do the in-text citations and referencing. Before we leave, we ALL AGREED that everyone would send their work to me and jonathan so we could complete the referencing and formatting.

HOWEVER, after waiting until 12am, I did not receive anything from anyone. So, I called girl N first and she said: why not we both do the half of the strategy analysis and compare? To tired to argue, I agreed and finished at 1. At the same time, I called S to ask about his progress. INTERESTINGLY enough, he said he had finished and sent his part to pain-in-the-arse who will then join their parts together. Earlier on, I have contacted pain-in-the-arse and told him specifically to send me the document so that I can cite it. MORE INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, when I contacted girl N to ask her whether to do the conclusion or not cuz I had a feeling she's not doing anything, telling her I'm just waiting for pain-in-the-arse to send me his completed work, she told me that he had already SENT IT TO HER!

!@#$%^&*(

I was rly utterly speechless at that point. It did not make ANY sense at all to me. It still doesn't. SIGH. To make the long story short, jonathan and i sent the incomplete document to girl N who claims that she will add the work from pain-in-the-arse and guy S, and her conclusion herself and hand it in today. Oh, I forgot to mention, my business class is in another university down the street and these guys are all from that university. Since Jonathan and I have class tomorrow, we can't hand the assignment in. So we HAVE to depend on either one of them.

I have no idea how she's gonna achieve consistent formatting when so much is involved. Page numberings, reference numberings, font styles....and she's a tech-noob.

I'm missing a lot minor details about these guys but that's the big picture. I still can't fathom how these guys are thinking!! By slowing me and jonathan down, none of us would benefit! I really really am stunned and angry right now, but after writing this, I'm just amazed by these people.

BIG SIGH. Going off to bed.

I pray that none of you guys will meet such people as group members.
Love,
ash

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X) HELLO WORLD
This is what I do when I'm procrastinating instead of studying for my Algebra exam which is oh-so-happening tonight OR my English draft report due tomorrow OR my Business report due this Thursday. NO SIRREE~

i photowhore

& i photowhore

& i photowhoreee~

then i decide to show you my fave coffee place..where i drink hot choc instead of coffe..sigh..wat have i become???

Anyways, for all of you guys who so happen to be interested (pa kua) about what's going in my life, here's a ~~brief~~ summary of my past 3 months over here in Waterloo, Canada. (IT'S 3 FREAKING MONTHS ALREADY??!!!)

I'm majoring in Math/Financial Analysis & Risk Management, which is some kinda act sci mutated program. I'm also under something called a Co-op program which basically means that I don't have breaks or holidays during summer. On the contrary, I'm forced to slave for a company which grudgingly accepts me after I impress them with my ignorance in an interview next Winter (Jan-April). To graduate under the all blessings of God and all the combined powers of my guardian angels and lucky stars, ~~and witchcraft~~, I NEED to successfully pass all my courses and receive approval by all my employees. It's gonna take a miracle so I'm already starting to prepare a collection of potions and spells. (Missing a frog, anyone has one?)

This term, I'll be staying on-campus which is kinda misleading because my apartment is OUTSIDE the school compound, coincidentally encircled by a road appropriately named "Ring Road". I HEART MY APARTMENT AND ROOM TO DEATH. It is the bestest bestest best room in the world. Too bad I'm gonna part with it when I begin work next spring (May-Aug). I'm cooking btw, and so far, I've gotta admit, I'm a pretty good cook! WONDERS OF ALL WONDERS! So far I've cooked fried rice, black pepper chicken, beef, fried noodles, wet noodles, bacon and scrambled eggs, bak kut teh, though these were all eaten by Jonathan who claims that they are all awesome so I'm not sure whether he's biased or not:/ (hmm..). Didn't really taste them cuz I prefer eating my veggies :).

bacon breakfast set which I made for jonathan >33

maple syrup pancakes breakfast jonathan made for both of us X)

I'm taking english, algebra, statistics, computer science and business this term and oh am gee, the stress and the workload is fuhreeking HUGEEE!! This is what I get for entering a kiasu chinese dominated university. SIGH~ I think i slept less than 4 hrs yesterday night finishing my programming work for CS due tomorrow. Which reminds me, to those CS ~~nerds~~ programmers out there who lurves programming, U GUYS ARE UN-FREAKING-BELIEVABLE. I hate CS. It's Crazy Shit to me.

evidence of not sleeping

Points to show off to u guys:

The bike which Jonathan bought for me will be here tomorrow!! YAY! (But winter's coming so no cycling! BOO!)
SunChips, a brand for some junk food here is DA MOST AWESOME SHIT I'VE EATEN. Can't live without it. (But it's junk food, should I eat? should I not eat? )X)
I scored 94 in my business mid-terms!!! (But jonathan got an eff-ing 99.50. HOW ON EARTH DID HE MINUS JUST 0.5?? ~~SORE LOSER GRUMBLING~~~)
My CS teacher is THE BEST (though his subject is the worst). Check him out at the link below, he's hilariously funny but insanely smart. (http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/#clip235742 -> video library -> qubit -> season 1 -> episode 6)
My Stats Tutorial class is taught by a Malaysian dude doing his Masters in act sci in the university. NICEE~malaysia boleh

Interesting Fact: Canadians are not really tall and huge. Among the girls, I'm pretty average! Sin Siang, come here and kao lui!! Wait, you're taller than me already, are you still growing?? >.<

Alrightey then, gotta get back to studying *cough* manga-reading *cough*.

xoxo,
Ash-the-ley ;)

~h~e~l~l~o~&~b~y~e~
~x~o~x~o~

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Hey guys,

Been pretty busy these days making me room as homey as possible & shopping for all the necessary furniture, appliances & FOOD!! Srsly, I'm enjoying the whole process of taking buses to different malls, comparing the prices at different supermarkets, oogling at tempting foods which are too luxurious for me to buy, learning new things about the people here & their culture...but most of all, SHOPPING RAWKS!!! It's really fun, but at the end of the day, when I'm updating my accounts, my super smiley XD face will go X(..BOOHOO~

Anyways, here I am waiting for my roommates to unpack their luggage. They just moved in today! wee~~ So, here're some pictures which I have taken of my apartment. Wait. I think I'll just give u guys my fb link since the pics r already there X).

OKAY. So i went out for awhile to sign up for frosh week (orientation) & came back seeing THIS.

wee~ the kitchen's full! Even behind the cupboards!!

uni basketball court..that's the math department booth

math students have pink tags wth~

I went to the bookstore too..I am REALLY stupid man, should have bought all my 2nd hand books AGES ago when i reached here. And yet, I waited till the whole campus is flooded with ppl & all the 2nd hand books are almost sold out b4 i decided 'hey!y dont i go get my books!?' BLOODY IDIOT KYX!! !@#$ RANTING~ Anyways, here's wat i bought:

my new BLUE organizer! love it~ if u can squint ur eyes, the green tag says 'THE SCHOLAR' *grins*

calender!

Some interesting things:

3-hole punch. Their papers have 3 instead of 2 holes..looks exactly like a ruler eh?

my ear-rings & keys section!!! LURVESS~~

Okay, I'm off to a meeting with my don followed by 2 frosh week events. You guys take care!! Will update frequentlt, I hope!XD

Love,
Ashley

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