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Ramblings of a Sleep-Deprived Caffeine Addict

I have no idea why you bother reading but don't stop X)

Of law and canine

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 @ 10:21 PM

Dear people who are probably procrastinating their assignments/studies/work,

Have you guys heard of something called the Dog Owners' Liability Act?
So apparently, this act follows 'strict liability', meaning that any plaintiff who can proof that the defendant owns the dog will be compensated in a torts case.
The gist of it is, if I walk on the street and Fugly the Rottweiler decided to take a bite of my juicy, yummy meat (for illustration purposes only), I can sue Fugly's owner, Silly and win in the court case.

So why am I telling you this?
Because when my Business Law lecturer was lecturing on this topic, he said in a fashion which was SO HILARIOUSLY FUNNY that I was jolted back to reality while being dangerously close to dozing off. Joe, my lecturer, has this apparent distaste with canines. Here are some of the quotes in that class:

Joe: Anyone here owns a dog?
*People raise hands*
Joe: HAR! SUCKS TO BE YOU! (hahahahaha)

Girl: So what happens if another dog attacks my dog?
Joe: Well ok, you can probably sue the owner for the expense needed to "REPAIR THE DOG" (omg at this stage the whole class was bursting in laughter already), then for the mental trauma which you suffered from witnessing your dog being eaten by the other....

I can't really remember exactly what else he said but honestly, it was an interesting class. Tort law is fun. So apparently, we have to protect not only visitors on our property, but also trespassers! We can't intentionally dig a big black hole and conceal it with some artificial grass and such, or place bogey-traps for our 'uninvited guests'.

Thus, I'll end this random post.
And beware to all dog owners! *srs cat face. MIAOOO~*

ashley

ps: don't ask why were taught about law dealing with dogs when it is supposedly a business law course :/

2010 so far

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 @ 1:34 AM

Hello there,

2010 SO FAR has been treating me considerably well, I guess. (*skeptical) But anyways, I'm taking Business II, Business Law, Linear Algebra, Computer Science for Scheme and Python, and Actuarial Science. The university enrolling system auto-enrolled me for the professional development course because (hopefully), I'll start my first work term in May. (people, pray that I get a job.pretty pretty please~~)

So, this is what I've learnt so far. Oh, before I get there, I better PROCLAIM my TERM RESOLUTION for Winter 2010, so that the whole world knows, and I have less chance to pretend to be amnesiac and conveniently forget about these goals.
1) Lead a healthier life this term. This includes sleeping habits, diet, and exercise (sobs).
2) Save more money.
3) Be more focused in my studies, and really give my all.
4) Find a church and have more faith in God.
5) *this is added by jonathan jong* Love Jj MORE!! (people can be so greedy sometimes, lol)

I am really trying to achieve SOME of these goals. For one, I have already checked out the university's gym and pool, so the next step would be, VISITING THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES CENTER! (SEMANGAT><) Also, I have been getting to bed before 12am everyday, though this is still far from the 10pm I am aiming for. Next, the money part is really easy as long as I do not eat out, for I have nothing else to spend on, I think (hmm..). In terms of the 3rd goal, I have really made the effort of finishing all the pre-class readings, and reading through the texts before going to class, and reviewing the lecture's notes and making my own after class. Hopefully I would still be able to do all these when all the assignments start to pile up. I will start searching for a good church this week whereas the last goal, no 5, is not for me to judge. :/

Till date, I have learnt the following:
1) Business II:
- basic accounting, pretty easy, but we'll cover marketing too soon enough. Oh, and the marketing project is exactly the same as what I've done in INTI. We're supposed to launch a new product and draft a marketing plan for the product. WOOHOO!
2) Business Law:
- super awesome stuffs. Tis' true that the facts about procedures, law terms and the sort could be a bore at most times, but, and this is a big BUT, the lecturer (who is a full-time lawyer and a part-time lecturer) is really terrific! He knows the goods and makes the 2hr class so much interesting, especially by sharing his own experience with clients and narrating true cases. Thumbs up for this course X)
3) Computer Science:
After taking CS135 last term, I should be going on to CS136 like Jonathan, BUT, i totally abhor this course so I took the easier option (yea i chickened out, SO? SUE ME. BLEK!) and chose to take CS116 this term. It's obvious that the 1 in 116 is lower than the 3 in 136, so basically 115 & 116 are for 'normal' people like me whereas 135 & 136 are for 'crazy ass' people like jonathan jong. HOHOHO~ But honestly, after taking cs135, the start of CS116 is a breeze since the everything that is taught has already been covered in cs135, so, I should be happy? That remains a question unsolved. :/
4) Linear Algebra:
The lecturer is surreal, as in totally bonkers and nuts! He is so HYPED every second of the class! He does this little bounce whenever he's stressing on a point, and for every monday and wed class, he'll start with a 'joke of the day~'. The last 2 were:

"There are 10 types of mathematicians. One who knows binary. And one who doesn't." harhar
"There are 3 types of mathematicians. One who knows how to count. And one who doesn't." :/

On Fridays though, he will start with a parody and the last one involves cereal and serial-killers. Go figure. Still, he really lightens up the class with his hatred towards literature and PASSION towards math. The course, according to him, is really tough for it involves a lot of proofing, (which by the way, is no easy task) and a lot of thinking. He encourages us to just sit down and think all day. HMMM~ But till now, he has been covering topics which I have already learnt, either in SPM or Calculus 3. So I can only say, wait and see, wait and see...
Oh, he taught us how to imagine in 4 dimensions. So apparently, you use the analogy of drawing a 3D cuboid on the blackboard. In reality, it's a 2D graph, but your brain automatically registers it as a 3D object. Likewise, do this with a 4D cuboid connected with 16 more points and you'll get your 4D object. ...Can't imagine it?? SERIOUSLY? Try harder. NO?
HA! I was just pulling your leg. Apparently, although what I've said earlier wasn't bull talk, but our brains CANNOT imagine anything beyond the 3rd dimension. The prof CLAIMS that he had made an actual model of a 4D object when he was young, and sat there looking at the model the whole day. And for just 1 sec, HE SAW IT, BUT his brain immediately rejects that thought. X)
5) Actuarial Science:
3 words. Formulas. Formulas. Formulas. Formulas. Wait, did I say 3? lol Basically we're calculating interest, their functions and such. Nothing interesting. YET.

Finished! I'll let you in a secret here. I took 4 days to finish this post. Sighs. Talk about procrastinating.
Life has been good. I managed to read some books. Watch some good movies (eg: The Blind Side, An Education, It's Complicated). Starting to get some exercise, since the weather's getting warmer (it's still below 0 though). Oh there's a dinner with the malaysians this weekend at an apparently awesome chinese restaurant. Should I go? Hmm...

Think I'll stop here.
Loving all of you guys. Family. Friends. Jaja.
By the way, if you're wondering why I'm suddenly so formal and rigid with my wordings, grammar, spelling etc., blame my mom. I was admonished for becoming 'liberal' in my writing.
SOBS.

peace out.

say hi to my 'chou tofu'

Pictures Promised and WAYYYY Due

Thursday, January 7, 2010 @ 10:16 PM

Dear all,

This is bad naughty me blogging in class.
Well not actually, we're having a 5 min 'coffee-break' (i miss nescafe regular by the way, big hints to those back in msia~)
CS116 is really not that challenging after taking C135. I feel like I'm back-tracking haha, with Jon going to CS136 and me going back. Oh well, I suk. Makes me really terrible because it kinda reinforces the fact that girls are computer-noobs. BUT, it just shows how nerdy guys are. MUAHAHAHA~

Here're the photos that I'd promised. I'm doing this backwards in term of the time-line.
Our first and maybe ONLY eating-out lunchie for this month. One of my 'new term resolutions' is to SAVE MORE $$!!
We went to the post office in between our lessons and realized that we have no time to go back home for lunch so we decided to dine out. They people damn cute, saw that we were sharing so they prepared the dishes specially lol.

potato and chicken..i think..?
see the heart-shaped bread? haha surprised us..

poutine. a canadian fave. french fried with beef and chilli.
this place's version got white gooey stuff. eww~

At Grace's place. I learnt how to solve the Rubik's cube!

THANKEW GRACE!

After 5 hrs of karaoke-ing for the awesome price of $5 with a free bubble tea for each person, Grace and her housemates brought us to all-you-can-eat hotpot!! We had curry and 'qing tang' X).

hohoho...eating hotpot in the winter..especially curry flavoured is da best!!!

the round balls are called tao pok i think, don't quote me on that :/

Grace saw me playing wif Mr. Prawn

Grace brought Mrs Prawn to play along X)
good kids don't play with their food! >.<

We went skating the whole day for 7$
If only we had our own skates cuz admission was FREE!

Loads of people! Saw this kid who skates soo well~ He wore those army pants and was trying to luk macho...lol...

MEEE~ GOSH the shadow of the tree luks so ominous
crap, i just though of Final Destination..creepeee~

Tired. Cold. EXTREMELY SATISFIED & HAPPIE XD

Went to Chinatown to look around. Took the streetcar there from the subway. FIRST TIME ON THE STREETCAR. woohoo~ On a serious note, I don't think I would dare to step out of my house without Jon. All those but stops, bus numbers, trains, streetcars and time schedules to remember! ARGH~ So, thank you la dear for bringing me out and researching on all the frustrating timetables. :)

We went to a Chinese grocery market where I found Old Town Kopitiam Teh Tarik!!
We also went to this Chinese Dim Sum place which had great reviews online for being cheap and yumylicious. The funny thing is, you have to pay the exact amount in dollars and cents if you don't want to be ripped off here. They don't return you any change at all! Since we didn't have much of an appetite, we kinda da bao a lot of the food for dinner. Like usual. Haha, we kinda do that everday during this trip.

TARO!!! FINALLY. mom, the taros here are HUMONGOUS!

People, let me introduce you to Mr. Large FAKE Milo, Jr. Small FAKE Milo, and Ms. Large REAL Milo. One happy family.

Egg Tart. That bite was made by the excited 'tan chi gui' Jon.

Lo Mai Gai & Char Siew Pau
For those with a discerning eye, yes, the lo mai gai is gone already and there's one missing pau.
Culprit: JONATHAN JONG. SIGHS.

Har Gao

CHEE CHEONG FUN! MUMMY MISSES U SOO MUCH!

You can see these type of plastic tablecloths in ALL chinese restaurants
To clean up a table, the waiters just wrap the whole plastic with all the dishware and dump the whole lot into some secret box where everything gets magically cleaned.
Fine, the last part was all crap, but wth.

Siu Mai

Lor Pak Goh (haha my han yu ping ying)
I realized that radish is another veg Jon eats! Hurray! *yes, i'm being condescending*

Meat and Taro
According to Jon, it was really good even though he ate this after it was refrigerated for 2 days.

Almond Dessert! Too sweet for me >.<

Grace took us out for Vietnam one night. It was yum X).

Haha typical Vietnam rolls. Me likey.

Grace's random shot

My taro shake and Jon's....
DURIAN SHAKE!!
According to Grace, this shake is like the fave for all msian students in mississauga
it definitely smelt like durians~

Grace's Pad Thai.

Jon's beef thingy. Forgot what it was called. :/

My green curry! yummmm~

Another dim sum entry. Haha I really missed it and when I searched for good food in Mississauga, I was amazed to see so many good dim sum available. The food in this restaurant was really cheap and not bad in terms of taste. The service was appalling though, with the waiters' stuck up attitudes.

mah sesame balls!! i have no idea y i insist on ordering this when i don't really like the sweet fillings. maybe it's the fact that dim sum doesn't feel like dim sum without sesame balls. You get me? Hmm..perhaps not..oh well~

Yam thingy. Me not a fan. Was so oily and I could hardy taste the taro.

Jon's fave. Can't understand. Weird smell and taste.
It's different from msia's for being white :/ Tasted different also, according to Jon.

Congee.

DA PAO!

Siew Mai and Fried Har Gow

Cute snowman X)

Went to an all-you-can-eat Japanese restaurant on Christmas! Yes, searched it online too and it had good reviews. There was a surcharge if we wasted any food and we weren't allowed to da pao (shucks) but clever ole me managed to stuff the food into tissues (yueck i know, but it's good food and MY PRECIOUS MOOLAH!)

this was wat it looked like at 9am. After half an hour, it was FULL.

i know i luk dumb but we managed to reach safely although we had no idea where we were!

awesome wasabi.
i bow in respect.

ordered one for both of us but both went to jon's tummy
i was bursting!!

some meat skewers i ordered for jon
as usual, meat went in and veg was left on the plate.

more meat for jon
these went into the tissues too

sushi

more sushi

more meat for jon
as if it wasn't enough already

oh these were AWESOME
GUESS WAT WAS THIS
......
FRIED BANANAS TOPPED WITH CHOCOLATE
heavenly, even for someone who detests bananas

TEMPURAAA~ some table opposite us ordered more than 10 O.o

MAKI MAKI!

ice creammmm

salads and cakes

me: green tea and ginger

jon: mango all the way~

Further research online brought me to Guru Lukshmi. INDIAN FOOD. We went there during Christmas for dinner. We stepped into the crammed restaurant and VOILA, we saw black and pairs of white eyes O.O staring at us! It was packed with Indians and we looked like yellow chicken in a coop of black turkeys. HAHA~ The waiters were all so friendly and nice to us foreign chickens though.

huge ass samosas with ewwey green goo

mango latte

jon's dosa.
jj: pls recommend me something on the menu
waiter: hmm..wat's the degree of spiciness can you withstand?
jj: ......
yx: 0. nada. anything non-spicy?
waiter: ....
waiter: *luks very disturbed*
waiter: .... let me see. we shud have something for u
and we ended up with this! ROFL i changed some parts of the conversation but the real thing was more hilarious

mine! it was biggg! wanna know how big?

THIS BIG!

Went to Eaton Center, something like what Mid Valley is to us KL people. Ate at this restaurant (with good reviews too but was something I wud label as the fine-dining, but since it was Jon's treat..muahahaha..) This building below was next to the shopping center which really contrasted a lot in its architecture with the modern shopping center. We were extremely curious what it was. Hmm, maybe we should check it out during the next visit.

Mango with some vodka. Forgot the exact term. I had choc!

Jon's Buffalo Wings and my broccoli + potatoes

jon's mushroom burger

dessert. DIDNT EXPECTED IT TO BE SOOO BIG! wasn't too bad.
jon's brownie was nicer imo. *don's get big in your head dear winks*

This was another day. Don't remember when. Bought these for lunch and dinner.

Random pictures which I wanted to blog about but forgot.

studying hard

computer lab
mass advertising for apple haha

my fried rice X)

jon's pancakes
*u very long didn't make for me liao grrr~*

jon's drawing of sets and subsets for a particular statistics question
luks like how a pacman wud be after eating bone ROFL

study week required foodies
bought this for only $3 and luk at the size!
i think jon didn't manage to finish eating it until he it went bad, but he finished 90% of it!
*applauds*

my bike

free ice cream from the creamery opposite outside out apartments

doggie mittens want a lick too!

mommy, your reciped of fish, mushrooms and cheese

sad bikes

excited to go out on a date!

white waterloo is even whiter now
this was 2 months back

he was trying to look preppy and i was trying to look..i dunno lol

jon jon's hair back then

jon jon's hair right now

PHEW. FINISHED! Gotta go back and study! Thanks for reading~

love + muacks
ash

busy busy busehhhh!!

Wednesday, December 30, 2009 @ 10:10 AM

guys, i sooo really wanna update my blog.

but. And this is a big BUT, i've been too busy these days running around, catching buses, catching the subway trains, catching the streetcars, and catching on some rest & sleep that I really really have no time to do anything. Well, actually I have some time, but there isn't any router here so only one person can connect to the internet X(.

Anyways, I've watched both the blind side and sherlock holmes & both are awesome! Still, i'm not too thrilled with the way they portrayed sherlock, quite different from what was described in the book.

Will post more photos asap. Need to watch house and sleepie sleep. Lights off.

Love,
ash

HOLS HERE!!!!

Thursday, December 24, 2009 @ 9:55 AM

yo!

EXAMS ARE OFFICIALLY OVERRR!!! well actually they were yesterday but i was too buseh cleaning up my room, lazing around, packing up (we poor minions are thrown out from the on-campus residences during term breaks) , lazing around, reading the early & totally unexpected Christmas gifts from dear ole jon~~ (i loveeee both norah roberts, & even tho i couldn't connect with Remember Me by Sophie kinsella, i still appreciate the fact that u went thru all the reviews to get me such awesome books!! much loves!!<3)>

Sooo, I'm here in Mississauga which is like half an hour from Toronto, bunking at Jon's sister's place. Jon & I had absolutely no idea about the directions but we somehow managed to reach here alive after 1 long-distance bus ride, a half an hour bus ride in Mississauga itself, and a 15 minutes walk in the middle of nowhere. Which reminds me, do you guys know that the sun sets here at 4 something??? WTF RIGHT? SO DAMN EARLY!! So I always think it's still early even though outside is already dark, until I only notice it is already 4am. T.T YA EVIL CONMAN!!!

Back to story, i'm here until the 3rd of Jan when all hell breaks loose and the winter term begins...ARGHHHH!! Imagine going to school every day with 15 inches snow under your feet!! Cannot ride my poor lonely bike for another 4 months boo X(.

Guess what I'll be doing here? EATING & SHOPPING OF COURSE!! MUAHAHAHAHA~~

I did 'some' research, and realized there's some good dim sum & sushi AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, indian THOSAI (dosa here) here in mississauga. Also, I'll be travelling to Toronto to visit Chinatown where MORE FOOD is available, and Eaton Center amongst other places to shop, shop, SHOPPP!! My dear, you really have to work to bones to afford a shopaholic gf like mua, poor u XC. *with fake pitiful eyes* *EVIL LAUGH*

Now, WHAT ELSE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN......CHRISTMASSSSS?
Tis' the festive season peeps!! Christmas carols are played everywhere, people are busy buying gifts for their loved ones, houses are decorated with colourful blinding lighting and decors - and best of all, i'm celebrating the 1st christmas with my bf! weebooo~ He went back to Swak last year so we didn't get to celebrate together X(.

I bought him a......HAR not gonna tell u until it reaches my mail box. SIGHS. I bought it from Amazon but it's gonna reach after the 25th, and i won't be able get it until i get back to my apartment!!! SAD. SORRY DEAR. BOOHOO. You already gave me a few 'gadgets' *ladadada*, and books, and all i can give u is an extremely belated gift. I PHAIL! I don't care that you don't mind as long as i accompany you during the festive season, i take it P.E.R.S.O.N.A.L.L.Y.. GRR.
Should've gotten it earlierrrr....*sulks*

GUYS back home, I MISS YOU ALLLLLLLLL~ COME VISIT ME THIS CHRISTMAS OKAY? PINKY PROMISE~~ I've been a good girl this year ( i fink....), Santa should stuff all of u in my Christmas sock.

muacks to all,
ashley

ps: i just realized i'm damn random and this blog entry has no clear direction of where it's going..i'm blurting out whatever that comes into mind. sry for the rants guys.

Timeout

Monday, December 7, 2009 @ 2:10 PM

Finals here. CRUNCH TIME~

Wish me the best guys. Gonna be so busy, (wth am i blogging now then?) will continue spamming this blog on the 23rd. 2 days before christmas! >.<

Peace out,
ash

PS: wish me luck boo~i need it...

Of food, slides and xrays

Wednesday, December 2, 2009 @ 3:50 PM

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