November 24th ~ Exchange Student Food Bank Party~ $100 Laptop!!

The party at olivers was amazing... to all those who helped organized it... you've done a wonderful job... and special thanks to Fiona.. for getting me in :)

Heard of the $100 Laptops??
well.. i read about them a month or so ago.. and now.. i stumbled upon the website... have a look.. i think its good.. and for a good cause...

http://laptop.media.mit.edu/
http://news.media.daum.net/edition/econo_life/200511/21/etimesi/v10853649.html?&nil_profile=g&nil_NewsImg=1

the official website.. and a korean one...
not that i can read korean.. but they have some interesting images..

i so want to get one lor... but it says not for sale.. i dunno why...
well.. it is targeted to developing countries... so that every child can have a laptop..
its such a good idea.. and the stuff $100 can do... my god.. why did i pay $2000 for mine?

anyways... if anyone knows how to get one.. let me know

November 23rd ~ security card failure

after 3 months free of security card problems... it finally happened to me

all of my suitemates have been having problems since the first week... they've had everything done to their cards... from reprograming.. to issuing of new cards... and.. it still happens...

and.. up till now.. mine has worked perfectly fine... they've been jealous....probably just as puzzled as i am about what is wrong..

no one seems to know... my suitemates have gone out to buy new wallets.. just to safetly proof the demagnetization of the cards... but it has not worked...

and... me.. doing the same thing i 've always done... all of a sudden it didnt work.. just woke up this morning.. and tried to lock my door.. and it wouldnt work .. so weird.. cuz.. i was able to open my door last night to get in... and then all of a sudden.. it stopped working...

so.. i went to get a new card.. and lets see how long this will last me!

November 19th ~ Harry Potter Day

well.. it was originally suppose to be yesterday.. but tickets sold out and it became today...

3:30pm with all the kids/teens/parents... it was amusing...
but i enjoyed the movie... it was like re-reading the book and seeing things i imagined... some were as i imagined.. others more dramatic... some down played....
althought it was 2.5 hrs long.. i thought it was too short... they cut out too much.. the little details perhaps not so important for hollywood movie screens but important to the integrety of the plot...

oh well.. the yule ball was lovely... just as i imagined..... hermione and ron need more tension.. haha.. its too bad... but i suppose overall .. emotions were felt...

other new characters arent as good looking as i imagined... cho.. pretty.. but not as i imagined... quite contrary actually.. but it works...

cedric... and krum.. um.. could be better... like more of an eye candy... its too bad it wasnt... oh well.. cant take the attention off harry i suppose...

so... who else has seen it?

November 16th ~ NEWS!!!!

haha... sorry for not keeping posted...
as usual... i am in lack of sleep... so.. sitting down typing a few lines seems too hard... sorry...

so...whats new? SNOW!!!!... or is it just in ottawa? .. yeah.. i woke up yesterday morning... (tuesday) and it was white out... my god... i dun think i was cheering one bit... but my suitemates were so excited... i guess their first snowfall in canada!!

anyways... i headed to work... taking the tunnels.. haha

although i'm so busy all the time... i am finding time to relax.. and take things easy... spend more time with my suitemates... chat with people... care about others and what goes on in their lives...

mine isnt so important anymore.. helping others is actually much more rewarding... these are the things i'm learning this term... not that i didnt know before... but i'm realizing it more and more now... there is never too much compliments.. right?

oh... today i was in accounting... and a little mice kept sneaking in and out of this cupboard... it was so cute... grayish white in color... really small.. like an egg.. probably smaller... and... it just kept popping in and out... the prof got annoyed cuz no one was concentrating on the lecture... he tried to kill it... and he missed.. but i think he meant to miss...

anyways... it kinda made my day... no that i switched my accounting class to wednesday... i've got 11 hours of class on wed.... so.. why did i switch?... well.. i like this prof more then my tuesday class one... at least here.. i learn what i need to.. and i dun waste any time in class... although i do get a little sleepy...

so... this term is gonna end pretty soon... i cannot wait till christmas... one month.. i'll be done... my god... scary...

wish me good luck... and that i survive to see u all again!!!

November 4 ~ gloomy november

we have entered the month of november..
i think its the hardest month to get by... not cold.. not hot... not red not white... pretty much colourless, tasteless... can somebody suggests some taste to november?

its a month of rain perhaps... no snow yet... leaves have fallen, trees are bare... colourless... skies are gray... ground is gray... moods are gray...

what can we do to cheer ourselves up?
1. christmas is not far away
2. do some christmas shopping
3. nov 18 - harry potter comes to theatres... the best one (best book at least)
4. do a little dance?
5. http://graphics1.snopes.com/photos/arts/graphics/sofitel.jpg
6. anything else?.... i'm out of ideas

k.. .finish later...