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viv56's Journal  Wow...I haven't updated my LJ in FOUR months... Well...life is boring as usual...nothing much happened since my last entry, except I went to a short trip with Joanne, Gigi, Sherlaine, Oli and Sally. We originally wanted a Europe trip during the summer, but since everyone was busy with exams and projects, no one had the time to really do the planning...we eneded up going somewhere convenient...MONTREAL...lol. But it was still fun. Yeah...go I am currently suffering through my 4A term...OMG...I honestly don't know what's going on in my AFM classes. What the hell happened between 3B and 4A? It was only a difference of ONE term, but yet, the stuff is sooooooooooo much harder. What I found between 3B and 4A is that as the difficult level of the material rises, the competency of the professors decreases! This is sooooooooo screwed up! All of my AFM professors really suck this year with the exception of Linda Robinson. I swear, Audit is the ONLY class that I can actually pay attention to...and Audit is suppose to be a very practical subject in which it's a lot harder to lecture...so I honestly think Robinson is going a very good job already... However...the rest of the AFM classes are just messed up. I have NO IDEA what that stupid Atkinson talks about...I am just so glad I did okay on his midterm...But I give him NO credits for that...It was all pure self-studying. His lectures are soooooooooo useless...cuz he always waste so much time telling you what the ppl in industry would do while only spending a minute or two on the problems that he might test you on. Also, his stupid assignments are soooooooooo damn hard, especially Assignment 3. Holy shit, he teaches nothing, but would give you assignments that beyond the scope of his lecture and textbook...How the hell am I suppose to do them when I don't even know what's going on in his classes??? But Omer is even WORSE! He would give you 1/2 hr to try on a problem and let you suffer through it, and then post the solution...and that's ALL his does in his lecture. I honestly don't see the point of going to his class if he could just post up all of his problems and solutions online! Cuz no one does the problems anyways, since no one knows what to do. Everyone just sits there for 1/2 hour and wait for the solutions. Also, OMER is the most incompetent prof that i have ever had. Last week, he just spent 1/2 trying to explain/figure out his quiz solution when yet, he could expect us to finish it in 15 minutes. So thanks to his "GREAT" teaching...i think i just failed my AFM 491 midterm yesterday. Cuz the way he set up his problems is totally different than his notes and textbook. How the fuck am I suppose to able to calculate the balance sheet and income statement items from a stupid cash flow statement. I bet he won't even pass the exam if he did it. Oh...but my worst class is definitely FINANCE. The cases are sooooooooo damn hard, and he marks you so low on it. We always had to spend hours and hours, just doing the reports or presentation, but yet, we would only get high 70s or low 80s. That class sucks up soooooo much of my time, but yet, is giving me one of the lowest marks EVER. I HATE FINANCE CASES! The only class that I am doing ok is environmental economics, which is my elective! I swear, I only spent a day or two for the midterm, but yet, my mark is higher than all of my AFM midterms in which I would spend ONE WEEK for...This is the only class that requires little effort, but would give you great marks! So glad I chose it! So after all of my complaints...there is ONE good thing that happened this term..that is...I found a JOB! Holy...i was so scared I would be jobless...but it turned ok...and the pay is pretty good...And the best thing about it is...the start date is Jan. 15 as opposed to Jan 2. So i have an extra two weeks off compared to my friends...hehe... Saturday was our summer outting that we planned more than a month ago due to everyone's busy schedules. We went to bbq at a park in Mississauga as opposed to Ashbridge Bay as we originally planned because we don't have enough cars. But it was still a nice place to be at. We met at around 9:45am, and surprisingly, everyone made it on time. We arrived at the park at around 10:15ish, and started to volleyball with an inflatable beach ball, because the girls (including myself) didn't want to get hurt. But later, we found that it was really hard to play with it because the wind kept on blowing it to one side. Also, it was too big that we kept on hitting it to the tree that we used as the pole. So we played badminton instead. It was fun except that I found out that I really suck at it now, cuz I kept on missing those shots. I definitely need to practice more over the summer. Anyways, then we ate some food around noon and then the guys suggested that we play volleyball again, but this time, with the REAL volleyballs. So thanks to them, my arm is all bruised now...lol...But it was worth it, cuz it was really fun. We left the park around 4:30 because Farrah and Nia had to leave early, so Anton drove them home. The rest of us met at Cindy house and decided to find something to kill time until 8:30 so that Melly can get her van and drive us to Sing K. We decided to watch that Vendetta movie, which I was nearly falling asleep in the beginning because I was so exhausted from all those physical activities that we did earlier in the day. But the movie kept on getting better and better, so I didn't sleep at all even though I was REALLY tired. I was a bit disappointed that he didn't take off his mask at the end, but other than that, it was an awesome movie. We finished the movie at around 8ish, and decided not to go sing K because some people didn't want to stay up late that night as they had to wake up early on Sunday, so we went to the Keg for dinner. I thought their steaks were pretty good, except that they mixed up Cindy and Mel's order, so I don't think they are too happy with the restaurant. We then went to Murphy's for ice cream. I had an expresso rebusto one, it was pretty good, except they had nuts in it, which I didn't like (I like my ice cream to be plain - no nuts or anything on it) Anyways, Anton drive us home at around 11 and I went to bed at around 12, cuz I was really tired. I woke up at 12pm on Sunday, and i was STILL tired from Sat's activities after 12 hours of sleep and my arm hurted so much...which is why I didn't write this entry until today. I honestly feel that I'm getting OLD. I can't believe my body can't even handle those little activities. I wonder what it will be like when I'm 30...probably will need to spend 2 days on the bed, just trying to recover and gain back my energy. So yeah, I didn't do much on Sunday, as I didn't want to deplete the little energy that I had left, so instead, I decided to use my brain power - STUDY for my tax final, which I didn't even touch on it since the midterm. Anyways...I should get back to my studying...cuz I don't wanna fail...lol Our prof announced the integrative case result today and surprisingly out of 27 groups, our group got the highest mark...WE WON!!!!!!!!!!! OMG...I still can't believe this! When our prof announced the result, Gigi and I immediately exchanged a shocking look on our faces, because we never expected to win this thing. As a matter of fact, Joanne, Gigi and I were just discussing the possibility of us being one of the top 3 groups. (note that you can get a bonus mark for the top 3 groups) Joanne thought we did okay but there are just so many crazy people in our program that are so good at BSing and therefore, she thinks we don't have a chance. Gigi and I thought we might have a chance of being the 3rd group because Prof. Vanden Borsh was smiling throughout our presentation. But none of us expected to win. So...Way to go, team! I guess staying up until 6 am for it was definitely worth it...lol So yeah, We each got a picture frame with the University of Waterloo printed on it as a reward and most importantly, we got a 10% bonus mark for this case...YAY! Oh yeah...after the prof announced the top group...then it comes another surprise. Oli, Sherlaine, Sally and Noel along with another group tied for second. Good job, girlz! Anyways...I should better start writng my tax research assignment, or else Joanne will KILL me... Current mood:  cheerful.
Wow...I haven't updated my blog in SIX months...that's partly because my life is just so boring that I have nothing to say about it...ok, fine...I'll be honest...I'm lazy bum...lol Anyways, I have been dying since June with exams and assignments. This week was definitely a crazy week for me, which was totally unexpected as I had no exams or assignments due. So why was I so busy...thanks to AFM 331 & 341's integrative case, which took my group FOREVER to do. I'm serious, we had been working on this shit since May (which we started waaaaaaaay before anybody else) but we are still NOT done yet...and for the gayest reason too - we started too early in which our profs had not taught us everything that we needed. As a result, what we had been doing up until the last week was constant refinement of our project, in other words, a time consuming and wasteful process. What really made me pissed was our group had to stayed up until 6am this morning to finish this crap up. I mean, come on...6am...that's lastest I have ever stayed up for a project...unbelievable! I mean, we had been devoting all the afternoons throughout the week, and the earliest that we ended was like 11ish...and we still had to stay up until 6am for this shit...So yeah...basically we worked from 4pm-8pm & 9pm-6pm (13 hrs in total) yesterday for this crap. That's even longer than a noraml work day. On a happier note, yesterday was Noel's birthday, so we got celebrated with her by taking that precious hour (8-9) to eat out at a Jap/Korean place at the UW plaza. And when I headed downstairs to meet up with the girls, the first thing that Sherlaine told me was "Vivian, my mom met your mom today!" And my first reaction was like, "WHAT??? Are you serious?" cuz my mom lives in Mississauga and her mom lives in Markham. Apparently, she told me that my mom went out to Markham and our mom happened to know the same friend, so they ate together. While they were eating, that friend mentioned that both of their daughters (i.e Sherlaine and I) both goes to UW and is in the AFM program. So they started throwing names like Joanne, Gigi, etc. and concluded that Sherlaine and I are supposed to know each other. Well, what can I say, the world is small...lol... Anyways, so back to that school mode...I have to study for my economic exam, do tax problems, do tax research assignments, REFINE the ppt for the case, do an evaluation of my own speech, along with 2 other ones...so the conclusion is - ENDLESS WORK...I hate my 3B term...I hate UW...why the hell did i choose to go to UW???? urgh... Finally done with all the exams and get to enjoy my break...YAY! I wrote my last exam yesterday, and to my surprise it was a lot easier than expected. I guess Alan felt guilty about giving us a hard time throughout the term and decided to be nice for once by giving us an easy exam. Gigi and I stayed for the night yesterday, and we watched 7 episodes of chinese drama. Although this is normally what we do everyday throughout the term, in fact, I admit that we had been fooling around and wasting hours to talk each night, but last night just seemed to be especially more fun and relaxing. I guess it's because the term is FINALLY over... We were both pretty happy that we finally get to enjoy our break at first, but after a few hours, Gigi started to complain that she feels kind of sad. She said she is sad not because she is afraid she screwed up her exams, but because school is over. I was so shocked to hear that from her because she had been complaining about how much she misses home EVERY SINGLE day and when she is about to head home for a long stay, she starts to complain about how boring it will be at home. This just proves how women like to contradict themselves. But nonetheless, I am still happy that I am finally home. This is the first time in this month that I can both physically and mentally relax. :D I am all by myself right now at rez. Everyone left...*sigh... Well, Gigi was supposed to stay with me until exams are over. But yesterday, her friend offered to drive her home after her music exam, so she got tempted and left this morning. On one hand, it is a good thing that she left because I can get more studying done without talking. But on the other hand, I am very lonely right now, cuz my house is just too quiet. This is the second time that I stayed by myself, but unlike last time, Sally and Amy also left, in fact, all of my friends from this building are gone. So this is actually the first time in this term that I really have no one to talk to besides myself, and I feel like the biggest loner in the world. I don't know what's wrong with me, I used to be the type of person that's pretty good at entertaining myself (i.e I can watch movies and those chinese dramas all day without feeling bored) Maybe I'm just too stressful because of exams...whatever, I don't know...Well, people should be start coming back tomorrow or Wed, so I think I will okay... Anyways, I should get back to my studying now...my econ exam is on Wed, and I have 12 sets of notes that I still haven't memorized...*sigh...exam sucks! Current mood:  lonely.
Originally I planned on being a GOOD girl in which I would stay in Waterloo for the week to study for my finals. It turned out that EVERYONE was going home and no one would come back until Thursday, so I decided that I was going to stay home too. So on Thursday morning, my mom drove me back and carried a lot of my stuff back home, and now my room is pretty empty... I studied the whole afternoon during Thursday until when Gigi came back at 7pm. We started to talk about random stuff as we always do, and the next thing we know, it's already 9:00pm. We both had to write the PHIL 215 exam on the next day, so Gigi decided to bring her notes into my room, and we were SUPPOSED to be studying together. Well, as always, we ended up talking AGAIN. Oh well, we both weren't really motivated to study anyways because we were both really sick and tired of those notes already, especially when we calculated that we just needed a stupid 70% on the final exam to get a final mark of 80% even though the final exam is worth 55%. So yeah, pretty much, we both thought each other was way more attractive than those stupid notes and we gave up. Time always passes by really fast whenever I am with Gigi because we both like to BS a lot...lol...so we talked until 1:15am and we were like, "shit, we better go to sleep now...bye" since we both needed to wake up early on Friday to study for our PHIL 215 midterm. So yeah, I just wrote my first exam today. It was a DE course in which I didn't need to put in any effort at all throughout the term because all the excercises were just completion marks and the midterm was open book. This means I hadn't been trying throughout the term and knew absolutely nothing about that course. So I was freaking out before this final since it was close book and I had 7 modules that I needed to memorize. But it turned out that it was a waste of effort because a lot of the stuff were pure BS. But I can't believe my prof asked me to write 2 essays and do 2 case studies plus other short answer questions in just 2.5 hours. OMG, my arm still hurts from all those crazy writing...I HATE my prof...stupid.... Anyways, I am not motivated to study at all since my next one is on Wednesday, which means I still have a couple of days to prepare. And Gigi is busy marking stuff...that's why I am writing this to kill time...well, got nothing else to say (cuz my life is just so boring...*sigh...) Current mood: bored.
I was working on my integrative case yesterday. It was nearly done, just needed to edit a few things. I thought this would only take us no longer than 2 hours. But man, I was soooooooooooo wrong. We kept on changing things and had to debate with Oli's group about the compensation expense and its effects on EPS. We were origninally very confident about our solutions, but after talking to Oli, we got kind of confused. So we had to rethink the whole thing again and it took us nearly an hour to realize we were right. Geez, can't believe the profs were right, shouldn't had consulted with other groups. And just as that problem was set, another one came up. Our group was not sure about the 4.22% risk free rate that RBC used, so I had to go back to my room and tried to research on that (again). As soon as I went back into my room, I saw my bro's msg. He told me that my ipod nano has already delivered to my house! I was so happy to hear that great news, especially when I was really frustrated over that stupid case at the point. I totally didn't expect this nano to be delivered so quickly. It said on the ipod site that it would take them 24 hrs to organize the shipment and it would take an additional 8-12 business days for delivery. I ordered it on the weekend (non business days), so Apple would have organized the shipment on Mon and ship it on Tues. This means I should receive my nano next week. But it turned out that it only took them 2 business day for delivery. Wow, that's GREAT service! Anyways, that news just made my day until "SOMEONE" stepped on my chair and got me all pissed off. Actually, that happened after 12am, so technically the news did made my day...yeah, whatever! The point is that's why I didn't post this entry yesterday and instead, I chose to rant about that stupid incident, which I am STILL kind of pissed about. Anyways, this time I decided to go back to Mississauga instead of to visit my dad. I can't wait to see my nano, so I guess I will have to sacrifice my Japanese buffet this week. Current mood: satisfied.
Early in the term, Sally told me about this new ipod nano and how it is the world's thinnest mp3. Thanks to her influence, I have been wanting one ever since then. I asked my mom about it, and to my surprise, she immediately said she would pay for it (I guess she was in a good mood that day...lol)But I didn't buy one at that time because I already have a 256MB mp3 that i bought 2 years ago. Also, Jason told me to wait awhile because there is something wrong with the monitors of the new nanos. So then I listened to him since I hadn't seen the real thing yet anyways. Then later on in October, Apple released the new video ipod, which is really cool, cuz you can watch videos on it. So I couldn't decide on which ipod to get. So finally, last week, I went to futureshop and checked both of the ipods. I found out that the new video ipod is not as great as I thought, cuz it's thicker than expected. So then I decided that I am going to get the nano. Just as I was about to order it online (in which you can get it for $225 if you are a student), I remember p-mall might be cheaper because you usually don't have to pay taxes in those Chinese places. So I made my dad to drive me to p-mall yesterday and checked out the prices. It turned out that they sell it for $249 PLUS taxes, which is the exact same price as futureshop. I wonder who would buy from them for that price...cuz honestly, I would rather buy from futureshop. So then, with my mom's permission, I finally ordered a black nano online. But I didn't include engraving on it because you can't exchange or refund it if you choose to engrave it...sucks...but oh well, at least i can get it faster. So yeah...my new ipod nano should be delivered to my house within 8 to 12 business days...can't wait...hehe...so happy ar! This is going to be my best present this year besides my cell phone. I love my mom! Current mood: excited.
haha...promised Karen that i would start having my journal since the summer, but i have been too lazy to register for one until now... Well, don't have much to say... |
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