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Wednesday, June 23, 2004
An Hour Of Internet For 60 Cents
I could have paid 30. Really, there's a place down the street with DSL for 30 freaking cents an hour! This one is more convenient as it's across the street from our hotel.
In Nha Trang right now. Went coral reef diving today, swallowed some of the Pacific, went boating, then had a mineral mud bath, some hot tub time, and a hot mineral water jet spray massage. All this added to my list of things done:
-20 hours on a plane
-moped riding
-parasailing! (again tomorrow)
-tubing
-boating (but faster the first time)
-seeing a transsexual show
-Thai massage
...and lots more, but internet time is running out (it's so slow over here!).
Having an awesome time, hope you are too.
9:15 am
Friday, June 18, 2004
On Vacation
By the by, I'm out of the country.
Went to Thailand (Bangkok and Pattaya) now I'm in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. More touring to come. 1 week down, 3 to go.
Please be patient if you want e-mail repsonses from me. Regular blogging will return when I get home in July. Enjoy your June everyone!
2:15 am
Friday, June 11, 2004
The Thing With University Is
University is bad for you. It can do bad things to your mental state of being and to your health. University not only:
- caused stress levels to increase
it also:
- ruined my eyesight
- caused me to put on much poundage
- led to malnutrition
- and sleep deprivation
AND...it also gave me cavities. Two cavities.
When the dentist told me, I didn't believe him, but after some thought, it kind of made sense. I mean, who brushes their teeth at 3am after a night at the bar? No one. In a drunken stupor, you prance around residence for a bit and then pass out. Midnight pizza, popcorn and sugary drinks all the time, staying up late enough so that you're too tired to brush, nevermind floss, and you just flop into bed without a care in the world, and not a thought to one's oral health.
Consequently, I had to get these 2 buggers drilled out and filled this morning at 9:30am and now 4 hours later, the left side of my face is still numb. Smiling is entertaining because I can feel the right side of my lips working while my left side...doesn't and I totally look like a goon.
2:31 pm
Monday, June 07, 2004
Vacation On The Brain
...so much that I barely studied for my Distance Ed online midterm today. Due to my wonky work schedule this past month, I was 3 weeks behind in readings (this is after the Prof took a weeks worth of material off the test), and had to basically learn everything this afternoon. I am definitely not built for this school thing anymore.
- I had planned to get up at 8-ish and study until a couple of hours before the exam started. That way I could relax a bit and review. I was desperately reading right up until the dang thing started.
- I used up the only highlighter I bothered to unpack, and the one I stole from my brother, so I ended up using a marker. At least it was yellow.
- I have the attention span of a tablespoon. I found myself re-reading sentences and paragraphs up to 4 times over because I had either forgotten what I read or just plain forgot whether I had already read it or not.
- For some unexplainably lazy reason, I didn't bother cleaning off my desk which meant that I had to read on my bed. My soft, comfortable bed. Two naps.
- The headboard of my bed is also a bookshelf. Enough said.
Despite my horrid study skills, I think the exam went quite well. I had receieved a warning earlier saying that I wouldn't have enough time to look up answers in the books, which was slightly disconcerting, but I did it anyway. Halfway through, I realized that my room was terribly hot and humid causing me to sweat profusely, and that my stomach was reminding me that had not eaten any lunch. Being hot, sweaty, hungry and stressed out does not make for a happy exam writer.
After I clicked on Finish with 1 second to go, I breathed a huge sigh of relief. And then had to decide whether to shower or eat. Well, only one option allowed to me to get naked and wet, so I went for the shower. After wrapping my clean, not-so-sweaty-self into a plushy bathrobe, I had to decide whether to eat or blog.
...
And now I have to go eat.
(And then pack for my trip!!!)
8:38 pm
Saturday, June 05, 2004
Something Wicked This Way Comes
They were right. In a word, the movie was WICKED.
8:20pm last night
Cape/cloak? Check.
Chopstick wand? Check.
Tickets? Check.
Book to read in line? Check?
Line? Double check.
Honestly, an hour and a half before the movie is scheduled to start, Jason and I found ourselves in a large crowd lining up to start lining up for the movie. Yes, there were that many people there, yes, they were all there an hour and a half early like ourselves, and yes, they told us we couldn't start lining up until 8:45pm, so we started a line...for the line. But the throngs of whiny Harry Potter fans crowding around the booth made the ticket-taker let us all in 10 minutes early. This way, we could at least continue to wait in an organized fashion and within boundaries instead of surrounding his work station.
The movie? FANTASTIC!!! I wish I could be watching it right now. The new director is fabulous and this is the most visually appealing movie I've seen in a while. There was constant motion and it was just so darn pretty to watch. The way they handled the Knight Bus was wonderful, same goes for the Dementors and the time travelling. Simply wonderful. I got goose bumps, people. Goose bumps. I even found myself giggling at times because I was enjoying myself that. damn. much.
The surroundings of Hogwarts look more beautiful than I remember and the fact that they don't wear their robes as much didn't bother me like I thought it would. I love the fact that the kids are in street clothes; kind of reminds us that they're people... a bunch of uber cool tweens. Harry is getting handsomer by the year, Hermione is as pretty as I (and the rest of the world) predicted, and Ron is as adorable and funny as ever.
I could tell that the director is fond of nature, particularly of using flowers to show the seasons changing. There was also a bit more sentimentality than I expected, but it adds a nice emotional break from all the Ooh! and the Ahh... and especially all the Whoa! And there was quite a bit of Whoa. Except the one stupid thing: When Harry momentarily poses like Jack from Titanic.
All in all, the movie was amazing and I loved it to bits. Highly recommended for anyone, even if you're not a fan because it's awesome standing alone.
10:28 pm
Wednesday, June 02, 2004
Punny
Sometimes I think that I'm really misunderstood. Especially my sense of humour. The other day in the office, we had to match up envelopes with packages and had to read out the names out loud. Gail read, Lisa matched, I stuffed.
Gail: Rondall. R-o-n-d-a-l-l.
Lisa: Okay, Rondall. Here.
Me: Thanks.
Gail: Rong. R-o-n-g.
Lisa: Rong, Rong....
Me: Haha! His name is Mr. Rong! Can you imagine dating Mr. Rong? Tee hee.
Gail: ...
Lisa: ...
Me: Ha...ha?
Gail: Ronin. R-o-n-i-n.
Me: *ahem*
I thought it was funny.
6:20 pm
Tuesday, June 01, 2004
All By Myself
I have been 20 years old for a whole month. Not an exciting month at all, unless you count the times that I have been called "Miss" or "Ma'am". I can take Miss, but Ma'am? Why would anyone call me ma'am, even if it is over the phone? This reminds me of the time in Grade 8 when I called one of my girlfriends for the first time. She said I scared her becuase I sounded like our teacher. I didn't know whether to go power-tripping or be offended.
I have also almost run out of food (which can be considered exciting I guess), but it makes no sense to go grocery shopping now with only 3 days left in this city anyway. I have two apples, an orange, a small carton of milk and whatever food Jason can steal for me from camp. It's 6pm right now, nearing dinner time and I wonder what I'm going to do to calm my hungry tummy. I refuse to spend money and buy food because I am working for a vacation and summer fun, not food. Must make something edible...with apples, orange and milk. Oh, and half a tub of Pralines n' Cream ice cream.
Is this what living on my own is going to be like when school starts again?
5:53 pm
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