done with laundry...
kinda tired... jet lag...
i wanna take a nap now...
but it's the last day of 2011 and time shouldn't be wasted on napping....
whatever, i'll see you later then.

paper cut!!! ouch!!! D:

last day of 2011

my last day of 2011 is super normal for now
i have jet lag now. woke up super early today and feeling a little tired right now.

took a long shower after i got up. i washed myself super clean with a scrub thingy.
dressed up for more than 20 minutes have to look super good for the last day of the year.
had breakfast.
then i took a bus to the bank in Ballard and got stuff sorted out.
took bus back to UW
went shopping a little for necessities.
bought a sandwich at my favorite sandwich place where Frances introduced to me. the people there recognized me. we greeted.
and walked back to my dorm.
did laundry and having my lunch now yum yum.
and i finally paid for my dorm and Flickr.

Frances is going to meet up with me later when she's back.
we're probably going to have a dinner and watch a movie. we'll see.

happy new year again.

photo club outing back in November:








my photo club friends :D

happy new year

jet lag...
woke up several times during my sleep
just woke up at 7:30 am and i decided to get out of my bed
it's like 11:30 pm in taiwan which is just 30 minutes away from 2012!

happy new year, Taiwan and my friends in Taiwan.

finished unpacking stuff...
and arranged stuff in my room a bit.
i'm pretty ready for winter quarter now :D

feels like a new start again!

everything here seems to be doing well. my plants are doing really well. in fact, my fern sprout out beautifully.

and and and!!!
can't believe it's 12/30
almost the end of 2011.
2012 is almost here!!!! gotta go out and have fun tomorrow to celebrate the end of a hard-working year and a new start!! :D

my back hurts....

Flight log 12/30

10:21 pm Taiwan time
Just went thru the check point
Now waiting to board

I totally saw the same two people on the flight back to Taiwan waiting for the flight back to Seattle.
They must have been here for the holidays.

10:45 pm
Boarding time was delayed to 10:40 still waiting. They lied.

11:04 pm
Finally got to my seat. 47A.
Window seat :D

11:08
Ready for take off

11:35 pm
Just took off
Imma start to watch a movie called "The Debt"
And hmm I have to wait till they distribute the meal so I can have water and have my SLEEPING PILL.
It's gonna save my life!!! :D
I wanna sleep all the way to Seattle!!!

11:51 pm
Flight attendant gave me an I-94 form I believe it's for non US citizens... The form looks unfamiliar... The one I filled out used to be blue.

12:03 am
Got the blue sheet
Pressed the flight attendant button but there's no response :( I want a pen.

12:27 am
Meal is here I got chicken.

12:58 am
Ok imma take the pill soon but I want to finish the movie :P

1:02 am
The couple sitting next to me are super nice! ;)

1:56 am
"The Debt" was a nice movie. I like it.
Ok gotta take the pill and sleep now.

3:11 am
Just woke up. Thirsty.
Gonna get some water.

3:18 am
Why isn't the fucking flight attendant button working!?!?

3:21 am
I didn't press the button hard enough...... No wonder it wasn't working.
The flight attendant came and gave me a cup of water.
Ok gonna sleep again now.
Please fall asleep ASAP.
The pill kinda worked.

6:15 am
Yes the pill worked so well!!
Thirsty again.

6:38 am
What!?

6:50 am
Breakfast...

6:56 am
Got omelette

7:23 am
Finished my meal.
The estimated arrival time kept getting earlier. We going so fast haha.

7:29 am
Popped a pimple...
It's bleeding now... ;(

8:10 am
View outside is pretty. Pretty clouds floating in the air.

8:34 am
Plane descending. Playing the same videos as usual.

Imma fill out the customs form later in the airport.

8:41 am
I'll type more later if I have spare time.

9:07 am (17:07 pm Seattle time)
Landed!!!
Waiting for the line.

17:21 pm
I need a pen for passport number on the form.  God damn waiting for a pen!!! >:( just for a few numbers.
He's taking so freaking long!!!
Oh my glob!!!
It's not a test or something ok!?

5:26 pm
Finallyyyy!!!!
It took me like 10 seconds to fill out the numbers but I waited for like 10 minutes for the freaking pen, totally not worth it.

5:54 pm
Finally got all my stuff. Luggage, guitar, two hand bags

6:00 pm
Second baggage claim... How frustrating...

6:08 pm
Yes I'm on my way to shuttle express!!

6:34 pm
On shuttle now. On my way to dorm!! ;)

6:57 pm
I'm back!!!
Feel great and weird!

It's so empty here! No one at all!

It's about time

Packed up and ready to go.
Leaving home soon.


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did nothing yesterday.

met up with Miko for afternoon tea. caught up with each other's life.
met up with Tim tonight. went to Friday's for dinner and went bowling and played a pool at Tiger.

i caught a cold yesterday. still feel ill.
sometimes, i feel nauseous... what's wrong with me D:...

gonna start to pack up later leaving Taiwan tomorrow 11pm.

photos from the field trip back in November

went out with parents for dinner and movie and shopping sunday and monday.

and met with Ping tuesday afternoon at her restaurant. we chatted and caught up with each other's life.

kinda miss seattle right now.

omg!! my nose and throat are so itchy!! and eyes too!!

i dunno if i should upload my photos to Facebook or not...


hookah photos





some long exposure

new photos

panorama!!

christmas eve and christmas morning

just got back home from 18 TC

first of all, merry christmas guys!

so I went to celebrate grandfather's birthday today for dinner

then headed to 18 TC to celebrate Christmas, well more like bonding with friends i guess

met up with Iris and waited in line. later Vincent joined us. 

I brought my shade glasses with me to the club haha. it's was awesome.

18 TC is as awesome as it was before. totally love the club!! awesome music from awesome DJ.

and yeh didn't drink at all but still danced and had a lot of fun!!

met up with DJ Allen as well, just a side note, I met DJ Allen during the summer when my brother and I were frequenters to Paris dance club.

he was the guest DJ for the second floor of the club tonight.

he saw me and then bro hugged me and said, "I drank too much. haha."

he also told me to go visit him when his new club opens in the future. (side note: if i'm correct, Paris dance club was closed because it's making too much noise.  how could you call awesome music, "noise"? that's so wrong)

anyway, i went out to get water once cuz i wasn't feeling so well. and of course, it's my stomach. 

but it's really interesting that when i got super into the music and super excited, i don't feel the nauseous feeling. probably because I was super relaxed, so no pressure could cause pain.

and yeh, danced, danced, and danced.

had fun.

i was super Über sober and it's kinda sad but entertaining to watch drunk people talking and walking.

before i took a cab home i bought a sandwich for lunch

when i was home i saw the cups in the sink and i actually washed them. haha i washed the cups.

so weird.
but i hope one day i could wash cups of "someone i love" when i get "home." it'll be great to actually do something for someone. (i love my parents and i'm talking about different kind of love here)

gotta go to bed now have to wake up tomorrow and meet up with Ping for afternoon tea.

good morning!

Alki beach

taken back in October

it was friday

Last night was fun.
Went clubbing with Vincent last night. And I DIDN'T DRINK AT ALL which sucks :(
But I still had a lot of fun dancing around.

We wanted to go in 18 tc but it's restricted to VIP and reservation :(
So we went to a newly opened club just right next to 18 tc called x- cube from the xaga group.
It's pretty but too much freaking table areas. Like the dance floor is super super tiny and people were like crossing over the dance floor so you couldn't really dance on the dance floor how ironic.

Yeh. Just drove Vincent home. The traffic is ridiculous!!
On my way home now.
Wanna party more tonight in 18 tc

Body examination

Have to type this up fast cuz I don't want to lose it like literally lose it. Feel like I'm losing my memory.

So I have been through body height and weight measurement, blood test, vision test, EKG, artery stiffening test, abdominal ultrasound, chest X-ray, and some doctor meeting like upper respiratory check, urinary and prostate test ( i know :p), Chinese medicine meeting (not in chronical order but it's kinda ordered like this), and lastly the endoscopy for my stomach area and intestine area.

The first parts of my body check up were fairly smooth and quick.

Had to wait for my last part of the test, the endoscopy.

The last is the most interesting part. So I walked downstairs with a nurse and another patient, well not really a patient but another man who is also doing body check up.

A nurse gave a liquid I believe it's an anesthesia liquid cuz it kinda feels numb in my esophagus. And it's sweet kinda tasty haha probably because I'm hungry.

Then I went into a room felt just like the room I did my surgery back then.

I lied down on a bed.
Then an anesthesiologist started to talk to me about stuff like why am I doing the test and some background info it's like a usual talk.
She put oxygen supply to my nose and some heart rate and breath monitoring thing on my body.
Then she put an IV on my back of my hand.
Then they put a thing in my mouth.
She is super nice and yeh she talked to me a lot.
Then she said, "I'm going to put you to sleep now. Tell us if you feel uncomfortable."
I said, ok!"
I saw the doctor preparing the instrument.
Then my vision became blurred (more blurred than not wearing glasses) and sounds from surrounding faded. I can felt my heart beating faster and faster. Then I woke up.
The anesthesiologist told me that the stomach endoscopy was done.
Then I think I talked nonsense. Memory loss!!!
Totally felt like drinking lol. Like I was so happy and then talked a lot.
Then I went to sleep again for te intestine endoscopy.

The next time I woke up I was already outside of the endoscopy room.
I felt a little pain in my intestine. I believe a nurse woke me up. She told me that I'm done and asked me how I was feeling. I said I was super tired so she told me to rest a little. She then took off my IV.
I think I slept a little and then woke up again. I started checking my body seeing whether it was sill hooked up to all the monitor stuff. But they're all gone. I realize there was a paper slip in my pocket of the shirt. I took it out and it was the slip keeping track of what I've done.

The little paper slip

My stomach (or more like intestine) was really bloated.
then a nurse told me and other people to stand up and go up stairs to the health check center. I stood up and felt super weak and dizzy haha
I really have to admit, it felt just like after I drank!!
Anyway, Went up stairs and then rest a bit in a room and started to type this entry up. I don't want to forget any detail since I was still in effect of the anesthetic drug.

Now I'm at the cafeteria of the health check center eating some awesome food. I dont usually say awesome for food but yes I haven't eaten for a day so it's awesome!
Anyway, felt awesome having the meal and yeh going to hear the result later
so cya later.

i got niddled twice

One is for blood test; one is for IV

-----------------------------------


so the results:
i was diagnosed with acid reflux or GERD
and duodenitis which is inflammation of the duodenum


no wonder i have so much abdominal pain in the last months.


anyway, i have to keep an eye on what i eat and drink so the conditions wouldn't get worse.

holy crap i'm so freaking hungry!!!

i want to eat!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
omelet!! looks so delicious! salad! beef!!!


in bathroom now and basically shitting water LOL!!!

so to be specific, i'm doing endoscopy tomorrow so that's why i have to get rid of all stuff in my digestive system.

just drank a bottle of Fleet Phospho-Soda and tons of water
it's not going to be fun in the next few hours... :(

oh my glob

dun have money in my checking account...
but have to pay for my housing before 1/1 D:
and my Flickr Pro account is expiring on 1/3 D:

and i was rejected from the research lab i'm applying to D:

it's ok i'll just find some others and apply for them....
hopefully i'll get into one eventually.
i feel so useless...

new photos

before body examination

so i'm on a diet right now... i can only eat rice, bread, and meats like chicken and fish.
no vegetable or fruits :(

uploaded some photos





these photos are taken back in September.

back home

tired... such a long trip back home but i got to sleep for like 5 hours which is awesome!
and hmmm....
yeh have a lot to do later. have to get a number for my phone and upload photos to Flickr and more stuff to do.

feels great to be home!
it's not cold at all. i'm wearing shorts and t-shirts and my mom is wearing a woolen sweater and jeans.
everyone outside is wearing like thick jacket haha.

flight log 12/20

Flight log

Took bus and then light rail to the airport
On light rail, I talked to two people
They were nice. They asked me where I'm going and whether I'm coming back to Seattle. And I said yes, definitely, I love this place.

00:40 am 
got on board
So many people 

1:23
plane finally took off
I'm tired... Probably going to take a nap later
Had my camera bag on the overhead cabinet and my messenger bag under the seat in front of me.
Oh and I had my book "Outlier" out on my lap too. Should read it after my nap. 

2:23 am
omg didn't fall asleep so tired... And feel a bit nauseous
And the meal is here I got beef with potato 

2:45 am
finished my meal... Well I'm not eating the cake and fruits. Sweets and pineapple are not good for stomach. What a shame.
Ok I really have to sleep later when they take away the meal tray.
Wait a second, I found an app called asleep in my iPhone. Hopefully it's going to help me fall asleep instead of my playlist full of exciting beats!

2:49 am
yay! Tray has been taken. The flight attendant asked me if I'm done in Chinese and I just responded "shie shie" so naturally. Haha cool
Ok get to try asleep now!!! Cross my finger for falling asleep!!

2:54 am
huge lol for the airplane cabin sound effect since I'm in an airplane already.

3:23 am
God damn not asleep yet :s
Let me another sound effect

3:46 am
Haven't fallen asleep :(
Just went to bathroom (just pee)
And stretched a bit.
Ok I really want to fall asleep
Change sound effect!

5:49 am
I fell asleep but I dunno how long did I slept... I bet i spend most of the time struggling to fall asleep
And the person next to me is getting on my nerve >:(
His arm! His arm! Why is his arm so fat!? I can feel it on
My back when I was sleeping . It's moving slowly and periodically with his breath. And his leg! His leg!!
@@
Let me try to fall asleep again.

7:11 am
Sleep deprived :(
Can't fall asleep but I just had the delicious snack! The peanut thing! Tastes wonderful.
So his arm is not bothering anymore! Which is a super good news. And um I've been watching a movies from the guy's screen in the row in front of me. Lol. There's the movie about disease thing. And now he's watching Captain America.
I still think I should try to sleep.

9:29 am
Slept a bit and still trying to fall asleep again.
And his leg!!!! :(

10:33 am
Failed... :( still awake
I see Japan outside the window! Pretty!

11:51 am
Yes. I fell asleep. They just announced that it's breakfast time. Dont really feel like eating now... A bit nauseous again.

12:23 pm
Breakfast is finally here. I'll try to eat hopefully I'll feel better.
You know what I really want to do now? I want to jump into a bed and ten sleep on it for the whole day. :/

12:47 pm
Finished my breakfast.

2:03 pm Seattle time
Plane landed
Read some pages of Outliers
And got my bags
Ready to go! But still waiting for the line to move

thanks Pipe

yup, just when i'm about to leave i met one of my roommates, Pipe.
he ordered pizza and wanted me to have dinner with him.
i said yes and yeh i ate like almost half of his dinner but he's totally fine with that.
thanks so much.

i'll miss Seattle.

i think i caught a cold... cuz today when i woke up i have a tiny bit of sore throat and muscle pain.
anyway, i just took a tiny nap and i'm feeling better now.

leaving soon.

sunday

slightly lost track of day of the week.... have no idea it's sunday...
went to bed super late but i finished my photo development
i'll start uploading them to flickr soon

so i'm done with packing and ready to go but it's a bit too early to go to the airport now....
so i'll just chill around in my room and yeh start uploading photos i guess.

back to my room

went to bellevue shopped, had dinner and watched Sherlock Holmes 2 with Frances, Jacob, Beatrice, Leo and one of their friends.

finally bought my rain jacket

most of my roommates have gone back home. so yeh... kinda alone here...

anyway... gotta do laundry, and pack up.

winter break!

so it's saturday midnight now
um.... recap time

so Thursday night, Frances, her friend, and I went to have sushi and walked and shopped around downtown. fun!
friday, woke up at noon and picked up my organic chemistry final. Our TA got it done super early. He's really nice, best TA in UW.
and woohoo, i got 112 out of 150 the average is 50 something. i thought i'm going to get something around average but it turns out to be a lot a lot better.
and on the other hand, bio final grade was out this afternoon, i got 78 out of 100 which is awful and the average is 74. i'm not satisfied with my final exam grade.
but the ultimate final grade for my bio is 3.8 which is awesome.

i've been developing photos and watching episodes of Adventure Time since the break started.
did a lot of stuff but i feel like something was still missing......
i think it's my social life.... i need it back.... my roommates were having a lot of fun together but i seem unable to fit in... it's like i always lock myself in my room but i want to hang out with them but but.... but... probably everyone gets used to me locking myself in my room studying...
i have to work on it... or else i'll be FOREVER ALONE!!!

anyway, it's almost 4 now gonna go to bed...
oh i'm going out with Frances and few other friends tomorrow. gonna do some shopping and watching movie.

.... i just feel like i'm not doing enough... and i'm sad.... :(

slightly packed up for luggage (remember i'm going back to Taiwan?)
and played with Facebook a bit

developing photos now! finally! can't wait to upload them and show them to you!

feeling better

love taking a good nap after my last final! ;)

i'm ready for winter break!!!! :D

I feel so lame

Why? Why am I not feeling well again? It's always after all the hard work web it's time to relax to have fun with friends.
Damn you stomach and intestines!!!!!

going to take a nap right now. please feel better!!


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Officially done!!!

Yay!!!!! Woooohoooo!
I'm officially done. Just finished my math final. It went well. Wasn't hard for me so I guess I won't get a bad score.
But had stomachache during the test. Omg. Gotta go to the toilet now! Ttyl!


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photo thing

just receive a flickr mail asking me for permission to use one of my photo in a photo editing website.
and i said yes ;) of course with my name and link to my flickr.

freaking awesome!

last one

embraced my very last day of the crazy quarter filled with millions of pages of reading and thousands of assignments with this super early awakening.

yep my last final exam is here. math!!!!
hopefully it will go well.

and HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE MY LAST TIME HAVING TO WAKE UP SO FREAKING EARLY!!!!

gonna have a descent breakfast and get ready for the challenge.

Just handed in my individual parts of the final report

Now I'm going back to bed and wake up later to study math ;)



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holy crap

our final project comes out to be a 27-pages paper! that's so crazy!! never have i been involved in writing such a longgggg paper!!
but i'm happy! such a accomplishment!

Adventure time

but have to watch an episode of Adventure Time with Finn and Jake first before i start my math study! :D

i'm kinda addicted to watching the cartoon. it's ridiculously funny!
love it!

woohooooo!!!

done with bioengineering final project!! just finished typing up the conclusion of our project. the project looks awesome! it's shiny and delicious! lol jk. i'm just too happy that i finished the project. now i just have to read it over a few times and revise it.
im so glad to work with my teammates they're great people!

gonna start my math final studying later.

ducks are cute!! and crows and seagulls.

today before my chem final, i had my brunch outside bagley hall in front of Drumheller fountain where patches of ice are floating on the water surface. then those cute ducks just came in front of me. they knew i had food on my hand.
so the irresistible cuteness made me tore up some of my food i was eating and they were so excited!!!
i fed some of my food to the cute ducks and then more ducks joined the crowd and then there're seagulls and then crows joined.
LOL i was literally surrounded by birds!!

when i finished my brunch and walked to the garbage bin near bagley hall, the ducks followed me.
i was like, they're so adorable!!! anyway, i'm totally going to do this again sometime in the future!! they're just too cute!

Oh man it's awful

Chem final was so so so hard. Dunno if I do ok or not. I mean I finished all the question but some of them are just ridiculously difficult D:

Going back to dorm to get our bioengineering paper done before tomorrow noon. Then I have to start my math final study.


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one down two to go

Done with bio final!!! Woohoo! Didn't really study for bio during the weekend nor hours before final but I think I did pretty well on it. Gone through all questions without ambiguity.
It was a super chill day for me.
Woke up at like 12:00 pm and took a shower then got ready dressed up and went to by George had lunch and yup looked through weekly study questions a bit.
After exam I met up with my bioengineering final project teammates in Poplar hall. We decided not to meet in Odegaard since its always crowded.
Actually it was my first time going into poplar hall after the construction.
It's super legit inside!! Like I will like to live in Poplar! But I like single room better still haha.
Anyway, I'm waiting for my dinner at Thai 65 I order a drunken noodle.

Have to start the conclusion part for our final project when I get back to my room also start studying for chem. so much reactions to memorize!!! D:


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Yup as you can see my
iPhone messed up my blog entry

Campbell's Creamy Tomato soup + crackers = ME GUSTA!!

finally

>:( stupid iPad forced me to retype the entry again :((

so YES!!!! I'm finally done with organic chemistry reading!! It's was so intense!!! Straight 3 days of chem is not fun at all.

anyway, i'm going to start my biology review now though i only get few hours left... cuz my bio final is tomorrow (or more like today which is monday)
but still... my chem final is on tuesday so i guess i didn't mess the whole thing up, right??

but yeh... hopefully bio final won't be too hard....

good luck on finals, me!

@@ my mentally stressed right now...

what's been in my head for the past 48 hours

aldehyde, alcohol, ketone, electrophilic, nucleophilic, substitution, elimination, ethers, esters, carbonyl, carboxylic acids, oxidation, reduction, grignard................
 
 @ ~ @

good morning :D

i actually made it all the way till now almost 7 am

so at around 6 am i packed up my camera, dressed up and went out. i walked around to find the perfect spot of sighting the eclipse but it's so cloudy here in Seattle... sad that couldn't see the lunar eclipse :(

so instead i walked around with my tripod and took some close up photos of the sparkly grasses and leaves.

freezing out there but it's beautiful!

couldn't feel my feet few minutes ago haha but i'm fine now!

i'll take it as my study break :P

ok i'm going to bed now going to continue my organic chemistry study tomorrow.

it's all about oxidation, reduction, and reactions of alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, esters, and carboxylic acids...

well, i guess i wasn't in a good location
but here is something i found from a Seattleite blogger:
http://westseattleblog.com/2011/12/west-seattle-sky-yes-you-can-see-the-lunar-eclipse

lunar eclipse

there's a lunar eclipse saturday morning at around 4:45 am
which is super late.
it's 1:17 am now studying...
should i get out and take photos of the eclipse??

a little tired right now... i'll see if i can make it till 3 am...

then i rushed to forge building
i wasn't late ;)
listened to other groups' projects and then presented ours...
then woohoo!!!! it's the end of autumn quarter!!!

just threw away some trash and i'm doing laundry now
going to dinner later with Frances
feel like celebrating tonight but hmmm... i'm not really done yet still have finals...

Last day of school

Last day of school is so far so awesome!!
It is sunny and my stomach is doing well.
Just finished my last math 308 class and my last bio 180 class.
And just when bio class is about to end. There is this girl who was really really excited. She was crying and stuff and she gave balloons to our professor.
I was like "wow! that is hardcore!!"

Just walked into bagley hall and there were pigeons wandering under some trees they're so cute!!

I'm in my last organic chem class right now! Ttyl.
Oh and i have presentation for our bioengineering final group project in foege building next class.


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OMG this is so true!!!

[Image - 195210] | First World Problems | Know Your Meme

i'm feeling little better now

was super crappy and busy the whole day but it gets better later at the evening

recap of a long day...
woke up early at the morning for the last BIOEN class
stomachache got worse after class so i headed back to dorm and took a short nap
woke up at 11:00 am with stomachache :(
went to my last BIO 180 lab and then went to bio review lecture
just when we started, fire alarm went off and the whole Kane hall was evacuated. then i found out not only Kane hall was evacuated, Odegaard, Suzzallo library were evacuated as well. it's massive!
anyway, it lasted for at least 30 minutes.
then the alarm finally went away and it was already 2:14 pm
just a few people (including me) headed back to the lecture.
then i went to Suzzallo library to study. wrapping up my bioen final project.
then i met with my bioengineering group for the presentation tomorrow.
we did some presentation practice.
then i went back to dorm to pick a pack of cookies and my camera then i head to the last photo club meeting of the quarter
after meeting i came back to my room and talked to one of my roommates.
i liked our conversation. and i learned a lot about him! which is good!
and yup here i am. haven't done any studying yet... should get started asap!! finals are coming up!!!
and my abdominal pain is lessening... finally.... geez... i search a bit online and found "pancreatitis"
i found the symptoms somehow familiar....

@@

my whole has been so crappy

i had this ridiculous stomachache for the whole day and it's still going on now...
performance lowers when i get stomachache. :(
felt like throwing up... WTF! D:

so if you haven't know already,
i've been putting down my bed times and when i wake up and what food i ate and things that are related to my stomach on post it note ever single day since the end of october
so i can keep track of what going on when i get stomachache.

i'll evaluate my bed times and the food i ate yesterday when i'm back to my dorm
i really want to find out what's the cause of this terrible feeling.
that's also why i'm going back to taiwan this winter for a body examination
i know the plane ticket is super super expensive and i'm feel really sorry for doing all this.... but i really want to find a solution to all this shit...

Massive fire drill? Or is something serious happening?

Odegaard, Suzzallo, Kance hall, and another building behind Kane hall is evacuated. The fire alarm is still going on.



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just sent out my cover letter with my resume and transcript :D

hopefully i can get into the lab! starting my bioengineering dream here in UW :)

love the feeling when wasabi rushes through nostril!!
ME GUSTA!!

dessert thing

they're all free!! unhealthy food before finals thanks so much, UW!!

tuesday

went to career center today for resume proofreading

she said i did a great job on my first resume lol

anyway, yeh... i still have to revise it several times before i send it out to the lab i want to get in

hopefully the spot will still be available when i send my email to the PI...

some recap. 

i did really well on my last bio midterm 94% :D and hopefully it's going to make up the awful grades i got for the two previous midterms

ummm my last organic chem midterm was totally a disaster... i got 57% and average was like 63%

ewww... but they're going to drop my lowest midterm score... so i don't have to worry about it. perfect scores for the first three midterms ;)

and i totally screwed up my chem quiz today... didn't study for it at all.... i was too busy working on my bioen final project and my resume... meh... i'll just have to study hard for the final then...

and oh there's this dessert thing from 7 to 10 at 1101. it's free. so it's probably going to be completely crowded by then... i'll probably go there at around 8? 9?

@@ i'm still busy as hell and i want the quarter to end right now! like right now!! >:(

3 days left till the quarter ends, yay!!!

monday

i had a bad night eating popcorn before sleep is not a good idea...
so i ended up having stomachache and felt really bloated... :(
like i woke up at 7 something am and went to bathroom
and woke up again at 9 something and went to bathroom
i'm feeling better right now but i'm tired and still feel like throwing up....

umm... so i'm done with class right now
studying at the Odegaard library waiting for Melvin to be here at 4:30 pm

still working on my BIOEN final project
and umm... there's this great opportunity for a research position i saw in an email and i want to get in!!
so i'm also working on my resume at the same time!

@@ one week left!!! you can do it!!

snacking on popcorn ;)

have nothing left and need something salty

cholera, water purification, blah blah blah...

Pugh charting...

saturday

yesterday sucked like hell.
woke up... took a shower... read biology textbook... ate some stuff*... read more... ate... read... read...
*ate cereal without milk (i finished one bag of cereal), some peanuts, crackers, and a noodle thing
i literally stayed at the apartment for the whole day and most time in my room...

but at the end of the day (or more like 05:00 am of sunday) i'm done with biology reading!!!! heck yes!!!!!!!!!
i only have to do the reading quizzes and practice exams for bio.

so i'll start to do my bioengineering final project now. it's due next week. uhh....

and i still get 2 chapters of organic chemistry and 1.5 chapters of linear algebra to read....

D:

stumbled upon this great comic!

The Atheist Apocalypse 

i have to spit this out

so when i was buying my new plant today after my haircut
cuz i was carrying my bag in this small way of the store, i accidentally knocked a glass vase on the table and it fell into a ceramic pot on the floor.
i was like holy shit!!!
i picked it up and whew the glass vase was fine.
and the ceramic pot was fine but part of it is chipped off... D:
the people in the store were really nice.

i said, "i'm so sorry about that"
she told me don't worry about it, but i felt really embarrassed after the incident...

...

i ended up watching videos on youtube.... :(
dang.... i'm wasting my time...

ok i really have to go back to work but my stomach isn't feeling well....

so after class, i went to get a haircut not in the barbershop i used to go to but the one further north
i like my haircut as usual it's shorter ;)

cuz my fern was drying up so bad so i cut it allowing it to regrow again
my desk looks really empty so i bought a new pot of plant

anyway, went to photo club meeting today
chilled around and talked about future plans
it was great.

hmmm, i should start my homework now :(

thursday

woohoo! i finally got my STAT class spot for next quarter!!!

Still busy

So I've been pretty well for the week. Healthy body, finishing school work.
Oh and I updated my flickr, check it out if your interested.

So I have been waking up earlier than I am supposed to get out of bed recently which is super weird.
Like on Monday and Wednesday (today), I'm supposed to get out of bed at 11:30. It's also when my alarm is going off. But for 2 days, I woke up at early 10. Like 10:15.
And I felt incredibly clear and energetic. But I convinced myself that I still need more sleep so I sleep till 11:30.

Just finished my chem midterm. I think I did pretty well. Though I answered some of the question with little ambiguity.
Math quiz was ok but I don't think I did really well on it.

So 2 weeks left till the end of the quarter. :D can't wait for this busy quarter to end, I want my life back!!! I plan to go workout and take photos and upload them on Flickr on a weekly basis
And I really have find a research lab ASAP!!

Hmmm so yeh I'm still pretty busy with my school work.

Cya!


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Thanksgiving break!

So as you know it (or you might not know it), I went to salt lake city with Frances and her friend Mandy.

and this is a super super long post. hope you'll enjoy it.

Let's start at Wednesday when my thanksgiving break has started.

So I was already done with packing. I didn't forget anything which is kinda amazing.

So after my last class on Wednesday, I grabbed my stuff and called a cab.

My fist attempt failed completely. This was what had happened:

"Hello, emmmm... Hummmm... So my address is 3801.... Umm... at Brooklyn ave..."

And then the yellow cab person just said something I did not understand.

And I said, "what?"

And they hung up the phone.

I was speechless.

And my second attempt worked awesomely.

"Hello. I'm from University of Washington and I am going the Seattle tacoma airport."

Then they asked me which dorm do I live in.

And I said, "Stevens court"

"which building?"

Wow they really do know a lot around the UW area!

So I said, "B"

"ok, sir. There will be a cab picking you up in 20 minutes."

"ok thank you."

When the cab arrived, the yellow cab called me but I completely missed the call. But anyway, as soon as I saw the missed call on my phone I quickly grabbed my stuff and ran outside and hey, the cab was just right in front of the exit way!

Then I chatted a bit with the driver then arrived airport.

I checked in with the delta airline self check in machine which is incredibly convenient. And I check in my luggage. went through security check which is, as usual, hideous. Shoes off, jacket off, things in pocket out... blah blah blah

Then I met up with Frances and Mandy. 

I grabbed a sandwich at the food court, I guess it wasn't late enough because everytime when I was flying back to Taiwan the food courts and stores were all closed, it's like a ghost town. But that night was as lively as a market.

Then we boarded onto the plane and had a 2 hours flight which is nothing comparing to my usual 10 hours flight between Seattle and Taiwan.

It was incredibly amazing how I met Martin on the flight. (i am not even sure if i spelled the name correctly... sorry about that)

So Martin, he is a bioengineerer. He took the same English class with me last winter. And I believe I saw him in many other classes too. And once I was hanging out and having dinner with my roommates, he was with us too. So I chatted with him and he was going home for the thanksgiving. He suggested several things to do in Salt lake city and yeh we talked about all the required classes for bioengineering.

Super amazing ah? It's like destiny or something (nah, it's just we're in the same major). Well hopefully I will see him soon sometime in the future.

When we arrived salt lake city, we took the hotel's shuttle and got to the hotel (duh)

The driver was really nice. He drove and showed us around the city.

The hotel was pretty decent. there's this covered up pool just beside the lobby which grabbed my attention.

it's like the typical motels with a pool you see in the movies. pretty nice.

we went out to the nearest convenience store called Maverik and bought some necessities and i got a salad. the night we arrived was thanksgiving eve so there was literally no one on the street. like no one!!

we walked around and took some photos and i wasn't even worried about my camera getting stolen.

that's wednesday.

woke up at around 1 pm thursday. haha we all woke up super late. anyway, we went out and walked around the city. we went to Temple square and it's beautiful.

the street was kind of empty since it's thanksgiving day, so it's not surprising.

so there's a super huge building in the Temple square which i think it's the temple itself. 

it totally reminded me of a video game i used to play with my brother and it felt just like i was the character in the game walking in a town with a huge castle or whatever.

anyway, we had dinner at a traditional American restaurant. i had a steak and i liked it. super American. love it.

that's thursday.

and woke up at around 8 am friday cuz guess what? it's Black Friday :D

shopping!

we went to a nearby shopping mall called the Gateway. it's a really beautiful place with all kinds of stores. 

shopped shopped and shopped.

i got 40% off on 2 Hollister shirts. got 50 % off on a beanie. got 50 % off on a puffy vest and a cap. a leather protective spray for my boots. 30% off on 2 buy-one-get-one-free t-shirts. 30% off on a Nyan-cat pin badge.

the t-shirts i got was totally pure awesomeness. one is LMFAO shuffle t-shirt and the other one is deadmau5 t-shirt!!! LOVE them! and of course the nyan-cat pin badge was pure awesomeness as well.

The awesomeness is found in a store called Hot Topic. i also found the Bacon Strips t-shirt in that store (if you watch Epic Meal time then you know what i'm talking about).

but but but… i didn't get a rain jacket :( didn't see the one i like… so i'll have to get one here in Seattle sometime later D:

anyway, I had a wonderful day shopping.

we watched a movie when we're back at the hotel room. it's called Ladda Land (陰地) which is kinda scary and really sad. 

that's Friday.

then woke up today at 8 something took a shower and grabbed my stuff and went to the airport.

checked in, boarded.

sat at 21E which is the the middle of two other guys.

took a cab with Frances back to U District and now i'm back to my room.

I opened the main door and saw my roommates playing video game at the living room and they're all dressed up for the game this evening called Apple cup. (i'll just skip the explaining for Apple cup. you can go look online if you don't know what's the Apple cup)

"hey, Daniel. you're back"
"yeh"
….
"are you guys going to the game?"
"…yeh."
"oh, alright. have fun."

Somehow, I felt distant from them… yeh… sad :/

i walked into my room

 and saw my empty desk and then looked at the to-do lists.

"11/28 BIO reading quiz
11/29 BIO reading quiz
11/29 BIO pre-lab 8

11/29 BIO practice exam 8
11/30 BIO reading quiz
11/30 BIO practice exam grade
12/2 BIO reading quiz
11/30 MATH 3.7

11/30 MATH 3.8

11/30 MATH 4.1
11/30 MATH 4.2"

I sighed and knew it's time to get back to work.

but first i have to blog about all of this :D

Even though we didn't really went to a lot of places in Salt lake city, but hey! I still relaxed and had fun.

i have to say it's really great to take a break from my routine life.

i'll probably be staying at my room for the whole thanksgiving break doing homework and nothing if i didn't go to the trip with Frances! That would be very very sad.

ok time to ummm… go back… to work? 

yeh… i'll start with math probably… math really helps me concentrate.

wednesday

yup another busy week
have been doing so much reading and homework

one of my roommates' birthday is coming up so i decided to buy a birthday card and a balloon for him.
the card is cute. it says something like "If you're expecting us to make a big fuss over your birthday" and then inside the card it says something like "you've opened the right card"
i told my other roommates to sign on the envelope of the card and when he went to bed, i quietly pushed the card into his room under the door and i tied the balloon onto the door knob so he'll see it as soon as he opens the door tomorrow morning.

i believe little things like this that make people happy (as simple as being recognized or cared about) is the best gift for birthday or anything.

i hope he'll have a great day and a great thanksgiving (plus his birthday)!

so i went to Bellevue with Frances and her friend tonight. we went shopping... well more like window shopping i guess cuz i bought barely nothing but i've made up my Black Friday shopping list when i walked around and thought about what i need :D

i'm going to buy a North Face rain jacket. my current rain jacket was bought more than 4 years ago and it sucks a lot because it's too small.
and probably that's it. not much in great need. yeh....

:D going to Salt lake city tomorrow it's going to be fun!! i've already packed up my luggage and i'm ready to go! it's going to snow there which is kinda exciting.

sunday night

had dinner at china town and did some grocery shopping at the asian market
studying now...
have midterm tomorrow.

and when i was like studying and all of the sudden, i thought about "what will happen after I die"
and i totally got depressed....

it's unavoidable and yeh... it's like a long sleep, not long but an eternal sleep
scary!

the world will just go on with one more body decomposing. yup that's death.


and i searched a bit on the web for some insights about death
and there're some promising technology that can possibly avoid death almost completely
and here is one particular question i came up if the technology becomes available:
-if death is avoidable, then what is the meaning of life?
you see, if there's no death then what is life?
we'll have to come up with a completely different definition for life if we're able to avoid death.

in biological sense,
since death is avoidable, all alleles will remain in the population forever
maybe one day, life will be define as "an introduction of new alleles into a population"?

shiny and crispy

it's below 0 outside right now!
when i was back to my room, my thermometer was flickering its "ice alert" indicator.
and yup, on my way back to my room, i saw shiny leaves on the ground it's like you put glitter on the leaves... lol.
and they are crispy when you step on them.
the surface of cars are shiny too.

there's like glitter everywhere! so beautiful!

anyway, i had a wonderful day (when i say wonderful, it means more than awesome)
woke up early at 9... tired... but i had a lot of fun hanging out with my photo club buddies
we walked from around Pioneer square to the sculpture park and took photos along our way!
so awesome!

studied a bit when i was back from the outing

and got to hangout with Frances and her friend tonight
first of all, thanks for being 21, Frances ;)
and we did some hookah as well
later we played card games at Frances's place with her housemates.
i learned how to play shithead :D

omg i'm so tired now! i wanna do some math study but i don't think i can concentrate...
so happy now but tired... and i smell like watermelon and jasmine and grape LOL

gotta love the weekend!

it's hailing outside! is it going to snow later!?

it hails when it's not cold enough for snow

so if it gets cold enough tonight, we might expect some snow tonight.

it's Friday and i'm done with classes yay... but not much to do tonight... probably head back into studying... ummm... on saturday i'm going to downtown with photo club buddies to take some photos

oh oh and JDong, our president of club, "scolded" me because i haven't been taking a lot of photos... haha i guess i'm really not active recently... haven't been on flickr for months.... i should get back asap!!

k... cya...

just wanna show ya something :D

well, i'm going to bed soon!

oh oh oh wait, before i show you something. the weather forecast said it might snow sometime tonight through the whole Friday. excited!! the snow last year here in Seattle was huge!!! dunno about this year but we'll see! it's only like 3 degree celsius outside right now!! it's freezing cold!!

anyway, we're studying chiral molecules and stuff
so i made these cute simple carbon molecules with marshmallow and candies and paper clips LOL

so apparently the fugly molecules are not enantiomers; they're actually the same molecule

my hands are covering up the marshmallows... 

ok i'm going to bed now... cya!

it's almost friday!

still really busy this week
i can't believe what i saw on my calendar... it's like all occupied...

some recaps...
so I handed in my assignment for bioengineering class tuesday, had chem quiz the same day
i think i did pretty well on both of them.
went to U village with Frances for dinner and AT&T stuff
well, i ended up calling the customer service when i'm back to my room. and got all my problems solved! Great thanks to the AT&T people! and thank you Frances for helping me sorting out the problem.
Wednesday, I had a math quiz which i think i nailed it and had my chem midterm back which i stupidly took back on tuesday quiz section; we're not supposed to take it back till Wednesday. i got 95 and the average is 58? or 68? i forgot. so yeh i'm really satisfied with my organic chemistry grade.
met with Melvin wednesday evening.
thursday, had a tiny quiz for bioengineering class and i am pretty sure that i nailed the quiz as well.
i picked up my bioengineering t-shirt, it looks awesome :)
i'm going to an information session about scholarship later at 16:30
and going to meet up with photography club buddies after the information session
hopefully, i'll be studying when i'm back to dorm tonight haha
i have biology midterm next monday.

generally, i think my work load is going to go down in the next few days. Gotta thank Thanksgiving holidays. Hopefully, i'm not going to be this busy next week.

it's not even finals week yet

and i'm staying up whole night and day

so i woke up today with crappy stomach ache omg.... it's so awful....
i ended up going to toilet 4 times today....

went to Shoreline today and studied Bible with Melvin (i know. i should have move it to some other day later...)
people in the church were super nice.
i had dinner there
we talked and i learned more about him.
and on our way back to UW, it was hailing in Shoreline!! so many ice falling from the sky!!

anyway, i just finished my bioengineering paper and it's 04:23 am in the morning and i'm going to class at 8:30 am and hand in the paper...

i dunno if i can do it or not with my super awful stomach and exhausted body....

still have so much to do this week... sigh... such a "great" way to start my week and.... sophomore year... D:

66!? D:

The mean score for biology midterm is 57 and I got a 66.
Which is above the average but I think it's the worst score I got in UW
I'm not happy.


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Field trip :D

Woke up super super early this morning at 6:30 am and felt like staying longer in my bed
I was like you have to get out of the bed! So I eventually went to take a shower at 6:40

I already had my bags (one for stuff and one for camera) and clothes prepared so I just dressed up, wore my contact lens, and got my camera battery from the charger. I also had my breakfast in the frig already. So I warmed up the burger with microwave, ate it and had a yogurt. And I put the left over from the dinner at Tofu house last night into a bag. This will be my lunch.
I'm ready to go! So I got to the meeting place, it's just behind the physics buildings, exactly on 8:00 am
Most people were already there.
We waited for a bit and here she came, our field trip leader. Her name is Camila. She's doing research on the site we're going to.

11 people including the Camila got on to the van and then it's a more than 2 hour drive...
Super far away!

Let me show you the site is...

As you can see it's close to the pacific ocean (actually, not close, but more like beside). it's really wet over there because it's the windward side of the mountain thus receiving moisture from the Pacific ocean.

As you can see, it's a super long trip. 

Anyway, when we arrived, it's not as cold as I expected but it's raining... :/

We walked 3 miles around the route.
We saw trees, fungi, and mosses.
The leader was super nice and enthusiastic.
She showed us cones and leaves from the trees.
She also showed us fungi, lichens, and mosses.
Oh and she told us to touch them :)
she also told us to bite one of the ferns. it tasted sweet hahaha!
It's a real hands on experience. love it!

And it's really beautiful in the forest. I saw all kinds of plants. I've never seen some of them before. Like there's one lichen; it's green on the top but pale at the bottom. They look like leaves. Super cool.

There were also some super super old trees! they're so huge and tall! I couldn't see the top of the tree!!! ok i'm exaggerating a little bit but it's really amazing!

But the whole field trip is like my battle against the rain. First, I just let my camera out and then wipe it dry with my tissue paper but it's too annoying so I ended up putting on my camera on my tripod covered with my rain jacket hoody. Super effective!!! So I'm just like carrying my tripod around on my shower with my camera covered with my rain jacket hoody.
But the only drawback is that my beanie got really soaked at the end...

got back at 5 pm at the same place we started and by that time i just wanted to go back to my room and dry up my clothes, shoes, jackets, bags, camera, and yeh... basically everything....

I took some photos but i'm not going to post them till i'm done with schoolwork, i broke too much promises already. so yeh, i'm sorry i've never posted my Mercer demolish photos, my Aliki beach photos.... :/



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It's Friday

It doesn't feel like a Friday at all i feel like its Saturday or something
Cuz it's the first day of the three day weekend!

So thursday night was fun went to shoot some photos at a park near by with photography club people and went to M's house for hookah photos!
I did some hookah too. Taste great!

Then met with Melvin today to find out more about the second coming of the God
Really interesting.

And just had dinner with Frances at the Korean restaurant.
Had some talk with her. Had some catching up about our lives.

And going to field trip tomorrow from the morning till evening
I got my snacks and lunch ready! And it's sad that I have to wake up so early tomorrow cuz I have to go to bed early tonight which means I don't have more time to study :/
Hopefully it's going to be fun and worth it!

Still super busy. Have to study!
And post photos (hopefully... So sad I haven't been posting on Flickr for almost 2 months)

Oh and I'm going north to Shoreline next Monday to learn more about the Bible after class.

Alright then.


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It's like Friday!

Lol totally skipped today's first class... Was too tired waking up at 7:30 when I went to bed at like 1:00 an
It's a guest lecture so I think it won't be that bad if I skip it... But it's totally a bad thing to do and I promise I will not do this if I went to bed earlier...
Man I hate morning classes.

So I'm done with classes for the week! Yay! It's weekend!! Three days weekend!

I'm going to meet with Melvin later for Bible study and going to meet up with my photography club people after that! It's been a while since I saw them! I'm so excited! We are going to a lot of interesting things this evening!

I'm now at the library studying math so I don't have to go back and forth from dorm to campus. it's easier for me to just meet with Melvin later.

Weekend!!!!


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:D

finally! i'm here!!! yay!! i did it!
went to bed at like 5 something last night
oh and i think i received a call from a random woman at 5:49 am or something
when my phone rang for the first time, i was like who was calling me so late at night... so i ignored it...
but then my phone rang again... hmmm... something might be wrong so i decided to pick up the phone.
and then i heard this woman say something in Korean i believe and i was like "huh? no..."
and she sighed or something... and i hang up the phone

had a busy day! just went to my math professor's office hour, super helpful!
(i had questions about the range of matrix, and the bases of the range... etc)

chem midterm was ok but i ran out of time BUT our TA was super nice so he didn't tell us to turn it in when the bell rang. so i managed to finish my test but i answered one question sloppily.

still got a  lot of work and reading to catch up but i'm going to take a break for now
hmmm and no class on Friday! YES!!!

i'm going to biology class field trip this saturday. we are going to a mountain i think.

everything will be fine tomorrow

so i'm behind the reading for every class right now
but i managed to finish all the homework :)
anyway, i'll start to study for chem midterm after i'm done with bio homework due at 2:30 am

i can do it!! must hold on to my positivity for now!

omg i don't know if i can do it or not... D:
i'm so stressed....
and irritated....

i'm falling behind the schedule
i have chem midterm this wednesday
and i have so much reading and review to do for it
i have math homework due wednesday as well and i've only finished one half of it
and got bio practice exam.... which means i have to be familiar with the reading i haven't done yet....

feel like exploding

and now i have to go to bed because that stupid morning class at 8:30

ahhhhhh

my week started busy!

gotta love my busy day!! felt great to accomplish and finish so many stuff!
woke up, took a shower, dressed up, walked to class, picked up math midterm (i did pretty good i think, above average but not like super high score; i got 22/25),  had banana and called Kristina from airline company for plane ticket thing while walking to biology class (yes!!!!! i sat in the second row like a boss!!! LIKE A BOSS!!!), walked to organic chem class, had a brownie and a cookie, picked up my chem midterm (got 98/100, i think i'm super ok with that), walked to By George, had a sandwich, met with Melvin (remember last Tuesday? I met him on the Red Square), called Kristina and finally nailed the plane ticket thing.

oh and yes i started coughing recently and have nasal discharge with some blood in it. lol wtf....?

hmmm... and got like shit loads of reading and homework and study to do.... so much!!!
math homework due wednesday, chem midterm the same day.... ;(

gotta start focusing now!!!

cya!

weekend

haven't studied a lot since the weekend started
talked with my parents friday night
went shopping with Frances Saturday night at Northgate
also talked to my brother at Saturday night
so basically i went to bed pretty late for both nights and woke up pretty late during the day
so far my weekend has been relaxing (hopefully it's going to do my body good)

my body... hmmm... stomach is upset again and the sickness is getting better
but it has been two days since i started coughing.

studying now @@

lol i'm so funny; had my camera with me all day and ended up with no photo

finished my last midterm for the week
i think i didn't do really well on this biology midterm... i don't have enough time to finish all the questions :( oh well...
it's like the 150 anniversary of UW so we all wear purple i wear purple today as well
with that super cool shades i bought at the start of the school year
and yes, most of the "huskies" wear purple today
i looked really purple today with purple polo shirt, purple jacket, and purple shades.
but it's ridiculously funny that i brought my camera and lens with me today hoping that i could get some good footage of the UW day but as expected i didn't get anything at the end of the day...

anyway, everything went pretty smooth today and as usual after my last class i got back to my dorm and got back to my room and just stumbled up around the Internet

so it's finally weekend and i really have to relax a bit! it's been a really rough week for me so i DESERVE it! but just when i realized i really have to relax a bit i found out my sore throat is worsening again and feel like throwing up again D:
it's like when i finally get time to have fun, my body refuses me to have fun D:

fuuuuuuuu!!

oh and i got a full score on my bioengineering assignment. so happy! 25 out of 25. yay!

i'm going bed soon, super early for Friday night but whatever, i think my body need some rest...

talking to my parents now! ;)