i heart productivity

Accomplishing things on your list = productivity.

Accomplishing things NOT on your list for the day PLUS the things that were on your list

= being uber productive.

Found a house in Hamilton

So before I tell you this story, I should let you know. About a month ago, I had a house. It was literally 3 minutes from my work and in a house with a nice old lady. Last Thursday, I called and found out that she gave it away since I didn't leave her a deposit (which I was going to pay on thursday). Thus, I was homeless.

Today, I went to see 3 houses.

House 1: smelly, sketchy, small, and dark. Not a great first impression of Hamilton to my mother.

House 2: creepy sums it up. The listing said it was a family home and asked for a girl. I went and sure, I get the whole top floor with kitchen, 2 bedrooms, and bathroom for 300, but the main floor has a creepy old man who has no family. Something just creeped me out.

House 3: loved it. The lady who owns the house is super super nice and I get the following for 450/month

• big room with a high ceiling
• Cable + Internet
• utilities
• a HUGE (larger than my parents') bathroom with a huge tub and a TV!!
• backyard with lounge chairs, garden, and bbq
• a really really nice laundry room with my dream laundry machines (LG)

Got tickets for attractions for our vacation

• San Francisco: Bedouin at the Wharf, Aquarium at the Wharf, tour to Alcatraz, Golden Gate Garden
• LA: Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood Blvd
• Vegas: Hoover Dam, Bellagio Hotel, Fremont Street Experience, Vegas Strip, Cirque du Soleil 'O'
• Grand Canyon: South Rim, Skywalk, Yaki Point
• Hawaii: Pearl Harbour Memorial, Whale Watching, surfing lessons, deep sea fishing, luau, volcano tour, parasailing, snorkeling

Watched the Time Traveler's Wife

New Theory: either watch the movie or read the book; don't do both. I felt like the movie ruined the book. They made Henry into too good of a guy and Clare into a less of an understanding person. The characters lacked depth and it was kind of disappointing. But it was still pretty okay.

Cut my hair

Yes, my long luscious hair is gone. Sniff. I now have a bob. maybe sometimes later I will edit this post and add a photo, but it's quite late and I realized I have to do pastoral prayer tomorrow, so i'm going to not go and look for a camera. And yes, Dolly, I saved the hair and will donate it on Monday morning :) It feels good :)

for the technologically challenged

AHEM that means you, Dolly

Title: How to Post a Comment on Blogspot when you are a LJ user.

1. Go to the page you want to comment on
2. Click on 1 comment or whatever
3. Enter your comment
4. Click on Open ID
5. Select Livejournal
6. Enter your username for LJ
7. Click "Publish Your Comment"
8. If you're signed in, just click on "YES" to validate
If you're not signed in, sign in, then click on "YES" to validate

easy as pie. MMM pie.

august 10, 28 degrees

GAH its hot!
Thank God for air conditioning or I would be a very grumpy lady right now. 13 is my ideal temperature so when it went up to 30 yesterday, I thought I was going to die. You can call me spoiled all you want, but don't come near me when it goes above 30 - I assure you I will be very short.

But don't worry! I'm in my A/C house right now, trying to figure out what to do with myself. I feel like I've been given a second chance at life after dying and I don't know what to do! But I've been thinking and playing with a lot of things so here goes!

1. 선덕여왕
I'm watching 선덕여왕 with my parents - although secretly I've already caught up to whatever is uploaded online (ep 22). My parents are currently at episode 11. It's great to watch again, though, because I missed some things that helped me understand the plot a little more. Honestly, though, I think I like sageuk (historical) dramas a lot better. Queen Seon Duk is getting to be REALLY good and my Lord Alcheon is definitely a plus to the drama *swoons* Ug can testify to this, but lately I have a thing for "noble" men teehee

And no.. that's not Alcheon in the photo.

2. Visualizing My Ideal Wedding
Sometimes, I think I hang around Dolly way too much. I have developed an obsession with weddings leading me to have watched all the SDEs and highlights on stillmotion. I would sit here and write out all my fantasies of my romantic dream wedding, but I think I'll have to save that for another time... Until then, my favourite stillmotion vid so far:
The Wow Vows

3. Helping Out Others in the Future
I realized a couple months ago that I didn't sign my Donor Card. I used to be scared of getting my body cut up and not being able to have it at the funeral for people to see. I don't care anymore, because it's not like I'm going to use my organs / skin after I die. And I don't know if I really want people to see my dead body when it's preserved and ugly. I dont' know about research yet though. I've lost a lot of faith in research in general, and until that faith is restored, I don't know if I'm willing to give up my body for it.
Other than the Donor Card, I've committed myself to cutting my hair for Cancer before I go on co-op. I don't care how short my hair would be at the end of it. One, i'm getting sick of long hair... it's too hard to manage. Two, I LOVE my hair, and if someone can appreciate it as much as or even more than I do, then I'll gladly give it up.

4. Summer Reads
Current:

Next:


5. Prepping for Coop
So many things I need to do, and I JUST got home:
- get TB test and immunization forms signed
- go for training Thursday Friday
- see the house in Hamilton, deposit cheque
- pack and buy some more work clothes
- get a new laptop charger as mine has officially died

6. Prepping for VACATION
Where am I going?
San Francisco

LA

Grand Canyon

Vegas

Hawaii


That's all for now.
That was quite tiring

the right time

it's funny how it's only until after you get out of a storm, you realize how thankful you are for each tiny piece of shelter that kept you dry for a few more seconds.

thank you to my shelters :)

dolly - for pulling my hand when i was super down and for encouraging me by going "come on man, almost there, i KNOW you can do it" or something along those lines
lil - for being home this week. it's really nice to see your face and smiles!
ug - for being awake at the wee hours of the morning and making me feel less lonely - even though we never really studied together, the fact that you were working (cough er.. maybe reading) away in the next room was always comforting
angela - for being there to call after exams and being my Korean go to person haha that sounds funny but you don't know how refreshing it is to be able to talk in korean sometimes
alice - for struggling with me in studying and for your super long e-mail that i still have to reply
jane - for sending me random "화이팅!" messages on msn - i needed those :)
jenny - for sending me your text last night while i was studying saying that you missed me and couldn't wait to see me. It made the end even sweeter!
pastor will - for emailing me encouraging words at my most difficult time - how did you know!


there are tons more people to thank, but i mainly thanked those who are going to read this :)

Thank you, you've made these exams just a little more bearable

battery life: 7%

I feel like that's proportional to my current energy level.

Two more.

<24 hours til i'm done.

hooray.

Burnt Out

Like burnt toast - Kogepan.

















I know I said I love studying, but now that I've finished exams for my favourite courses (biochem and stats), I feel like I have no more motivation to study.

Microbio is a killer... like pseudomonads...

i wish i could be like flagellated bacteria that move in accordance to chemical gradients (chemotaxis) by mechanism of CheA sensor kinase and MCPs being methylated by CheR or the CheZ that dephosphorylates CheYP which controls flagellar movement

I wish the world was as simple as flagellar movement - proton motive force through the mot proteins driving the rotation of the MS and the C rings.

I want to go home.
To my warm bed (actually my bed here isnt bad).
To where the air doesn't smell like manure (which was layed out today i think).
To where my kitchen is spick and span.
To where I can see my friends who I feel like I haven't seen in a million years.
To where I can watch dramas and not have to worry about whether or not i'm going to remember if certain bacteria are gram positive, gram negative, alpha, beta, or gamma proteobacteria.

I want to go home.

Home sweet home