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Saturday, October 29, 2005

Hmm..finally have time to blog again. So many things have happened over the week I don't even know where to begin. Well, we had our mid-sem break last weekend. We only had one Friday off though which is quite pathetic, but it was still a day off I guess. From now onwards, Thanksgiving will be my only real break. Will be having exams/tests every week till the finals sigh :(

Anyway, mid-sem break was fun. The group of us (me, Jessica, Xinghao, Jiaqi, Mingwei, Gerentt, Jiamin, Desmond, Jeremy, Jiquan) drove down to Falling Water and Ohiopyle on Friday and to Grove City (again) on Saturday. Falling Water and Ohiopyle are nearby Pittsburgh, about 2 hours' drive away. We rented 2 cars over the weekend and Jiaqi and Gerentt drove. It was really funny initially, especially since they had to get used to left-hand drive. Gerentt even went to the wrong side of the car haha. And when we had to get to pay for the freeway toll, all of us automatically looked to the left side (driver's side), but the guy knocked from the right hand side, which was quite funny haha. Was in the car with Jessica, Xinghao and Jiaqi and we were singing along to the songs in the car and basically talking crap, which was quite fun haha. Anyway, Falling Water is gorgeous. Basically, it's the Kauffman's house (hopefully I get the spelling right; Kauffman owns a departmental store here) which is built erm overlooking the waterfall(?) and the architecture was just fantastic. We toured the house and it was really interesting. Ohiopyle is even better though. Basically it's a national park and we went to a section of it. Very very nice view. The only downside was that it was really cold, but it was fun. Hopefully, I can get the pictures up soon. On the way back, the other car got lost and ended up at Waterfront, so we ended up going there for dinner.

On Saturday, drove to Grove City to shop (again). The previous Saturday, we also went to Grove City for shopping. It's basically a factory outlet.. we go there to buy our winter clothes but of course we also end up buying other stuff which are really really cheap. I really shopped like mad haha for those 2 weeks. The second time going there was more fun though (even though I didn't spend that much) because we could take our own time instead of rushing when we were there the first time with SSA. Went around the shops again and well..basically bought more stuff haha. The guys spent much much much more than the 2 girls though. We had dinner at Eat and Park (and could use our DineEx..which is part of our meal plan..). That Saturday did me good though cos I'd been feeling quite down last week and just to sit around and talk crap and laugh like mad was really nice. They're all so funny and it's nice to just hang out with them.

Last Thursday, we (me, Jessica, Xinghao, Jiaqi, Mingwei, Gerentt) also went to Station Square for dinner. I actually wanted to ride the incline at night cos apparently the view from there is like the best view you'll ever get of Pittsburgh. But we got so caught up taking pictures and had quite a long dinner at Hard Rock Cafe that it was too late by then. Again, very nice views. I think Station Square probably offers the best view of Pittsburgh. It's really really nice.

So anyway, school started again this week :( More work, more tests and stuff. My mid-term grade wasn't that fantastic..I had a C for programming which totally pulled my whole grade down. Must work hard this time I guess. And I'm still trying to manage my time. I don't think I've really managed my time well all this while, which is really bad. It seems that I'm always doing work all the time and have no time to do anything else. I'm especially bad at my quiet time. It's either I don't have time to do it or if I do it, I'll get really really distracted. Sigh this is bad.

The weather is getting very cold, even though it's only fall. The temperature here is about 3-5 degrees nowadays and when it's raining and there's wind, it's even worse. It rains quite often here, which sucks. Totally dampens my mood. Hmm if it's already this cold during fall, can't imagine what it'll be like during winter. The autumn view is nice though. Leaves turning red/orange, which makes me realize I haven't taken pictures of them yet haha.

Oh well..feel better after blogging. I've been feeling quite troubled and sian recently, though I can't really put a finger on why I'm feeling like that. And I've been feeling homesick recently too. Hopefully it'll get better for me as time goes by. Sometimes I just feel like I'm going insane and I've no idea what I'm doing here, but well I guess collge does all those funny stuff to you. So much freedom and sometimes you really have to control yourself and be disciplined. I better sleep soon. I've been sick this week (down with flu and cough) which I'm quite sure is mostly due to my lack of sleep, and partly cos of the weather. Well just hope I can recover soon. I don't know..hopefully I'll be okay.


I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU (The Rembrandts)

So no one told you life was gonna be this way
Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A.
It's like you're always stuck in second gear
When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year, but

I'll be there for you
When the rain starts to pour
I'll be there for you
Like I've been there before
I'll be there for you
'Cause you're there for me too

You're still in bed at ten and work began at eight
You've burned your breakfast so far, things are going great
Your mama warned you there'd be days like these
But she didn't tell you when the world has brought you down to your knees, and

I'll be there for you
When the rain starts to pour
I'll be there for you
Like I've been there before
I'll be there for you
'Cause you're there for me too


No one could ever know me
No one could ever see me
Since you're the only one who knows what it's like to be me
Someone to face the day with
Make it through all the best with
Someone who always laughs with
Even when I'm at my worst, I'm best with you
Yeah!

It's like you're always stuck in second gear
When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year


I'll be there for you
When the rain starts to pour
I'll be there for you
Like I've been there before
I'll be there for you
'Cause you're there for me too

I'll be there for you
I'll be there for you
I'll be there for you
'Cause you're there for me too

posted by vivien at 12:22 AM
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005

I'm supposed to write my English paper now, but I don't feel like it. Bleah. Will probably churn out another last-minute draft for it. But it seems that the more last-minute I do the paper, the better grades I get. Sigh..feeling a new sudden wave of homesickness. Don't know why. I realized I have barely kept in touch with my friends back home. It makes me feel guilty. It seems that I only have time to do my work, work and more work. But family and friends are more important to me, and yet I've neglected them in favor of work. How's that possible? I'm in the mood to ramble on and on..but I know I should be starting my paper now. Sigh. At least it's mid-sem break this weekend. I'm so looking forward to a much-needed break.

posted by vivien at 2:44 PM
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