Hotashi

I went to Ottawa this past weekend with some of my fellow grad students. It was a lot of fun. I finally got to go inside the Parliament Buildings and the Peace Tower, which were both super cool. I had my heart set on signing up to receive the flag that’s flown on the Peace Tower but apparently I can do that online. WTF! I waited all this time to go to Ottawa just to find that out?! So annoyed! Plus, the waiting list has increased from two years to five. ARGH! Anyway, I took a lot of cool shots which my FB friends can enjoy once I upload them. =)

One thing that did suck though was that Sunday (which is the day we travelled back) I fell sick and I felt completely crappy today. I was supposed to work on my presentation tomorrow but I just couldn’t function. I currently have a slight fever and have lost my voice. *sigh* I hate getting sick, especially this year. Before when I got sick I could always count on my roommates to be there for me. Now I have nobody. It’s quite depressing actually. It’s times like these when I get homesick…not for my family home, but for my roomie home.

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I took this picture last weekend when I visited my sister. We took shots and played jenga…can’t go wrong with that. I was amused by the message that jenga sent us though. We abided accordingly.

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I’m still in shock from finding out that Heath Ledger has passed away. He was twenty-eight years old and has a two year old daughter with his ex-girlfriend Michelle Williams. It’s really sad. I had the same shock when Aaliyah passed away a few years ago in a plane crash. Sometimes celebrities (even though I don’t follow them) seem somewhat invincible and close to me. So when they pass away it really hits me suddenly as though someone I really knew died. I really feel sad for Heath’s family, especially his daughter. Right now the police are trying to determine the cause of death. Suicide is a possibility although his family is claiming it he wasn’t suicidal and his passing was accidental. I really hope that it isn’t a homicide. That would be really tragic.

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I can never take the James Blunt version seriously anymore.

WARNING: Not suitable for younger viewers or sociology/ women studies majors

In other news, I got another book I ordered in the mail. I guess nobody was home when the mailperson came to the door because they left it in front of our front door. Since I live in an apartment building where anyone can walk by and steal my book, it pisses me off a little. Seriously, WTF?! Can’t they send it to the 7-11 mail room right behind my place for me to pick up later? GOSH!

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I’ve been feeling really stressed out lately. I’m not sure if it is because this term has more work than my previous term or if it is because it is the beginning of the term and I’m feeling overwhelmed by getting back into school mode. Perhaps it is a little of both. Either way it is making me go crazy. My reading list for my courses is insane, and I have to do readings for the two courses I’m TAing for (which I have to lead tutorials for too T_T!!!), and I have to work on my research. WTF?! What made me think doing my Masters in a one-year program would be better than a two-year program? UGH! I was seriously thinking about dropping out. I honestly don’t know how much more of this I can handle. I don’t even know how I’m supposed to be applying for jobs now too. Is the world insane? Am I the only one that thinks this is too much for one person to handle? And to top things off, I have become addicted to ice cream to sooth my worries. This can’t be good…why did I think it was a good idea to keep a deep freezer in my room?

On the brighter side I have been eating healthier and have started to exercise. I keep forgetting to take my vitamins so I need to have a daily checklist. My life has gotten so busy to the point that I need to write down everything I need to do in a day so that I don’t forget anything. I have a feeling though that one day I will forget something really important and then soil myself out of the fear of thinking about the consequences. *sigh*

Oh, it’s my parent’s 25th anniversary today. Happy anniversary Mom and Dad! If I wans’t so busy I would have planned something for them…but lately the timing for things just doesn’t seem to work out. Man, I hope my life gets better soon. =/

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