Sicko in my head and body

I felt sick again, I think over the past one year, I had felt sick every other month or even more. In various areas: Eye, headache, (delusional) hair loss, nail, nose, bladder, cold, flu, toothache/dirty teeth, strep throat like virus...

I'm such a sicko! :D Need to get well.

Out of bucks but I want

these lens in the future once I got graduate and save up! :D Can't wait :)

My criteria is: wide, low light (fast), great image, for portraits + walk around

These are the lens that I find nice:

Wide-Angle

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM - ultra wide (as wide as you can get), reviews shown amazing quality (like L lens), expensive ($800)

Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM - very wide, great image quality (almost the same as 17-55mm and comparable to L-lens in some reviews), expensive ($730), all purpose outdoor/travel/portrait

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM - wide, fast lens, low light, all purpose portrait/indoor/wedding, a little too expensive (at around $1100, maybe 24-70mm 2.8L is a better deal)

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM - wide, EF L-lens, super, great quality, so pricy ($1700)

Standard Zoom

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM - fast lens, versatile range, great image quality, great build, L-lens, all purpose low light/wedding/travel lens, so expensive (around $1350)

Prime

Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 USM - great range (shorter than 50mm), great quality, quiet, low light, reasonably priced ($500)

Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM - prime lens, small/compact, sharp, super fast/low light, amazing portraits, great quality and built, not cheap compare to 50mm 1.8 ($370)

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM - prime lens, small, sharp, great built (glass), amazing portraits, reasonably priced ($400)

Macro

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM - True Macro, great image quality, EF lens, great nature/portrait, reasonably priced ($560)

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM - Same as above, but L-lens with Image Stabilizer and heavier nicer built, priced almost double (at about $1000)

Tele-Zoom

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L II IS USM - L-lens, amazing quality, great for landscape/wildlife/ sports, very expensive ($2370)

Opening my good old macbook pro

Okay. So I had finally decided to try to open up my laptop to clean and also attempt to fix a few ugly dents.

Wish me the good patience and let me be very careful...!

I think I will look for a harddrive to install meanwhile too (if I succeed in opening it and close it :P)... Let's see...

For those of you who wants to try this with me, here's the guides I'm going to follow:

http://macbookprosurgery.blogspot.com/2007/06/opening-up-your-macbook-pro.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonidzerda/sets/72157622047423232/

Telling Rob Ford I Oppose the Ban of Shark Fins

Thank you for sharing your thoughts about the ban on possession and consumption of shark fin products passed by City Council.

I personally did not support the ban as this is a matter that should be dealt with by the federal government. The Canadian government has banned "shark finning" in Canadian waters since 1994.

As I promised during the mayoralty election, I am dedicated to delivering customer service excellence, creating a transparent and accountable government, reducing the size and cost of government and building a transportation city.

I will continue to work on behalf of the taxpayers to make sure you get the respect you deserve.

This note is to confirm that we have received your email and that we are looking into your matter.

Please feel free to follow up to check the status of your email. Thanks again and have a great day.

Yours truly,

Mayor Rob Ford

City of Toronto

We're all in this together.

>>>angelaleung 10/24/11 20:35>>>

October 24, 2011

Dear Mayor Rob Ford,

I'm sending you this email regarding the passing of the law on the ban of shark fin in Toronto. As a young adult and grow up in a family where my father and his family are Chinese, I want to take a stand against the passing of this law. The reason is not that I don't care about saving the in danger sharks in the ocean or that I am trying to protect the tradition of Chinese and etc. My main concern is about the failure of informing public the right information during the entire process, the entire process seems to be is a commodity action that follows the hype created by the promoters and their marketing strategy.

First of all, the whole process on this banning has been an unfair dictated action on the municipal and some individual councilors who promote animal rights by stating facts that are only beneficial to their message. They clearly ignore rights for the public to have enough time and knowledge to understand what the current shark hunting practice and trading really is. The entire process is happening in a rush, where do the public learn real information of shark fin hunting? We all learn everything from the group who present bias facts that works to their advantage when marketing their campaign. The non transparency of the presentation of correct informations is what make me feel that this is not the right time to pass the law.

As a consumer (I'm not affiliated with any business nor do I know or own any business personally), I feel that I and other people have the right to know more about exactly why shark fin is being ban and why is it treated like a offend at least 5 times more so than a procession of drugs (where they only charge $1000 for procession of drugs on first offense, the anticipating law is going to charge $5000 for procession of shark fins on first offense)

The followings are the keypoints of facts that the promoters didn't state because these are to their disadvantage:

• Canada import over a thousand ton of fresh and frozen shark steak a year, it's clear that Canadians and people around the world do consume shark meat just the same way as shark fins.
• Shark Fins is only selling for 5% of the profit each shark is made when hunt; their skin are usually make into leather product, meat are consume, bones, liver and fat are use to make medicines, health product and make up products. Do banning the fins help with shark hunting? No.
• Shark by products (steak for eating, fish and chips, health and wellness products, make up) are legal. Why is shark fins illegal, just because it's natural and unprocessed?
• The group stated that there are 70 million of shark killed every year. this number is from a fact in the early 90s. The recent number in 2009 is 600,000 world wide. The number they present is untrue and misunderstanding to public!

Other facts I find the government has done to creating this injustice decision:

• Municipal has no legal right to pass law according to the office, it should be a federal matter
• The Federal government has a law regarding Sea Lion hunting and the practice is still permitted in a regulated basis. Can shark fin trading also be regulated like any other trade?

My own humble opinion:

• A added tax can lower the consuming number as prices are higher and less people will have incentive to consume shark fins, additional tax can even bring in income for the government

Overall. I do not see banning of shark fin is the effective way to save the sharks. The way to save them while benefiting the community and government is regulate it as a renewable resource.

I oppose to shark fin ban because of the misrepresentation of the information and the lack of inquiry section for the public to gain enough knowledge to understand the motive of this law. It's not about me supporting the culture or a cuisine, it's the need to have enough time to think clear on what exactly is helping instead of rushing through a ban that is may not be necessary.

Thanks for taking the time to read. I really appreciate your dedication to make Toronto a bettet place than ever.

Sincerely,

Angela

Post #222

Numbers associate with me today.

1 mama snails, 10 baby snails

about 36 shrimps

1 tank with water

1 tank without water

3 issues of journal

CS 5.5

Sims Social lvl 27

Restaurant City lvl 90

2 person called me

1 machine called me

meeting 2 people tonight

buying 4 bras 7 panties for 67.06 in total

slept for 8 hours

hair length about 16 inch
just ate 2 biscoff biscuits

biscuits were left from 2 way plane rides on Delta Airline

Today is October 21, 2011. Sixth day of the week (Friday)

time right now is 17:31.

This is the 222nd post for this 1 blog.

So School is not so screwed

I find that if I actually spend alot more time on the school works, things seem to turn out fine. And I often am not doing as bad as a job I think I did.

I think life is like that too. We often think that the worse thing is happening and that the situation is actually not bad at all.

Thesis is going no where as of now.. so sad... last year I dropped thesis cos I was just so stuck and depressed about it. This time. I am not going to allow the same thing happened...

I did so much reading, but it's still not sure how to 'get somewhere' with all the infos I gather. I need a statement. darn it... :(

Instincts or Reply?

Instincts, might have helped me to do this (did a good assignment), this (get through a group project), this (go to class), this (ended up having to borrow this ipod for two weeks) and this (finding my key just now -- in the garbage).

Reply to a prayer, might have helped me to do this (motivate me to work on assignment), this (stay calm and cool when work with others), this, (the good job of my professor being very encouraging), this (have my friend to push me to class), and this (give me the idea of thinking my key is in the garbage bin).

It's hard to tell.. whether it is from my own power, or any other godly power from the universe...

Can I believe that it is cause I made some little prayers to both myself and also God and the universe?

Snow, Ice, Water, Rocks, Trees, Rain, Sun

Camping.

This year, I had leveled up on my camping XP! :D

Winter camping in Feb was a blast... I had not vision myself would be camping at winter, and that was pretty cool as a experience (literally it was cool).. The key to winter camping is probably warm gloves, warm socks, a hat/hood, a warm sleeping bed, good sleeping mat, large tarp, and winter tent. The serenity of the winter outdoor is just great, it's so quiet and so calming. The moment when we gather around the campfire to keep ourselves warm, the silent look and smile we exchanged to each other speaks the thousand words.. We were all cold, but we are a group of happy campers. :)

The past weekend... was camping and portaging... I didn't know anything about portaging a canoe before this trip. For years, I had been having question about how people go camping with a canoe tho.. Now I know.. For distance that is land access, you have to carry your canoe with the rest of the backpack and hike to another water access point!

"omg. really?" I asked when I found out this is how they do it..

I didn't end up carrying canoe but only heavy backpack, seeing my love and others did it was rather exciting/worrying.. the love of the canoe comes with some pain (on their shoulders)

Canoeing for hours was never been done for me. I had only did like maybe 4 hours of canoeing in my entire lifetime. I got bit scared for a few moments, one of them was a great danger of me flipping the canoe cos I slipped and felt from my seat, it was too closed (phew). Besides those moments and many more arm/shoulders/back tiring paddling, the rest of it was very enjoyable and it felt so much of a wilderness adventure for the whole time. It's so nice to get so close to the nature. We were smelling the lake, trees and rocks, seeing how the water flow below us was a treat to me, it just makes me wonder how small we human are compare to this patch of water.

The fact that we get to stay in a different isolated campsite for each day with only ourselves is another great feeling. All three sites are unique and all the paddling we took everyday adds to the adventure so much. It feels like a real adventure.

The wood and water gathering makes it feels like we are really there to survive using our own hands. no hunting or fishing involve, I can imagine how much skills and time it needs to be able to gather enough food for everyone (salute to the ancestors who had to do this)

We enjoyed some sun time with getting sun tan on the rocks, canoeing the second day and also swim in water on the last day when there were sun. The rest were scattered rain and major rainstorm on the last day when we have to paddle and portage all the way back to the start point. Drenched in rain, shoes and feet were mudded, once we get to the dock we got changed into our dry clothes and go back to the civilization we were born in. Thank God the rain stopped for a moment when we changed and went back into pouring when we were in the car.

I will miss this amazing, spectacular trip that packed in every single nature elements within the short three nights three days. It has been a camping trip of my life.

Fourteen weeks and four days

So it's been that long since I blog here. And within these many weeks, lots have happened.

I have (re)found my new hobby. I am pretty in love with photo taking still.. especially when just the past weekend taking some amazing lightening and effect photos at the camping... I think I still love it so much that I wanted to explore more...! Can't wait for upcoming trip to Israel to take some amazing photo.. with a upgraded body too! v^0^v

I have found some new friends of my boyfriend's. They are extremely warm hearted people. Each of them have such distinct personality but when all of them group together, it's such a dynamic group that shines! Thanks for including me and I love being with them.

Oh, I had just slipped my mouth and yea.. I have found new love. I literally got moved by him four days after valentine's day. Is this a valentine's day fever? If so, then this must be a very long fever, we are still going strong.. nothing much has differ our relationship yet. Let's see how it gets when 6 months hit eh? I love him very much tho, he is the most retard(ly funny, kind, lighthearted, easy-going, smart, cute) human being who has yet being in my love life.

Unfortunately I have still not yet found a way to be with my family better, these days have been a stress, I still have been silently having power struggle between me and grams. I don't know what to do with seniors. Maybe I need to be home more but what is there to do?

Anyhow. Summer is almost here. I can't believe :D Happy June!

Give this some Love

Yes.
I didn't blog since December 10th of 2010.
OMG,

Sorry blog, I will give you some love now, please don't die on me :(

So I had been busy finding love, what's this mean exactly?
This means I had spent time searching for my new love of life.

This can be a relationship, a new friendship, a new hobby and a new way to treat my family and friends.
Am I successful so far?

Let's see..
I have yet to pick up a new hobby (my jewellery making hobby is down the drain, my korean learning is still pausing, my room renovation project is pending, and my photography portfolio building might be on it's way..) So yea, I think I have short attention span, and alot of the things I like to do I can put it down so long and go back to it after months (ie. this blog, or my manga reading, or my craft or art projects)

I have yet to find new friends, I actually did found a few new friends, but so far, I don't see strong bonds happening. I will keep going out and meet people! (I should really join the Korean language exchange now :)

I have yet to find my new relationship. I am so scare, I think I can do all things related to hanging out, go on a dates, have fun, flirts, wink at people.. haha.. but can I really pull off a commitment if I am to offer one? This is another level of skills I need. Do I have it in me? I think I can say I'm 50/50 right now, maybe.. but I need time to think this over.

I have yet to find a better way to deal with family and friends, I think I am so much better than treating my friends than family, but still, I hope I do a better job being a friend and daughter/grand daughter.. still learning. I need to be more self-less (How to be a more caring person? or do I just don't care much about others anyway..)



Alright, I hope this is enough love to keep this blog going. (hopefully I will be back in a few days) Oh, BTW, Happy Valentine's Day.