Re: New. Conflict. Love

So I overhaul a big part of my schedule!

My councellor said I have to pick courses related to graphic design in order for her to approve it. (so that it can count towards my graduation requirement) So.. I did so much changes, for the courses I dropped, in exchange, I got even more amazing courses tho!

OMG, you won't believe me grabbing THE very last spot of this HOT letterpress class from the printmaking stream. There's only one class one section for the entire year, only 25 allow in there and here I got it in in the very last minute grabbing someone's drop out! (and gosh, God knows how hot this course is as the best kept secret to graphic design student!) God must love me so much that He knows I really really want to do letterpress since two years ago and while I thought to myself where I can take course or workshop on letterpress and how come there's no class like that in OCAD, He let me bump into this adventure of looking through every single courses offering in the school. He let me found it!

AND, He let me take this class after all these dropping courses and adding courses, thanks to Him planning me to go to my councellor and thanks to Him for having my councellor to burp out this: "look up printmaking any of their second year courses are good and I will approve".

So I'm so proud of my schedule now that I got to take three courses outside of the official graphic design program guide. I'm taking this amazing letterpress class, jewellery making class, a research library/internship course...

(OCAD's graphic design in my opinion is sooo linear! - I have learn enough editorial design, not enough interest in packaging, and not enough knowledge for interface design or computer programming...) so yea...

Here comes my non-linear year! I'm going to branch out baby :)

Religion brings love to the world

Just ten minutes ago, there were a knock on our door, we missed the door! and then there's this giftbox and a letter left in our mailbox.

My grampa brought it to me and ask me to see what it is. He was like - it looks suspicious, watch out, be careful when you open.. would it blow, or is it poison...?

I was like.. in my head: really? are we so famous that people would poison us?... well.. actually now that I think of it, maybe.. and who knows if the famous anflex is still around?


Anyway, upon careful inspection and carefully open it, we found a one page letter and a box of small portion of snacks (one fried samosa looking dumpling, and a few pieces of candy and dessert).

The letter was basically saying a greeting explaining how they Muslims had a month long fasting and it ended with a holiday where they celebrate. I am aware that since August Muslims have been fasting everyday for a month from sun up till sun down. I admire their religiousness and how nice this neighbor is to put together packages in pretty giftbox and attach print out letter showing greetings to their neighbor.

Thank you my neighbor, you scared my grams, but I really like what you have done. This certainly brighten my night. (even tho technically night doesn't brighten.. it wouldn't be darken my night would it? :P)

Thanks, and may you have a great holiday too. (I'm going to find a thank you card to give you right now, in fact, I must have some right under my desk here.. :) Yea, finally get a chance to use a thank you card that rarely get to use..)

New. Conflict. Love

So!

My *final* year at OCAD *University* has started!!!

It's my glorious fifth year, where I have went through it being a college to now being a *college university*, having the new laptop to the out of production laptop, being able to pay my tuition with credit card to *not* being able to pay with credit card (ripping us off!!), being the top student to being a *not so top* student (hahaha..).

anyway. This is another new year. and more conflicts seem to be just popping up already.

Course conflicts never been so bad before. I have issues with some of the courses and also I really don't want to have this prof being my thesis prof...! I'm trying my very best to switch it, hope I success! (deadline is monday to switch classes.. dayyam!)

As for my love life, never been so fresh that I *reflame* my *love* in my classes. I totally can't wait to go to these classes of mine..! I feel like a first year student when I'm trying out for the first time the expansion courses that allow me to get out of just graphic design... Jewellery class, Prototype class, and possibly a printmaking class!!! I CANNOT wait to make something. (afterall, I'm a *handy* woman, I guess!! Will I become a graphic designer in the future? Some people and also my councilor asked. I really don't know but I love all things pretty and well designed is all I know!)

I really looking forward to this *fully loaded* school year... (literally at my maximum course allowance..) Got to find some cash job so I can cover my materials and tools tho! (Oh! I'm planning to work at campus, I will do *whatever* there is, I might as well go all out while being a full time student *the last time* in my life!)

Date or Friends?

I need a date.

You know why??

I feel like to have someone who can go to this OKgo concert with me.
Before this, I have this feeling sometime too. Like for example, someone who can go buy grocery with me, someone who can clean my room together (a maid?? :P), someone who can just walk with me in the park... etc etc.

I am lonely~!

Well anyway, so tonight, I thought I needed a date cos I have this awesome concert I really really really want to go...! hahaha. such a lame excuse. Maybe all I really need are more friends!!!

Or simply.. I need more love~

Stress

I feel stress!!!

1 week!!! 1 week and I'm done work but I have sooo much to finish.... >_<~

God, I pray that you give me the strength to finish all the work...

and please *unstuck* me from my crashing video program... sigh...

tomorrow - BATTLE time!!!!! HIYAAaaa!!!

Crash...

Crash... NOOOOOOoooooooooooo!

This program keeps crashing on me..... Will I ever get to render this ~>_<~~~

Sigh...

Sweetest things in the summer of 2010

It's been a loooong while since I ever blog.

You might have thought I'm either dead or just gave up..

I don't plan to give up on blogging, but for sure this personal recording task is quite slow in the summer because things are packed!!!



Summer is the sweetest season for some people.. tho for me it's just any other season - I love all season! (Yes I'm a greedy girl!)

But what makes summer sweet must be the atmosphere and liveliness! If I have to look back to this summer in the years to come, I think I have a few pretty sweet things to smile about:


- Was at Centre Island with friends, and we hoard the swing for a good 30 mins at the beach and take turns to swing on it... Just when I had finish doing my Cirque du Soleil stand up swinging (MY specialty learned back in when I was... 4!). There's this dad and daughter who has been *eying* us. In fact, the little daughter has been wandering around our swing for quite sometime and had been copying our *moves* haha..

anyway. the cutest line I had heard comes not from the daughter but from the dad: "Can I sit on it?" After looking at us for quite sometime (probably thinking *aw.. these people are having so much fun). He asked if he can take a turn. That's so cute, and it wasn't for his daughter, it was him that wanted to go on the swing. (hahahha..) I took a photo of him after asking him and he said, "sure"...

now that's a sweet dad with a kid in his heart (but maybe not the perfect dad cos he took the swing for himself not for his daughter!!! :P)



- At African Lion Safari. sitting on the tour bus there's this cute fellow who sat in the row in front of us. He has been turning around alot and looking at me. (I have no idea what he's looking at, maybe it was just my nice purple top or my big @ss camera...!)

I wave at him and he looks at me smiling.

Anyway. his look was the cutest and sweetest.. he reminds me of this kid at my work who likes to look at people and smile and wave.

So I guess animals and kids/babies are always the cutest and sweetest things on earth...



- At work, this bright 4 year old special needs kid who is extremely talented despite his minor disability. I'm sure he will becomes a great engineer comes in for class. I have no idea where did this come from, but this afternoon he was telling the teachers he will be a pilot when he grows up.

The sweetest thing comes when he said: "I will fly the plane and fly everyone to Pakistan."... teachers asked, "everyone?" he said "Yes, everyone" teachers asked again "Can Angela come?" he said "Yes, anyone can come!"

I answered "Thank you, I will make sure I come along!"

What a sweet kid!! and so generous and creative at such an age. He has been the "professor" type of kid who knows alot but being very humble and helpful to other kids.

Even tho he is a special needs kid, he is so talented! I guess life is always fair. I would rather have a kid like him than to have a spoiled brat...