I went to the zoo today with Ba and Karen. I had a lot of fun! Tigers are so pretty. We took tonnes of pictures but ALAS! I forgot to bring the Lumix camera! Stupid! Stupid! And I brought the wrong set of batteries so when we ran out juice. We ran out. But that's ok. We were pretty much done walking around anyways. But one thing we missed was the peacock! He spread his tail and was right in front of us for so long but we didn't have any more battery left! ;3;

We were so lucky because when we went on the bus that took us to the wolf and bear habitat, it wasn't their feeding time so they didn't come out. But then the fence got stuck! And the wolves thought it was feeding time so they ran out! I took some pictures but I was inside the bus so it wasn't really good and I was running out of batteries also.

The hippo and the cheetah wasn't there though! Karen went last year and they told her that they'll be finished with rebuilding the hippo habitat this year but they haven't even started! >:( Next year they'd better be finished!

I think this time of year is the best to go because there were a lot of baby animals! Baby lemurs, bison (born just yesterday), wallabee, birds. They are all so cute!!! I wish I'd gotten better pictures of the lemurs! But I had to use the digital zoom so the quality is so poor. Oh well next time.

Some pictures were taken with the Kodak and some with the Nikon. Can you tell which is which?

Karen and I went kayaking at Deer Lake with a group of my friends and her friends. She's been planning this for a month now BUT it turned out to be a rainy day. Crazy as we all are, we went anyways. It was fun albeit cold and wet. I doubled with Annie. She needs to build some upper body muscle. I paddled most of the time. Heehee. I'd be like

- "What's that?!"
- "Nothing it's just a log" -Annie
- "Let's go investigate it!"
- "Noooo, it's a snake!"
- "Really?! Let's go see it!"
- "NOOOOOO"

Heheh. I'm always wanting to go near the edges of the lake and investigate things but Annie prefers to stay in the middle I think. LOL.

We'll go again when it's sunny next time.

After Karen and I went to see Deep Sea 3D. It was pretty good. There was this little shrimp/lobster thing that looks so cute! I liked its colours too. But I forgot what it is called.

Johnny Depp's voice is smexy.

Days like this I will treasure forever. Today I brought my grandpa to the Bloedel Conservatory at QE Park. He has never been there before. Spending time with my Grandpa makes me so happy. Seeing him smile makes me happier.

After dinner, we celebrated my birthday with a mango cake. Even Sunny had some. LOL.

Um I have such weird dreams lately. What's going on inside my head?

The night before:

There was some sort of Mad Hatter (Martin Short of all people) and I was with him in this wierd building that I don't remember about. But we had a map and if we say "Find Wonka" it would show the path through the building to where Willy Wonka was. So we followed it and Wonka (Johnny Depp of course) was in a stairwell. And we talked a bit. And the next day Wonka and I were together and waiting for the Hatter but he was late and Wonka suggested we leave without him. LOL. Weird. I think there were more parts to it but I forget everything when I wake up.

Last night:

I dreamt of large floating fetuses. XD

There was this rich old guy that owned a company that did some kind of cloning/bioengineering stuff. And they made this "clone" and it was a floating embryo. And it grew into a floating fetus. And it was big like a normal person size. They were doing experiments on it. And I think I was with some kind of opposition group. They said that the fetus had not was not "alive" like not like us. No cognitive thought or something. But we discovered it did. And we were pulling it along the air, running from the security, and I was hiding with it when the fetus grew into a person. It was a girl (young adult). And my teammate took her out of the building while I stalled the security personnel. But they KNEW my name! And they said they knew I skipped school and stuff and some other bizarre stuff. And suddenly I'm outside on the beach outside the building we were in. The girl apparently grew wings and was flying about. And the old man was just outside the entrance and she flew to him and called him "father" but the she'd shirk back when he tried to touch her (because of the experiments they did on her as a fetus I guess) and then I think the opposition took her away. And I woke up.

I'm messed up.

Yep I'm 21 today! And I feel so old. My eyesight is going, my joints are aching (my index finger is swollen for no apparent reason), and I'm losing my mind. And I haven't accomplished anything in these 21 years either. Twenty-one and still without a job. That is just sad.

I don't know if I can be able to do co-op. I might have too many credits already. I have to go see the advisor to plan my courses accordingly.

Anyways! Enough with the boo-hoo. *Feathers-of-Love drew me the most beautifullest picture one could ever receive on one's birthday. Go see it! [link] ^____^

Winnie invited me to go see a premier of Mission Impossible 3 with her. It was pretty good, I guess. Some lines were corny though. And the girl? Katie Holmes, that's all you need to know.

Yay! I'm off school! I finished my last exam yesterday and I have about two weeks before I start summer school.

And in that time I have to build a website for GK, draw pictures for Isopets and learn PHP. LOL.

Arrr. George got out again. Karen and I spent the last 30 minutes trying to catch her. We used sunflower seeds and oats as bait. She took it but everytime we'd make a move toward her she'd bolt under the couch. We finally managed to catch her when went under the table behind some books. Karen was on one side and I was on the other. No where to run except through our hands. She chose my side. And I GRABBED her! HAHAHAH!

Yeah.

At least for me.

The Canucks may not have got into the playoffs but they did end on a high note and won their last game in overtime. And the trio all scored in this game too! I hope everyone comes back next year. I'd sure hate to see some of the players be traded off. Well one can hope. Til next year Canucks.

Oh no! Canucks lost! ;_; Sharks won 5-3. Sob. Sob. They have one more game but they won't make the playoffs this year! Darn it. Well, who am I going to cheer for now?

Phew! I've just finished 3 finals in the last 3 days. I'm so tired of studying. And I probably didn't do too well either. Well, at least I can finally rest a bit. My next final is on the 21st. Matrix algebra then computer science on the 24th. Then I'm finally free!!!

Have I said how much I hate lab reports?! Well I do. A lot. Thank goodness it's the last one for the year. But I'll have to finish it first...if I ever do. I'll have to since it's due Friday. AEIAACH! I have THIS due and the cpsc lab assignment due AND 3 back to back finals to study for! EEEEE! Multivariable Calculus, Microbi lab techniques and biochemistry! How am I going to manage??? The 11th is mightly close. I've gotta cram like I've never cramed before.

In other news, I've been selected to be the Golden Key webmaster for 2006/07! Yay! Winnie and Vicki helped me with my interview. (THANK YOU!) I was the only candidate though. Hahah. It would have been sad if I didn't get it. I have so many plans to vamp up and completely redo their site. It's hideous right now. --->http://www.ubcgoldenkey.org/ You'd think you'd expect better for university as prestigous as UBC. I wonder who designed it?

I'll take a before-and-after screenshot after I finish the new site design. ^__^ I hope I live up to their expectations. I kind of gave them the impression that I am the best web designer in the world.... But I'm not... -_-; I've only made ONE crappy site about cats in highschool that's not uploaded on the web and an unfinished personal/art site that floating around on geocities since I don't like the design anymore.

Well it's very late right now. And I've got to finish my assignments tomorrow. See ya.

My feet hurt, my shoes are leaky and I have a bunch of homework to be done. But that doesn't stop me from skating!

It was the last day of skating at Thunderbird. They are going to demolish it soon to make the new centre for the 2010 Olympic games. It's sad since I've only started stating there like 3 weeks ago. I went with Winnie today. We were singing songs and admiring the people who could do jumps and turns. Then after we wrote on the wall where some other people wrote goodbye messages. Making their mark before the building is torn down I guess. Heehee a little boy thought we were vandalizing the wall. Little does he know that it doesn't matter anymore. Bauer Rink will be gone soon.

Now where will I go now? Hmm maybe I should start swimming.

After I wanted to go to Petcetera. Just to browse around, I guess. I wasn't planning to buy anything. I cohersed Winnie to come along with me. Heehee. I checked out the fish I wanted. But the Rupert Petcetera didn't have any plants for sale. Well, a few but those were like the left overs!

They had a tank of mice though! Aww! They were so cute! Such small little darlings with big ears. I wanted a brown and white one. Ah but I have George and Lenny already. And Ma forbids I bring any more home.

I'll stick with fish. At least she can't complain about invisible non-existant fleas. ;P

OMG Angels and Demons (by Dan Brown) is SOOO GOOD. It's even better than Da Vinci Code! They should me a movie of that this instead! I guess if they did it WOULD be an R-rated movie. I don't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't read it. But omg Dan Brown really knows how to write! I never saw it coming! Talk about plot twists! I thought I had it all figured out! And I said "It's the always the person you least suspect". I didn't even know. I wasn't even close! OMG. READ IT.

I went skating on Monday at Thunderbird. I never realized the centre is so big! So many hockey rinks. That's where the hockey stuff is going to be played during the Olympics in 2010 I think. But yeah! It's very big! Not a lot of people were there skating either so it was very nice. A lot of leg room. There were I think 2 figure skating capable people there too! They were doing all sorts of pretty spins. So cool. Karen's friend said that there is a guy that comes in some of the time who does jumps!

I got my math 221 midterm back today and I got such a low mark! I didn't fail that's good news and I did better than on the first midterm but argh! I studied so hard for it and all I have to show for it is this low low mark. >:(

I'm so sleepy and hungry right now.

Ooo it's so cold! It's been raining and snowing all day. My socks and shoes got all wet. I really need new shoes. They are leaky.

I was giving out movie tickets to a premier tonight and I managed to give one to a friend and the other to a guy that sat next to me on the bus. He was very happy. Said it couldn't have come at a better time since he has nothing to do tonight and he owes someone a movie but he's short on cash. :)

I feel really good. I made someone's day happier and that makes me feel very good.

He was cute btw. ;D

OMGosh I love Lady and the Tramp! I got the DVD today and watched it too. Lady is so sweet! The last time I watched it was so long ago and now I actually understand what they are saying! :D

I spent the day playing the Sims2 that I borrowed from the library when I should have been doing my lab report. It's pretty fun but my people grow old too fast! And they confiscated my babies! :(

Soon soon. Woohoo. XDDD

So I'm back from the DevelopMental Tour. It was pretty interesting. But they didn't have time to get into depth about anything. BUT they gave us a free textbook! But it's all a scheme to get us to program stuff for Windows so more people will use it. Microsoft is so ingeniuously sneaky. LOL

Oh well back to programming.

AH the Isopets website is not working! NOOO I need my regular dose of Isopets!...even though the site's not up yet. ;_; I want to talk to people!

Haven't been drawing much. I've been so busy. I managed to finish my math homework ahead of time though. So proud of myself. Heheh.

Tomorrow I'm going to some Microsoft Develop Mental workshop or something like that. I'm pretty psyched about it.

I should update more often.

I went skating on Friday with Karen and Winnie and them. It was time to test out my new skates! I considered not going and I probably shouldn't have given that I probably did pooring on my biochem midterm today. But it was fun and I would have proably regretted not going.

When I first stepped on the ice it was so slippery! I didn't remember it being so slippery. I had to use some cones and move along the sideboards. But that gave me a chance to relearn how to stop. XDDD It was ok after when the ice was more "used" more friction I guess. Hahah I tried to do some spins but I'd always fall or lose my balance. I bruised my knee but that's ok. I like bruises.

Heehee it was funny because I ended up marrying Michelle (she proposed) and then divorcing her and then running off with the lawyer (Vicki). I wanted Michelle's mittens when she wouldn't give them to me I declared I was pregnant and turns out she's a GIRL! Oh the scandal! Hehehe it was just like a soap opera. And it probably has been done before. Ah but I wouldn't know. I don't watch soaps.

Oh I feel so blah today for some reason. Maybe it's the impending doom of going back to school tomorrow. Sigh. I won't be able to sleep in any more. My beauty sleep! I need it! ;-;

Sigh. I have a math midterm on wed and biochem on next monday but I'm so not ready for either. Then the second round of midterms is about to begin. When will it all end?!

And the microbi lab I have to read is so long.

I want to get some guppies that's what I want. Lots and lots of guppies.

I really like this photo of George. She's so photogenic! 

 

Yaay! Jeff Buttle won bronze! WOOO! And of course Plushenko won Gold. I love them both. XDD

Go here it is the most catchy tune ever and the animation is pretty cool too.
http://www.deviantart.com/view/29099539/

My dad's crazy. He planted a tree in front of our house. Right in the middle of nowhere. And it's a very tall stick thin tree too. Sort of like a lightning pole. It's so ugly and embarrassing! >:(

Anyhoo. I wasted another day today. I went to the aquarium in the morning with Karen. They are nothing there now! The lionfish are gone and the frogs are blocked off because of the renovations. But I took some pics while I was there. With the Flower of Delirium! It is another project I'm starting something like Monkey Monkey I guess. People think we're crazy now. Taking pictures with a flower.

We also went to the post office and we bought a lot of day of issue envelopes. They are so pretty but so expensive! Haha but Karen said consider it an investment.

Later on we ate lunch at the Cactus Club. I had some pasta and Karen had a Teriyaki chicken rice bowl. I'm so full. It was a 3:00 lunch! Oy. And we had Calamari too. Mmm it was so good.

Yay! We bought "free" ice skates from Canadian Tire today! I finally have my own skates again. I can't to try them out. Apparently mine are Piruoette! I didn't know. Now I'll have to learn how to do some turns on my toes. XDDD

Ok here's a better pic of Sibylla. I drew it on the bus. I seem to draw a lot of things on the bus.










I did a Valintine picture of salukis too. On the bus. Coloured it yesterday. I'm thinking to entering it into a contest at DA.

Eee so it's reading break! An entire week off...to study. Yep I've got so much to do. Math and biochemistry to study for. I've failed both compsci and matrix algebra midterms so I must do waaay better on the next ones. Bleh I hate math.

Sibylla is a pretty name. Pink why pink? Dunno.

I was being dramatic. I'm better now. XD

Ma gave me the "doctor" talk again. She wants me to be a doctor so badly. She always insists that she believes that I can do it. But I KNOW I won't make it. I barely got over the whole micb co-op thing. If I can't get into that I won't be able to get into med. I would be just setting myself up for a big let down.

My grades aren't high enough anymore either. I've sort of lost all motivation for school. It isn't just a sudden thing. I've noticed this since high school. I'd slack off but I still did moderately well so I let myself slide some more.

Maybe it's because I don't have any optimistic views of the future. I just want a job where I'm told what to do. I don't care if it's monotonous. I just don't care. Why am I taking microbiology? I can't see myself ever working in a lab. Especially not as a career. How about computer science? I'm kidding myself. Sure I like it. But I'm not good at math. And I'm definately not a very good programmer. Still I plunge forward. Dragging more likely and I'm digging my heels in too.

See this type of attitude is not what a real doctor should be. There are more deserving people than me and the interviewers would know it. I can't even communicate very effectively. I stutter when asked a question. I take forever to think of a decent answer to simple questions about MY OWN experience. My mind is all muddled and I don't know what to do about it.

I know I'm letting my mom and my grandpa down. It tears me up inside. Days like these I want to just lay down, rest and never get up again.

Ha I've been drawing like crazy for Isopets these past few days. Don't know why. Maybe they are close to opening?! I am so excited to see how the site is. There are such talented artists working for it and I'm happy to be a part of that! My items are crap though. I like doing shopkeepers, at least I can do them semi well.

Well I should start studying for the MICB323 midterm. At least read over the labs. After this midterm I won't have any more until after the reading break. Hopefully I will be able to contribute a lot more to Iso.

Woo! I hope they open soon!

OMGosh I failed my midterms AGAIN! Sob sob. Must study harder.

Anyhoo. Canucks won! In your face Calgary! Woo! I don't know why but I always love watching the Canucks beat the Flames. Moreso than other teams. Heheh.

I want it. Creative Zen Vision:M! Must have it...
The first real iPod killer?

Well, I don't want to study. But what's new?

Started playing GoPets again for some reason. Here's my little blue beagle-type pup, Calston :)

I just finished another lab today. I think I may have put too much stuff in one of the tubes. Ah well.

I cleaned G/L's tank finally. Heehee they were living in garbage. Literally. I dumped my starbucks frap cup in so they'd eat the whip cream and Karen dumped her pocky boxes in, which they chewed up.


I've been wasting too much time again. I've been playing a trial version of Fish Tycoon and it's so addicting! Now Karen's playing it too! And my trial version's over :(

The pic is a concept sketch of how Chasm and Aurora would look older. I wanted them to look a little bit deer-like than normal sheep.

Started drawing salukis again for some reason. They are such beautiful dogs. I think of them as furrier versions of greyhounds.

Sigh. I sketch a lot these days. I have a ton of pictures to start and finish but I never want to work on the computer. Bleh. Phooey.

I like salukis.

I'm so sad! I just failed my first two quizzes of the term! Not a very good start ;_;

 

You're right Winnie, I should post more...since a TONNE of things has happened and I didn't document them! Let's see, where to start?

Last Thursday...
My parents went to Hong Kong! It's party time! Well, not really because they are back today. It's confusing since I'm writing this way overdue. The days before last Thursday we were all scrambling to make a personal music CD for my great-aunt. It was her birthday on Monday that's why my parents were going to HK. I spent too long colourizing a black-and-white photo of her and making the cd cover. So then I drove my parents to the airport!

The day after I went to Superstore to buy a LOT of junk food. Ho ho ho! It's still not finished. Eh. It's supposed to be study food anyways so I can always use it.

Lots of days just eating tomato soup. Heheh. I don't mind. But everyday we had leftovers for dinner. That wasn't really fun. Ma cooks to much stuff! So we have to finish them before we cook anymore. The only thing we actually cooked was broccoli. And we had that everyday too. Bleh. Sick of it. We went out to eat one day and so we had other leftovers to eat after that. Le sigh. I wanted to some fish. I was going to buy one yesterday but I felt queasy and didn't want to drive.

Karen was complaining we lived in a pig sty. Haahaha! The roles are reversed this time! I left a lot of dishes lying around then she got out a wooden spoon and pretended to hit me with it. But she accidentally hit my knuckle and it bloody hurt! After that I had a big bruise on it and it felt so good...I joked that she should hit the rest of my knuckles and she said then my whole hand would be swollen and I wouldn't be able to move it. Hahahah.

Yeah so Ma and Ba came back today. I had to pick them up at the airport but I had to wait SO LONG. I circled many times and finally just parked at a gas station just outside the airport. I probably waited for and hour and a half for them!

But worth the wait because they bought home lot of FOOD! HAHAHAH! My dad also bought me a semi-professional digital camera! EEEE! It's a Panasonic Lumix FZ30! I'm so excited!

Oo oo oo! School starts again tomorrow! Why?! My holiday was JUST started!

I cleaned my room today. Took the whoooole day because it was sooo messy! I had to dump a lot of things. Mostly for recycle. Now my room is so empty! Hurray!

Oh.

4. Be less messy

Oh for the love of peas. I come back and I get sick. Probably because all my cilia are dead from inhalation of all that cigarette smoke in Vegas. I had splitting headaches the last few days, runny nose and cough. But I think I'm getting better now. I slept a lot so I missed all the shopping not that I had any moola to spend anyways.

So it's new year's eve. I'd better come up with some resolutions.

1. Study first, play later.
Very good resolution to follow since if I don't get my act together and obtain a 75% average, I'll get kicked out of my programs!

2. Eat healthier.
Always good.

3. Exercise more.
Or begin exercising rather.

4. ...

Oh boy. I can't seem to think of any more. Well those are the most important ones anyways I think.

Ah so I'm back from my trip to Las Vegas! And after a day of rest yesterday, I'm finally ready to document my trip.

Dec 22
We left the house on the 22nd at 11am to pick up Ma downtown. We had a 2:00 flight on Philappine Airlines. When we got to the airport we waited SO LONG for Auntie Maria to come. It was like after 1 before she came. We were probably the LAST ones to check in. So we got separate seats. But thankfully I got a window seat. ;P

We took off at 2:35. I find it amusing that the planes line up to take off. Goodness! There were so many babies crying on the flight! One cries and the other cries louder! It's like they are in competition or something.

Well during the flight I ate a ham and cheese sandwich. They gave us a fruit cup too. Mmmm. I love plane food.

At 4:51 we landed at Vegas National Airport.

We apparently rented a car so we went to Budget to pick it up. Those bastards tricked us! The bill ended up $500 when it was supposed to be $300 or so. Apparently there was some 30% additional tax on it or something. Aunt Maria was very pissed. But anyways it was a Dodge Caravan. A crappy one at that. There are no lights in the back and we couldn't open any back windows and it smelled like smoke. Bah!

After that we just drove up and down the Strip. Sightseeing mostly. Lots of Ooos and Ahhs. Then we headed to our hotel. We were to stay at the Paris! It's a hotel with a mini Eiffel tower and it's 5 stars! So extravagant! I should have took a picture of our room but unfortunately I didn't. Two beds, desk, TV, mini-fridge, HUGE bathroom and paperthin walls. And they call it a 5 star hotel, I don't really see the difference. I guess the bathroom was bigger. There was a walk-in shower and a tub. Hehehe shower was a glass box. LOL.

We had dinner sort of across the street at the Victorian room somewhere. I don't exactly know where. I shared steamed vegatables and the Captain's platter with Karen. I didn't know it was all fried! Alas my pimples!

After dinner we went to the Bellagio. I like that hotel name. Bellagio. It just rolls off your tongue. When we walked through the casino, Ma played some 25 cent slots and won $1.25! Heheheh. Aunt Maria bet $15 on Blackjack and LOST. She thought she'd win some fast. It backfired on her. XD

We walked around the hotel and saw displays of bears made completely of flowers (white carnations), pinguins, ice crystals, beautifully decorated Christmas trees. After that we watched the Fountains of Bellagio. The water sprays up so high, like as high as the hotel! The water "dances" to the music of "Hallelujah". I love that song you know. It was all very beautiful. I wish we had another chance to watch it again. Next time.

Then we just walked around the stores in the Aladdin hotel. We bought a lot of water. For the entire trip the most items we bought was bottled water. We were always thirsty for some reason. There was a Las Vegas t-shirt I wanted to buy but I didn't! I thought "oh I'll come back" but I never did. :(

So that's it for the first day. Ended up sleeping at 1am. But tossed and turned in the bed. It seems I tend to migrate across to Karen's side of the bed and she couldn't sleep so she'd push me and I'd wake up and return to the other side. Rinse and repeat.

Dec 23

We woke up late the next day. We slept til 11 or so and didn't leave the hotel until close to 12. We went to the Wynn hotel for brunch. It's a relatively new hotel so it was very nice. We waited in line for little less than an hour for The Buffet. And OMGosh it was worth it. The buffet was SO BIG, selection good and there was a complete ROOM dedicated to DESSERTS. And for $19.95 it was a very good deal. I never had so much cocktail shrimp and lox in my life. Agh. I stuffed myself!

After a VERY filling meal, we went to MGM Grand to look at the lions! They have a glass enclosure where they release some lions for no longer than 6 hours a time. The habitat is very big and so nice. It has a waterfall and everything.

MGM has a whole family of lions; I think about 33 but they live elsewhere though. And they are related to the roaring lion in the movies. They released two female lions, Star and Sky into the habitat. Unfortunately my camera's not very good and I couldn't take nice pictures of them! So sad.

After we took the tram from Excalibur to Mandalay Bay, the last hotel on the Strip, to visit the Shark Reef. It is an aquarium with 15 types of sharks! We had to hurry through it cause our parents waited outside for us. When we came out Aunt Maria was plucking Ma's eyebrows! *rolls eyes* So weird.

After we went through Luxor, Excalibur, New York New York quickly. We wanted to catch the 8:30 show "The Sirens of TI" at Treasure Island hence the rush. But when we got there the show was CLOSED for renovations! And it didn't reopen until the 25th AFTER WE LEFT! ;_; AHH! I was so disappointed! It was one of the things on my list to see! It was supposed to be a very good show too. Sigh. Again, next time.

So we went to the Mirage instead. We watched The Volcano at the Mirage. It was a volcano that erupted every 15 minutes. Very cool show. I wanted to go to the Mirage during the day because Sigfried and Roy's white bengal tigers live there. And I wanted to see their Secret paradise habitat where white lions and dolphins lived. But we didn't go. :(

Our last stop of the day was to the Venetian. A VERY beautiful hotel that had a indoor fake canal with gondolas and everything.

Then we had a late dinner at this Chinese restaurant. Wasn't very good though. They even forgot one of our orders!

Heh we ended up sleeping at 3am.


Dec 24

It was very frustrating to go anywhere with the adults so Karen and I woke up early in the morning and walked to the M&M Store by ourselves. HAHAHA! We even watched a free 3D show "I lost my M in Vegas" there! Four floors of M&M merchandise! It was very all exciting. I bought a t-shirt there. Heehee. Karen's dream was to go to the M&M store and she fulfilled it. Now it was my turn.

The Hilton! Home of the Star Trek Experience! Yep. I made everyone take me there. So we had brunch there. It was a very small buffet though and expensive. BUT. They had mini M&Ms and mini gummy bears! I was going to buy some at the M&M store but I thought I could buy them in Canada. So I was very pleased to see them at the buffet.

Hmm a lot of buffets at the hotels are just called The Buffet. Just an observation.

Yes so of course we pilfered some - er lots - of M&Ms. And crackers. It's so funny because we take a lot of crackers and candy, our parents take lots of fruits and makes US carry them in our backpacks!

Then we split up and Ba, Karen, Meighen and I went to the Star Trek Experience while Ma and Auntie Maria went shopping with Uncle Adrian. Ba didn't actually go in the Experience. He doesn't really like Star Trek so he stayed outside and played some slots.

Heehee we took a picture with some Ferrengi dude. There weren't a lot of pictures cause we weren't allowed to take pictures during the rides, BORG Invasion 4D and Klingon Encounter.

In Borg 4D we were the Doctor's test subjects. Apparently we have a rare DNA sequence that makes us resistant to Borg nanoprobes. I got assimilated and now I have nanoprobes swimming around in my bum. XDDD The queen said to give in I did. I was like "YES Perfection!" Heehee I'm such an easy target. Stupid Doctor told me to resist. Well we survived because Janeway saved us.

Klingon Encounter was very funny. The actors did a very good job! We were pulled into the future to the Enterprise by Klingons and one of us was apparently Picard's ancestor. So they had to send us back and we got on a shuttle and went on a ride. It was very fun. It reminded me of the Star Wars ride at Disneyland. I like this more because we could see out the ceiling of the shuttle too not just the front.

After the rides, we spent some time in the Star Trek store. I bought a cute t-shirt that says "get assimilated" and Karen got a cute vulcan keychain and a postcard of Tom Paris! XDDD She loves Tom. The t-shirt is a bit small though. AND it's a large size! The armholes are very big but the body of it is still small! That's just crazy. Las Vegas girls are crazily thin. Well. At least the show girls. :P

Meanwhile, Ba managed to win 15 nickels from the 5 cent slot! Hahaha!

After that we went to see Rick Thomas at Stardust! MAGIC SHOW with WHITE TIGERS! Yay! Again we weren't allowed to take pictures. It was an AMAZING show! I'd go again and again. Astounding! I wonder how he does his tricks?! I love his bird tricks. He made birds appear out of thin air! Haha! He hates birds though. He only keeps them because his mom wants him to. Isn't he such a good son? He had 3 white tigers (one of them was a baby) and 2 regular tigers. Yeah so if you ever go Las Vegas go to his show! It's cheaper than Cooperfield by A LOT and I guarantee that you'll love his show. It's funny and very entertaining. We got his autograph after the show too.

We then went to Rio for the seafood buffet. O-M-G. We had to wait to GET in the line for 3 freakin hours! Then we had to wait another half hour in the line to get in the restaurant. I was getting asphyxiated by all the smoke in the casino! I felt ill after. My cilia are probably all fried away. >>:(

When we FINALLY got in I had to eat lots of lobsters and king crabs (I don't particularly like them so much) so that it would be worth the $40 for the buffet. Oy. Too much seafood! The dessert was nice. I especially like the fruit cups! SOOO GOOD. We'd pick off the fruits and discard the custard. :P

Oy. We were SO STUFFED (2 buffets in a day is NOT a good idea) so we walked around in Ceasar's Palace. They have a BEAUTIFUL fountain there. Humph. Karen keeps taking overexposed photos of me at fountains. Anyways, there was also an aquarium there. During the day there are supposed to be live shows there of battles and fire and stuff for free. Again, we didn't have time to go.

Dec 25

Again Karen and I woke up early to go to the M&M Store. We had to exchange our t-shirts for larger ones. I took a lot of last minute photos of the hotels too. After we walked to Monte Carlo to take pictures. When we got back at 10:30 the sleeping beauties were just starting to wake up! >:( We could have stayed out a little longer! Pf! I helped us check out by TV!

So after everyone checked out, Aunt Maria wanted to see downtown Vegas. I actually slept most of the way there, I was so tired. We ended up eating lunch at The Buffet at Golden Nugget. It wasn't as extravagant as the buffets on the Strip but I managed to pilfer some cereal. Ha! And the adults took so much Mandarin oranges.

We had planned to go to Circus Circus after but the parking lot was SO FULL we had a hard time just getting out again. So we drove around a bit again to take some last minute photos. The picture of Treasure Island on the left I had to stitch 2 photos together to make it. After we decided to just go to the airport. We were so early that we got the entire row in the plane to ourselves. We had a 6:00 flight. So we had to wait a few hours. The adults made US eat the oranges THEY had pilfered! >>>:(

We took off at 6:35, landed at 8:50. During the flight I had roast beef/egg sandwich and slept most of the way back.

Yep so that's about it! Phew! What a long entry! My longest ever, but then again it did span 4 days.

Goodbye Las Vegas! I'll miss the hot-HOT water in the shower, the shows but good riddance to asphyxiation! That was the most used word during our trip. Asphyxiation. I must have gotten asphyxiated 100 times over! Heheh. Nethertheless, I DO want to go again. I must watch all the shows we missed! Karen and I plan to go alone one day WITHOUT the ADULTS for a week. That should be enough to see the things we want to see!

All in all I had a very good time. I wish we could have stayed longer.

Well for the brave souls who read ALL of this long boring spew of my trip, I commend you!

Hurray! My last exam was yesterday! I had such a hard time though. Not with the exam...well maybe a little. But I had a stomachache and I was seeing stars. I had to go to the washroom and I almost fainted! Of all the days to have intestinal problems...Yeah so I missed 15 minutes of my exam because of it. When I got back I was all woosey and couldn't focus! The TA was nice and supportive though, so was my prof. But I managed to get back on track and finished the exam. Phew!

I'm going to Vegas this morning! I'm sort of excited but part of me wants to stay home and watch TV since I only got off exams yesterday! Sigh. Anyways plan to take lots of pictures (with me in them hopefully - you know what I mean Winnie) and I'm definately going to go to the Star Trek Experience! Hahahah! I don't care that nobody else likes Star Trek. I do! Hahahah! Anyways I won't get back until late Christmas evening. So here's a Christmas pic for you all:
http://www.deviantart.com/view/26707962/

Oh THANK YOU GOD! I didn't fail the MICB322 final. I got 67.97%. It's on the low end but I PASSED! It is such a relief!

I had a dream I played for the Canucks. AND I scored a goal! Hahahaha! Yay my first time playing and I score a goal! Crawford was very happy. Hahaha! Ok I was pretending to be a guy and turns out there was some other girl pretending to be a guy too! She scored a goal too. Hee. After the game I went to the girl's change room (I don't think they have one in real life) because I was afraid that the guys and coach would find out that I was a girl and kick me out of the team. Well the other girl was there too and we found out each other's secret and she said it was a relief since she thought she was the only one. Heehee what a weird dream. But I scored a goal! I think I had an assist by Henrik Sedin but I'm not sure. Heh I don't even know the team we played against. But that doesn't matter I scored! Even if it is only a dream.

I'd like play hockey in real life. Eh? Eh? Eh? Any takers?

Oh sob! I failed yet another exam yesterday. It was so embarassing because my stomach was growling SO LOUDLY. The people sitting around me must have gotten annoyed. Ah but it's over so no use complaining about it. Just hope I passed.

I signed up for GoPets yesterday! Now I have a cute dog running around my desktop! Hehehhe.
Go and sign up! I'll add you as my friend!

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Omgosh I don't know what's wrong with me! Why aren't I studying?! I wasted today doing absolutely nothing. And I only have two days left til the microbial ecology exam! I hate microbial ecology. It's so boring and the prof's boring too. Sigh. I'll really have to study tomorrow.

Ah so we ARE going! To Las Vegas. And we'll get back on the 25th so I WON'T miss my boxing day shopping! YAY! But I feel bad about going since my grandpa can't go! ;_;

Yay the parade of finals are finally slowing down. I have 3 days to study for micb300 and then it's cpsc on the 21st. The last! Woo. Finally a final that I am sort of sure I didn't fail.

Yesterday we went to the Sinclair centre to apply for passports. It's like no we're not going on vacation this year then yes we are then no we're not and then yes we are? maybe. XDDD
Ma woke us up like at 7:45 in the morning. It was too early. I had til 10 to sleep. But according to Ma it was faster to get our passports if we go in person. It ended up being the same amount of time anyways. 10 business days = the 28th of Dec. We're not going to get the new ones in time. But they said we can still use our old passports as long as we have sufficient ID. They don't expire til Feb but apparently there is some new law that requires a passport to be more than 3 months before expire to be valid but the guy said it isn't enforced yet. So we MAY go to Las Vegas with Auntie Maria and family on the 23rd? Nothing's for certain. But one thing's for sure if we go I'm going to miss my Boxing day shopping. ;_;

Look at my cute companions for the petsite I work for:


I'll kill you if you steal. :)

Oh did I mention we set up our Christmas tree?

Oy. I'm so sad. I already failed 2 exams. ;_;

Three more to go. :(

Humph! REALLY has gone too far.

What are fences and gates for? To keep people out! This morning my mom found the neighbour trying to CLIMB over our fence to get into the backyard! WTF! He jumped down when my mom opened the door. Turned out he wanted to borrow the hose or something. And that's not the first time, Karen saw him in our backyard some days ago.

People who climb over fences and "borrow" things without other's permission are called THEIVES! Those neighbours think they can do just anything! The NERVE! This isn't freakin China anymore! This is Canada and we don't tolerate this kind of behaviour. People like those give a bad name to Chinese people. And right now I'm ashamed to be associated with them.

I really want to report them.

My neighbour's gone too far this time! First they move in with their noisy screaming kids, then they steal my mom's prized plant (we don't exactly have any evidence that they did it but they are gardeners, I mean who else would steal a plant?!), then they rent out their house to SO MANY people they had to add a washing machine OUTSIDE and all the soapy water goes into OUR garden. After we confronted them they made it go down the storm drain! Talk about environmentally unfriendly! NOW they are digging up their basement to build another room (which is illegal btw). There is a MOUNTAIN of dirt in their backyard now. They are law breakers and I don't like them. I hope they get caught. >:(

I was on the bus today and it was very crowded and everyone took off their backpacks to make room for other people except this girl! She pretended to act oblivious to what was going on around her. For crying out loud is it so hard to take your pack off when the bus is obviously crowded and there are still people wanting to get on?! Hah but she got what was coming to her. She didn't get a seat. Instant karma, people. Instant karma.

WOOOO! Canucks won against the Red Wings breaking their road winning streak! Wooo! Bertuzzi was on fire tonight! Aww man, I wish I could have been there. It was such a good game!

Hmm making a GUI for a mp3 player is harder than I thought! But I must admit I'm very excited about this assignment.

Remember to wear a poppy on Remembrance day...

My voice is sore. I was volunteering at GM place today. Canucks LOST! *sob* They aren't suppose to lose at home! We actually got seats this time. But they were the worst seats in the house. You can't go any further up! Heheh. But the game was exciting anyways dispite the outcome.

After I went with Winnie and Amy for bubbletea on Victoria. We played card games and talked. Heheh. I had no money so I had to borrow Winnie's but then we didn't have enough to tip the guy! We only gave him less than half the tip! So we ran out of the place hehehe. Yeah I had a lot of fun. I haven't spent time with them for so long.

Another lab done...I hope I finished everything that I needed to do...O_o I should have double checked!

Anyways, I'm so excited about tomorrow! I'm volunteering at GM place selling 50/50 tickets! Yay GO CANUCKS!

I feel so listless today I don't know why. I don't feel like reading my lab manual even though I have the micb lab tomorrow. I hate it. I hate it. I hate life, I hate school, I hate myself. I'm pathetic. And I'm pathetic saying I'm pathetic. Everyday I seem to be just waiting for the weekend and when that is over, it begins again. I'm always looking forward to the next day never enjoying today.

Today I managed to catch up on all my cpsc121 labs. Yay! I should read and prepare before the lab.

Also went to a business communication workshop on impromtu speaking. I thought it was pretty useful but the problem for me is coming up with examples from my life. I seem to have misplaced all my memories... If that group exercise was an interview, I'd would have FAILED them both. Sigh.

Ah! It's so sad we lost the hockey game last night! And Cloutier got bowled over and hurt! >:( Poor Clouts!

I hate group projects so much! >>>>:(

I dreamt that my mom enrolled Karen in Military School. The Marines. She walked up the stairs in her spiffy uniform and I felt so jealeous. I wanted to join too. I wanted an uniform! I asked her why the Marines? If I were her I'd join the Air Force!

Which is true. I always wanted to be a pilot but I have glasses so I don't think they let people with glasses be fighter pilots. Sigh.

There was another dream following that but I forgot what it was! Darn it! It was interesting, too!

I feel like a bumbling buffoon in the lab. And I probably am.