Was a success for the most part. Sure, the day before seemed like a bad start to the weekend, what with mother failing to come through, but once I got there--after the initial annoyance of having to drag the HEAVY table in the cold, while I was running low on sleep-- everything turned out well and busy. Bonus of the day would be having been talked to by " White cutie with a slamming  body",  too bad I'm too awkward to bask in that glory and decided to avert conversation and massed text instead . I  must say though, I have NEVER touched that many sweaty people, neither have I ever been THAT sticky with sweat ever since I left the homeland.Also, I have developed an aversion for hand sanitizer, not that I was a big fan anyway. It sucked that there was no hand washing area and we had to resolve with being content to dousing our hands with sanitizer between each marathon runners. Though I did enjoy it, I really wouldn't mind getting back to the clinic.

Over all a good experience. I will most likely be sore tomorrow, but that's okay since this is as much exercise as I've had and will probably get. Now excuse me while I take a shower.

-Elle Are Emm

It seems like everyone is a night owl. That or life with all its responsibilities takes over so that no one actually has time to relax in the morning. That said, the other night, to celebrate Ate Madz birthday, I was invited for a drive downtown for some gelato at the infamous International House of Ice Cream. We kind of did the backwards thing and had dinner at Stepho's afterward, where, I'm pretty sure, CB's calamari went bad somewhere along the way from the kitchen to the table. Don't ask.

Home at about 2 am, where I found mommy asleep on the couch and the tv tuned in the much anticipated Royal Wedding. I shall get back to this in a bit.

So then yesterday, I just basically spend it between reading, sleeping and Korean drama, as usual. Until I got an invite from Ate LG to watch Fast Five. DO NOT even get me started. I don't understand people's standard sometimes. I'm all for easy watch movies BUT COME ON! I'm not the most cultured person by any means, but I think it would be safe to say that Shakespeare, among with other great play writers of all time, previous to all this technology, are collectively stirring in their respective graves, doing a facepalm and shaking their skeletal heads in disappointment.

Back to the Royal Wedding. Actually, it's not really much about the wedding, but what this whole ordeal represents to me. There has been much, much, much hype about this. As though it is such an honor to having been alive to witness/partake in this event. I admit, I know next to nothing when it comes to the politics of royal affairs, but HOW ON EARTH, pray tell, does this affect anyone but the nuptial and their immediate family? WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL?!

By no means am I bad mouthing this blessed union, because even I was curios and even watched. In reality, my grievance lie on the injustice of it all. Watching the wedding, I can't help but feel bitterness as I ponder what makes these people anymore important than the next struggling family who are barely staying afloat, anymore than the next unfortunate, luckless homeless man you spot on the street, anymore than all those kids caught in war, famine, child trafficking/labour etc. My thoughts are really incoherent and I don't think I can properly articulate this feeling that's weighing down my chest. I just....I can't get over how people are born into situations and this unknown, cosmic force is the one to call the shots.

I need to get some rest before this universal complaint gets me more depress.

-Elle Are Emm

that I willingly got up off my bed at 4:30 AM to get ready and be out of the house by 5:30 AM. Okay, not like I was sleeping but still. I've never woken up that early on a school day just for the heck of it, let alone be actually ready to step out of the house.

It could also well be the best day of my term break. It all started with a simple text with my half vampire friend, Ate LG, commenting about a K show she recommended to me, she then invited me to go with her to see off her friend to the airport, she promised breakfast at IHOP after, so you know I'd bite to that bait. So off to the Airport, where KL and co. were, not surprisingly but unexpectedly. Ate wanted to go Aberdeen but it was only 8 and it wasn't open, so we went all the way back to Brentwood to eat breakfast, two hours or so later, we finally made it to Aberdeen to look around. We also had lunch there, both filling for the stomach and the eyes!   YUMMAH to bald, Asian, cutie chefs! (Y). We sat "eating" lunch for a really long time, then finally, after purchasing a slice of heaven aka blue-strawberry cheesecake crepe, we headed home, where we both immediately passed out on our respective seats. Honestly, it doesn't seem like a lot but the whole day was very enjoyable. Conversation came easy, and my cheeks is still a little sore from the full day of laughter.  Besides, we probably spent half the time riding transit! I have never ridden the sky train this many times in a day before, (approximately 8 times)

Now excuse me while I catch up on sleep

-Elle Are Emm

First week of my term break is done, school's fast approaching and I don't like it. Hey, at least I'm starting to stick some friend time here and there as opposed to my original plan of passing out and holing in my bedroom for the whole two weeks.

MF dinner at Joey's downtown on Friday was fun. Food was okay but the company was better. Highlight of the night was the gelato. Killed two birds with one stone, so to speak since we had out "girls night in" at the Babilonia's right after. Though, I didn't get the memo that it was a sleepover, it worked out well though since Mother dear forgot about me. Went home at 2pm, only to shower then head out again with CB, MC, ate LG to VV, then Bubble World + movies (SCR4M).

Finally went to Church, since I haven't been in a while. Slightly uncomfortable encounters, but it's okay since we (family - Kuya) had wings.

Also, I completely forgot that I have a school related function the day before classes starts. Great.

-Elle Are Emm

Spring Vacay Day:4/5

OKAY, so I haven't exactly gone crazy like I had in my head. But watching insane amount of down loadable shows, Limitless with coworker, roaming around metro with Ate NA and JB and watching Insidious (which by far is THE BEST hollywood horror I've seen so far) with ate LG, MC, CB, JB, JF, CM is as crazy as it's going to get. OH, that and of course reading my novels etc

-Elle Are Emm

DONE!!! with the exams anyway. Now I get to be a wreck until Monday to find out if I will be successfully moving on to the next term.

Excuse me while I cry my self to sleep.

-Elle Are Emm

Call me superficial but there is nothing sexier than a multilingual man who can sing/dance *drool*.  In other news, I can't wait for it to be Friday at 9:00 am when I can be free of all this studying for the next two weeks. Although really, I'd still probably feel like throwing up with anxiousness until Monday April 18th when failure notification will be posted up. 

Now excuse me while I cram

-Elle Are Emm

No big. 

LOL! I'll probably sound like a looser but this moment --sipping on my iced caramel macchiato, while surfing the net in starbucks-- is the one single moment that I feel like a sophisticated post secondary student. In my two years out of high school, I've never done the internet-surfing-thing-in-a-cafe like how they do in movies. Now I only need a mature, intellectually advanced cutie to approach me, then we can bond over being sophisticated and other college-y things.

Does blogging about this disqualify and disproved my claim to "sophistication"? Most likely.

The only reason why I'm here, in Burnaby, so far away from home, is because I had my last day of my outreach in Granville Senior Center , mommy picked me up but have to go to Burnaby so to compromise I got dropped off at the mall to waste 30 mins since I'm too poor/cheap to pay extra $.75 for bus fair. Then I remembered my dislike for malls. Fortunately I craved Starbucks and had my handy laptop. THANK YOU FREE WIFI!

Hmmm, I think I'm going to miss SGSC, it was a very good outreach although I could do without the small quasi rooms. My patients have been such sweethearts (for the most part) and though they're "seniors" I'm pretty sure, with their activity level, that most of them could outlive me. It's really quite different from what I expected, I never had to go"easy" on most of them. I have to admit though, I was/am very intimidated by most of them, they aren't what I expect of elderly people. A lot of them are still very active and on the go. And man! the years of experiences that they have behind them! I was actually very intimidated to ask for any personal information. I can't wait to grow old and experience a fraction of what these people have had.

This past week, I have been joking around how an instructor of mine hates me, this came from a recent failure in an exam that I felt was somehow unjustified. I would like to pin it on being too intimidated to come to my own defense with my reasons and rational, but when it comes down to it, really I know that her feedback was reasonable, albeit unexpected.  Instead of arguing, I choose to walk away and take her knowledgeable criticism into consideration. I don’t know how many times more I am going to feel this sense of awe for most of the instructors in this school; I could only hope to acquire a fraction of their knowledge one day. 

-Elle Are Emm

Persevere. BRING IT!

-Elle Are Emm