Firsts

This week was pretty fun. Day camp staffs bring in very interesting characters. This year may not be the same as last year, but it’s not a bad thing.

Thursday, we went to the executive director’s place in Whitby. It was a pretty ok drive… once you drive to london almost once a month… every other ride seems shorter. The place was HUUUUUGE. It was like a mansion. His yard was like the size of the park behind my house. Had burgers and hot dogs and time for reflection. Afterwards I got to drive ppl home in a car that didn’t belong to me =)! It was a very interesting experience. First time driving a friend’s car, first time driving in the express lane, first time having the tires squeal, and first time seeing a fox out on the streets.

Friday, I drove one of the staff back to his own church and I witnessed my first car accident! It was amazing!!! (not for the ppl involved… but for me). A car was about to make a right turn but stopped. The driver behind him was going too fast so he couldn’t stop and tried to swerve out of the way, but failed so the corner of both cars were hit. It was definitely an experience.

Apart from all the firsts, I went to a funeral today. It’s strange to dress formally for a wedding a few weeks before… and then dress up again a few weeks later except for a funeral. Both were a celebration of life in a way whether it be a joining of two lives… or a departure of one. The one who passed on was a sunday school teacher for me at church and I also know her kids. I think they went to Buchan as well… though a few years after us. She had been diagnosed with lung cancer I believe and it was a long hard battle. It was weird coz I actually got choked up and teary eyed for this one… and I blame it on the speech. Maybe it’s because all the other funerals were spoken more in cantonese so I often zoned out, but the father/husband shared in english and so did the kids so I understood everything and actually paid attention. That’s all I’ll say for now.

It was a fun-filled week. Look forward to the rest of my summer.

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While unknownuser is taking on an expensive hobby, I’m trying to gain money… although he is pretty much gaining a lot more money than i am still…

Started daycamp training this week and finally met everyone together in one room. Just reminds me of the first year I did this (which was last year). It’s pretty fun so far. I look forward to the rest of camp. Hopefully it doesn’t get ruined somehow… =S

Too tired to post anything else. Drove a lot these past few days. Need a break.

Latest Hobby: building my own computer

 

So two things came up to trigger this new hobby. 1) I had no idea how to go about doing this, which was sad because I was switching into Computer engineering. 2) my poor old laptop which I got 2 years and 2 or 3 months now has been struggling by for the past year or so.  While i’m at it 3) a lifestyle change in university where I’m now in a new one year lease for a place off campus makes a desktop much more bearable to deal with.  4) there's a 4th!. Starting with co-op again this term, means quite a bit of extra cash so I decided to use a portion of those earnings toward this new computer.  a budget of one weeks worth of pay.  Sounds reasonable?

I think my first step was Wikipedia.. some sort of search for the components of a computer.  Then about a few days after coincidentally at work, I wanted to get two monitors, so i told my boss and he said that my current computer couldn’t support it but if i fix up another one lying around, i could use that.  So opening it away i went.  It took me like 30 mins finding a philips screwdriver amongst the mess which is my work place and to dissemble the computer itself.

I was more than mildly disappointed…

As it turns out computers only really have 5 or 6 components to it, with 3 being more major ones.  Not too complicated as I once thought.  So let me throw up my planned computer and *looks around, Nim comment now! and/or anyone else.

1. There’s the processor or computer which can range from 100 ~ 400$?
    Want: AMD Phenom II X4 940? 220$

2. Theres the motherboard, which holds the graphics card and the processor, mother- board? 50-250$?
     Want: _______ something 100$~

3. A video card! depending on the brand, the number system is different and means different things, so higher is not always necessary better.
     Want: Radeon 4770? 110$

4. Ram, or more memory for the computer.  a cheap way to boost a computer’s processing ability.
     Want: 4gb DDR2 1066? 60$

5. And a Hard drive, compared to the space in a laptop, these are so much cheaper for a desktop
     Want: 500gb SATA? 70&?

And then you just need the casing and the power supply for it and there you go, a simple computer.

still mildly disappointed…

the wedding

• woke up 40 minutes before the wedding ceremony
• called dad to pick me up so I can get to the ceremony as he was already out
• got dressed and cleaned up within 15 minutes
• skipped breakfast
• sat with friends on the bride side even though I was closer to the groom… though i also know both so it’s alrite
• took pictures after ceremony
• ate a bit of snack after photos… didn’t realize it would be my lunch. something I’d have to pay for in the near future
• went to friends house to game. played rock band and sang karaoke and a game called ragdoll kung fu (very fun game!)
• went to mcdonalds 1 hour before wedding banquet coz i didn’t realize the snack was my lunch. also ate a bit of expired snacks before deciding to go to mcd’s
• went to wedding banquet
• got bloated with the food… underestimated the power of mcdonalds

The wedding was very nice and I was very happy for the couple. Both were my counsellors at one point at fellowship… more so he groom (highschool fellowship) than the bride (university… i was at university and not in toronto so I didn’t talk to her as much). Both are very great people that I respect. You guys have prolly been to a lot of weddings and wedding banquets but this was my first time going to a wedding banquet so I had a great time as I had nothing to compare it to. It was a great and tiring day overall.

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So instead of posting about my week I’ll concentrate more on today. This week has just been about bridletowne (daycamp) stuff such as workshops for lesson planning and music for kids, Jess being sick, and me doing a whole lot of nothing but chillin. Though we finally did get together for a night of movie-fail (except drakonen) + pool + kbbq. I’m sad I didn’t take pictures eventhough i brought my camera (though I’m sure drakonen is happy about that).

Today, basically went with Jess to pick up her guitar from twelfth fret. Her guitar sounded very nice indeed… though I still love my own guitar… just… ok i don’t wanna talk about this anymore. Also saw creepy motion sensor kid doll…toys??? it was awesome… haha

Most of my day was spent doing daycamp stuff. There was a Family Fair running at a nearby school (to bridletowne park church at warden and finch) and he daycamp staff “volunteered” there to meet the kids who may be coming to the camp this summer. Day started around 3 (chilled with the directors a bit as i was early =P) and ended around 9? It actually went by pretty fast. I was in charge of this… soccer… kick… station where we set up hula hoops inside a goal post and the kids just had to kick it in. There was on for gr.3’s and under which I manned, and another for older kids which was harder. Lots of kids came and it seemed like it would never end. My volunteers came and left randomly >.< so at times i manned the station alone which was brutal.

It was a lot of fun though. There was a cotton candy machine and a dunk tank. It was nice to see a lot of kids out with their parents. There was even a “bus race” where the kids in each grade made a card board vehicle and decorated it and they had to race them as a team. I didn’t actually see the race as I was distracted by the dunk tank, but the designs looked so nice. It was also sweet to be in an elementary school again… it just has a certain atmosphere to it that just makes you all warm inside haha.

Ended the day with watching dawn of the dead with Jess at my place, getting bubble tea, then me driving my sister and her friends home from prom. It was a nice full day =) and I enjoyed it all.

Have a wedding to go to tomorrow. Should sleep now. Bye.

Past Few Days..

(*) Lots of grammatical error and unfinished sentences in the following paragraphs as well as illogical chain of thoughts.. but nevertheless enjoy!

With my tutor job and volunteering in two research labs. I have been quite the busy one. I just ate dinner at 10:30pm.. since I came home at 10pm. Now I am tired and bored.. been working too often these days, but I tried to fill in some gaps.

Here's some dates to keep you guys updated about me.

Last friday:
10AM-3PM. Volunteering at my professor's lab, finally I received a mini research project on callus and cell suspension. Basically it's just a small 2-3 month project on producing and maintaining cultures of undifferentiated plant cells. These cultures are the plant equivalent of stem cell in animals as they are able to take on any new roles required by the organism, or in this case for research proposes. I am learning quite alot in this lab and it's been a great experience. I actually get to use what I learned in class to my lab work, it's quite surprising really. Now let's get on to the fun stuff.

4pm-6pm. I was at softball practice with uoft friends, we are making a summer team and just playing for fun. This practice was the first one I have been to, while meeting alot of new people, I have rekindled my interest for softball. It is truly a great sport to play and socialize in.

7pm-9pm. Was at all you can eat sushi with uoft friends again, not the same people from softball, but more from my classes and close friends. However I definitely did not eat my money's worth!

9pm-3am. Poker night with softball people, almost lost 20 bucks.. but managed to pull even. Pretty lucky since I was playing really crappy poker, all I did was call. That does not win you poker games, so I am very fortunate I did lose alot of money even though luck was definitely not on my side. Also it was late, went to eat at golden griddle, got some pancakes... mmmm.. so goood :D then crashed at a friend's place until the morning where I had work at 10:30am.

wake up at 10am.. go out to eat and do it all over again. /i love college song lyrics.

Sunday:
Went with UU, and a couple of friends to see UP. The second 3d movie I have been to, and I absolutely loved it. The movie was emotional and touching, a movie for perhaps echoes and his gf =P I will add updated more often..


Soon.



Till then, this is m&ms and I approve this message!

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seriously? no posts?

wow.

Not much to update. Just a bit of daycamp stuff rite now with a few optional workshops to attend and what not since i have nothing better to do at the moment. Mostly just sitting around and watching friends… or youtube… or just channel surfing on t.v. If anyone doesn’t have a life please contact me. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

that is all for now.