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enjoy, not end joy 7:57 AM

I've been whirled into many thoughts lately, many random thoughts. Somehow I'm feeling quite excited to be more than halfway through the term, and that very soon (2 months 5 days to be exact) - I'll be homeward-bound. Maybe it's attributed to the melancholy of being connected, wanting to be there for people back home, and undoubtedly missing the familiarity of things. Yet that'd mean swinging back to reality, and final term's gonna be all scary and stressful in its many ways, especially when it'll take alot of discipline and motivation on my part.

But yea, it's all good actually; I'm not nostalgic to the point of being extremely homesick. Haha.. and considering the effort I've put into both academics and relating to people here, I should be thankful for where I've come, and really enjoy it all, not end joy (that's brilliant anyway Chris, haha). But putting that aside, I wrote this post really  to pen some of the little snippets of what I've heard/done/felt over the past few days. They are really random spurts but still significant to me la, heh.

On no particular category at all

- I'd like to think I'm better-trained for winter these days; temperatures have been falling to near zero or subzero ranges, and I've not been wearing as much as I thought I would. I mostly only wear 2-3 "normal" layers now! Though yea, winds are chilly and still unbearable sometimes, but I guess it's good that I'm not so tempted to put on more layers for now (partly cos I'm lazy too), so that I'll be better-adapted to what's upcoming in winter. I hope.

- Sepi gave me a Tim Horton's gift certificate worth CAD 10 on Monday, which was really sweet of her cos she knows I'm a frequent patron and would appreciate it. The gesture was done in part as a belated birthday gift, as well as to incentivize and encourage me on for my hectic November schedule.

- Speaking about Tim Horton's, they have a must-try drink here, the double-double. Sounds quite cool right, but it's actually just regular coffee with 2 creams + 2 sugars..! By default, the first "double" refers to the amount of cream, so you can go for "single-double", "triple-double" etc. too, haha. I just think it's quite cool to order that la, though I don't really like it after awhile.

- I sent a pressed maple leaf in a card to Vicki yesterday, and asked if the post office was able to affix a "handle with care" caution on the envelope. And yea, turns out that the FRAGILE warning took up half the envelope itself, and I was kinda embarrassed when I revealed it was only a leaf. Haha.

- Last night particularly I missed so many of my friends (from NY to HC to SMU!) Had the sudden urge to catch up with them and find out how everyone's doing. Had random shocks too when I browsed through pictures and checked out mutual friends between people and myself, heh.

- What should I do for Halloween tomorrow?! I really want to experience trick-or-treating, since Halloween parties are found in Singapore too (albeit of a smaller scale). But there's always a party somewhere..? I should prolly stick to my own idea to truly experience the holiday over here. (P/S: I know I'm a little too old for trick-or-treating, I'd meant to stay at someone's place and wait for the dressed-up kids to come by and I'll give out candies, haha.)

- I was thinking maybe I should teach Laura and Judy how to, erm, make lanterns out of red packets - to return the favour for the pumpkin-carving lesson. Haha.

On classes

- Small Business Management on Monday - the Prof screened my video assignment (the one that I fretted so much over and spent utmost effort on) in class! He said the theory-fit of my analysis was good, and editing commendable. Haha.. it was embarrassing to hear my own voiceover in class though.

- Art of the Film on Tuesday - I learnt that subtitles are sometimes perceived as an intrusion into the viewer's thoughts; a subconscious imposition of the filmmaker's interpretations on us, so they should actually be excluded from movies for audience to feel the natural exposition of the film and not be distracted. This reminds me of Vicki really, cos she'd prefer subtitles anytime, haha. :) And quotes from my Prof - I seriously hope these don't pop up in some search tool, I'm trying to be very subtle about it already:

- "The A. Awards are all bullshit... they used to call me for my critique and opinion in predicting the winners. But it's all about who'd been sick and had gained the audience's sympathy, who'd pumped in the most money, or who'd gotten it before.. it's all BS. And now they don't call me that often anymore."

- "I was called to comment on (the series) that wanted to film its episode in Winnipeg. The Sun (national newspaper for the city) revealed that I was worried the show'd ruin the image of our city, but I wasn't worried at all. Why, people don't come to Winnipeg and film something because it is the greatest city of the world; this show's a comedy for goodness' sake! They just made me say what they'd like me to say; a game of charades that people play."

xx

Bleah.. such a disengaged post! Haha.. and suddenly 2 months 5 days don't seem that soon after all. Hmm.

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