In this page, you will get to explore the mind, events and feelings of a Chun Jui... ok, fine, judging from the past 24 years, my life is far from what you call "eventful" (in fact, "dull" might the be more appropriate adjective) but I'll try to keep my entries interesting!
Monday, April 25, 2005
What a week it was! With so many social and work-related engagements, I'm almost as exhausted as I was during the last few weeks of school!! But, it was fun, I must admit! :P Last week started off with my interview with TDSB (Toronto District School Board) on Monday (it went ok but I didn't knock anybody's socks off, that's for sure!), then it was the first day of my return to Buttonville P.S. to volunteer for the morning (ulterior motive? Yes, I'm embarrassed to say... ), followed by HOURS of shopping at the mall with my mother, marathon shopper... also got hit on by a MUCH older male salesperson at the Bay-- a weird and a bit creepy experionce. On Wednesday, I met up with some of the girls from ICS for a kinda impromptu lunch (take-out from the *ghetto* Popeye's!) and we just laughed, stuffed our faces, and gossiped about guys, of course... hahaha...(Yes, we ARE graduating from a Master's program, NOT high school as it may sound like! :P). On Thursday, I met up with Berlyn for lunch downtown at a funky cafe that played pop music from the '80s, followed by my purchase of a trench coat from the Gap that was reduced even further from the first reduction (how could I not??). On Friday night, it was Tammy's birthday party at Take One karaoke, where I got to sing my little heart out, even though it took some warming up to singing in front of other people after having not gone to karaoke for such a long time. :D It was fun because I got to meet some more of Tammy's friends as well as seeing some of the ones I've met before. On Saturday, it was the long-awaited get-together of the lovely Anita at Papa Leoni's (or is it Leoni's Kitchen??)! Anita, not having changed one bit, made us all laugh until our stomachs ached. :P Things are sure different when she's around!! (See photos below!) Finally, on Sunday, it was my future sister-in-law Mika's bridal shower. It was a lot of fun with lots of games, food, DELICIOUS desserts, lots of gift unwrapping, and some tears. :P Yes, so I was caught crying too... leave me alone!! :P PHEW!! I slept for nearly 12 hours last night, exhausted from all the activity and fun from the past week. This week, it's not filled with as many social activities, so I have some time to stay at home and relax with a good book (The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck).
Monday, April 11, 2005
I'm FINISHED!!!! I'm done school!!!! Tonight was my last night EVER as a student!!! Someone congratulate me! After two long but short years and six years altogether in university, I'm finally DONE! Now, let's hope I'm graduating!! ;)
Sunday, April 10, 2005
One more day left and I'm freeeeeeee!!! But of course, there HAS to be an obstacle before it ends... just as I'm looking forward to giving my last presentation of my university career, the TTC goes on strike. As I said to Jehan in describing the Math curriculum course, "Starts badly, ends badly. Math course in a nutshell." :S Oh, and of course, it goes badly too during the course. Arggghh... it'll take me FOREVER to go downtown and FOREVER back home!! Wouldn't it be so convenient if I had a helicopter during times like these??
Other miscellaneous news in a nutshell:
Sunday, April 3, 2005
Well, another month and another long overdue update! Well, for those of you who have been talking to me regularly, you all know that I've been super, duper busy for the past few weeks. School has completely taken over my life and priorities-- even sleep has taken a backseat! And for those of you who don't know me very well, I can be a very anal pefectionist. So, when it comes to work, I have very high expectations of myself and unfortunately, from others as well, especially from those I need to work with. Note that I had tagged on a negative tone when I mentioned "perfectionism. For me, my perfectionism is almost crippling because it takes me much longer to complete tasks than other normal people because I will not allow myself to make any mistakes or to produce something that is less than perfect (according to my standards). Thus, I can be very extreme: I do nothing for a very long time, procrastinating and putting off work, yet once I get started, it'll take a lot for me to stop. That's because I need to have it perfect the first time. Thus, even though it may seem like I'm not doing anything and simply procrastinating, I'm not because I'm constantly thinking of the task at hand, figuring out a way to get it "perfect" the first time I do it. Pretty anal, eh? :S
But on the other hand, you may find me very laid-back and easygoing about many other things. Things don't have to be "perfect" when it comes to, say, personal relationships. I don't know exactly how to articulate it but I find it very stupid for people to get hung up on formalities and traditions just because "that's how you're supposed to do it". Formalities are different than principles. Formalities tend to be things that you should do because you're supposed to; principles are things that you believe in and that's how you conduct your life. A fine line between the two, though. Anyway, I think that it's stupid for some people to get so hung up on formalities that they don't see the negative trade-offs of being so stubborn, e.g. straining special relationships. Is it worth it in the end?? Let me know what you think by leaving me a message in my guestbook! :P
<-- the flowers we brought to the bridal shower... aren't they so pretty? :)
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