*Third Time Lucky*...
This is the THIRD time I'm trying to post this blog... the past two times, the blog was wiped off the server... goodness knows why...
I had a LONG day. It all started when I left the university today. I took a minibus from campus to Central, with the intent of going into the office to get my planning done for my classes tomorrow. The girl in front of me started crying (not sobbing, but full-on crying) uncontrollably. From what I gathered, her dic*-wa* of a boyfriend was breaking up with her over the cellphone (ring any bells??) in the middle of the day and while she was out in public. I felt incredibly sorry for the girl, but I didn't interfere as she was still on the phone with the dic*. After she got off the phone, she was crying harder than ever. I couldn't bear it any longer and moved to the empty seat next to her and gave her a huge hug and my shoulder to cry on. I was worried about what she might do, and I ended up talking to her and consoling her for 2 hours.
I know exactly what she's going through. I went through the same pain and confusion with my ex. I understand now that I went through that in order to become a stronger person and to help my friends around me. In a sick and twisted sort of way, I guess I should thank him.
I finally made it into the office, and Connie called when I got there. I related the events of the afternoon to her, and my colleagues listened with great interest. When I bid Connie adieu on the phone, my colleagues asked me if what I had said was for real and what motivated me to console a complete stranger. I really don't see why I shouldn't have helped someone in pain... Was what I did, odd?
I hit LKF with Amanda afterwards. The day was emotionally draining and it was great unwinding. I felt a huge sense of relief though. But as much as I love giving hugs, I do wish sometimes that I had someone here to give me hugs and to tell me that everything will be alright. But then again, weighing everything out... I prefer being the giver of hugs.
Ben (a colleague) said something funny though. He knows Sarah (my sis) from last summer when they worked together. He said that there's something up with the "L**** Sisters" (no last names on my page). In his words: "Sarah mends broken wrists and saves lives, Olivia mends broken hearts"... If only I could.~

*Evil*...
I THINK I'm a compassionate person. I THINK in general, I'm a nice person... but when it comes to certain things, I have a VERY black heart.
I'm not usually one to hold a grudge, but I am DEFINITELY one to remember the kindnesses of people and likewise, the unkindness of people. I am a firm believer in people getting what they deserve. I just got some information about something, that concerns someone I despise... My black heart is filled with glee about the impending justice that will be served. Does this make me a bad person? I'm didn't DO anything, but just knowing that mean people get a taste of their own medicine makes me feel that this world isn't SO unjust afterall...~

*Scratch*...
I've managed to run out of the lovely paper masks I've been using. For those of you who have been following my blog, you'll know that I'm allergic to the surgical ones because of the fibre in them... I had to do a presentation this morning for one of my classes, and I was scratching my nose the whole time... People must think I have booger up my nose or something...
I'm running out of stuff to talk about here... and Ross has kindly suggested that I talk about the rain. It drizzled a bit just now. That's that. Umm... What else?
Anyhoo... Time for class. It's a jam-packed week this week, so the blogs will not be interesting or frequent (unless I put off on doing my assignments), Ciao!~

*Yawn*...
I'm exhausted. It's not even 3pm, and I'm ready to crash. It's been an up and down kinda day...
It started out with a phone call telling me that I don't have to work on Thursday and Saturday. BONUS! I get more time to work on my assignments and papers that are due on Friday...
But of course, a second phone call MUST come along to say that the classes are now running again, and that I have to teach on both days... Ugh... NOT good.
Plus, on top of it all... I have a presentation for tomorrow that I have absolutely NO idea how to stretch to fill my 15 minute time allocation. Even if I talk very very slowly, I'm barely getting in 6 minutes worth... I figure though, that I can just use 5 minutes to set up an awesome class discussion...
Anyways... what I'm really stressed about is my current schedule. I think it's a bit heavy for the moment... I can't wait until this University thing is over. I never thought this was going to happen to me, but now, I've become the full-time post-grad student holding down 2 jobs... hmmm.... Yikes.~

*Sniff*...
After a hard day of doing my homework, I went out with my mum to get some air and to do some grocery shopping. We went across the harbour and I went to my favourite shop (DFS). I realised that it's time I switched fragrances, and after looking around, I'm down to two choices: Escada's "Ibiza Hippie" or Calvin Klein's "Eternity-Purple Orchid". Do I want to smell "Dynamic, Voluptuous and Energetic" (Escada) or do I want to smell "Romantic, Warm and Luminous" (Calvin Klein)? I need help deciding, so would y'all please give me your vote on my Tag-board? The Escada one smells like Blackcurrant, really sweet and yummy. The Calvin Klein one smells flowery, a little like the original Eternity. Since the people around me are the ones that are going to have to smell me, I figure y'all should be the ones that pick my fragrance??
Anyhoo... Time to get back to work. I had totally forgotten about a presentation I have due on Tuesday, until a group member called me. Oops??!?
Remember to vote!~

*...*...
You KNOW when I'm procrastinating when I've posted 3 blogs within 12 hours...
I had forgotten to post something that really struck me last night. I was about to leave the club yesterday, when I saw Alex and Avery (Gary's twins), and so I went and talked to their grandparents (Auntie Betty and Uncle Albert). It was such a lovely feeling seeing the grandparents and great-grandma baby-sitting their grandchildren for the evening. There were 4 kids, and they're really well behaved kids... I was really impressed. Anyways, what struck me was the fact that these kids have such extraordinarily responsible parents. The youngest (JJ) is Jonathan's son, and he's "almost" 4. I was asking Avery and Alex what they were doing at home now that school's out, and they were telling me about their homework. I asked them if they watched TV, and they said no. JJ piped up and said "I watch TV", and I asked him if he watched cartoons and he said yes (though he looked at me as though I were nuts - what else can 4 year olds watch anyways?). I then asked him if he watched the Cartoon Network, and he said no, because there was a lot of fighting.
This is what struck me. I have NEVER heard a 4 year old say this. They way JJ said it, it seemed like his parents had taken the time to actually watch the cartoons and evaluated them before talking to their son about their decision to not let him watch the channel. Most parents I know USE the Cartoon Network to pacify their children. They figure "cartoon" is synonymous with "kids" and they don't bother about checking it out before telling their children to sit and watch it - 24/7. That channel is more violent than late night programming... So I guess what I'm saying is that being a parent is really tough. Anyone can be a parent, but not many can be RESPONSIBLE parents. So much thought has to go into it! Oh well... I've got years before I have to think about it anyways... time to get back to work now.~

*Fizz*...
I just watched my favourite TV show (Sex and the City - What else??). Although my life is in no way near as dramatic as those girls on the show, the things they talk about on the show are exactly the problems us "real" girls have. These issues hound us day in day out, and we DO chat about this stuff with our girlfriends. Although I love Kristin Davis' character (Charlotte), I can relate most to Sarah Jessica Parker's character (Carrie). Her relationship with Big seems to possess ALL the ups and downs everyone goes through in relationships. Today, she asked the perfect question - "When do we know that enough is enough?". I myself seem to dig myself into a corner. I never know when enough is enough. Things just keep building up until it explodes...
Anyways... Just had to put that thought down... I'm off to bed now. Notte.~

*Pop*...
That nice bubbly feeling I had, has now popped... My feet are firmly planted on the ground again.
I played an AMAZING round of golf today. I shot WAY below my handicap... and actually nailed a 260 yard drive! THAT was pretty amazing. The weather was nice - warm and ultra-windy. It was the wind that helped carry that drive...
Did a bit of "networking" today. I didn't know that an "uncle" of mine was considered for the post of Chief Executive (of HK) before. He was at lunch today, and they were joking about how he's so lucky he didn't take on the job. With the SARS thing and the way the economy's going, he really is very lucky that things didn't work out.
I had forgotten to do a post on my night out on Thursday. I went to Dragon-I for drinks (UWO-Ivey reunion thing) and I met old friends... and loads of new and really cool people. The neat part was... that a LOT of them feel the same way I do about things - life in HK, outlook on life, etc.
Ummm.... what else? Nada por ahora... Will update later. LOADS of work to do and lots of sleep to catch up on. Ciao.~

*Whee*...
Another paper down, 2 more to go... and 1 presentation due...
Went to the beach with Connie again today. Smart thinking with the food, girl! We had a picnic "tea" on the beach... Yum! We watched the sun set and just talked about our direction in life... ha... We have VERY similar futures, don't we??
I'm SO tired... I have so much to do, but I really just want the night off. I'm going to put things off until tomorrow... Not good, not good.
On a side note... I'm feeling this nice warm bubbly feeling in me. SMILES!~

Quizás
"Hola viejo dime como estas. Los años pasan no hemos vuelto hablar y no quiero que tu pienses que me he olvidado de ti..." - Enrique Iglesias, Quizás


Thought of the moment...~

*Wow*...
Lots happened today. All in all, a HIGHLY productive day for me.
First... The rankings for 2004 has come out for Graduate schools, and I found out that Columbia is ranked 3rd in the program I'll be tackling for my Masters. Overall, for graduate studies in education... Columbia's tied for 4th. Yay!
Second... I got ONE of my assignments done and out the way (Go ME!)... One down... a gazillion more to go.
Third... I've been "temporarily unemployed" for the past month due to the SARS crisis... BUT I've just been invited to teach an after-school program, which I accepted today. This totally helps with my current financial situation... Bonus...
Fourth... You KNOW you've got a drinking problem when you find yourself in Wanchai at 3:30pm with a friend... sitting in a bar... and sent home by your friend in a cab by 4:30pm...
Nap time... Ciao!~

*SCREAM*...
AGAIN. It's happening AGAIN.
I can't stand it... I'm probably just too sensitive... but my gut is definitely trying to tell me something. Dammit.~

*Splash*...
It was one of those days today... one of those days where you just want to get away from everything because things are getting too intense. Obviously, my best friend was feeling the same way, and we took off to the beach after school (work for her) today. It was such a great day, and we just talked and walked around and drank in the day going on around us. At one point, we were so engrossed in our conversation, we didn't see a huge wave break... so stupid... and of course, I was the one that was in the deeper end.
It was really great to spend the end of the day at the beach. I felt like a huge load was lifted... I passed out as soon as I got home.
Lost time during my nap... so I've got to get my a** in gear now and work on those papers and presentations! Yee-ha!~

*Weird*...
I was thinking 2 days ago about the people I went to high school with... and I was thinking what a beautiful name Carys is...
I just read on the web today that Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones just had a daughter last night and they named her... Carys.
This has been happening too often lately... Remember I told you about that dream, Sam? Then I ran into "you-know-who"? WEIRD.~

*Wow*...
Got this from Sam. I watched this with my mouth wide open... see if it'll do the same for you:
http://www.honda.co.uk/newcars/accord300k.html

*Yikes*...
I must admit, I have a really bad habit. I'm sure this is going to cost me in the future. What is this habit you ask??
I love sunlight... natural, bright sunlight. This also means that my blinds in my bedroom must be wide open in order to maximise on the amount of sunlight that comes in. That's not so much of a problem... the problem lies in the DIRECTION my room faces.
The south window in my room opens directly onto a VERY popular tourist destination in Hong Kong... I'm not going to name the spot, because everyone who reads this post is going to start heading to this place as a vantage point...
My habit is this: I keep forgetting that my window opens in THAT direction...
'Nuff said... figure out what the rest of my habit includes...~

*Ow... OUCH!*...
My browny-pinky arms have now turned a nice burnt toffee sort of colour, and it hurts like a *#@$&. Uh... it doesn't look like the beach thing is happening... I really don't think it's such a good idea to burn burnt skin, right??
I just realised I've got a LOT of assignments to hand in. I really really "dislike" this program I'm in right now. I don't see any cohesion in the courses I'm taking. They all seem to do their own thing, and I really question what all these written assignments are going to do for us as teachers. I don't see a lot of practicality in the written stuff I'm doing... I think my TESL certification course was a much better course in preparing teachers... Oh well... in HK, what do I know? I'm ONLY a student that apparently shouldn't really have had ANY experience in teaching or "the real world"... *gag*... I've got to get out of here...~

*Ouch*...
After a round of golf today, my arms are rather badly burned from the sun. I don't usually burn, I just brown... but the sun was really strong today. It's really sensitive and a nice browny-pinky sort of colour... It's also getting really scratchy...
I played really well today... Not my best round yet though... I'm still working at it. I averaged 220 yards on my drives and my short game was amazing... the only thing that was bad was the putting part. The darn caddy I had today kept trying to give me bloody hints about putting AS I was putting... and she kept picking my ball up and wiping it while I line up my putt.. I got really really annoyed... Oh well...
Argh... my arms are killing me... I'm a nice caramel colour though... Yum, caramel...~

*Hahaha... HAhaha...*
Hong Kong has never been so clean. The government declared today (Saturday) as some sort of City-wide clean-up day... The senior officials went out to the "community" and helped with the cleaning. The media should really collect all the footage captured and put together a comic-short. We got to see:

1) The Financial Secretary (Antony Leung) - instructing the crew to clean-up his "section" before heading out to ceremoniously sweep a little pile of plastic ties together... in his nicely polished dress shoes.
2) The Secretary for Security (Regina Ip) - chasing after her washcloth up an escalator after losing grip of it.
3) The Chief Executive (Tung Chee-Hwa) - wiping a drop of water off his neck as though it were acid that had dripped on him.

Pretty funny stuff all in all... Oh, and I did my part and cleaned my end of the apartment (yes Sarah, I cleaned YOUR room too). I went through one bottle of disinfectant all on my own... I'm very proud of myself. I also managed to Lysol EVERYTHING in sight. Be glad that I didn't have Febreeze here...
Time to crash... Golf again tomorrow... oh joy...~

Test...

"It can happen to anyone of us, anyone you think of. Anyone can fall, anyone can hurt someone they love..." - Gareth Gates, Anyone of Us

Yeah... sappy song, equally sappy lyrics... but it seems to articulate what I'm trying to say.
No, I'm not hurting anyone and I'm not cheating on anyone... but something happened today that made me do a re-evaluation about how I'm doing now... after a rather turbulent 2 years.
I'm not shy when it comes to talking about my feelings (well... sometimes anyways). Two (three?) years ago, I made a mistake and fell hard for someone. I had poured everything I had into that relationship, only to be burned very badly by how things turned out. I never got the closure I needed and I never got any explanation about what had happened. In short, I got really hurt. I did a lot of crazy things in the wake of this incident. Shortly after this, my grand-dad got sick. His illness, then eventual death, seemed to magnify all the feelings I had during this period of time. For the longest time, because I had no real explanation or reason as to why all this happened to me in one go... I just felt really alone. I turned to friends around me at the time, and I also got into a "wrong" group at the time too. I did a LOT of stupid things. I was really lost and just... broken. It really wasn't until recently that it's hit me that I'm really not going to get any closure about this stuff. It really CAN happen to anyone of us. It wasn't a "me" thing.
So... I'm saying all this because today, I saw this person's mother. I didn't have time to go over to say hello because I had to dash off for a tee-time, and I regret not going over to say hello. I feel a bit guilty about this. When I saw her across the room, a floodgate opened. I had a million feelings hit me all at once. I do still feel some hatred and anger towards the whole thing, but I also feel a bit of pride. I'm doing a LOT better now than I did then... and I've learned to not act so impulsively anymore. I just... want to move on.
So I guess what I'm trying to say is this: I passed the test...~

*Blink*...
Eurosia just sent me our pictures from the Sevens. I've uploaded them to my photo album (link on the sidebar)...
Who's Eurosia? Eurosia's probably one of my oldest friends, save maybe Mark and Roy... Let's see... I've known y'all since... grade 1?? I can't remember the time when I didn't know y'all!
Anyhoo... I'm exhausted. Have fun browsing through the album... Have a good laugh at the "Bang-Bangs" folder too. Got pix there from my "salon-like" hair cut. Ta!~

*Blah*...
Here's the rundown for my ultra-exciting long weekend! (I'm totally being sarcastic here)...
Golf, Break, Golf, BEACH!
Ok... maybe it's not going to be THAT boring, but golf really isn't the most exciting thing out there for me to do. It's just that with this SARS thing, that's the only thing that'll get me out of the house legitimately... I'm organising a picnic on the beach on Monday... Anyone interested, just give me a shout (by ways of the tagboard or email) and I'll have the details for you ASAP...
What else... oh... did you know that people who live in cities have twice the amount of earwax than those who live in the country? And did you know that if you shack up with your mate BEFORE you get married, you have almost a 50% chance of divorce? Wow... I'm a walking encyclopedia...~

What the...
Sorry, forgot to post this earlier...
Did anyone watch the Man U - Arsenal game last night? (Actually more like... in the wee hours of the morning)... ANYWAYS... That second goal from Henry was WAY off-side... The weiners... They shouldn't've counted that... Hmph...~

*LOL*...
The natives are getting restless, and to appease them... I've used my webcam to capture the follies of my botched haircut. Go to my photo album (link on the sidebar) and click onto the album labelled "Bang-Bangs". This folder is best viewed as a slide show... (Greg: I wasn't kidding when I said my bangs look like yours)... I've also included a shot of me straight off the streets...
Um... not much else happening, just trying to sift through my to-do list. The assignments are piling up... but I'm not really sure from what angle I should be writing these papers... I haven't been having much luck here in HK with my writing... I only managed to do really well on my Linguistics assignment. Not complaining though, because I'm VERY consistent... Ha.
Got the munchies... Time to scavenge for food... Bad news is: Mum's cooking tonight...~

Ha...
I'm really having fun with this site-building business. I'm really crap at figuring out what everything means... but I'm getting there. Post something on the board... just so it looks pretty...
CONGRATULATIONS, CHRISTOPHER! (Christopher got accepted to CUHK for Actuarial Sciences on Early Acceptance!).
Here's an update on my fringe situation... NEVER cut your own hair, wet. I forgot I had heard that somewhere... well, I had wetted down my fringe to make the cutting easier... BIG MISTAKE. When hair dries, it SHRINKS. #*$^&#*%&^*!
Anyways... I'm starting to laugh about the whole thing now... and I'm coming up with some VERY creative ways to wear my hair. LOL...~

*Umm...*
I've been at home all day. My class today (and tomorrow) has been moved online... Which is incredibly convenient... but also incredibly boring because I don't really interact with people...
Being at home also means that I have a LOT of opportunities to procrastinate. So how did I procrastinate today?? I cut my own hair...
Yeah... not good. My mum didn't help either... she egged me on. Why can't I have a normal mum? Anyways, I grabbed my little eyebrow scissors and gave myself a fringe (a.k.a. bangs for my N. American friends). I haven't had a fringe since... grade 5?? There's a reason why...
Oh well... the damage is done... I'm going to have to deal with it. My mum figures I can just comb it to the side... and she keeps on reminding me that I can do so... OH-MY-#$(*&$%! (add whatever profanity you deem appropriate). Try not to laugh when you see me... It's hard enough for me to LIVE with it until it grows out... S*$%.~

Doh.. & HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CONNIE!
I hate to say this, but it's true... It's not really "taught" here to cover your nose and mouth when you sneeze... and quite often... people don't wash their hands properly after using the bathroom here in HK. In parts of HK where there is a higher concentration of elderly people, it's still quite common to see them hawk up phlegm and spit it out on the streets... yuck.
I think the washing of the hands part is the worst problem... My sister once said that to wash our hands properly, we'd have to rub our hands with soap under a running tap for about 30 seconds... which is approximately the time it takes to sing "Happy Birthday" at a brisk pace... Yeah, sis... I question your sources of information... but I agree that everyone needs to really pay attention to this hand-washing problem we have.
Which brings me to this... Has anyone noticed that Japan doesn't seem to be having a SARS problem? Even with its close proximity to the "danger zone"?? They have ONE suspect case. The doctors there have credited a lot of it to luck... but they have also been drilled since childhood about washing their hands and gargling when they get home... read this article I came across...
We really should re-examine our personal hygiene... "Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you..."~

*Wah!*...
Had a GREAT night! Best friend: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Bet you'll remember this one for a while...
The weather totally co-operated. Michelle came up with the brilliant idea to have dinner at Bamboo. We had dinner out on the terrace, and it was beautiful. The food was good, company great and the ambience was perfect. I haven't felt so good in a while. It was all really really great.
*sigh* I do have good times here in HK. It's not all bad... It's just that when things get bad, it has a way of augmenting itself to unbearable proportions. I just wish more nice and good things happened to me here...
So back to that class I had this afternoon. The guy just really surprised me with his knowledge and organised manner. I've only encountered 2 other professors that have really "wow-ed" me and got me thinking about things... my Developmental Psych Prof. in 3rd year, and my Research Methods Prof. in my final year. They're the only people who've actually gotten me to go to EVERY single class in undergrad... quite an amazing feat (seeing y'all know I hibernate in the winter months)...
Anyways... I have good vibes about this class. I'm glad I chose it... yay!~

*Aiyah*...
I'm about to rush out again. Just came home to dump off some stuff...
School was loooong today. This morning's lecture was "interesting"... I've never met a lecturer quite like the one we got today. Umm... how do I put it... Let's just say that he was so engrossed with his lecture and himself, that he didn't realise that the font colour he chose for his powerpoint presentation... could only be seen by him. No one spoke up probably because we can download the slides... and also probably 'cause we could pick up on the vibes this guy was emitting. Very interesting lecture though...
My afternoon class was great! The guy was SO knowledgable about the topic, that for the first time since Prof. Brown's Research Methods course in my final year of undergrad, I was genuinely interested actually thinking!
Ai. Gotta run... Will tell y'all more later about that lesson. Ciao.~

Oh...

"Climb on top of all you despise, it's a better view from the lies" - Lifehouse, How Long

I can't sleep. I'm troubled by my chat with Sam (my alternative therapist) earlier this evening. By saying "I think I'm reading too much into things"... Is this a way of saying "denial"? I must admit, I've always thought that I'm more than a bit thick when it comes to matters of the heart. I need things to be spelled out for me. I never take the first step because I'm always thinking "I'm reading too much into this". I know that in this day in age, with the women's movement and the likes... women should start taking charge over things. But I still think that courtship should be initiated by the guy. Am I old-fashioned? Can we harmoniously mix new and old ideas? I feel strongly about tradition when it comes to romantic relationships. Am I behind the times?~

*Gag*...
...Sssshhh... Don't tell my mum I'm broadcasting this... She overheard me talking on the phone just now to a friend, and she got mighty defensive just now...
She heard that the Chinese Medicine Faculty at the University of Hong Kong has put together on some herbal medicine pack to help combat the CVP (CoronaVirus a.k.a. SARS) and she picked up several packs. She made the potion just now... and it's VILE! My Dad gulped it down in one go... but my mum had given him a cupful... I ended up getting a SOUP BOWL-FULL! I took one sip and almost passed out from the gross-ness of it. I had to take it with several truffles... ugh...
Gotta sleep now... I've got something interesting to post later about "Shacking Up" before getting married... pretty interesting stats... Hmm... Ciao.~

Gosh...
I'm ALLERGIC to those damn masks! I suspected so much when my nose felt itchy the last several times I wore the mask. I never really wore them for long, no more than about 5 minutes at a time, so I didn't really think much about it... So today in class, I wore the darn thing, and about 15 minutes into the lecture, my eyes started watering. It then proceeded to get red and scratchy... This SARS thing is annoying the HECK outta me! So now, I'm left with wearing those incredibly ineffective paper masks because the "surgical" ones seem to be the ones that are irritating me...
Class was "strange" today... I don't really know what to make of it... I didn't really see the point that forum was trying to get at. Did anyone else feel the same way?
Another strange thing happened. I went over to TST to pick up a birthday present for my best friend, and as I walked by Headquarters there at Gateway, one of the stylists there (Rico, Ricky?? Something like that) came up behind me and asked if I would let him use my hair for a presentation. What the??!??!? He said that I would get paid for it, and that they'll cover all the expense for the presentation... Sounds good... but it also meant that I may have to have my hair cut.... Yeah, I don't think so... It's taken so long for me to grow my hair out... I think I'm going to keep it this length for a while longer...
I've got to go do some work now... and get some sleep... All in all, it was a weird day...~

Yay!...
The sun's out for the first time in like... a month! I tried yesterday, but didn't quite succeed... but it's DEFINITELY noticable today!
Crap... it's gone into hiding again, as I type this... maybe non sun afterall...
Anyways... back to school today. We have to wear masks today in our forum... What's up with that??!?!?~

*Yawn*...
I just went surfing around and read a whole bunch of my friends' blogs... and y'all know what THAT leads me to do... THINK...
Not good, not good... because... I think I made one HUGE mistake last year. I've been suspecting that what I did was a mistake... and I've been kicking myself since. Oh well, the damage is done. The world still goes on...
Urgh... Je ne peux pas dormir. Il est impossible a me coucher quand je suis comme ca. Mon Dieu... quelqu'un m'aide...~

Yikes...
I think I've taken "mucking about" a bit too much... I'm having problems with the page. Oops...
I've also noticed that due to the ease of posting here... I'm posting WAY too often.
Didn't do much today. I went to the Club for lunch (DWB), and wrote part of my paper on the Medium of Instruction in Hong Kong there at the bar. The cool thing was that while I was writing, I had a number of "influencial" big-shots hovering around me offering opinions and trying to "help"... I would have a VERY interesting paper if I used everything I heard today... Unfortunately, I can't just cite "as said by Dr. X on Sunday at the Club" on my paper. Oh well... back to using "published articles"...~

Wow...
Mucking about with webpages is actually a lot of fun (once you've figured out where everything goes). I'm addicted now! Fiddling with little bits here and there really add to the motivation to get this page lookin' stylin'... This rocks! Any tips about making this page look really WOW? Please drop me a line!~

Gosh...
I'm having way too much trouble trying to figure out all the "funny" web-lingo... yuck... Linguistics is my bloody forte... Why is it so hard to understand??? Is it really a "boy" thing?
Anyways... until I learn how to properly add links to my side-bar... Here's the link to my old site, where you'll find my archives for the past year and info about yours truly:
http://snap.to/olivia
Right... Gotta keep plodding on...~

Righty-ho...
Exactly a year ago, I started blogging as a way to vent my frustration and express the pain I was going through. A year later, I feel a bit better about myself and I'm starting to see a clearer path ahead of me... So now...
I've made the move to blogger (finally). It's going to look pretty boring for the time being... but I promise that this is a work in progress, and I'm going to make it "pretty" quite soon. But I'm sure you're here to READ about my insane thoughts, right?? I'm sure you're not here just to see how pretty my page is... so bear with me, and hopefully, things will look pretty perky soon.
Will keep y'all up to date with things. Must get this move sorted out... then hopefully... I'll get some sleep. For some reason, I haven't been sleeping well lately... Umm...~