summer summary

OMG IT'S A NEW ENTRY!

yes, yes, today is the only day that i actually felt like doing an update this whole summer. it's been a while, for sure, just really busy, trying to get things done before summer ends. don't get me wrong, i always have things on my mind, just no time!

i think this summer has been a success. i went to several concerts: gwen stefani, john legend, boys II men...i have yet to see JT on wednesday ( <3 ) and kanye west in october ( <3 ). did i miss any marq?

It was soo super hot that day.

i went to cancun in may! i think that's the most memorable experience this year. it was so beautiful, like nothing i've ever imagined it to be. the super hot 40°C weather was pleasing, the clear blue waters, and the people were so nice, humble and...humbling. the hot white sands felt so nice under my feet. the cool breeze when sitting under the palapas. our hotel was amazing, the food was so surprisingly delicious...fish, shrimp, fried rice, papaya, pineapples, coconut...the culture, the pyramids! pok-da-pok! the sapodilla trees, the waterfalls! i wanna go back! i wanna go back!...wait, i will go back! someday, someday...i will go back.

so i've had a major change in educational career paths (sort of). a major change of mind i guess. i've been on the waitlist for the nursing program at langara for two years, and during those two years, i've convinced myself that nursing was definitely not for me. the shifts that they will offer me in the future, being physically and emotionally demanding...i told myself that's not what i want to do, but i was due to enter the program in january '08. i didn't have a back-up plan. i didn't know what else i wanted to do. once upon a time, some time in the beginning of august, i get a call from the school, and they offer me a seat for this september! i had 24 hours to decide. and i decided that i will give it a try. so here i am, being excited and nervous as hell. i don't know what to do with myself but just try to contain myself and see what happens after... i hate waiting.

so i've done a lot of summer shopping...i'm happy. but now it's winter, and christmas is coming...we all know what happens next...suppposed to buy stuff for others and end up buying stuff for myself as well...lol.

i need a laptop. during work, i'm allowed to do my homework when it's super dead (which it is when it's close to closing). and i need all the time to do homework that i can get. majority of homework will basically be reading and researching. a laptop will be helpful because i can bring my stuff with me wherever i am. work, friend's house, my room...on public transit. i need help though. what the heck do i look for? basically, i will need it for writing papers, Internet, music, powerpoints, storing pics perhaps? i don't know how much memory i should get or how fast a processor i should get. i know that i need a small LCD. i'm thinking 14" or less...

anyways, this entry is so random, i just don't know where to start...and end. i don't know whats appropriate to blog about anymore.

see, when i get a laptop, i'll be able to blog more regularly! then my mind won't be all over the place!!!

For One More Day

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oh! of course i have to write about the most recent book that i've read which is for one more day. after reading the five people you meet in heaven, i just thought that i have to read more of mitch albom's books. it's so inspiring. i don't think it's meant to inspire only some. it's a type of read that everyone can relate to because everyone has a mother. everyone who reads it, will get it. but it will definitely mean more to some that have had certain experiences when you've taken your mother for granted more drastically. my most favourite thing about this book are his lists of "times my mother stood up for me" and "times i didn't stand up for my mother." it makes you think of what your own mother has done to stand up for you, and how many times you should've stood up for her, and you knew it, but you didn't...just because. just because. you should've! so many times have i felt guilty because i should've stood up for her, like she does for me. doesn't matter how annoying she gets sometimes when she keeps nagging and nagging and repeating and repeating. i still should've stood up for her when the time came! and that makes me feel the greatest shame. i'm speaking of small instances. and i think now...i will never let myself not stand up for her, specially when it comes to the big instances. specially the times when she needs you most. but that kind of scares me now. i don't want to fail.

and at that, i shall end this entry here.

good-bye. see you again.