It's funny what the past can do to you. It can hold onto you and cling on for dear life...or it can fly away into the wind with a slight brush of the shoulder. What happens to it is up to you and where you determine it shall go.

Sometimes it's easy to forget what's important to you when you're so immersed with school work and it can be hard to pull yourself out of it. These past four years of university have gone by so quickly and I wish I did so many things differently...but at the same time I cherish all the memories that I have made with those who matter and that I don't regret. I've always wanted to be able to go through university and come out saying that I had a great time with many memories to look back upon. Even though I've been trying very hard to juggle between what matters to me and school, I have found it to be quite chaotic. You obviously can't put both things first...sometimes one will have to give way for the other. Thankfully, I have at least two more years of pharmacy and redemption is calling my name because I feel like I won't take things for granted this time. I have TWO years to make things right and I WILLLL. :)

maybe I'll stick around as well and post more often this year rather than in 2012. ;)

I have a spending problem.
oh dear.

SO,
I am back from another adventurous trip! This time to montreal for a bachlorette party. =] It was definitely a needed break from school and I'm so glad that I went. Poutine, foie gras, BRIEE, ice wine, nights out, boutiques, beautiful scenery, gorgeous hotel location in the heart of down town montreal...life was classy and pretty sweet. I was a little worried about going since I knew exams would be coming up, but my studying schedule worked out...kinda...so it wasn't too big of a deal.

This term has been quite overwhelming with the amount of work that I have to do. I'm not used to having so many exams or even courses for that matter. I have 9 exams and only 2 of those exams were for labs...so I was taking 7 courses! I actually never really counted the number of exams I had until today. I never really thought about it...I just kept studying and wondering why it felt like I had no time to study. haha I can't wait until the last week of April! It'll be like a part 2 reading week for me until another school term starts in May.
For now, I will be hibernating at home until then!

40% assignment due tomorrow.
I have to research a drug and it only officialy launched in Canada as of Feb. 2010.
That was last month.
*flails arms and runs around in circles*

Coming back to toronto from hong kong requires alot of adjusting! I was extremely jet lagged the first week that I came back and driving was pretty hard. I haven't driven for 3 months AND the roads were very icy. But I can definitely say I'm glad to be home. There's too much here that I've missed. =]

One week of school has gone by and it has been such an amazing experience so far. The people are very welcoming, the profs are down to earth, and I don't even have to cook! Sobeys, Pharmasave, and Scotiabank has been very kind as to provide our class with lunch for three days already. On friday, Shoppers Drugmart held an event at the Delta Hotel in kitchener for all of our students in pharmacy and provided hors d'oeuvres, drinks, ipods, gift cards, packages, etc. It was great! That was a pretty fun night. Besides all the fun stuff, of course there is also work! Assignments and labs have been thrown at my face from several directions already! It's a little overwhelming but how can you enjoy having fun without knowing what the other end of the spectrum is like? =]

Haven't posted in a while but I've decided to come by again and drop a few lines. There's too much that has happened in this past month, it's been great. I just went by San Francisco at the end of November for about a week and did quite a lot of shopping there. Gotta see my relatives and such, it was good...I definitely miss my little cousins. They asked me when I was going to visit them again and naturally I replied..."next year in the summer, like always" ...in which I ended up correcting myself cuz I won't be off school next summer! grrr. I won't be off till the next four years meaning, no little cousins to pick on anytime soon. =P

So where in the world am I right now? I'm in Hong Kong!! I've been here for a little over more than a week and I've seen/done so much!! I went to a really nice beach in Shek O and got to soak in a little more sun than I was expecting to in december. It was the first time I've ever worn boots on a beach! haha. (it was an unexpected road trip) I passed by a little stand selling food by the side of the road and recognized a familiar face. It happened to be a tvb star more well known for his role in The Kindered Spirit way back...although I've seen him in some more recent ones as well. I definitely had to take a picture with him. =) haha

For the next couple of days I've mostly been going to more rural parts of hong kong. By rural I mean not as busy like mongkok on the weekends. There was still quite alot to do there. I went to a couple of outlet malls and walked around.
Today ended up being another unexpected road trip to sai gong...I think that's how you spell it. haha. We were suppose to drive up to sha tin but didn't quite make it all the way. haha. Had some nice thai food and went by the yacht club. The scenery was amazing! =)

Today Hong Kong had it's opening ceremony for the 2009 East Asian Games. That was pretty exciting. I didn't make it outside to see the fireworks...but could kind of see it from the place where I was staying at. The fireworks were pretty loud though, so I could hear it as well...it ended up being great sound effects for the tv showing the event. haha.
Yesterday I went to the Hong Kong Jockey Club in Happy Valley for dinner with relatives and we just so happened to see some of the athletes representing Mongolia eating at the table right next to us! I thought that was pretty awesome, but none of my relatives cared to showed interest. haha. =P At the time I didn't think they were atheltes...I thought they were people who were just very patriotic and wore clothes with "Mongolia" written on them. haha how silly...I ended up seeing those same people on tv at the opening ceremony!

More updates on my trip to come!! =)