Finally, after saying "Let's go swimming" for months now, my friend and I went swimming since last week. We made a commitment that we go swimming for at least once a week. First time back in the water, it was very harsh for me. I couldn't breathe properly and I could only swim 1/3 of the length of the swimming pool. The swimming pool at my campus is 50 metres long, or at least that's what it says on the website.
Anyway, last night we went swimming again for 2 hours! With the help of a kick board for the first 1 hour, I finally got-the-hang-of-it, finally got my breathing synchronized with my arms, legs and body. Then the other hour, I was just happily swimming back and forth. We might go swimming again tonite if we don't get too busy with our studying.
It's been a while since I said this... "I love being in the water, and I love going swimming.."
Just as Dory (from Finding Nemo) always said, "Just keep swimming.. just keep swimming.. just keep swimming.. swimming.. swimming.." =p
Happy swimming!
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Taking care of a baby...
I'm currently living with my little brother, simply because our schools are both located at Waterloo. I have to admit that it feels much better having a family member living with you rather than living with only friends. But, I also have to admit that my little brother gives me much trouble daily; well not much, but let's say it's pretty stressful.
It is mainly stressful because my brother is a picky eater. He doesn't like to taste new things. Although I think he's much better at trying new things now, but... o.O" For example, yesterday, he pretty much ate a small-sized frozen pasta, chips and ice cream. I feel like I'm a really bad sister. Yesterday after I came home from my morning lecture, I felt very tired so I went back to sleep for a few hours. Because I suspect that I might still be sleeping during lunch time, so I left him a note saying that there's food in the fridge that Mom packed on the weekend, and all you have to do is defrost and slice the meat thinly, and eat. I mean, usually I would prep everything and all he has to do is sit down and eat. But, he is also an adult now.. my gosh he's 19! He did not even have the courage to prep food himself? And he is telling me that he wants to live by himself next year.. I can't even begin to imagine what'll happen..
Sometimes I sacrificed my sleep time to wake up early and prep food so that he can eat when he gets hungry. FYI, he eats little each time but more frequent. But, a lot of the times he ignored whatever I made and decided to fill himself up with instant noodles or TV dinner, etc. I mean, did he not realize how much time I spend everyday to prepare food? It's not like I don't have a lotta work! My school hours are twice his!! A life science student compare to a business student? o.O"
A few times I had to get up in the middle of the night when I realized that I've forgotten to take out the meat from the freezer. I hate having to have to defrost meat products, because sometimes they get partially cooked here and there, so I prefer taking it out at night so it'd thaw naturally overnight.
He doesn't even want to help washing dirty dishes that I used for cooking. You know how many dishes you're left with after the cooking part is done.. A LOT! Even though he saw that there were dirty dishes on the sink that I used for cooking, he wouldn't bother to wash them even when he was also washing his own dirty plates. I'm like, do you just simply don't appreciate my loving care and time that I spent, or do u just simply not care?
I know that he is not the type that do not care, however sometimes he just does not realize, u know what I mean. He maybe does not remember that I'm not his mommy or I'm not responsible for him. Well, in a way I am since I am his older sister, but it's not like I have to always be there for him. He should be helping me too, since he is the guy in the house, even though he's younger.
Anyway, I should stop complaining and go to class. No offense to whoever read this, including my brother.
Later days!
It is mainly stressful because my brother is a picky eater. He doesn't like to taste new things. Although I think he's much better at trying new things now, but... o.O" For example, yesterday, he pretty much ate a small-sized frozen pasta, chips and ice cream. I feel like I'm a really bad sister. Yesterday after I came home from my morning lecture, I felt very tired so I went back to sleep for a few hours. Because I suspect that I might still be sleeping during lunch time, so I left him a note saying that there's food in the fridge that Mom packed on the weekend, and all you have to do is defrost and slice the meat thinly, and eat. I mean, usually I would prep everything and all he has to do is sit down and eat. But, he is also an adult now.. my gosh he's 19! He did not even have the courage to prep food himself? And he is telling me that he wants to live by himself next year.. I can't even begin to imagine what'll happen..
Sometimes I sacrificed my sleep time to wake up early and prep food so that he can eat when he gets hungry. FYI, he eats little each time but more frequent. But, a lot of the times he ignored whatever I made and decided to fill himself up with instant noodles or TV dinner, etc. I mean, did he not realize how much time I spend everyday to prepare food? It's not like I don't have a lotta work! My school hours are twice his!! A life science student compare to a business student? o.O"
A few times I had to get up in the middle of the night when I realized that I've forgotten to take out the meat from the freezer. I hate having to have to defrost meat products, because sometimes they get partially cooked here and there, so I prefer taking it out at night so it'd thaw naturally overnight.
He doesn't even want to help washing dirty dishes that I used for cooking. You know how many dishes you're left with after the cooking part is done.. A LOT! Even though he saw that there were dirty dishes on the sink that I used for cooking, he wouldn't bother to wash them even when he was also washing his own dirty plates. I'm like, do you just simply don't appreciate my loving care and time that I spent, or do u just simply not care?
I know that he is not the type that do not care, however sometimes he just does not realize, u know what I mean. He maybe does not remember that I'm not his mommy or I'm not responsible for him. Well, in a way I am since I am his older sister, but it's not like I have to always be there for him. He should be helping me too, since he is the guy in the house, even though he's younger.
Anyway, I should stop complaining and go to class. No offense to whoever read this, including my brother.
Later days!
Monday, November 27, 2006
Favourite song at the moment..
Kaulah penulis hidupku
Engkau membuat s'galanya baru
Engkau di dalamku
Dan ku ada dalamMu
Tak ada yang tak mungkin bagiMu
Dan ku dicipta untukMu
'tuk membawa harum namaMu
Engkau di dalamku
Dan ku ada dalamMu
Kini kudatang mencari wajahMu
MengasihiMu s'lalu dengan seg'nap hatiku
Mencintai seluruh perbuatanMu
Mengabdikan hidupku sesuai rencanaMu
Ku mau menyembahMu sampai akhir hayatku
Kau memahami hatiku
Hanya Kau yang mengertiku s'lalu
Engkau di dalamku
dan kuada dalamMu
Kini kudatang mencari wajahMu
- Engkau didalamku, by GMB
I just love this song.. It portrays everything that I feel deep down about my God, my Saviour. I want to thank my friend, Wilson, for introducing me to this song about a year ago. Everytime I listen to this song, my heart just softens and I feel that I'm ready to do whatever God wants me to do. Even though maybe I've had a bad day with people or at school, but this song reminds me again about why I'm here, why I was created by God.
Not only this song has good lyrics and meanings, the music arrangements are also good. It's soft in the beginning, it builds up a little in the middle, and then it goes into this jazzy instrumental bridge. It's very nice! If anybody would like to listen to this song, come visit the following website and you can listen to it for free.
http://www.airhidup.com/media.cfm?AlbumID=63
Thank you, God.. luv You always..
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Oh my God.. I'm such a cruel person..
On Friday, I was walking home from my campus, and I saw in front of me a blind lady also walking side-by-side with her guide dog. I recognized that she is also in my class and thought to myself that she must also be walking home. I was walking fairly quickly because it was cold and I didn't have enough clothes on because I originally planned to stay at the library and wait until my aerobics class starts at 4. But then I got hungry and I forgot to bring any cash, also haven't filled up any money on my student card. So I decided to go home, get a light snack so I wouldn't faint at kickboxing aerobics.
Anyway, back to the story.. I was also walking quickly because I came to an intersection and I didn't want to miss the crossing light. I noticed that the blind lady stopped because the dog stopped. The dog must've recognized the intersection. However, guide dogs are not taught to recognize crossing light, so the owner is responsible to cross safely. I did not know this at that time! I thought a guide dog can do everything for the blind owner. So, as I walked passed the blind lady, I heard a voice calling, "excuse me!" I turned around but I didn't see anybody behind me except for the blind lady. At that time, I didn't think that the blind lady needed help because I've never interacted with any blind people before. Usually when people say "excuse me" they needed direction or maybe I've dropped something. So, I kept walking and crossed the road. After I crossed, I started to realize that it might've been the blind lady calling me to ask guidance to cross the road. Those thoughts were just coming so quickly like a bunch of arrows coming at you simultaneously. I was so speechless and felt very terrible. I don't know why I didn't walk back and find her if she still needed help. I don't know why I just kept walking. Oh my God, I felt very selfish and arrogant. Oh my God... I'm so sorry.
I felt so bad that I started to think. Maybe I need a personality makeover or something. I need to be more open, especially towards new people. I don't interact well with new people. Maybe this was why I ignore random people that try to communicate with me. Maybe this is the Asian way, you know, being arrogant.. or in Indonesian slang terms, "eloe eloe, gue gue.." But, I know deep down I don't have that kind of personality. I may seem to be like that because I'm generally shy toward people, especially the new ones. But, even if maybe I have that personality a little bit, I shouldn't be. Man, I don't live in Indonesia anymore. I pretty much grew up here. I came here when I was 9, then went back to Indonesia and came here again when I was 12 and stayed here until now. I really should change and be more open like those Canadians who like to throw smiles at random people that they see. Canadians tend to be very warm and they make everybody feel welcome. This is especially IMPORTANT considering that I'm choosing health services to be my main career. How will I interact with patients? Maaann... Maybe I should volunteer at the hospital again so I get to practice to meet new people and help patients. But I need a real job, something that pays. I wish those pharmacies would consider university students.. *sighs*
Well, last week I dropped off three resumes already at 3 pharmacies at Connestoga Mall. I need to find other pharmacies nearby. It's so hard because I don't even know Waterloo that much. Two pharmacies turned me down already, but two are not enough to make me give up. I'm searching for more. I need to stop slacking off and study, work, study, work, study, work.. T__T
Alright, this is it for now, I need to finish my last chemistry lab report of the term!
Bye for now!
Anyway, back to the story.. I was also walking quickly because I came to an intersection and I didn't want to miss the crossing light. I noticed that the blind lady stopped because the dog stopped. The dog must've recognized the intersection. However, guide dogs are not taught to recognize crossing light, so the owner is responsible to cross safely. I did not know this at that time! I thought a guide dog can do everything for the blind owner. So, as I walked passed the blind lady, I heard a voice calling, "excuse me!" I turned around but I didn't see anybody behind me except for the blind lady. At that time, I didn't think that the blind lady needed help because I've never interacted with any blind people before. Usually when people say "excuse me" they needed direction or maybe I've dropped something. So, I kept walking and crossed the road. After I crossed, I started to realize that it might've been the blind lady calling me to ask guidance to cross the road. Those thoughts were just coming so quickly like a bunch of arrows coming at you simultaneously. I was so speechless and felt very terrible. I don't know why I didn't walk back and find her if she still needed help. I don't know why I just kept walking. Oh my God, I felt very selfish and arrogant. Oh my God... I'm so sorry.
I felt so bad that I started to think. Maybe I need a personality makeover or something. I need to be more open, especially towards new people. I don't interact well with new people. Maybe this was why I ignore random people that try to communicate with me. Maybe this is the Asian way, you know, being arrogant.. or in Indonesian slang terms, "eloe eloe, gue gue.." But, I know deep down I don't have that kind of personality. I may seem to be like that because I'm generally shy toward people, especially the new ones. But, even if maybe I have that personality a little bit, I shouldn't be. Man, I don't live in Indonesia anymore. I pretty much grew up here. I came here when I was 9, then went back to Indonesia and came here again when I was 12 and stayed here until now. I really should change and be more open like those Canadians who like to throw smiles at random people that they see. Canadians tend to be very warm and they make everybody feel welcome. This is especially IMPORTANT considering that I'm choosing health services to be my main career. How will I interact with patients? Maaann... Maybe I should volunteer at the hospital again so I get to practice to meet new people and help patients. But I need a real job, something that pays. I wish those pharmacies would consider university students.. *sighs*
Well, last week I dropped off three resumes already at 3 pharmacies at Connestoga Mall. I need to find other pharmacies nearby. It's so hard because I don't even know Waterloo that much. Two pharmacies turned me down already, but two are not enough to make me give up. I'm searching for more. I need to stop slacking off and study, work, study, work, study, work.. T__T
Alright, this is it for now, I need to finish my last chemistry lab report of the term!
Bye for now!
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
My pride an joy!
It's 10:26 AM, and I just got home from my morning Biochemistry lecture. My professor said that she has posted our last midterm marks online, but she couldn't hand back the paper yet because a few students still hasn't written the test. So, I rushed home.. turned on my laptop.. open the webCT website.. log in.. click on the Biochemistry link.. *and I'm telling u my hands were cold and sweating!!* and voila! My eyes were suddenly pulled open as wide as it could get.. my smile started to get wider too as if both corner of my lips were locked onto somthing.. my hands reaching to the side where I keep my backup calculator and started to punch in the numbers.. and yeah!!! I got 37.0/40.0, which is equal to 92.5%! My first midterm I scored 91.5%. I could not believe that I scored even higher on the second one with so much harder materials and 4 exams in 2 working days. I did not actually expect much out of this midterm because I was one of the last students in the exam room. I think I was the fourth last student that left the room! But praise God.. emang anak Tuhan selalu tampil beda dan diberkati! *bangga* =p
My plan was originally to go to bed as soon as I get back from lecture because I slept for a total of 7 hours in 2 nights in a row! But I don't think I can sleep now because as you can see I'm overjoyed! ^^ Maybe I'll pick up my guitar instead and worship! :) Or should I bake? I've been wanting to make chocolate chip muffins. We'll see.. I might get tired in a bit.
Later days!
My plan was originally to go to bed as soon as I get back from lecture because I slept for a total of 7 hours in 2 nights in a row! But I don't think I can sleep now because as you can see I'm overjoyed! ^^ Maybe I'll pick up my guitar instead and worship! :) Or should I bake? I've been wanting to make chocolate chip muffins. We'll see.. I might get tired in a bit.
Later days!
Monday, November 13, 2006
No more midterms!
Yeah!! I finally finished all the 8 midterms. Although I must say that the dates and times for all my midters were VERY unfair, but I guess life is tough! My last four midterms, I had two on Friday afternoon (Abnormal Psychology and Biochemistry), and then I had another two on the following Monday (Personality Psychology and Molecular Genetics). I only had about 1 - 2 hours in between of the two exams on both days. How more unfair could it be? I had to stay at Waterloo over the weekends and did not get to see my family. Especially, I did not have enough time to study. I felt like I could have done so much better. But it's okay, I've done my best and God will do the rest.
Today, after napping for 2 hours after both of my exams, I went to my aerobics class. I haven't gone in more than 2 weeks because I was sick for almost a week, then I was extremely busy with my midterms and papers the following week. I must say that I'm starting to love working out. Being fit makes me feel good about myself. It gives me the motivation to live a healthier life, be wiser in choosing what to eat, learn to organize my time so that I have enough time to go the gym, learn to commit myself, etc. I loved the aerobics session so much today that I cannot wait to go again tomorrow! =)
Well, I can't write much right now because I have to go shower and get started on my paper that is due this Thursday. I haven't started at all, but at least I don't have to worry about any more midterms. I also need to catch up on sleep!!
It also feels good to be writing again! ^^
Cheers
Today, after napping for 2 hours after both of my exams, I went to my aerobics class. I haven't gone in more than 2 weeks because I was sick for almost a week, then I was extremely busy with my midterms and papers the following week. I must say that I'm starting to love working out. Being fit makes me feel good about myself. It gives me the motivation to live a healthier life, be wiser in choosing what to eat, learn to organize my time so that I have enough time to go the gym, learn to commit myself, etc. I loved the aerobics session so much today that I cannot wait to go again tomorrow! =)
Well, I can't write much right now because I have to go shower and get started on my paper that is due this Thursday. I haven't started at all, but at least I don't have to worry about any more midterms. I also need to catch up on sleep!!
It also feels good to be writing again! ^^
Cheers
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