Happy Birthday to me!

Today also marks the second anniversary of this weblog. Looking back to a year ago when I made a statement that I need to pick myself up. Funny, because it seems that I have gone around in a full circle and landed in the exact same spot as last year, if not worse. I have grown, oh yes I have, in terms of 'reality checks' and what not. I learned more about the 'dark side' of human beings, the 'deception and lies' that some of my so-called 'friends' make up, and even witnessed betrayal of trust and loyalty. One of my old friends from high school was right when she told me, "What goes around comes around".. I guess it's my turn now. Retribution - how appropriate at this moment.

There is also this I wrote on my birthday last year also. The phone call I got last year from that person, no longer recurred this year. (perhaps our 'relationship' was much better in previous year than it is currently) Instead, I had some real friends who traveled distance (and I really mean traveled) to wish me happy birthday last night over dinner, and for this, I am truly appreciative. Some friends even made an effort to call me, even if they are half way across the country.

And then, there is the special someone who have always remained by my side, who probably had been thinking about today since a year ago :P I don't think I would be here today without the support I received from her.

I have another 15 hours to enjoy *MY* day - and I'm not going to waste a second of it. :)

Conquer the tower.. maybe.

Today I went to 'conquer the tower' - the CN tower that is. I participated in the stair climb today, and it was more waiting than climbing. I blame it on the poor organization of the event (or just the abundance of morals in some of the people I was with, since we could have.. ahem.. "enhanced our position in the line up" but it violated somebody's moral standards.. grr).. overall it was fun. I think the best part was having lunch after the event (at 3pm, mind you). That was probably one of the better meals I had! Just the thought of food made me salivate.

It also feels good that I gave something back to the community - I miss this feeling of charity, of generosity.

Wish List

Just a quick note that I have added my Amazon.ca Wish List on the bar to the left (at the bottom, after all the blogs I read regularly). I don't really expect anybody to buy me anything, but I feel that it might give you a better glimpse into who I really am..

Self-Contraint

I find that I need to learn more about self-contraint.. It seems that I lack a little in this department of 'personal development'. Regardless of what I am doing, I am always heavily 'tempted' to deviate from the set plan. For example, if I'm studying, and it's 11:30am, I feel the need to worry about what to have for lunch. Or if I'm in a heated argument with a friend, I would use all possible knowledge to try and prove my point, without having any regards whether those 'proofs' are appropriate in the particular situation.

Perhaps it is part of my personality that I am straight-forward, say what I mean, and mean what I say. I have to be careful though - as this could get me into a lot of trouble.

Maybe it's better if I keep my mouth shut at times.

Amber Alert

Ontario put on its third ever Amber Alert yesterday after a 9-year-old girl had suspected to been snatched from her own home between Sunday night and Monday morning. Click here for the news article in today's Toronto Star.

I hope she's okay.. it saddens me to hear stories like these. I wish I could do something to help!

Opportunity

Another quote for you.. "If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." - Milton Berle

I despise people who believe in pure luck, and believes that if the opportunity is to come, it will show up eventually. These people are blinded by believing in fate. I feel that opportunities are earned, and not granted. If opportunity comes, it is because I have already planted the seed for it somewhere down the line. My fate is that I worked hard to create myself the opportunity, instead of sitting around waiting for it to happen.

Go on, build yourself a door. Opportunities will come knocking.

Where did the weekend go!?

I didn't even begin to enjoy the weekend yet, and I find myself back at work already. I went karaoking with some friends (becoming a weekly activity now), killing our eardrums with slightly-off-pitched tones. Other than that, I cannot honestly say I did anything that was remotely productive.

Need to start writing down things I absolutely must do. Ever since losing my PDA, I haven't been able to pull myself together. Am I growing so old that my memory is failing me, or am I just relying on technology too much?

Back to my trusty paper and pen (more like trusty electrons).. let's write down what I need to do.

Find a place to live next term (yes, this time I cannot rely on Evelyn)

Scam money from the government.. ahem, I mean, apply for OSAP (*laugh* x 1000)

Try to scam more money from the school (*laugh* x 100000000)

Clean up my room/house/dump I call home

This is almost as sad as my "New Years Resolution"..

Funny Quote

I read this while riding the elevator to the 54th floor for a meeting today..

"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it is too dark to read." - Groucho Marx

Think about it. :)

CNEWS Weird News - Slang crosses up GM

CNEWS Weird News - Slang crosses up GM

Sorry, one more article. :) Hehehe.. I'm on a roll today. Imagine driving one of these, and somebody asks you what you drive. What do you tell them? "Uh, I drive the GM 'Masturbator'.."

TheStar.com - Traffic swamps music service

TheStar.com - Traffic swamps music service

It must be the same people who programmed the University of Waterloo online systems.. :D I remember the day that the web-based ACCESS was launched, it crashed within hours of the first posting of co-op jobs. Also, the day when the rankings came out.. ACCESS crashed also. Oh and who can forget QUEST, the online student information system that allows us to view our marks and register for courses? QUEST goes down more often than .. .

C'mon people, you'd think that by now you would have figured out that scalability is very important in a large-scale implementation of software.