Coming home!

hello....just came back from my 10 day trip to the US....visited 4 cities, namely boston, philadelphia, washington dc, and new york city.....it was a tiring and 'schedule packed' trip involving lots of walking and navigating....thankfully, the entire trip ran really smoothly with all the buses departing on time and arriving according to schedule...it was a fun trip, took lots of photos....but wont have time to upload it...will only do it after i reach singapore....but honestly, US really not as safe as canada...

ok, leaving montreal on 29th dec morning....6am flight...have to be mentally prepared for the 30 hours flight...if not, sure will have serious jet lag problem...have to go and pack my stuff now...
and do last minute souvenir shopping...=)

ok....see ya...my good friends in singapore and kl, see ya soon!!

byebye!

US Trip

hello!

tomorrow night, i'll be going off on a 10 day trip to US....not bringing my laptop...so, wont be online for a while....i'll try and see whether i can use any internet kiosk or anything to go online or not..

anyways, my itenary:

15.12.2008- leave montreal...
16.12.2008- reach boston in the morning...stay in boston for 3 days and 2 nights..leave boston on the 18th night...
19.12.2008- reach philadelphia in the morning...stay in philly for 2 days and 2 nights..
21.12.2008- leave early in the morning for washington dc...reach washington dc...spend 1 and a half days in washington dc..leave washington on the 22th night..
23.12.2008- reach newyork early in the morning...spend 3 days and 2 nights there...spend xmas in NYC..
25.12.2008- taking the night bus back to montreal..
26.12.2008- reaching montreal at about 7am..

yea...so i'll be visiting the white house, harvard, MIT...and many other places...!yay!
hope that the weather's good tomorrow...
btw, i have lots of photos not uploaded yet...no time...maybe when i get back to singapore then only i'll do it..

ok, ciao! one more exam 2moro...

so much to do....so little time.....

hello...

the past 4 days have been extremely hectic....crammed for 2 consecutive test with only a day gap in between....it wouldnt have been so stressful if i started earlier...hmm...being last minute again....last night, crammed for my financial statement analysis test held this morning....had hardly 4 hours of sleep...then have to wake up to mug some more...headache the whole night, waking up every 1/2 an hour coz i was paranoid that i might oversleep and be late for the test...lately, i been busy juggling between studying for my test, and preparing for my US trip...coz i m going right after my exam which is next week, so this week everything must confirm liao.. spending 2 days to study for an entire sem is crazy lar...damn tired...served me right..

so today's tuesday, hence, i have tomorrow and thursday to prepare for 2 tests on friday!! oh no...
i'll be cramming again...summore, one of the course i've been skipping classes for quite a # of times, havent been keeping up.....well...sigh....

anyway, today, it was snowing cats and dogs....haha....it's really like raining, but instead of droplets of rain, it's snow....but it was really cold when i rushed to school this morning for the test...but the snow doesnt really make u wet...i couldnt really see clearly coz the snow keep falling on my face..

there's a thick layer of snow oredi....easily a few inches...can play snow later!! actually i showelled the front entrance when i got back, but it snowed again....waste all my effort...=(
but yesterday was the coldest since i've been here...-20 degrees...getting out of the house is a pain in the ass...why??? coz i have to

1. wear longjohns inside
2. then long sleeve tshirt and jeans..
3. thick socks
4. gloves...damn impt...this one really cannot forget, coz i was lazy to wear my gloves when i brought the rubbish out, my hands hurt even after 30 minutes...
5.hat...
6.winter boots..
7.thick winter jacket..

basically, my whole body is covered except for my face...actually if wear a scarve, maybe can cover the mouth, then wear sunglasses, then practically everywhere is covered...=)

It feels like walking on very fine sand or flour.....actually it looks more like icing sugar....
pure and white.....but the roads are dirty and brownish...coz the vehicles run over it..

btw, i found out how i 'kena' the antivirus 2009 already....i m very sure it was from one of the pop-ups when i log on to friendster.com....coz after that incident, i went back to the site, and the window just closed immediately.and my AVG says it detected a virus...i even tried using the school's desktop, the antivirus thingy pop up at that website....so those using friendster, must be careful....well so far, my laptop hasnt been giving me any major problems..but it's lagging a bit...

ok...bye..

It's me against the evil monster...!..me: 1, stupid virus:0

hi, so this morning, i made the effort to wake up early so that i can edit my essay for my intl biz project...i have to get it done before going to school as i have a group meeting in the afternoon...
as usual, i on my lappie, check my hotmail, facebook and log on to youtube....the usual routine...at least for me...and then, this stupid Antivirus 2009 keep popping up every 5 minutes or so...damn annoying...my whole pc slowed down...then my laptop hang at one point...damn annoying..so no choice lor, i have to go to school to do my essay.. it claims that it scanned my laptop and found so many 'threats' and spywares inside...can u see?? it's a bit small...so many trojan viruses...i was like panicking....how come suddenly so many viruses?? they say got 36 THREATS...somemore must highlight in RED...then i simply go and install that stupid thing..i m so stupid!..coz my laptop has been virus free for a very long time...actually so far, this is only my 2nd virus attack...the 1st one was really long ago....at first i didnt know what was it about, so i quickly go to http://www.download.com/ to download AVG.....thinking that it will work....coz currently, i m not using any antivirus software at all except for windows defender....i uninstalled AVG long ago coz i felt it slowed down my pc...

anyways, i knew that something was wrong...haha, then i 'googled' how to get rid of Antivirus 2009....and i realised that it was a virus....similar to antivirus 2008,antivirus XP...same family one....it give fake messages telling u that your laptop's has viruses...infact, it itself is a virus..can just google it...many ppl also kena before...very common virus....
got so many ways to get rid of it.....i researched a bit and on the internet....so in the end..i downloaded, Malwarebytes' Anti Malware....from http://www.download.com/...

anyways, it worked!!! yay!!....thanks to whoever that suggested it..so ppl, if next time your pc kena Antivirus 2009, just download Malwarebytes....it works!=)

so now, everything is back to normal..my laptop's running as usual....but i m still scanning my whole computer again just in case.......

wow, sometimes i m amazed as to how i can survive uni while being so computer illiterate....hmm, up till now, i sometimes dunno how to use the functions on MS Word....must buy the book, "Guide to Computers for DUMMIES" oredi...

btw, anyone has any suggestion as to what free antivirus program i should use?? my friend say Avast is good....hmm....should i download it?...coz i really dont like AVG leh..

shit...spend the whole evening 'fighting' the virus...well, at least my laptop is virus free now..up till now, i still dunno how i got the virus...sigh..

bye!

It snowed again...and this time, it's for real...=)

britney spears new album "Circus" is coming out on dec 2nd...yay! so excited for her..I LOVE BRITNEY SPEARS!! no matter what ppl say...coz nowadays, all her antics a bit erratic..she started to fall apart after marrying the kevin loser..

but most of songs from that album all leaked or pre-released on the internet liao...so far, i quite like most of the songs....not bad..! i actually prefer her newer songs compared to all the old school eg. baby one more time..but i feel this time, she is ready having a comeback!!
besides that, in her 'Womanizer' music video, my birthday appear in the cellphone featured on the clip!!! spot it.....haha=)

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It started snowing last night....and it snowed the whole day today....snow's like everywhere...coz the last time it snowed, the snow was really a bit too little...but, it is forecasted that it will snow again 2moro...probably throughout the week...it started raining in the evening tonight...normally it will rain before it snows...=) it's actually warmer when it snows.....i think if the temperature is too cold, not much snow..

and the day is really short nowadays...the sun sets at around 4pm...so if u wake up late, say 12pm...eat lunch, then in 2hours, the sun sets, and it's dark...so technically, your day lasted for 4 hours only...crazy...6pm feels like 9pm nowadays....it gets really dark really early...

anyways, i likened montreal's weather to a high maintenance person....haha...why?? coz the similarities are way too obvious...


1. The 4 seasons weather in montreal requires a lot of $$$ monetary$$ cost...why? 4 seasons means u will have to buy winter wear...such as winter jacket, scarves, hat, gloves, long johns, boots, thick socks...then in summer, have to buy shorts and t shirt....fall, have to buys fall jacket...have to buy so many clothing..coz u certainly cant wear summer clothes in the winter...just like those high maintenance girls lor...have to spend so much money on clothes + makeup+ hair products...but, the different seasons in montreal are really pretty...u can see the change in the landscape, from green in the summer, to brownish red during fall, and totaly white during winter!!..well, pretty things comes with a cost..

2. weather in montreal requires a lot of maintenance...the residents here have to buy special tyres for both winter and summer tyres...winter tyres have better grip..and somemore, have to on the heater 24/7...electricity cost..then when there's so much snow, have to shovel it all the time...so troublesome....


ciao....have 2 more assignments to slog through..havent been getting much sleep lately..

bye!

Arrrggghh!

arrrrggghh!

This week and next week will be hell week for me....have so many school work to complete..

just to let u all know, i come to montreal, i m studying hor....
sometimes i really don't understand...coz hor, that day, got one of my old secondary school friend ask me, what m i doing in canada....haha, pls dont be deceived by all the 'travelling' pictures...
i m a full time student ok, at McGill university....taking 5 courses this fall semester...which is the max load per sem oredi ok?? haha...i come here for like 3 months oredi still got ppl ask me this type of questions...anyways, i will be flying back to singapore this dec...arriving 30dec...yay!...
can't wait..=)

list of hwk due:

- 2 computer assignments : both also havent touch..havent even look at the question....die...this hwk very tedious and time consuming...must key in the transactions one by one...
Dateline: coming tuesday...

- Intl. biz group project : 12 pages of essay to hand in...we are like 70% done...but still, group meetings are time consuming and difficult to coordinate a time where everyone is free to meet up...the guy doing the intro hasn't been showing up...so now, the body is more or less completed, with the intro missing..like eating breakfast before brushing your teeth...
Dateline: coming Friday

- FSA case study...have to analyse the financial statements of a brewing company in Canada..this one, just started only...
Dateline: coming Monday

- finance assignment...aiyoh...this is the one that is most 'mafan' and the one that i m dreading the most....coz the questions very tricky and takes damn long to get one bloody question done..it's like maths, must sit down and concentrate one...last 2 assignments, i couldnt do 50% of the questions....have to refer to the tb...so mafan..which is something i dont really feel like doing lar...anyways,got group meeting this friday,...that means die die thursday night must start doing...sigh..
Dateline: coming thursday

actually most of the projects have been assigned at the beginning of the sem, but i procrastinated up till now....i memang 'dai sei'...(deserve to die)...

and not to forget, finals are just around the corner....2 more weeks only...
coz i m a bit blur after midterms onwards...lost oredi during lectures..
that means i have to practically start 'learning' everything again...
have to pray for a miracle..

oh yea, and have to plan for my US trip....objective: save money, save time, visit as many places as possible, and must be safe & secure..

so many things going on, but i still waste time blogging here...no time management at all..
=)
ok, maybe i should sleep early today...and wake up early 2moro to worry about the assignments...sleep deprived...

and i realised that if the temperature is warm, i tend to sleep better...as in go into a deep sleep...so nowadays, i wear a few layers of jackets to sleep eventhough it's not that cold...coz there's heater in my room..!

ok, nitez!

Music

hi,

been listening to a lot of music recently....
i always believe that the kind of music a person likes or enjoy depicts the persons personality and character...

my dad's fav song is green green grass of home, ...haha, but i dont have an all time favourite song...

i listen to lots of different kinds of music...pop, rnb, cabaret, opera (especially b4 exam, can release tension), musicals, pop rock etc...can be in english, mandarin or malay...but canto seldom lar..

my current favourite songs are take a bow from rihanna and leavin' from jesse mcchartney..

but that's not the point of this post...the point i wanna bring is......

the power of art...

some people like to read novels because they totally throw themselves into the story that they are reading using their imagination...to the point that they totally feel for the character of the story....until it totally affect their mood and thinking in real life...

now, i believe that this kind of 'power' can also be translated through music...certain messages can be literated through the lyrics and emotions can be reflected through the melody and rhythm of a song....

last night, quynh and I were having a mini 'karaoke' session...haha, and we were like showing each other songs that we like on 'youtube'.....and she did intro me some songs that was kinda nice.....but there was this particular song that stuck on my mind up till now....which is this particular song....

'Gloomy Sunday'....now, this song is also known as the Hungarian Suicide song....apparently, many suicides have been linked to this song as it is a really depressing song...i wiki'ed this song and found out that this song has been re sung many times...and it was made popular by billie holiday...both the original composer and the singer commited suicide,,,and long long time ago, during the world war 2, this song was banned in Hungary as it was said to have been linked to many suicide cases....even in the US, it had been banned from it being played on radios and clubs...but now no more lar..many people have resung this song.....

but quynh insisted that there's actually nothing wrong with this song....and everything was a mere coincidence...but i think no lor...there must be something with this song that made its listeners sad...but in my opinion, different ppl hav different interpretations...
but to tell u the truth, i dare not listen finish the whole song...i've just heard like 10 seconds into the song, and i got a bit freaked out when i heard about the background of this song...this song is ranked as one of the saddest song ever...but many singers have resung this song and they are totally fine and embracing life...so it's ok lar..but still...
so ppl, if u r scared, then pls dont listen to this song...i m not responsible for your mental wellbeing..thank you...

but like i said, i totally believe in the power of music...and i find this incident very spooky....just like the curse of the eyptian mummy tombs...

i m scared, that's why i only listen to happy songs...=) like the Barney song....

These boots are made for walking..

hey, in preparation for winter, i have bought winter boots....i think we bought it last week i think...it was cad 39.92 before tax...not a bad price from walmart....it's from bum equipment...

my criteria of a good winter boots:

1. good grip on the soles....as it gets really slippery on the melted snow...i almost fell on my butt...

2. water resistant....the last thing u want is the snow melting and the moisture absorbed into your socks...then u will feel really uncomfortable with the dampness in your feet for hours...

3. looks relatively stylish...this is really impt lor i think...coz if the boots is so ugly and ruggard looking, u wont want to even wear it...

4. no heels lar...coz it winter lar, who would be that stupid to wear boots with heels during winter? the heels will pierced through the snow...its one way to distinguish between a fashion boots and winter boots...

5. not too expensive...since i'll be wearing it for only 2 over months...but i'll bring home...just in case next time i happen to need it...btw, i bought US size 7, so if anybody wants to borrow it in future can ask from me..

actually there's one in a beige colour, exactly the same design...i like that pair more, but no size...so no choice lor..

so far, i havent worn it out yet...coz recently, the weather's been kinda warm....about 13 degrees average with NO snow...so have to wait...

and the weather's been really weird...coz at 4 something pm in the afternoon, it's like 6 o'clock outside...it turns dark really early...a bit strange....nowadays, i m eating dinner sharp at 6pm or even slightly before...coz the sky turns dark really quick making me damn hungry...

ok...bye!