Saving money FTW!

Since I drove back to Waterloo yesterday, I had to pay for parking at UWP (campus housing closest to my building).  The credit card swipe on the ticket machine didn't work, and I didn't bring any coins because I thought they took cards too.  The rate is $5 per day, so it makes sense to accept $5 bills, but they don't!  Waterloo should invest better ticketing machines.  Surprisingly, I didn't panic as much as I thought I would be, though it was quite embarrassing trying to get the machine to work.  Luckily, there was this nice gentleman who was leaving the Congress Conference held at Waterloo (hence the weird class schedule this week).  He gave me his parking permit, which was good enough for me to park for the night (saved 5 bucks right there!).  The permit only marked off yesterday as the last day, so I decided to park at the plaza just incase the the parking patrol takes a stroll around the parking lot.

The drive back to Toronto was pretty quick, though I was pretty tired.  I got back to Toronto around 12:45pm.  If I took the greyhound, I would still be in Kitchener, probably picking people up from Sportsworld.  Once I got back to Toronto, I wanted to shower and take a quick nap because I had a list of things to do for today.  My plan got foiled because the building was doing some sort of maintenance on the boiler, resulting no hot water until 4pm.  I was pretty disappointed because I was looking forward for a nap, but since I wasn't able to shower, I decided to skip the nap too.  I started doing my accounting assignment (finished it within an hour!) and eventually moved on to the flyer/ad that I was supposed to make for my mom weeks ago.  I was pretty much on a role, but everything slowed down when I started doing my econ notes.  Well, in the end, I got everything done, and that's all it matters, right?

On a side note, my brother kept asking for help in chemistry.  Sadly, I only knew the basics and had to google just to "refresh" my mind.  In the end, I was able to explain to him what's happening and how to work through the problems.  He was probably too stressed to notice my failure anyways.

Accounting Sucks.

Accounting class today was intense because the prof finally touched on the topics that I haven't learned yet (Cash Flow Statements).  I decided to work on the assignment tonight so I'll have more time to study for my mythology midterm next week.  The assignment was shorter than my last three, but there was one question where I couldn't get the right number.  After hours, I gave up and just submitted to see what I did wrong.  I am so glad that I'm not in accounting, because this was way more stressful than chemistry.  I don't know how the AFM kids go through their questions knowing that it's wrong because their numbers don't match.  That just bugs me.

I love McDonald Deals.

I knew sleeping at 2am last night was a bad idea.  I totally forgot about waking up at 7:30am today to drive my brother to school.  After dropping my brother off, I went to submit my passport paper work.  Since the the mall was closed during that time, I was forced to pay for the parking in front of the town hall building.  Luckily, there was no line up since it was really early in the morning and I got out of the office by 9:15 (though I paid for until 10:00).  Yesterday, my mom requested me to get some McDonald's breakfast on the way home.  I was worried that the line up would be long because every time I went to that branch, there was always a huge line-up.  Luck was on my side because there was next to no line-up. Coincidentally, they have a promotion this week where we get bagel sandwiches for 50% of the original price, so I decided to get that and try it out.  I ordered an extra ice coffee for myself (as always since they're on sale too).

I finally got the initiative to start catching up on some school work.  I pretty positive that I'm off-paced with accounting and classical studies.  It's really hard to work every day on weekends AND trying to do my readings.  I guess doing a bit each day is better than not doing anything at all...

Grandparents Sleeps In Too.

Around 7:30am, there was a big thump.  I woke up to my grandpa cursing because he slept in and have less than half an hour to prepare my brother's lunch.  I could hear him yelling at my brother, asking him where the ham was.  My brother, as clueless as always, gave him a vague answer which pissed him even more.  I felt pretty wide awake, but I eventually I fell back asleep within 15 minutes.

I procrastinated through the early afternoon as always.  I was supposed to finish my accounting assignment, but I ended up surfing on the wed to look for a good movie to watch.  Maybe karma got me, because the online streaming servers were extremely slow today.  One of my pet peeves for movies is the lagginess.  Hence, I was forced to torrent the movie.  That means I have to work on my assignment now. Once again, I was decimals away from getting perfect (I got 99.25% this time).  I really didn't want to do the assignment again, so I let it go.  Totally not worth the time anymore.

Work. Work. And Work.

The phone rang at around 10 am this morning and it instantly woke me up.  I had trouble running to the living room to pick up the phone.  It was my dad and my stepsister's weekly visit.  It was the second straight weekend where I wasn't able to sleep in.  This sucks.

Work was alright as I got to complete my first attempt on my accounting assignment.  Of course, I didn't get perfect on it, so I have to redo it.  I planned to complete my second attempt when I get back home from work, but my mom asked me to work on some letters and promotion flyers for the shop.  The task took longer than anticipated due to her extreme pickiness.  Now, I have to postpone my assignment to tomorrow.

My brother kept complaining about how shitty the whiteout tape was.  The tape kept on jamming on him. I tried to opening it up and fix it, but it was such a hassle that in the end, I gave up because it was not worth the time and effort.  He just needs to learn how to not man handle the tape!

Sick. I think.

It was 9 am in the morning when I woke up to this really annoying sound.  At first, I thought it was my grandpa or my brother looking for something in the room.  I sat up only to find my brother's body sprawled across his bed (he had prom last night) and my grandpa MIA.  I listened carefully and realized that the sound come from the other side of the wall - my next door neighbour.  The hammering soon led to drilling and within a few minutes, I got fed up and began punching the wall.  Obviously, it didn't work because asians don't give a damn as long as they get their job done.  I got off my bed and walked out to the living room so I can get some more snooze on the couch.  The walk was not pleasant at all because my vision was spinning.  I guess I'm catching a cold and I am definitely blaming at the air conditioner at the Waterloo campuses...

Two of my piano students cancelled on me today, which was perfect as I really didn't have the energy to teacher 5 students back to back.  Not to mention that I have to go to the shop to work right after.  At the shop, I spent some 'quality' time working on my ridiculously tedious online accounting assignment.  After three hours, I only completed 3 our of 5 of the questions.  What made it worst was that I'll probably need to redo the assignment.  This is why I'm not in accounting.

New Blog, New Chapter.

You would think that taking three courses would be great because you will have time to chill instead of studying 24/7.  Well, guess what?  It's not.  There are times where I loaf around, bored out of my mind, and there are times where I spent hours on my accounting assignment.  It seems like whenever I'm bored, I have these inspiration in blogging and starting projects.  I know at some point, I'll end up being lazy (like always) and abandon my blog and projects all together.  Let's see how long this would last.

So I've also started this project where I upload a picture (taken by me or downloaded from the internet) to document my life and how I feel.  The link is on the right side, so check it out if you want.  Maybe this would encourage me to blog everyday!