Goodbye leaf, hello screen!

May 9th, 2010.
My friends would understand exactly what I am talking about when I refer to 'the leaf'. 'The leaf' is a nickname for this huge crack left on the screen of my phone. I had signed a 3 year contract for a new phone I had gotten at the time. About a month or so later, while in the bathroom at school, I somehow managed to drop the phone while fixing my hair. (The phone was put into my sleeve because my uniform had no pockets and I did not want to put it on the ground; though it eventually ended up there.)  The phone somehow managed to leave my sleeve and fell to the ground with a hard 'whack'. At the time my phone looked fine. It's a flip phone and the front of the phone was okay. A very tiny and unnoticeable crack on the corner but no major damages. I gave a sigh of relief thinking that my phone was fine. When I flipped it open later, there was a tiny black mark where the date should be. I didn't think anything of it though since it was so tiny. Eventually though, the crack began to grow like Yao Ming did and covered half the screen. At a first glance you would think that it was just my background image, or even a leaf, but unfortunately it's not. Almost everyone who I showed my phone to thought it was a leaf and eventually I got made fun of for having a phone with a leaf on it. It has been two and a half years already of me using a phone with a leaf on it. I got used to it and know how to find certain functions and what not, but it's really a pain in the butt.


It is about time I say goodbye to the leaf that bothered me for 2 years. It now covers 3/4 or even 5/6 of my screen. I finally got myself a new phone with a perfectly fine screen. :)
Let's just hope I don't drop it before I get a cover for it. Maybe I should even get a little pouch and hang it around my neck. Hmmm ... (yeah right.)

Break Time.

May 8th, 2010.
I attended my first class official class on Thursday and managed to find myself a roommate. I'm a bit relieved not because I won't have to be alone when travelling etc. However, when we were discussing sites that are censored in China, I found that blogspot does not work. Therefore, I will not be able to update my trip as I visit new places and upload pictures as I had planned. Anyway, I'll make sure to post all the pictures and stuff when I get back home.


Only 4 classes to go before my trip to China ... :)

The Stress Continues to Build Up ...

May 5th, 2010.
Stress can come so easily, but it takes a lot of effort to succeed in making it go away. If the cause for the previous stress is not resolved, then stress from other sources begin to pile up creating a massive headache for the individual. The biggest cause for the build up of stress is our arch enemy, procrastination. Because we - almost everyone I know - tend to leave things until last minute, we create a lot more stress for ourselves. The stress of having to finish a task with a limited amount of time is extremely stressful. Though we've experienced it many times already, we still don't seem to understand that and continue to leave things until the very last minute. It's either that or we just choose to continue our laziness and are willing to take the consequences that come with procrastination: stress.

As those who have read my earlier posts know that I am going to Shanghai in three weeks, I decided to start my packing about a month in advanced. I started thinking about all the things that I'll need or want to bring and how much space I should leave for things that I may buy when I get to China. I had to decide which suitcase to bring, how many, how big, how much money to bring etc, etc. I knew that packing last minute would be very stressful, but trying to pack a month in advance is not any easier. And now on top of everything else, I have to worry about ten thousand other things that have to do with going to China to study (i.e. safety, loneliness, culture shock etc).

 I also need to make a friend in my class who will then become my roommate for the three week stay in China. Most of my classmates are Chinese. I don't know why, but I don't get along with Asians very well. Ever since I was young, the group of friends I hang out with are very multi-cultural. They would all be from a different country. I have hung out with groups of Vietnamese or Chinese friends before, but for some reason, I just don't feel like I fit in. I guess it all really depends on who those individuals are and not their ethnicity? Who knows. Let's just hope I get along with at least ONE person in my class. I'm very friendly, I swear.  :)