My eight and final midterm finally came to pass this evening. I feel relieved I have made it thus far but in two weeks, exams will begin to plague my days and I will only continue to dream about Christmas.

My sleeping and eating habits are all haywire and I feel really lost. University seems to do that to me. It puts me in a hole. I often feel very “stuck” and isolated in the campus snow globe.

I visited my high school today and saw friends I hadn’t met up with in a while. My best friends who graduated with me went out with my sister and I to a small cafe just to converse. We all agree that in university, something is just missing. It might be the fact that we really did become best friends in high school. Such a change from a tight-knit community really made us cling even tighter to our friendships. It isn’t as if I haven’t friends where I am now. I’ve made plenty but like my friend says, they are like “seedlings” only starting to sprout. Even then, it just doesn’t seem to fit into the jigsaw puzzle very well. I don’t even know what to think anymore. I feel very indifferent and passive to it.

We’re putting the Christmas tree up this weekend and my best friend is staying over too. I finally have time to start test-driving my SLR camera too amidst all the work I have. We’ll see what happens…

Hey everyone! I hope you really like my new webpage layout even though I know it really isn’t all that new anymore. I put it up almost a month ago now and didn’t even bother to update. How awful of me! The idea stemmed from my obsession with my “tree-shirts” or environmentally friendly tees with trees on them.

The university life has been the steepest rollercoaster ride of my life yet! I love McMaster University and choosing the sciences was no mistake. Frosh week was so spirited and hyper-active and despite pushing myself to participate in all the cheerleading, screaming, running and games planned, at the end of the week I was grateful to begin the more regular routines of classes: eating, sleeping, doing more work, joining clubs, and going home for the weekends.

I don’t, unfortunately, have all that much time to update on what goes on in my life just now. It has been so very hectic with the workload I have had to struggle to catch up on. In fact, it’s almost midnight now as I have my chemistry textbook cracked open to theories on Lewis structures, resonance, and other molecular information.

I will, however, give a brief synopsis on how my lifestyle has changed. Hopefully, I’ll be able to update more on the happenings on a day-to-day basis later on and post up more photos. For now, I have put up two photos of my dorm room.

I have two roommates because I was stuck in a triple. Despite that factor, I ended up loving what I was given. Our residence is a medium-sized one that is so very quiet and perfect for studying. It’s strange that my floormates even think my room with my roommates Irene and Mridula (all the way from Dubai) are louder. I’ve never thought myself an extremely outgoing and noisy person. I suppose am now!

I was lucky to be assigned the loft which is a desk underneath my bunk. My other two roommates share a bunk and have their desks along the back wall. We all get along so well though and the matching process couldn’t have been as perfect - all studious, calm, polite, organized. None of us are intense partiers so we generally hang out and go for dinner together.

I wish I could take some more photos of the campus as I have yet to do so. I know I’ll regret it if I don’t take any photos before Canadian winters begin. My classes fill up about 20 hours of my week though (Chemistry, Biology, Calculus, Physics and Psychology). I also have to write to all my friends through mail but I still can’t seem to find the time. I’ve made so many new friends and everyone here is so friendly and willing to be accepting. In each of my classes I now have a group of people to sit with! We all go out for lunch at various times and catch up on our fears about life, our daily rantings, and simply get to know each other better and better.

The common washrooms are quite clean, contrary to my fears. I get homesick once in a while but adapting hasn’t been as horrendous of a change as it was at the beginning. I do go home on every weekend for now to ease the stress and boost my motivation. The only really challenging item has been dealing with being separated from my twin sister, Leann.

Now, if only there were more hours in a day…

I will try to post more photos and such soon. For now, here is the basics. Take care and I won’t leave my webpage so unattended again, especially for the affiliates that must put up with my disappearance all the time!

Also, add me to your Flickr accounts! I recently began one with my amateur SLR photo-taking skills. I wish I had more time to practise…