An email

It's 12.55am now and usually I will be sleeping at this time already. I kind of mess up my sleeping schedule for this week...I am taking all these naps in the evening and can't sleep at night...

Well...that's not the main point...haha...

Since I couldn't sleep, I got out of my bed and surprisingly saw an email from my colleague from the company at which I intern last summer. She sent me a really long one...with lots of funny stories in it....and pictures too...I can imagine her telling me all these if I were to be working there now...

gosh....I miss her now....maybe I should pay her a visit someday...

In the rain and snow...

Last Saturday's Michigan vs. Northwestern game was my last college home game. After checking the weather forecast, I layered myself with my football shirt, a sweater and a jacket. Unfortunately, my preparation for the rain was not enough. I did not expect the weather to be SO COLD.

The rain was pouring before the game started and by half time, many people had left the stadium. Since it was my last game and we were playing well during the first half (leading by 14-7), I decided to stay. Wei Bing and I each got a cup of hot chocolate and a cup of coffee but I was still shivering after drinking the "supposingly hot" beverage. I was frozen and my hands were numb. I wanted to buy a pair of gloves but they were sold out.

At the end, I decided to get another sweater--a yellow Michigan sweater.

Initially I was still complaining about the price (37 bucks!!!) but later on, I thought that the money was well spent because I felt much warmer after putting it on

My "hideaway" during breaks--in front of the heater in the restroom

We were actually praying for snow...and we did get some snow in the 3rd quarter but the temperature wasn't low enough and the snow turned to water once it touched the ground (trying to capture the snow...but fail...)

Throughout the game, we cheered and made noise as loud as we could. Although Michigan lost by a touchdown at the end, I thought that it wasn't too bad a game...and the most important thing now is TO BEAT THE BUCKEYES!!!

layers of clothes --> laundry

leaving my ticket on the table to dry

It started to snow the next day...if only it snowed a day earlier, I would have gotten my first football game on a snow covered field...

What's next?

Exam 4 is done, what's next?

I) Review, review, mock exam and Q&A for students (not really looking forward to this) on Saturday, Sunday and Monday
II) SEA games (volleyball) in erm...8 hours time
III) NBA
IV) Econ 406 quiz on Monday

Yup, we got our tickets and are going to watch Pistons vs. Celtics in the Palace of Auburn Hills this Sunday. Although I have lots to do this week and this is really not the best time for a basketball game, but I really wanna watch this (although I am not very sure if the recent trading of Billups for Iverson is for the better).

I'll be able to manage...somehow...

just thought of having some fun with Photoshop with the picture of the Celtics that I took at Build-A-Bear when I was in Boston last year (I know this is a rather bad editing :P)

Why am I awake at 2am in the morning? I guess coffee is finally having some effect on me (after a triple grande mocha and a black eye this afternoon).

I'll try to get some sleep after this...lots to do tomorrow. Hopefully we can win a few game in volleyball :)

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The smiley face for feeling relieved after taking exam c/4 on Monday. After the exam, my brain just need a break...I just wanna watch drama and not think about anything...for a while...

Nonetheless, I did some cleaning up today...

Study manual that had been lying on my table...

are back on the shelf now...and hopefully I don't need to reopen them and go through all 68 chapters again (cross my fingers).

Book to be returned to the library (I have been renewing my library loan since...erm...August??)

I took down the notes on my wall too...

I shall laze around a little bit more and after that, it will be time for work again. My students are having exam next week...that means I need to prepare for review and mock exam no later than this Saturday.

(sigh) I want a long break!!!

Coffee to Tea

I like having a drink on my table while I am studying. Since I am trying to reduce coffee consumption (not very successful...yet...), tea became the substitute. Lately, I have been studying more than usual and more study = more tea. To give a variety to my drink, I bought more tea!!!

Now I have Irish Breakfast, English Breakfast, Berryblossom White and Iced Black Tea. I bought the last one just to try it out. The black tea turn out to be pretty good and now it has became my new favorite!!! It's highly recommended!!!

I am not an expert in tea but I just like the taste and I thought that you might wanna try out the Tazo Iced Black Tea too :)

Ok, enough about tea, I'm going to continue with my studies.

Happy studying and ganbatte to everyone who is taking the actuarial exam in less than 2 weeks time!!

Fail in making a date

I am having my Japanese oral test tomorrow. While practicing with Pei Ying this afternoon, I made quite a big joke when I used the wrong words.

Situation : I need to ask Pei Ying out this weekend

I wanted to say: Do you wanna drink (nomimasu のみます) coffee in the coffee shop this weekend?

[Instead I used みます which means to look at]

And so my sentence became: Do you wanna look at (mimasu みます) coffee in the coffee shop this weekend?


and so the conversation continued...

Pei Ying: When are we meeting?
Siew Gee: How about ゆうびんきょく (post office) ?

[I actually had どようび(Saturday) in my mind but I don't know why ゆうびんきょく came out instead]

Pei Ying: ???????


Gosh...I sure hope that I don't make these silly mistakes tomorrow....I am gonna practice practice practice tonight!!!!

Car sold!!!

Finally, I managed to sell my Ford Focus...although I sold it at a loss, but if you have been reading my blog, you should know the problems that I had with the car.

What's next? hmm...If I can afford a hybrid, I'll get one...if not...probably a Toyota Yaris??? We'll see.