I wanted this weekend to be pure studying, but I had a lot of nice distractions to remind me that I only have two more days before I move away from Waterloo forever. I can't wait to be done with school, but I also can't seem to tear myself away from the place I once called a shithole.


I am going to miss it so much. I am going to miss everyone so much.

Yesterday, Jackie had an "end of the summer BBQ" but for a lot of people, it was a last goodbye before we all go our separate ways. Of all the beautiful days we had this week, it decided to rain a mother, but it was all good. I only stayed for a couple of hours because I had to go study, but it was really fun - tons of food, friends, drinks, music, WII! I am going to miss these crazy people.

Tonight, Mike and Jacey invited us over for special dinner. He cooked me all my favourite foods!!! His special croutons dressed with vinegar, french onion soup and RISOTTO!!! Me and Ira brought over ice cream cake that said "Mike and Jacey... YOU ROCK!" which was quite embarassing telling the Baskin Robbins guy to write.

Back to school studying right now. I am finished my exam at noon on Tuesday and I am just going to run around Waterloo like a crazy person taking photos, admiring everything for the last time, and saying goodbye. I am going to do everything I wanted to but never got a chance to... anyone in for a crazy adventure?


So I finished an exam last night and afterwards, the original plan was for me, Jackie and Shannon to go to Morty's to drink off the narsty after taste of Giselle's horrid exam... somehow it turned into 11 of us!

Today, me, Jacey, Mike and Ira went for all-you-can-eat buffet at Sushi Star. Mike was like, "What are we going to do now?" and I said, "Let's sleep under a tree!" So we went to Victoria Park and it was really nice. Jacey kept harassing the ducks and swans and Mike helped Ira climb an otherwise unclimbable tree while we were getting weird looks from people. I'm surprised after four years at Waterloo, I've never been to this park before because it's right beside Charles St. Terminal. It's pretty sweet.

Here are some pics of various events:

Me and birthday boy!

Group of friends at James's birthday party. How did he cramp so many people in his very narrow apartment? Look at Mike's face = priceless.

Church day! On our way to dimsum and enjoying the gorgeous day

Us outside of Cameron - the uber expensive dimsum place


My crazy friends posing outside of James's apartment

More to come.



So this is final exam times and I can say that I am definitely on schedule with my studying. I have two exams left:

  • Auditing tomorrow night
  • Advanced Accounting on Aug 11
Then on the morning of Aug 12th, I am moving back home for good.

On Aug 15th, we are embarking on our Europe trip and will be returning Sept 2nd.

From that point on, it's still a mystery.

Today's another day of studying. Happy Birthday Dennis Lau and Eric Ngo, enjoy yourselves whilst I suffer.


What a weekend!


**HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMES!**
On Friday, I finished my tax final on a mere three hours of sleep. I took an hour nap before going to James's place to celebrate his birthday. We got him transformers and we hung out, ate pizza, drank beer, sang songs and ate mango cake.

**HAPPY BIRTHDAY HENDRY!**
Saturday was Hendry's birthday and we went out for lunch at my new favourite restaurant, China Legend. Me and Ira got Hendry a 12-pack of a beer he likes called Grasshopper. At Hendry's place, me and Jacey started playing this Wii game called "House of the Dead: Overkill" and it was so fun - we were glued onto the screen like a pair of... zombies... (ha, ha.)

We then went bowling at Brunswick Bowl in Cambridge. I sucked big time at first but by the third game, I was playing really good games I must say. Better than I've ever played before. That was super fun.

We went back to Hendry's and after putting up with all the stupid annoying unskippable long ass cut scenes trying our patience, me and Jacey finished House of the Dead. Everyone else was playing alcohol poker so I had to buy in with two narsty shots of vodka only to go bankrupt literally two hands later. Yeah lol...... damn.

Church
Sunday, James invited me, Ira and Jackie to come to his church and I was more than ecstatic to. We went to Waterloo Mennonite Brethren Church. It was a beautiful church and very mellow. It was different because there was no pastor for that service, just a woman who shared her experiences and helped us reconnect with God through moments of silence - it was like our Praise Night. James told me it was not usually like that, but it was a very mellow service.

Check them out: http://www.waterloomb.org/

After, we went to eat dim sum @ Cameron in Kitchener and the bill was like 200 bucks between the FOUR of us. The weather was absolutely amazing I must say! We went home and I ended up packing my entire room so now my room is naked and I'm ready to go anytime! WOoh, out of here for good next week.

Studying
Me and Ira went to concourse to study. Swati joined us, ran into Shannon and Julian, then I asked Becky out for dinner and Charles conveniently wanted to go too so we all went to China Garden. At 8:45pm, I was desperate to get my degree and my passport (which I need to mail to the Korean embassy ASAP and I left both of them at home!!!) so I went to Mississauga to pick up my crap and drove straight back.

Overall, really good weekend. Too many summer babies haha but had a great time =)