Another Bad Day of Hockey

   I decided not to count the days anymore. It's kind of pointless, and I think I just used it because I didn't know what to put on the title. 

   Well, as you know, I wrote my last exam of the year. I was pretty excited about it, but I was also nervous at the same time. I've been having like this dilemma. I know this year won't matter to me, and I know I'll be going into Phys Ed for sure next year, and I know either way, I'll go on academic probation, but I still thought that I should try my best to end the year. At the same time, I didn't want to put whole lot of effort into studying for them. So I pretty much studied every second day for this final. At one point, I'd be like, this course won't matter to me next year, and all that, but at the other point, I want to do well regardless of what the status is at the moment. So you could just say I was very confused, and could not make up my mind. So back to the today's final, it was hard. I always look through the test from start to end before I start my exam, just to see what I got to deal with, and I thought this one was going to be fairly easy. Oh ya. It definitely was the easiest final I've written, until I hit question 3b).  Then things got really hairy. Well, that's what you get for not preparing for it, right? I did answer few of them after 3b) with not whole lot of problem, but I had to pretty much guess the rest. I did remember doing some of those questions, like similar ones but not exactly the same, and I understood it and had no problem doing it, but when I saw those questions on the exam, I thought I was going to nail it, but then my brain wasn't functioning well and could not recall how to solve those problems. So overall, it went bad. No question about it. I was a little disappointed, I mean, who wouldn't be. right? But on the positive side, my first year is done, and I get to start something new next year which I'm excited about, and I don't have to deal with chemistry and math anymore so I'm really happy about that as well.

   Montreal Canadiens and Pittsburgh Penguins' Game 7s were tonight. I was really really excited about it, then a couple things happened. 3 things actually. 1) The exam just kind of ruined my day, not badly, but I wasn't happy so I didn't even feel like watching anything today. 2) I took the 4:40 bus home, hoping to be home by 5:15 at the latest, but the traffic was pretty heavy so I didn't get home till like 5:30 and missed like half of the first period. 3) I get goal notifications on my phone and on the way home, I received 2 notifications. Both were scored by the Bruins. So I didn't really have the 'motivation' to watch the game but I did it anyway. I mean, I'm done for the year and I thought I could maybe watch it with no weight on my back. The Montreal game ended up going to OT due to Subban's goal at about 1:20 left in the game. It was a pretty nice goal. It was an absolute rocket. Then the OT lasted only 5 minutes. Boston scored. It was pretty similar to last night's Chicago game. Pittsburgh's game was pretty sad. It was 1-0 Tampa the whole game and Pens could not get past Roloson. A very disappointing night of hockey it was. Only 2 of my teams made it to the second round so I don't think the rest of the playoffs is going to be as exciting as the first round. 

   I bought my referee equipment today. This guy was selling the whole set for $100 and I had to buy it. I guess this kind of tells me that I'm taking this referee thing pretty serious. I had to think about it few times to see if I really want to do it, and the answer turned out to be yes. All the equipment was clean. Jersey and pants were pretty big though. The seller was like 6'5" so it's understandable. So I'm very excited to get my license. It's going to be dope.

   I also made like a little timetable for next 4 months. Starting May 2nd. I start my new job on May 2nd, and it's from noon-8pm. It's perfect, because I'm not a morning person so ya. But, from now on, I will be a morning person. I have to skate well to become a referee and I don't just want to do nothing during summer and get on the ice, I want to practice while I can. Luckily, I can go skating at the Millennium Place. They are open in the morning, from 9-11, and at night, I'm not really sure when. So that's perfect. I'll go to the rink around 10, or earlier, and skate around for about an hour or so, then go straight to work. After work, I'll probably be home by 8:30. I'll have supper then, then at about 9pm, I'll hit the gym and workout, and jog for couple hours. Then I'll go to bed or something. I think this is a perfectly planned summer. It's not too complicated, and I'll be doing things I love so it shouldn't be a problem. I hope I follow this plan. I never have, and if I want to have a successful life, I know I have to follow my own plan, and starting with simple things like this, I think it's a good start. So we will see how this goes.

day 27

   Tuesday, April 26th, 2011, day 27. It's been a quite a long time since the last time I was on here, and posted something. I've been pretty busy, I mean I think I was. I have my second and last final exam of this semester tomorrow, so I've been studying. Although, it feels like I haven't done anything about it. Then there was playoffs on top of it. Nothing comes before hockey. It's pretty much a religion to me. So anyways, out of all 8 match ups, I was cheering for Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, NY Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks, Nashville Predators, and LA Kings. So far, half of these teams were eliminated. The Rangers did not last long against the Washington Capitals, Buffalo went all the way to game 7 and they were dominated by the Flyers tonight. Buffalo was without Connolly and Pominville so they didn't have a lot of offense going on. It sucked. LA was eliminated in OT last night. Chicago's series was amazing even though they were eliminated about 25 minutes ago. The Hawks were down 3 games to none, and they came back and tied the series at 3-3 and in tonight's game, they were also down 1-0 with about 1:50 to go in the game, then Toews scored the tying/SH goal and forced to go on to 4th period. Unfortunately, a turnover in Chicago zone cost them the season. It was a remarkable run though. Now, Montreal and Pittsburgh are both going onto game 7 tomorrow, and I hope both of them win. Only 2 of my favourite teams made it to the second round so far, and if they get knocked out, this year's playoff won't be fun at all. So fingers crossed.


   Like I said, hockey is like a religion to me. It just became a huge part of my life. Even though when I say I hate this and that team, I don't honestly hate them. I take hockey pretty serious, and I don't judge any teams. I'm not one of those fans who knows nothing about the teams they hate and take the rivalry way too serious and beak everyone about it. I've never done that in my life, and I probably never will. One thing that really bugs me is when people start becoming obsessed with one team because they made the playoffs for the first time in like how many years and they were doing amazing, but they didn't care about them at all before they made the playoffs and etc. Chicago is a real good example. They made the playoffs 3 years ago for the first time in a long time, and everyone started to cheer for them all the sudden, and making them their favourite team just like that. I just HATE that. I literally want to punch them in the face. Habs had a real good playoff run last year, and everyone liked them just because of that, and this year, Tampa Bay is everyone's favourite. I mean, nobody gave a shit about these teams, and all the sudden, it's their favourite. Oh and Washington, nobody liked them until Ovechkin, Semin, Backstrom, Green, etc. showed up. Like what the hell. You are not a true fan. I like the Habs, because of their history. I think it's a huge part of hockey history. If the Habs are not the definition of hockey, then I don't know what is. Another thing, everyone hates the Canadiens just because they are french. What's that got to do with anything? It's a hockey team based in Montreal. I bet everyone would love them if they didn't start out their franchise in Montreal but in somewhere else. I just don't understand some people. So there you go. My rant of the day.


   Tomorrow is my last exam. Finally some freedom. I have been slacking off quite a lot lately due to the playoffs but there's a difference between the feeling before the finals but slacking off, and the feeling after the finals and enjoying your freedom. Sounds pretty similar but it sure feels different to me. So I'm pretty excited about that. But I'm mostly excited to get my referee equipment. YES!!! I'm one step closer to become a referee. I found this ad on Kijiji and this guy was selling the whole set for $100!!! The ref jersey itself costs like $75 and the helmet costs like $80 or something, and I get all of them for $100. I think it's an amazing deal. So I'm pretty excited to pick them up tomorrow.


   I don't think my addiction to buying jersey will stop any time soon. I'm always on eBay and Kijiji looking for cheap but rare jerseys. Speaking of rare jerseys, I found one for real cheap price. #11, Buffalo Sabres, Gilbert Perreault. Perreault was one of the greatest player ever played for the Buffalo Sabres and it will be an amazing piece for my collection. One problem. I bought it on eBay, and the seller did not have any feedbacks, so it was kind of hard for me to trust the seller. The seller was also Chinese so it was even harder. But I bought it anyway. It was $45. I'm starting to think I made a pretty big mistake because it hasn't been shipped yet. The seller sent me an email saying it has been shipped and gave me the tracking number, and the tracking number didn't exist. So I'm a little upset about it. I mean, it's been almost a week since I bought it, at least it should be on its way. I emailed the seller asking what's up with it and hasn't replied yet. So I'm getting really upset. Good thing Paypal does full refund thing or whatever. I hope they help me out. 


   I don't understand these people. Why do they rip people off? I mean, I would feel so bad if I scammed someone. That's not fair. People work hard to earn some cash, not post a fake ad on eBay and rip them off. You can never trust Chinese people. I'm Korean, I'm allowed to say that. So whoever is reading this right now, I'm going to warn you, never do business with Chinese people. They lie about everything, and they rip you off hardcore. Just don't believe anything they say. I better get my jersey or the money. if not, I'm going to find them and beat the shit out of them. No, I would never do that, but still, I won't be very happy about it.

Day 20

   Wednesday, April 20th, 2011, day 20. The weather is getting pretty nice. It kind of snowed last night and it was kind of chilly, but today, it's bright and sunny out and sort of warm. At least it's not snowing, right? 

   I wasn't too happy yesterday. I mean I wasn't all depressed or anything, it's just that my phone started to act up again. Everything was working fine until like 4 in the afternoon yesterday. There seemed to be a couple dead spots. I couldn't get pass the lock screen. I had to like slide the thing, but the thing wouldn't slide so I couldn't answer any phone calls, and if I wanted to answer a text or want to do something on it, I had to turn the phone off, I had to reset it actually, then do it, which takes like a whole minute plus the time trying to attempt to get the slider to work. It started to really piss me off so I called the guy who fixed my phone and asked him to take a look at my phone again. So I got there and all he did was reset my phone and all the sudden it started to work. I was like, 'Okay that's weird, because I did the same and it didn't work.' Then I left. About 10 minutes later, on the way home, it did it again. Before I left his apartment, yes, he does this 'phone repair business' at his apartment, he told me that if it happens again, he asked me to give him a call again. Um, no thanks. I mean, it only cost me $100 to get it fixed, and it only lasted 2 days, so that kind of tells me that I should've went to someone more professional, and etc. So I did today. I went to this little shit hole just off Fort Rd. But hey, it's better than that guy's apartment, at least she has an office of her own. Mona, the girl who fixed my phone, said that the guy who fixed my phone before used like the shittiest screen on my phone. Apparently, that screen's conductor didn't conduct with the phone so well, and that's why it's been acting like that. Mona uses the original parts. So like the OEM stuff for cars. So now, it's working really good. It hasn't stopped working yet so I'm happy with it. Mona was really cool unlike the other Chinese guy who fixed my phone. Mona actually fixed my phone in front of me, whereas Patrick, the Chinese guy, never did. Oh ya, and Mona was pretty hot. I'd do her haha. Now I know where to go if I break my phone again ;)

   I played street hockey for the first time in like a year last night. It was pretty fun. I always play goalie, because I hate playing with tennis ball, I just can't control it, and I like playing goalie. We probably played for like 2 hours. I could've played more, but my helmet was giving me a huge headache and since it was the first time in a long time, my legs were super sore. And it still is. I can barely walk right now. I have trouble going up and down the stairs. Well, it was kind of worth it. I mean, I wanted to play street hockey for the longest time and I did last night. I hope we get to play again. 

   Ya, so my sister was having a snack, and it was one of those frozen bread thing I don't know what I'd call it. Anyways, you are supposed to microwave it for about 2 minutes to warm it up. She did, but it was still cold so she decided to microwave it 2 more minutes. And guess what happened after. Yup, there was smoke everywhere. It was overheated and started to burn to crisp. I don't think we've ever overheated something in a microwave, or even seen anyone doing that. The last time I've seen someone doing that was back in grade 10. The janitor, or the person who cleans cafeteria at school put some popcorn in the microwave, and she overcooked it and there was smoke everywhere in caf at school. Then one of my friends said, 'the popcorn is ready.' It was kind of funny. So back to my house, the fire alarm went off. I hate the fire alarm. It's so loud and makes you kind of paranoid. Our alarm system company person called and I had to explain what was going on. Thankfully he was cool about it and everything is good now, except my house smells like burnt bread/sugar at the moment. Something bad always has to happen after something good happened. Story of my life.

   5 playoff games tonight. Detroit is probably going to sweep Phoenix then Phoenix will move to Winnipeg next year (WOOO!!!!), Pittsburgh is probably going to win tonight and  finish the series off at home next game, and hopefully Buffalo ties the series up today. Chicago won last night pretty big. 7-2 again the Nucks. I think Chicago can make a comeback like Philadelphia did last year. I hope they do, but it's kind of early to say.

   I have to start studying for my CHEM 102 final. Once again, I have no motivation to study. I think I studied more when Jen was over. I didn't really have a choice then, because she used my laptop for 24/7, and since she was studying, I had to study too. So I guess it was easier when she was over. I did print out all the stuff I need to go over for this test, I just haven't started. Maybe I'll go to school tomorrow and do it. Ya I think that's a good idea.

Day 18

   Monday, April 18th, 2011, day 18. Well, I wrote my test today. It sucked. At least half of them were definition questions, and whatnot, and as I said last night, I didn't really study for the definitions. I'm a little upset about it. I studied pretty hard, but not that hard, for it and it was pretty much just a waste of time. Oh well. Now I gotta study for CHEM 102 final. I think I'm going to take a day off for today and start tomorrow. I have a week to study with nothing in between now and then so that's good. I hate tests. I feel like I know all the stuff I learn at school, but when it comes to test, I can never recall that stuff. I know I understood everything because I actually apply that knowledge in real life. Not that it's useful but I can remember it. It's hard to explain. So ya, I think it's kind of unfair to have your grades based on tests. What if even like the smartest person isn't good at writing tests? I wish there's another method to grade us for what we've learned. It's unfair for me.

   Habs and Sabres are playing tonight. Habs are going for 3-0 and Sabres are trying to take the lead in the series. Both have the home ice advantage so it should be an amazing game. It starts in just over half an hour and I can hardly wait.

  

day 17

   Sunday, April 17th, 2011, day 17. It is the eve of my first final of this horrible semester. I know it don't really matter to me since I won't be in science anymore, but it's not always bad to do well on the test and get high grade on it, right? So I've been studying a little. Usually, taking notes and reading doesn't help at all, so I just do practice questions to help me understand the material better, and guess what? It sure did not let me down this time. I did all 11 assignments and it helped me understand it better than my prof. I missed the whole last week of school, but I think I know quite a lot about what we've been doing. Of course, I'm not going to know everything, but I got the jist of it and I just got to think outside the box once a while during the final. I'm not too worried about it. The midterm wasn't so bad, and I'm not saying the final is going to be easy as that, but I have a feeling I'll do well. If it's all definition test, then I'm done. That's going to suck, because first of all, this is a math course. We play around with numbers, not words and phrases, and secondly, I just kind of skimmed through the definitions. The only thing I really remember is the Span of vectors, the most important one. It's a collection of all vectors that can be written as c1v1+c2v2+...cnvn. I know my stuff, what's up haha. Now all I got to do is just look over the assignments again and sleep well. I got to wake up early. It's a 9am test and you know I don't want to miss it.

   I feel bad about what I'm about to say, but I was really glad that Jen finally went home after a 3 long days. The more I think about how she's been acting lately, I get pretty upset. I have a hard time getting over with it. Everything she tells me, and say about me just physically makes me mad. I felt like I was used by her a lot this weekend. I said this yesterday too, but it feels like she's been using me the whole time. That's what I'm mad about the most at her. If she has done something, even a little thing, for me at least once, I probably would've been fine, but she has not. I don't even think she appreciate what I've done for her. She says thank you all the time, but she needs to SHOW me that she really meant it, not just say it. Action speaks louder than words. Is that the right expression? I've heard it before, but I've never said it before. Oh well. I honestly don't think she even likes me. I said last night that I've been wanting to ask her out for the longest time. I've been trying to make like a little physical contact with her, not necessarily sexually, but just like hugs and hold hands and all that stuff, but no, it never worked. I tried to give her a hug because she was upset about her ex boyfriend and I wanted to make her feel better but she said no just like that. Nothing hurts more than that. You try your best to help someone because you really care about them, and want them to be what's best for them, but they just turn you down just like that. I'm done. I've tried everything to make her happy, and give her a good impression of myself, and all that, but obviously that's not what she wanted. I ain't going to waste my time no more. I finally understand why her ex boyfriend broke up with her. It's clear to me. Now that I think about it, I know I would too. Good call on not asking her out.

   I feel really bad about what I've just said, but sometimes you've got to let it out. Once again, Jen, if you just read this, I'm sorry. Didn't mean to hurt your feelings.

   My phone got fixed today. It cost me $100. So I spent around $300 this weekend. Gas, food, jerseys, and phone. And I am still not broke. Not even close. I still have $246 cheque for my tax, got another tax credit cheque from the government, which was $62, got paid for working on thursday, $45, and I'm getting paid on tuesday, $158. I'm sitting at $300 right now for my chequing account and that's more than enough for me to survive a whole month. I'm going to start saving now. I'll deposit that tax return cheque to my savings account along with another $100 from my chequing account. Good plan haha. Oh so back to the phone, I was just going to replace my screen because everything else was working fine, but turned out there was a crack on the LCD screen as well. I really bugged me so I got that fixed too. It took about 40 minutes but oh well, it was worth it. It's working like a brand new iPhone now. 

   Chicago Blackhawks is definitely not going to take down the Vancouver Canucks this year. They are already down 3-0 and unless they turn into the Philadelphia Flyers from last year, they absolutely have no chance. On the other hand, Detroit and Montreal has a really good chance of sweeping their opponent, and I would love to see that. Playoffs is just great. Fans get into it so much and I think that's what I love about it the most.

   I kind of wish now that someone would actually read all these posts. It kind of sucks that nobody ever reads it. I guess that's what I wanted when I started doing this, but people can change their minds, right?

   After tomorrow, I just have one more exam to go. This year has gone by really fast. It was shorter than high school, but still, it went by really really fast. I feel like I have to look back, and learn from all the wrong choices I made this year, and hopefully I won't do the same next year, because my life depends on it and I don't want to cost my future for something stupid.

   MATH 120 final, here I go.

Day 16

   Saturday, April 16th, 2011, Day 16. Well I started the day off pretty great. I talked to my dad on Skype this morning and he decided to let me do whatever I want to do next year, except I still have to satisfy with him with a couple conditions. I hate not having any freedom, but what choice do I got right now? So I have agreed on those conditions and I'm going to make it happened this time. Then the day just went downhill.

   Hockey was great. I'm not gonna complain about that. Detroit won 4-3, Montreal won 3-1, and LA won 4-0. Buffalo lost 5-4 but it was a pretty close game. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed all the games, although I missed like half of both Detroit and Buffalo's game because I was cleaning the house.

   So ya, I wanted to study a little today, but it didn't happen. My friend Jen has been over at my house for past couple nights now, and she needed to work on her essay so I dropped her off at the library, then I thought, since I'm already out, I went to Joseph's, the guy I buy jerseys off from, house and picked up 2 jerseys. It was a Steve Yzerman and Sidney Crosby jerseys. I love it. Then when I got home, that's when the day started to go downhill and made me pissed off. First, I put my jerseys on top of my mom's van, which was in the garage, to go check out my car, which wasn't in the garage, but then I decided to also put my phone on top of the van instead of putting it in my pocket. So when I came back to get my jerseys after modifiying my car a little, I completely forgot that I put my phone on top of it, so when I grabbed it, the phone just fell and hit hard on the ground. It would've been fine if it landed on the back side, but it decided to land on the fragile side. So now I have to pay $50 to repair my phone screen. Good thing it's an iPhone though, or otherwise it would've cost me a lot more. So I was pretty upset about it, but I can't really blame it on someone else but me so I got over it pretty quick.

   I figured I haven't done any cleaning in my house since my mom left, I thought I'd clean the house for a bit, you know, not a hardcore cleaning sesh, but just a mild one so that nobody thinks we are filthy. That went quite well. Some things kind of really pissed me off. There were random shits everywhere in the house. If you are not the one who's cleaning the house, the least thing you could do is put everything back in its places or put the frigging garbage IN the garbage can. My room was the easiest one to clean though. It was dirtier than the rest of the house, but I think it was because I was the one who used it, and it was me who didn't keep my room clean so that didn't make me mad at all. So after a good hour and a half, I had to go pick up Jen from the library.

   That also made me pretty upset. We ended up stopping at the Sherwood Park Mall because she wanted to stop at Chapters and get some book. I didn't really mind that. I mean I wanted to watch the game, but I can afford a couple minutes to lose, it wasn't a big deal. So ya, so far, so good. Nothing bad happened. Then she decided that she wanted to stop at Shoppers which was right beside the Chapters, and she said she wanted to get some ear plugs. That did not make sense to me. My house is 2 story house with basement. If she think she's going to get distracted by me watching the game, then she could either go up or down, she didn't have to stay with me on the same floor. So that kind of bugged me a little. Then it turned out, she was looking for something else as well, and then she told me that I was stressing her out because I was following her around. Okay, I have 2 problems with that comment. 1) Where else would I go, and what else would I do there? I don't need to buy anything, she's the one who needs to get something. I don't get that. She's not the only one. Everyone tells me that I annoy them because I follow them around. Then don't fucking ask me to come with you if you are going to complain about it. I don't go with them because I like to, I go with them because I don't want to say no when they ask me. 2) I understand that she's been stressed out because of school. I totally understand it. I don't know what it's like to write how many essays in how many days, and whatnot, and I probably would never want to know what it's like, but I understand that she's going through rough time. I'm not dumb, I can see that. But why did she have to take it out on me? I didn't do nothing wrong. She just made me feel bad about what she's upset about. That's when I kind of lost it. I tried not to show my anger to her, because I know she didn't really mean it, and I didn't want her stress to get worse. But still, I wasn't very happy with that.

   I just thought of this, but I don't understand why she's staying at my house. I mean, she did tell me that she was lonely so I thought I'd just support her and at least tried to make her feel better by going to the campus at like 9 at night. I was fine with that because I was watching hockey all day that day, this was last thursday by the way, so I thought this was also going to be a good chance for me to study a bit. And it did go well, I got some studying done, and I don't know if I made any difference to her feelings and whatnot but it went well. When she asked me if she can stay over at my place, I said yes because I thought it might make her less stressed out and I couldn't really say no. And it hasn't really been that great so far. She just made me really frustrated and angry. I feel like I was almost like a maid at my own house. Can you imagine that feeling? It's not that great. 

   I've been friends with her for a quite a while now and it seems like I've done a lot for her. I'm not saying they were great, but I mean, I've done things for her because she's a friend of mine and I take friendship serious, and I thought doing things for her could maybe win her heart, but I was wrong. I feel like I pretty much wasted my time. I've spent money on her, I've burned my gas on her (you know they ain't cheap these days), I've cover her shifts for her for weeks, and I let her sleep at my house to make me feel better, and I think about it now, it wasn't worth it. I really liked her. I liked her so much I wanted to hang out with her all the time. I even wanted to ask her out, but this weekend just wiped out all that thoughts from my head. I mean, why would I do something for someone to get nothing back? I do nice things to people because I believe that maybe someday, I know they will do the same for me, but no, all I got was just a complain about how much I'm stressing her out even more, and how I was driving like 45 on school zone. She probably didn't want to be like this this weekend, but I don't know, it wasn't fun for me. I just can't believe that she's doing this to me after all I've done, and I'm just shocked, speechless, and a little bit mad. I think it's safe to say that I'm ready to move on. I know I'll make a lot of great friends next year, so why not start a fresh friendship while I'm starting something else fresh, like my academic life?

   Jen, if you've read this, I'm sorry. There were some questions that hadn't been answered for me from this weekend and, I don't know, I don't know what else to say. If I hurt your feelings, I am truly sorry. I didn't mean to.

Day 15

   Friday, April 15th, 2011, day 15. Nothing interesting really happened today. I honestly don't know what I did today but it went by really fast. All I really remember was watching the playoff games. I was pretty excited for them tonight but it sucked. All my teams lost. Rangers lost like 2-0 to Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh lost 5-1 to Tampa Bay, and Nashville is losing 4-2 right now and there's probably only like 5 minutes left in the game. Chicago Vancouver game was pretty good. It probably was the best game of the day. Chicago was playing really bad on the first couple periods and it really frustrated me, but on the third period, oh my god, they were on fire. They almost came back. It was 4-3 Vancouver in the late third period, then Chicago was just pouring it on. They were in the offensive zone for like the whole 3-4 minutes at the end of the game. There were few close ones, but unfortunately, they couldn't get through Luongo. Good for him though, he's been a real good goaltender all season, and I don't think he's going to have a bad game any time soon. Although, I'm feeling the next two games of this series is going to be more intense than ever. It's going to be in United Center, Chicago, so the Hawks will have the home field advantage this time. I can't wait. 

   Tomorrow is going to be better. Well, it better be good, because my top two favourite teams are playing. The Habs, and the Sabres. Both won their first game and both goaltenders, Miller and Price, got a shutout. A very good start. Luongo had a shutout on their first game, and they won again tonight, so there's a pretty good chance that they will win tomorrow. It's good because, they don't have the game on the same time. Sabres game is on at 2 I think and the Habs game is on at 5, Detroit game is on at 11, and LA game is going to be on at 10 at night. You know what that mean ;) Hockey all day long!!! WOOO!!!

   Surprisingly I got quite a lot of studying done, but I still got a lot more to go. I think I'll just do the assignments. There is no better way to learn something than actually using that material you've learned, in this case, the worksheet/problems. It's math. That's how you get good at it. Well, it's only 11 right now and I've been going to bed at like 2-3 lately so I guess I got some time to do some problems. Might as well, right??

day 14

   Thursday, April 14th, 2011, day 14. Well things are getting better for me. I can't really see what's making me feel better, but I don't care. As long as I'm not pissed off and depressed all the time, I don't care what it is that makes me feel better. It's April 14th today and guess what? It's figging snowing out! I was up till like 3 in the morning last night, I'll talk about that in a bit, but it was clear out. No rain or snow or any kind of precipitation. You go on Facebook, and everyone is complaining about snow. I don't get that. It's Alberta. This isn't the first time. I honestly don't care if it snows or rains and whatnot as long as it  doesn't affect my life which never does. So ya there you go, there's a little rant for the day I guess.

   Well, 2011 NHL Playoffs started yesterday. I was so excited for this playoffs. Normally I'd enjoy watching it but I don't think I was ever this excited. I don't know why I was, I just was. As soon as I got into my car at the transit parking lot after school, my friend, Shayne, called me. I was quite surprised, because he's been busy with his girlfriend and stuff so we haven't hung out since the new year. Anyways, I invited him to come over and watch the games with me. I'm really glad I did, and that he came over. It was like meeting up with a long lost family member or whatever you want to call it you know lol. The night turned out really good. Of course we watched the first 5 games of the Playoffs but he mostly talked about what we've been up to lately. It was good. We did end up drinking last night. I had about 6-7 beers, and he had like half of 2-6 of vodka and we smoked like the whole pack of cigarette. I was pretty surprised, because all I had last night was an angus burger from McDonalds, which was amazing, and that's about it. Usually when I consume alcohol and smoke any kind of tobacco, it doesn't turn out so well, meaning I throw up everywhere for hours, but I was fine. We weren't hammered, we weren't even drunk or tipsy. Which was good, because, I don't know it was just good. About half way through the night, he started having trouble with his girlfriend. He was literally on the phone for hours and I heard him cry. That kind of almost broke my heart, because he's been my best friend for like the longest time and I have never seen him like this so I kind of felt what he was going through. Everyone knows Shayne as a douchebag and asshole and a player. Last night, I found out all the stories behind it and got to see the 'good' side of him. I don't know if he was telling me the truth or not, but I don't care, I do believe him. So ya, overall, it was a good, unusually extraordinary wednesday night for me. I'm glad it happened though.

   I kind of feel like shit right now. I don't think I'm hungover or anything but I think I'm just really hungry right now. I can't wait till I get home. An hour more to go. Woo.

   Oh ya, the habs and sabres are playing tonight. I'm excited for both series/match up. I was pretty surprised how all my top 3 favourite teams made it to the playoffs. I'm feeling none of them are going to win the cup though. It'd be nice if they did and I hope they do.

   Go habs, Sabres, and Hawks

Day 12

   Monday, April 11th, 2011, day 12. I've been skipping few blogs lately. Some things did happen during those days I skipped, but I guess I'm too lazy to post them on here haha. Speaking of skipping, I skipped a whole day at school today. I wasn't planning on skipping, and I'm not proud of it, but it happened. Honestly, it's really hard to go to classes when they do not entertain you at all, and being taught by a prof who can't teach. Thank god, there's only one day of school left for me. I only have 2 exams, one on the 17th and the other one on the 27th I think. So I got lots of days to study, I just got to commit to studying and stick with it. I have a feeling that I won't. I mean, I will study, but I don't think it's going to turn out great, but we will see.

   Today was actually a special day. After today, I have lived in Canada for exactly 7 years. 7 YEARS!!! It went by so fast. I remember when I first moved to Canada. It was in Halifax, and I was pretty nervous to live here, because, I've never been to any other country until then, and I did not speak any English back then. Surprisingly, I got used to this new environment really fast, and I learned a lot of English in a very short time. Now, I never understood why asians who lives in Canada, especially Toronto and Vancouver could not speak any English when they have lived wherever they live in for how many years, but after living in Halifax, I found the answer to that. When I moved to Halifax, it was in 2004, there weren't many foreign people. It was like Sherwood Park (where I live) but a little bit more colours added to it, and without the cocky attitude. So I was kind of forced to talk, and hang out with white people, and that's actually how I learned to speak English really fast. I'm not saying it's good, but at least I don't have trouble communicating with people unlike others. Oh and I don't have a heavy accent lol. I do have a little accent though but it never caused me any problems. Anyways, we all know, Vancouver and Toronto and any major citys are like one giant ass Chinatown. What that means is that everyone going to want to socialize with their own kind. In 2006, I was still in Halifax, and that's when a lot of Asians moved there. Not really sure why, but their population really increased in 06' compare to 04'. Since those people only hang out, talk, socialize or whatever, with their native folks, they actually never get to learn English. Sure, they are learning shits in English, but that's about it. They never talk to people who speaks English, and as a result, they are not learning how to speak a good English. It was pretty sad for me to watch them, and also was pain in the ass for me. There were like 4-5 Koreans in my grade 9 classes, and guess what? They only hang out with each other, and you know what that means. Our teacher could not communicate with them so I had to be the interpreter or the translator or whatever you want to call it. I didn't mind it at the beginning, but as the time went on, they all started to depend everything on me, from translating stuff to even homework. What the fuck. I got my own shits to do. So ya, I think back then, and I was really lucky to learn English easier than those people. That was really big to me. 

   Then I moved to Alberta in 2007, and I thought it was going to be a lot like Halifax. No, not at all. Not only the town was full of white, which I don't mind at all, and there were a lot of racist pricks and bitches. I didn't really mind it that much, like it wasn't really a big deal, I guess it was because I've never had to deal with it before, but as soon as I move to Sherwood Park, I've felt the discrimination. Some days, it'd make me pretty mad, but now I guess I'm kind of used to it, I mean, even my friends were making racist jokes about me all the time back in high school, and I still kind of get mad whenever they do that now, but I try not to think about it too much, or take it too serious, and I think that's the best way to deal with it. Then I go to the U of A, and it feels a lot different than where I live. U of A is perfectly balanced, if you know what I mean. Then I get on the bus after school and that Sherwood Park image comes to me again. 

   So do you want to know how 'white' Sherwood Park is? Okay, first of all, I can't even remember the last time I saw a black person walking around, at the mall or grocery store or whatever. Secondly, there's like no one walking on the streets in Sherwood Park, they all drive. The only people you will see on the sidewalk are the people who jogs, bikes and Asians. Lastly, this is what happened to me. It's not anything bad lol. I always go to the outdoor rink in winter to play hockey, and I'm pretty much the only Asian there most of the time. A couple years ago, I went with bunch of my friends and some of my friends' friends. Then, that summer, I went to a birthday party, and my friend introduces me to one of his friends, and his friends says, 'Ya I know him, we've met before.' Then I was like 'We have? I have never seen you in my life.' Then he says, 'Ya we played hockey together last winter.' He was one of my friends' friends. He also told me that he remembered me only because I was an Asian and I 'stand out' in Sherwood Park. It was kind of funny, but I didn't find that bad at all.

   Speaking of hockey, our team from intramural wanted to play a little shinny tonight so we did, and it was very tiring. That's all I'm going to say about it haha.

   Now I got to think of what I want to write for my convincing email to my dad. I think he's trying to do whatever I want to do, not what he wants me to do so that's kind of nice. If it goes well, then I got a couple huge problems solved. I got till friday, so I got some time to make it good. 

  Go to the school tomorrow? I think so. I tried to study today, but it never happened. I ended up watching IRT Deadliest Roads all day. I know it's kind of an odd show to watch but it frigging crazy man! I don't care what anybody says I'm going to keep watch it because it's a one hell of a show. Although I was driving kind of funny after watching that. I just don't feel safe haha. 

  I just bought my 10th jersey today. Colorado Avalanche with Rob Blake name on the back. Not really a fan of either of those, but it was $20 and with any jerseys with that kind of price, it's definitely worth buying even if it's a team or a player that you aren't a big fan of. People has been asking me how and where I buy all these jerseys. Simple. eBay and Kijiji. Where do you think I get them? I don't got load of cash on me to buy a jersey that costs like $300 each. If you want to buy a jersey, go to eBay and/or Kijiji. They sell Chinese stuff, but I don't care. It hasn't disappointed me or ripped me off yet and I love them so it's definitely worth spending $40-$60 a piece. Well, I realized I bought 6 so far since my parents left, but surprisingly I am not broke at all. I'm still sitting at $430 on my chequing account. But still, I think I should cut down a bit because I'm starting to get addicted to it and soon I'll spend every penny on buying jerseys. So I'm going to try not to buy any until my next paycheque. It's only going to be around $150, plus the $45 I will make this thursday, but that means I can buy at least one more jersey. I'm going to try to buy only ONE though. Then when my full time job starts in May, depending on how much I'll make, I'll start buying but not like 7 in a week though. What have I gotten myself into??

Day 10

  Saturday, April 9th, 2011, day 10. Well, it's saturday today. Everyone is looking forward to the weekend. I know I was. After studying for the chem lab final, even though I didn't really study that much, I was looking to sleep in and do some laundry and clean up session. No. I had to be at work by noon because we are doing a clean up there. There were 4 of us last time and it only took about 2 hours. This time, there was only one. Me. Normally, I wouldn't really be happy about it, but today, I actually preferred to work by myself. I guess I'm still mad at my parents, and not happy with my sister (not really sure why though) and working really helped me at least not think about it. 

  At the hockey rink, we use baskets to hand out equipment. It contains pants, shoulder pads, gloves, shin pads and elbow pads. For some reason, a lot of gloves and elbow pads were missing. So that took a while to put things in the right basket after going through about 70 baskets. Actually it only took about 2 and a half hours. For doing that alone, I thought it was pretty impressive. Next, I had to organize all the helmets. Lot of them were missing screws and some of them had loose screws. I ended up sorting out about 70 helmets and fixed about 10 of them. Then there was a goalie equipment section. That one wasn't too hard. All I had to do was line up the pads against the walls, and put the gloves onto the right cubicle or whatever you want to call it. The last thing I had to do was counting the socks and hanging up the jerseys. I don't mind counting the socks but hanging up the jerseys was pretty painful. I had to hang the jerseys in numerical order and there were 3 colours with 40 jerseys each. So I had to hang 120 jerseys. Believe it or not, it definitely is painful. Afterward, I found out that we were missing 15 jerseys. And get this, number 4 from each colours were all missing. How weird is that? I wonder where they are. So anyways, overall, I really enjoyed my clean up shift even though I was alone. My boss came and went few times so I guess I wasn't completely alone. We talked a lot about hockey, and he gave me a drink (it wasn't a beer or anything, it was just can of coke but still, coming from my boss, it was pretty special I guess haha), and oh, he offered me a job for next year. If I want to work with the Campus Rec next year, they are looking for the Equipment Room/Timekeeper supervisor/trainer, and he told me that they are having a meeting with the facilitators and the coordinator to decide who to promote, and he said I was the first one on his list. How sick is that? I guess my 'hard work' really paid off. Although, I wouldn't have gone this far without any of them. Thanks.

   Habs are playing the Bruins in the playoffs now. That's classic. That's like the third time they are meeting on the first round in last 4 years or something. They can definitely win that round. Easily. But this is playoffs. Anything could happen. I am so excited for it though. Playoffs are the greatest thing ever. I think I love the fans more than the games itself. I don't know what it is, but I really love it. Well, I'm going to go watch the Flames and Canucks game now. It's not a playoff game but oh well, it's the only game on now.

  PS. I bought a Dustin Byfuglien jersey today. $40. I love Byfuglien and I love the Hawks so I had to buy it.

Day 8

   Thursday, April 7th, 2011, day 8. I've been at home all day so far since it's thursday and I have no class. I ended up waking up at noon, again, and have not done anything productive since. I have a CHEM 102 lab final tomorrow, and I've actually started studying for it yesterday, and still haven't quite finish studying for it. I guess I should probably do that right now, right? haha. 

   I've been acting a little weird lately. I thought I'd be pretty happy since I got the job with Telus, but no, there's something else. I'm not sure what it is, and I don't think I'll ever know, but it's been really bugging me a lot and making me mad and grumpy and sad and depressed all day. What the fuck I hate this. Whatever it is, please go away.

  I finally received my 8th jersey I ordered on eBay this morning. I love it. All the ones I've got lately are an authentic jerseys, and these kind of have been making me pretty happy. Not only because I saved about $800 on all the jerseys I bought, but it's one of the things I like to do now, collecting jerseys. Every time I look at them (they are all hanging on my walls right now), I don't know what it is, but it makes me feel good, inside and out. So, as long as I don't go into financial deficit, I'm going to continue purchasing jerseys.

  I'm a little worried about the lab final tomorrow, because it didn't go so well last semester, and plus, now, with my final exam's weight is around 60%, I have to do well on the lab final so that if I don't do so good on the final, it could at least save me from failing I guess. Ya, I'm going to go study now.

Day 6

   Tuesday, April 5th, 2011, days without my parents: 6. So I had that interview this morning. I actually woke up, well at least tried to wake up at 8am this morning to kind of prepare for this interview but I ended up waking up at 9:10am. I really had to rush, and I was speeding to get to the interview. Fortunately, I did get there in time. It kind of surprised me a little, because I thought it was going to be like a one-on-one interview, but turned out, it was a 'job fair' plus interview. It was actually great. Later, I found out that I won't get paid hourly, but I'd get paid for how much I've done. We will be doing cold calling pretty much. I had some experience with cold calling before. It didn't really go so well, because, I didn't get paid much, and I was pretty much alone, and my boss kind of sucked (except she was really hot lol). So back then, I'd get about 1-5 leads (it was for this painting thing) and that's actually not too bad, because, the average number of sales they make in a day, so in like 7 hours, is usually around 3 ish and if you do that for a week, you'd get paid around $2000! So back then when I did cold calling, I got around 2 a day and that was in an hour and a half! Imagine doing that same thing for 7 hours and I'd have around 8! That's going to be a big money. honestly, I hated cold calling back then, because I wasn't really getting anything out of it, but this is Telus, it's way bigger. It's a well-known company, and so far what I've seen, the people are great, my boss is great, I think everything is going to be great. Oh by the way, did I tell you I got hired? haha I was really excited. 

   After about an hour of introduction, there was a 1 on 1 interview. I was the third last one to go. I didn't really want to go first, because I figured they probably won't hire you if you go first. If I go later, but not last, they are going to compare me with the people before me. I thought that was a pretty good strategy. Anyways, there was about 8-10 of us, and only 5, including the other 2 sessions that was held this afternoon, are hired. I was pretty nervous about the interview. Me and my boss both knew I was lol. I was fairly honest with him, I didn't want to cheat and get the job, I wanted get it fair and square. I told him that I used to cold call and I think that's what got me hired. I was really surprised because there was a lot of smart people with us and my boss said he liked me. I'm not really sure what he likes about me, but that's great. That's really great.

   I start my job on May 2nd. I'll get trained for the first couple days, and I'll start full time. I'm pretty excited, I have never worked with a big company like this so it's definitely something new. I'm feeling it might be a little tough, a lot harder than the old cold calling I used to do, but I've been doing good when it comes to work and I hope I can show them that I can do this real good with no problem whatsoever. We were told that if we showed them that we can do this, they will promote us as a manager so that's good. I kind of want to be a manager haha. Plus, there's a lot of prizes, like TV, laptop, iPads, and all that good stuff, and I want those so I'm going to try really hard. It should be a fun summer. I'm really excited.

   I can already see myself driving a Skyline, my dream car, and moving out, and having a great year next year. Let's really make it happen. I can do this.

Day 5

   Monday, April 4th, 2011, days without my parents: 5. I didn't go to school at all today. I woke up at around noon and I just didn't feel like going to school at all. I just didn't see the point of going. I mean, I don't know what we are doing in MATH 120 (linear algebra) even when I do go to class, so I just kind of gave up on going since my prof can't teach. And plus, there is like an individual class for this course, so I could understand all this stuff just by using textbooks and notes. And CHEM 102? It's pretty much the same as Chem 30 from high school. I mean, we learn like 1 thing and it's that one thing all over again for the rest of the unit, so why bother going? Again, I can just use textbook, and notes to study for the final. So I guess when I said I started to maturing up, I was wrong. I think I might've spoke too soon haha. 

   Tomorrow is definitely going to be different though because it's a big day for me. I have an interview with Telus at 10am tomorrow. I've been waiting and preparing for this ever since I got the email on friday. I have prepared well, like what I'm going to wear, how I'm going to answer the questions (they are usually the same old questions they ask at the interview) so ya, I'd say I'm good to go unless I sleep in again. When the alarm goes off tomorrow morning, I just got to realize how important this is and get my ass out of my bed. Although, there's one thing that's been bugging me about this interview. I was supposed to send an email back for a confirmation with the interview time I chose (there were 10am, 12pm, and 2pm and  I chose 10am) but I haven't heard anything from them since. Maybe they only send emails back if those spots are full? I don't know. I even called them today, but the guy wasn't there. So really, I may not even get to have an interview. Well, I only have one way to find out. I would have to go, and if I really get to have an interview, that's awesome, and if not, well, it'd be really embarrassing and pretty much ruin my plan, but what am I going to do, right? It's not really up to me if I get the job or not. So I guess I'll find out what's up with this tomorrow.

   I worked again tonight. It was Division 1 and 2 finals tonight so, to the players, these were the games that really, truly mattered to them. I was pretty nervous to do timekeeping today, because last time, during the playoff games, people were getting mad at each other and the timekeeper, so there was a lot of pressure on me this time. I was so focused on the game, and watching every moves they make so I wouldn't get lost and not know what's going on. I think it went pretty well. I was trying really hard not to mess anything up and I almost didn't make any mistakes. Actually, it was a lot easier than I thought so that's good. There were a lot of penalties though, but I didn't get yelled at at all so I guess I did pretty good. Overall, it was a really fun night. The games were really good, made no mistakes, and etc. Tomorrow is going to be my last shift at the Clare Drake Arena. Honestly, I'm a little sad about it. Turned out, this hockey rink was like my sanctuary. This job and the rink kept me happy all year long. So, I think I will definitely work here again next year. No question about it. 

   Well, I'm going to bed. I have a big day coming up soon. Wish me luck everyone.

Day 4

   Sunday, April 3rd, 2011, days without my parents: 4. It was really nice out today. Everyone was cleaning their garage, cars, and etc., and little kids were playing outside. I guess winter is really over and spring is coming. So that's good. I was kind of getting tired of winter anyway. 

   So I did talk to Jen last night right after I posted last blog. It went pretty good I'd say. I enjoyed it. We talked mostly about my problems this time, instead of hers. She actually didn't want to talk about her problems so ya. That's good too I guess. That means she's slowly changing and listened to my advice. So I guess it really worked haha. I was actually quite embarrassed to talk to her about my problems because they were nothing like hers. It wasn't just about school and parents, mine was about relationship and sex droughts. Ya, I know, right? Well, I had to tell someone about it so I could let it out. I guess blogging about this didn't really help me that much and I was kind of glad that I talk to her about it, until today.

   I really don't know why, but I felt really sad and depressed today. I mean, Jen didn't leave my house until like 2pm but I barely talked to her or to anyone in the house. I wasn't sure why I acted like that, but I'm guessing last night's talk has something to do with it, I don't know. 

   To eliminate my anger/sadness/depression, I decided to clean my car. The interior was in a pretty bad shape. There were garbage everywhere, dirt, and etc., so I cleaned that up, and I still had winter tires on, so I put summer tires on it. I didn't feel like going to a car wash, so I just cleaned the headlights and taillights because they were so dirty that the light couldn't get through it so I couldn't see anything. Then, lastly, I filled up the windshield washer fluid. You have no idea how much you go through that in a winter. Lots. Oh, and another thing, I always wanted to have a cold air/short ram intake on my car. What it does is that it shortens the air passage to the intake manifold so as a result, you get better mileage and power and an awesome sound. The newer car's aftermarket parts are really expensive so I couldn't afford one for my car. I found out that I can actually take the air passage off (it's detachable), which only leaves me with the filter and the pipe that's connected to the intake manifold. It's not the modification I wanted but it worked haha. Mostly, I did this for the sound of the engine, but it didn't really change anything, but you can kind of tell the difference when the engine is at 3000RPM. So anyways, I'm kind of glad I did that. I'm pretty sure it's not good for the engine but we will see how it turns out. It should be fine.

   Well, I have to go to school tomorrow, unfortunately, but really, what choice do I have? I'm going to have to go to the Financial Aid Centre in SUB (Students' Union Building) and ask some questions about student loan, and hopefully get the application form. So far, my plan is still a go, and I'm planning on sticking to it. If I get the job at Telus, and able to get some student loan, then I know everything is going to turn out nicely. This upcoming week is probably the most important week of my life. Everything I want to do depends on the next 2 days. Oh please, God help me.

Day 3

   Saturday, April 2nd, 2011, days without my parents: 3. Once again, I woke up fairly early today. I think it was around 8 ish but then again, I had absolutely nothing to do other than checking my email and going on Facebook, I just went back to bed. So I guess I really didn't wake up at 8 haha. Anyways, I woke up again at 10, and the first thing I did was went to shower, and went out to buy the jersey I was going to buy. I actuallly really like the jersey I bought this morning. I'm not a huge fan of St. Louis Blues, but they had a lot of good players and stories back in the days, and plus, Halak was and still is an amazing goaltender so that's why I decided to buy this jersey. It was a little smaller than I thought it was going to be, but it don't really matter because I bought it for my collection, not for daily clothing kind of thing. Then I came home and watched 8 Mile. Honestly, I have never watch it before. I've seen bits and pieces of it, but I have never sat down and watched it in continous motion. I really liked it. It was very inspiring and touching movie. I'll definitely watch it again.

   I was supposed to hang out with my friend Jen today, and I am pretty much still hanging out with her. She's doing her homework and I'm doing this haha. Anyways, to be honest, today wasn't as good as last time we hung out. Don't get me wrong, this doesn't mean that I'm not having fun at all. It's just that we haven't really done anything today so ya. I'm glad that she's over at my house right now but I just wish that we actually did something productive or something at least fun. Whenever we hang out, we always have a really good conversation, and I had quite a few things to talk to her about today, but it just hasn't happened yet. Well, I guess it's only 12:33am so we got a good couple hours to talk I guess haha. 

   I'm not really sure what I want to do tomorrow. I don't work on sundays anymore and I got like no homework to do, so I don't know. Oh actually, I think I should go to the free skating at the U of A tomorrow. I haven't skated for a week and I need to practice if I really want to do reffing. So ya, I think that's what I'm going to do tomorrow.

  I just realized this now, but I think I'm becoming more 'human.' What I mean by that is that I think I'm finally maturing. Not by much though, but I'm making a pretty good progress. I always had trouble waking up in the morning, but now, I can actually wake up pretty early. Although I have to go back to bed after I wake up haha but still, I'd say it's a good progress, because I wasn't even able to wake up that early. I always woke up at like 11 ish. So I think that's a pretty big change and I'm glad it's happening. I still need to work on it though. I think that's about it. I mean, I do feel different for some reason, and I'm pretty sure I've changed a little, but I just can't think of what changed me, and what I've changed about myself. Oh well. I'd say this is a good thing.

   I'm so tired right now I can barely stay awake. A beer didn't help at all nor did pops. I'm not sure if I'm going to last another couple hours. I'm thinking I should just go to bed. Ya, I think I will. Peace out.

Day 2

   Friday, April 1st, 2011. Days without my parents: 2. I actually woke up really early today. Way earlier than usual, I think it was around 7:30am. It was pretty surprising because I worked last night so I thought I'd be really tired but I guess I wasn't. Anyways, for some reason, I didn't feel like going to school today. I really don't know why. So I just kind of sat around at home doing nothing for the whole morning, then I realized I had a chem lab today. I can't miss labs because if it's not reasonable excuses, you can't make up for it and the each labs worth like 5% or something I don't know but you really don't want to miss it. Ever. So I went to school at about 1. I remembered that I didn't finish my prelab so I decided to do that and that only took like half an hour. Today's lab was terrible. Even though it only took about an hour to do it, which is really short compare to any other labs we've done, but the procedure on the lab manual was written so bad I got confused on every single steps. Well, actually the wordings weren't bad, it's just that some things were missing and wasn't explained clearly so I had trouble understanding. So after a long (but it was actually really short haha) lab, I went to CAB, and just chilled there for a bit, since I missed my bus and had to wait a half an hour for the next one. Right at that moment, I received an email that could change my life. 

   I might've mentioned about me applying at Telus for Sales Summer Program. Well, guess what? They emailed me back, and said they wanted to invite me to their job fair thing and an interview. Finally a moment I've been waiting for. I was actually worried that I won't get any calls and/or emails from places I applied at but Telus emailed me back in like 2 days. Now, I'd assume that there's a lot of people who applied for this position. With just 5 spots available, and with not the best resume, I have to really step up at the interview. It's got to be the best one I've ever done, because, right now at this moment, my life depends on it. If I get this job, I'll make $4000 a month which means I'll have more than enough to buy myself a new car, and a rent for a room for next few months. Perfect. I really hope that the interview goes well, and get the position. I know I can be a pretty decent salesman and I hope I can show them that. Well, fingers crossed.

   I actually worked again tonight. People from Lister was having like a broomball/sledge hockey thing going on so I thought, why not? I could use an extra $45. Honestly, I didn't really want to work today. After the lab, I just felt like shit and just wanted to go home and sleep, but I really had no choice, because my boss already paid me last night to work tonight so I didn't really have an option. I worked with this girl for the first time. Her name is Michelle. I've seen her and talked to her few times. She'd always work there whenever I had a game. Anyways, she's really cool. She's kind of a big talker so the shift went by really fast because we'd talk so much haha. It literally felt like it only lasted about an hour. Work wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I knew there was going to be a lot of people, and there was, but everyone cooperated and it went fast and smoothly so I can't really complain about it haha. So, overall, the work was fun. I was pretty glad that I took that shift.

   I'm going to be buying another jersey tomorrow. It's St. Louis Blues jersey with Jaroslav Halak's name/number on it and it's only for $50. I'm pretty excited to have this jersey as my collection. My Canadiens jersey is still on its way, and I don't think it's going to be here till like the 4th. That's what Canada Post told me lol. Then on Tuesday night, I'll be buying a Nashville Predators jersey with Shea Weber's name/number on it. I actually got to stop purchasing jerseys. At least for a while. At a situation like this, I really need to save up tons of money. Literally. 

   Oh, and I'm going to be hanging out with Jen tomorrow. She's actually going to be staying over, just like last time. I'm really excited about that too. I got lots of booze rolling around in my fridge, lots of food, and a lot of movies to watch! I have a feeling that it's going to be a real good night ;)