Do you ever notice that when you have a schedule for your life, you tend to cross paths with the same people?

I guess every student has a schedule for their life to some extent.

Back in the summer I thought about taking a different route to school everyday just so I could see new things but that never happened and I settled down for consistency (or is it laziness).  When I look around I notice I’m not the only one with the consistent flow of life.

For example:
– the same lady on the bus with the thick rims and trench coat
– the guy passing out the Metro
– the man who plays the guitar at the sky train station (his life is more flexible, he’s not always there)
– the 5 siblings walking to school who I always bump into at the same intersection of my route to school
– big guy with Elton John glasses who I always bump into at the other intersection

Do you have these people in your life?

If they suddenly stopped being there, would you be sad?

Sometimes it feels like I’m in the Truman Show… you know the part where he greets his neighbour every morning with the same actions?

I have this expectation that they will be there even if I’m not.  It makes the world much less lonely yet I’m sure such an expectation is extremely selfish.

When I grow up, will I still be selfish like this?

Speaking of growing up, I went to Chapters today.  COMM 299 talked about how people should build on their strengths because simply fixing our weaknesses will never be enough.  What if my strengths aren’t the things I want to be good at?  So instead I tried to find my interests and went to every shelf and looked at something there.

I got to the business section I thought “this is grown up stuff, I’ll check it out some other day.”  But I’m at Sauder, shouldn’t this be the stuff I want to look into more?  The only thing that caught my eye was a book on marketing tactics.  Could this be a sign I’m not at the right place?

What’s growing up anyway?  University student, parents will always look at their children as kids but shouldn’t I have almost reached that “grown up” stage by now?  If I weren’t at school, I’d be working. To me, a full time job is what I’ve always felt is the dividing line between adolescence and adult.

Marks are out.

Moment of truth… drumroll please…

I’m not on AP (academic probation) so far.

Not all the marks are out but there are likely enough to potentially give you a heart attack.

That is all.

GL. HF. DD.

Up till around 1 pm today I was actually one chapter in economics ahead of schedule.

Then I went to write the math final and somehow my Tuesday just fell away.

I don’t think I did very well on the final to be honest, but wilst writing it I came over an interesting sensation.

Have you heard of “flow”?

It’s like when you’re so in-the-zone of doing something that you are doing and the motions are moving but you’re not thinking about it.  I think it’s also known as concentration. Just… on a very high level.

I was completly immersed in math.  I screwed up some differentiating steps along the way but it didn’t get me down.  Over the past few months I developed this bad habit of giving up and feeling helpless even during a test but this time I think I overcame it.  Or rather, it didn’t come up?

Somewhere in the last hour I suddenly consciously realized I was in flow and then it broke.  =( But it came back for a little bit at the end.

Anyway, back to studying.

Verdict of my first university final taking experience: Good experience but let’s never do that again. Too bad that’s not happening…

Good luck everyone =)

Oh how I love how that word grabs attention.

Especially when there’s cookies behind it!

Sadly, what’s up with me most recently is that I am sick. So no free cookies for me.

The truth is that in highschool I have only missed one day of school due to illness.

If it weren’t for the pandemic, I would mostly likely go to school tomorrow.  So right now I’m weighing out what I will miss tomorrow, which actually is quite alot, but after reading Tysune’s post about H1N1, I’m 90% commited to staying home tomorrow.

I think I feel fine, but that could be the my infected mind speaking.  However, I think the fact that my voice sounds like Miley Cyrus right now would probably make teachers send me home.

[side note #1] If I were a parent right now I would be wary about sending my kids trick or treating on Saturday.  Candy from possibly infected strangers? Hmm… but free candy is just so hard to turn down.

[side note #2] Has anyone heard about the Halloween party on the skytrain?

[edit] I actually ended up going to school…

Today, after I said bye to the friends that I was hanging out with, I couldn’t help but feel extremely sad that I couldn’t say “I’ll see you at school tomorrow.”  We’re not thousands of miles away from each other, but just knowing that, unlike the past 8 years,  I won’t see them at school is so unsettling.

Goodbye sleeping right before sunrise.
Goodbye waking up at noon.
Goodbye staying out late with friends.
Goodbye minimal responsibilities.
Goodbye TV show marathons.
Goodbye do nothing days.

See you at Christmas time.
Or possibly next weekend! Haha.

Goodbye the best summer I’ve ever had.

Random fact about me #2: This summer I traveled to Asia with 5 of my friends.  It was by far the best vacation of my whole life so far.

Hello… things I’ve yet to meet.

As the last moments of the summer of 2009 wind down, I think I am finally excited for tomorrow.  I don’t want it to come any faster than it should, but I don’t mind that it is coming.