Rolling with the Punches!

Sometimes life throughs you punches! But in reality, all you can really do is to roll w/ them. People have flaws, all of them do - especially me! But one thing that always helps me get through it is rolling w/ the punches. Shit happens - so deal w/ it! Most of the time you make a mistake, something unlucky thing happens, someone screws you over.... but what can you do? Nothing! You can't prevent what happened, you may not be able to fix it, it may have totally blown you off course. But sitting there sulking, isn't gonna help.

You just got to deal w/ it! It's like, what's done is done... now how can I fix it & move forward? Positive thoughts & progressive measures. That's the key. Moving onward to a solution - salvaging what has been spared. Making the best of what is available & given to you. That is all... you just got to roll with the Punches.

3rd Day of Class! Nah... just playing

Damn, the day is going so slow. Especially, since I don't have any work to do.

Anyways, I saw something that made me think. SARS's MSN names says "done w/ PEY"? Damn, it feels like a century since SARS went on PEY... Yet, it feels like time has flown by since I've gotten to California! I mean, 2 months (June, July, & August)... damn, that's 3 months! Have flown by! I feel like I just moved to Cali last week! Man oh man, that shit is crazy!

2nd Day of Class!

So I went to school, yesterday. It was alright, the prof was pretty sick. He rambled on forever, but he said that he was an easier marker & if you try you'd easily rip the course (not in those exact words of course). We watched videos & looked at different maps & his vacation pictures to China. He had some interesting views on terrorisim as well. He was cool.

The class was kinda weird though... It reminded me of Summer School at West Hill or Laurier (i.e. high school)! Dinky little classroom, w/ maps all over the walls. But outside the campus was bumping still. It looked like a nice, well kept university. Grass & trees all over the place, paved paths inbetween the grass (not student made mud short cuts through King's College. lol). Some part of me enjoyed being back at school. I felt accepted - accepted by school. I thought the class would be huge, but there were like 30 ppl max. The size of a tutorial at UfT.

I think I'm most likely gonna enroll in this course, but I'm gonna check out History of SE Asia today (just incase). Besides parking is free & there were mad bikes parked on the street (so I'm not completely scared my bike will get jacked)! Only thing is... I learnt in class that SouthEast Asia refers to Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, etc. & does not really include Sri Lanka :( But no harm in checking out the first class,

1st Day of Class!

Well, I'm gonna go to school today :) I'm thinking of enrolling in Global Geography [ very similair to Politcal Geography - which I took at UfT ;) ] or History of South-East Asia. I have to go to the 1st class & confirm availability w/ the Prof. Today is Global, tomorrow is History. I'll check out both classes & see which one I like best.

I drove by the campus yesterday & checked out the scene (ie. where I can park my motorcycle). Free parking for motorcycles is available on the street (as opposed to $100 parking for a semester!!) I saw a couple bikes parked up - but one had no rear tire :S So I'm bringing my lock just incase - too bad there are no pole to lock it too!

The worst part is I still don't have insurance! I was planning to trade my bike for a 250 Ninja (smaller & more fuel efficient) but the girl was a student & she thinks she should spend the cash on school, not a better bike. Another lady wanted to buy it on installation payments... but she hasn't gotten back to me yet. So I don't really wanna get insurance, until I'm 100% sure I'm gonna keep my bike... but it's such a risk! :(

Back 2 School!

I'm thinking of taking courses in California (after all I do need to get rid of my HSS/CS & economics, etc). I just found out that I can enroll at SJSU & courses cost $615 (wow - that's steep!). Now I'm gonna check Santa Clara & Stanford.

Stupid ECF forwarding!

Damn it! I just went into my ecf account to send an email to get an HSS/CS course approved. And you know what I find? An email from a PROF (MJ). I worked on a laser/optics project w/ MJ closely last year. So he forwarded an email about some optics firm in NYC that was looking for potential job candidates! Damn that is so what I would like to get into! Damn it, damn it, damn it! If I had only gotten that in time I could have sent a "set up" email. Like, "Hi, I'm interested in your company... blah, blah, suck up, blah, blah" Damn it. Oh well, it's a job set up for graduatation - so I'm not gonna worry about it too much.

The Truck I considered buying (believe me it looks better in person - better busted up that is!)

Damn it! Any Pickup? Or hold off?

Okay, so here's the deal now. I'm trying to "trade" or sell my motorcycle for either a smaller motorcycle (to save on gas) or a pickup truck (to go camping). See a smaller motorcycle would be cheaper too - maybe like $1500, so I would have $3000 for a pickup truck! Then I could use my cheap on gas motorcycle for the daily work commute & the truck for camping & travelling out of town! But I would prefer a Toyota pickup truck (since it is not that gas guzzling & not american).

But I got the following email: "Hey i'm interested in a trade as well. I got a 1995 Chevy S - 10 ZR2. It has the 4.3 liter HO motor, auto tranny, 4wd, ext cab, fully loaded, cd player, cloth bucket seats. Kelly Blue book is $5790... I am looking to get around $5000 for the truck. So if you are interested in a trade plus $1000 from you then we can work something out."

Well, I'm sure I can work in the trade for like $500. But do I really want a Chevy? And it's a 4.3 litre (notice the correct spelling!!) - which is apparaently a very large engine (& hence lots of gas!). And it's American? Damn, I don't know. I'm kinda not feeling the Chevy.

If I can sell my bike for cash, then I can search for a truck I like. Otherwise, I have to trade for something that is available! That sucks. We will see.

Oh SARS...

Oh SARS. Sars, sars, sars. I shall take a larger effort in responding to all my fans! My extensive, extensive Fan Base! Soon thechocolaterocket.blogspot will have to charge it's customers & limit membership! Not to mention expensive servers!

The teacher will always become the student! Until the student prevails at which point HE (yes, he) will remain at the top until the end of time! :P

Ouch! Dropped My Bike Again

Damn, I dropped my bike again - this time in the drive way of the Carl's Jr (equivalent to Micki D's). I stopped & was waiting for traffic to pass. But I guess the stop was slightly abrupt ... & I slightly lost my balance :( And down she went! Damn it! It was so hard to lift it up! I had to get someone walking by to help! (now I know what rmt1 meant by a dropped bike is too heavy to lift by yourself).

Damn it. Someone was coming by to look at the bike today too! (a potential buyer). Damn it. Aw well. Shit happens.

The good news is... my mommy is coming tomorrow! & She's bringin home cooked food! (Score!). She's coming for the weekend & bringing a ton of food for my new fridge!!!

New fridge you might ask? Yeap. I bought a fridge for MYSELF for $25 bucks. See we only had 1 fridge (w/ 3 shelves). So my roommates decide to split the shelves as follows: me top shelf, rmt1&2 2nd shelf, rmt3 3rd shelf. (rmt1&2 are boyfriend & girlfriend - they do everything together!). That is all fine and dandy - but the problem is the top shelf (my shelf) is the only one big enough for milk jugs. And to make things worst rmt1&2 buy 2 jugs at a time (cause of a 2 for 1 deal). That's a total of 4 milk jugs on my shelf! grrr. That gave me a total of 10 cm of room in the fridge.

So Gaj suggests getting another fridge. Roommates all decline - cause they don't wanna spend $$$. I'm like fine whatever... I'll get one myself & use it for myself. Went on Craigslist & boom - $25 fridge! (And it's bigger & nicer than theirs :P) Now I've got my own fridge (which could have been shared among my roommates for the cost of $6.25 each. Oh well :P again.

Dumb Torontonian Shit!

So I get to work & check my email. Hooray, someone replied about my motorcycle (the one on sale in Toronto). He says:

"Hi, I am interested in ur motorcycle, I can offer you 1500 cash for it, please get back to me asap, at 4163052775.k thanks"

WTF? I posted my bike for $3200 (which it is well worth!!). What a fuckin' little bitch! So you know what I reply back?

"Are you kidding me? $1500? How about just $10? I think that's a good deal. Sold for $10!" igornate son of a bitch! Does he really think he can buy a motorcycle that runs for $1500? lol. I would love to meet this guy.

Hey, why don't you call him? If you do.... tell him "Your a RETARD!".

The Village!

Damn, that's a sick movie. I watched it yesterday & after screaming like a girl during the movie - I can't stop thinking about it! I'm such a wussy when it comes to scary movies. It's not like I'm scared - just twitchy! Like when the music starts getting all creepy, I start breathing heavier... then anything (& I mean anything) can trigger my scream! lol. Once I freaked when a bird flew suddenly from the corner of the screen. lol. I guess it's just the fact that I'm anticipating something to happen, then the slightest movement triggers me! lol.

And the worst part about it is... I'm the trigger for everyone else!! lol. My scream, triggers the screams from the rest of the audience! lol. Even if it's something like a flying bird! After I scream, I slowly slouch in my seat so no one can see me! lol. I'm so embarassed! But ppl who come to the movie w/ me find it very amusing. We usually have quite the laugh about it! In fact, it is pretty funny! After the scream, I'm usually laughing - cause I feel like a geek! lol.


Anyways, back to the Village! If anyone plans to see it stop reading NOW!

STOP READING IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO SEE THIS MOVIE!!



It was tripy don't you think? The fact they live in the forest - isolated from society! The fact that her last name was "walker" from the "Walker" preserve. Did anyone see the directors reflection? He was the boss of the partol man. You see his face in the glass of the medicine cabinet. It was tripy how that retard/monster chased ivy in the forest. When he was behind the tree that she hide. The way he turned when she stepped on a twig.

Or what about the way she slapped the fuck out of him in that room! Damn. That was hardcore!

You know what other scene I loved! The stabbing scene. Ivy's love turns around "you know there are different types of love..." then his face goes all twisted... (then this is the killer part) he looks down all confused... then you slowly see the knife being pulled out of him! Damn, that was some sick directing!

Imagine living like that. Just think about that concept! Isolated due to crime & cruelty. Damn, that was a sick movie!

Okay... back to Microsoft Visio

The Day in the Life of the Working Man!

Wow, wow. So I actually began doing work today! Crazy work! I've been in the lab since like 10 am (it's 5:50 now). Pure work, like programming parts, testing chips, collecting data. Crazy! Non-stop. I still haven't gotten an opportunity to call the dealer where I bought my motorcycle. Damn, I missed them - I'm gonna have to call first thing in the morning! I'm trying to find out if they registered or transfered the title to me via the DMV (mto) - cause the DMV doesn't have a record as of yet! But that's a good thing because if they didn't maybe I can get them to hold it off? Thus I can sell my bike for less & still retain the tax I would have paid the DMV.

... but that's all a long shot :( Chances are they've done it a little late. Then I've got to post my bike in hopes that someone will eventually buy it! :( Soon :(

Shiiit.

I'm so torn. Everyday, I find a new reason to keep my bike. But then I think that I'm just looking for a luxury. Today, I noticed that my bike is pretty low & the engine sounds amazing now that it's been fixed. What should I do? I know, I know, I should sell - because I can always buy one later...