Speed of Sound

I'm not quite sure how I feel about Coldplay's new single [click on the COLDPLAYER at the top of the site].... It came out earlier in the week. It's good I guess, but nothing like their first album. I remember listening to it in Grade 12/OAC and I was completely in love with them. The last album was okay, although not nearly as good as the first. I can only imagine the pressure and anxiety in trying to create an equally successful album, but not just successful-- an album that's musically defined and original, while still maintaining the essence of Coldplay's style of music writing. A band/ artist can easily sell millions depending on their name....

Take Oasis for example. I can't say that Oasis' new single Lyla is pleasant... I've loved Oasis since grade 6, but man.... I think it's the end of the road for them. Their previous album (Heathen Chemistry), was an improvement compared to the one before that (Standing on the Shoulder of Giants) even though it still sucked. Mind you, the song Lyla still has the catchy hooks Oasis is known for and millions of people will still buy it because it's Oasis, but boy does it ever suck. Best album in Miss Pow's record collection? Definitely Maybe from Oasis. I don't think they'll ever be able to top their first record.

FINISHED UNIVERSITY FOREEEEEEVER!

On Monday, April 18th @ 4:30 pm, I finished my last university exam ever. Ever!! Ah hem... at least I hope so. It was a weird feeling answer the last question of my last exam. I just kinda thought, "Woah. This is the last one forever" and just sat there for a minute or two.

People have been telling me that it must be such a relief that school is finally over. And quite honestly... it's a little scary? I know that I'm going to miss the life of a student-- being lazy, sleeping in, partying, doing as I please. It's going to be hard making the transition, but I know that I'll enjoy an academic free life :)

Damn those cravings!

It's 1:35am and I'm starving!!!! Oh jeebus... I'm craving wonton noodle soup. Ha, ha, how asian is that!?

Exams...shoot me please

And so, it is exam time again.

[start of rant]

... I really do hate this time of the year. I think I'm one of the odd ones in the class where exams always seem to severely lower my marks. Sometimes I don't understand what the point of exams are. I work hard during the term, only to write a 2.5 hour test that's supposed to evaluate how much I know about the course. How is it a fair evaluation of our knowledge if it's a race to see how fast a person can finish a test that was designed with 4 hours in mind? I know I'm the kind of person who prefers working on loads of projects simply because it allows me to apply my knowledge. As far as I'm concerned, exams always seem to be easy ways for a lot of people who slack off over the semester to catch up because they're good at memorizing crap and writing tests. Okay... maybe I'm just angry because of my inability to write exams, or my inability to actually like my course material.

My second beef is the exam schedule. How on earth do they come up with it? I'm jealous of other universities where they get an exam per week. WTF? I have my two worst exams a day apart, the first one which was yesterday (the first day of exams I might add). I only had the weekend to study. Why not start studying earlier? I had major projects due the Wednesday, Thursday AND Friday of last week!!! AHHHH!!! Honestly, could the school be any more evil? The only thing that's getting me through exam time is that school will be finished forever on April 18.

Over dinner I asked my Bootsy if it was wrong to be jealous of people who did really well in school. And he was right in saying that I shouldn't be jealous of people when it comes to marks because marks aren't everything. I was thinking about it and I know why I put so much pressure on myself. It's the one thing I can't achieve. I've never done will in University, nor will I ever be able to because time's nearly up. For once I'd like to know what it's like to be an A-student. It's funny how something that's not really that important can suck up your life.

Last beef of the day: Stupid women who feel that they can hug the bloody pole in the subway car. Hello? Other people need to hold on so that they don't fall.

[end of rant]

Flowers, Doctors, and Insanity!

Yesterday my Bootsy gave me the most beautiful bouquet of flowers! The purple one (pictured above) was my absolute favourite! That boy is too good to me :)

Today I finally went to the doctor. After a nasty cold and 2 weeks with a sore knee that happened to get better just a few days before today's appointment, I went and was sorely disappointed. I kept on feeling like my doctor was rushing the appointment and pushing me to get out of his office. What happened to good service? What happened to a doctor's concern for his patient? Is it because I'm young? I can't say that my experiences at the university health clinic were much better. Those people certainly had a stick or two up their asses. If you want EXTREMELY BAD service, you should go and visit their receptionist. If I could fire anyone from any job, she'd be the person I'd get rid of. Honestly though, if you're in customer service, and you hate dealing with people, then maybe being a receptionist isn't the job for you. I'm awful.... I know, I know.

And so, because I had a doctor's appointment today, it was the first time in a really long time I actually had dinner with my family. It wasn't quite as enjoyable as I wish it had been, but bleh. The topic of discussion was dating and according to my mother, how a person should ONLY date within their culture/race. It made me think of an article in today's paper that talked about the barriers in accommodating a racially and culturally diverse population such as Toronto. The basic gist of it was that although we encourage all of these cultures to come and flourish in a city as wonderful and tolerant as Toronto, there has been increasing tension between generational and cultural gaps. I think I'm victim of that too. Well maybe equally victim and instigator. It's too bad that much of my parents' generation don't see people for who they are first, but rather what their skin colour might represent, or what their peers might think of them if anything out of their cultural norm happens. As human beings we should learn to embrace each other for who we are and be both accepting and understanding. Goodness knows how long that will take for older generations to catch on-- that is if they ever do.....

Farewell, dearest umbrella

Where has spring gone?!?!?! Why has mother nature decided to take it away after letting us taste warm weather and sunny days? Today was by far THE worst day! Not only did the weather suck, not only did it snow! BUT! The bloody wind bent my poor little umbrella at a 90 degree angle. Oh dear Lord... What has this world come to?

I think it must be all those Engineering Boys-- the ones who ordered their leather jackets through me. They weren't too happy to be getting their jackets when the weather was starting to warm up and I guess it's some higher being/force telling all of us that they should be able to wear them for a bit longer >:I [fist shaking in air]

Goodbye dearest umbrella. Yes.... we have shared a lot together