HELLO AGAIN!

Exactly two days away from the final day of real "classes" and unemployment is still looming ahead. Now, there are two options:
A) Freak the *&^% out and scramble to reach the Schulich ideal of "success" (i.e employment) by trying to fit into a CPG mold
B) See this whole thing as an opportunity... rather than getting comfortable earlier on, take the hard route and (as our good friend Buzz lightyear says) "REACH FOR THE STARS!!"

I'm opting for B. Yes, there are serious pressures to find a "real" job, but at the same time, I find myself wondering "what if i just ... "
- picked up and moved to a different country to live an adventurous life
- started my own business; everyone says work at a big company to see how it REALLY works.. but why not do my own thing?
- stopped doubting myself and really went balls-out to make my mark on this world!!

At 21 years old, each day fliess by...months are changing without me noticing and its time to do something...

i'm a little girl by design, but this world ain't holdin me backk!! HAhAHHAha madd corny!!

As of now:
- Applied to EVERY open sports position in Toronto
- Trying to find the balance of being 'annoying' and 'persistent' when it comes to connecting with people

Schulich, I thank you for the technical education and revealing early on the human condition (ppl are crazyyy!!) but I wish there was something more for non-CPG straightline students... where were the opportunities to make a dent in Sports? Entertainment?

I don't blame you. Instead, there's this massive bubble of motivation that keeps growing!! It WON'T pop buddy. nice try.
In a few years, I believe success will come to those who were patient and worked hard for their passion.


lazersss..

Work towards happiness and excitement!

Looking back on all these years--especially my birthday-- a little black cloud floats its way above my head and then pees out little raindrops...big debbie downer to think about the past 21 years; It seems like everyone else is doing cool things with their life while I coast through living a safe, typical asian-university student life. go to school, take notes, study, sleep, repeat. Everytime an adventurous globetrotter passes through and recalls crazy stories from their life, i get a bubbling sensation in the pit of my stomach. Excitement? Jealousy?

Regardless, my response is always the same "Whoa, cool!! I wish I could do something like that"

The truth is, we all CAN do cool things, but we choose not to. That's why for 2011 I vow to try and do 1 crazy thing a week.
Hold on, rewind... by crazy, I mean memorable/different/try something new/LIVE a little...

WEEK 1: Buy a random crazy looking fruit and eat it.

Object in question: DRAGON FRUIT
Verdict: It was pleasantly deceiving... it looked like it'd be super yummy but instead, it was ... different... Mind you in Barcelona people were eating it up like it was a tasty mango... maybe they're not in season right now.


SO I HAVE DECIDED FOR 2011 TO TRY AND BE HAPPY AGAIN. THIS INCLUDES RELAXING AND BEING BOLD :)

procrastinators ramble

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Since returning from the great-land of Europe, it's been the HARDEST thing everrr to not talk about the experience. It's obvious nobody wants to hear about it 100x a day, so all these pent up europe memories come spewing out when slightly intoxicated. Case in fact, last night's disasterous talk-a-thon. GAH-

This year's alcohol consumption has been borderline non-existent, so the few times we (my friends and i) do go out, we go OUUTT... bleh..

Our prof was nice enough to take us all out for drinks and talk about chattermouth.. honestly, i could not shut up!! thinking about it today makes me want to *bambam* my forehead against a computer screen... a;lkdjf;akd;

NOTE TO SELF: never drink in public with people i do not know very well.
hmame;rafdd

smart people? dumb people? people.

one of the greatest mistakes made in today's education system is the need to classify students as 'smart, average, dumb'.

everyone excels at something. correction. anyone can be taught how to do something, it's a matter of opportunity and practice. case in point, Lewis S. Ranieri- according to the book Liar's Poker he was a mailroom boy at Salomon bros. when he was yanked to the trading floor. subsequently, he fathered mortgage finances and other dangerous instruments that were at the forefront of this economic mess.

Entering my final year in university was a massive slap in the face. "smart" people aren't all that 'smart'. they're disciplined & informed. that is a skill. but again, everyone is smart/excels at something!! Being smart at school does not mean automatic success, on the flip-side, having average/sub-par grades is not a death sentence!! Everyone is good at something. Looking back, alot of my friends from high school who were considered 'stupid' are now pursuing jobs in investment banking, real estate, etc... it didn't matter that their grades weren't as high as others, the same market information is available to everyone and they chose to go after it.

find your passion and go for it.
that is success.

find it and run. don't EVER let anybody tell you something cannot be done.

school's second flaw: discouraging innovation.
there is ALWAYS a way. you just have to find it.

i suck at blogging...

this is hard work. epic failure. my adventures are recorded in a separate book entitled "gloria's adventure book"


"Who am I?
That the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love
And watch me rise again.
Who am I?
That the voice that calmed the sea,
Would call out through the rain,
And calm the storm in me.

Not because of who I am,
But because of what you've done.
Not because of what I've done,
But because of who you are."

its been a long time...

man i suck at these things!

darn,

the last time i posted anything i was in paris... it's now a week and a half later and i'm posting a new blog from the exact same location! PARIS :)

Finally got around to checking out the Eiffel Tower this time around- at first, i'm not gonna lie, it was like "wtf... i walked all this way for this thing?!" it wasn't very pretty... it kinda looked like an alien thing in all of it's coppery glory. Eiffel Tower=alien ship, i know right? Well, after walking a bit further into the garden area, that's when it all changed! No joke, it was like that Annie song..something about the sun coming out and what not... well anyways, you know what i mean.. the sun peeped out from behind the clouds and it was like *BAM* there it was.. the Eiffel Tower in all of it's legit glory!

It reminded me of the scene from the movie "Sabrina" when she's blossoming into somebody new; it all takes place in front of the eiffel tower- i tried finding the spot she took her pics in :P

On a funnier note, there was a MOB of tweens hanging around the base of the tower- seriously, these girls were SCREAMING at the top of their lungs when the vans drove by...you'd think maybe it was brangelina or even nicole richie? NAHH... it was the one and only...*drumroll* from stratford ontario, JUSTIN BIEBER ...*pause*... yes.. justin bieber.. narcis was so turned off by it haha

I seriously love paris and would LOVE to work here one day...the only thing that's not true about this city is that people find love when they come here; hollywood has done a seriouss number on quite a few girls !


OH BIGGEST NEWS EVER EVER EVER CANADA>RUSSIA!
WWWWWWWWHHHATTTTTT
we were suppose to hit up the "great canadian bar" to watch the whole game but we ended up streaming it from the girls' apartment.. SO FRUSTRATING BUT OMG SO WORTH IT!

team canada=team amazeballs..
<3

Paris!

After getting home at 10PM & going to bed at 3AM- woke up at 5AM to catch a train to Paris...
Now in Paris at the girls' apartment in Champs Elysées; LOVING the Schulich reunion- narcis, nada, lina, dela, mikey, jon-


SO EXCITED about going to a legit club, getting dressed up for the first time in Europe, real DJ + good music to dance to.. SO SO EXCITED

Paris for Valentine's Day will be interesting ~

serious update about the Road Trip & Paris when I get back to Strasbourg-