Beautifa's Kaleidoscope

Having an awesome time?

2008-04-10T18:11:00.005-04:00

Aaron from flickr gave a presentation about The API as curator today at the theoretical framework session of MW2008. Here's a crude little repro done by me in awesome Windows Paint of his graph describing how websites can increase in quality over time. The idea is by making little increments of innovation at a time, over a long time the project increases in awesomeness. It felt like a life lesson more than just a statement about web projects - push the envelope a bit every time, do things one step at a time, and you'll increase in your awesomeness too.

Today's Horoscope on The Star

2008-03-27T08:48:00.001-04:00

Gemini (May 21 — June 21)

What you want now is to see a physical, material, measurable change in a situation. You are tired of adapting yourself, psychologically, to a situation in which when all is said and done, you are just not comfortable. With this realization in mind you will get what you need.

It basically sums up my entire graduate career. Horoscopes have never been so profound.

A new record

2007-04-07T05:56:00.000-04:00

April 7, 2007. Tonight(today) I'm sleeping at 6am - it's a new late in terms of Jen's all-nighters. I'm super tired, but I just felt an urge that this needs to be documented. Ha, I think the blogger in me is coming back.

The return of the blog quiz!!

2007-04-05T04:21:00.000-04:00

You are Dark Chocolate

You live your life with intensity, always going full force.
You push yourself (and others) to the limit... you want more than you can handle.
An extreme person, you challenge and inspire the world!

What Kind of Chocolate Are You?

Flowers and Fa

2007-04-05T02:43:00.000-04:00

Today I passed by the florist at Harbord when I was heading home. For one moment I just couldn't resist those buckets and buckets of colourful tulips, so I ended up taking a pretty pink bunch home. I don't have a vase, so I put them in a huge glass instead. They are so pretty that they make me smile every time when I see them, despite all the school work piling over me. Ah, I still love flowers.

Post #501

2007-04-05T02:40:00.000-04:00

I just realised that my blog has just made it past the 500th entry mark! It's been an on-and-off relationship, but 500 posts, I'm feeling a little proud of it!

Life Lesson at 2:39am

2007-04-02T02:38:00.000-04:00

Being too creative is no good when you are responsible for making things happen. It can directly cause excessive overnighters.

2007-03-24T02:00:00.000-04:00

It sucks even worse when someone pushes that button, tells you he'd fix it but then has no intention to take it seriously. Or rather, it sucks because I took those words seriously. Ah, silly, silly me.

2007-03-20T11:37:00.001-04:00

It really sucks when someone pushes the exact button that should not be pushed.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

2007-03-18T01:30:00.000-04:00

There are certain songs out there, they come with past episodes of your life, and every time they get played these scenes simply refuse to go away, no matter how long it has been and how little it seems to matter now. The precise corner where the stereo was placed, the silver sheen coming out of the full-length blue curtains, the beautiful floor-length windows overlooking that awesome street, the bathroom where you could only take candle-lit baths because both the light bulb sockets and the shower head malfunctioned, the chair where you always sat and puffed away on your cigarettes...I can even feel the cold temperature of that early Spring chill in that house without central heat. It's been a while now, but tonight I got a little emotional over your song. Not that it'd matter because I love what I'm having now and tomorrow I'll be fine again.

Random Thoughts...

2007-03-17T03:58:00.000-04:00

...just because it is 4 in the morning, I'm in need of some distraction but not ready to quit on my assignment.

(1) What would I look like if I pull a Britney?
(2) Today I lost both of my earrings at the same time and I didn't even know how it happened. Last time I lost my favorite pair, this time I lost my second favorite pair. There's apparently a pattern going on. Or do they just become my favorites simply because they are lost?
(3) Maybe I should put this Photoshop thing aside and go to bed, but I have done ridiculously little for the meeting tomorrow....
(4) Yorkshire Gold tea is real good. It tastes great and gives me a buzz that can possibly beat Red Bull.
(5) I think my DJ housemate downstairs is just as awake as I am. I can hear that rhythmic bass pumping away from his speakers. It can possibly be a party because I heard people coming in at 2:30am.

Alright, back to work.

2007-03-06T01:54:00.000-05:00

Can someone fear commitment and abandonment at the same time?

祝大家...

2007-02-17T23:29:00.000-05:00

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恭喜!!恭喜!!

http://blog.xuite.net/ebt888/1/9587675

Museum Quotes

2007-01-28T21:09:00.000-05:00

Got these quotes from the Young Museum Professionals blog. Thanks for reminding me that I'm doing something worthwhile.

It's a silent oasis in the noisy confusion of the world, isolating phenomena so that they can be seen undistractedly. What is being collected are not the artifacts themselves but the undivided attention of the visitors. That is the museum. It lies in the mind of the viewers.--Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of Love.

We want kids to be capable of art appreciation, critical thinking, and outrage.--Maxine Green, during a workshop at Bank Street College of Education Graduate School

To All Users of the Robarts Library

2007-01-25T09:02:00.000-05:00

Have you ever noticed those little blue signs on every door of the middle front entrance? It's a little person on a wheelchair. Are you on a wheelchair? If you are not, that really means the entrance is not designed for your laziness when you just can't bring yourself to push the revolving doors. Every time you open those double doors, it brings in the winter gust from outside and gives your friendly librarians the chills. We can be friendly all the time, but we will curse you if you give us the chills. Afterwards you'd cutely come over and ask why we are wearing coats at the desk, like "oh poor thing, are you really cold?" or "brrr...it's really cold here, isn't it?" We appreciate your care and concern, but just stop frickin' opening those doors!!

Thank you.

Your friendly librarian.

2006-12-18T02:21:00.000-05:00

Call me retro, but truth is I have always really really liked 林子祥. :) I'll admit it, he's one of those few singers that I can sing along to almost all of his songs. I was listening to him again today, and I have noticed why I like him this much - when you hear him sing "3 0624 700, 3 0624 770", doesn't that just make you so happy?

Or maybe I'm just weird.... :P

2006-12-10T23:09:00.000-05:00

Why is everything always missing just the moment I need them, especially when they are always there distracting me when they are not needed? For example, my MSL1350 workshop handout...

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..
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oh....that's because I flipped it to a page that I can't recognise....which is more irritating because I wasted so much energy looking for it when it's right on my desk!

2006-12-03T19:57:00.000-05:00

Last night I came to realise that my mind and body are officially in two different parts of the world. Bad news is, it's not quite time yet considering the amount of work that I still need to do.

2006-11-20T11:24:00.000-05:00

I just saw a hot girl. She's seriously pretty. And she winked at me, and oddly enough I felt electrified. ^0^

2006-11-19T03:39:00.000-05:00

next month this time will be the most wonderful time.

2006-11-09T11:54:00.000-05:00

Love this picture. I just do.

Robarts is toooo weird....

2006-11-09T10:42:00.000-05:00

Someone just howled as he walked into the library. I mean, a wolf howl, and he's on his own. I think I'm working in a library, but maybe I'm really working at an asylum...

2006-11-06T05:49:00.000-05:00

I am having the worst skin since puberty. :-( Well, guess there's no way around it if I drink coffees at 2am to stay up till 6am to finish a paper that's due at 1:30pm. (Plus, I'm still procrastinating by writing blogs.)

2006-11-05T22:11:00.000-05:00

I wish I've done this in Switzerland, for crying out loud! Yes, I'm still bitter when I think about it. There's no $2000 chandelier, but how stupid of me to let him keep my fridge, and my lovely ricecooker. They could have gone to anyone but him, but part of me just thought I had to keep my promise. Well, I guess at least I kept my integrity with the person that has the least of it...

The New Museum Studies Guide to Acronyms

2006-11-02T17:19:00.000-05:00

1. FEAR = Front-End Audience Research

2. SMS = Save My Skin
result of excessive caffeine, lack of sleep, and too much work

3. (Take me to the) ER = Exhibit Review

2006-11-01T22:39:00.000-05:00

Or maybe it's just the excessive coffee because I'm so in love with my little espresso pot and my moonbean coffee from kensington. Guess I just proved to myself that I need to go easy on the caffeine.

2006-11-01T22:29:00.000-05:00

I think that lack of sleep is making me stupid.

- I was washing my clothes but I forgot to put in detergent and wasted $1.50.
- For 45 minutes I thought I was drying my clothes and then I realised I forgot to press the button that made it start.
- I typed http://www.blooger.com/ to try to blog.
- I called you up, three times, still thinking you would return my call. You know who you are.

All of these happened on the same day.

2006-10-11T21:40:00.000-04:00

2006-09-28T08:54:00.000-04:00

I feel like part of my heart got scooped out with an ice-cream scoop.

2006-07-15T00:33:00.000-04:00

Thank you Yahoo! Now I can finally be "normal"! :D

http://ask.yahoo.com/20060710.html

愛是永恆

2006-06-06T22:08:00.000-04:00

繼Kemis高歌梁漢文纏綿遊戲以後, Toronto 又再出現另一高人! 今日與友人於First Markham Place吃過晚飯到停車場拿車, 遇到一名路過白人男子, 在STOP牌停下等待轉彎之時, 失驚無神竟然用純正廣東發音唱起....

"有~著我便有著你真愛是永不死~~~~~" :D

嚇到我地企??度....

So the moral is: if you want to impress Chinese chicks, know your Canto-pop and sing 'em well!

back to blogging land...

2006-06-03T23:46:00.000-04:00

A blog is always the best companion for procrastination - keeps the brain running but lets your mind stray, continues the writing but wastes your time all the same. I can just write about nothing, as long as I'm not writing whatever I'm supposed to write - it's an escapist state that is also so self-convincingly productive.

一不做二不休

2006-05-25T00:20:00.000-04:00

As the saying goes, either I don't start or I don't stop. It's all about determination. Even if it means a return to all-nighter mode. Tonight I shall finish the first draft for my KMDI statement.

Or so I hope...

way too many fulsome people under the sun...

2006-05-17T01:30:00.000-04:00

fulsome \FUL-sum\, adjective:

1. Offensive to the taste or sensibilities.
2. Insincere or excessively lavish; especially, offensive from excess of praise.

He recorded the event in his journal: "Long evening visit from Mr. Langtree--a fulsome flatterer."-- Edward L. Widmer, Young America: The Flowering of Democracy in New York City

Concealed disgust under the appearance of fulsome endearment.-- Oliver Goldsmith, The Citizen of the World

2006-05-13T19:08:00.000-04:00

If my being understanding is to be rewarded by disappointments time and again, should I still be understanding? Question is, if I stop being understanding, is it for the better or for worse? Is it all even worthwhile?

I love Wikipedia!

2006-04-24T09:27:00.000-04:00

It actually has an entry for good ol' Pacific Mall!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Mall

grad school for me!!

2006-03-31T10:39:00.000-05:00

Yaay!! I made it back to UofT. Now the question is, do I really want it, or do I have a choice?

2006-03-29T10:05:00.000-05:00

THANK GOD it's such a beautiful day here in Lugano!! It's so beautiful I went out for my first run of the year, and it just feels so great to finally be able to do my little (previously) imaginary jog along the lake. How can a place have such perfect weather? Beautiful sunshine, low 20s, not too humid not too dry. After living here for 6 months I am still amazed! I just feel so great with the weather I even think I'll be fine in the interview later today!!

Help Jen with her new little project

2006-02-22T18:20:00.000-05:00

Got this from my friends' blogs, looks like a fun little survey to do. Thanks in advance for your help!

http://kevan.org/johari?name=jenniferwyng

^_^

The love story continues...

2006-02-10T17:39:00.000-05:00

As we are approaching the day of San Valentino, Ken apparently doesn't want to spend 2006 alone anymore!! Are we really so stupid to believe Barbie and Ken are real or is Mattel just really stupid to still think they can make people think Barbie and Ken are real? Well anyways, it's fun to see the chase begin again, and apparently it caught my attention!

性格決定命運

2006-02-09T17:46:00.000-05:00

I am really beginning to believe in personality determining fate, despite how cliche this sounds. It changes the way you carry yourself, the things you want, the choices you make, or I can say the truths in your life - and hence the things that happen in your life. So if certain things are happening to you, it probably makes more sense to self-evaluate if you actually asked for it yourself, whether you know it or not, rather than complaining about it thinking life is unfair to you.

So who did I take a picture with anyway?

2006-01-31T18:46:00.000-05:00

I finally found out his name! Gregory Bianchi (1989), fastest boy in Ticino in 2004. Che peccato, he's too young. :D

I held the Olympic torch!!!

2006-01-30T14:09:00.000-05:00

The Olympic torch passes Lugano today while on its way to Torino (Turin) for the 2006 Winter Olympics. At the centro the government decides to throw a huge party to welcome the torch, so Lisa and I went in hope to take some good pictures. We went at 4:30pm, but the torch did not arrive Lugano until almost 6:30pm...and then they decide to run all over Lugano before hitting the centre. I just stood there frozen, but it was so exciting to finally see the torch arrive. A female athlete carried the torch to the stage, but for us poor short little ladies out there it wasn't pleasant. People kept pushing me and finally a woman decided to pull my collar and step on me until she could take a picture. I was most frustrated when I was about to have a really good picture of the athlete running by with the flaming torch, because right at the same moment that I was taking the picture the woman in front of me decided to wave her flag and blocked my camera right off!! Annoyed by the crowd and feeling extremely cold and hungry, Lisa and I decided to just go home when the athlete got off the stage. Haha, we made sure we made the clumsiest exit from the crowd, just for the sake of it. The snow wasn't completely shovelled so the walk back home wasn't the easiest for the Jen on heels. But to my surprise when I got home, the van that carries the athletes parked right at the bus stop, which is right in front of my apartment!! Only a few passers-by were there, visiting the van and talking to the athletes. One was just standing at the door holding his torch, so I asked if I could touch it. He just handed it right over to me, it was sooooooo exciting to be holding the real Olympic torch, and it was still warm!!! I even managed to take a picture with him, but man...why are my eyes always closed?!?!?! And he was even sweet enough to lower the torch just enough for the pic to look good...Oh I will never forget the warmth of that torch.... :)

Travel Warning and Self-Reminder

2006-01-01T13:58:00.001-05:00

Never travel with selfish people, because they will only try to make you waste time on things that they want to do, and refuse to do anything that you want. Result: You don't want to do anything with them anymore and ends up you are on your own = no travel company. Not that I really mind travelling solo, but it is a hassle to have to deal with unneccessary power struggle when there are people who always try to take over your life and convince you that they are superior over you. I don't think I want to put up with this stupidity anymore.

uh-oh....

2005-12-21T12:04:00.000-05:00

It's wonderful to have my own laptop again, but the US keyboard is driving me nuts!!! Haha, oh I'm soo Swiss..... :P

and the Luganesi call me the strange girl...

2005-12-15T08:51:00.000-05:00

Here's what I saw within a 20-minute walk from the post office to university today:
1 - A woman walking a ferret on a leash, and kept telling him/her to andiamo (Let's go).
2 - An opened, unused pack of pad/napkin lying in the middle of the pedestrian pavement.
Compared to that, I guess I'm just not so strange after all....

Che schifo!!

2005-12-07T10:06:00.000-05:00

Horrible in a prof's office, basically horrible in ANYONE's office. But I just can't help but laugh!!

My Morning: A Play in One Uncomfortable Act

This is the time when computers drive me nuts...

2005-10-28T06:41:00.000-04:00

My laptop broke down. Fa is not happy. GRR. ASUS tech support is so chinese, it annoys me. I clearly wrote in my e-mail that all situations happened after putting in the recovery disk, and the computer cannot read from the CD-ROM anymore, I get an answer saying oh, just use your disk and everything will work. Give me a break. Why can't you just simply read through my e-mail and give me a relevant answer?? What a waste of my time.

Well, at least it's a good time for me to break away from my computer. My backpack is so light these days without the laptop.

2005-10-21T08:57:00.000-04:00

Venetian gondola (B/W)

3:14am, after way too much tea at dinner...

2005-09-11T03:13:00.000-04:00

Now I regret my overconsumption of tea earlier during dinner. Although tea is such a good drink to drink. I am so awake, with so many random things running through my mind. I'm too restless to just lay in bed, but I'm also too tired to sit and read. Oh God help me, I want to sleep.

謝謝

2005-09-10T11:35:00.000-04:00

雖然我有點累了，但是仍然衷心感謝大家的好心地！^_^

Blogthings - You Are Likely a First Born

2005-09-03T00:51:00.000-04:00

You Are Likely a First Born

At your darkest moments, you feel guilty.
At work and school, you do best when you're researching.
When you love someone, you tend to agree with them often.

In friendship, you are considerate and compromising.
Your ideal careers are: business, research, counseling, promotion, and speaking.
You will leave your mark on the world with discoveries, new information, and teaching people to dream.

The Birth Order Predictor

人體奧妙展

2005-09-02T16:21:00.000-04:00

Heard of the controversies in Hong Kong, and now it's coming to Toronto at the Ontario Science Centre! The thrills of looking at dissected human bodies...(no I'm not serious, I think I'll be creeped out.)

Body Worlds 2

Post-thought: Cherrr....doesn't open until Sep.30, 2005!

The thing about spaghetti straps...

2005-08-31T15:33:00.000-04:00

I've never realized until just now that spaghetti strap tops actually look HORRIBLE on male human beings. No matter how well you've trained your body, guys, don't wear a spaghetti strap top, please. It's borderline drag, unless that's what you're going after.

數字遊戲

2005-08-30T22:13:00.000-04:00

五減去二，終於又變回三。三，是一個好開始。不好意思，我不會解釋我在說啥。

想通了

2005-08-29T19:46:00.000-04:00

忽然想通了一些事，豁然開朗。^_^

Jen's nerdy research #278

2005-08-25T14:43:00.000-04:00

Is there evidence of the Exodus from Egypt?

The Exodus and Ancient Egyptian Records

From The Toronto Star

2005-08-25T13:44:00.000-04:00

I thought this can only happen to pandas...

Producer's body fell on girl: coroner

ASSOCIATED PRESS

CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif.— A Hollywood producer who was found dead in a vehicle along with his daughter apparently suffered a heart attack and fell on top of the girl, suffocating her, says a coroner's report.

The body of Terry Carr, 62, toppled onto Arieka, 9, as she slept in the cargo area of their SUV, said a sheriff's deputy. The two were found Aug. 1.

Carr weighed 212 pounds and his girl about 53 pounds.

The vehicle was found parked at a convenience store in Clearlake Oaks a day after Carr abandoned his wife at a grocery store about 450 kilometres away in Ashland, Ore.

Inactive for several years, Carr's last credit was for the 2000 movie Dark Summer. Other films on his list were The Boost, a 1988 drama starring James Woods and Sean Young, and Yes, Giorgio, a 1982 musical comedy starring opera's Luciano Pavarotti.

Complicating the Cycle

2005-08-25T11:27:00.000-04:00

Today I'm adding another variable to complicate my already-disappointing sleep cycle - the good ol' morning coffee. For years I've been trying to resist caffeine addiction, and it's only until last year that I can survive without my morning coffee ritual. I can see myself succumbing back to it again, though - I'm just sooo tired at work with just 3 hours of sleep at night.

The Vicious Cycle Continues...

2005-08-25T02:12:00.000-04:00

I'm still not sleeping well. Now I'm writing at 2:13 in the morning because I am sooo awake. Every night I try to sleep at around midnight, but then I toss for 2,3 hours before I sleep. After I fell asleep, I have to wake up in 2-3 hours to go to work or something else, which makes me so tired I have to take a 2-3hr. nap in the afternoon. Then because I've rested so well in the afternoon, again I can't sleep at night, and then I toss for 2,3 hours...and then the whole thing repeats itself. Dear Father, please let me sleep.

2005-08-23T23:56:00.000-04:00

Call me self-indulgent, but I had so much fun reading my old blogs!! They are so...cutely silly, but they also have underlying insight. I wish I'm still the same kid.

Insomnia invades me

2005-08-22T08:07:00.000-04:00

Grr...haven't been able to sleep well for days. Waking up in the middle of the night and then wake up at 7:22am in the morning, when I don't need to go to work?!?! That's just not me!! I do feel energized though, just 唔忿氣 for getting up so early! I could have had more sleep!! :P

The Itinerant Iconoclast

2005-08-18T21:41:00.000-04:00

Like this blog - The Itinerant Iconoclast

媽媽和表妹仔的對話

2005-08-15T22:02:00.000-04:00

轉載自今天早晨的長途電話：

表妹仔：Hello! How are you? 三姨!
媽媽：好似妳家姐前幾日搞生日喎，係咪呀？
表妹仔：係呀，佢生?日呀！
媽媽：佢依家出?去，不如妳幫我話俾佢知三姨想送份生日禮物俾佢啦，好冇？
表妹仔：但係...佢生?日lor wor...
媽媽:我知佢慶祝?生日，不過正日未到丫嘛！
表妹仔：唔係哩，佢真係生?日啦.............不過我就仲未...

我表妹今年五歲。

Crazy Taxi Sequel

2005-08-15T21:49:00.000-04:00

I think the game Crazy Taxi needs a sequel, called Crazy Gas Station. Tonight's gas price is at 96.3 - just 96.3, enough to cause a retired old lady to risk her life to line up horizontally in the middle of the wrong side of McCowan, numerous to risk being heads-on with other cars about to get out of the station. I can see that prices are really high these days, but isn't it too desperate to risk their lives for cheap gas? (especially when it's not that cheap after all...)

Sweet dreams

2005-08-13T10:15:00.000-04:00

I have come to realize that sweet dreams aren't necessarily the best things in life. While on one hand I appreciate the nice things that happen in my dreams, especially when it's so vivid that I didn't even know I was dreaming; but inevitably on the other side of the token is that upon waking, I have no option but to acknowledge at a loss that everything is only a dream. Reality can be cruel sometimes.

Well done, Mr. Cruise.

2005-08-10T00:51:00.000-04:00

People News

Tom Cruise's chair dancing antics spawns new term
Aug 6, 2005, 17:13 GMT

Tom Cruise's chair dancing antics on Oprah Winfrey's chat show have made such an impact on pop culture that "jumping the couch" has now become a well-used phrase.

The Mission: Impossible star became the focus of relentless mockery in May (05), after jumping on Winfrey's couch and punching the air while yelling about his love for Katie Holmes.

And the moment has now spawned a term, which was recently added to website UrbanDictionary.com.

The definition of the term jump the couch reads: "The defining moment when you know someone has gone off the deep end. Inspired by Tom Cruise's behaviour on Oprah.

"Sample usage: 'My new boyfriend Benny... jumped the couch and started rubbing spicy brown mustard on his body at my family reunion."

? World Entertainment News Network. All Rights Reserved

I'm such a weakling...

2005-08-07T19:59:00.000-04:00

Nothing feels well today and I feel like an old lady. Wish Dr.Ho's here with me! :D

Where's my tooth fairy?

2005-07-23T10:31:00.000-04:00

Have a tooth coming out. Ouch.

從七劍到小學

2005-07-17T21:02:00.000-04:00

近排常常追聽七劍廣播劇，每次聽到黎明的聲音都會想起小學的時候同同學仔一齊迷黎明，成日週圍問人妳鍾意劉德華定黎明，好好笑。多年以後，桃花依舊，但係少時友人大多已經失散，有聯絡亦可能親切不再，可幸?係仍有部分會願意略花時間去互相關心。可能只係nostalgia, 可能只係貪心，因為各人現今都有自己的圈子，但係真係好想好想再有機會去好好珍惜一班曾經親暱?好朋友。

Farewell Ah Poh

2005-07-16T11:35:00.000-04:00

Finally my grandma's flying back to Hong Kong after visiting for month and a half. I miss her already.

Cause of death: boredom

2005-07-16T11:29:00.000-04:00

God help me, it's so still in the library I'm about to start talking to myself. It's not the best setting for that, but I'm sooooooo bored...I wish I've brought a book or something. How sarcastic is that...I'm in a building with 14 floors filled with books, but I have nothing to read.

2005-07-14T08:39:00.000-04:00

Gas. So Expensive. Crazy.

無名火

2005-06-30T14:36:00.000-04:00

今日心中充滿無名火, 希望只係唔夠訓!!

2005-06-30T13:33:00.000-04:00

I'm nice to you because I want to give you the best at my job; that doesn't mean you can unthinkingly criticize me when things do not go your way. I get paid to tell you things that you don't know, not to let you take out your bad moods on me. I don't argue with you because I live by my work ethics, that doesn't mean you are right. You are allowed to not like me, but be assured that I don't like you either. I am just not telling you.

On conversations

2005-06-29T23:06:00.000-04:00

There was once when I thought an interesting conversation is to exchange opinions from different viewpoints. Then one day someone that I really cared about told me that I was annoying because I "disagree for the sake of disagreeing", I didn't think so and I didn't understand, I only felt irritated thinking he was trying to irritate me about my constructive conversations. What I didn't realize is that I cared so much it has internalized in me - everytime I find myself in an argument, I evaluate myself on whether I'm disagreeing for the sake of it. I no longer like to debate or argue because I've realized that after all, why go through all those disappointments and defeatedness when you're just trying to be friendly with each other? Aren't the people more important? Harmony is boring, but harmony is comfortable. But then I forgot that not everyone in the world think the same way. It's so naive of me to think thorough reasoning is only necessary on my 10-page essays. I just want to have my guards down mentally when I expect to have a friendly conversation.

Guess what? Jen actually has a life after work....

2005-06-24T00:06:00.000-04:00

After much anticipation, Jen finally gets to go out with Corini! For a while we sat in the middle of Queen and University...It was such a neat experience - for a moment I thought I was above all worldliness, watching traffic zooming by when we were sitting in peace, in the centre of the intersection. (I'm not crazy, I was in a park~!) It is great chatting with Corini - more and more I find myself in a stage that enjoys meaningful discussions with one or two companions at a time, rather than ranting silliness with a large party. I just love it when there's someone that I don't have to continually seek topics to kill dead air, and yet the whole experience is so completely enjoyable!

Jen and her rollerblades - Day 1

2005-06-22T17:41:00.000-04:00

Awkwardness is inline-skating for the first time after 8 whopping years. I must train myself back to it though, because I think that I may need that very soon.

Oh, the thrill....

2005-06-09T09:52:00.000-04:00

of reading someone's secrets. Even if I'm authorized to look, authorized to read, I feel no less of a voyeur. This site claims to be an artistic project, but are we really authorized to do anything in the name of art?

2005-06-02T16:39:00.000-04:00

LET ME GO!!!!!!!!

Claustrophobia

2005-06-02T16:29:00.000-04:00

When the world just hustles and bustles around me, I would long for peace and simply a quiet break. Now that I am isolated inside the invisible shield of the info desk, with people walking around me and throwing me occasional glances, the silence is freakishly creepy.

Ng Wing Yu

2005-05-29T00:45:00.000-04:00

今天晚上，無聊地在Google上搜尋自己的名字。找不到自己但卻發現"Ng Wing Yu"可代表的名字多不勝數, 非常搞笑。

香港旅遊業議會 - 吳榮譽, NG WING YU
2004鏢王AB 組名單 - 伍永裕, NG WING YU
兒歌網留言冊 - ng wing yu "this web site is very good!!!!!!!"

R came to say Hi...

2005-05-26T13:57:00.000-04:00

Saw an old friend today. Funny how all the memories feel like yesterday.

Give me back my Saturday....

2005-05-05T12:10:00.000-04:00

BOOOOO....no more Saturdays off for me. Who would expect a shiftless Saturday to be only a one-time thing? How can you give me fake hope and then crush it? I want a weekend for the summer....Now that I have to work every other day of the week, I can't go anywhere!!!!! I just wanna cry.......

What City Do You Belong in? Quiz

2005-04-30T10:48:00.000-04:00

You Belong in New York City

You're an energetic, ambitious woman.

And only NYC is fast enough for you.

Maybe you'll set yourself up with a killer career

Or simply take in all the city has to offer

What City Do You Belong in? Take This Quiz :-)

Find the Love of Your Life
(and More Love Quizzes) at Your New Romance.

New York City...I guess it really means that I'm either very hip, or very cliche'...

The Black Hole Miracle

2005-04-29T11:03:00.000-04:00

Thank God!!! Finally the black hole is no longer a black hole! She replied, after one whole year of e-mailing!

Will Jen Get in Grad School? (II)

2005-04-29T00:18:00.000-04:00

I found Danesi! He said I'll be in grad school, but I'm still skeptical. Acceptance letter quest continues.

Will Jen Get in Grad School? (I)

2005-04-26T09:33:00.000-04:00

Just found this in my inbox today regarding grad school from Prof.Danesi to me.

Jennifer:

let's talk about Lugano at your convenience. Theya re flexible there.
So, I think you can go there easily.

Take care,

MD

I wonder if he realizes that finding him is a challenge in itself. Another thing is, should I trust him on what he says? I'm skeptical. I guess the best thing is to start the Danesi search ASAP so to talk to him before summer's over.

Your Aura is Purple

2005-04-25T14:13:00.000-04:00

Your Personality: You're a dreamer and visionary. You believe you were put on this earth to do something great.

You in Love: You're very passionate but often too busy for love. You need a man who sees your vision and adopts it as his own.

Your Career: You need a job that helps you make a difference. You have a bright future as a guru, politician, teacher, or musician.

What Color Is Your Aura? Take This Quiz :-)

Find the Love of Your Life
(and More Love Quizzes) at Your New Romance.

Black Hole

2005-04-14T09:40:00.000-04:00

I hate it when things always ultimately go to a black hole. For every e-mail I send, it always loops and go to the same person, but she never replies. It's as if my e-mails just always dissolve into nothingness. I'm annoyed.

Beyond The Story Live 2005

2005-04-14T00:00:00.000-04:00

原本睇完Beyond Live有好多?想講，點知返屋企之後一個錯手delete曬D相，剩番幾個video clip！！連寫?都無曬心情...真係無奈，無奈，再無奈！

The Graph for Procrastination...

2005-04-11T12:21:00.000-04:00

If my pressure to work and my urge to procrastinate is a graph, it will be an asymptote. (Pressure is also proportional to proximity of deadline.)

Now I'm right at the top, but I can't get down even when it's already one day before the deadline...

Dear Gmail Users

2005-04-01T01:12:00.000-05:00

Have you gotten 65MB of extra space?? I've just noticed that now I have 1065MB in my Gmail account!! (But even till now I've only used 7% of storage...)HMMM...maybe it's only for April Fools....

Results...

2005-03-25T23:59:00.000-05:00

What's better than procrastinating when you're already late for your assignment??

Results...: "
You are Rerun!

Which Peanuts Character are You?
brought to you by Quizilla"

Useful Info!!

2005-03-04T11:25:00.000-05:00

I was looking at Toronto's new Virgin Mobile out of curiosity, and the rates seem to be pretty good. I wonder if it's worthy to switch... What's more interesting is that they have a website for recycling cell phones, so now I don't need to feel evil and wasteful about old cell phones and leaving them on the top of my bookshelves!

My Morning TTC Pet Peeve II

2005-03-03T21:26:00.000-05:00

Being a regular commuter, I know it isn't surprising to run into other commuters more than once, including this lady. Today I am completely convinced that she's just plain weird. When I hopped on the train, I noticed that she was already there, and good for her the old lady actually gets a seat! But even though she already has a seat, she had to sit the edge of it so her body can lean on the pole!!! So again, it ends up no one could use that pole because her body was on the pole up to her shoulders! Hmm....maybe I'm witnessing pole fetish here.....

Writer's Block, again.

2005-02-28T22:44:00.000-05:00

For two hours I haven't been able to write one word further on my essay. I need junk food.

Quote of the day

2005-02-23T17:49:00.000-05:00

Randomly came across this today:

"Procrastination is like masturbation, it feels so good but in the end you're only f*cking yourself." - Anonymous

"yiu sum yiu fai".

The Caffeine High

2005-02-23T13:03:00.000-05:00

Maybe I'm getting old. The coffee caffeine is really starting to work miracles on me recently. Every time after having a tall bold Starbucks, I just get completely restless at work. I can't sit still in the chair, almost compelled to scream (fortunately I'm sane enough to stay quiet). There is just so much energy waiting to be expended that I ended up not being able to work. It was for the lack of energy that I get a coffee so I have the energy to work, but then a coffee gives me so much extra energy that I cannot concentrate on work. Maybe I need another picker-upper from now on.

Happy Chinese New Year!!

2005-02-09T01:15:00.000-05:00

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!!
Kung Hei Fat Choi Lung Ma Jing Son Yat Boon Man Lei San Tai Gin Hong Man See Sing Yee Bo Bo Go Sing Hok Yip Jun Bo Ching Chun Seung Jue Chut Yap Ping On San Jong Lik Gin!!!
Anything more??