Biggest mistake...

What have I done?!

So, back in february or march, Roberta and I watched a Japanese new year's show called Johnny's 2005-2006 Countdown which featured artists from a talent agency called Johnny's entertainment. There was this song that was being sung by a group of 8 people in bright orange outfits accompanied by outrageous hand movements. At the time, we thought, "What the hell is this?". Then, Roberta had to use the washroom and while she was gone, this song kept playing over and over again and to my disgust, I found that it was catchy and couldn't stop listening to it. Its just that those people seemed so happy. When she came back and I told her that the song was catchy... she gave me this 'are you CRAZY?!?!?' look of disbelief. So I youtubed the music video and found out that the song was called "Sukiyanen, Osaka" by a group called Kanjani8. I love watching this video, especially when I'm sad, because they have so much fun with it and it makes me happy. Coupled with the fact that it looks extremely low budget because the video consists of scenes cut from their concert and commercial. I also found that this group was "oppressed" and despite that, still became successful.

Anyways... in the video, they make hand motions like this

The song is really about Osaka, which is a city in Japan, but its really the hand motions and how happy they are that make this video great. I showed Dorothy and Yvonne and they thought it was hilarious because its so fun. Yvonne enjoyed it so much, she told me to make her a cd of Japanese music. I put this song as the very first. The other day she comes to pick me up so that I can go with her to run errands. I gave her the cd... and she pops it into the car cd player. And when they sing the very first line... She makes the above hand motion along with the music, EXCEPT THAT SHE IS DRIVING!!! and takes her hands off the wheel... and in this song, they repeat the hand motion many, many times. I was so scared! She also keeps looping the song... Seriously, biggest mistake ever. And I know that Dorothy will probably put this song in a car cd too and do the exact same thing ... !!

Don't get me wrong, I still love this song... and I think its great that they love it. Even hilarious, that they can dance along to it... cause its a fun song :)

Slug

Last week my sister told me that I was a slug since I do not exercise often. Then she amended to say that I am worse than a slug since slugs atleast roll around when you poke them. And then she proceeded to poke me a few times to see my reacton :S She made me go running with her yesterday. I figured that since she is a hard core runner, I would just slow her down so I would try to run by myself. She reasoned that since I am a slug unless she forces me to go by running along side me then I would not move. So yesterday she meakes me go running with her in the cold AND it was raining. We ran/walked for about 30 minutes and I thought I was going to die after, I was so out of shape. When I woke up this morning, I could barely feel my legs :( I also realised that when I was walking around it was a weird type of walk, kinda penguin-esque with a limp :( Apparently I am supposed to go with her again tomorrow. Help me. :S

Nothing can compare...

So recently, I just finished watching a drama called Orange Days, which is supposed to be a really good drama that everyone loves and cries at. Maybe I am dead inside like my sister says, but I didn't cry at all or even have sympathy for the main girl. The premise is that she is a very good musician and has some illness that makes her lose her hearing and go deaf. She meets the main guy, who is about to graduate university but doesn't know what he wants to do with his life (sounds very familiar :S). Basically he is a super nice guy that tries to be her friend but since she is deaf she invents all these reasons why they can't be together, blah blah blah. This drama took me FOREVER to get through, which is 4-5 days for me. However, I am a jobless bum so its not like I don't have the time to watch it. If a drama is really good, I can watch it all in about 1 to 1.5 days. This one, not so much. The whole time I was watching it I kept thinking back to the main character of 1L of Tears. I think she's ruined me for all types of drama that people have diseases in. Seriously the main girl of Orange Days made me so mad... The whole time I kept thinking: You're deaf and you're SO bitchy and mean to everyone around you but the 1L of tears girl is suffering from an incurable disease where she slowly loses her ability to do anything yet she is so GREAT to those around her and doesn't lose hope and wants to change the world. The main actor was good though :)

Reminded of how great Ichi Rittoru no Namida really is...

A while back, I watched an amazing drama called Ichi Rittoru no Namida or 1 Litre of Tears as it is called in english. At first when I saw a synopsis of the drama... I was like 1L of Tears...what they hell, they just like asking for something sad and depressing. After that I showed Roberta, laughed at it and then forgot about it. Until Roberta's "shallow" facsination of Nishikido Ryo happened, a Johnny's Entertainment actor (a talent agency known for pretty boys that can't really sing or dance that do both). Then we proceeded to download this drama and watch it. It quickly became our favorite drama and to this date, no other drama has been able to surpass it for me. I even got members of my family (who are extreme japanese drama adverse) to watch it with varying degrees of interest. Watching this drama makes me want to live life :) This drama is based on a true story of a real girl with the same disease and her diary has actually been published into a book which I've read a bit of. It's really touching.

My cousin watched it and told me that he can't stop thinking about it and the main female character in the drama. He said it was so touched and he even teared up a little... maybe not 1L but close ;) Though something he said really cracked me up:
"i really need to start another drama to forget about the girl. "

Laurier Pictures

The Science Building Courtyard where I spent alot of time in 1st year and during ICE in third year. Yes, those are real trees inside the building, and yes.. the leaves do fall... Its quite annoying, really.

The Schlegal Centre Atrium where I have spent countless hours throughout my university life in group meetings.

A testament to the school's ghettoness... should be the Frank C. Peters building, where I've had the majority of classes. It LOOKS nice, but don't let that entranceway deceive you, the rest of the building looks quite old and abused. Especially the tierred-seatting in a square panel styled classrooms.

The letters WLU tacked on the side of the building. I have never noticed it until now. That's so random, its like someone decided that people passing by would need a reminder that this is indeed Wilfrid Laurier University :S

The entrace to the business buildings.

Laurier... one last time

I know I always say how crappy Laurier is and how ghetto the school is, but after 4 years of sweat and sleepless nights (not ALL do to procrastination)... I think that I will really miss it. Sure, some buildings are old and run down and some professors were not that great... alot of them actually. But I still think that I had a great experience, especially all the people I have met. I would say that I'm a very different person than the one that stepped into the Peters building back in first year. Many things have changed... but I'm still me :) And to the Laurier people who read this... Thanks for making my experience a great one :D I have lots of great memories... bad ones too (bba admin office...ops2 final :S, etc) Thanks!!!

...anyways... enough of the nostalgia

Ok, so being the loser that I am, (I guess by indirect association that means you too Roberta) I took many pictures of Laurier in a final walk around of the school. We tried to 'discover' the hidden passage ways of school, tho I must say that every place that looked remotely mysterious or interesting was locked :( ... as expected of Laurier I guess. We walked around all the different faculty buildings and I must say that there is a different type of flavour from one building to the next. There strange music going on in the music building and it felt suspenseful. Plus all the music students kept staring at us, like they KNEW we didn't belong. My computer science friend once told me that when he stepped into our business building he felt completely alien and that everyone would turn around and stare at him as if they knew he was in a foreign place. So maybe that feeling isn't unique to the music building. I must say the music building/social work building looked really old and it was such a weird maze. And I was really impressed with upper floors of the Bricker Building (Arts and Math) ... These places I have never been to in 4 years and only venture on my last day. Kinda sad I guess, yet I don't really feel that I've missed out by not going to these building. I think I will miss Laurier... not the school work, but the people...

I'll post up some pics later

Last Hurdle

The only thing standing between me and graduation is a Business to Business marketing final. Just ONE final, I've had all this time to study for it, so in theory, I should be very well prepared. Except this is a case exam and there's 18 chapters of material to cover and I feel like I know nothing. :( But, compared to other exams, I've already studied way in advance, yet I don't remember anything and I'm not exagerrating. By 5:00pm today, I will be done my undergraduate life forever, no matter how well I do on this exam. Good or bad, it will be done. So, I guess I just have to sit through 3 hours and hope that I know something so I can scribble it down in the notebook. :S

On the plus side, Roberta was telling me that for an mba, they only look at my 4th year marks and need a B- or B. That means I actually have a chance to get into a decent school ... although that is 3-5 years down the road for me.