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And down the rabbit hole I go…

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To say it’s only been a while is only going to bend the facts to make this whole thing look less bad! But honestly, I could not find time to breathe, much less write… but believe me, there were numerous times when I wanted to blog, but really couldn’t! It felt as though quizzes, homework, midterms, projects, etc. were just lining up in my life, demanded to be tended to one followed by another! I actually had to keep another blog for school, which wasn’t very fun since we had to blog on articles…

Frosh buddies and I on the last day of term =) Me, Benedicta, Amy ❤

Anyways, let me just fill in the blanks. Some of you already know that I started my first year in university…and I guess today marks the first day I’m free from classes! I survived first term! However, this break I’m having right now is supposed to be studying for my finals, and God knows I’m looking forward to those. I decided I’m going to talk about what I learned in university, hoping it will help those of you going into it.

1) No more time!

One of the things I noticed most was the lack of time I was left with. As I said earlier, work just kept coming, and of course, not wanting to fail, I had to tackle them. I found it hard to balance seeing friends with seeing family, while getting my work done! The weekend flies by faster than ever, and it is during weekends when profs assign regular homework, usually due some day next week. So you end up doing homework during the weekends, or studying for some midterm.

2) Midterms
Oh yeah, talking about midterms…they don’t actually occur in the middle of your term. Honestly, I have had three midterms for a class, and averaging on two for most of my other ones. So really, it should be called a biweekly exam or something. =.=

3) Space out your classes!
One of my biggest mistakes was taking 6 courses in one term. I had to take a total of 10 this academic year, and somehow, I scheduled six into my first term at university. Of course, if you’re going into engineering or something, six is perfectly normal. But, when everyone around me was juggling five, I found it super hard to keep all my marks up for the six I was doing! So please, spread out your timetable! You, and your marks, will thank you for it! And also, I didn’t really have breaks between a majority of my classes, and it turns out that certain classes were really far away from each other. Oh well, I got to work out and run to my classes like a madwoman.

4) Your professors

Dear university teachers, 

             I don’t call you “professor” out of respect. I do it because it makes me feel like I’m in Harry Potter.


                                                                         -Sincerely, University Student.
What you will learn real quick is that with 300 students to a class, your professor will not be there to baby you like your teachers did in high school. Didn’t do your homework? They really don’t care. At times, I wondered why I was paying them to only get a hour or so of plain talking, mostly about stuff I can read on my own…but you learn that that’s university. However, having said that, they usually have office hours when you can go visit them—whether they’re there or not is another matter. You really have to learn to fend for yourself and go seek for what other resources there are that can help you. At UBC, there’s free tutors and help, but don’t forget you also have friends who probably understood he material better than you! Oh and there’s TAs, but of course, as Professor Gateman kindly points out, TAs are only students, so teaching-wise, they’re not overly experienced.

5) Friends
You know when you’re feeling down, or just plain bad, and then you really start to see the people around you? I guess it’s not just in university that this happens, but for me, there was a period during my first term when I truly was depressed. There were some people who were there, some who didn’t, even if I really needed it. Of course, I’m not holding it against them or anything, because it is no one’s obligation, but for those who were there, you guys truly made life livable. Looking back, I still remember being depressed, and I hope I don’t go through it again. But again, make friends because then you can have someone to catch you up with stuff you missed in class, teach you material, or just plain be there for you to talk!

6) Commuting…Ohhh TransLink.
I guess commuting wasn’t that bad, especially since I get rides to school in the morning. But, when you really want to return home after a long day, the bus ride seems forever. I takes me around an hour to get home, and since I can’t really read or do anything productive on the bus, I just have to find some way to get through it. I’ve seen lots of people sleeping on the bus, and I have wanted to do it countless times. But I’ve always been too worried about missing my stop, so I end up just staying awake. I recommend you find something you can do on the bus, so that you’re not wasting time. For me, though I can’t read textbooks, I can read novels, or something that I really get into. I usually become so absorbed I don’t even realized I’m on the bus anymore. Then, I got a chance to escape and when I get home, I get down to work. Okay, I am not really that productive…but still, I get home and look back, I realize I did get a bit of time to relax on the bus.
If you want to avoid public transport, or money for gas, live on campus. But for me, it’s not really an option because I’d miss my family too much! And I feel like I’m already spending to little time with them. ☺

As you can see, I didn’t talk about how to study, but I believe that it depends on who you are. I have friends who study on campus, then return home when their work is done. I can only study in my room, which I learned in Psychology is bad. I need to study in a familiar environment or else I end up being low on productivity. But my studying habits have definitely changed from when I was in high school.

One last thing: Would I suggest buying a textbook?

I don’t like carrying my five hundred pound textbooks to school, especially when I’ll probably have to lug them around all day. (Well, I do have a locker, but the lack of breaks makes it impossible for me to retrieve stuff from it.) I really like my textbooks that come with an online version of the text, so I can simply read them on my MacBook. OH! And since we’re talking about MacBooks, it’s true that like 80% of the laptops I’ve seen in school are MacBooks.

Not my school, but you get the idea.

Anyway, back on topic, I like studying off an actual book more than off a screen. But, there are some courses where the textbook really is unnecessary. If you feel like you’ll be studying the book a lot and constantly referring back to it, get it. If not, you can always purchase a cheaper online version of it..or attain in through other means 😉  and then read it on an e-reader.

I hope I’ll be blogging again soon! The holidays are right around the corner, so I’ll have more time!

Yup, it was a pretty Amazing Race!

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…considering how we won!

Hey there!

Yeah I know, “Karen?! Racing? Physical activity? What?!” But it was seriously very fun!

On Monday, my friend Josh organized an Amazing Race around Vancouver for a group of our friends! I must say, it was very successful, seeing as how 7 teams competed against one another!

~The Amazing Race~

Teams were as follows:

– Paul and Jody, “the White Boys” (blue)
– Connie and Karen, “thebomb.com” (purple)
– Wendell and Kody, “ex-convicts” (red)
– Chris T and Vanessa, “The Amazing Face” (yellow)
– Kevin and Mimi (silver)
– Michael and Jason, “PMS: Perpetual Motion Squad” (white)
– David and Eric, “Men’s Generation” (black + white)

thebomb.com!

So Connie and I were Thebomb.com! A.k.a. the purple team! I did expect quite a bit of physical activity, but I did not expect my muscles to be this sore the day after! It hurts to move and the fact that I’m leaving on Friday and thus am doing a lot of preparations these few days (for university!) does not really help the problem!

Anyway, it was a wonderful day and here is a quick summary of it before I forget the details myself! The race took us around the City of Vancouver, truly tested our sense of direction around the city and put Vancouver’s public transit to the test! We were also not allowed to use our smart phones and search stuff up on the internet.

Don’t be jealous of my microsoft paint skills

Meet-up for the event started at 9:30 a.m, but Josh actually expected people to be late, so the actual starting time was at 10. Everyone gathered at the bottom of Queen Elizabeth Park and after reading our information packages, we were soon ready to start. By the way, besides the challenges themselves, we were also given a list of photos that we could take during the race that will help our final score Yay for scavenger hunts!

The first challenge was to fill out a sheet, ranking activities from the least amount of people performing a certain activity from another. It took a while for Connie and I to finish and after doing so, we were directed to go up QE Park towards the water fountain at the top! Honestly, running up the hill to the top made me feel like dying seeing as how I barely did any exercise for quite a while now! Several groups were in front of us, namely yellow, red and white (I think) and at the top, William was waiting for us with a Detour sheet. We had a choice of taking a picture with a McDonald’s employee, going into a store and asking for condoms or going to the liquor store and finding out where a wine (Oyster Bay Pinot Noir, I believe) was made! We opted to do the McDonald’s one and a lady hesitantly came over and took a photo with us.

After obtaining the photo, we ran towards the Sir Charles Tupper Secondary (our school! Or rather, former school) oval, where Monica was waiting for us to give us the next challenge. It was to find a penny hidden somewhere in the oval. Honestly, this was the most time consuming and my least favourite part of the race! It almost took us an hour or so to find the penny as only one team member was allowed to do the searching (Roadblock!)! However, we were the third group to find our penny and we had to solve a coded message, telling us where the next checkpoint was. This involved the periodic table, which was provided to us somewhere within our package, which led us to the Science World gazebo!

We took the bus down to Science World near Main and Terminal and we found the gazebo. We soon realized that the challenge was to eat one of the items that was laid out for us. Among the selection, there were salsa packets, a can of Vienna sausages, a mango, caramel rice cakes, a package of instant noodles, an apple and a can of sprite. The last two were taken by the two teams that were ahead of us and so we chose to eat the rice cakes. We managed to get it all down after much choking and gasping for air, and then was told that the next stop was a pit stop at Vancouver City Center, the Canada line station! When we got there, we had our times recorded. We were 14 minutes behind the first group that arrived (white team). When all the teams arrived (after almost an hour, probably due to the penny challenge), we headed off to Pacific Center’s food court for lunch!

Oddly enough, after we all sat down with our food, we realized that each team got the same food within their groups! Connie and I had sandwiches, Michael and Jason had New York Fries, Wendell and Kody had hot dogs, Chris and Vanessa has chinese food, Mimi and Kevin had home packed lunches, David and Eric did not eat and I think we saw Jody and Paul at another table both holding Orange Julius cups. Sorry for listing that out, but it was so peculiar that I wanted it recorded somewhere! =)

We were then released in the order we came in, but instead of making the last team wait and hour or so after the first group left, we were released in intervals of 2 minutes in the same order. Connie and I were the third team off and we were given another Detour sheet. We had the choice of either going to the Apple store and taking a picture of ourselves on Photo Booth and then sending it to Josh, or go to H&M and try on clothing. We chose the Apple store one and we were quickly done. Josh told us our next stop was at the Vancouver Central Library. We ran there to see William already instructing Kody and Michael what to do. Apparently, we had to look for a book on Vancouver’s history and then go photocopy a page from it and take it back to him. Only one member was allowed to do this, as it was a Roadblock. I ran into the library, inquiring where the history books were. After finding out they were on the 6th floor, I had to find a photocopier. Kody could not find one for a while so in the end, Michael and I exited the library before he did.

On Photo Booth!

William then told us our next stop was Scotiabank Theater. Connie and I originally wanted to bus there, but we realized how close it was and thus we just ran/walked there. Michael and Jason (white team) got there before us and we all had to do a fill-in-the-blank sheet on either Natalie Portman or Mila Kunis. Connie was really good at the Natalie Portman trivia questions but we could not finish all the blanks. So we ran into the theater where we met Geoffrey, a Natalie Portman expert or something! He helped us with the rest of the questions. After completing the sheet, the letters came together and pointed us towards the Vancouver Art Gallery. Oh and before I forget to mention, we have been taking loads of photos during the way.

At the Art Gallery, despite taking off before the white team, they caught up and we were given the challenge of playing charades. Connie acted out a series of well performed actions and within a minute or so, I guessed “Obama” and we were clear! We then had to head towards Robson Square to find William. However, this is where a problem took place. We got there before William and thus we had to wait for him to arrive. We used the time to take some photos to add to our points. When he finally got there, he gave us a sheet of paper. On it was a word written in Russian (oh Josh…) and we had to find out what it meant. Connie and I ran upstairs to the Art Gallery information desk and luckily enough, we found an employee there who knew Russian! The other groups, as we were told, all ended up getting stuck at this point. It took about half an hour before William practically gave them the answer and they had to dart off all at once.

After realizing the word was “watermelon” in Russian, William directed us back to Josh at the Art Gallery. We had to down a can of soda water each. Originally, he was going to make us take a shot of Vodka, but that was illegal. It tasted disgusting. But after we were done, we were told to go to the Olympic Cauldron. We took the Skytrain to Waterfront station and we ran towards the symbolic pillars left behind by the Vancouver Olympics! We found ourselves once again ahead of the leaders. Monica arrived in place of William, telling Connie and I we had to find out who built and how much the Gastown Steam Clock weighed. Because she was not supposed to be the person giving us the clue, she failed to give us all the info we needed as she did not have all of it. So we ended up messing up this challenge, but was given an okay in the end because it was not ultimately our fault.

Our next stop was at Vancouver City Hall. We Skytrained there, soon to find Chris and Vanessa (yellow team) hot on our heels. Here we had to answer questions. Each question wrong meant we had to just sit and wait for 2 minutes. We had to wait a total of 6 minutes before we could head off to our final destination. The yellow team had to wait one minute or so more than us. Ultimately, we ended up taking the same Skytrain to the finish line! Talk about dramatic! So as the doors opened at Waterfront once again, Connie and I raced to get out of the station before Chris and Vanessa. Honestly, they were really fast, both being athletes and whatnot. Connie and I? Not so much (though I suck way more than Connie when it comes to physical stuff).

Despite getting to the location of the finish line, we were not told where it actually was. After a good 10-15 minutes of blindly looking around for Josh, we ran out of places to look. We both decided to run to the roof, only to find that we were the third/fourth (cannot remember which one) team there. The Yellow Team ran there before us and I think the Silver team got there before us. The Red team was also there but they were given a penalty of an hour due to accidentally skipping a challenge.  However, we were allowed to take 6 minutes off our total time due to the mishap at the Olympic Cauldron. But there was still the points that came from the photos. Thus, we had to wait til everyone arrived.

The results came and if this is not climatic, I do not know what is. The names were read out one by one, from bottom to first place. Connie and I expected probably somewhere in the top three (fingers crossed!). When the third name came and it was not us, we were sure we were number two. But unexpectedly, we won! WE WON!! The difference between second and first places was only a minute! The prize was originally $100 (which came from the $10 entrance fee we had to pay to play) split between the winners, but we ended up splitting it a different way so that second and third place would also get a prize, with some money left over overall for a pizza party or something on a later date!

So there was the amazing day, where I realized I knew a lot more about and around Vancouver than I though, how Connie and I make a great team, how wonderful Josh was at planning stuff, how competitive I was and what great citizens Vancouverites were considering how we had so much help along the way!

Oh and I tried raw beef sashimi at night at all-you-can eat. =) Another story for another time.

mmmmmmmmm…

Thanks for reading and if you actually read the whole thing, you have made my day!

Karen

Contingent Contemplation: Harry Potter- End of my childhood

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It all ends here…=(

So a day ago, I watched the last Harry Potter movie– Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. It was amazing. I re-watched Part 1 the day before and I was pleased to find that the two movies connected seamlessly! I was prepared for a sobfest at the cinemas so I was armed with 2 packs of tissue!

Waiting in line was not as long and tedious as I thought it would be! My friend Edna lined up for the whole day! Well…from 11:50am til the midnight premiere! And I got in line at around 3:20ish in the afternoon, prepared to be super bored while waiting– or at least super cold! But time flew by! We started off with some board games, namely Taboo and then moving it on outside with Cranium as we were sure to get loud and rowdy while playing! We took trips to the food court, Safeway and basically walked around Oakridge Mall several times. Later on at night, we started a game of Wizard Ninja, with more and more random strangers joining in! Super fun! We took pictures with some of the fans who dressed up as characters from the movie, watched people freestyle rapping and invented new spells! =)

Josh and I trying to reenact the part where Harry and Ron goes for the Gryffindor sword

Cranium to pass the time =)

Waiting…

When it was finally time to enter the theater, everyone was super excited! We all sat down waiting for the movie to start, and of course, everyone applauded when it finally came on!

It occurred to me the night before the midnight screening that my childhood was coming to an end. I am now seventeen and when you’re seventeen, you feel like you have grown up and left your childish ways behind. I like to think that way anyway. Harry Potter was a connection to my childhood. It seemed like only yesterday when I read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (yes, I read the 3rd book first. I don’t know why, but I was like 9-10 back then so don’t judge). I remember pre-ordering the last book back in Hong Kong and then reading it in Thailand after picking it up and then realizing I had to leave for my family vacation the next day. I also remember thinking “At least there is still the movie! Harry Potter does NOT end yet!”. But now, what else is there to look forward to? I will always remember the magical adventures that was Harry Potter…but that is not the point! I do not want it to end! Its end seem to symbolized an end to a period of time in my life where I was happier, more innocent and more carefree. A time when I actually checked my mail for my Hogwarts acceptance letter when I was 11! (I never did get one when I was 11…obviously. But at that time, I did not give up hope! I remember rationalizing to myself I would get it next year because my birthday was late and Hogwarts started before I turned 11.)

Anyway, I do have a bit of hope left for Harry Potter as my friend Josh introduced me to Pottermore. It was created by J.K Rowling so that the story never ends! I seriously NEED something like that in my life! I am super excited to see what will be in store!

Oh and before I forget, here’s a excerpt of a dialogue from the FAKE HARRY POTTER fans ahead of us in line that day. We were second in line, so despite being fake fans, they were there first. Which was kind of annoying.

Fake fan #1: Hey, which house is Cedric Diggory in?
Her friend: Either in Gryffindor or Hufflepuff, I think?
Another friend: Yeah, in Gryffindor I’m pretty sure.
*All murmurs in agreement with an “OH YEAH!” from Fake Fan #1*

Infuriating.

Credits to Josh for Photos, thank-you William for helping me get the tickets! TY ADRIAN FOR GETTING ME A PAIR OF THE 3D GLASSES!! EKK! Thanks to everyone else who helped make the time fly by!

Just had to include this! Stolen off Tiffany, but I’m sure she stole it off somewhere too =P JKS THX!!! XD

High School is over! Thank you to you, and you, and…

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So today was the last day of high school for me! I took public transit and ended up being half an hour late! Thanks Carmen for picking up my report card for me (<3)!

Of course, I am overjoyed that everything is finally over. After so many years of secondary education, I am more than ready to leave and forge a new path! Leaving behind the drama of high school and getting a chance to meet completely new people in a new environment. I am so glad that the transition from a Hong Kong high school to a Canadian one was not too difficult. Sure I had the scares of universities doubting my English competence and thus issues with processing my application arose. Then there was that time when it appeared on my transcript that I did not do Science 10 and therefore was unable to graduate. Thank goodness that I got through that! Excitement for what is to come in September can barely be described in words and I am sure my thoughts are echoed among many others in grade 12– or should I say, the new Tupper alumni? Grads of 2011 FOR THE WIN!

However, as with all good things, there is the negative side to it. I am scared of the transition from my small high school into the big world that is university. Who know how I will adapt? I feel like university will feel a lot less personal than high school. Many people also often say that high school is the best years of your life. It was hard imagining it that way when you are a teenager and life seems to have thrown all its obstacles at you while you progressed through secondary school. I guess with time, I will look back and realize the easy, carefree life that was high school and truly appreciate it. I guess now that I am out of high school, I will eventually have to pick something I want to do with my life. That is going to be hard as I am usually indecisive. At this moment, I have no idea as to what I want to do. Hopefully, university will open my eyes to the possibilities!

Now for some shoutouts to people that helped me through highschool!

Yes, I know I did not give a shoutout to my family, but they know what they’ve done! So I decided to put a picture of them here! I am so blessed to have them in my life!

Glenda Chou, Priscilla Lam, Jailen Doton, Linda Le:
You guys were the group of grade 11s that I hung out with– correction, you guys were the only group of grade 11s that I hung out with last year! You helped make my transition into grade 12 smoother and I am so glad you guys were there! You guys put up with me during my bad days and my probably even more annoying good days! Getting ready for grad, artona and everything else at school was so much easier knowing I had a solid group of friends that would be there for me! Remember the Victoria trip last year? Remember us going karaokeing for the first time together? Remember me forcing you guys to go to Youth For Change? =) Glenda, I remember us first really talking to each other in the cafeteria line! You asked me if I liked Big Bang and we hit it off right away! Then there was working at Stitches! Priscilla, my twin from creepy twinville. I still cannot believe all the similarities we have! Virgos ftw! Linda, the LG that lit up our group frequently. We were supposed to have more than one class together!! GRR! Jailen, your birthday was a blast! So much sushi we wanted to die! And then you were always there when I needed you for Youth for change or when I needed someone to go with me to Student Council! Again, thank you all for being that positive energy I needed in life, and being a pillar of strength that I have found myself leaning upon!

Carmen Fu:
You probably don’t need me listing what you have done for me. Despite the fact we have only met each other this year (and the latter part of this school year to be exact), I can honestly trust my life in your hands. I ranted to you, I stressed out on you, I needed so much help from you! You were always there, ready to lend a hand! Again, one of the best things I have accomplished this year was no doubt becoming friends with you! We started as strangers, and quickly worked our way into becoming besties! Youthpolitiks, P.E and all those random times when we would just see each other ❤ Work out buddies next year! =)

Connie Leung:
CONNIE! I remember being very worried about Day 2s because it seemed like all the close friends I had would not be part of my Day 2 life! Then, I met you! From the first day in P.E, you were super nice to me! Eventually we ended up sitting next to each other in Law and hanging out during our free blocks! You are unjudging and listen to me when I needed it. And to be honest, I tried persuading you away from UBC Okanagan for totally selfish reasons! =) I am so glad you will still be within transport reach of me and again, we have so much we still need to do together!!

Tammy Ho, Maria Piansay, Angela Li:
Grouped you guys together because I see all three of you in free block! ^.^ You three were some of the first friends I made in grade 11! Socials class with Ms. Burnell remember? Tammy, you are the cutest being on earth! You are always happy and supportive and I am very glad I met you! We had how many classes together? Geography, Literature, Biology, Free block, and P.E (kinda?)! For two years running, you are the person in my grade that I shared the most classes with! MARIA PIANSAY! The first girl to approach me at Tupper. Still calls me Hong Kong-nese for reasons I cannot understand. I will miss you so much!!! Thank you for reaching out to a stranger when you saw one! It made my day…no make that my high school life! Angela Li..I never see you in class! Well, whenever I do, I know I am in for a fun class! Actually, even when you are not and I see you outside class, you give me a good time anyway! I remember you going like “WHAT?! THERE IS A TEST!?! ARE YOU SH*TTING ME?!” LOLOLOL!

Kim Sunder, Lauren Crossfield, Nancy Lok:
I’m pretty sure you guys know why I grouped you together. Yes it is the stupid nickname. Yes it is stupid. But! I still love you guys!!! It is amazing how being bullied can bring you closer to your bullies! If that made sense! Kim, it was fun arguing against you and Nancy for law! I will always remember you as that gorgeous Indian princess ❤ Oh and as the girl that kept stealing the top spot in biology last year. So no, the nickname does not apply here, now does it Kim?! Lauren, Lauren, Lauren. Again, sorry for the UBC thing! But you can bet your butt I will be seeing lots of you next year! You were amazing this year, putting together all those events for Tupper! I cannot wait to see what you will accomplish in the future! Nancy! Sigh..Nancy. I spend half my time super scared of you, and the other half wanting to just chill and chat! Haha! Yes there are many things and iPhone can do, so get one! Then we can FaceTime!!! To all three of you guys, we need to hang out more. Seriously.

Mindy Kan:
Girl, you have been there when I needed you so many times this year! Guess I can’t name all the instances, but you know what they were! I love you to death!! I loved just texting you when I needed help, or if I simply needed to talk! I missed you so much during the past year! I am very touched that you bought me lunch on my birthday! ^^ I need to return the favor!! Out of everyone I turned to for help for graduation itself, you were indispensable! Giving me tips on how to successfully get through grade 12!! Thanks again Mindy and I hope we see each other more often!!

My Alumni Buddies (David Decolongon, William Zhang, Josh Decolongon, Monica Vuong, Wendell Mortel, Connie Zhou and everyone else! It’s just that the majority of the times I’ve met, it’s with the people I’ve named and thus…I named them. =P):

I was devastated with not graduating with you guys. But, we kept up pretty well! I remember the start of my grade 12 year, when I kept referring to you guys as the grade 12s! I finally settled on calling you guys the alumnis ❤ But I guess now I am an alumnus as well! Thank you for helping me with decisions for next year! Solving dilemmas that I faced in high school by sharing your past experiences! I am so glad that I got to hang out with a group outside of school so I can seperate my time and life, making everything easier to manage! David, you have always been there to listen, comment and give advice! Yeah we share some of the same problems, so that really helps when one of us is trying to get through stuff! Although I am not going to arts next year, you never know! Remember to hook me up in Political Sciences!!!
William Zhang. If no one else was there, you were. The most self-sacrificing in the group, I feel like you are the true meaning of friendship, keeping the group together! You have been a wonderful help during this past year, guiding me through though decision I had to make. Thank you so much for being there!
Josh! It is weird how I finally got to know you, but it wasn’t in school that made it happen! It was fun just hanging out with you because you always put a smile on my face. I seriously just find myself cracking up and laughing till I’m nearly in tears when I am around you and Monica! I think it is your sarcasm. Thanks for introducing me to Jake and Amir!
And now on to Monica! Whenever I think of you, I instantly think about the French project. Fun times. You gave your comments when I needed them and they were honest. I really appreciate that! I still am not a Hufflepuff though. Oh! I suddenly remembered us trying to not get a bad tan during the Stanley Cup Finals! I hope I will get to create more ridiculous memories with you in the future!
Wendell! You listened to me when I had my problems. You were that guy that I found myself sharing a lot of my secrets with! True, those secrets eventually got shared around, but a lot of the times, I talked to you first! I’m sad I’m now seeing you less! We had the same spring breaks and stuff so that gave us more time together! Despite the fact you’re at BCIT, we still have to hang out lots next year!!
Connie! My idol in so many things whether you know it or not! I am glad we hung our more this year and I got to know you! Again, you were supportive and I felt I could really talk to you! Next year, I hope I’ll be seeing you lots around campus and you will continue to be there for me when I need help! OH YEAH! Bake me something! ^^

There are probably a hundred other people I need to be thanking for helping me get this far! But this is done rather hurriedly, so please excuse me if I left you out! Some other people I must thank are my fellow grade 12s, my wonderful teachers and of course, my family. As I say time and time again, this would not have been possible without you guys!

So I guess this is it! University, here I come!

Karen