I want another reading break (>o<)
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Of cos, I mean I want a break from reading...
This is an edited version of the post i put up a few days ago, because the previous post was... well.... incredibly boring. I'll try to make this edit a bit less dull (*o*) !
Right now, my second desk (i have two desks in my room cuz its a double room) has a stack of 25+ books for the different essays that I have coming up. I won't read all of them obviously... I just need to find a decent amount of quotes and facts to back up my theses.
The other day my history prof e-mailed me something interesting : the "UBC Library Online Term Paper Research Clinic", which I never knew existed, is now taking appointments for online help. At first I was pretty cynical... but now I'm seriously considering registering for an appointment. I went through 3 books last night that I found for my globalization essay, and I found that two of them were completely useless (they were more like economic textbooks, which I definitely don't want to read through) and the other one seems a little to anti-Western for my liking.
I have four general essay topics to work on right now:
Hist 125 : China's Cultural Revolution VS. East Bloc countries after the fall of the SU. This is actually more of a comparative essay on two books written on these subjects; the hard part will be figuring out why China held onto communism while most of the SU countries turned to democracy during the 1990s.
Poli 220 : Globalization in Third World Countries.
Bleh, this is a really broad topic... I will try to find useful case studies and focus on the 'economic' and 'cultural' side of globalizaion . I'm a bit worried about this one based on my midterm... i don't think my TA likes my style of writing, he's also really meticulous (-____-)
Poli 328 : US-Canada relations compared to US-UK relations
This will probably be the most interesting essay for me... which is good cuz its the longest at 14 pages. I will have to pull out alot of data and info to fill 14 pages... I'm thinking of going to the research consulting thing for this one.
Poli 342: This class is on the critical race theory, so I might actually write an essay about the different 'races' that north american chinese fall under nowadays. I guess this could be CBCs (like myself), Hongers, FOBS... you know, the different catgeories we seem to use nowadays to describe asian canadians and/or asian americans. This will be hard to find concrete research about... but I'll try to back it up or at least compare this form of racialization with some of the more regardable critical race theories (how they were formed, why they exist, etc.)
Midterms are so weird... i thought i would do bad on my US presidency midterm and much better on my Poli 220 midterm, but in the end it turns out i did better on my US presidency midterm. My TA was really picky about my poli 220 essay-exam.... i only had an hour but he expects me to cover all these extra aspects, and was super picky about semantics as well. I ended up with a B+, which is manageable, but i have to do much better on the following exam and the term paper.
If i want to get into Law it works like this for me:
A = acceptable
B = better do Better
C = crap i'm already screwed
D = Dead Meat
I can't believe theres only 3 weeks of school left ! that really makes me nervous about these dumb essays...
My bible study with campus crusade is growing each week, which is pretty cool, and I've come to rely on it for encouragement and a sense of calmness. Please pray for me, that I won't procrastinate, that I can find the sources I need, and that I can write in a matter best suited for each topic. Of course, I'll pray for you guys too ! Good luck with midterms and final assignments everyone: hopefully we'll end this year on a good note (^o^)
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Beware the Ides of March
Sunday, February 27, 2005
Yup... the title of this post is a line from Julius Ceasar...
I've been complaining about all the term papers I have to do in March, but now that its around the corner, it's time to suck it up, bury myself in research, and write four good essays. As long as I keep focus, I should be able to pull it off... then its exam time already, and that's third year. Each year seems to go by faster and faster (*o*)
My reading break in Calgary was pretty fun... it was half and half hanging out and studying.
First Friday : Got in late at night, and most of the gang went over to my place. Just did some catching up and played pool.
First Saturday : Slept in :p (my dorm bed sucks so much compared to my bed at home). Went to Jeremy's birthday dinner and church afterwards. Eric got baptized (hehe althought they almost skipped over him) and I spent the rest of the nights with my parents, who left on their cruise early sunday morning.
First Sunday : Started studying... and it snowed in the day ! Drove through the snow for bubble tea later in the night.
Monday : Went to chinook with the gang... we headed to Sheridan's house later for poker and taboo.
Tuesday : Study Day
Wednesday : Visited STS with Tiff and Jason... went for sushi at night (for Jeremy's birthday again). It was pretty ~oishi too hehe (^o^)
Thursday : Another Study Day
Friday : We actually went to the International Bobsleigh Competition @ COP.
It was definitely an interesting experience... they sure like yelling to psych themselves up before a run (@_@). Went to my house afterwards.
Saturday : A church service I was very grateful to attend... Pastor Ryan gave his last sermon as a pastor in our church, and it was sad to see him go. He's definitely a talented speaker, and I'll miss his sermons. I also saw the new First Alliance building... it's huge!
Sunday : Headed back to Vancouver to study for midterms!
I had a lot of good times... but I had to study too. My US presidency midterm was pretty tough.. the other midterms were pretty doable.
Oh yah, I changed up the music section on the side -->
All the sites i used to go to for jpop and mandarin music have died off :(
Right now i'm just looking up songs that I heard on the OC on Limewire, hehe.
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Hehe I'm a lazy blogger...
Sunday, February 13, 2005
Heh, the time between my posts is getting longer and longer...
I'm spending my reading break back at home, which I'm really happy about... I haven't been here since October ! Unfortunately, UBC's break was early this year, so it doesn't coincide with UoC's break :( I also have all my midterms immediately after this week, so I have to spend alot of time actually reading during the... uh... reading break. Aiya... what can you do ?
I spent a little time doing some art... still trying to practice how to draw girls (I REALLY suck at drawing girls). The pic below obviously wasn't done freehand... i copied a pose from the manga I"s (I literally traced it over on adobe). I had fun coloring it in and changing the hair / face / clothes though (^_^). The hair took a lot of hit-and-miss blurring & smudging... one of these days i'll learn how to do it properly :p
I also learned the usefulness of the 'paint daubs' filter... it has a pretty nice effect.
Man, after these midterms it's all, well, uphill from here. I have to start researching like crazy for my term papers: I've never done 4 simultaneously before, so that should be TONS of fun. I already signed up for a LSAT course from April 30th to May 30th, and I'll be taking the LSAT at the beginning of June. Hopefully things will go well... I will probably take a summer school course while I'm in Vancouver. I'll also have to look for volunteer work and a part-time job for later in the Summer (when I'm actually in town).
Last, but not least...
Happy New Year ! (^o^)
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