in scarborough right now. came here this morning. i picked up my new glasses and contacts today so that is good. no longer am i sporting the grade 12 styles! nothing wrong with that at all. i have been really tired all day long today...perhaps the last 3 weeks of crap sleep is catching up with me. i was falling asleep at agincourt library today when i was reading my harley davidson case for advertising. i also also falling asleep after dinner tonight while my cousin yogi, his wife marilyn and her parents were still here.

once again, my mom made a fantastic dinner. i can only pray that i will be half as good a cook as she is when i get older. she makes the best everything in the whole world. damn, what would i do without my mom's cooking???

i found out some more good stuff for my trip. got some good books and maps about india, bali, thailand, singapore and japan. also, yogi's good friend is a travel agent in india and he'll be able to help me with my bangkok - bombay return flight and my internal travel within india.

the final four is set - monday night at 9:00 pm EST - (5) Indiana Hoosiers vs. (1) Maryland Terrapins.
should be a really good game.
i am definitely looking forward to this game.

i saw angela's ashes last night. really touching movie about an irish immigrant family and their problems in the united states and back home in ireland. speaking of irish, bioprocessing class on thursday night was hilarious. after class, Dr. Ward (who is irish - that is for those of you who didn't clue in to my brilliant segway a sentence ago) took us all out for drinks at the bomber. take a look at the fun that was had by all....

it's beautiful outside. since that last snow storm, the weather has been stellar. bright blue skies. nice calm breeze. great crisp air. can't complain at all. i made the prediction yesterday that the bad weather was behind us...smooth sailing from here on in! gonna be 15 degrees this weekend so i think that we're on our way.

yesterday was the grad reception so that was pretty fun. hard to believe that we are that old now. seems like just yesterday that we were running around to dragonboat practice or sci 123 class. check out karen's page for some pics from the grad reception. sorry, i'll have to do it this way until i have the time to make my own page with images! after the grad reception, me, tchao, malloy and mittel went to see bob mcdonald, the host of Quirks and Quarks give a talk. it was pretty interesting cause he is such an animated speaker. he was talking about flying and space and i have always been fascinated in that stuff so i really enjoyed it.

found out that i got shafted today. i paid $132 for my immunization needles on Monday. today, ingrid told the Back to Roots gang that she found a place here in Waterloo that only charges you $21 for a consultation fee and then the vaccines are free. WHAT THE HELL IS THAT ABOUT!!! when i called that clinic last week, she didn't say anything like that. in fact, she quoted me something like $50 or $60 per needle + consultation. that's why when i was in toronto, i just got the $132 deal. i've submitted the receipt to my mom's insurance company so hopefully, i will get reimbursed.

last bioprocessing class tonight. rumour has it that ward is singing us a song and then, taking us to the grad house for drinks. can't wait for that.

just gave my travel agent my visa number. the ticket is being booked!
wanna see it? here it is:

Tuesday 23 APR 02 Depart Toronto 9:15 am
Tuesday 23 APR 02 Arrive Chicago 9:59 am
AIR CANADA FLIGHT AC 815

Tuesday 23 APR 02 Depart Chicago 12:00 noon
Wednesday 24 APR 02 Arrive Tokyo 2:55 pm
JAPAN AIRL FLIGHT JL 9

Wednesday 24 APR 02 Depart Tokyo 4:20 pm
Wednesday 24 APR 02 Arrive Denpasar 10:20 pm
JAPAN AIRL FLIGHT JL 729

Stay in Bali

Stay in Singapore

Stay in Malaysia

Stay in Thailand

Make my own way from Thailand to India (FLY)

Stay in India
Travel within India

Make my own way from India to Thailand (FLY)

Saturday 08 JUN 02 Depart Bangkok 8:40 am
Saturday 08 JUN 02 Arrive Tokyo 4:35 pm
JAPAN AIRL FLIGHT JL 708

Stay in Tokyo

Wednesday 12 JUN 02 Depart Tokyo 11:05 am
Wednesday 12 JUN 02 Arrive Chicago 8:20 am
JAPAN AIRL FLIGHT JL 10

Wednesday 12 JUN 02 Depart Chicago 11:45 am
Wednesday 12 JUN 02 Arrive Toronto 2:21 pm
AIR CANADA FLIGHT AC 812

wow.
i can't believe that it is already happening.

also, i got my shots last night. typhoid and hepatitis a. my left arm is kinda sore but it should be okay. the nurse who gave me the shots (andrea) was really cute. very tall. that's probably why i didn't wimp out when i saw the needles. it was that whole macho image that i had to portray. pretty amusing actually.

going to my first stats class in 4 weeks tonight!? that was kinda stupid on my part considering that is the worst class for me and the one that i am most worried about.
oh well, c'est la vie.

au revoir.

it's monday
i'm still in scarborough
just got my passport taken care of
faxing in my approval for my plane tickets
got a haircut
ordered my new glasses
went grocery shopping
picked up photos
going to get my needles now
all in all...a very productive weekend.

did you notice that in there, there was absolutely NO WORK done.
sweet!

here i am ladies and gentleman. back in scarborough chillin' with my parents -

just maxin's and relaxin'. shootin' some b-ball outside of the school. when a couple of guys, who were up to no good, started makin' trouble in my neighbourhood. i got in one little fight and my mom got scared and said "you're moving with your auntie and uncle in _____".

ok, couldn't think of a good enough ending to that so i just decided to end it. today, i got up at 7:00 am!!! i was back in scarborough by about 8:30. i dropped off 4 rolls of film for developing this morning, got a haircut (i look pretty damn good now, if i do say so myself), had some yummy upama for lunch with ma and pa. this afternoon - i got my passport photos taken, bought an india and a thailand travel book, bought new glasses frames and now tonight, dinner with suhas and watching some basketball.

tomorrow - homework. I PROMISE!!!

back from weaver's. feeling a little loopy. actually, this is a really good feeling. cause i am not drunk. but i am feeling very good. actually, quite light headed but feeling kinda funny actually. tonight at weaver's it was tchao, marty, karen, dallas, shannon and i. good times were had. we were reminicsing (spelling?). i gotta get up in 5.5 hours so that sucks.

tonight the winners were....maryland, kansas, oregon and uconn.
tomorrow's games will be good. here is the call - KENT ST. will beat Indiana

good night.