the sad tale of my dou sha baos

failed miserably while trying to microwave a dou sha bao for breakfast in midst of studying for my jap quiz... being too lazy to steam my red bean buns (which i used to, last sem..) i decided to follow the instructions at the back of the package which merely said put the bun into the microwave for 2 min... and so i did.... but to my horror after 5 min when i re-entered the kitchen i was greeted by this burning smell and a light brown red bean bun in the microwave oven... ok. so had to throw away the poor thing. 2nd attempt. this time i re-read the instructions... then realized hmm ok must put in microwavable container.. then i rembed my mum always puts a cup of water when she tries to microwave buns.. and so i did. sadly this time round even though the bun didn't turn brown... it was rock hard and upon breaking it open instead of the nice steaming dou sha that i usually get i got some funny powdery looking red bean 'paste'.. hmm oh well. so then decided to give up. no dou sha baos for me =(

anyway i'm somewhat happy today! things that have been bothering me for the past few weeks or so seemed to have worked out fine... and i think if i keep such an optimistic outlook i should be fine... no more depression like last sem! =) my procrastinating and chatting online still hasn't changed though. but not that that's harmful to me haha... just perhaps detrimental to my grades... which... i am still not that worried about at this moment since it's only the 2nd week of sch ;) but it's irritating i still hav my registration block... that i hav to write all my statements of purpose and get recommendation letters for my applications in the next few weeks.....

am somewhat amused that one housemate is trying to get the other to pronounce 'shrimp'... ever since dinner. i am gettin a sore throat... i think i ate too much ice cream. finished half of the 1.34 quart dreyers french silk ice cream already... it's bad when u just go eating ice cream directly from the tub...
went for the comp lab today to learn SHAZAM and was somewhat intimidated to find at least 3 grad students in my IAS 118 class... it seems cool if i were to really become comfortable with SHAZAM but right now i am still really blur.. sore throat.. sore throat =(
i haven't been driving for a week and it feels so good somehow to be sitting in my own car once again... driving to wherever i want... at anytime i like.... not that i am unhappy car pooling or anything, it's just that it's nice to hav such freedom. =)

feel an urge to complain! am currently trying to piece together my applications for UCDC program and EAP respectively but the admin is daunting and irritating! for each application i have to write a statement of purpose... get recommendation letters... for DC hav to write resume for UC and individual ones for each organization that i want to intern for... for EAP hav to settle stuff like passport, visa requirements, take passport photos that are a weird 2*2 size.... and there are 17 application steps and tons of forms to print out and send out...!! feel like not applying for anything... sigh. but obviously if i dun even hav the determination to get all these things sorted out, then i suppose I will end up doing nothing and just hang around and slack here... oh well. shall try my best to put everything together over the next month or so.... but so xian =(
thinking of volunteering at the berkeley animal shelter; u can be dog walkers or play with cats or help with admin stuff in the office. i'm thinking of playing with the animals cos i really dun hav much experience with them even though i have always wanted to have pets.... but i guess i'll see how first. wondering if i will overload myself with too much stuff? but i think as long as i dun whole day hu si luan xiang and get upset for no reason over trivial things, be less sensitive and petty, dun get glued to my computer screen and icq all night i should be fine. but it sounds easier said than done.. as always.
had a day out yesterday in SF with 2 good friends and a visiting singaporean... lots of funny moments... which guy on earth poses in front of the fence in front of the lake at the palace of fine arts and asks ppl to take his bei4 ying3? which guy is sporty enough to plant a stalk of white flower behind his ear, then consents to taking a picture among a tiny bed of flowers? or tries to 'push' the golden gate bridge with an extreme look of exertion on his face... in front of so many onlookers..