Have I reach rock-bottom for 09?

Yesterday could not have been worst for this year. But I will still fight through it. Please God help me...WWJD?

DAMN! DAMN IT! DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!

Just sealed the deal, June is a fucking fucking fucking terrible month! FUCKING TERRIBLE! First of all, a speeding ticket, which I haven't got for quite a LONG time in my memories, and now the accident. I hope I get everything settled for less than 10k...or if possible, mom's insurance eating it since the first accident does not affect the premium. But I would NOT want to go thru that if possible...

2009 has not been kind to me so far even though I predicted it would be an important year. To be honest, things have not gone well once she left (not a great birthday, got hit, got ticketed, and now hit someone)...I just hope that I would be able to graduate safely this August. That's all I can hope for right now. Graduating this semester is the MOST important thing for me, even if I have to crawl, I will crawl to finish it this semester. MUST.

WWJD?

Been 2 weeks+...

...since I last wrote. It's not really that long (in my standards), but it really feels LONG. I don't recall a month feeling that LONG. But anyhow, it has been a long month for me (as in how it felt, and not the time aspect of it).

Been playing too much robot wars K, watching too much anime, not enough sleep and studying (as if I ever study). I have to find a way to pass Advance Accounting else it will be huge trouble for me. Very very big trouble. I hope I did well on my audit and computer midterms. I hope that July will be a way better month than June...

But before I curse the hell out of June, there are some good things...okay never mind there are no good things, other than the pens winning the cup. However that doesn't really affect me in person. Sigh.

On the other hand, I just need to spend $80 to get my 25k aeroplan miles. Not bad I have to say. And I already have $58 covered which means I need to figure out the last $22.

(Will update more once I come back)

WOW!

Pens won the cup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's the only good thing today. Love my faith in them even after all this years. Magic is probably done (they blew 2 games that they should have won and SHOULD be leading 3-1, now they are DOWN 3-1), and I don't think I did well on my Advance Accounting term test --*

It's here...

My first test of this semester is tomorrow! Then another one on the next day. I am ready for it! (...but not ready for advance acounting, sigh --*)

Still lots of fight to go thru before everything returns normal. Still $500 to spend on biz gold amex, still $2500 to spend on gas GCs, still need to fight the ticket.

WWJD?

Gut-check time again!

It has been quite terrible for the past few weeks, but the upcoming 2-3 weeks will be even worse. Next week 2 tests, week after assignment due for audit, and the week after that audit test. OMG. I haven't even looked at the textbook yet. Probably have to sit down Wed-Fri next week to get ready. MSC should be fine, but I am worried about accounting the most. Auditing I know the prof will at least tell us what pages the questions are on so I can force myself to memorize everything. But accounting...guess I will have to do questions like mad. MSC will have to do tutorial like mad. At least it's open book. What I don't like it's ALL 3 courses DO NOT have mid-terms. They all have 2 term tests...but I guess it gives you a chance if you blew one of them unlike blowing the midterm (= dead). So we will see.

Money situation is a little tight, but I know it will be better for me at around the end of the year since I prepaid so much stuff last month and probably this month.

Can't sleep.

I just can't sleep without typing this post.

I feel sad. This 3 months will be hard to go by, BUT I WILL SOMEHOW GET THROUGH IT. I KNOW I WILL. I TRUST GOD AND I TRUST MYSELF. Work, school, home, life, exams, WHATEVER. I will overcome them.

It's sad that I was so happy last year that I basically went through everything to make sure it was done right. This year? No. Not at all. I know I have lost the motivation and is just trying to get by, day by day. I know I am doing more, but I am learning on the fly. But there really is no one to direct me except myself. When I get it wrong, I have to hunt for it myself. All I will know is that I did it wrong, and that I got to fix it, I guess it's good because that's likely how a big company is, but I do not expect this in here. Not in a million years, not at least before I was hired.

切なく胸を刺す
それは夢のかけら

My painful chest is stabbed...
those are my dream's fragments.

BUT,

きみは「諦めないで」と言った

You said: "Do not give up!"

That is the reason why I am still here.

3 more months.

WWJD?

Pens/Magic on to Conference Finals!

Congrats to them, haven't have both of my fav sports team go that far in a long time! But to be honest I don't think the Magic will beat the Cavs. However I am willing to say that the Pens will be going back to the Cup Finals again for the 2nd straight year!

DONE: Newest edition of damage control update (Still not over?!)

...basically done.

Now just the windshield and those dents...donno if I should really fix the dents. If it is around $200, I will fix, but I really doubt it. So we will see. Took me less around a month to get everything done and spent lots of money, but finally everything is done for now. GO KISEKI!

...almost finished.

PART II

- Renew new "used" car insurance. -> Monday
- Get replacement license plates. -> Tuesday?
- Complete transfer at MTO. -> Tuesday?
- Scan bill of sale + new license receipt to Kingsway
- Get NEW new "used" car insurance -> May 13th
- Wait for cheque to arrive. -> ??
- Contact Sam @ 416-458-1865 (Scratch Wizard)
- Meet Sam and fix car (416-458-1865) -> April 24th
- Get new starter/alarm -> May 10th
- Tint -> May 10th
- Wait for new plates to arrive -> ??

PART I

- Somehow stand 5 days of bus...it's going to be HELL. Seriously. (DONE)
- Bus for a few more days. JUST a few more days. (DONE)
- Get insurance cheque -> Monday? (DONE)
- Deposit insurance cheque -> Tuesday (DONE)
- Receive tuition and OPC cheque from mom. -> ??? (DONE)
- Get money from Peoples to TD ASAP. (DONE)
- Wait until hold is off on TD account -> Thursday (DONE)
- Meet the seller ASAP -> Saturday (DONE)
- Buy new "used" car ASAP -> Saturday (DONE)
- Get safety done on new "used" car -> Saturday (DONE)
- Visit from insurance regarding injury. -> Tuesday (DONE)

Will update/add to this post as more stuff goes on.

Damage control: Almost finish edition.

So basically my new used car is ready to go.

Here's the amount of money I spent on it so far:

Car : $11000 ($9919.70 reimbursed by insurance)
PST/Registration: $770
New plates: $93.50 (reimbursed by insurance)
New windshield: $300 ($200 reimbursed, chipped already)
Drive-clean: $40
Maintenance after purchase: $275
MORE maintenance after purchase: $288.75
Tint: $146.90
Viper: $536.75

Needless to say, my bank account is suffering BIG BIG TIME and I am STILL not finish (thou I am very close).

Lastly, need to fix that big dent on the gas (it's big and it's VERY annoying) which will probably cost me another $200 or so. What's $200 more after I spent around $2k already? Yes it's that sad.

I also just received my amex business card, and I need to spend ANOTHER 1k to get 25k amex points. Man I really need my job and a nice raise.

YES I PASSED!

So happy, i passed both finance and mgt accounting. Well wish I could get A for finance but I was never aiming for that anyway. Now just need to finish my final 3 courses!!!

1 ACC533FA ACCOUNTING A
2 FIN603FA FINANCE II B+

DAMN STONES!

Ugh. Windshield got chipped, need to get it fixed ASAP...sigh.

Not motivated to blog recently for some reason. I will try to write more this weekend. Just two more days...I have enough of this week already.

Exam aftermath

Well it's been almost 10 days after my exams. Got two more weeks before school starts again. It will be hell, but I will get through it. It's too late to give up now. As I said, I just hope I passed both exams and got B in both courses.

Kiseki is almost done, except for the new license plates to arrive and the tint/alarm system. It will get done in time.

It feels good to not think about school or have school hang around my head. Although I skip most of my classes, I seem to think about it alot which worries me...well I get 2 weeks of that for now I guess.

Almost done...

Finally got my new Kiseki, but there is still work to be done. LOVE IT!

Exams DONE! ...uh oh.

FINANCE: ...orz

MGT ACC: --* orz

I guess that says it all. I just want B in them, ONLY B!

Exams!

Finance - Ugh. Don't know what to study. SERIOUSLY.

Accounting - Should be fine.

Damage Control Update #3

(1) Get insurance figured out.
- Ongoing.
- Going to get back ~$9900 for a new car.
- Still need to get therapy issues figured out.
- Will get visit from an adjustor...sometime?!
- Need to get insurance for new car.

(2) Get new car?!
- Looks more like it now. I should have said "confirm that I need a new car". RIP Kiseki-chan. It's sad seeing her like that...sigh.
- Tough choices: Mitsubishi Eclipse GT-P? Honda Civic SI? Get a Celica again?
- Looking more and more likely to be a Celica again. Yellow GTS. Gunbatte yo!

Damage Control update 2

(1) Get insurance figured out.
- Ongoing.
- Going to get back ~$9900 for a new car.
- Still need to get therapy issues figured out.

(2) Get new car?!
- Looks more like it now. I should have said "confirm that I need a new car". RIP Kiseki-chan. It's sad seeing her like that...sigh.
- Tough choices: Mitsubishi Eclipse GT-P? Honda Civic SI? Get a Celica again?

The -END- of Air TV...

Just finished watching Air this morning...

Let's start with the good stuff:
- Misuzu "Gao~"
- Uses "family" as its theme (touching scenes at ep 11 + 12)
- Potato "Piko~ Pikori~ Pika~"
- Nice OP...no VERY nice OP
- Lovely BG music
- Sad, Misuzu dies at the end...
- Loneliness, Misuzu cannot get a friend...

The bad stuff:
- 13 eps = TOO SHORT
- Not enough time spent on the other 2 main characters (...Kano and Minagi I believe? Holy I still remember their names somehow --*)
- Kano and Minagi's eps are more like fillers than anything
- Misuzu-chin's hair got cut short, VERY short...MAJOR WTF (thou I know it shows that she went back to being a child, but still)
- Yukito disappears (ummm, he is the main charcter...hello?) in ep 9 and basically never appears again (except in recaps)
- NOT ENOUGH GAO. NOT ENOUGH MISUZU. NOT ENOUGH POTATO. NOT ENOUGH HARUKO (What?!)
- 2 eps of ancient stuff that doesn't really connect to the story imo...2 eps of recap...in a 13 ep series?! = 4 eps or ~30% of series wasted.
- Never really explain why Misuzu goes all crazy when she is close to making a friend...?
- So Yukito became a crow, and flies to the sky to look for Misuzu after she dies...ummm?
- Wait, why did he become a crow? to save Misuzu?! and just to have her die a couple of eps later?!
- Air in Summer: I would rather they show something on Yukito/Misuzu rather than the ancient times

Although the bad stuff outnumbered the good stuff, I did enjoy this series. Don't forget that this is back in 04 so I have to lower my expectations a little bit. There are alot of questions that are not solved and that is very bad. But to be honest, if I were to remake the series, scrap Minagi and Kano, and just focus on Misuzu and Yukito on the entire thing. More Haruko and Misuzu. Have Potato be Misuzu's pet instead of Sora the Crow. NO RECAPS. Just no.

That's about it for now. Probably more when I wake up 5-6 hours later...

EDIT 2: I guess that's it for now xD

K-on + Damage Control update.

First of all, K-on is GOOD. I am definitely watching that for the summer. Which is good...it's hard to live a season without anime now. It's bad in a way because I expect myself to not watch any anime the coming season. I guess that's not possible anymore~ xD Really like Mio! I hope that SS-Eclipse is going to sub it, as Chihiro/Coalguys both...suck.

Damage control update:
(1) Get insurance figured out.
- Ongoing.

(2) Get new car?!
- Looks more like it now. I should have said "confirm that I need a new car". RIP Kiseki-chan. It's sad seeing her like that...sigh.

(3) Find out what's wrong with credit report.
- DONE! at least did my part on finally requesting my reports. Now just need them to get here.

(4) Get TD US Visa..somehow.
- DONE! Can't wait for it in the mail...I guess if I want to do ANYTHING in TD from now on, I should must go into a branch even if it's just deposit/withdrawals --*