*So last Sunday was my 22nd birthday. I had a quick lunch with the family (in my PJs and between two papers), then a wonderful supper with friends at this charming resto (where we looked really good for a bunch of people in middle of end-of-semester cramming!). Thank you all for the lovely wishes and gifts, whether on LJ, Facebook or in RL. I felt ( Read more... )

Oh scholarships and grad school applications. Sometimes I think that I need to make you into a full-time job because THAT IS HOW MUCH TIME YOU ARE TAKING ME. Ugh ( Read more... )

Oh November, you crazy month of...craziness. (My descriptive skills. They are brilliant. Although I think that quoting vintage Britney Spears song lyrics is pretty telling on its own ( Read more... )

Mom took me to see the Chinese doctor and acupuncturist today. After much prodding (her) and squealing (me), she told me that I had three displaced vertebrae, an abnormal curve around my lumbar spine and a myriad of other ailments resulting mostly from my horrible sleep pattern (shoulder pains, headaches, neck pains, etc.). She then proceeded to ( Read more... )

Hiya all! Long time no talk! I just got back from home a three-day roadtrip to Boston with my uni friends. It was fun and we had a really nice time, though there were moments where I wanted to *kill* one of my friends and obviously, five girls sharing one bathroom = drama ( Read more... )

~ As expected, Saturday's flag football tournament was followed by days of pain and soreness. Walking hurt. Laughing hurt. Going down the stairs was positively painful. Heck, I could barely lift my legs! Strangely enough, I followed some friendly advice and went for a light job on Sunday...and guess what, it actually helped with the pain! (Yes, ( Read more... )

Some sneaky and awfully convincing coworkers (damn those litigation lawyers!) managed to rope me into a flag football tournament organized by the Young Bar Association of Montréal. Me. Football. Oh wait, lemme specify. AMERICAN football. (No tackling though, thank Paolo ( Read more... )

I`M STILL ALIVE ( Read more... )

Ever since I've decided to wholeheartedly throw myself into scholarship applications for next year, this is what I've been doing ( Read more... )

Thank you all so very very much for your encouragement and offers to help in response to my last post. You are all awesome. ♥

I`ve decided to try my darnest to get that scholarship. My general conclusion is that it`s basically a shot in the dark, but that I have a shot nonetheless. Next up: keep on harrassing schmoozing profs for reference ( Read more... )