Boring weekend but exciting weekends ahead!

Hi All!

sorry for the long drought of blog entries. My weekend has been so-so but I'm sure all the SMU people would be busy mugging for their finals. As such, I would like to provide some suggestions for some entertainment in between studying. Well, i would suggest that apart from blogging or reading blogs, you can consider the following:

Playing DOTA, CS, etc

I just found out that DOTA map 6.49AI is out! you can play DOTA 6.49AI if you're by yourself and you can also lancraft with the rest of your friends. If you are still thinking about the last semester when we played CS all day long before, during and after exams, you can also gather all your friends to CS! Trust me, after CSing for about 4 to 5hrs, you'll probably feel guilty and start studying. However, do note that these activities might be addictive and cause a negative impact on your final grades.

Watch Drama / Shows

I have been watching "heroes" every week since the start of season 2. Fortunately for me, I am able to watch "heroes" on the NBC website. The storyline is getting interesting and I'm sure you guys will enjoy it. For those who are not in America, i'm sure you guys have got your own "sources" for your viewing pleasure. Anyway, another title recommended to me by ah kow is "How I met your Mother". Its shown on CBS every week and trust me, its really one of the funniest shows i've watched. Catch both of these!

Going for supper

this is one of the activities that i really miss! Nightlife here in US (i would say specifically in Penn) is really boring. GSRs are full at night and lack of places for you to get supper. Not to mention that they don't have "Dou Hua" or "You tiao" here. Do consider going to chomp chomp, or other nearby hawker centres during this period to relieve stress. Note: for those who are going exchange next semester, this is a highly recommended activity.

Exercise

I think i miss this activity the most! It is really difficult to exercise when winter is approaching. I'm experiencing temperatures around 2 to 8 degrees celcius. Not too appropriate for running I guess. Nonetheless, I think exercising is the activity that helps most in studying. For me, exercising keeps me awake and helps me to focus. So try this out!

Continue to mug hard

Well, this wouldn't be a recommended activity. Trust me, as an economist, i can assure you that there are decreasing marginal returns to studying. I even think some people have studied so hard that they reach the pt when they have reached decreasing total returns. So please, study just the right amount will do!

So what did i do last week?
Well, i seriously didn't do anything interesting last week. On saturday, i slept in to recuperate from the lack of sleep during weekdays. I usually sleep at 2am and wake up at 8am... I know its quite a lot already. Just that I feel tired lah...

On sunday, the 4 SMU exchange students together with 1 lady from NUS took up the challenge and drove to and fro woodsbury premium outlet. Woodsbury premium outlet is one the most popular factory outlets for tourists. There are seriously many many brands that you can choose from and the price is much cheaper than regular prices. Well, i highlighted only the word cheaper because i want to emphasize that it is cheaper and not cheap. Nonetheless, a lot of my friends (especially girls) would refute the point and claim that it is cheap. Well, i guess the idea of cheap conforms to Einstein's famous finding - the theory of relativity.

View on the road is good

View from the road again

Woodsbury at night

What am i going to do for the rest of the week?
This week is thanksgiving for US. Thursday is thanksgiving day and this is the day when people come together to thank god for all the good things that has happened to them. I think this is a good holiday at just the right time. The US market has been diving for the past weeks and I guess giving it a 2 day break should help to slow down the fall. Regardless, let's just shifts stocks away from our minds and just relax (or alternatively you can shift your stock holdings away from your portfolio and purchase fixed income instead, haha).

Anyway, due to thanksgiving, i am having holiday from thursday to sunday. So for the next 4 days, its time to travel again! This time, i'm going back to a familiar place. I will be visiting my grandparents and my uncle and auntie in Toronto. I will be leaving on plane in about 2 hours time and I hope I've got time to still update my blog and show you guys more of toronto ya?

Time's running out
Anyway, i've got many deadlines coming up and i'm kinda bothered by the fact that i still have to do work during thanksgiving. I've got 1 spanish quiz, 1 presentation and 1 assignment due next week. What the hell! Well, what i meant by time's running out is that i'll be coming back to Singapore soon! yay and no yay. There are probably 4 more "tours" that i'll be making b4 i come back to Singapore. Let's hope it turns out well. The details are as below:

30th Nov - 2nd Dec: Boston Trip (got spanish exam on monday right after)

7th Dec - 11th Dec: Florida Trip - Orlando to visit walt disney and Miami to visit south beach (got econs final exam right after on 12th)

19th Dec - 28th Dec: West Coast Trip - Santa Monica, Hollywood, LA, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon

30th Dec - 4th Jan: Taiwan to visit May!

Yupz... this is a long blog entry... so take care and till next time!

2 more dishes:

Steam Fish with sweet soya sauce

This is a new creation

i'll call it "8 treasures for the poor" (not really 8 treasures)

(has pork, egg, crab meat, mushroom, and tofu)