Wow, what a day. Opened my mailbox, my psyco 403 professor sent me an email = I got the highest mark in class. I was all happy.
Next I met with my biol lab supervisor – it was pretty lame and it was a little awkward. He was complaining and questioning my dedication for his lab. Geez, I asked for work, all kinds of work! He didn’t gave me too much to do. Just that when I tried and get something to actually work with by myself – I remember he wrote in the email “I did not authorize you to do this and that” I mean seriously? Indeed my afford exceeded the general requirements for a research course just that it didn’t quite met his “expectations”
Well I think I handled our conversation pleasantly and peacefully. All I wish for now is an A or A- from him. And that’s it. Not like I am trying to judge or anything; But you don’t get cocky just because you got a PhD or because you own like 2 different labs – treat people with respect! I think the guy is just carrying too much obligations and responsibilities – and throwing all his stuff on his grad and undergrad students.
So…. I am gonna withdraw from this biol lab next term. No more biol labs for me! or maybe I will take another biol research in another lab…
argh, I gonna miss some of the biol grad students
I am so grateful that I have good friends around me when I needed friendship and caring. Wow; this is amazing. All these struggles I went through to become me today, and it won’t be me without these selfless relationships. Although I am at no where sensational, but I can feel it because it is so strong. It melts the iron wall around my heart and I can feel this love bubble. Oh I must share this…
Love by Jeason Ma
A pretty refreshing Christianity music genre eh?
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I had been proposing various post-grad plans recently all narrowing down to a family. All these plannings are primitively financial-oriented; I’ve almost given up for my pursuit of grad school. I needa save up for a house and car! 2 years – that’s what I’m aiming for.
Oh boy, I can’t wait for all these amazing photography projects next year (given that I really need a car!)! Couple Family Baby sessions right after Janurary, Weddings starts late march and even more wedding sign-ups for the summer. I’m thrilled indeed!
Now back onto psychiatry paper… One more final on Monday and I will be done officially!
No time for photography work; eh well I had been working a lot of search engine optimization (SEO) for memorti photography & it is quite sophisticated to work around with the marketing codes and terms.
I can’t wait till Next Feb! So many photo sessions are coming up! Going to be great!
And just for a quick sniff – it is very likely that I am going to visit HK on March! Destination Wedding Photography? Haha! Excited!
Commitments [noun]
The act of committing or the state of being committed.
• dedication; application
• a pledge or undertaking
• an act of pledging or setting aside something
Wow, getting close to the end of the semester, all my papers and presentations are driving me nuts (and one more midterm hah). Why should I still spend time on homeless people, why waste any more time for church? Why do all the devotions and bible readings? Why volunteering!? There are nothing I get in exchange but simply giving away my precious time, I should just go hardcore on my academic work!
Being a Christian is to carry a commitment for God, to serve the community and to be a part of the church body. God is undoubtedly training me to become a man of FAITH. In the past, I do everything JUST for my pure benefits, volunteering was a joke to me. Funny thing is that in fact everything I realize everything I do now is ultimately more beneficial to me at a higher level! All these commitments supply me with all the energy and peace I ever need.
Do it, and God will provide!
Let’s not complain how much work you need to get done because God will simply provide with all you need.
Stepping towards the graduation date, my concerns(?) are flowing up to the surface. What are my plans?
1) Get my license, and then buy an affordable car
2) Apply into all the graduate scholarships
3) Graduation, Family, newborn sessions and Wedding sign-ups for clients!
4) Apply into Psyco/Neuro/Psychiatry Master programs (wonder if they have part-time…)
5) Savings towards my first property!
I am excited about life and where God is leading me!
Getting my plans straight. I am just so FIRED up now!
Wow, all the FIRE!
God is literally directing me to do all kinds of sacrificing work! I guess I can’t just say NO to his face eh? AND Yes, I found my peace.
1040 is going VERY well indeed! Although we seriously want to it to involve in the Chinese international students community, the message is spreading at least!
Bio Labs is ok now. At least my objective is quite clear at this point. *cough* I really need to catch up on my studies for Psyco 381 and Psyco 403…. I am sooo behind!
Oh yes, I finally got my hair cut! (its feels cold)
Wow. Life went extraordinary since my temporary frustrations! Lots of church work, lots of volunteer work, lots of events plannings! Wow, I am enlightened!
So many crazy things happened to me the last week. Honestly I DO feel a little puzzling when I am doing work without a legit benefit (ie. money!); but nah, what I gained is far much greater than money. I learned to leave my logical sense behind appropriately and let my positive emotions develop.
You know what? The money that I need just popped out. UoA scholarships and bursaries COVERED ALL MY TUITION for this YEAR, its simply magnificent! Its simply a MIRACLE! Photography business is also going well (Although most of the bookings are not due till next year when the grass is green again!) I will just keep put my career into prayers!
All I need is now is some more physical exercise!
by the way, the psychiatry experiment programming is ALMOST ready!
So I got a chance to watch this movie called “City of God (Cidade de Deus)”. Its a crazy reality based movie indeed. Its a movie linked together by many short stories of many individuals, presented from a perspective of a slum child, or who later grew up to be a reporter.
I don’t even know how I would conclude this movie; there are just too many implications to life. It had a positive impact on me though!
Wow…. Stunned. Seriously all I can say is be grateful of what you have!
Life is getting more frustrating every second. School work, relationships, church work all these add up to me current overwhelming of stress. For the first time I don’t want to do any school work – its weird. And I feel like my English verbal fluency is going wayyy down somehow?
My biology lab is not going too well; there are too much expectations on me. I have to go to my bio lab everyday practically. Samples after samples wow! And I don’t think the supervisor likes me at all(I don’t know why he never smiles ever since our first meeting)! Probably because my hands-on performance and my transcript grades doesn’t correlates at all for some reason. Its the first time that I don’t want to do any lab work. (Well the other psychiatry lab is all good)
What else? Emmanuel Fellowship is getting super huge with 80+ people; not a fellowship anymore technically. Needs a solution to reform the “fellowship” style of EF.
Argh, I have no mood in doing any work!
I need to do some photography to express myself. (Gerrr I forgot to bring my charger for my radio trigger from HK!)
I need encouragement.
or maybe I will take another biol research in another lab…
Edward Wong is a Year 3 Neuroscience student at University of Alberta, Canada.
