Is it so important to be, or at least appear to be, smart? Why does it matter what IQ score you get from some mundane “Ultimate IQ Test”? So you’re in the 99th percentile with your amazingly high IQ score – so what?

What is being “smart” anyway?

How do you explain people whose IQ score goes way off the charts, but are unable to deal with people on a daily basis? Then flip to the other side of the coin – what do you call social butterflies that are able to attain any form of help from their mass network, but only scores an “average” on those bell curves?

Being in university has taught me this: no matter how intelligent or knowledgeable you appear in your social circle, there’ll always be somebody out there who will crush your inflated ego in a split second. So you think you’ve mastered the basics of [insert topic here]? Try talking to a postdoctoral fellow in the department. Anybody who thinks they are on the top on the world will always be wrong. There will always always be somebody out there who will wow you with their expertise.

Nobody is truly “dumb” in this world. That’s what I think anyway. Everyone can learn from anyone. (i.e. hello Engineering students! It’s TIME TO WAKE UP and stop talking down to Arts students. Essays are hard to write, okay.) Talk to that girl at the reception desk or that taxi driver, and who knows, they will probably have something interesting to share with you.

Maybe you really do need to have your heart broken once to learn…
It’s something nobody can teach you.
To learn to identify the jerks out there
And then to realize that that special someone is out there, too, somewhere.
And someday you’ll meet him.
Someday. When you learn to love yourself, you’ll find him.

This place has been pretty quiet. Oh..so…quiet. The quietness started once I took the link off my personal message on MSN. Hmmm. Ok.

Oh, Happy New Year!

31/12/209: New Year’s Eve was good. Not really. They say an end to something is just a beginning to another thing. And whoever “they” are, I trust them. I’m not sorry for what happened, but I do wish you well. I hope you find someone who, unlike me, will appreciate the person you are. I wish you a happy ending. Farewell.

1/1/2010: Truly a new start! Apparently January 1st is also “National Hangover Day” and I still find that really funny. Exactly three more weeks till my age starts beginning with a 2! Scary. And I officially won’t be a teenager anymore. Oh my, the responsibilities! And I’m not allowed to use “teenage angst” as an excuse for my moodiness anymore. Boo.

2/1/2010: Went grocery shopping with a slightly sick David Y.. Yay for vegetarian food! We had that for lunch. Guys are a lot more willing to eat a meal without meat  than I thought… possible birthday celebration location? Maybe.

3/1/2010: Freaked out because I realized that I had school the next day. “What, we need a textbook for that?!” Was going to sleep early…but Tiff came back later than expected and we talked for a bit. I kind of miss those times when we shared a room and were able to talk in the dark while lying on our own beds till one of us dozed off…but oh well, having a room to myself is nice.

4/1/2010: First day of school!

Woke up at 5:50am, headed to the gym at 6:30am, came back to shower at 7:20am, first class at 8:00am. And then three consecutive classes from 8-11am (one hour each). Met up with Tiff and Chika for lunch at our beloved Vanier cafeteria (in Place Vanier – the residence we lived in during our first year). Watched them hurry off to class at 12 noon while I headed over to the UBC Bookstore to check the price for my psychology textbook. Gave up at around 1:00pm since I was getting tired and felt kind of ripped-off by the university. Tried texting Alvin if he still had his textbook from last year (and ended up buying the book from him.) Went to the CHBE clubroom (for those who don’t know: CHBE stands for Chemical and Biological Engineering). Played a bit of foosball (and everyone knows how good I am at that) and smash bros till it was time for our four-hour lab at 2pm. THENNN…at 6pm (who knew my life could sound so busy?) I got back home at 6pm and made myself a simple Chinese dinner and spaced out for the rest of the night. Bedtime was at 12am.

5/1/2010: CHBE Council photos today! We gathered up at 5:30pm and headed out to the photo studio. The photo shoot was very, very fun and interesting. I got to wear a graduation hat!! I was proud. I also made a mental note to myself to send my parents the photo. Hehe.

6/1/2010: Hmmm well, we’re finally here! And I should stop here. I haven’t been doing anything today. Maybe go take a nap before the sorority meeting tonight. I can feel the sleep-deprivation creeping up.

Upcoming Attractions!

(Just to see who’d remember to check back)

• Student Leadership Conference this Saturday!! I’m quite excited for that. The keynote speakers and workshops already around amazing on paper. I’ll be going with UBC Orientations with the other 30-ish Squad Leaders (BOO Crew).
• BOOt Camp is next weekend! Again, with the BOO Crew.
• UBC Imagine Day Orientation Leader Recruitment + Training! Sign up to inspire First Years coming as Class of 2014 in September!
• E-BALL on the 6th of February! OH YESSSS.
• Meeting my nephew for the first time soon! He was born in the morning of Christmas Eve. Uhm, hello little one, call me Aunt Kiki. Lolwut.

Kiki will be back for some more nonsense….soon. See you later.

I arrived in New York! Alive! Well…last night. I ended up getting here at 12:15am because of the two-hour delay, but thank goodness my cousin Jacky is a patient guy…and he drove us back to my uncle’s house at around 1:30am. The rest of it was a blur until I woke up at 11 this morning Ohhh good sleep…how I missed you.

We went to watch the Phantom of the Opera musical at Broadway tonight It was goooood. I love musicals. Watching Audrey Hepburn’s My Fair Lady for the first time when I was nine made me fall in love with them. Hehe. For the longest time I thought Christine (the female lead character) was schizophrenic because she kept saying that she heard “voices” and then there was the main theme that went “the Phaaaantom of the Opera is here….inside my mind”…so you can’t really blame me for misinterpreting it. Nevertheless I absolutely loved it. Watching a Broadway show is a must when visiting NYC.

I always forget how difficult it is to maintain a blog like this…how much/little are you supposed to say? Should I be writing things that I find interesting, say the type of fruit smoothie I bought today, which will probably bore everyone else; or should I write about things that I think will interest you, the reader? Who are my readers anyway? Or the real question should be: do I have readers? Every time I get the urge to write a note on Facebook — you know, one of those highly emotional ones with poems and fonts with varying styles because they really, really want to get their emotions across? Yeah…the first word that pops up? Attention-seeking. HA! There. I got it out. I’ve been wanting to say that for a long time. That’s what stops me from writing them or even if I do, I keep them to myself. Sure, you’re feeling emo and want to let it out, but do all 400 of your friends need/want/care to know about it? No. Most of them only have you as a friend so they can stalk the heck out of you when they’re procrastinating. If you’re upset then talk it out with a good friend (assuming that you know who your good friends are) because they’re the ones who truly care about you. I know I used to do this too…it feels natural to do so. You want to let people know you’re sad and want them to say that it’s going to be okay. It’s nice to know people care, but would you rather have ten half-hearted reassurances or one whole-hearted reassurance from a friend who will care to follow-up and ask you ‘how’re you feeling?’ a week after your emo state?

Note that I’m not saying this is bad, but just attention-seeking. That probably applies to this blog too. Some people get here through the link on my MSN private message…but hey, you’re the one who clicked on it and spent your last three minutes time reading someone’s online journal.

I’m tired…we’re going shopping tomorrow! Whoot.

In chronological order (or in random order if you’re feeling adventurous):

• Announce to the entire world that you have finally, finally finished your exams and act like you’ve been released from prison. Proclaim that you are now “FINALLY FREEEEE”.
• Tell everyone on your contact list that you’re done with exams irregardless of whether or not they have finished their exams.
• Start packing for your vacation.
• Clean your room of all those random sheets of illegible notes.
• Go out for dinner with a friend.
• Stay up writing an entry on your blog. Or a Facebook note.
• Talk to friends/family members living across the Pacific Ocean.
• Think about the upcoming term.
• Decide that it takes too much brain power to do the above. Give up.
• Pack some more.
• Feel brain-dead.
• Think about how you did in your exams. No, don’t ever do that. You deserve a break!
• Look forward to the holidays!
• Decide that you’re too tired to be cheery.
• Collapse on bed.
• Zzzzzzzzzzz………………………………..

And welcome to Interlude!

Thank you to Brian for giving me berricicle.com as a Christmas gift. There’s still a lot to be added but we’ll have to see how it goes…. I’m still trying to set everything up with Wordpress. It’s so easy to use and I’m loving the whole admin interface too — very user-friendly and easy to set up. More pages will be added soon so please bear with me for the time being and keep reading this blog for updates!

I have one more exam to go before Christmas break officially starts for me and I’m headed off to New York! I’m so excited to see my cousins — it’s been a quite a while since I’ve seen them since they moved to NYC over a decade ago. Plus the last time I visited New York was when I was 10 and this time I’m going there without my parents so it’s gonna be a heck of a fun Christmas this year

Ah, I should study for my exam tomorrow now. Will update with an ‘About’ section and probably a list of what I intend to do with my own little corner on cyberspace… see you all soon.