post secondary

Went to UofT campus day with a pretty packed schedule, came home with a dilemma.

Chemical or Civil?

If I pick chemical, I would minor in sustainable energy and then pursue a graduate degree in nuclear engineering (or some other energy/industrial related field. Process? Pharmaceuticals?) If I choose civil, I would lean more towards the business side (minor in engineering business or get an MBA) and work as a sustainability consultant (specializing in urban planning? Or do restoration work on heritage sites, but that's less realistic). It wouldn't be hard to work as a consultant with a chemical degree, and I can focus on the facilities of a nuclear plant if I decide on civil.

Also not the end of the world if I don't choose the right one, first year courses are pretty much the same for all of engineering, so switching majors won't be toooooo hard. 

Advantages of Chemical:

• More theoretical / closer to fundamental sciences.
• More job security
• Higher pay (industrial / energy sectors)
• Broader range of job opportunities / more specializations. (Though civil has a lot too)
• Courses sound more fun learning about concrete/steel.

Disadvantages of Chemical:

• If I do choose to work in industrial / energy sector, won't likely to be located in a major city. 
• Probably more competitive. This is solely based on the fact that the chemical presentation was located in a bigger room. As well, my chem mark is currently my lowest, I'll still get in, but omg it's gonna look bad "orz

Advantages of Civil:

• More prepared, I did think this is what I wanted to do for 4 years. 
• Pretty buildings ;_;
• Get to face a wider range of problems. 
• Can also have good job security/benefits if working for the government. 

Disadvantages of Civil:

• If not working for the government, job opportunities tied to construction tends which is tied to the economy. Whereas energy is always needed. 
• If working as consultant, will have to be good at dealing with people e_e

K gonna leave these here, revisit in December and make a decision then. Who knows what could happen in that span on time.

carbon allotropes

^I will must do well on the next chem test. It's ridiculous how many stupid mistakes I've made in that course. Stupid doesn't even account for how severely preventable those mistakes were "orz Honestly.

But I feel better, thanks to my awesome new phone and another period of art book obsession.


We're made for each other <3 Though I do wish Siri's British voice sounded more fluid.

And if that's not enough money spending, here's two artbooks that I have my sights on.


新海誠美術作品集 空の記憶 ~ The sky of the longing for memories ~
I'd have to say that I'm a bigger Shinkai fan than Ghilbi, probably since I haven't watched alot of the latter's work. Ghilbi artbooks are also harder to find @_@ Most likely going to have to order these through Amazon.cn, unless any of you know a good place in Toronto to find artbooks?


背景画集 草薙 V
Mainly getting this one cause of FFX and XII's background artwook. Sighh, I wouldn't be playing video games if it weren't for these ;_;

follow/escape

The stress of an English essay is terrible, mainly because I'm terrible at wording. Becoming slightly better at moving past an awkward phrasing and revising it when I'm done the entire piece.

So to catch up on life,

Tried out nail stamping for the first time, with mixed feelings.


(Camera's auto white-balance sucks, and the incandescent setting turns everything else a bit too blue.)

The first stamp (thumb) turned out beautifully, minus my little mistake of not aligning it perfectly. The subsequent fingers were pretty bad though. It was really difficult to pick up the intricate details (the dashed lines between the dots), and that's with the Konad special polish. Not sure if it's because I waited too long, or not long enough @_@" Overall I'd say it's worth it as I will never be able to consistently freehand this level of detail.

Dad brought along the rest of my Taobao order as well ;D

Love Asian snacks, om nom nom nom nom *u* I grew up eating the 3+2 crackers haha.


Pixiv Fantasia III!

There's quite a sad story behind this. Originally, I ordered two artbooks, one of pixiv (this) and one of Honey and Clover. Any one of you can guess which one I was more excited about ;_;" I was terribly disappointed when my mom didn't bring back "an artbook" when she came back from China, therefore all my hopes were pinned on the arrival of my dad. The moment we arrived home from the airport, I opened up his suitcase and scrambled to find my beloved H&C. Hmm, it's not there, slight panic. Turned to ask my parents where the second book was, and received this terrible, terribleee answer "what second book? o_o"
So to the seller of that H&C artbook, I hope you're rotting in a ditch somewhere <_<"

Anyways I'm happy with Pixiv ;D The quality of the bound isn't that great, but who cares, it's gorgeous.

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As much as I hate cleaning, organizing stuff is a total delight.

YOU!

So I postponed all work because YOU Innovate public voting started.
Is that a good idea? It will be if we win.

so please please vote for Ingeniosity at: http://yitc.e2.myreviewroom.com/vote/142/?search=weijie

Due to some weird reason, they don't actually let you see our video when you vote, so here it is :]


Vote, vote vote!

marbled

10 minutes of escaping from reality.

Baked apple turned out really weird, it kinda exploded... Croissant courtesy of Philsbury.
Caramel & green tea is a great pairing. Green tea with any sweets is a great pairing <3

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YOU Innovate video is submitted, all there left to do is bug absolutely everyone to vote on the 20th. And of course UT National.

Moro

More music fillers! Two very different ones too.

Just watched Mononoke Hime, Ghilbi's works are truely beautiful :'D It made my decently bad day all better.

Gonna try to buy all of them on Bluray once I go back to China this summer *u*

Newest study music. The beat is so motivating haha, plus a hint of nostalgia of playing "Video Killed the Radio Star" on DDR.

All ready to slave over YOU Innovate video and English essay. kmn "orz

p.s. Concord grapes are awesomely awesome.

cross dot

I notice that I've been posting up music due to the lack of other content. Life revolves around getting into university, which revolves around school and extracurriculars, and with hopefully adequate sleep mixed in.

But today was especially nice.

1. Doing pages upon pages of math review paid off. I think I did well on the test. If advance functions is not messed up, then early acceptance chances are not messed up. Unless of course English is. 
2. Nerdy jokes are hilarious hahaaa. This is courtesy of my physics teacher, regarding vector multiplication:

   What do you get when you cross a chicken and a turkey? (highlight below)
   

   chicken turkey sinθ.

   What do you get when you cross a chicken and a mountain climber?
   

   You can't cross a vector with a scalar!

   And one more video game related one from the comments left on Dark Souls:

   A: sigh I've been here for way too many hours trying to record the map, I have no life.
   B: What do you mean, you play video games, you have plenty of lives!

3. Caught up with Big Bang Theory. That was a great half an hour.

And now to tackle English essay, so going to fall any in-class writing assignments "orz