nostalgia

seriously, i think i enjoy studying what i'm studying... i was in the library at 1830, reading my journal readings for 'deviations in child psychology', preparing for my test on thurs when i realized that i seriously enjoy what i'm reading and studying. The mind boggling hypothesis, controversial statements seem to provide some answers. Yet, posing further qns.... The manifestation of ADHD in childhood into conduct disorder is considered as single disorder; or does the markers in ADHD merely constitute risk/intermediary factors to the development of conduct disorder?! The journal rambles on and on only to reflect that it is inconclusive! how nice..


On another note, i was leaving mcgill and appreciating its charm on a lazy evening when the sky aint as bright and the sun aint that warm... and i start to appreciate the fact that i'm gonna be living in a BIG BIG BIG air-conditioner for the next 4 months! hhaa.. thank god for everything:D

P.S. i'd REALLY like to show you a a panoromic view of mcgill... but i would look like an idiot taking a video... as if it doesn look bad enuf that i took 2 pics...

Villa Maria - Monkland Village

YEs... i love monkland village as well. HAa.. basically its this stretch of street called monkland avenue or something in the Villa Maria neighbourhood. I saw sooo many cake shops!!! HAah... and cafes.... well, its a little upscale neighbourhood (think Bukit Timah) juz by looking at the cars parked by the sidewalks... hehee...

well, the metro station is something different. Hehhe.. they have seats painted in alternate colours, making the station look all brighg and spurky (is there even such a word spurky? anyway....)! We had a short walk to monkland village from the metro station... the houses are so nice and pretty! i love the neighbourhood.... hahah... nice outdoor cafes, cute dogs (seriously, REALLY cute and hyper dogs), pretty cake places.... hahhaa... a very nice and relaxing atmosphere.... well, we decided to have thai for lunch (at lewis request) and it was not bad. though i said no more asian food for me, i cant really help it since i'm such a democratic person yeah!? at least i wasnt complaining about the food.... i was TOO full to get a cake after that! well, the others couldn really be bothered about my incessant cries for cake anymore. probably immune by now... so i resisted myself and saved the cake money:D heheh... bought some CHEAP apples from the supermarket and i found that they have 'Presidents Choice' cookies! HAHa.. well, thats gonna be my lunch box for the next 3 days:D



Btw, i bought my greyhound tix to NY!!! hahaha... i'm practically dreaming of woodbury.... after hearing so much from shiying... haha.. it better be good! and we found a gem at Berri-Uqam station. A cake haven... HAHaha... my eyes were practically bowled out. again, i resisted myself from buying any! I'm so proud of myself! HAhah.. more like i'm scared of having a cookie-face;)

well, time to hit the books till thurs.... and then...enjoy my early weekend:D

Colours at Villa Maria metro station. Serious, the metro stations normally look dull and grey...
Start of monkland village.... i love their houses.
Cute red tree in the midst of greens....
The first boulangerie i spotted. apparently, this was recommended by shiying which was y i got so excited...
Cho'cola! The cake shop i read in HUi QIn's magazine... i found it! haha.. not bad....

My greyhound bus tix:D
The gem at Berri Uqam station.... seriously, its a WHOLE row of cakes and pies...

Reminds me of KK......

La Ronde + a very traumatizing nite!

Went to La Ronde today! Well, it didn come easy when we started on a bad foot... Its a REALLY long story... HAAH. well, to sum it up we were supposed to go yesterday nite at 12 midnight. yes midnight since it was stated on the website. But apparently, it was an error and we only found out at 2pm! so... we had to postpone it to today instd! well, thats not the worst part. We realized that we needed a photo for the season pass. So... gab & lewis (well, smart hui qin and i brought from sing of course) had to go take the pic. and it cost them 11 bucks (CAD) for 2 itsy miny ic photos! HAhha... and the worst part: we saw those photo booth @ McGill station which costs 4 bucks! HAHa... they pretended that they didn see anything.... Then, we went to this place to get 'cheaper' tix as recommended by the LA Ronde website. And... the in-store manager told us to go ask the pharmacist when we asked him about it. so, we went. WEll, we waited for 10 mins and the pharmacist ( a REALLY frail looking old chinese man who looks like he can seriously faint any moment) said that he doesn know about it and i shld go ask the manager. So, we went back and apparently, the manager misheard us and thought we were asking about some medicine that happens to sound like 'La Ronde'. seriously... is my pronounciation that bad?! and he didn even look apologetic. How nice.... well, we decided to persevere and made our way to Papineau station to take a bus transfer to La Ronde.



We made it to the place! HAhah.. its not the end... we found out that they take photos for you to make the season pass with those little webcam thingy. HAha.. so much for gab & lewis' 11 bucks! hehee... anyway, the rides were good! hahaa... But the wait was Long..... we had to wait for about half an hour for each ride... well, hui qin kinda gave up on the more 'scary' rides and i was left to 'entertain' the 2 guys... HAha.. ooops... well, compared to disneyland, i guess they kinda lose out in the atmosphere.... you know, that happy happy atmosphere?! haha.. well, i'll give them credit for their rides though.

entrance at La Ronde. Long Q at tix stands! being typical singaporean, i picked up my pace to find the SHORTEST Q... hehehe..
VAMPIRE roller coaster ride....
VAMPIRE.
Yes, i sat on that!
HUi qin finally plucked up some courage to sit this then chickened out after qing up for 5 mins.... well, the rest of us sat it in the end... they juz turn you in round and rounds... yawnz.... I like that bridge!

Structure of another roller coaster ride: Le Monstre (the monster). ITs really cool cos eveyrthing is built out of wooden planks and BIG screws.

The BIG thing in La Ronde: GOLIATH roller coaster ride. We didn get to take this cos montreal pple have to close EARLY n make sure that they close shop at 6pm ON the dot. well, we're def. gonna make this our first ride on the next trip. the pass kinda covers unlimited entry for sep/oct;)
The climax in Goliath....

Oh.. and i think i'm learning the art of chatting with RANDOM pple.. seriously. I chatted with this guy who was holding a REALLY BIG bugs bunny stuffed toy. seriously, life-size!; OFFERED to take pics for this french little gal trio; the guy who sat beside me on one of the roller coaster ride; this bunch of pple who were scared for a while that the bus to papineau station wasnt going to pick us up from the START of the Q since we were at the front of the Q; replied a lady who asked me (in french) whether the bus goes to papineau station. yes, i understood her in french! good job von! haha...

In case you're wondering whether I'm even studying?! yes.... pls read my previous post to recap your memory. I'm even gonna go to school tml (though its my free day) to borrow the 'child deviations' TB from the library... i've a test on thurs. well, juz thought that i'll be a hardworking girl this week since i'm gonnne be away for the weekend:D hehe...

oh... and i found out that my face TOTALLY looks like a BIG ROUND cookie now!!! taking pics beside hui qin doesn really help matters..... this is sooo traumatizing! and its barely a month! what m i gonna look like after 4 months?! BLAH....

COLD & lazy day...

Super cold day..... stayed and lazed at home the whole day though.... woke up at 11am. after try to force myself to sleep for half an hour... i devised a plan to wake up, eat and juz have an afternoon nap again later... what an evil thought... hehee...

well, i kept to my 'thoughts' and ended up lazing.. well, i did some readings... which ended up in an afternoon nap. hehehe.. i was even too lazy to go out for lunch... canned soup suited me just fine. Hhhee... oh dear... the lazy syndrome is kicking in... muz be the weather! ;)

as usual, i had a craving for cakes by evening! HAHa.. we went to KILOS, this cafe juz up front at St Denis.....:) what a name for a cake place.....


P.S. i think i'm getting lazy with this blog thingy.... ooops...

my carrot cake.. well, thought i'd have something 'healthy'...
oreo cake. good sponge cake
Tarzan: choco coating with cream cheese and a tinge of banana flavour.. dun ask me why they call it tarzan...