I Can Be an Unsung Hero!

About a year ago, I took this course at UBC and the textbook costs well over $120. A friend of mine somehow found an electronic PDF version of the textbook and sent it to me for use. I was so thankful for that because he saved me $120!

At the end of the semester, I uploaded it onto www.megaupload.com and posted it on a used textbook website under the contact name "Cheap Cheese". It specifically told people to stop getting ripped off by the bookstore and just get the eBook "here" for free (and a link was provided). Hey, I'm just being a friend, helping out another friend...

Then today, I just happened to look in my spam folder and found an email from some girl telling me that she's taking the same course right now, but is having trouble downloading the textbook. She was wondering whether I still had it and if I could send it to her through email.

I was about to and then I thought to myself... this could be a trap! She could be an undercover UBC Bookstore staff trying to catch me! So I decided I won't respond. If she's a real student, I'm sure she would be able to find someone who can help her download. I'm sorry, but I must protect my identity.

From this scenario, I'd like to think of myself as an unsung hero. Similar to Superman, or Batman (except for the fact that I'm a girl). Nobody will ever know my real identity. To them, I will be forever known as "Cheap Cheese"...

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What a Wonderful Surprise!

So like I said in my last post, I have my graduation ceremony next Friday @ 4pm. A couple days ago, I received an email from the Department of Computer Science at UBC telling me that I've received some kind of award and that an award recognition is going to be held right after convocation (5:00-6:30pm).

I don't know what kind of award this is but anyway, I remember looking through one of my classmate's pictures from last year's graduation and the award recognition that followed right after. One thing that really stuck to my mind was this person who won the Undergraduate TA award got a gold star! I don't know how to explain it, but it looked like a metal Mario star. You know, the one that he eats and gets immunity for like 30 seconds? I really wish I get a gold star this year. I want a Mario star!!!

Also, something that struck my by surprise yesterday was my mother telling me that I got $550 from UBC Computer Science. The whole conversation kind of went like this:

Mom: Hey did you know that you got $550 from UBC?
Me: Uhh... no? What's it for? I haven't even submitted in my timesheet for my TA-duties yet.
Mom: It's from Computer Science.
Me: Uhh... that's not right.
Mom: No. It's from your award.
Me: I GET MONEY?!?! Wow!!! I thought I just get a Mario star!!! Are you sure about that?!?!

And I just continued doubting myself... because the money part was honestly a pretty wonderful surprise.

What Would Gaga Do?

I'll admit. I'm a BIIIIIG Lady Gaga fan! I bought this silver nail polish some time ago because I thought I could use it for stamping. Unfortunately, it seems to be too thin to stamp. The first time I applied silver nail polish on my nail, it just looked too strange (like I was a bionic woman or something), so I took it off and did something else. Today, after my last exam this morning, I decided to be adventurous. So, I put on the silver nail polish and left them on!

As I was applying it, it just kept on reminding me of Lady Gaga. So I decided to name this nail art "do" as "What Would Gaga Do?" And so what do you think Gaga would do? Stars? Red stars? I THINK SO!!!

Favorite Olympic Videos

Do you believe? Yes... yes I do *sob*.



Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcJ7KTkeLUA



Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v0o27BPIIk

And the video that tells it all...



Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01-_LU7TRVI

Olympic Mascots: Beatles for The 12-Year-Olds

Today, I managed to get an OK-spot to watch the Mascots on Ice outside the UBC Bookstore on Robson. The mascots came out and everyone was yelling their names. QUATCHI! QUATCHI! MIGA! MIGA! SUMI! SUMI! I overheard someone saying: "They're like The Beatles for the 12-year-olds!" (RINGO! RINGO!).

The show is similar to something you would see at Disney's On Ice, except shorter. Near the end of it, when the mascots were coming around giving the kids a hug before they go back in, I was trying to take as many pictures as possible. I have these large hockey-player-looking guys in front of me blocking my view and my camera and then there was this bald guy's head that was especially shiny.

Kids were pushing and shoving to try and hug/pet the mascots and then I heard this one kid beside me. I looked over and he was carrying his little brother to help him gain a little bit of height so that he can see - and this little kid was pretty short to begin with. He said to his brother, "Can you see? Do you wanna get off now so other people can have a turn to take a look?" and his brother nodded. Such a good kid... I got off too soon afterwards so other people can get a good look.



As you can see, poor MukMuk cannot take part because apparently he's not one of the mascots. He's just a "sidekick". There was this post on Canada.com that I thought was pretty funny and I heard that there was a protest on Tuesday in front of the Art Gallery to free Mukmuk as well. I adopted my very own Mukmuk today at London Drugs (50% off, by the way) and he even came with some mini red mittens!

Here's a picture of Mukmuk waiting for the bus with me and Hanson tonight: