Short-term goals

Time flies. The final exam of the course will be just in a month. To help you prepare well for the final, I have posted two sets of sample questions for the final exam and their solutions. See the examination section on this page.

Wah, thanks ar ECON326 prof. Exactly a month. Great reminder. 25 April will be my last final exam! ECON326, no less. Then I will be free!

Thanks to an email from the English department and Ryan's updates on the latest technology, I have formed myself an achievable goal. Hopefully it can be done! I can only rely on myself to do it.

If it does, it will be a dream come true. Apart from the dream mentioned in a previous post, this has been a goal which I have set out to attain at the end of last year, or at the beginning of this year. But this goal is different from the goal mentioned in the above paragraph.

So if you are following me closely (or rather getting lost), there are 2 specific goals stated in this entry. Which means I now have 1 dream to fulfill and 2 goals to attain.

I never considered myself to be a goal-oriented person. NEVER. But now, I want to work hard and these 2 goals are my top priority now. I hope to come back in a few months and be able to say, "I DID IT!"

Wish me luck.

Oops!

Oops. Was my roommate tweaking her heater or was she having sex?

I started hearing these banging and tweaking noises from my heater and they seemed to be coming from her room.

I thought she was fiddling with it but it went on for a long time.

I knocked on her door to ask if her heater was giving her problems.

Nobody answered the door. Only heard her letting out a giggle.

There's a dude in there.

OOPS. SORRY!

Chocolate Tax 0_0

Scottish doctor urges "fat tax" on chocolate
Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:54am EDT

By David Brough

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Scottish doctors came within a whisker of passing a motion calling for a "fat tax" on chocolate last week, and the doctor behind the move said chocolate was a root cause of increasing obesity.

"Certainly the U.S. and the UK are affected by rising levels of obesity," David Walker, a family doctor in Airdrie, western Scotland, who proposed the motion, said.

"If the British government is serious, they should tax chocolate in the same way as they tax alcohol," he said in a telephone interview.

Walker said on Wednesday that Britain had witnessed almost a doubling of cases of type 2 diabetes, which is linked to obesity, in the past 15 years.

In Scotland, nearly one in four people are obese, he added.

He said British people's fondness for chocolate must explain in part the growing obesity problem, because chocolate is high in calories, fat and sugar.

Chocolate was one of a number of factors, including growing affluence and more sedentary lifestyles, that had contributed to Britain's fatter society, Walker said.

The Scottish doctors' conference in Glasgow on March 12 defeated the motion to tax chocolate by just two votes.

Walker's call attracted vigorous debate in the national media as healthy lifestyle becomes an increasingly hot topic.

The UK Food and Drink Federation, the voice of the companies in the sector, lambasted Dr Walker's message.

"Introducing regressive taxes on the foods that consumers love would result only in lighter wallets, not smaller waists -- particularly as we already have to pay VAT on all our chocolate purchases," said Julian Hunt, director of communication.

"While good for grabbing headlines, there is no evidence to suggest that such 'fat taxes' would actually work in reality."

Walker said the positive health benefits of chocolate, such as the antioxidants in dark chocolate, which cut risks of cardiovascular disease, are counterbalanced by chocolate's contribution to obesity due to its high calories.

"Chocolate should be treated with respect -- it should be treated as a luxury item, a special treat," Walker said.

"It should be eaten quite infrequently."

Walker said he admitted to feeling guilt over the impact a chocolate tax might have on impoverished West African cocoa farmers if demand for chocolate fell.

"That is certainly something that has pricked my conscience," Walker said.

"It would take a very brave government to tax chocolate," he added.

Wei, CANNOT! How am I gonna live?!?!?!?! Hahahaha. Sigh, okay la fine, should cut down on chocolate. I wonder how much weight I'll lose if I stop eating chocolate? :D

Culinary Complaint

I would certainly like to think that my culinary skills exceed those of my peers exponentially.

At least I can cook smooth velvety mashed potatoes. Not like lumpy goop looking ones.

At least I know how to marinate a steak. I do not know how we ended up with old tough non-crusty non-golden-brown steak. I don't know if I can actually cook it, since I haven't tried. But I've seen everyone else around me do it all the time. I would like to try.

Don't mind me, I'm feeling a tad bitter. Just bitter that I didn't get a ride home.

Which half?

Chunz: I WANT A BOYFRIEND!!!
Chunz: But I'm only half serious...
Shumz: Go find one la.. Or rather, find half...
Chunz: Hahaha! That's a good way to do it!
Shumz: Hahaha, say "Hi, would you be... HALF my boyfriend?" and he says, "Sure! Which half do you want? The right or the left?"
Chunz: The better half, of course!

*OMG I LOVE MY OWN PUNS*

Car Alarms

It's 2nd time the car alarm has been going off tonight.. Nonstop irritating beeping.

STOP STEALING CARS, for goodness sake.. What time is it? I want to sleep..

Edit: I swear the alarm stopped right after I pressed "Publish Post". Except the beeping is still ringing in my ears. I'm hearing things...

What is this?!?

OMG another dream.. Maybe you're bored by all my weird dreams now..

This one is most likely influenced by Momma's Boys which I was crazily watching yesterday..

I had a dream, where I had 3 potential guys to date or something.. The first one was dunno who, the second one was someone I know in West Vancouver and currently still talk to occasionally, and the third one is someone from a long time ago..

Ahaha I was actually gonna wake up at 7am and record this dream but wasn't sure if I'll survive on that much sleep.. So most of it is broken..

I only remember it's like my parents were both at the shop, quite busy and they were staying late or something.. Then forgot what happen about the first dude.. I think it was because he's at my house and my dad comes home and sees him and kicked him out 0_0

And then dunno why the 2nd guy was at my house, and he was boiling a pot of water over a very funky coil and I was complaining he's wasting my electricity.. And then he was wondering where's my parents and I said they won't come home so early. And then the next thing I knew we were kissing. EWWWWW I cannot imagine that happening in real life!!! Nothing happened after that so don't worry.

And then the 3rd dude.... NOTHING happened cos I woke up. But got potential leh LOLS. What a pity.