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* [1] is inspired by Whitman's [19] verse on pg. 16 of Song of Myself. 

46) *Flashback: Fencing This is a flashback photo from VicOrientation (introduction to University of Toronto, Victoria College week) when it was hot enough to wear a skirt and while in a skirt I had a great idea to try fencing. Again, in a skirt. :)    

Note: The poems: Pi & Hall are NOT original. They are just my favourite limericks that I put up there for you guys to enjoy! The other four are originals. :)  

44) Go to the St. Patricks Day Parade This is the first parade I've ever been to and it was so lively! Everyone was bursting with Irish energy. :) I mean, my parents have probably taken me to parades when I was younger but that doesn't really count because I have no memory of anything. SO the parade was from 12-1 downtown by St. George (in front of UofT's Varsity Centre) and it was really exciting and also REALLY COLD! Our hands were completely frozen by the end of the parade, but that's our fault too kind of. But just kind of. Hm, I learned a little bit about Ireland's geography! Like how they have counties called Tyrone, Darry... or Barry... or Larry/Gary/Hairy iunno, and yeah that's all I remember. Yeah... Okay yeah I didn't really learn anything BUT I SAW BIG DOGS THAT LOOK LIKE HORSES YAY!!  Things I saw that I expected to see: 1) Marching bands playing bagpipes  2) Irish dancing 3) A leprechaun... that old man dancing like one counts 4) Shawn (hi Shawn) - PROPS TO SHAWN FOR BEING MY FRIEND! 5) the RCMP HAHA. Just kidding, everyone knows they work in the mountains. :P  Things I did not expect to see: 1) An Irish clown 2) A transformer and funny cars 3) HUGE Irish hound dogs <3  4) Filipino and Chinese bands... LOL 5) The mayor of TO: Rob Ford  6) Irish hillbillies

43) Celebrate my Grandpa's 65th Birthday Today my mom's side got together to celebrate my grandpa's 65th birthday - he's almost four times my age! Sort of. We had cake, ate Vietnamese food, chatted, played card games like black jack, slap jack, and OMG what is up with the names of those games?! That would be kind of strange if a game was called, "Slap Laura". Anyways, yeah we just chilled like ice cubes. It's nice getting together with family and laughing over so and so, and it's also weird at the same time reflecting on our relationship because it's like, wow, all these people watched me grow and we've had to deal with each other over x amount of years, adding and subtracting to the family all the while. Happy 65th Birthday Grandpa! :)

41) Make a Movie Trailer using iMovie Ever since my dad bought this mac for me I've been doing nothing but write papers on Microsoft word and do my course readings on blackboard, so today I decided to explore and see what this thing does. I stumbled upon the iMovie program and looked at the option to make a movie trailer, and this interested me because throughout the year I've been collecting video clips of my friends to do an end of the year video that makes everyone feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Anyway, yeah I made a 49 second long video trailer and posted it on Facebook as private for my friends, just because I didn't want to make anyone feel left out. Now to make the movie because the school year is almost finished (that makes me sad and happy = sappy).    

40) Learn the Cup Song from Pitch Perfect Anna Kendrick does this cup song in the movie Pitch Perfect for a music audition, something that I only know from looking the song up on youtube after hearing a wonderful cover version from my friend Ania. She posted her version on youtube and I thought, woah this is really cool. Then my friend Sisi posted her version, then Helen, and so I told myself that I would learn it someday soon. My sister showed me how to do it (she learned from our cousin Richie) and then we practised for a while and finally did the cup song! The video can be seen here: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152690142980160. :)

39) Get a Blood Test I had to get a blood test for a bunch of reasons but mainly to check my cholesterol levels. It didn't really hurt, but that's only because I'm made of STEEL! ...I've probably taken many blood tests when I was younger, but I don't recall any of them so I'll count this as my first blood test memory. I can't wait for the doctor to call back and tell me how healthy I am. :) I'm also looking forward to finally knowing what my blood type is.  

38) Play at Laser Quest (This Year) Yeah I suck at Laser Quest. People were like teaming up on me it was so unfair, but whatever I shot a few kids and came out pretty satisfied. :) Every year Jannelle and I get together to celebrate each other's birthdays, we've watched each other grow since elementary school and it's just been such a pleasure being friends with her! Happy 19th birthday cutie! 

37) Check my Blood Pressure (This Year)

36) DIY Chevron Friendship Bracelet I've always wanted to make a friendship bracelet! But I find that I usually start one and never end up finishing it. This time I really motivated myself to do it because I wanted to let the person know how much I care about them and the friendship we share! :) First I had to decide on the colour, I looked through all my different coloured threads and was sort of terrified of settling on a set of colours because I'm really bad at knowing what looks nice together. Hehe I went with three shades of blue because I was too scared to choose more exotic colours, anyhow I think it looks good! So after overcoming many mistakes and obstacles in making this thing that is supposed to be super simple I made and gave away my first ever friendship bracelet. :) Yayyyy!  DIY FB: http://honestlywtf.com/diy-bracelets/

-resume should include key words/skills from job description -experience = assess situation, look at resources, apply solution; write creatively // 20 seconds per resume -“write what they want to hear, not what you want to tell them” -reading resumes on smartphones = sees first 3-6 words on bullet points -resume not a job search method, but tool to assist; most networking -need Linked In profile (approx. 9 million companies, 5 million on Linked In) -5 bullet points per subheading: education, volunteer, etc.

34) Watch the Raging Asian Women Taiko Drummers This group was okay, I like what they stand for and how they thrive as one of the only female taiko groups in North America but I've seen better. I personally love taiko because I first saw a couple of songs played by Nagata Shachu, a group that I first saw last year in the summer at the harbour front day concert. Taiko is so nice to listen to and I get so amazed by how powerful the performers are. There's this one piece where the taiko performers hit the drums in a fish-hook like movement, I wish I knew the name, but that's my favourite piece... YA. Anyway, taiko = something you should watch someday. :) Nagata Shachu: http://nagatashachu.com Raging Asian Women: http://ragingasianwomen.ca/about/who-we-are/

33) Eat Lunch at Chinatown I had an hour lunch break today and instead of eating at a local cafe I went to go eat dim sum at Chinatown which is only about 5-10 minutes away from the southwest side of UofT, St. George. The place I went to is pretty cheap, $1.88 per dish, and my bill came to around $7 after eating all of my favourite foods! I went alone because it was just more convenient at the time and the manager of the restaurant sort of kept me company because it wasn't really busy at the time so I guess he was feeling lonely as well. I think I was swallowing my food near the end instead of chewing it and enjoying it's taste because I felt the clock ticking to my next class, but the guy just lightly tapped on my shoulder and reminded me to "Relax" and "Take it slow". I sipped a cup of tea to slow myself down and just thought of how many people, like my dad, are always always rushing through daily tasks.  All throughout first semester I was flustered with the amount of readings I had to do for my literature classes and so I would just rush through the books and not really appreciate the themes, writing styles, perspectives and just everything that makes the book the unique piece of work it is. I love reading, but I forgot this when I became stressed out with the overwhelming amount of readings I had to do. I later learned to forget the ticking deadline and the instructions to read up to whatever part in the novel and enjoy the book in the moment and read up to wherever. I found that I would read past the recommended readings for the week and enjoy the novel so much more! As a final note: Relax. Take it slow. 

32) Watch Three Idiots Anosh has been wanting me to watch this movie for the longest time but I didn't really consider it because his prior movie choices, well okay just Zoolander, was not very interesting. I said I would watch it though, so I did and I wasn't disappointed. Three Idiots is an Indian movie (English Subs) that focuses on three Engineering students that are really stressed about their education, personal lives and careers. As the movie unfolds you soon understand that no one can tell you what you want to do in life except yourself; no one can tell you what your dreams are. That's a message that everyone hears, but doesn't really appreciate. The movie is motivating, inspirational, well written/directed and it sends a powerful message of living life for yourself and pursuing your dreams and not success, because once your dreams are pursued and lived out success will chase you. It's a long movie (2:44) but it's well-worth watching. I especially recommend it to you if life is dragging your spirits down and you're kind of unsure what to do next, and if you're happy and fine you should still watch this movie because you'll definitely get a chuckle out of it! Now when I feel stressed I'll think of the phrase "All is well" from 3 Idiots. *You'll get it soon enough. Thanks darling!! :) <3  Watch 3 Idiots here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aVbquQRUxI 

31) Ballroom Dance

30) Go Rock Climbing