unknown ~ 20/06/2009

Chestnut was discovered in my backyard Saturday, June 20, 2009 at approximately 2:30PM. He was drenched in the rain and was so cold that it was no longer moving. When dad and I first got home from grocery shopping, mom informed us that there is a mouse in the backyard and it was still alive. I ran to take a look and my excitement soon turned into utter pity and adoration (it was really cute!!! – although it was all drenched, but it was sooo small and like… small… and… vulnerable… and… just cute…).

Long story short, I brought out my gift box and made a soft bed for Chestnut (I researched online and it said to keep the baby warm until the mom comes back to find it). I really wanted to bring him (I actually don’t know if it’s a she or he) in and warm him up, but dad wouldn’t allow it. :( You’d think I can do what I want in my house, but when it involves getting another living thing inside, it’s not always so easy (I’m still dying for a pet). So we had to keep him under the tree in our backyard – it was still raining. Dad made a tent thingy for Chestnut and left him out there. *tears* So I ended up using our gigantic flashlight and go out to warm Chestnut with the light every once in a while. It started to rain really hard though, so I couldn’t go out for ~1 hour or so… and… and… by the time I went out to warm him again, he wasn’t moving anymoreee!!!!!!!!!!! :’(

I was so sad… I still am… *sigh* but I am really curious as to what Chestnut was – rat/mouse/squirrel. So I’m adding a photo here for all to see. If you can identify him, please let me know. Although we weren’t able to save him, I’d much appreciate if we can end up knowing what he is/was at the least. I know he looks like a rat/mouse, but it’s got big ears…? ><”

Here he is… R.I.P. Chestnut…

R.I.P.

Yes, I’ve finally got a new laptop – Toshiba Satellite L300 with Intel Core 2 Duo T6400. Since I’m not an extremely tech on the hardware stuff, I won’t go into details on the specs (I’m going to be blabbering about stuff that I know greatly about anyway). Anyway, so far I’m very happy about it. First time using a 64bit system, I’m not sure what or how it’s supposed to be different from a 32bit system (or are there supposed to be differences to begin with?). But so far so good, had a few problems with my old programs not being able to run on a 64bit, so I had to redownload the 64bit version for those programs. But at this point, I’ve got my MS Office and Photoshop CS4 back – that’s what matters the most in the end. I don’t know how I managed to go through with the past 2 months without PS, it feels soooooo good to finally have it a click away. :D I need to do some writing tonight, so I probably won’t have much time to play with it, but in the next few days, I’ll definitely process some of the stuff I’ve been meaning to work on in the past while.

On the other hand, I need to make an entry about my experience with a rodent today. I’m using the word rodden because I still have no idea whether it was a baby mouse, rat, or squirrel… :( I’ll do that tomorrow, once I get time to take a break from studying…

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I am glad that MCAT is over, at least for the next 12 months. The whole test was surprisingly painless though. I thought I was going to agonize over it throughout the whole thing, but it turned out that I don’t have enough brain capacity to answer questions and feel pain at the same time.

I barely had enough time to finish PS, spent way too long making sure my calculations were all correct and I made no avoidable mistakes. But also because of my nerves, my eyes kept on drifting to the ticking clock – hate it! Time goes by so quickly during the whole thing, it was just question after question, section after section. My time management got better as it went on though, VR was better, although we only had 60 min to do 7 passages (while at home, it’s usually 5 or 6 passages for the section). By the time I got to BS, I had more than 15 minutes left for checking over things – YAY! Results come in a month, but for the mean time, I’ll just relax and enjoy the summer.

So I got home last night at ~8pm from MCAT, tried to watch some TV, but realized that I should just go to bed. So I dragged myself to bed at 10:30, but my neurons wouldn’t stop firing. It was SO hard to sleep! Anyway, sleeping early is a good thing though, now I’m up early (almost an hour ago) and can get on with my day: haircut & shopping! :) ultimate reward for MCAT…

I, cannot, believe MCAT is in less than FOUR days! On top of that, the weather just HAS to be so good outside.

It’s so difficult to concentrate! In a sense, it might just be that I know this doesn’t have to be my only chance at MCAT, so nothing’s forcing me to study all day long. :( So how do you motivate yourself? They say that you have to really really want something. But I do really really want to do well!! I honestly don’t want to spend another summer prepping for MCAT while it’s really time to get out and so something more active. sigh. I never thought I’d say this, but I hate this good weather in the middle of June… I’ll probably come to regret saying that in a few days – once I’m done with MCAT and the weather goes all crappy.

So what else do I have to look forward to after MCAT? My first test in my summer course. Joy. That reminds me: must go over all the notes for class tomorrow. My printer has experienced a horrifying death a few weeks ago, when dad was trying to use it and had the cable extended pratically across the room. Unfortunately, mom decided to go into that room and not see the cable… The printer pitifully fell to its death… Now I’m printerless AND laptopless… My HP DV6000 laptop’s obituary will surely follow in the next little while – once I get comforted with having my hands on a new laptop.

This truly is a rant. I’ll end it here, going to go and get a start on organizing all that notes from class – I hope I can still read my own handwriting.

I go by the name Skye. I’ve gone by other names before (online, obviously; name changing IRL is way too troublesome save when you’re applying for citizenship or something of that sort), but since I’ve disappeared offline for the past four years or so, we’ll leave all of that in the past.

I love music – violin, piano, and singing. I also enjoy art – traditional art such as drawing to photography and photomanipulation (still learning though). Specifically, I enjoy experiencing art. Namely staring at a breathtaking photo for minutes, savouring each line and stroke. For that matter, I do the same for music. My record has been listening to one song repeatedly for over a period of 3 months, before I started to listen to other songs. People couldn’t understand how I was able to do that, I thought it was just normal though… Each time I listened to the song, it was almost like listening to it for the first time. I don’t know, maybe I am a little crazy.

I also have many unrealistic dreams – if I’m ever given the chance (mainly to overcome my own fears), I’d love to try (just naming a few) skydiving, bungee jumping, backpack across Europe and Australia, go parachuting, etc. I was watching departures, S1E10 (New Zealand: adrenaline) yesterday night. I question myself whether when it’s my turn, whether I’ll be like Scott and face my fears. What Justin said was really true though, overcoming your fears – the best feeling ever.

Anyway, I guess you’ve had a bit of a taste of my rant. I’ll sign off here and tweak the site a bit more. :)