crazy weekend

The weekend started out tiring...

I had asked Jake (a fellow course mate in MMG department) to help me out with moving since he has a truck and I don't have to rent a U-Haul truck or make multiple rounds using Nok's car that could not even fit my chair and desk that I bought. He was available on Saturday morning and I was still not completely packed yet. So on Friday night, I left work early (that was my last day of work at the Schmidt's lab...they had a lunch for me at Peanut Barrels, which was really fun!..wonder if there's gonna be more occasion like this in the Young's lab) to pack up as much as I could. I was so caught up in packing that the next time I look at my watch, it was already 1am and we scheduled to meet at 9am. There was still stuff to pack and I have yet to dismantle my desktop. But I was really beat out so I took my bath and went to bed.

Woke up at 7am, continue packing and just in time, when Jake appeared in front of my apt, I finished packing. We load all the stuff on the truck, which was just big enough because it fit to the brim of it. I called Stephanie (a lab mate from the Schmidt's lab, who is already staying at Trappers Cove) to meet me at my new place since she had agreed to help me out.

At the new place - Trappers Cove Apt. - it took us about 40 minutes to unload everything in the truck into my new apt, which is on the third floor. We finished the whole move in about 1.5 hours. We left all my stuff in the hall because I didn't want to take up too much of their time. Thankfully for such nice people, my move was uneventful and smooth. I went back to lab for a while to finish up my last experiment and to print some articles (yes..more to read for the next two week's lecture!!!!). Then I came back to Spartan Village. Slept all the way to 6pm...

Party time!! Irina (another fellow MMG course mate) had a party over at her place at Cherry Lane to celebrate her birthday. Met quite a few people, there was only about 14 of us. All of them are 'beer fans' and I really do not like the taste of beer at all..not even the smell of it. But what am I suppose to ask for...orange juice? I don't drink carbonated drinks either..not even a sip of it. So I took raspberry Smirnoff which a flavored Vodka drink. I finished the first bottle feeling a little warm but that was normal since most Asians, especially girls, don't have lots of alcohol dehydrogenase, which makes them look flush and warms up at the face. The second bottle came by and was gone. It was easy to be drinking while we're talking and I was listening to this Jordanian guy talk about the Islamic influence in their country, which was interesting since they are completely a different culture even though Jordan and M'sia are Islamic countries. Then the third bottle came and by the end of it, I was feeling the kick of the alcohol in my brain. So I left the party and Irina gave me the rest of the Smirnoff since she didn't really like it as she is more into the beers, which she had a whole lot! By the time I got home, my mind was clouded with all kinds of negative thoughts and 3 more bottle of Smirnoff went down my throat. That is the first time I've felt that bad because of alcohol...it's been a long time since I gulped down that much. Did I regret it? Well...I know that I called BK and can't really recall what I said to him but I'm pretty I had dumped some of my complains about the suckiness of my solitary living here I feel bad about it but I called to say I'm sorry this morning and I do regret saying things that would probably have hurt him. But regret doing what I did? There's no turning back times and I'm not perfect...I have my down times too...just nobody ever believes me because they rather believe that I'm the strong one, I'm the optimist one, I'm the take-it-all-on-me one. So no, I am not regretting it.

Woke up this morning with a headache and that's the bad part about drinking - hangover. Called BK to apologize and went back to sleep since the headache was getting the better part of me. Slept till 1.30pm when Nok called me. She brought me to our new apt and I built up my desk. Now am back at Spartan Village....back to reading articles...and it's all about toxins this week.

The weekend ends and I'm still tired.