finally back in routine again.

... fully recovered from jetlag and 90% readjusted to speaking and understanding the english language (... the remaining 10% lost forever :oP), i'm into week 3 of the school term at waterloo. crazily enough, the workload has already become as brutal as the -20 something degree weather outside. i suppose this is what i get for endlessly complaining how i missed being cold the past 4 months. go big or go home, i guess :oP

and as usual, to accompany the intense 6-course workload, i'm finding myself back into the habit of intense procrastination. currently, to pass the time i should really be using to edit the 13 poems for my creative writing workshop tomorrow, i've decided to let my mind wander into the not-so-far future, and daydream of phillipine sunsets, lying on the beach while sipping a cool, freshly blended mango shake; feeling the warmth of the sand between my toes. *sigh* not even a month into school, and i'm already fast-tracking to summer vacation.

so far, plans for making this dream a reality are on the go, c/o my family. turns out that one of my cousins in the philippines will soon be joining the elite group of no-longer-single people - yep, he's getting married - which gives us an even better reason to head over there and party it up with the rest of the family [read: feast like we've never feasted (...feasten? lol) before!]. and in addition, i've been selectively hand-picked to be a bridesmaid at the wedding. i was a little reluctant to say yes at first - not because this is probably the umpteenth time being asked to be a bridesmaid and still notthing even remotely close to being a bride (no, i'm not bitter - lol), nor because of the long distance, but because the motif of the bridesmaids' dresses is "pretty in pink" - or what i would like to refer to as "pretty in puke". i know that i should probably just grin and bear it, afterall, he's my cousin and this is his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and all, but i detest wearing pink - almost as much as i detest minnie mouse (... and do NOT get me started on minnie mouse). don't get me wrong, depending on the shade, pink can be quite bearable and even somewhat pleasing to the eyes. yes, there are actually some people that i know who can and do pull off wearing pink very nicely.

yeah. not me.

perhaps there might have been a traumatic episode locked away in my childhood (one of many?) that could be a possible triggering factor in all this, but for as long as i can remember, i never really got used to accepting pink as a real colour. yes, it's sad... even more so because as i type this blog entry, fears of me resembling jigglypuff at my cousin's wedding are now surfacing... *sigh*

... alrighty then. back to work i go :oP