five of seven

just got the e-mail: i got into the OT program at Western!!!!!

it's only 8:30am and already this day is amazing, hahaha. yay! still waiting on queens and UofT...
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applied: 7
rejected: 1
waitlisted: 2
accepted: 2

four of seven

i got into the OT program at Mac!!!!!

i still have yet to hear back from all the other schools but it's such a relief knowing that even if everything else falls through, i'm still going back to school in the fall. now i just have to keep waiting to figure out exactly where i'll be going come september...

i'm so elated! God is good. :)
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applied: 7
rejected: 1
waitlisted: 2
accepted: 1

book nook: the red tent

the red tent
anita diamant

i finished reading this book a while ago, but i never got around to writing anything about until now. oops. anyway, i read a lot of good reviews about this book so i set on a mission to find it at the library and man, it was hard to find. thankfully i was finally able to track down a copy at my little local village library, so i happily picked it up and eventually got around to reading it.

the story takes place in biblical times and centres around dinah, jacob's only daughter. diamant basically took what was mentioned in the bible about her and expanded on it, resulting in a fictitious story based on historical texts. the book follows dinah's life and gives the reader an inside look on what it was like for her to be a girl growing up in that time period and what it was like being the only daughter amongst many sons.

some parts were pretty interesting as they gave insight into what life was like back then (especially for females), but other parts were just plain weird. it was generally pretty well-written, but at the end of the day the book just didn't click with me. maybe i was expecting too much because of all the good reviews i read beforehand. or maybe it was because, like i said before, some parts were just plain weird.

it's not a bad book, but i didn't think it was that great either (although many people would probably disagree with me on that.) i'm glad i read it, but i probably won't be reading it again. and i'm glad i didn't end up buying it. this is just my own opinion though so if you're curious about this book i'd encourage you to read it for yourself, but guys beware: it's definitely more of a ladies book. :P

book nook: remember me?

remember me?

sophie kinsella

after reading the undomestic goddess, i wanted to read another one of kinsella's books without having to commit to reading the entire shopaholic series just yet. enter remember me: a book about lexi smart, the protagonist, who is unable to remember the last three years of her life due to a car accident. the twist is, the life she wakes up to after the accident is completely different from the life she remembers from three years ago.

at first glance lexi's life is the dream life she's always wanted (she's super rich, skinny, and has a hot husband), but after a while she starts discovering holes in her "perfect life" and realizes that nothing is what is seems. duh duh duhhhhhhh.

i thought the story line itself was pretty creative and some parts made me laugh out loud, so that was an added bonus. and there was another mention of harry potter. sweet! all in all it was an easy read that didn't take me long to get through at all. if you're into chick-lit, easy reads, and light humour then i definitely recommend this book for you.

twitter and the spotlight ep

so i caved: i'm now on twitter. i have no idea how any of it works at all and i'm still trying to see what the big deal with twitter is. so far it's pretty meh. in anycase, i figured i'd sign up with my name before someone else took it and i got stuck with some ridiculous name is like sharon12390 or something. eww.

on a completely different note, i've literally been listening to mute math's spotlight ep pretty much non-stop for the last week and surprisingly i'm still not sick of the songs. seeing as there are only four songs on the ep (three of which are actually the same song, but different mixes) i think that just shows how freakin' awesome this band is. and how much i love them. and how obsessed i am with them at the moment, haha. i really hope they come to toronto on their next tour. :)

mutemath | s p o t l i g h t

i cannot wait for their new album to come out! it's going to be so freakin' fantastic.
...and yes, this song is in the twilight movie. :)

hamilton tomorrow...

so tomorrow is my OT interview at mcmaster. aghhh. honestly, i'm feeling a little nervous (ok, maybe more than just a little), but i've done my research and practiced hard, and i still have one more night to prep so hopefully things will be ok. :)

i still can't get over fine i feel with everything that has happened. although i was disappointed at how things panned out at first, i can honestly say i'm feeling quite at peace with it now. i'm actually surprised at just how at peace i feel with everything that has happened. i think i'm starting to discover what it really means to not worry about tomorrow and really believe and trust that God knows what is best. finally.

wish me luck!

book nook: twilight

twilight
stephenie meyer

i bought this book off chapters.ca because: 1. i wanted to see what the hype was all about, and 2. i needed something to take me up to the $39 minimum so i could get free shipping. haha. anyway, i ended up buying the mass market paperback copy because it's cheaper and even though it took me a while to actually start reading it (i had a list of other books i wanted to get through first), i eventually did.

if you've never heard of twilight before (i.e. you live under a rock), the story is quite simple: there's a vampire (edward) and a human (bella) who are "perfect" for each other so they eventually fall in love. however, the thing is that bella's blood is the most appealing (and appetizing) blood ever for edward, so there's an internal battle between him wanting to be close to bella, but also wanting to eat her and drink her blood at the same time. bah hah. oh the irony. read the book to find out what happens.

anyway, now that i've read it, i have a couple of thoughts:

1. stephenie meyer's writing style is atrocious.
okay, it's not that bad...but it's definitely not very good either (no offense). i understand that it was written for teens, but come on that doesn't mean it has to read like it was written by a teen. even harry potter is considered children's literature, but rowling definitely doesn't write like she's 6. instead her writing is just so much better in terms of its narrative, descriptions, and even vocabulary. hahaha, i can't help but feel a little mean writing it, but trust me: meyer's writing style is bad.

2. i'm hooked.
i know. i was surprised too. at the beginning of the book all i could think about what how bad the writing was, however by the end of the book i had been sucked into the twilight series. so wierd. case in point: i saw new moon (the next book in the series) selling for $9 at walmart so i bought it. and i'm going to read it soon. heehee. i guess despite her bad writing style, stephenie meyer did something right.

i recommend this book if you're into at least one of the following: chick flicks, vampires, easy reads, and books for teens. oh and i definitely think that it's more a girly book than anything so guys, you will probably hate it.

p.s. i want to watch the movie now. the guy who played cedric diggory from harry potter is edward cullen so chances are i'll secretly be rooting for hufflepuff throughout the whole thing.

gordon

i met him on my first day at my first long-term care home at my first job as a music therapist. he was one of the first residents i really talked to and i could tell he was one of the "good ones". i don't know if it was because of his love of music and chinese food, coupled by the fact that i was both a musician and chinese, but whatever it was, we really connected from the very beginning.

he was a silly guy who loved music, animals, the outdoors, sports, and (up until he had his first stroke) singing and playing his hawaiian steel guitar which he talked about frequently. he was kind and brave, having served our country for six years, but despite whatever horrible things he saw overseas, he came out of his experience with his heart and humour intact.

he was gordon - a great man and my favourite resident - and i always looked forward to seeing him whenever i went to this particular home. our sessions together were always full of laughter, singing, great conversations, music, good times, and time always seemed to pass quickly.

sadly i found out this morning that he passed away yesterday, just shy of his 89th birthday. even though he wasn't the first of my residents to pass on, the news of his death has hit me harder than the others. i only hope that i was able to impact his life in some way or another for the past two years that i knew him, because he certainly made an impression on mine.

rip gordon - even though you're gone now you'll always be my favourite resident. you will be missed.

three of seven

so i heard back from mac and i got an interview for the occupational therapy program! this means i made it through the first cut and i am still in the running. :)

as for the PT program i didn't get an interview but i'm completely fine with the rejection (maybe even a bit too fine) which just tells me that physiotherapy, even though it's an amazing profession, is just not for me.

time to start prepping for the interview!

three down, four to go.
(since i technically don't know if i'm in or out of the mac OT program yet.)
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applied: 7
rejected: 1
waitlisted: 2
accepted: 0