weird encounters

so i finish the business organization (aka corporations) exam. very anticlimactic considering i pulled my first exam induced all nighter. anyway, i’m walking to here [more on this below] and then i see my path is closed because they’re cutting down a huge tree. i’m somewhat fascinated. i mean it’s really big. and then i think it’s also sad. so anyway, i change my path. have to walk across the grass, which in all honesty i’ve never done before. i’m feel a little buoyed now cos of the exam and the tree and the lil flakes of snow. and then i see it: a big, pudgy squirrel. i don’t know why but i have the urge to say out lout: cheghadr to chaghi! [translation: wow, you’re so fat!] then i start thinking to myself, how weird is this and how would i explain this to someone else. smiling to myself, i look up to see my prof staring at me! after recognizing him w/ the cute eskimo hat, which he promptly takes off (why? my dad wears one: i think it’s cute), he admonishes me for walking on the grass. but, i protest: the tree! he tells me i should go relax. he studies farsi for his degree... i wonder if he heard and understood what i said :)

[i should probably refrain from any possible attempts are professional writing. the narrative up in the preceding paragraph is awful. but it was weird enough to warrant sharing w/ the whole world.]

anyway, i’m relaxing now. playing bejeweled and letting my mind slip back into mush state. i have a nice view. watching the little canadian flag go crazy in the wind over at massey college. the little flakes keep coming. i wish i could just sleep. the next 15 days until i fly out (all alone) are going to be crazy. sleep deprived. and certainly not ready for another episode tonight.

loving intl law

we never learnt choice of law analysis, but somehow i'm expected to be able to apply it.* ha. i'm just finishing 1/4 of the way through the work that i was supposed to have finished yesterday. there's a real desire to do well in this class because it's the only class in l-school where i've got to know the prof and i'd feel like crap if i do badly. but there's no guarantee that the disproportionate amt of time i'm putting into this will pay off.

as distracting as it is to study from home, the only good thing is being near a well-stocked fridge. eating and drinking. drinking. drinking. i'm losing it... i think i've drunk several ltrs of tea and water today.

i'm only 1/4 of the way through! oh, i already said that. it's going to be an awful week ahead.

*i'm also muddled on extraterritoriality, interpreting intl treaties, basis of intl comity, act of state doctrine, and anything relating to intl finance.

looks like...

i'm bored. not too much. just enough. i liked my courses. i didn't want them to end. the little round of applause at the end of each semester always gets me thinking abt how things have ended too quickly.

there's really nice rain here in toronto today. i'm not too much of a rain fan but it's better than snow:) i won't have to worry abt that over the holidays though as i'll be jetting out of here. going to somewhere that is slightly warmer. i'm flying through moscow with several hours in transit. if i didn't have exams to worry abt i'd look into getting a russian visa so i can explore the city for at least a couple of hours. but lazybones that i am, that won't be happening. besides, my mum's too worried abt me travelling through russia as it is. i don't know why she thinks its particularly unsafe. i mean if i were flying through any part of western europe she'd be fine with it. may be she's worried abt potential radiation poisoning. who knows...