justin's thoughts | Sunday, March 30, 2003


3 straight days of Swiss Chalet...and it's all because of SARS. Friday, for the first time ever, we broke the CCF tradition of going to Kowloon for dinner, and instead went to Swiss Chalet at Bloor and Queens Park, pretty much taking over the restaurant. Honestly, paranoia is getting pretty bad. We're having grad dinner next week in Kowloon's basement anyway, which has no windows, even less ventilation, and is crowded...and we're still gonna have dinner there and not worry about SARS, yet we're freaking about about having dinner in a spacious, well-ventilated area? Then yesterday, my parents and I went to Swiss Chalet at Bayview and Cummer, because my parents weren't dare gonna go to Pacific Mall for lunch - and apparently neither would anyone else. The mall, usually full of people, was dead empty on a Saturday. Chinese businesses really gotta be struggling at this time....then today, after Alison's Baptism at Churchhill Heights Baptist, we decided to go to Swiss Chalet AGAIN, this time at Morningside and Milner. Thank God for variety in the menu, otherwise I'd have refused to eat anything and just order a drink or appetizer. Whew! =)

So my review of the Swiss Chalets? The East Scarborough one at Morningside and Milner is the best one. It's even got a bar. But am I gonna drive that far just because it's better than the rest? No freakin' way.

I'm really proud of Alison. Getting elected to be Social Director and getting baptized in the same weekend must be such a high. Her capacity for happiness and caring is amazing, and from a former Social Director to another, I'm sure she will do an excellent job this coming year. Congrats!

Time to study Micro. Hopefully I won't be as freaked out about it as I was for Macro.

Song of the Moment: All Around the World by Souljahz.

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10:55 PM



justin's thoughts | Friday, March 28, 2003


If I study anymore, I'm gonna shoot something....I crammed in so much in my head today, I already can't remember anything I've learned. Damn that Gu. I went to the tutorial today and it helped me only because I knew nothing, but after reviewing my own notes I realized he taught me nothing, he screwed me up even more because he totally messed up the concepts. Someone asked him a question today in class about a concept, and he says "ask me after the test". I ask him a question during the tutorial, he says "ask me again next week." I mean what the hell!

And to top it off, the most annoying, rude, dumbass mainland girl was acting like she ran the place in Gu's office, talking to him in mandarin so the rest of us are like, what the heck are they talking about....Gloria and I are next in line to ask him a question, and she butts right in and he helps her out....when we're doing a group discussion and he's showing us some graph on a paper, the girl literally squeezes herself between Gu and I, conveniently bumps me out of the way, and blocks my view. The first time she did it, I tapped her on the shoulder and said you're in my way. The second time she did it. I put my body in front of hers and pushed her out. I mean, I was pissed. Now Gloria, she's like one of the nicest, smiliest people I've ever met. And even she was pissed at what was going on. Now this mainland girl, she's so freakin' stupid, Gu writes that investment is increasing and her question immediately is, "uh, is investment increasing??" Gloria and I were ready to strangle her, she was totally wasting our time. She had the worst B.O. too. I needed to get out of that office before I went insane. Seriously, I know that the islanders look down on the mainland and sometimes it's wrong, but in instances like this, man it just pisses me off.

Tho while walking outside with Gloria and getting some fresh air that almost instantly made us feel better, we realized that if something makes us Chinese look bad, it's always the mainland's fault.....right after HK gets handed back to China, the stock market crashes....Tiannamen Square.....SARS.....Gu's birth.....hahaha....

So anyway, was studying with Tina today at Guerstein, which is doubly nice because I've never been studying in the new Morrison Pavilion there, and cuz I don't get much time to spend with Tina anymore...had a nice long conversation with her on the drive back uptown....I miss those days....

I'd say time to get back to studying, but I'm tired, but I don't wanna fail, but if I don't study I'll fail, but if I study I'll go crazy, but if I don't study I won't get enough sleep.....damn that Gu. The Economics department is gonna get a long bashing letter from me, and I'm sure that at least half the class will be willing to co-sign it.

Song ot the Moment: Like Dem Girls (remix) by Tyrese.

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12:46 AM



justin's thoughts | Thursday, March 27, 2003


Out of the ordinary...I feel like writing some random thoughts. So I'm gonna break away from my whole formal blogging bit this time.

MACRO SUCKS. As my MSN name says, I'm gonna break something soon. I'm pissing in my pants scared thinking I might just fail my first midterm this year. Bloody hell. Gu deserves to be shipped back to the chinese university that rejected him and contract SARS so we don't see him anymore. Everyone agrees, he can't teach. While he's at it, tell him to get a good haircut and button up his freakin' shirt...we don't need to be blinded in class with his scrawny bare chest...

I said I'd say hi to Melissa on my page, so here you go. Way to bug me about it while I'm in a bad mood from macro... =)

Ricky says that my quiz results were good, because only gay guys would have girls know more about them than straight guys. Hmm....point taken....so proof that I'm not gay. =)

No, Hannah, my leg hairs are not gone because it got fried....they're all standing on end tho.....MY LEG IS NOT SMOOTH LIKE A GIRL'S! Davin's legs, tho, are a different story after being shaved by Barbara....

http://www.pino.baweja.isgay.com/...i posted the link to this site because Pino told me, upon hearing about my fried leg: "your baskeball career is over for good.. i told your chinese ass.. stick to ping pong". Well because of that, I'm exposing your secret to the world...you know that Bernie made that site for you.....

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12:15 AM



justin's thoughts | Wednesday, March 26, 2003


All fun and games til someone loses an eye...well in my case, a leg. My left leg is officially toasted. Burnt to a crisp. BBQ'ed. While hooked up to the muscle stim machine today like I normally do in physio, I was trying to move a chair out of my way so I could get the wires untangled. While doing so I accidentally turned the intensity knob all the way from 20 to 100! "AH S&#$%&!!! SON OF A B@$^#$^!!!!!!!!" I yelled out, everybody stopped and looked at me to see what was going on....I dropped the chair and in extreme pain, desperately tried to turn the machine off....but with shockwaves running through my body, I couldn't tell whether or not I was holding the knob properly, I couldn't even see properly since I was shaking so much. Somehow I managed to turn it off and I just stood there, trying to catch my breath, get my heart to stop racing....I felt like I was getting electrocuted....and what do I get for it?

EVERYONE laughing at me. Julie and Dr. Richards both cracked a joke at me. Some sympathy I got.

The whole episode lasted some 5 seconds, but my body couldn't stop shaking for a minute. Even now, some 8 hours after it happened, my leg is still trembling uncontrollably. Ricky had the audacity to say it was a Kodak moment, that he wished he could've filmed me. He better watch his back, cuz I'm gonna turn up the juice on him when he least expects it.....heheh....and Frank thinks I did it on purpose to leave early, cuz obviously I was in no shape to finish my session so Julie just sent me home....sigh....

So yeah, Frank and I are monitoring the SARS situation closely....we've got our tickets all reserved, but we have to decide by tomorrow whether or not to actually buy them....with a $150 cancellation penalty, it's really risky at this point....we'll have to see what happens I guess. It's a pretty sweet deal right now. We fly Air Canada to Chicago, then JAL to Tokyo where we'll spend a week or so, then JAL to Hong Kong. Then we'll probably fly Cathay to Seoul for a week, then back to Hong Kong when I start work. After school finishes, we fly JAL to Los Angeles via Tokyo, where we'll spend about a good 5 days soaking in the sun in a paradise vacation, before flying back to Toronto via Air Canada. Total 80 days abroad, and we don't have to worry about American planes and terrorists. Pretty sweet.

Let's just hope we can still go.

Time to get my ass back to studying macro...I'm so dead....

Song of the Moment: Broken Bones by Love Inc.

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9:56 PM



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Procrastination as usual...I should be studying for Friday's Macro, but talking to Kitty about Aida, I started to check out the tickets for opening night just in case....apparently it's from TicketKing.com....and their phone number is 416-872-1212. Sound familiar? It should. My first cell phone number was 416-871-2121. All along the odd couple of phone calls I got looking for tickets to something, I thought they were trying to call some special Ticketmaster hotline, only to realize it was TicketKing now. I still remember that one time I faked the whole phone call to some poor sucker. Hope he wasn't trying to buy tickets for his wife or something....I realize now I was just mean, but hey, I was like 17 at the time. =)

So here's the scoreboard to my quiz, "Justin's bored and wants to waste your time too"....see if you notice anything....

 Rank   Name  Score
1  Wu (James)  100
1  Tracy McGrady (Pino)  100
3  blueandwhite13 (Will)  90
3  VeiLsiDe (Ricky)  90
5  Justin's Stalker (Hannah)  80
5  Jenny from the Block  80
7  Jon (Mofo Jon Ho)  70
7  The one and only Justin Chung  70
7  Celebriel (Alison)  70
7  tim  70
11  sarah  60
11  Carlo  60
11  IC (Ivy)  60
11  ~mils (Milesa)  60
11  wongoz (Steve)  60
11  nigga ass mofo (Eric)  60
11  Dr. Funk (Little Jon)  60
18  your secret admirer (Tianne)  50
18  Boo! (Angela)  50
18  me (Kitty)  50
18  supa (Connie)  50
18  j.c (Jon Cheung)  50
18  f (Frank)  50
24  You'll have to guess who I am! (Angie)  40
24  gravy (Grace)  40
24  adrian  40
27  Priscilla  30
27  who cares (Denise)  30
27  ameals (Amelia)  30

The men consistently scored higher than the women, even though there were 6 more women that took the test than men. Scary. Hannah and Jen were the highest scoring ladies at 80, but they were 5th. By contrast, Frank and Jon were the lowest scoring guys with 50, but they were 9 spots out of last place. Pino explains this phenomenon as this: "The girls don't know Justin the way the guys do...." UGH! I'm not gay. Maybe I'm just not getting through to the girls. Whatever it is, it's a disturbing trend that I'll have to fix.

Moving on to the stats, because I'm trying to find any excuse not to study:
Mean (General): 60.34
Mean (Men): 71.54
Mean (Women): 51.25
Median (General): 60
Median (Men): 70
Median (Women): 50
Mode (General): 60
Mode (Men): 60
Mode (Women): 50
Highest Score (Men): James & Pino, 100
Highest Score (Women): Hannah & Jen, 80
Lowest Score (Men): Frank & Jon, 50
Lowest Score (Women): Priscilla, Denise & Amelia, 30
Question Nobody Got Wrong: Injury, 29/29 (Answer was ACL)
Question Most People Got Wrong: City Shotglasses, 24/29 (Answer was 22, most people had 13)
Question Most People Asked Afterward: "Can I retake your test?"
What Most Men Said Afterward: "Yo, check out my score!"
What Most Women Said Afterward: "Apparently I don't know you at all."
Men's Best Comment: "That Wu is a lying backstabbing Nazi cheater!!" - Pino (yet he cheated too)
Women's Best Comment: "I'm gonna cheat." - Alison (she subsequently got 3 questions wrong even though she knew all the answers)

Maybe I'll come up with another quiz sometime, and rig it so the girls will win and I'll look good again. Until then, I'm laying off quizyourfriends.com.

Song of the Moment: Adrienne by The Calling.

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12:31 AM



justin's thoughts | Monday, March 24, 2003


Am I losing my mind? It's the second Sunday in a row where I've gone to the Loblaws on Queens Quay with YeeLee, and I was actually getting so excited to check it out again, Hannah and James came along too. Me? Excited to go to a supermarket? But it's the coolest supermarket I've ever seen....this week's live entertainment featured Jamaican Bongo Drums (I dunno if that's what they're called, but they're those metal drum thingys where they make different notes each different part of the drum). Wu ended up buying much more than he planned to....and we both had fun with the self serve checkout. Man, I actually like hanging out in a supermarket. I either live a really sad life, I need to get out more often, or I'm becoming a woman. HELP!!

Song of the Moment: Twisted by Fused.

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12:21 AM



justin's thoughts | Friday, March 21, 2003


"You'll need surgery..." Everybody seems to be making a big deal about it, everybody's concerned about it - but the person that should be concerned about it the most is me, but I'm not at all...I've heard the words "major surgery" and "6 months rehab" forever, yet I'm not losing sleep over it. I don't know why, I can't explain it. Maybe it's because of all the support and prayers of family and friends. Maybe it's because it's not life-threatening, like a heart or a lung. Whatever it is, I'm grateful to God for it. =)

So I saw the surgeon yesterday, Dr. Marks, who happens to be the Raptors' surgeon as well, so I know I'm in good hands. Some people that tear their ACL don't really need surgery, but I've shown all the symptoms of further damage if I don't, especially since I'm really active. But because of scheduling and rehab time, I won't be getting my surgery until July when I come back from HK. They gave me all these pamphlets and stuff, like "Surgery and You: Learning to Cope" and "Life After Surgery"....I'm scoffing at them now, but maybe it just won't sink in until I realize that surgery is the next day....

Song of the Moment: Tanto Metro - Everyone Falls in Love Sometime.

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11:34 AM



justin's thoughts | Wednesday, March 19, 2003


Ah, springtime, springtime....when birds are chirping, bees are buzzing, and young men's thoughts turn to love. Speaking of which, I have a confession to make. I'm in love.....with source yogurt. It's soooo good.....and good for you too!! I bought a huge variety pack from Costco, and I've been going thru like 2 a day. Healthy snacking, right Lyds? See?? I'm a good boy....that, and there's a big bag of Mini-Wheats on my desk. =)

Speaking of food, Dan, Will, Brian and I went to Crazy Sushi for lunch today....I'm in love with that place too, but definitely not in love with the prices. Well, I don't mind paying a little extra to get good food, but everything's so good there, with their huge-ass california rolls and baked salmon rolls, that I just have to order a lot. $15 for lunch is quite a bit, but hey, it's stuff you can't get anywhere else....mmmm....sushi................

They got rid of the hot asian physiotherapist at the AC!! NOOOOoooooo......I'm so disappointed......now I have to settle for Julie I guess. But white girls aren't my type. Sigh, too bad....and to quell the rumors, and make it official....yes, I'm single, and looking....and yes, I'm very blind, sometimes you have to hit me on the head (or grab my ass) before I realize there's interest. =)

I finally fixed the guestbook buttons...added one more so now there's a dedicated button to sign the guestbook and to view the guestbook. No more excuses of signing blank entries just to see the guestbook or not being able to find the link to sign! So go sign it now! =)

If you want something from me, now's the time to ask. The beautiful weather's made my mood constantly upbeat. That, and the fact that I'm sleeping more now...hehe....don't blame me if I become a grouch and turn you down if you ask me for a favor when the weather's cold and dreary again.... =)

I really gotta find a way to study more....tomorrow I'm making a pact to study at least 2 hours. If I don't, I won't blog, play games, or check my fantasy sports pool until the weekend. Let's see if I can actually keep these promises up....heh heh...

Song of the Moment: Daniel Bedingfield's If You're Not the One...
I don’t want to run away but I can’t take it, I don’t understand
If I’m not made for you then why does my heart tell me that I am?
Is there any way that I can stay in your arms?

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12:25 AM



justin's thoughts | Monday, March 17, 2003


Today was beautiful...absolutely gorgeous. This weekend has been an absolute godsend. On Saturday I went to a self-serve car wash at Highway 7, completely cleaned the car's exterior and interior...for the leather interior of the 300E I used this Armor-All leather wipe, and I didn't realize just how dirty the car had become, especially the steering wheel...but once I was done cleaning, I started to drive off, only to discover that all of a sudden my leather-covered steering wheel was really slick and I had absolutely no grip on it anymore. I tried to make a turn and my hand was moving, but the wheel wasn't....heh heh....maybe I did TOO good a job, either that or I had just gotten too used to the sticky dirty grip....

But today was extra nice. It was so beautiful I went for a long drive with the windows down, warm wind in my face, and the music blaring....sooo nice.....God, please don't make it sub-zero anymore....

Atypical Pneumonia. Two words that are scaring the crap out of anyone that's Chinese right about now. It's already affected some family friends, and it's making me worry about the possibility of not going to Hong Kong if it becomes a full-blown epidemic...here's a prayer and hope that they'll have it under control by the time May rolls around....and of course that North Korea doesn't do anything stupid like start a war, otherwise Frank and I would have our asses bombed in Seoul....

Kitty lost her long post because Blogger doesn't save stuff if you ever leave the site. Can't come back and expect the post to still be there if you didn't post it up already... =(

Raptors suck ass. They've lost like I don't know how many games now. Fire Wilkens, get someone who's willing to kick Carter in the ass. Having Charles Barkley as a coach would be interesting....

Song of the Moment: Burn Baby Burn by Ash, from the Smallville Soundtrack.

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12:35 AM



justin's thoughts | Friday, March 14, 2003


March madness...kids are everywhere. Everywhere! In the malls, on the subways, even touring on campus. This double cohort thing is scaring me though...I overheard this kid bragging in his tour group while I was at Sid Smith..."what what, I'm gonna rule this joint when I get here next year." I just stopped and stared at him, thinking, what the crap is this kid talking about....he's on crack...he looked like he barely past puberty, he couldn't be older than 16. Scary.

Man, I've been running into Cindy everywhere, which figures, since she's off this week. I first saw her at the Sports Med Clinic, and I was like, what the....what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be teaching somewhere? Only to run into her the very next day on the subway, as she was on her way to Dufferin Mall...

Just a thought, would you talk to some random girl (or guy if you're a girl) that you meet in a coffee shop? Especially if your intention was just to peacefully read the paper...if you would, how long would you talk to that person for? Just wondering....

Song of the Moment: Bet.e & Stef's Day by Day. Gotta love Canadian jazz.

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2:24 AM



justin's thoughts | Tuesday, March 11, 2003


Sooo tired...I just don't get around to blogging as much as I'd like to anymore because something always comes up whenever I'm just about to blog...phone calls, a sea of MSN windows, parents, sleep, blah blah....I'm determined to get something in tonight.

GO LEAFS GO! Sundin got his 1000th point tonight, and because of him, I get free bubbotea...heheh....it was the end of the 2nd period, 1-0 Edmonton, and Hannah was all like, "Oilers are kicking the Leafs' butt!" So I bet her that if my Leafs won, she'd owe me bubbotea, and vice versa if her Oilers won, even tho the odds were stacked against my favor....but i had faith in my beloved Leafs....sure enough, Sundin scores the game-winner....mmm, make mine with extra bubbos!

Backtrack blog...Saturday went to see Shanghai Knights all the way out in freaking Queensway because we couldn't agree on a movie, then when we did we couldn't see it downtown after eating at Shintori's for dinner...of course Frank was happy about it since it's like 2 minutes away from his place....funny story, Frank bought tickets for Kitty and I (because of a mess of money owing somewhere) and he gives us the tickets, walks off for a bit to talk on the cell...comes back wondering where his ticket is, freaks out, goes to customer service to get another one printed out, only to discover that two tickets were stuck together. Duhhhhh......anyway, driving afterwards was hell, going from Etobicoke to downtown for Wu, then midtown for Karen, then boonietown for Kitty....all the while fighting snow squalls and slippery roads. Damn winter, Christmas is over, gimme spring already...

Everyone in the world keeps talking about Mo Gan Do....Infernal Affair or something like that....but yet nobody can tell me why it's so good. Must be some kind of brainwashing or subliminal message embedded into the movie....Nat saw the Mandarin version with Ameals, and this is what she had to say: "I didn't understand a single word, but it was still SO GOOD!!" Hopefully Angela and Steven can hook me up with a Cantonese version soon...

I'm seeing Aida on opening day! Yay!

Finally put in some flash menu buttons into my Studio...the links don't work yet, but I think it looks mighty cool =) Let me know what you guys think....

Song of the Moment: Nothing at All by Santana & Musiq.

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1:34 AM



justin's thoughts | Thursday, March 06, 2003


I wonder about my life sometimes...I'm not here to rant tonight. Just to jot down a few random thoughts. They won't be coherent. But too bad. This is my blog, not yours.

I can't blog everything that I would want to, simply because of the wide audience of jcool.com. But I, and only I, has the right to determine what to write and what not to write. Morons who think they have the right to police my life and tell me how to blog and behave can take their attitude and shove it up their ass. On the flip side, it's sometimes frustrating because I just don't know who's visiting my blog. All I know is there's a lot - and enough random people come up to me and talk about jcool.com that makes me sit there and realize "ok, um...maybe I shouldn't write this, so-and-so might read it." Jo was telling me even she needs to codeword her blog. Yikes.

I've been playing SimCity 4 non-stop for the past 3 days. Thanks James for ruining my life by burning me a copy. Next time I ask you for a game bop me on my head. But today I've been able to resist the temptation to play God and throw a tornado in the middle of my Sim-Downtown, obliterating every single Sim that is foolish enough to get in the tornado's way. Gotta be proud of that!

On the other hand I'm at a sort of crossroad in my life. Decisions have to be made, whether I like it or not. I have to stick to them too. It won't be easy, but they have to be done no matter how much it hurts. I still feel somewhat stupid for getting involved in the things I have the past little while. I really should've seen it coming and keep them at arm's length. Yet another instance of my acting on my emotions instead of my head. Maybe I should just get some machine that kicks me in the ass to wake me up...

Leafs picked up Owen Nolan today for McCauley, Boyes and a 1st rounder....all I can say is, about damn time! We could've used him to pummel the pathetic Senators a bit more last night. Watching the game yesterday while at Gabby's with Karen made me wish I was out there on the ice with the rest of the Leafs, beating up every single Senator during the big brawl in the third period. Man I hate the Sens. Go Leafs Go!

I got my knee brace on Monday...yay! Ditched the cane and I finally have two hands to use again. Made me realize just how much we use two hands instead of one, when the other's holding the crutch or cane. My problem is learning how to slow down. All I want to do is go out and run, play some sport, get back in shape. Unfortunately I can't do that yet, and I always forget, overdo it and hurt myself again. Sigh...waiting for the swelling to go down so I can see the surgeon seems like an eternity. And because of exams and HK, I likely won't be able to do my surgery til after I come back. Man. Talk about your timing.

Song of the Moment: Robbie Williams' Feel.
I just want to feel
real love and the love ever after.
There's a hole in my soul
You can see it in my face
It's a real big place...

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