Relationships and the Semester

  Lots of people been asking me, "So Jerry, anyone you interested in?" Honestly, I kept on telling them the same thing. I'm graduating soon, I don't know where I will be after I graduate, so its probably not fair for the girl if I do get into a relationship and then buzz off to some distant land. But then again, right now my young life seems to be filled with constant relocation, so a relationship in general seems to be... well... unfair.

  Maybe I'll be a guy version of a cat lady. What's a guy version of a cat lady? A bat gentleman :^)
*pause for laughter*
  No please, don't go. I'll stop with the lame jokes, for now.


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  The first week of class is officially over. I'm currently taking 3 statistics courses and an elective. 

  The 3 stats courses are survey sampling, probability and statistics, and stochastic processes, while the elective is intro to Japanese はい！Thankfully, I have friends and acquaintances in all of my classes. Did you know, there's only like 6 students in my stochastic processes class, while there's 9 students in my survey sampling class. Since these are all 4th year courses, these are the pretty much the faces I've seen consistently along my journey. Some of the 3rd year stats courses are prerequisites for other majors, so I do not see them anymore beyond those classes (like my probability and statistics class, which has around 26 students). Honestly, I would not have passed my previous semesters without these people. There are some things that students who gets it explained it better to me, than the professors who have taught the course for more than a decade. I tried self studying/visiting the professor for one of the course once, and it went horribly. I could not understand it, and the professor did not do a good job explaining it to me, but a peer, they seem to know why and what's up. And now, these peer, who I have been seeing in my classroom for awhile, are taking the final classes of statistics with me. I am eternally grateful for their presence and guidance, and I hope you guys could help me get through this semester too.

  The Japanese class should be fine. My other friend once told me that the locals that attend the class tend to be those anime-watching people like me. After only 2 classes, I can confirm that statement.  



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  Currently still waiting on the extension of my study permit. Can't work until that gets approved. It's been 42 days since I applied, and am still waiting.

  Also, my grandmother finally passed away on the morning of Thursday. The funeral's on Sunday, and my brother (who is on a business trip right now) has requested to leave the trip early for the funeral. Unfortunately, the airline is not as flexible. He had to burn his return ticket and buy a new one because they do not let him change the return date (without a hefty price). Much cheaper to buy a new ticket than to change the date I guess.

  My brother works for a nice boss, the man already sent flowers to us. It's so weird to see pictures of funeral flowers from various friends and family, and then BAM! A company from Australia sent their condolences.

  I've had my process ever since I got the news that my grandma is off life support. Surprised that she still stayed on for so long despite without it. The news was sad, but also relieving, knowing that she does not need to suffer anymore, I guess. 


  外婆，我只认识您一个祖父母。你活了一个蛮好的老命。讲老实话，我不懂你年轻时做什么，也问不到你了，问你的孩子吧（哇哈哈，几没礼貌，这样称呼我妈)。好吧，别吵你了，安息吧，外婆。