Monthly Archives: July 2011
Dissertation – PASSED!
Results were finally out this afternoon and I was happy to know that my dissertation received a satisfactory grade! I can finally tell the world that I’m done with school!! Had been asked many times whether I’m sure about not pursuing further studies, I can honestly say I’m definitely through with formal learning after 2 […]
Access Card Returned
Returned the access card to my lab/classroom this afternoon, that was my last piece of school property. Still waiting for my dissertation to be graded before I can tell the world that I finished school! Debating if I should buy a laptop while I can still take advantage of the student discount. I don’t need […]
Week Without Kids
The apartment had been very quiet since my father, nephews and niece went to Canada for vacation. I’ve spent much of the week mocking up a design for a website revamp project, signalling my return to the freelance scene. Had been asked a few times about my career now that I don’t have to attend […]
Painting
Ventured into painting in the last few days, still haven’t quite got the hang of it. But I’ll have to put the little hobby aside and get serious with my freelance work once again now that the kids in the house are off to Canada for their summer vacation. No more excuses to slack off […]
Summer “Staycation”
When I came back from Toronto a couple of weeks ago, I wanted to immediately buy a laptop and kickstart my freelance career once again. But I didn’t anticipate 2 things: the laptop that I wanted to buy may get an upgrade very soon 3 kids (nephews and niece) would move into my apartment this […]
Paintings
Took my young nephew and niece to breakfast this morning. There was a small art exhibition by a few Mexican artists in the mall, we spent a fair amount of time looking over the paintings again and again. I was particularly captivated by the series of acrylic paintings of birds (cardinal, blue jay, and a […]