mei-drops

Last night of my last co-op term. Staying up late to finish packing, clean up, write farewell notes, and talk to Vancouver friends before leaving. It hasn't hit me yet that I'm leaving BC in a bit over twelve hours. I have a feeling that I won't fully realize it until I arrive home, sit on my bed in my room, and start thinking about everything. I've been in this province longer than I've been in Ontario this past year; it feels like I've always been here. I wonder how long it'll take me to get over the jetlag.. readjust to school life.. reconnect with people in the here and now. One week? Two weeks? No longer than that, I hope. One thought that won't keep silent in my head, though: the fact that the last time I thought I was leaving Vancouver for good, I was wrong. So.. is this goodbye or isn't it? Maybe, like the song we wrote for Grad Dinner in first year, "it's not goodbye... it's TTYL." Maybe I should just go to sleep alre...

One of the things I've been praying for recently is for God to reveal Himself to me. Today He did that when I discovered that one of the people on my team (at EA) is a Christian! I asked him what it's like being the only believer amongst a group of non-believers. He said that he got used to it, and that people will always challenge your beliefs, but he encouraged me to continue being a Christ-like example in the workplace. Man, I've so much respect for this colleague. It's so hard not to compromise your values when you're surrounded by people who think differently. So many times this term I've been tempted to stray away from my faith and just live like everyone else does. So when you meet people like my colleague, who told my other teammates that He believed in the Bible even after all the arguments they presented, you know you've just experienced something rare. It is so  good to know you're not alone! Suddenly EA doesn't seem so dark anymore.

Several weeks ago I was in a "major" dilemma: trying to figure out which of two fellowships to commit to. One of them, a local church fellowship called SJ, was much closer to where I lived, but was more of a challenge to integrate into (mostly due to the fact that it was a church fellowship and not a campus one). The other, UCM, was far away at UBC, but felt a bit closer to what I was used to (i.e. UWCCF). I struggled and prayed and consulted wise upper-years (of course!), and if level of commitment could be quantified by time spent with people over the next few weeks, then I realized... ... that my heart was not in either one of them. It was still in the UBC community house I lived in last term. I can't tell whether I'm just "taking the easy way out", or whether this is actually where I am being called to be. It sure feels like the latter a lot of the time :/

It's been a bit gloomy around here these past few weeks, with the weather being rainy, work being tough, and the evenings being either restless or lonely. Sometimes all I want to do is mope and be discouraged, but when I'm at my lowest, a conversation I had with a CCF friend a month ago suddenly surfaces.. I was asking this friend how school/CCF/life was going, and was expecting them to mention hardships that they were going through. Instead, every time I brought up a topic, the friend would say how good God has been in that area of their life, or what they were thankful for regarding that topic, and praise God that something good is coming out of it. It made me realize that in every part of our lives, there is still something to be thankful to the Lord for. In my case, there is really no reason to complain; I am blessed beyond imagination: I am living in the very province where I dreamt to be in when I was in first and second year. I am working at the very place I wrote my...

The days never seem long enough.

Yesterday (or, technically, Friday since I was born in the Philippines) I turned twenty-two. It was an amazing day: The weather forecast was rainy, but when I stepped out of the apartment, the sun was shining. Praise God :) Grabbed some groceries for dinner, grabbed free Starbucks birthday drink (green tea frapp.. which I couldn't finish haha), and headed off to help a friend in my small group move house I think most people there (people from my local church) didn't know who I was xDDD (they probably assumed I was a UBC student because of my hoodie). But after I explained I was in the daughter's small group, they were like "ohhhh!!" :D Inherited some empty shoeboxes from them, which will hopefully go towards Operation Christmas Child! Went to Goldilocks afterwards to pick up my order of pancit . The order was HUGE—weighed like 20+ lbs o__O. Good thing I had a friend with me to help carry it!! (thanks JL!) Got to speak in Tagalog with the cashiers the...

About a third of the way in. Still so many things to do, both Vancouver-related and life-related. Starting to get overwhelmed by all the upcoming responsibilities of life after graduation. Can time just stand still for a moment? I want to draw; dance in the rain; enjoy my numbered days here.

I had my reasons for ranking it nine. I had already been in Vancouver and wanted to try something new. It would be awkward for me to return to the people there who had bid me farewell. It wasn't the kind of work I could see myself doing in the future. And yet, deep down, I knew that I wouldn't mind at all if I ended up working there.. because it meant beautiful scenery, an amazing workplace, and being reunited with some wonderful people. That's probably the reason why I felt no disappointment when I saw the next day that I'd been matched with the job, despite ranking it nine. I related this turn of events to a friend, who laughed. I later asked him why, and he explained: "It was because I thought God was moving... You chose what you thought was best, and God chose what he thought was better for you." These days I often wonder whether coming to Vancouver was the right decision, or whether I should have been elsewhere. Then I remember my friend's comme...

(A conversation at work) Mentor #1: What are you doing for the Thanksgiving weekend, Rosanne? Me: I'm gonna be watching some concerts. Mentor #1: Psshhh.. that's boring. You know what you should be doing? Me: What? Mentor #1: Sitting in front of a computer and programming :D (Mentor #2 walks in) Me: (to Mentor #2) Mentor #1 just told me that I should spend the whole weekend programming. Mentor #2: Yep, that's what I would do too :D Hahaha

One of the downsides about co-op that I've heard someone mention is that "after work, you're just left alone with your own thoughts." I'm now experiencing this for the first time.. mainly because I don't have a family or community house to come home to this term. I must say, it is an odd feeling to live semi-alone (with just one roommate). No need to cook for a large group, no need for house meetings... but also fewer people to talk to and rant to and share your burdens with :/ I think I have this compulsion (need??) to just be with people all the time—almost like I don't know what to do with myself when I'm alone o__O And I thought I was an introvert xD I must've gotten too used to living with a huge group of people. Definitely need to learn how to have alone-time! (not that living semi-alone is all bad. I'm starting to enjoy all this freedom :)) This weekend wasn't too lonely though; spent yesterday skating (I think I'm improving?...

("I'm home") Still can't believe I'm back in BC, and that it's already been a week and a half. Work + settling in + hanging out with old and new friends have been keeping me busy all this time, so I've nary a moment to even contemplate (lol) the fact that I am in this place. Or maybe it's because it feels like I never left :) haha Had no laptop access during my first week here, so had to rely on phone/wifi for everything. It made me realize how much I relied on a laptop—for things like banking, creating media (for CCF in this case), even just for efficiency of typing. Thankfully my new laptop (MacBook Pro!) arrived in the mail earlier than expected. The night it arrived, I actually had trouble connecting it to the internet, so it was like not having a laptop all over again -__- but now things are working yay! Conversation with colleague today:    Colleague: Why would you get a Mac??    Me: Because it's nice and shiny...    Colleague: Yeah, tho...

1. Finally found the DVD (Spirited Away) that a friend had given me for my birthday last year, and that I had been looking for ever since. It turns out I had lent it to Russ last Winter -__- haha 2. Found a plastic bag full of instant milk tea and milk coffee packets among Russ' stuff. #win 3. 4/5 marks up on Quest, and they're all way better than I thought! GLORY TO GOD in the highest!! Maybe I can actually go to grad school lol 4. Inherited a 25-year-old SLR camera from dad! And it still has film in it! YAY Other than these praise items, lots of stuff have been happening these past couple of days (Clarissa/Ashley's wedding, people getting engaged, dinner with CCF committee, Malaysian food + Ultimate with other CCFers, etc). Saturday was pretty interesting; a conversation I had with some family members after I got home really made me question my faith. Why do I believe in what I believe in? Why not otherwise? I realized quite a few sad realities that night, and a...

(A very serious conversation that took place a few weeks ago) Dad: (in a grave voice)  Baka naman delinquente siya, kagaya ni Nathan. (Maybe he's a delinquent, like Nathan) Me: Who's Nathan? The kid from our old church? Dad: ... Me: Are you talking about the kid from our old church? Dad: No.. Me: Then who is this Nathan? Ray: ... you know... Nathan. Me: Nathan who??? Dad: Nathan from Walang Hanggan  (TV drama). ... LOLOLOL. (Posting this because Dad and Ray are watching it right now. Hilarious.)

During exam time we students like to cheer one another by saying "Good luck!" or "Add oil!" But what if we could do/say something to actually,  truly  encourage the other person? I've been thinking of some things that we could do instead: Ask the person if there's something specific we can pray for them about. If we've taken the course before, ask if they need any help/have any questions that we could help with. Give them an encouraging Bible verse (hopefully not out of context though. I've learned through experience that there are TONNES that we use out of context!! But I'll blog about that later.) Bring them a snack or drink. Keep them company (unless they prefer to study by themselves). In any case.. just finished a study session with Portia, Jasmine, Andy and Nat (and with the other 3rd-year guys in the background haha). We did other random things in between too such as bake cookies and play Microbio Contact (LOL) and just joke aroun...

So early and already awake; I'm not sure why since I went to bed last night at around 2:30 am o__O More random thoughts: * Had my grad photos taken yesterday AHHHHHHHHHH * Had a week in between exams; the first one after the break was yesterday (CS 370). It was.. long ;__; and I felt like such a non-CS student by being unable to give "precise pseudocode" for some modified LU-factorization algorithm. And the exam was open-book. Sighs. * Went straight for free dinner (c/o Caring Ministry) at CPH afterwards, though. So thankful for caring brothers and sisters in Christ during these stressful moments :) After dinner, grabbed some BBT and studied at 185 Lester. As usual, bingo-ed out :P But after studying almost daily at 246 Lester for the past week and a bit, it feels good to hang out with guys xD * I think I'm at that stage in life where I find previously-unpleasant situations  hilarious . Sydney's influence, obviously. Sometimes I enjoy this new viewpoint ...

I think it's really sad how few people know how to cook for themselves upon entering university. Parents, please teach your kids some basics in housekeeping! There really isn't any excuse for them not to learn! I thought these were life skills!! :( OK, rant over, back to studying. EXAMS TO OWN: [x] CS 348 (Databases, 07/31) [x] CS 482 (Bioinformatics, 08/01) [ ] CS 370 (Intro to Numerical Computation, 08/08) [ ] BIOL 342 (Biotechnology, 08/09) [ ] BIOL 241 (Applied Microbiology, 08/10)

I don't know whether it's a good or bad thing that most of my "a-ha!" moments in studying are happening within 12 hours of each exam. But since it feels so nice to finally understand something, I'll take it as a good thing. HAHA :) EXAMS TO OWN: [x] CS 348 (Databases, 07/31) [ ] CS 482 (Bioinformatics, 08/01) [ ] CS 370 (Intro to Numerical Computation, 08/08) [ ] BIOL 342 (Biotechnology, 08/09) [ ] BIOL 241 (Applied Microbiology, 08/10)

(at CPH, after spending two hours studying one module) Me: "Can we just not study anymore?" Olly: "That's crazy talk! That's the kind of thing you say after exams are over... You know, it's always the storm before the calm!" The exhaustion that I've felt this whole term is peaking now. Maybe it's because I'm nearing the end of university, or maybe it's because I know my marks will never be perfect anyway, but I feel as if I've reached the point where I'm "through" with the school system. I just don't want to put any effort anymore into studying or getting top marks. And not even my love for exam season has remedied this laziness! :( Speaking of laziness, this passage came to mind: "How long will you lie there, you sluggard?    When will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber,    a little folding of the hands to rest— and poverty will come on you like a bandit    and scarcity ...

Random thought: Had a nightmare last night in which I had a Japanese presentation and essay due in several hours, but I hadn't started yet. :( Quite freaky because it felt so real. After I woke up I found myself saying aloud, " yume dake datta " (it was just a dream).. LOL. I suppose it's a good thing that even my subconscious is thinking in Japanese.. -__- In other news, summer is here in full swing! Along with the heat and beautiful sunlight, my mind seems to have taken a vacation too (so I'm surprised that I'm even having these kinds of dreams :/) After the busyness and stress of three weeks ago, all I ever want to do nowadays is bake, draw, watch shows, play games.. in other words, anything but do homework. A voice at the back of my head reprimands, "It's your second-to-the-last term here at Waterloo; don't waste it on unproductive things!" Another voice argues, "It's spring term! It's meant for chillage," and another,...

A friend had this as his GTalk display status two years ago: "Spring is my joy... but 3A killed it." Replacing "3A" with "4A", I now know exactly  how he felt. :(

It's been a long day week, so to get all my frustrations out, I decided to draw. Started as a random face but ended up being Sleeping Beauty :) I've definitely started to become rusty at drawing (I mean, look at that shading! o__o), so one of these days, I'mma start a daily doodle blog to keep myself from rusting any further. ... One of these days.

... but only literally :P It's the Summer Solstice today, and along with the heat wave and long hours of sunlight came a memorable string of events: (more for my own records than anything.. ahaha) AM (June 20) 7:45 - Wake up, wondering at the music that's playing. Realize it's the FF7 victory fanfare, and that it's my alarm. 8:10 - Head over to Nat's to s tudy microbio (and CS 370) with him and Andy, and enjoy a scrumptious breakfast! Omelettes + bacon = NOMS. Thanks Nat! 10:30 - Go home and go over more CS. PM 12:15 - Bike in the heat to RCH and walk over to first (and only!) lecture of the day. This lecture cancellation thing, I'm liking it a lot. 1:05 - Walk over to DC and try to find a spot to study. 1:17 - Absent-mindedly glance at the study carrell and notice the different things people have scribbled on it. There are encouragement notes, obscene words, and phrases in other languages. A sample: "物理愛我... 我不愛物理。 " (Physics loves me... I d...

1. Is this not the cutest thing you've seen in LIFE? Disclaimer: He celebrated his 19th birthday this past Friday  so he is no longer cute in real life . Happy birthday otouto-chan/小弟 :) 2. Got called ate (older sister) by otouto-chan's friend. For some reason, being called "older sister" in a language other than Cantonese feels.. really nice. :D 3. Broke a knife trying to cut butter. Papa's reaction: (to me) I should've enrolled you in some sort of martial arts when you were younger... 4. Hung out with the fourth-year ladies. It turns out I'm the only CCF girl in my year who's on a study term. Figures :P Had tasty BBQ-type food and played Cranium and Taboo, so fun! Thank you IW for opening up your home :) A good catch-up and break from busy study schedules.. * Midterms = 1/5. Currently studying for DB and Bioinfo tomorrow; wonder if I'll finish on time. Go go go!

Conversation yesterday afternoon: Me: (cracking eggs from the large-sized carton) This doesn't look like a large egg. In fact, it looks like an extra-large egg.. what the heck? Russ: #firstworldproblems * Well, at least the eggs went toward a forgiving recipe... ... red velvet cake balls! :) Had Helen, Ivana and Li over for cooking night last night :D Enjoyed lots of great food, including curry, sweet potato fries, taiyaki-like ice cream treats, and of course, those things above*. (photo taken on Helen's iPhone.. aren't iPhone cameras just the best thing?!) Aside from the food, got to catch up with these awesome girls and talked about all sorts of things—maids, Singlish, tuition, interviews, and female tourists changing into older gentlemen just for laughs —until we realized it was already midnight and had school the next day xD A very fun night overall :) *This may be my new go-to recipe for giveaways—it used to be lemon squares, but this is definitely a lo...

I was looking for papers and journal articles for my microbio lab report today, and I was wondering why it was so hard to find papers containing just the right information that I needed to cite. Then, I realized why... the concepts we're learning right now are so basic that the papers that mention them explicitly are decades, maybe even a century, old... ... meaning there are fewer of them on PubMed or Google Scholar. :( :( :( OK, time to get back to work!

Highlights of the long weekend: - teaching Sunday school (primary level) for the first time (made a "flannelboard" from scratch! YAY) - long walks and BBT - jamming! - looking laughing at old photos - discussing with brothers possible explanations for the last episode of Sherlock (lol) - lazing around Looking back, I probably should've managed my time better and focused on more demanding matters at hand (assignments, interview prep, job apps). But then, it's during the relaxing moments that you get conversations like this (which actually took place last week): Dad: (hearing us siblings use the word)  Ano 'big sabihin ng "troll"? (What does "troll" mean?) Us: It kinda means "to trick someone." Dad: Ahh, ok. ... (a moment later) Dad: ... eh ano yung "trololo"? (... then what's "trololo"?) LOL. Good times :)

The view halfway up The Chief (I've been back in Ontario for exactly three weeks now, but I don't think it's ever too late to summarize what you've learned from a four-month out-of-province trip! :) Without further ado, I present to you... Eight Things I Learned from the West Coast.) Living in a co-ed house wasn't so bad after all. In fact, I think I enjoyed it more than living in a single-gender house! Or perhaps I was just blessed to have really reliable, really awesome housemates. The dynamic of our community house was definitely a nice change from the usual all-girl houses that I've lived in. Frying too much meat at once will result in boiling. But cooking the right amount with a hot-enough pan will result in a nice, browned texture. It's browning which brings out the great taste in meat. Learned this and so many other cooking techniques while helping make chilli for the Mark West Pacific retreat. Yay for practical knowledge!!! :D Not everyo...

You know you're back in Waterloo when... It's been exactly a week since I left Vancouver, and, as I expected, it still hasn't hit me that I'm back in UW. Lectures? D2L? JobMine? They all seem so unfamiliar and distant. I've almost forgotten what it's like to cook or get groceries just for myself. And serving on the CCF committee feels like a long-lost role—like I haven't done it in years and years. It looks like I left my brain in the West Coast, and I'm not sure when I'm getting it back. I just hope it's sometime soon.

"Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."    - Luke 10:41-42 (this entry was actually written last term, but the topic's been on my mind a lot recently since living in a community-style house requires.. well.. lots of service! :P If anyone else is reading this, I'd love to know what you think about these things) I really enjoy helping out in the background—cooking, washing dishes, helping set up chairs—the mundane things. It previously led me to believe that my spiritual gift was in serving (it might still be). But when I think about it, what is my ultimate purpose in serving? Do I enjoy serving because of the role I have—the importance I hold? Because it doesn't require "spiritual" action on my part? Because it's easy?? Or.. (gasp) because it's what the people I admire do too? Are my motiv...

Fact: In UBC and many other universities (e.g. McGill), the phrase “to invigilate” is used instead of “to proctor.” For example: “I have to invigilate an exam at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow?! THIS IS THE WORST!!!” - Natasha (another of my housemates, a grad student)

My housemate Sydney (a.k.a. Syd-san) asked me the other day: "How do you deal with having to move around every four months?" The more I think about it, the more I realize how harsh Waterloo's streaming system can be. For one, it causes people to be off-stream from people in other years (i.e. when you're in school, they're on co-op, and vice-versa). I remember when I first learned that fact in 1A; we were walking back home from a Frosh Cell night with our leaders, and I learned that I'd never again be on the same study sequence as some of them. To me at the time, "not being on the same study sequence" = "not seeing that person ever again" => "what the heck, Waterloo?!" It was actually quite hard to accept at first, but in the long run it wasn't as sad as I thought (especially when off-streamers were working in TO/K-W and could visit!). Over time, being off-stream helped me treasure these friendships even more, because ther...

The Nitobe Memorial Garden at UBC April has begun. The weather is getting slightly warmer here in Vancouver, although most days are still overcast and rainy. The sun does come out occasionally, and on those days that it does, everything looks 9001x brighter :)

Something that someone shared during the Taste of Mark West event last Saturday: "I prayed and asked God to give me His heart. And after a while He responded: 'Alright, I will give you my heart. But it will hurt.'"

"You know, if God were a programming API, then Jesus would be the interface. You wouldn't really know how things like the answering of prayer is implemented, but that's OK, because all you need to do is call on Jesus." - Arman (one of my housemates) </CS nerdiness>

March already! :O Got so many potential blog posts in my head, but not enough time to get them all out. Also, I think my writing and communication skills have been decreasing in direct proportion to the time I've spent in my undergrad career in Computer Science. Yay :( In any case, I'll try to restart the blogging habit by recounting yesterday's interesting experiences: 1. Went skating after church with Natasha and A.Arch; the guy at the ski rentals took pity on me and gave me free admission like a UBC student :D Maybe if I keep this up, I'll be adept enough to play hockey in the summer. ... Maybe. 2. Played Settlers for the first time. HAHA! (The first time someone tried to teach me Settlers of Catan, which was at McDougall, I almost fell asleep.) It was actually.. really fun :O Was one victory point away from winning, but then Eric took my Longest Road card :( And then, of course, Syd-san won. 3. Watched Mission Impossible 1 with the gang! (can you tell I...

Belgian dark hot chocolate from Blenz, with free upsize thanks to SPC card :D Fact: There is a Starbucks or Blenz or some other coffee shop on almost every street corner in Vancouver. Also, there are significantly more Starbucks stores than Tim Hortons stores in the city—for instance, UBC has about 4 Starbucks locations (or shops that brew their coffee) and only 2 Timmies. (Compare this to UW, which has 4 Timmies and no Starbucks :P) Vancouver is ballin' .

When I was younger, my mom always called me lun tsun . I knew this meant "clumsy," but all my life I thought it was a Tagalog phrase. Turns out it's actually a Cantonese phrase (wait, I knew Cantonese words when I was a kid?!), and after recent events, it turns out I am actually still quite  lun tsun . You see, recently, I've been accidentally scratching my hands on random objects, and a significant amount of blood always comes out, regardless of the strength of the impact. For instance, today while I was washing dishes, I accidentally cut myself with a broken glass cup (that I didn't know was broken -__-), and a surprising amount of blood gushed out of two seemingly-tiny cuts on my hand. Strange! Guess this adds to my ever-growing list of weird hand wounds: 1. Attacked by the microwave at UWP 2. Giant papercut from my OS notes 3. Cut by the washroom faucet at home 4. Wounded by shampoo bottle when I tried to close it with the back of my hand 5. Adventur...

Fact: stores and malls in BC close early (around 6 pm) everyday except for Thursdays and Fridays. Kinda inconvenient sometimes.. guess I got used to life in Asia, where malls close at around 9:30-10 pm everyday xD In any case, less shopping time => more home time => more time spent with my "family" here => awesomeness ensues.

Happy February! :) Man, can't believe this term is already 1/4 done o__O I said I would try to blog more (than last co-op term), but I guess I've been too busy lately.. (with what though, I'm not sure. too busy having fun? :P haha!) Some more stuff I've learned about daily life in Vancouver: * Vancouverites are nice . Like, Waterloo-vs.-Toronto kind of nice. They always say "thank-you" to the bus driver even when they're exiting from the back door. Sometimes they'll strike up a chat with you on the bus or at the food court (like yesterday, when someone asked me if I've ever tried the butter chicken poutine I was ordering at NYF, because she had wanted to try it too). Another thing that happened yesterday was that a person in the cashier line-up let me pay ahead of him since I had only one item to pay for. So kind!! * UBC students seem a lot more laid-back than UW students. Maybe it's the fact that they don't have a math faculty t...

When skiing or boarding: Place your valuables inside a ziploc bag before putting them inside your jacket pocket. Helps protect from condensation! Get good goggles—really useful for blustery conditions If you don't have a neck wrap, wrap your scarf around your face and head in such a way that your helmet locks around it Unless you're skiing on a bunny hill, make sure your bindings aren't too loose If you have long hair, braid it The zippers on your jacket that let out perspiration are there for a reason Make sure to leave your actual shoes/boots in the locker room where you put on your ski boots Crossed the border to Mt Baker w/ some of the Manstad guys (Derek, Jon, Johnny) + friends to go skiing this past weekend, and let's just say that by the end of the day I had to learn all of the above :P Haha.. due to my unpreparedness, it turned out to be a messy day full of snow, wipeouts and crashes. Still, it was quite fun to chill with these awesome people and...

Co-op #1 Office: 54th floor Average commute time (one way): 1 hr 20 mins Co-op #2 and 3 Office: 24th floor Average commute time: 1 hr 15 mins Co-op #4 Office: 7th floor Average commute time: 45 mins Co-op #5 Office: 2nd floor Average commute time: 25 mins If this trend keeps going... hahaha

1. You can see the mountains from the bus or Skytrain. And they are GORGEOUS.. especially at night, with all the city and harbour lights! The pic above was shot from the Skytrain.. probably on the way downtown. More photos coming up soon. :P 2. I live in a household that glorifies God. Now I know what it's like to live in houses like McDougall and Westcourt.. combined. Haha. I'm really blessed to be living (again) with brothers and sisters in Christ this term. (Another blessing is that I have quite a few things in common with most of them.. like 'Sauga, guitar, CS nerdiness, anime LOL.) Looking forward to learning and growing with them all! :) 3. My language skills are getting a good workout. The other day, a woman asked me for directions in Mandarin. I had to use my broken Chinese to act as translator between her and the bus driver. It was terribly good practice for me, but I don't know if I translated some stuff correctly >< I think I need to learn how...

Co-op #5 starts tomorrow! ... i.e. today! Ahhh!!!