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About the title: "Start of Something New" :: No, not the one from Disney's Highschool Musical, ok? Just to clarify that ;p It's MY brand-new start :)

I have no recollection whatsoever of what inspired me and how it inspired me to write again - blogging, i mean. It was like that light bulb lighting up on top of my head - ding ding! idea!

First Entry

I was supposed to "launch" my blog site on April 1st, but because of a tremendous amount of school work dumped on me, I wasn't able to. Today is not a really special day, no special reason why I am starting this today; but it's just that today is my first free day to do anything I want 'cause classes ended yesterday (woopdeedoo). Anyway, I was thinking of continuing my old blog site "diandrababes.blogspot.com" (yes, it's still alive), but so much of the past was documented on that blog and i don't want to continue from that. Plus, I feel like a different person from that sixteen-year-old Diandra & I wanted to start fresh, hence this site!
I struggled coming up with a name for my blog. I wanted it to be smart, catchy, almost mind-boggling, and what did I end up with? "iamdiandra". WOW, that's SO original. Haha. I think I just got tired of making up names that sounds overly sophisticated or just plain stupid. And plus, since it's MY site and MY blog, it shall have my name on the site name :) Oh and another thing I struggled with...the layout! Being the super picky/choosy person that I am, I looked through tons and tons of blogger layouts from http://blogskins.com. There were a lot of good ones and not-so-good ones. I actually chose this sort of girly layout that says "glamorous" or something like that...but I changed my mind again and chose this "circle of life" layout 'cause it means more to me. :) So, thank you to that person who made this layout! I will eventually change it to another one, but not anytime soon.

Updates

I hope this blog would be a more permanent one, unlike the old one. The only reason I stopped anyway was the fact that I was super duper busy with school, and that didn't subside until now. No kidding. Two years have passed since I last wrote an entry - I thought it's about time again! I enjoy writing, too bad I am not able to do it often. Two years have passed, and I am now 18 going on 19. And I still feel like a kid at heart! I am now a Freshman going to Sophomore - how time flies! Of course with only 8 months of school, I get 4 months of vacation! Transition? Well starting university wasn't THAT much of a big deal for me, but it was still pretty big. I was one of the lucky ones (in my opinion anyway) who got to stay home - not having to worry about going out to get some groceries, doing the laundry, or what microwavable food to eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner (okay, maybe a little exaggerated, but you know what I mean). But I'm sure their social life is better than mine. At least, when you live in residence, you get to meet tons of new people, or your prospective best friend. It must be fun. Still, I'm not gonna lie. I like living at home, where I can lay on my super comfortable bed, not having to worry about going out to get some groceries, and thanks to my mom, I am eating good food (most of it anyway).
More of School
During my freshman year at the University of Toronto, I took some pretty interesting courses, some not really. I took 7 courses in total which added up to 5 credits:

• Psychology - my favourite! a LOT of reading, but really interesting.
• Sociology - an "ok" course. Half theories, half statistics. At least now I know how to use that statistical program SPSS.
• Philosophy - very interesting, makes you think a lot & sometimes confusing. Nonetheless, I enjoyed it.
• Biology152 & 153 - least favourite in terms of marks. Half about evolution, half on diversity of organisms (the more interesting one).
  
• Linguistics - err, it should have been easy.
• Psychoanalysis - All about Sigmund Freud and his theories. A bit boring but love the prof.

Now it's April and exams are just around the corner. Mine starts on April 17-19, 26.

Okay, so this blog is really, really long now. Maybe I should update you more later. Give your eyes a bit of rest and check back later on! :)

Enjoy my next entries! :)