I'm currently taking a World Issues course and needed to visit the FAO.org site to work on my assignment. Instead, I typed in FOA.org and stumbled upon TIG. First thought: "Wow." Second thought: "Wow. Wow. Wow. This is MAJOR." I'm still in shock. This site is AMAZING. I don't care if I sound like a cheesy 80's advertisement, but this sight is so huge and resourceful and I'm wondering why the heck I've never heard of it before now??

I guess I should give anyone who's reading this a little background about myself. This is my first day (or should I say...hour?) at TIG. I'm 18 and currently attending school and boarding in Toronto on the weekdays. Yes, I go to boarding school (judge now! or not...). On the weekends, I come back home to Markham. My family immigrated to Canada about 12 year ago. We started off in a rented guestroom in a house and now we own our own house and I board at school (although with a little help from aid) All I can say is....we've come a long long way. And yes, I have more luxuries now, but I've learned to appreciate things. I don't regret not being born into a rich family. Maybe ignorance is bliss for some....but what if you eventually realize you've been living in a bubble, but it's too late to do anything about it? I'm trying not to let that happen. This sight is great, in that sense. There's so much to become aware of.

Whew. That's it for now. It's now exactly 2AM on my computer's clock. Time for bed. So much to do tomorrow.

-Start on university applications
-Start/finish Conceptual Art project
-Start/finish World Issues' Food Production assignment
-Study for Law's Human Rights test
-Write letter to Becky
-Give Mom To-Buy list for China
-Return to school.....boo.