Tong Hua (cont.) May 30, 2008

Oh, and I forgot to say that Andre and I had talked about math professors who’ve inspired us and got us into math. It’s great. Professor Evans, alllllll the way. Lol. I love him to shreds. I’m gonna be sad when it’s all over.

Tong Hua May 30, 2008

Today was a lovely day! Here’s an outline.

• Woke up to LeeAnn’s call at 10:30. Something about Baishi and the beach. Lol. There was a bit of confusion on the plan, but LeeAnn, Baishi, Joy, and I did end up going to the beach around noon. We got to play frisbee in the sand and get thrown around in the water. So much fun and what a wonderful way to wake up.
• I made my way over to school for my 3 PM section with Daniel. It made me sad no one was there. That section’s fun, mostly because Daniel makes it so much more interesting. Haha. But yeah, that class was great, cuz he spent the whole time going over this problem that I did last night. It was great cuz I didn’t have to think and I was just having him explain things I had already shown myself. Beautiful!
• After that I talked on the phone with Craig for a long time which is always nice. I’m trying to get him and Rich to come down. They’re trying to get me to go up. Haha. Something must be done. Something will be done.
• Chilled with Andre. So much fun! Lol. We threw for like….a loooong time. Haha. It was great cuz LeeAnn got to kind of teach me how to step this morning and then Andre just further tuned it this afternoon. Supposedly, I’m ready for math ultimate, but I find that very doubtful. Pretty sure Andre was just being nice. Hahaha. Might go on Saturday with LeeAnn though.
• Um, after that was dinner. Yeah.
• Found out the Lakers won! So sad I missed the game. Seriously, SO sad. Oh well, finals time! Even better. 
• Oh, after that, I screwed around with integrals at Andrew’s lab while he did stuff with pink water. Haha. After that, watched another episode of Friends (we’re working our way through the series, which is brilliant cuz I’ve watched the seasons I have twice now (backwards and then forwards), but I’ve like, never seen the first few seasons, but now I get to. Yay).
• Made my way home and realized, it’s Friday. Week 9 is over! Woooow!
• Oh, and this post title is dedicated to LeeAnn, Baishi, and Joy. Lovely song to start this morning off with.

Two Step May 28, 2008

Celebrate we will cuz life is short but sweet for certain!!!!!

Spoken with truth! Life is too short to not enjoy every moment. Do what makes you happy, spend time with people who make you feel beautiful, make every day special for someone, and kick ass at school while doing it!

Oh school. I’m done. Finals are not stressing me out this quarter. Um…the thought of driving to campus for finals is stressful though. If I seriously need to leave 3 hours earlier to get there, the US Open is forever poo in my heart. So unfortunate for us. Like, it’s not even that the US Open is somewhere in SD so there’ll be traffic on the freeways, but no, it’s a block away from campus and we’re better off walking to campus. I should’ve asked Nobel Court for an apartment that would be available before finals! Ohhhhh well.

Happy end of spring quarter!! And happy summer! (Almost, but basically there.)

Yellow May 27, 2008

I kept coming here wanting to write about something, but by the time I get to the page where I type, I’ve forgotten what it was so I end up writing about all the crap you’ve been reading all day. But I remembered this time!

I weighed myself this morning and I’m one pound away from where I want to be. I was happy, sure, but at the same time, more than anything, terrified. Today was the first time I’ve weighed myself in 15 days (yes, I keep track…the log book is intense), and I think part of the reason I’ve been so hesitant to is because these numbers scare me. Oy voy. This is all very bad.

Ying yang.

Bag of Hammers May 27, 2008

Penny’s asleep in my lap. This is wonderful. It’s going to be lovely in my new apartment. Penny’s gonna be so calm all the time, so quiet all the time.

I snuck into Nobel Court today. Lol. I went to go turn in my dad’s co-signer thing, but the leasing office was closed (great…), so I thought i’d take the liberty of finding my apartment. I found it inside the building and Penny was most intrigued by it….she wouldn’t stop sniffing it. Lol. Anyway, of course, I couldn’t get into my apartment, but the apartment next to mine was being cleaned by maintenance, but no one was there, so i quickly ran in and took a spin around the apartment. It’s nice. It’s all I need and I think it should be wonderful.

I can’t remember if I said this, but I’ve decided to only sit in on 103A, and to not take it for credit or anything. That being the case, I’m only on campus once a week and I won’t have midterms or finals. I’m tempted to sign up for the FIRST EVER senior math seminar…but that’d mean I have to go to school. Haha. It’d still be no midterms or finals, but ahhhhh school. Terrible.

Life’s treating me well. I’m a very fortunate person. I forget that a lot, but I am.

Thirty-six May 27, 2008

“When I say make it up as we go

I mean we don’t have to be perfect

but I do want us to be beautiful.”

 

I finally remember where I got my sn from. DreamBubbles36 is supposed to be read DreaMBubbles36 which is just DMBs36 which is “Dave Matthews Band’s honey” cuz in #36, DMB’s singing, “honey, honey, come and dance with me.” And I want to be DMB’s honey. Lol. I’m such a dork.

Scream May 26, 2008

• I got my own apartment at Nobel Court! I move in June 20th. What a lovely day. Lol. I’m very excited and I think it’s going to be wonderful.
• Everything’s approaching very quickly: 2 more weeks of lecture, 3 weeks until finals, 3 weeks I start working, 4 weeks until I move, 5 weeks until I’m done at Preuss.
• I can’t wait to finish this quarter off. My brain’s barely hanging in there. It’s ready to shut down forever. Summer will be wonderful. Finishing math will be delightful. I hope I manage alright this quarter…I can probably pull of straight A’s if I own finals.
• I went on swings today. It was fun. After a while, a boy, probably around 5, came and started swinging next to me. I asked if he needed a push, and he said he didn’t, but that his little brother (probably around 4 or 3) did. Lol. It was cute. Anyway, I was swinging next to him, going as high as I could, and I just had so much fun. I’ll admit, it was kind of scary because when I was going high, I was pretty sure the swings were going to break under my weight. That would’ve been so embarrassing. I was great though having the sun right in my eyes as I kept trying to get higher and higher. It was like I was flying. I’m glad I’m not too old to enjoy the simple joy of swings.
• A little after those boys were on the swings, this other family came over. This time, it was two sisters (around age 4 and 3). The younger one was sitting in those baby swings (bucket looking ones) and the older sister said to the mom in Chinese, “I’ll push her because she’s my little sister.” Lol. Reminded me of Deb and me.

Bao Bei May 20, 2008

• The quarter’s almost over!! Yessss! I just need to tough it out for a few more weeks. Oh crap. It’s week 8! Monday’s off on week 9 (finally, a break), so there really aren’t that many lectures left. I hope finals don’t kill me.
• I learned how to throw a frisbee on Sungod. Haha. Well, it’s still a work in progress. I did get to practice on Sunday though. It’s fun but I have bruises down my forearm from catching….and I still can’t seem to get rid of my wobble. Lol. Not enough wrist? Not enough force? I don’t know.
• Sungod turned out to be a lot of fun. I wasn’t planning on doing anything (didn’t pick up a wristband), but I the nature of the day just rubbed off on me and being trashed at school seemed like a great idea. I did go to Number Theory at 5. I’m glad I went….not many of us did, but he gave lots of hints for what would be on the MT. Ahh, I love Professor Evans. Lol.
• I’ve been looking into apartments in La Jolla. I think I’m gonna move out either mid-summer or early September. Depends on how the saving goes. I have been cutting back on things though. I’ve given up my soy vanilla lattes and I now drink doubleshots on ice with soy. See, the soy vanilla latte used to be $3.95. Then with card benefits it went down to $3.25, but the doubleshot on ice is only $2.55! Woohoo! Gandhi would be proud. Lol.
• Something else really exciting/scary/awesome happened during Sungod. I wasn’t going to post about it, but…eh. Nevermind. Not going to.
• Sometimes, I like taking the scenic route home. Windows down, head out, Dave turned up.
• Oh, speaking of Dave, I absolutely LOVE doing the firedancer! Hahaha. I ran into Frank on Sungod and I somehow we got to talking about DMB (oh, it’s cuz Frank’s from Virginia too), and I found out he liked them took  so I was telling him how I had the firedancer decal on my car. He didn’t know what it was so I showed him in the middle of the faculty lot in Muir. Hahaha. I don’t know what it is, but something about standing like the firedancer is just so much fun. I’ve actually never seen myself doing it….I probably look ridiculous, but eh. Who cares?! It’s fun! If you don’t know what the firedancer is, google it!
• Seeing as it’s almost summer, I really need to start figuring out what I want to do. Oh wait. Nevermind. I’m saving up to move out. I’m not going anywhere.
• MTs suck. Math is hard and really really confusing. Number theory’s too abstract for my liking. Finding interpolating polynomials in like 50 different forms is really tedious.
• I went to bed at 5 AM last night and 6 AM the night before. I’m gonna aim for 3 AM today. Mmmm. I love sleeping. Hahaha. Good night, lovelies.

Beautiful Mess May 18, 2008

Michelle posted her for Jessica. I’m posting mine for Oksana. 

 

The Dirty Little Secret Deliberate Gentle Sex Master (DGSM) Innocent but fundamentally sexual, like the word “finger”. You are the Dirty Little Secret. Few women have the confidence for sex mastery, and among nice girls, like you, it’s almost unheard of. So congratulations. You’ve had plenty of adventures, but you’ve remained a kind, thoughtful person. Your friends appreciate your exploits. They even live vicariously through you. You seek pleasure, but you’re not irresponsible. You are organized and cautious, and you choose your lovers wisely. One, you don’t like dirtbags. And two, you like to maintain control. Or at least lose it selectively. You might notice that older men single you out. They have an eye for your sensual nature. Take it as a compliment. You enjoy making people happy, and it’s inevitable that many guys will fall harder for you than you for them. You’re not completely comfortable in a serious, long-term relationship right now. Our guess is that the key to extended happiness will be finding a responsible, but kinky, mate. Your exact female opposite: The Wild Rose Random Brutal Love Dreamer Always avoid: The Hornivore (RBSM), The Manchild (RBLD), The Last Man on Earth (RBSD) Consider: The Bachelor (DGSM), The Backrubber (DGSD)

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Too Much May 7, 2008

Ok, this needs to be said:

• Kobe for MVP! 24!!!
• Obama for president! What’s wrong with Indiana. Lol.

Other misc. things that need to be said:

• I wish I had Hum 5 with the professor that’s teaching it now. What a chill lecture. I probably wouldn’t feel that way if I had to writing the papers and reading the books, but his lectures are wonderful!
• I hate that I’ve been learning things about life and people that my parents had been telling me since I was in middle school/high school. Silly me. Learning the hard way…. It does make me wonder what kind of parent I’m going to be or if I’ll face the same frustrations that my parents did raising me. I was definitely a handful in high school. Even now, I think I can be difficult and stubborn about many issues. I don’t know….I’d like to think that one generation improves upon another.
• When I move out of here, I’m going to take Penny with me and retrain her. In pysch, I’ve been learning all this different ways to reinforcer certain behaviors and extinguish other ones. Practical applications of school! And I, as a math major, thought there were none.
• It was funny cuz the other day at Preuss, this one kid was struggling with the material and he asked me, “When are we ever going to use this again?” (They’re learning things about circles, arcs, etc) I didn’t know what to say cuz you never do use that stuff again, so I said, “When you becomes a math major.” Hahaha. And he was like, “I don’t want to be a math major. I hate math.” So I killed the convo by saying he’d need it for the test. Yes….math will always remain one of those things that people get frustrated with because they don’t see any practical application of it. They think that basic operations (addition, subtraction, etc) will suffice. I guess, to a certain extent, it would, but there’s also a lot more to math that can be applied. Group theory’s interesting, and I think I might redo it. Professor Evans is teaching 103A fall quarter (103A is an easier version of 100A, which I got raped in). See, I wanted to be part time next year cuz I only have a few more classes to finish (it came down to like, 2-3 classes a quarter), but then I found out that one of the classes I need to take is only 2 units, so I can take two 4-unit classes along with that 2-unit one and still be part time. I’m pretty excited about that. I only want to do 103A cuz I feel like I owe it to Professor Evans….all year, I’ve felt like I’ve owed him…I pulled through last quarter. Keeping my fingers crossed on this quarter…

Good night.

Tripping Billies May 6, 2008

• I got the job.
• The last week or so has been a mess. I’ve thrown myself into a mess I wasn’t ready for. I’ve made decisions that are going to kick my ass for the rest of my life. When is it rock bottom? When do things start getting better? I’ve been crying everyday for the last week or so. It’d just be me, DMB, and a box of tissues. Tell me if that’s not the most pathetic sight..
• I’m having dim sum with Anthony on Thursday. Thank God. After this week, it’ll be nice sitting down with someone who knew me before college. It’s funny though…him and I have both changed a lot in the last 3 years. 
• I want to move out…again….of course….
• Oh, I never said this. My hair’s short. Lol. Super short. ;P You know me….gotta cut my hair to feel like I’m still in control. It’s short.

Where Are You Going May 4, 2008

• I’ve been very stressed lately. I haven’t been eating because I have no appetite. I’m always tired from all these worries running through my head.
• Lakers!!! I love my boys. Sweep all the way to the finals?! That would be amazing!
• I’m young. I have so much to look forward to.
• Where are you going With your long face pulling down? Don’t hide away. Like an ocean that you can’t see, but you can smell, and the sound of the waves crash down.
• Is it really week 6 of spring quarter?! Is it really MAY of 2008? It feels like we just had New Years!

Dreamgirl May 2, 2008

Back again! (This time, at a proper hour.)

• I started reading Gandhi’s autobiography. Totally random? I know. My initial reason for wanting to read the book wasn’t so much because I wanted to know more about him, but because I wanted to figure out my own faith. My biggest struggle is that I’m told to believe in Jesus, yet I have no idea if he even existed. I have no idea what his adolescence was like because there’s no mention of it in the Bible. If the Bible omits 20+ years of Jesus’ life, what else is being left out of there? What side of the story isn’t being told? Gandhi’s book isn’t what I expected, but it’s a refreshing read. Full of truth, yet not too heavy and not dull.
• I’m re-falling in love with DMB and it’s beautiful. I love discovering or rediscovering their songs.
• Rediscoveries: “Where Are You Going” and “Say Goodbye.”
• Discoveries: “Stolen Away on 55th and 3rd” and “The Stone.”
• Aweeesommeee! I want a job this summer. Anyone know of anything? I’ll even go away to like LA or Berkeley…even NY or Boston! Hahaha. Oh…hm…I guess I can’t go anywhere if I get that summer camp thing. Eh. We’ll see. Still need to think of how to celebrate my 21st! I’m thinking, either NY or Norcal. Lol. Totally different, but I’m gonna be up in Berkeley on the 7th for Dave, so I might just chill there until school starts. All up in the air though, but that’s ok.
• I must be sleepy. My room’s spinning. Good night.

Stolen Away on 55th & 3rd May 1, 2008

I think it’s time for an update.

• The first set of midterms went well. I burned out in the end (of course…), so it could have been better, but I’m happy with them.
• I’ve started tutoring at Preuss. I love it. The teacher I’m working with is absolutely amazing, and the students are great. It’s crazy how different Preuss is compared to Torrey Pines.
• I got an interview for this summer tutoring job at UCSD. I’m pretty excited, but I’m not gonna say any more; don’t want to jinx it! 
• I’m down to my last two math classes at UCSD…and ever! It’s been a rough rough journey, but really quite amazing as well. I’ve had wonderful professors and TAs. I can’t wait to start teaching though. I want to have my own classroom with whiteboards, desks, walls covered with math stuff, and STUDENTS! Ahhh. Still another 2 years. It seems like forever from now until then, but I keep reminding myself how fast 2 years go by. A lot changes in 2 years…
• I got tickets for Dave! Not just a pair of tickets to the SD show, but also to the last night of the tour at BERKELEY! Yesss! I am so exicted! Deb got tickets also. It’s going to be an epic night. ;P
• It’s gonna be a crappy few weeks until summer. Good luck to us all.

Take it easy.