Zhou Dynasty

School so close! So....I move in on Sunday, school starts on Tuesday. There's so much to do! Agh! I'm almost done packing, I gotta pack my clothes tomorrow and then get to UV before they close at 2 in order to get my keys. Then I gotta mow the lawn sometime on Monday, just too much. Anyways, after I move in, you guys are gonna have to come check out my pad. I think you'll find it quite like a study lounge..hehe. Confession On the other hand, I just got done playing a lot of CS. Well, a lot compared to none at all this whole summer. I'm leaving my computer tomorrow so I thought why not do whatever I want with my baby just one last night. So I did. Does that make me a bad man? Well I hope not. I'm still gonna go through with my plan of not playing any pc games the whole fall semester and spring. I didn't play throughout the summer and I already feel a change within me. I feel like I'm a better person because of it. I've felt more social and I have more fun doing other things, it's pretty good to stay away from pc games. Those games are like drugs, especially CS, it's more addicting than heroin, not that I've ever tried heroin.

All moved in!! I've completed moving into my apartment at University Village. Everything looks really nice except the living is empty. I'll be sure to take some pictures and post them here so you all can see it. Come by and visit sometime if you're in the neighborhood, I'm in W312.

First Day of School Today was the first day of school. Steve and I both woke up at 8AM for our weight training class in the morning. It's quite nice because we can work out an hour during the class and then another hour right after on our own. Later today I went for my EE discussion and lab and no one showed up. I thought something was suspicious so I checked the class webpage and it said we didn't have any till next week. Saw a lot of familar faces on campus too. I even saw Saba from high school! She went to Toronto the first two years of her college, hopefully she'll get to hang out with us cuz she doesn't know very many people here at the U.

Mah-jong Well I just got finished playing mah-jong with Danny, Will, and Steve. Today was Will's birthday and we celebrated by getting some Dragon Court takeout and eating it here at my apartment. Then we played 3 hours of gruesome mahjong where Steve and I lost money. It's late now and we're going to bed, we missed some reading but will make up for that tomorrow/this weekend. I hope all of you who went to the Quest had fun. Word of the day uvarovite (oo-VAR-uh-vyt, yoo-) noun An emerald-green mineral, a variety of garnet

Saturday Thoughts Yay today is Saturday! I'm just taking a break from doing homework...a long break. Oh yeah, I've decided I'm gonna get a motorcycle next summer. I rode my friend Justin's bike this afternoon and eventhough I only went like 10mph, it was fun! Friday night Friday night I went to Jon's apartment in Argyle to see some friends play a drinking game called "I've never" or something like that. They take turns going around each saying something they've never done and whoever has done it has to take a shot. Yeah it was pretty messy, Jimmy got too drunk, again and people were all acting funny. It was weird for me not to drink and whitness how they have fun...hehe. Friday night Jaime also stayed over at my apartment, it was nice making use of that full size bed. Normally I don't even open my futon, it feels too roomy.

I'm too fat So I broke Jaime's bike tonight. I was riding it around looking for my friend's car so I can drive her home. Well while riding I did 2 jumps off the curb and then rode another lap. After that, the back wheel was stuck cuz it was rubbing against the side bar. What the hell? That sucks, I gotta get it fixed soon before Jaime kills me.

Thursday night homework sessions Well tonight is the night before EE3015 is due. And as usual, we have a bunch of people over doing it together. There's 5 people in our apartment working on these proofs, damn proofs are so damn anal. 53" TV We also got a 53" TV today for the living room. It's HDTV and it's like movie screen shape. I really don't think we need such a beast. It's pretty nice except the new DVD player doesn't seem to show red very well. At least we all thought we were color-blind but I guess it's just the DVD player. Piece of shit. Getting Buff Oh yeah, I'm getting buff, again. I've been consistently doing my mass-gaining workout. I work out 5 days a week now, it's pretty intensive but it's starting to show. Steve and I pose naked infront of the mirrors everyday just to admire our buffness. Right now I want to look like Vin Desiel on that XXX poster...he's hot. Word of the Day loricate (LOR-i-kayt) adjective Covered with an armor, such as scales or bony plates on reptiles.

Weekend Update Yeah I forgot to talk about my weekend... Saturday night I got drunk with Arash, Justin, Steve, and some other friends here at UV. Oh yeah my cousin Jon also came to visit me, he hung out with us for a while. He's going to Carlton now. Anyways, we all got drunk and went to a house party. I don't think there was much going on there, just a bunch of people drinking and hanging out on the porch. Then after that we went to Phi Psi and not much was going on there either. Just a bunch of people drunk/drinking and hanging out on the lawn. We went on their porch again, but left after like 30 mins. I refused to go home that night because Jaime didn't want to come over and see me and it was our 22nd month anniversary! So I sat on the curb with Steve and Jimmy, Andrea and some of friends came along. I think I insulted some people, sorry to you all that I made fun of while I was drunk. I didn't realize it until Steve told me the next day. I think I made some drunk phone calls to people too, I'm not sure. Oh yeah, we also went to PC Palace and bugged the nerdy kids there...haha. We had vodka on our breaths and we made fun of them playing Counter-Strike. Later on that night, like 1:30AM, Ellen and her boyfriend Harry stopped by to visit our apartment. Unfortunately, I don't remember much of what happened or what we said. All I know is that I was really tired and probably passed out after they left. Yep, that was my weekend update. I think we're gonna party a little again this Saturday after I get off work from Peking Way.

I'm so tired... I am very tired and I need sleep. The past two days I've been working quite hard trying to get ready for the IT Career Fair and also finish my homework. Oh yeah I also attended the career fair the past two days, it went pretty well. I talked to some companies and handed out some resumes. I think I made some good impressions on a few computer companies but also with help to my friends who are recruiters for those companies. I hope I can land an internship with IBM or UNISYS this summer, it'll be a dream come true. I'm gonna go to bed early tonight because I need to wake up at 5:30 and go pick up my dad from the airport. BMW on campus Yeah it was fun having my bmw on campus, I drove it like at least once everyday. I love driving that machine, it takes the stress off.

Weekend Yeah it was a pretty good weekend. Last night was the ASU Kickoff weekend and a lot of people went to the St. Paul Student Center. I didn't go because I attended the China group meeting with a bunch of people who went to China with me. It was a really cool to see everyone again and also see everyone's pictures. After our reunion we went to Kyle's apartment in Argyle and played some drinking games. Then the people who were 21 went to Bob's at 7 corners and I took a group to Perry's. Boy we saw a lot of people at Perry's, I think I knew almost everyone there. It was fun seeing a lot of people, I have a pretty good time. Mid Autumn Festival Today is the Mid Autumn Festival in China. I'm going home to spend some time with my parents and have dinner with them. Hope everyone gets to spend some time with their families and eat some mooncake!

Dim Sum and a new friend This morning I woke up at 10:30 and went to dim sum with Jaime at 11:30 along with Catherine and some of her friends. We met a guy named David, he just transferred here from Madison and he's studying Graphic Designs. It's weird cuz David lives in UV and when Jaime and I came down in the elevator he was in there with us. David is a cool guy, hope he'll get to hang out and party with us this semester. Oh did I mention that he's also from the same province that I was from? He moved to the US when he was 9. Confession I played CS today. After dim sum Arash called me and told me to go to PCP. I went there and they made me practice with them. I thought okay maybe like 20 mins, but these guys wouldn't let me go. I ended up staying for longer than an hour. We scrimmaged against 3 clans and I lead their team in the first 2 matches. In the 3rd match I just wanted to leave and I didn't even give them any orders to follow, we fell apart and lost horribly. First two matches we won. Eventhough I played so much today, it didn't feel good, it wasn't even fun for me. I guess that's a good thing. Haircut Tonight I cut Steve's hair. He was bugging me about cutting his hair and I didn't want to because I had never done it before. Well tonight I finally did and it turned out pretty nice. I gave him a different style from before and so far Justin and Megan thinks it looks good. Justin didn't believe it was me who cut it. CASA Website I've started to work on the new CASA website. Actually I just made a new logo, the old one kinda sucked. I'm gonna be making the new template soon, very slowly though, I got homework and other crap. If anyone wants to help me, let me know and we can get together. If you don't know anything about making websites but want to learn I can teach you too.

Long time no blog Yes I've been slacking, but there hasn't been much to write. I've been busy during the normal weekdays doing homework and what not so nothing really happens. YAY! Tomorrow is Friday! Going to the CASA meeting tomorrow night and then maybe go find a party or something. I redid the CASA website, check it out at http://www.tc.umn.edu/~casa.