Zhou Dynasty

Wow, that was fun Woah I had a good time last night...Don't remember too much in detail though...haha but I got pictures. I went to the Melting Pot for dinner with Thuy, Julie, Alan, Amy, and Nick. Damn their service is so damn slow! I don't care how laid back you're supposed to be when you eat fondue but it's not supposed to take 3 fricken hours to eat that stuff! But it was good though. That made me late for meeting my friends at Perry's about an hour, that's even after I pushed it back an hour. It was fun at Perry's, we had a lot of pitchers to drink and Alan was there, without Julie! First time I got to hang out with him, it's always great when it's just the boys. After Perry's closed, me, Kenneth and Eric went to sing kareoke. That was awesome, we sang every song even if we didn't know how...lol. Trying to read those words when you're barely able to see is a challenge. Thanks for the memories everyone! Oh yeah pictures are up.

Workin at restaurant I worked at the restaurant today. It was actually very pleasant. I don't know if it's me but I feel like the quality of our customers went up since I last worked there. Everyone was really polite and nice tonight. I even got a $22 tip! What the hell??! A middle aged lady and her two hot daughters left me the tip, and I didn't even do anything out of the ordinary. They were about to refill their own cups until I did it for them...hehe. Oh you want to know about the daughters? Yeah they were like made up and stuff and even had manicures. WTF! Someone stole Thuy's shoes! That really F**KIN pisses me off! Her friends left her shoes outside of their door for her to pick up but when she went there the shoes were gone. What kind of a low life piece of shit does something like that?! If I see someone with those brown Bakers walkin around they're gonna get my foot so far up their ass that they'll smell the oil stains on my kswiss.

How would you answer this? You are driving your car in a wild stormy night. You pass by a bus station, and you see three people waiting for the bus: an old lady who looks as if she is about to die. A doctor who had once saved your life. A man/woman who is destined to be your soulmate. You can only take one passenger in your car. Which one will you choose? How would you answer this?? Please post your answer in the Chatterbox on the left! I will post the answer that employers look for once everyone has a chance to answer this one.

Answer Amanda answered the question correctly, way to go Amanda! Here is a way to answer my question. "Give the car key to the doctor. Let him take the old lady to the hospital. I will stay and wait for the bus with the man/woman who is destined to be my soulmate." Sometimes, we would gain more if we were able to give up our stubborn limitations.

Playing catch up Yesterday I was at Rosemount the whole day for a tour and more interviews with more people. I had a good time and I think I represented myself the way wanted to. I just hope that they will give me an offer. Now I feel like crap. I am behind because I didn't get any work done over the weekend because of my birthday and now I got a test coming up in a couple hours. I also got my first exam back from my DSP class and I got rocked. There are just too many smart people/fobs/grad students in there. The curve kicked my ass so bad...I think I am going to drop this class. I think it's possible to work really hard and get a C at the end but I don't want it to lower my gpa and I don't want to just get by with a C. Argh I am tired and scrubby today...I'm gonna have to say today is one of those days that I feel like @_@ And my damn fantasy team lost this week, just great isn't it?

Chillin' So I got like 11 hours of sleep last night and lot of good food from my parents at HK Noodles. My dad left for China today, I don't know when he'll be back this time, hopefully in about a month. I had a pretty good day today, only went to one class cuz I didn't feel like going to the other. Hung around the house and ate sushi and watched tv. Went grocery shopping tonight with David and came back for a group massage with Will too. Andrea came over tonight and brought over a few bottles of beer, she's awesome! I just got done having a couple of beers, dancing around and doing my lab report, all at the same time. Damn I wish every night was as chill as this....^_^

Anxious It is day 3....I am anxiously waiting for a reply from Terra on whether or not I will get an offer from Rosemount. This is depressing just waiting for a response. It would really suck if they didn't accept me, I don't know how I would react. Maybe tomorrow I will get an email or something...hopefully a good one.

Stressed I am stressing out...I don't know why. I just got my lab report done like a week ahead but I still feel very very stressed. Anyone wanna go out for some drinks and late night kareoke this weekend??

No email No email from Rosemount today...=( I feel sad, I hope they didn't forget about me. If I don't get an email tomorrow I think I will have to forget about the position completely. I want to see the Matrix, it looks good. I mean, look at it!

I want I want! I used to have one of these Pump It Up pads but then I sold it cuz I didn't get to play it enough. Now I want one again! I miss my pad, these things are awesome! Wanna buy one for me? ^_^

Party So last night my roommates and I decided to start the weekend early last night. Will doesn't have class on Fridays and David doesn't need to get up till like noon. I got a call from my old high school friend Bill Zhou (yes, same exact name) asking me if I wanted to go to the Quest. So we were like why the hell not, let's go party, we haven't partied in a while. It was pretty fun actually, I got to play the role of David's wingman...hehe Now I'm at work, it sucked getting up at 7AM! The damn room was still spinning. Everything is cool now....except I still haven't gotten an email from Rosemount.

Matrix Revolutions Did you see it?? I saw it! There were a lot of people who said Revolutions is even worse than Reloaded. I don't know what they're talking about or expecting. The special effects for one was unreal and unique just like its predecessors. There is not other film like it. I think in Revolutions they really took a lot of the thinking out of it so you didn't have to concentrate as hard as you did in Reloaded. Dialogs were a lot shorter, but quotes were meaningful and tied together with the previous releases. The first Matrix was good because it sets up the whole plot and the world of the machines, very creative. I think Reloaded was created because there were so many questions that could be answered. And finally Revolutions was there to end it all. Overall Revolutions is did not fail to entertain me because it made me say things like "wow", "wtf?" and "holy shit!".

Julie + Alan Last night was Julie and Alan's engagement party. They had their party at Seafood Palace and I don't think it could've been better. The room was packed with relatives and close friends. The food was great as usual. And it wouldn't be a Ha-Truong party if there weren't singing and dancing...Julie's aunts sang for everyone and they even had a live band there, it was great. I had a lot of fun but its events like this that makes me feel like time goes by fast. One minute we were all talking about the Matrix at our table and joking around like college students and the next minute Julie was giving her speech about their engagement. Congratulations to your engagement!

Feast Wow I am so full....I just got done eating with my roommates. I made eggplant with shredded pork and mapo tofu tonight and David made chinese cabbage. We cooked a lot because those veggies were starting to go bad. Lots of yummy leftovers for tomorrow. Oh yeah sorry I missed your IM Stormwind95, I was cooking for my roomies. Jade, that's a really cool name. I wear a jade pendant across my neck all the time. It's supposed to protect me from all harm.

Sand Art Wow this awesome. I love it. Check it out.

Where's my pillow!?!? ARGH!!! ARGH!!! I just want to scream into my pillow!!!! Having to come to work at 8 in the morning and talk to a fob lady on the other line who doesn't know what ethernet is...welcome to my job. How could such a nice 40 degree day turn into this?! So, so frustrating.

3 for 3 Alright...Cargill just called me about 5 mins ago. They said I've made it to the final round and they want me to have an interview with the hiring manager for the IT internship position. I don't feel as excited as I did before but it makes me feel good that I can get into the final stages with all the companies I interviewed with. Yay! ^_^ Damn you Ryan! Why do you make me get up at 8 in the morning to do homework with you when I don't have to get up till 11?!?! You suck man you suck.

I sat Last night I went to the Tousley Motorsports dealership to sign an extended warantee cancellation hoping to get some of my $699 back for my stolen bike. While I was there I sat on my bike, it felt so good, but at the same time so sad. I didn't want to get off of it but I didn't want the sales person standing in front of me giving me a weird look cuz I have the excitement in my eyes as if I'm going to ride off with the bike. I tried on some helmets and leather jackets too. I think my head is size large and I wear a size 44 leather jacket. So now you know my sizes in case if you want to buy me anything. ^_^ Matt came over last night and we played Pump it Up. It was great! I miss that pad, I don't know why I sold it. it is so hard to get it back. Well first thing I did this morning was buy a set of two pads from ebay. Tired School sucks, and I'm tired. So tired of school and doing hard homework at the depressing ECE building. I just want to throw myself over the railing sometimes. I hope I get that co-op position, I could use a break. Terra hasn't gotten back to me and tomorrow is Friday. This is kind of good news. Because she said they will need an additional 3-5 days to do background checks on people they want to hire. So I guess the longer I have to wait the better my chances are.

Helmet Ordered Woohoo I just ordered my KBC helmet! I'm so excited! The cheapest I found was for $171.95. Then I called another company and asked them to give it to me for cheaper. I got a deal from them for the same price but with an extra dark smoke visor worth $20. ^_^

YEEEEAAHHH!!!! Rosemout offered me a position! I'm in! I'm in! Offer Letter Now I just gotta wait for hiring decisions from other companies and I can make a decision.

Vegas I'm going to Vegas on the 26th to the 29th and staying at Aladdin hotel. Woohoo!

Let the boys be boys Last night was another great night at Hooters. Me, Kyundo, Alan, David and Danny we there as a guys night thing. However Julie, Amy, Thuy, and Jean came along too. But we got two separate tables, one for the boys and one for the girls. I don't know how many beers we had but I do know that we had 125 chicken wings at the guys table. And for some reason I woke up this morning with a slight hangover accompanied by a sore right knee. Oh yeah we bought a Hooters calender too! ^_^

Pressure building Wow I have both a major assignment due and an exam on Wednesday. I don't feel the pressure yet, just the pressure building. I'm gonna be so damn busy tomorrow, don't even want to think about it. I just want to hear back from the recruiters and make my decision. Then I can concentrate on school. I can't stop thinking about these internships and co-ops and how they will affect me.

School So I met with my advisor today and we found that I could graduate by the end of next semester with a Computer Enigineering degree. But since I added Electrical Engineering I am going to have to stay an extra semester. Boo! But I'm in no hurry to graduate. School is the best time of your life and you've got the rest of your life to work. I'm just gonna try and get as much experience as I can while I'm in school so I can secure my career before leaving college. Yay Levong and I are gonna make $90 for doing someone's csci homework cuz they don't know how to do it. lol...but we gotta finish ours first, damn.

Woohoo! Hell yeah! It's 4:18AM and I am still up working on my csci assignment! Cool...I'm almost half way done. I think I am at that state where I've stayed up so late that my body thinks its in China and wants to go out for dirty street food. No wonder the greasy fried rice I made tasted so damn good.

CSCI = bad major It is like 6AM and I just finished with my csci assignment. If you are reading this and you're thinking about going into computer science, stay the hell away from that major, it sucks the big one more than anything!

? Why am I so self-absorbed? Sigh I need to seek some help otherwise I am ruined in the lone run.

Mentor So I met with my mentor for the first time today. His name is Mike and he's a senior partner at Merchant & Gould located in the IDS Tower. He is a patent lawyer doing intellectual property rights with engineering firms. He has a lot of clients over in China and gets to travel there 3 times a year! His job is awesome and definately made me think more about my own career. Helmets Yay! I got both of my motorcycle helmets in today! They're AWESOME!!!! I can't wait to ride with them! Shit I have to wait until something like late March....sigh....

Cargill So I got a call today from the recruiter at Cargill telling me that they think I'm a great candidate and they're really interested in me. I was expecting them to offer me a job but then she said that it sounds like I'm interested in Infrastructure Support. I'm like what the hell just give me anything, I'm cool with anything. But then she said that they have one position open in that department and they think that would be better for me. So since my interview went well with the first manager, I have a feeling this manager will want because I was told they "respect the opinion of one another"? We'll see...

Blah Ugh...I can't stand dry interviews. Just got done having a phone interview with another guy at Cargill. He just sounded boring...makes me kind of not want to work there. Billy does not like to work with boring introverted engineers.

Woohoo! (I think) Wow Cargill gave me offer 20 minutes after the interview! I'm excited, I need to call Nol-Tec and have a decision by end of next week. Damn Cargill pays well for their interns.

It's a toss up I need to choose between Rosemount, Nol-Tec or Cargill. I don't know, I'm thinking Rosemount and Cargill....but Nol-Tec, they were so nice to me and they have a lot of potential as a medium-sized engineering firm. What do you guys think?

Decisions One thing I don't enjoy about life is that it is constantly filled with decisions that you must make, tough decisions. I wish I was still 8 and had to decide which Ninja Turtle I wanna get. We want everything in the world but this world isn't perfect. Today I've had to make a lot of critical decisions that will have a major impact on my life. I just hope that the decisions I made today will be for the better. I am tired of thinking and constantly evaluating my decisions. I feel like I'm walking a thin line, once mistake and I fall into the abyss.

Oh what a night I abandoned my plans of going out drinking or even going to Escape and I'm glad. I think I really just needed to stay home and chill among some friends, get away from all that thinking. It was good to have my mind clear and not influenced by alcohol. Danny, Will, Jean and Vivian stayed over at my apartment and played mah-jong till about 1:30AM. Then Danny and I played Monopoly Tycoon for a while. I encouraged David to play against Danny and they went at it for a long time...I fell asleep around 5AM and there were still playing. I got up this morning (1PM) and went into the living room, and there he was, lying on my couch, passed out from a night of Monopoly Tycoon. Danny sure got his dose of MT, I think I will play some more with him when he wakes up...hehe

Ugh... I feel so crap...Last night I went to Isaac's house for his birthday. It was basically a big drink fest. Umm...I remember Isaac doing a keg stand, some guy lying on the floor with a waste basket over his face, a lot of girls and a cute pup named Armani. I feel even more crap right now not only from the hang over but because I can't sleep. I can't sleep because David's friend is sleeping in my bed and keeps pushing me around! ARGH!!! Oh and its snowing like theres no tomorrow.

Jobs Ok I've just sent out two acceptance letters and a rejection letter. I've accepted the offers from Rosemount and Cargill but I had to reject Nol-Tec's internship offer. The offer from Rosemount is a 3 semester full-time rotation. This means that I will work full time for 3 semesters on and off. First semester that I start will be Spring 04, then I will work again in Spring 05 and Summer 05. The offer from Cargill is a summer internship. That job starts in May. What will I be doing at these jobs? Well I don't know what I will be doing yet at Rosemount because they have numerous projects for us co-ops. Everything that I do will relate to engineering but I am thinking about doing something with marketing and hopefully international work as well. At Cargill I will be working in their IT Infrastructure group supporting their networks and a lot of their hardware. I am looking forward to both of these jobs and I think it will be awesome to get a taste of what the industry is like.

Breathe... Ahhh....smell that? Yeah thats right....you're in a room of two Chinese guys. ^_^ I can now sit back and just breathe and take it easy. I've done all I wanted for my career for the next year. I can sit back and relax a bit now. Vegas in a few days, can't wait. Just a reminder for all of you to take it easy and breathe. Call me if you wanna talk, I miss you my friends (no not you David, I see you every damn day).

My thoughts GOD DAMN SCHOOL SUCKS! Shit I can't wait to start working, I need a break from this insanity. I gotta get up at 7AM to turn in homework, no way in hell I'll sit there and listen. Good thing lecture is cancelled and we only need to hand that crap in. Anyways, Kenneth and Mom are going to Vegas with me. I'm damn excited! Can't wait to go back to Makino and have their sushi/seafood buffet. It's the best buffet I've had in the US, and I am a buffet type of guy. I think we'll hit up the clubs there too just to check it out and say we've been there. I heard they're some of the best and the waitresses are hotter than anything you've ever seen. Tomorrow, Cash Flow the board game with David, Danny and Matt.

Cash Flow Wow we played Cashflow till like 3AM tonight, it was lots of fun! A great game that'll teach you about investments. I am really tired right now and my head won't stay still, neither will my vision. I think I am going to bed. Tomorrow I will do my laundry and get a haircut.