The art of appreciation

Someone mentioned that I do not know how to appreciate other's good effort. To some extend, I do agree. Or maybe I should just say that I do not usually express gratitude openly. Instead of thanking someone, I will spit out some negative words at time. BRRR.. But, well, deep down in my heart I really still appreciate it.

More to learn~

Dont take things for granted

Sometimes I am really grateful that kexin is here with me for SEP, at least for 3 months. Sometimes, we just need a girl friend to shop with, and most importantly, to talk with. Guys, just do not understand girls enough.

Looking at the people around me makes me think a lot recently. Why someone will behave like this? Is it because his upbringing, the culture around? Sometimes, we must really be grateful with what we have back home. A sweet blessed family who is always there for you, the relatively planned/simple life to lead, less complicated environment etc. Sometimes, age is not the determining factor of how much you have went through in life.

Think about yourself. How much have you been through in life? Maybe not much.
From the first day we (in this case, i mean those from Malaysia/Singapore)are born into the world, things kinda get planned out. You go through kindergarden, primary school, secondary school, high school and eventually college/university. Along the way, yeap, there will be some problems, hurdles etc. But well, I guess that is probably not a huge blow enough to change your life!

Enough said. It is unhealthy to write emo post early in the morning.
It is monday now. I have tonnes of assignment to be completed and I am going to Vegas this Friday. Oops. Another mugging week!

Hanging out with American Chinese

So what does American Chinese do during their free time?

They will have house party. Pancakes, Bacons, Sausages, Beer and Alcoholic drinks. Laughing at the retarded Charlie the Unicorn.

They will go for Karaoke. Pretty surprise about this. Went to a super cina place for KTV last night. It turns up pretty good. The 2 guys who brought us there are pretty good singers. Not to forget our little chili padi mighty singer, kexin.

They will go to tea station, ie. Boba tea shop. Get a boba tea, chat and chill the whole night.

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On a side note, I received the blazer that I ordered online. Looks good! Online shopping is so convenient in USA.
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We will be going to the City of Sin -- Las Vegas-- this weekend. It is a pretty big group with 10 people. What should we do over there? gambling, clubbing, pub-bing? Concert watching, shopping, chilling? Woah. It feels good that I am over 21 because I can do all these!

Still blogging though I havent completed my assignment, which is due in 5 hour time!

Last two weekends have been pretty busy, pretty fun!

On the Chinese New Year/Valentine's Weekend, we joined the outdoor excursion and went to Yosemite National Park. At there, I had my first encounter of touching snow, snowshoeing. Surprisingly, we are the only few undergraduates in the group. The rest of them are PHD students and so. It is a pretty diverse group, with 2 spaniards, 1 hawaians, 4 Asians, 1 Indian, 1 Sri Lankan and 3 Whites. Again, I tried ice skating, and I still didnt manage to get it right. This time round, almost everyone in the team trying to teach me how to iceskate. But still, I cant get it. Forget it. I should stick to Snowboarding which is way more fun.

Talking about our room in Yosemite reminds me of the Vent of the heater. The upper level of the bunk bed was built so near to the vent that KeXin felt that she is "roasted" at night. They really should have a better quality check before putting all these bed in use. I say this, because, the same thing happens in our second trip at Big Bear Mountain too.

After the Yosemite weekend, we went to Big Bear Mountain for snowboarding with OE again. This time round, it is a much younger group. I couldnt tell you how fun was snowboarding. I am totally loving it. We started up with lesson which teached us basic technique and how to fall safely on your butt (this is probably the most useful skill). I wouldnt say the lesson was good as I didnt learn much. After lunch, we went to try out snowboarding by ourselves. That is where I start to get better in snowboarding. It feels so good standing on the board and sliding down from the slope. WOOHOOO! Snowboarding is probably the second favourite sports now (of course, I still love tennis most!).

It is sad that this quarter is ending soon. Kexin, Zhenzhou, Daryl are flying back to Singapore soon. I bet there wont be so much fun after this. Haiz.

Spanish

Secretly, I am caught in Spanish fever.
Maybe, perhaps, most probably, I am going to pick up a book on Basic Spanish and learn it by myself.

Target: Able to converse in Spanish with my roomie in 3 months time :)

Sometimes I think I am just being superficial.

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On a side note, the weather has not been good to us. When we decided to go outdoor, it rains! When we decided to stay indoor to study, it turns up sunny. Grrrr..

Victoria Garden's shopping experience was good (despite the rain). Forever 21 is really cheaper here. The price tags are deceiving. It says 18 USD. Sounds really cheap. BUT, do your conversion, it is not all that cheap!

Chicken Pot Pie, I HOP, good meals for weekend.

Yosemite National Park for CNY and Snowboarding at Big Bear the week after.
Michelle came out with the idea of having HOTPOT on Big Bear mountain. So looking forward :)

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I am missing Sambal Belachan, Satay, Ikan Bakar, Nasi Lemak. OHMAN!! Can somebody mail me some sambal? Wait, I saw durian in the supermarket. They throw the whole durian into the freezer. Weirdos!

Interesting!!

What a US student does when he cant memorize the 20 definitions which are gotta be tested on tml's test?

Read below:

to all against the verbatim format
anyone who despite good effort can't completely memorize theses 20 wordy definitions word for word should e-mail the professor with your concerns. It could make a big difference if a lot of people do it.

HAHA! He emailed the whole class and asking everyone to write against the memorizing of 20 definitions. Kudos man!