Brett and I drove down to So CA Wed. morning. We got up around 3:00am and left around 4:50am. Got to Arcadia at 10:30 am and we had to wait for half an hour in front of Ding Tai Feng for it to open. The dumplings were sooooooo yummy there! haven't had some good Chinese food for a Loooong time. We then drove down to litten bean and got milk tea. ( Read more... )

well, I picked up my portfolio at 4:10 pm this afternoon. BOth of my readers agreed that I will pass if I can have a successful conference with them and do some minor revisions on my portfolio. So, not too far...

Heard on NPR the other day that Iris Chang, author of "the Rape of Nanking," committed suicide on Nov. 9 near Los Gotas. One of her friends when interviewed by NPR commented that Iris was very depressed because of her writing and felt disappointed at the awful sides of human society/nature (something like that). She left behind her husband and a ( Read more... )

I finally played badminton with Brett yesterday after I nagged him for a long time. He didn't want to play with me in front of our parking lot because he said that we didn't have a net and he was afraid that birdies wwould fall into our neigbour's yard. He is so picky. He would not think so if he had seen how chinese people play badminton ( Read more... )

Why do i always wait until the last minute?

Why am I such a procrastinator?

hmmmm... was I like this when i was in China?

sigh...

I had some tough day trying to work on my 1st draft for my position paper. i didn't do well on it. well, actually i didn't finish it, but i had to turn it in ( Read more... )

School will start next Monday. It's a good thing that I learned about it from a classmate. I thought it started on Tuesday. And I happen to have one class on Monday, which according to the teacher, I will be kicked out of the class if i miss it for one time. Well, it's my Portfolio Seminar ( Read more... )

I fried some frozen cat fish with crushed lemon grass (miranated in a little salt and soy sauce) Friday night. Brett was extremely happy with it. When one guy came to our door and tried to sell candys for some "children foundation," Brett gave him $10 without taking any candy nor a receipt (although he regretted it after the money left his hand). ( Read more... )

I finished The Hobbit last week and I am reading the first book of Lord of the Rings right now. But I am so bored... I miss seeing people. Maybe I will go to the library and read my novels tomorrow and next week. I guess this is a little weird, but it should be understandable if you realize that I am from China, a place where you can see people ( Read more... )

Yao Ming made some comments after the loss of the Chinese Men's basketball team, which created a big stir in China. One newspaper said that Yao ming was a good kid before going to the US and was not that hot-tempered. It then concluded that it might due to the influence of the Ameican individualism.