School is finally over! Hopefully I passed my other class where I
couldn't complete the project in time... otherwise I don't graduate
this semester. I'm going to finally get a haircut, work out more
often, and play videogames.
I just tried out my x-arcade stick
(http://www.x-arcade.com/index.shtml) on MAME. It really feels
like I'm playing an arcade machine when I use this controller, instead
of using the keyboard... it's a totally different experience.
Preparing for finals is kinda fun..... all the stress and preparation,
and when it's finally over, you feel so relieved. Hopefully I
passed all of my classes so I can graduate.
Among everyone I know, I must be the biggest fan of Chipotle. I
eat there about 3-4 times a week, and get the same thing everytime too:
a chicken burrito bowl w/o sour cream or cheese, to keep it
healthy. There should be some reward club for frequent eaters
there.
It's final exam time. Both of my exams are on Tuesday, so yeah,
it's a juggling act as to what to study and how much time to devote to
each class.
But have you ever noticed how the library is super-crowded during final
exams? Why not any other time? Do they think "Oh, I'll just
cram for the exam and get an A, although I didn't study all
semester?" I had a few roommates that thought that way. One
guy even had the nerve to say, "Does all that studying pay off?"
Hmmm.... I have a great job and I enjoy what I do...
It's Mother's Day this Sunday. I'm a bad son; I haven't bought anything
but with all the studying, working full time, and mandatory hobbies (I
prepay for TKD and piano, so if I don't go, it's a waste), I barely had
time to plan anything. I'll take my mom out to dinner, at a
minimum and send a card. I know she'll understand since I'm super
busy.
Life is too good. This has been a really great year so far.
I'm making progress on a school project that I thought was impossible,
but I got some help and it looks like I'll make the deadline (next
Saturday). My old self would have thought that those people (the
company I got help from) aren't technical; how can they help me? But I
asked anyway, and got some really good tips.
Also, looks like my "diet" (I say that because I'm not really cutting
calories, just eating better/smarter) and exercise plan is
working. I'm in the 140s now! I used to be 155. Thing
is, I never looked big in the first place, but clothing can be
deceiving. My abs are almost back to how they were in high school
--- I actually felt my obliques and they were really firm! Too
happy......
I saw Kung Fu Hustle last night w/Joanne. I'm glad they didn't
dub it; rather, it's in Mandarin and Cantonese. Joanne was
shocked that I didn't know Stephen Chow was the main character in the
movie. I knew he was the director/producer, but I didn't know he
was starring in the movie as well. I was born and brought up in
the US; my only exposure to Chinese movies was basically zero except
the few times I'd go to my cousin's house and watch some old school TVB
movies, so I don't know that many actors or actresses from HK.
I'm taking vacation this week to do my school work. Why does that
sound so shocking to my coworkers? I don't get it. Are they
trying to tell me they never had to take off one or two days just to do
some school work?
I eat at Chipotle a lot. At least twice, if not three times, a week. So, I found this interesting:
My burrito has 45g of fat, and
1237 calories. How about yours?
edit The site is funny, you can
even find your burrito "soulmate" by entering what kind of burrito you
get and see who else gets the same kind of burrito.
I'm starting to feel "old". Not in a physical sense, but
mentally. Perhaps "old" isn't the right word, but it's just this
feeling I'm getting that I've realized I've learned a lot of "life
lessons" and that I want to pass them on to my future children.
However, I just get this sense that my words will be ignored, because
as I keep referring back to my lessons, I seem to add thoughts to them,
which will dilute the "child" voice that is heard in them, and reflect
more of an "adult" voice, if this makes any sense.
That's why they say "parents don't understand." They do, but
their message is in a vocabulary that is foreign to kids. They
might hear the words, but dont know _why_ the parent is delivering the
message, or how the parent even learned the lesson in the first
place. It's kind of analagous to how a disgruntled employee knows
how bad everyone else has it, since he/she is working with them, but
then when the employee becomes a manager, he/she has it "good" and
forgets about his former coworkers.
I'm only 27 (soon to be 28) but I can sense this change..... what
people should do is write down their thoughts while they are still in
their teens and early twenties, so that the advice doesn't become
diluted and sound so elderly to a chid.
esprit d'escalier: Does
it happen to you often? I think it happens to me every
time. Kind of like George Costanza in that one episode.... LOL
The past few weekends have been all about working on my school
projects. I've probably put in at least 20 hours a week on these
projects. That's why I said don't take 2 graduate school classes
if you work full-time. It's really hard to have any free
time. I don't watch TV... I'm missing all the good episodes
of 24. You barely have time to keep your house tidy or even
cook dinner for yourself. I've been eating a lot of Lean Cuisine
dinners. At least my abs are easy to see, since there's barely
any fat there,and I've lost around 5-6 lbs. But that's not
because of the dinners, it's also because of exercise and drinking 1 -
1.5 gallons of water a day.
Seems like it snowed in PA but it was really nice today, like 60
degrees. It's so beautiful out there, but it rains on the
weekends. Weird.
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