Month: November 2005

  • I saw this video off another xanga (www.xanga.com/wonda) and I was like wow.  Gene Kelly’s Singin in the Rain…REMIX!

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    I got an 94% on my Sensation and Perception Exam!  Wooooo…feels so good…

    I still worrying about my schedule for next semester.  I’m trying
    to make it so I’m not too overwhelmed by classes, work, and club stuff
    and not have any free time.  Who knows, maybe I’ll just take 13
    credits again next semester (even tho I really should take at least
    15).  If any of yall are still looking for classes you should take
    Phil 152 (intro to moral thoery) with me!  easy class…Phil 399a is suppose to be a real fun class too.  All you do is watch contemporary movies and then talk about them.  Yes?

    Class Schedule for Alex Chan, Spring 2006
    Schedule
    Number
    Course Section Grade
    Method
    Credits Location Meeting Times
    4500 PHIL 152 0101 Regular 3 MP 101 TuTh 10:00am-11:15am
    4515 PHIL 399A 0201 Regular 3 SOND 105 W 7:10pm-9:40pm
    4803 PSYC 305 0101 Regular 3 LH4 MW 2:30pm-3:45pm
    4818 PSYC 332 0102 Regular 4 FA 006
    ACIV 011
    MW 8:30am-9:45am
    MW 10:00am-11:15am
    Hold List
    Schedule
    Number
    Course Section Location Meeting Times
    4463 PHED 137 0301 TBA TuTh 11:30am-1:00pm
    4841 PSYC 380 0102 MP 101 MW 5:30pm-6:45pm
    4823 PSYC 332 0301 MP 101 TuTh 7:10pm-8:15pm

  • –edit–
    BTW here’s my tentative schedule for next semester:

    Class Schedule for Alex Chan, Spring 2006
    Schedule
    Number
    Course Section Grade
    Method
    Credits Location Meeting Times
    4500 PHIL 152 0101 Regular 3 MP 101 TuTh 10:00am-11:15am
    4515 PHIL 399A 0201 Regular 3 SOND 105 W 7:10pm-9:40pm
    4803 PSYC 305 0101 Regular 3 LH4 MW 2:30pm-3:45pm
    4818 PSYC 332 0102 Regular 4 FA 006
    ACIV 011
    MW 8:30am-9:45am
    MW 10:00am-11:15am
    Hold List
    Schedule
    Number
    Course Section Location Meeting Times
    4463 PHED 137 0301 TBA TuTh 11:30am-1:00pm
    4841 PSYC 380 0102 MP 101 MW 5:30pm-6:45pm
    4823 PSYC 332 0301 MP 101 TuTh 7:10pm-8:15pm

    Who wants to take Phil 152 with me?  It’s Intro to moral theory and shouldn’t be a hard class…come on guys…I know you wanna take it…

    Another class you should take is Phil 339a, Philosophy and Film
    It’s only one night a week and you get to watch comtemporary movies and
    discuss it afterwards!  Should be fun, so take it w/ me please .

    —edit—

    Warning
    :  ranting approaching..

    I’m highly upset w/ my parents right now
    before they said that raquel can sleep over; as long as it’s in my
    brother’s room and as long as I ask before hand.  So i did what they
    said and now they’re changing it up once more!  If she sleeps over this
    would be the last time and blah blah blah.  Damn it, just tell me no in
    the very first place instead of making it seem like its ok!  So
    stupid…i even told them why; because she just drove 3 hours back from
    NJ today and it was late and if she went back she would have to walk 30
    minutes in order to get back to her dorm from where she parks. 

    Of course my mom just patronizes me; “why don’t you just buy a house
    for you guys?  Or get a hotel?  10:30pm isn’t that late…why dont you
    follow her in your car and walk her back like a gentleman?  blah blah
    CRAP blah…”

    Of course whenever i argue back and prove a point they will ALWAYS
    bring up every possible things i may have done that was bad in the past
    5 years to use against me (ex:  forgetting to turn off the tv,
    forgetting to lock the doors that one time, etc).  I’m sure i’m not
    alone on this…

    End Rant

    Anyways this break went by very fast.  It was very nice just hanging
    out and stuff but now school is starting back up again and I feel so
    far behind.  I told myself i would do hw this weekend…so much for
    that huh?

    Hey Alan, I think i can go see Faces on Thursday now because the Dane Cook show got postponed.  We can talk later about it.

    alright gotta do some hw.

  • edit
    o yea, Ha reminded me of one more thing i’m thankful for…LOST!!!!  hell yea!

    mmm….
    edit

    I’m thankful for…

    …my new and old friends…

    …my family…

    …UMBC….

    …Raquel…

    …tennis…

    …life…

    Today was so good!  All i did was eat and play games over timmy’s
    house.  I just had some yummy hot pot with fresh lobster!  and when i
    say fresh i mean it was chopped up literally 5 minutes before cooking! 
    oooo yea…

    I wonder how this holiday season is gonna be like, w/ money being such
    a big issue now.  Hopefully I can figure it all out.  If you were
    planning on giving me something don’t worry about it.  Just save the
    money or use it on someone else.  i’m serious…just don’t worry about
    it .

    Have a great break everyone!

  • Just got done seeing Rent.  What do I think about it?

    It was alright…definitely not
    for everyone (steph and them sure didn’t seem to haha).  Overall i
    enjoyed it, but there were some things i didn’t really like.  I
    know it’s a musical and all, but all the singing was kinda
    distracting.  It was sometimes hard to feel the emotions when the
    music is upbeat. I also thought that some of the acting could have been
    better towards the end.

    However I liked a lot of the songs and the theme of the movie. 
    It’s a kooky movie, but if you liked Moulin Rouge you very well may
    like this one too.  P.S.  Rosario Dawson = HOT in this flick!

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    unfortunately i missed another b-day party, but w/e…Happy birthday
    Jon!  Hope you liked the magazine i picked out for you.

    Wow, i got a 102 on my last exp. psych quiz, which makes my quiz average now exactly 100%!  looks like im not gonna take the last quiz

    I register for class tomorrow at 6:30pm.  I’m so nervous…i really hope i can get into my classes!  *cross fingers*

    THANKSGIVING BREAK!!!!!! YAYAYAYYAYAYYAYYY!!!!!

  • Yes, I’m free!  Time to relax my worries away…at least for a week .

    This weekend went pretty well.  Friday Raquel took me to see
    Pandemonium (a CP A Cappella group), and you know how much I enjoy a
    cappella music .  Saturday night
    a bunch of us went to see Harry Potter at The Majestic in downtown
    Silver Springs.  Pretty good movie…was it just me or was there a
    whole lot of sexual innuendos in there? 


    “You know I love it when they walk.” -Ron Weasley.  <—-Awesome line

    Not too much planned this week.  I’m only gonna go to my phil
    class tomorrow and my sensation and perception class on tuesday….my
    child psych classes are canceled and i’m skipping my experimental psych
    class on tuesday to go see a free sneak preview of Rent!  O yea…

    alright that’s it for now

  • —edit—
    I think I did really well on my child psych exam yesterday.  A lot
    easier than I expected (and there were 5 points of E.C.!). 
    Now  I’m studying my butt of for my  philosophy exam tomorrow
    that I’m currently not prepared for AT ALL.  Wish me luck guys.

    ———-

    I just realized I would have my psych degree by the end of sophomore
    year..interesting…now i just gotta figure out what’s my concentration
    and i’ll be set.

    This week has been blah and more blah so far.  I’ve haven’t been
    feeling social at all; just been studying most of the time for the
    exams and stuff this week.  Ahh I can’t wait til the Friday! 
    I don’t have anything due next week so this weekend would basically be
    the start of my thanksgiving break.  Ah…i can sure go for some
    of that.

    I want to do absolutely nothing this weekend!  I haven’t had a
    weekend like that in a while.  However it already looks like i got
    some things to do this weekend.  I may go to this cocktail party
    Friday night, and then Saturday I may go see the new Harry Potter
    movie.  all else i have plan besides that crap is some nice
    sleep…

    yea i’m pretty out of it right now
    I just took my experiemental psych quiz and it wasn’t fun at all, but i
    think i did alright on it.  Now i need to study for the child
    psych exam tomorrow!  Nooo….i want to end this studying
    crap.  It’s so not my style .

    I’ve been having some mom issues lately, which also explains why i dont
    have food money this week, so if you see me and have some extra food I
    would surely love to take that off your hands!  thanks in advance .

    Still kinda downish…but at least I have this parody of Gold Digger to
    cheer me up.  Check out the song here:  http://www.myspace.com/fallfollies2005 .

    Lot Thicker

    she eats my chocolate whenever i leave.

    yeah she’s a-gainin’ the
    freshman 15.


    oh she’s a-gettin’ thicker all the way around.

    girl knows
    how to eat…

    (She eats my chocolate) now i ain’t sayin’ she’s a lot thicker,
    (Whenever I leave) but have you seen the way
    she eats a snicker?
    (She eats my chocolate) now i ain’t sayin’ she’s a lot thicker,

    (Whenever I leave) but have you seen the way
    she eats a snicker?

    (she knows how to eat) chow down girl, go head chow down.
    (knows how to eat) chow down girl, go head chow down.
    (knows how to eat) chow down girl, go head chow down. 
    (knows how to eat) chow down girl, go head chow down.

    15 pounds, 15 pounds
    freshman year was such a trip for her, she got
    down
    with pete’s arena, salsa rico, sky ranch grill
    was a cutie when i
    met her had that UHH appeal
    but can i tell ya what happened?
    everytime
    i left she and her girls would go to the caf and
    really take advantage
    of that lunch buffet.
    i still remember when she heard we got a
    chick-fil-a.
    now everytime i see her, i’m a-wond’rin can i leave her.

    my bruin bucks have got to last me the entire year.
    to all you fellas
    understandin’ my fear,
    just holler, “separate checks please!” (separate
    checks please! yeah!)
    i’m just tryin’ to keep it real wit you girl

    ’bout how i’m feelin’ you girl
    so what’s the deal wit you girl.
    and i
    know that on love you can’t put a price
    but when tuition goes up a
    grand a year… yeah right!

    (She eats my chocolate) now i ain’t sayin’ she’s a lot thicker,
    (Whenever I leave) but have you seen the way
    she eats a snicker?
    (She eats my chocolate) now i ain’t sayin’ she’s a lot thicker,

    (Whenever I leave) but have you seen the way
    she eats a snicker?

    (knows how to eat) chow down girl, go head chow down.
    (knows how to eat) chow down girl, go head chow down.
    (knows how to eat) chow down girl, go head chow down. 
    (knows how to eat) chow down girl, go head chow down…

    YEAAAAH!

  • –edit–

    Eddie Guerrero, a WWE superstar, died this past weekend.  I don’t
    watch wrestling anymore, but when I did I use to love watching this man
    perform.  He had great charisma along with great technical skills
    and was one of my favorite stars.  Rest in peace Eddie…

    “Viva La Raza!”

    –edit–

    Tired and down..

    Stones taught me to fly
    Love taught me to lie
    Life taught me to die
    So it's not hard to fall
    When you float like a cannonball..

    –edit–

    Hey guys!

    O man this coming week is gonna be soooo busy; i have 1 “quest” and 2
    exams.  URgh…this weekend didn’t help either.  The whole
    day Saturday I was in PA w/ my old high school marching band.  It
    was the first time they qualified for the ACC tournament so it was a
    major event.  Unfortunately i didnt know it would cost 20 bucks a
    person, that it was a 4 hour bus ride, that it was freakin’ freezing,
    and that we wouldn’t get back home til 4am! 

    But beside that it was a pretty cool.  I think i’ve had my fill of marching band


    Anokhi, Raquel and me


    Did I mention it was COLD?!?!

    Today we finally had our Loyola tennis match, at 1pm.  I had a big
    off day today and I felt really bad for my partner Victor (it was his
    first lost in a while).  O well w/e.  Overall we didn’t do so
    well, except for the girls.  Eh, we didn’t have our A team so
    that’s why!  Yes, that’s it…

    Here are some pictures:

    Dave serving it up:

    A really good shot of Tiffany

    Captured my sadness out there

    Panoramic shot!

  • NOOOO Shannon died on Lost tonight!  Stupid Ana .  O well, I’m just so happy there are new episodes of Lost

    This week has been pretty…blah.  I did get a 90 on my Sensation
    and Perception exam and a 100 on my experimental psych quiz, and im
    pretty happy about that….just everything else.  I hope
    everything works out.  Yea i’m being a bit cryptic but w/e.

    Im excited for this weekend though!  This Saturday I’m gonna go to
    PA w/ my old high school marching band so I can watch them perform in
    this big tournament.  Hopefully some other alumni are able to come
    too.

    –edit–

    even though i dont personally advocate this, it’s pretty funny.  If men wrote advice columns:

    And finally, Raquel and I being stupid:


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  • –edit–
    Yay, pictures from paintball Sunday (courtesy of Scott):

    –edit–

    What an action packed weekend…

    Friday I played tennis for 5
    hours; the longest ive played at 1 time.  My forearms and sides were
    hurting by the end of it, but we did get a lot of good practice and I
    met a few new folks. 

    Random tennis picture time:

    Afterwards Kevin, LaShawn, Marvin, Eric (their friend from Princeton)
    and I went to see Saw II.  Delicious movie….absolutely loved it.  I
    figured out one of the twist but the others totally blew over me.  Go
    check it out guys!

    after the movie Marvin and I went to CP!  met up w/ some people and hung out for a while before finally gettin some sleep.

    Saturday:

    The Tennis Club was suppose to play Loyola today but they freakin canceled on us!  I bet they were scared too heh…well anyways the match is now rescheduled for Sunday.  Boo….

    Instead I just hung out at CP for the longest time, playing tennis,
    chillin at the Stamp student union, and watching Saw w/ Marvin, Elaine,
    and Raquel.  at night we all (minus Elaine) went up to CP so sleepover
    at Marvin’s room.  pretty fun night…

    Sunday:

    Paintball!!!!  Ray did a great
    job organizing this event.  It was tons of fun and I’m glad that I
    decided to go try out paintball.  It was really fun and dirty heh.  I’m
    just happy i got to take out a bunch of people w/o gettin shot up in
    the process.  I did get shot, but they weren’t too bad; just a once or
    twice on my face mask, my knee, and a few that bounced off my
    shoulders.  Gotta give some credit to raquel for being the only girl w/
    us.  Takes some balls….  hopefully Scott will post up the pics soon so i can steal them .

    Now i gotta study my butt off for the sensation and perception exam this Tuesday.  Aiya!

  • -edit-
    Damn, i didnt expect so much comments already.  I wanted to make some things a bit clearer:

    To Crystal:  I wasn’t
    referring to you as a freeloader.  I know you made the bubbles and
    stuff so its all good.  Sorry if i made it seem like i was talking
    about you.

    To Danny:  Your
    right.  I expected some critics but really some of the comments
    were really unneccesary in that their only function was to demoralize
    us.

    To Alan:  I’m cool w/ your
    opinion of the tea.  I just felt like you sorta downplayed the
    amount of work the guys and me put into this when you kept saying that
    this fundraiser could have been done a lot better.  dont worry
    about it though, i sure you didnt mean it that way.

    To Scott:  Derek Ray Scott Jr. does sound like someone’s name…heh

    And to make it a little clearer in my rant yesterday
    when i say freeloaders i mean anyone who wanted free stuff w/o
    contributing to the fundraiser.  again crystal i wasnt talking
    about you.

    O my:

    -edit—-

    so busy today!

    I helped out the CSA Bubble Tea Fundraiser thing from 9-2ish today
    I even skipped class so i can help out some more.  The event was great
    in that it brought our club together and got our name out. 
    Unfortunately because we didnt advertise and stuff we did not make back
    the money we spent on it. 

    I dont want to complain but i need to get a few things off my chest.  What  erked me so much today were two types of people:  the freeloaders and the critics. 
    Come on its a fundraiser, which means we are trying to raise money for
    our club!  Every free drink we give out was a potential 3 dollars more
    we could have earn.  Normally I wouldn’t be too bothered by it but I
    was the one who shelled out the 200 dollars to get all the supplies. 
    We really needed the money people. 

    To the critics (and o were
    there a lot of you).  Yea we could have done the event better.  Shoulda
    would coulda… yea i understand.  We tried our best making the tea
    taste good.  Trust us; we worked hard trying to get the watery taste
    out and getting it at least satisfactory was awesome for us guys (since
    we arent expert bubble tea makers).  Hearing the many critics just say
    shit and laugh at us was really bugging me.  It’s so easy to say stuff
    say stuff…help run it next time if you think you can do it much
    better.  I know i will do quite a few things different if i run it next
    time…

    I’m alright now, but seriously people need to think about their
    actions…this is how i feel.  i’ll stop complaining now and let the
    current status quo continue on…

    Btw I gotta give props to Derek, Ray and Scott.  They rocked today.

    the rest of the day i went to class, then i had to do interviews for
    first year ambassadors, then i held the tennis meeting from 7-9ish. 
    Very successful; just need to finalize the teams for Saturday.

    The tennis club is my #1 priority.  I use to have a clear idea on what my #2 priority but now im just not sure…