Month: March 2006

  • Club Love trip + answers!


    Nayana and I (don’t forget to vote for us as Representatives for SGA!)


    My UMBC buds


    Us at Denny’s at 3 in the morning (yea, she’s choking me just a little)

    It’s official; I’ve finally gone to a club!  It was pretty fun,
    but it didn’t really impress me that much.  It just felt similar
    to high school dances, except there’s drinking, smoking, horny old
    guys, more skin showing and no slow dance music. 

    10 of us ended up going; from UMBC my great great friends (thanks
    for coming again!) Marvin, Kevin, Jeff, and Nayana came with me while
    from CP my great girlfriend, Raquel, and her friends Rebecca, Melanie,
    Sophia, and Henry came.  Good group of people i say.

    Unfortunately we didnt get their early enough, so we had to wait in
    line and pay the full 20 dollar ticket fee (per person!) as well as pay
    for 20 dollar parking (i knew we should have parked in the lot across
    from Love). 

    We finally got in around 11:30 and then had a blast.  Kinda
    funny seeing all these guys trying to get w/ raquel friends. 
    What, this big black guy told Rebecca that he’s the son of the creator
    of BET (wtf?) and this little hispanic fella was on Melanie’s bum
    for quite a while.  Later we saw this girl dancing on top of the
    bar, whose left boob kept falling out whenever she leaned over to talk
    to the bartender.  What a hilarious time at Love.

    My UMBC pals and I stay out and ate at Denny’s before coming back to
    campus at 4am in the morning.  I slept over Marvin’s place and got
    maybe 3 hours of sleep.  Im definitely gonna need to take a nap
    before tonight’s ASIA practice.  uhhhh.

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    Feng
    1. flacid penis belt
    2. Try coming to an officer meeting on time haha
    3. Gray, for some reason.  Maybe that sweat jacket you wear
    4. We always have something funny to chat about
    5.
    First time seeing you was at the CSA meeting where you said your friend
    can do martial arts for ASIA last year (I thought you were gonna do it
    too)
    6. a lanky monkey
    7. So, why did you decided to give up on girls and go for guys instead (just playing with you )
    8. If I do this for you, you must post this on yours…

    Kim
    1. You always find time to comment on people’s xangas! 
    2. Don’t let work always interfere with your social life
    3. pink (i pictures your old profile pic)
    4.
    You’ve always been sweet to me, and i appreciate that in such a sorrow
    world…yea, i’m not sure what im getting at w/ the last part
    5. First time you and Lai saw me in the game room and asked if I was the one that Lai has been IMing
    6. rooster
    7. Why do you let me beat you in pool
    8. If I do this for you, you must post this on yours…you know you can whoop on me

    Scott
    1. You always dress to impress
    2. Just say those magic words already! 
    3. tan
    4. One of the nicest guys I know
    5. I think Lai introduce you to me in the gameroom
    6. beaver
    7. Do you ever get angry?
    8. If I do this for you, you must post this on yours…
     

    Raquel
    1. Bottoms up
    2. try getting a B for one of your college classes…I DARE you
    3. Coral
    4. Hmm, what do I like…that’s a hard question haha.  I’ll just say your whole being is beautiful
    5. Kissing your hand upon introduction in band
    6. Big-butt any creature hehe
    7. Have you thought of who that other person would be if/when we have _ _________? 
    8. If I do this for you, you must post this on yours…

    Robert
    1. You crazy asian mofo
    2. Can you say anything that doesn’t make me laugh out loud all the time?  haha
    3. Blue
    4. Very funny, down to earth guy.  Too bad you gotta go to CP
    5. Seeing you play pool with some guys, thinking that you were a Junior for some reason
    6. Rabbit
    7. Were you serious when you ask me to do that badonkadonkdonk with you and steph?!?!  <–j/k
    8. If I do this for you, you must post this on yours…

    Kevin
    1. Krispy Kreme donut tree
    2. Try to not think about food so much, especially Krispy Kreme donuts!  heh
    3. Gray
    4. just as random as me = many fun times to come
    5. First time we play tennis and thinking i was gonna get owned by you with the way you were hitting them balls haha
    6. Koala
    7. “Can you…FEEL…the nut??”
    8. If I do this for you, you must post this on yours…

    Rachel
    1. Provine a douchebag, but we got use to him
    2.
    Try not having at least one psych class w/ me a semester once!  I
    know you wanna see me all the time but we gotta slow that down…
    3. Yellow
    4. You don’t take shit, which is awesome
    5. First time we met in Spanish class so many years back in freshman year…haha
    6. tiger
    7. What was your first impression of me?
    8. If I do this for you, you must post this on yours…

    Steph
    1. can’t believe you were with that one strange white guy in the beginning of the year…ew
    2. Dare you to jump and headbutt the next person that make fun of your height
    3. blue
    4. Just being there to talk with about things
    5. Seeing you and Crystal in my woolie group
    6. cat
    7. What did you REALLY think of the other commuter woolies?
    8. If I do this for you, you must post this on yours…

    Crystal
    1. We are the best pool team in the WORLD!
    2. Try ballroom dancing
    3. White
    4. Always cheer me up when I have not so good days
    5. Seeing you and Steph in my woolie group
    6. anteater *shrugs*
    7. Come on admit it…didn’t you have a lesbian fling with steph one time?
    8. If I do this for you, you must post this on yours…

    Denise
    1. God damn, pool has taken over you
    2. Stay away from the game room for one whole week
    3. pink
    4. You’re a very talented chica
    5. Driving you back to your car after the first FYC meeting.  Heh, remember parking all the way over there?
    6. gerbil
    7. How come you stop taking pictures of the tennis club (then again, maybe i already know )?
    8. If I do this for you, you must post this on yours…

    Marvin
    1.  No day but today!
    2. Try not being so damn quick on the courts!  Damn, just let me hit a winner!
    3. brown
    4. You helped me out a lot this year, and for that I sincerely thank you for everything
    5. Probably seeing you play tennis against Tiffany that one night.  Thought you guys were really good
    6. Groundhog
    7. Feel the nut yet?  haha
    8. If I do this for you, you must post this on yours…

    Wooo, that was long!  time to pass out now

  • Wooo, I didn’t do too bad on my PSYC 305 exam as I thought I did! 
    86% is fine by me.  I got a 49/50 on my first experiment study
    too!  Now that my crap is over, i can focus attention on
    scholarships, tennis, and ASIA.

    I’m going to the club Love this Thursday, my first time!  Wish me luck!

    This might be fun:

    Leave Your name and…
    1. I’ll respond with something random about you.
    2. I’ll challenge you to try something.
    3. I’ll pick a color that associates with you.
    4. I’ll tell you something I like about you.
    5. I’ll tell you my first/clearest memory of you.
    6. I’ll tell you what animal you remind me of.
    7. I’ll ask you something I’ve always wanted to ask you.
    8. If I do this for you, you must post this on yours…

    Let me entertain you!

  • I lost my house keys this morning!  Luckily Google search helped me find it:

    Google sure could be nicer about it


    Today I went to see Ice Age:  The Meltdown and Inside Man for free (sneak preview for Ice Age, then snuck into Inside Man afterwards ).

    Ice Age was a very funny movie,
    just like the first.  I love that little squirrel thing that keeps
    on chasing his beloved acorn.  Good laughs for both adults and
    children.  Could have been a bit longer though.
    Chan’s rating:  8/10

    Inside Man was a weird movie.  I wasn’t sure when to take
    it seriously or not, with it’s constant, sorta out of place laughs here
    and there.  The twist at the end was alright, but I thought it
    would be something cooler.  W/e, the movie kept me entertained.
    Chan’s rating:  6.5/10

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    I’m procrastinating like crazy.  Must get started on HW…essays suck!

  • Ocean City

    Hey guys, I’ve been in Ocean City for the past few days and it was
    pretty fun despite the fact that it was cold and most of the stores
    were closed for the off season.  Raquel and I still had fun;
    mostly we just ate, slept, hung out in the motel room ,
    walked the beach, flew kites, eat some more, watch V for Vendetta, swim
    in the indoor pool, and visited the area.  So yea, still a lot of
    fun.  Let get a bunch of people to go up there this summer! 
    I now know the whole area, so you wont get lost .

    Here’s some pics:


    Our big cozy motel room


    standing out on the balcony

    Series of pics of us flying kites on the beach:


    Spiderman kite!  Who’s the man? 


    Yup, we had this indoor pool all to ourselves (seriously, I think we were like the only people in the building)

    Can you spot me or raquel?


    hehe

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    Man, I can’t wait til i get to live on campus next year!  I’m so
    excited to leave home and experience the dorm life.  I hope we can
    get Erikson; if not I’m fine w/ anywhere else (except potapsco). 
    *cross fingers*

    Well, i guess i’ll see some of you guys at the Ice Age movie preview on Saturday!

  • Mid-Atlantic Sectional Tournament!

    Here’s some quick stats:
    7pm:  what time we were suppose to leave for VA
    11pm:  what time we actually finally headed out there
    Over 100 miles:  about the distance away from Fredericksburg, VA
    6 hours:  about how long we stayed at the hotel the first night
    6:45am:  what time we had to wake up the next day for the tournament
    5th place:  the place we got out of 9 school (so right in the middle; not too bad)
    Best Maryland school:  when you consider that all the team that are ahead of us are from VA
    Grace, Niezle, Anokhi, random people walking by Kevin’s dorm:  Just some of the people we desperately try to get to replace Crystal’s (our second girl) spot
    2 days:  how long we stayed in VA
    6/10:  the number of people that were originally on the roster that was there at the tournament (counting “divya” )
    2:  the number of teams we beat:  John Hopkins and Mary Washington
    0:  the number of games I lost haha (technically I only played the one mixed match where Tiffany and I won 6-0)

    This weekend was such a blast!  I had so much fun and I wish i could just do that again in the near future!

    First I want to say thanks to Lisa and Niezle for taking me out for dinner for my b-day.  Much appreciation

    Friday
    night was a crazy night.  We needed 2 girls minimum to participate
    in the tournament and our second girl, Crystal, canceled on us
    literally at the last minute.  So here we are scrambling to find a
    girl and after much stress we got Tiffany’s sister Joy to play. 
    There’s more to the story but I can just tell you guys that personally
    heh.

    So after driving what felt like everywhere in MD we finally
    headed to VA.  Got there pretty late and fell asleep quickly to
    prepare for the tournament.

    Mid-Atlantic Tournament

    We
    played tennis from 9am-7pm on Saturday and then some more tennis on
    Sunday from 10am-1pm.  It was so much fun…words can even express
    how good it felt down there.  Tiffany and Jeff were our MVPs for
    sure; definitely wouldnt have gotten the results we got if it wasnt for
    them!

    We lost to University of Virgina and William and Mary but
    we beat John Hopkins and Mary Washington.  Beating John Hopkins
    was extremely satisfying, since last time they sorta beat us in an
    exhibition.  Win or lost, all the teams were great and were really
    nice.

    Tracy Austin was
    at the tournament too!  for those who don’t know, she was a famous
    tennis player in the 80s and won the US Open at the young age of
    16.  Pretty cool meeting a celebrity .

    Pictures
    Alright here are some pictures.  You can see the rest here:  http://umbc.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2008319&l=3488a&id=15200041


    Kevin capturing the tireness we all felt when we first got to the hotel


    Like my racket?  Like to see you tyr to pass me at net with that thing!


    You know Kevin and I were happy about free subs!


    Don’t understand the face Tiffany…


    Tracy
    Austin!  (What you don’t see is Tiffany past out on the group
    while Tracy was giving a speech!  glad she didn’t see her lying
    there heh)


    Crazy cardio tennis


    The team (minus Tony) posing w/ Tracy Austin!  (look at jeff trying to look cool haha)


    Watching the match from the best seat in the place


    Group shot at the hotel


    The silly version of the above pic


    Look, it’s me hitting!


    Everyone posing w/ Tracy Austin


    Cheering from the side lines

    David’s Forehand

    Jeff Serving


    And this is just the start of what the club is capable of!

    I’ll end this long ass post on a funny note:  Here’s Jeff dancing:



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  • Technology…aint it scary?!

    So this past few days have been a mixture of fun and eh and
    stress.  I guess I can start with the stress first and work myself
    to the good.

    What am I stressing about?
    -PSYC 332 Midterm
    -PHIL 399a paper
    -MAINLY, the tennis sectional tournament this weekend!!!!!!!

    I’m running around trying to get people together, get them to practice,
    inform them about what’s going on, getting balls, talking w/ the coach,
    convincing the RAC to turn on the lights for us, getting waiver forms,
    making up a roster, getting a hotel, etc etc etc….so much!  I
    really hope everything works out….ahhh!

    Now with the Eh…:
    This weekend, while alright overall, wasn’t too good.  I went to
    NJ w/ raquel to say buy to her dad before he leaves for Afganistan for
    a year.  Raquel’s family is all cool.  I have a lot of fun
    and I feel comfortable.  UNFORTUNATELY, there’s raquel’s
    sister.  A few months ago i try to defend Raquel’s family in her
    sister’s blog and well, got my head bit off by her.  I had my
    reasons, so did she, but in the end she basically told me that she
    never liked me. 

    For some reason, that really stung me and pissed me off…i havent felt
    that upset in a couple of years.  I liked her and i thought we
    were ok, but to find out that the feeling wasn’t mutual hurt.  So
    yea, i tried not to talk to her at all this weekend.  Why try to
    talk to someone who doesn’t even like you?  I owe her nothing and
    she owes me nothing . 

    She may not like me and she may be (no, is) the meanest girl I know,
    but in the end i guess it really doesnt matter.  Thats all im
    gonna say about that…

    Now the good!

    I got a 107% on my Music exam #1 and Ive gotten an 80, 80, and 90 on
    the past few quizes in my PSYC 305 class!  A whole lot better than
    that 40% i got on the first quiz heh.

    Crash won Best Picture!  Holy crap man!  What a huge
    surprise!  Honestly, while Crash was a pretty good movie I didn’t
    think it should have gotten that award…but w/e!

    Thursday night was a blast too!  Thanks to all the tennis guys
    that came over to Marvin/Kevin’s room to celebrate my b-day and just to
    hang out outside of tennis!  It was a nice, chilled night of video
    games, food, and 40-Year Old Virgin haha.

    Here’s som candid shots (P.S. we were playing with the Eyetoy, which explains some of the poses):


    Kevin popping some bubbles on screen!


    Shayan working the air guitar


    Kevin’s turn at it


    Brian punching out some ninjas in the kungfu game


    Tony and Kevin playing (what else?) Smash Court Tennis on PS2

    I’ll try to post up the video of Kevin playing with the Eyetoy later (Trust me; it’s hiLARious!  sorry kevin )

    …and here it is:


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  • My b-day

    Yay, it was my b-day today!  I’m 20 years old now…urgh, got 2 decades on me.  I’m update tomorrow after I get some rest
    –edit—

    Yesterday I didn’t get a chance to really celebrate it, since Wednesday
    is my busy school day.  Still, I would like to thank everyone for
    their b-day wishes and cards!  Also wanna thank those involved w/
    the suprised icecream cake at the CSA meeting, even though I’m allergic to it (but the thought counts!).

    I also got surprised by Raquel!  She came in during my FYC meeting and totally caught me off guard!  She got me a DVD player and the movie Rent haha.  She ended up going to my Phil class and sleeping over that night.  Thanks for coming by baby!

    Finally, my parent’s gift.  They got me….a mattress.  Yea, totally didn’t see that coming ,
    but I’m glad they got it for me since I’ve been sleepin on the same
    mattress since what, 7 years old?  About time i had a change heh.

    If only someone go me this…


    Heh sike, but It would still be pretty damn cool…

    I’m planning on going to Ocean City during Spring Break..anyone else interested?