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28/9/2007 1st weekfirst week will be over in 4 hours. so far i've only attend one lecture of each class. the thing about this new school is that it's on a quarter system. there are only 20 lectures instead of 30 something compare to UT. which mean, for sure i'll be busy and hopefully, won't be stressed out. but anyway, at least it's california. oh well, i still can't believe that i'm in california. 6 years ago, when i first landed on San Francisco, i told my mom, i don't want to go to any place that reside a lot of chinese, including ABC. and then i still remember, my dream was going to the east coast, Boston, NYC, even somewhere in Virginia. look at me now, after those 5.5 years in tennessee, i totally changed my mind. west coast i close to home, so i want to go to west coast. CA has many chinese ppl, so there must be read and excellent chinese food, so i want to go to somewhere that has many chinese. yesh, LA has the most chinese ppl comparing to any other USA cities. let's see how desire and dream work together here. 21/9/2007 lazy dayslazy days are towards the end, school will start next week, and i don't know how it's gonna go. so far i've check the book rate online, and then i'll just wait for the 1st class to see if the professor likes to use book. grad school is totally different than undergrad, and i'm already excited about it. anyway, i plan to go to san diego this weekend, it's gonna be fun and everything. oh! did i mention that i went to san francisco and yosemite last weekend? sorry if i didn't. it was also enjoying, however, since we went with travel agency in a huge group, it's kinda tired all the time. had to get up at 4:40 or 5:30, ride in the bus, gosh...well, at least the pretty scenery make this trip worth. 13/9/2007 busy daysi've been going to school everyday for three days straight. on the first day i got here, i went there for my apartment. the first date i could move in is october 8, which is kinda late for me. school starts on sep. 27, and for the first two weeks, maybe i'll have to stay somewhere else. also, on the first day, i got the most important thing done. yeah, at least there's something else that's exciting. i got a new car, the brand belongs to toyota, named scion tc. it's so cute! and i love it. the second day, went back to school again for the international student check-in, but unfortunately, i don't have all the paper work done, and what's more, i haven't paid my tuition fee yet. so i went to the department and talked to the grad. student concellor and met a new friend. she's ee also, and she's chinese-japanese. then go get the insurance for my car and open an account in another bank. today, yeah, again, i went to school to pay the fee. check the books in book store--just to look for the books for the course and find them online by ISBN. then i got my ID card. UCI's color is blue and yellow. blue like california's sky, yellow like the standard yellow. all these people i've met these days have told me that irvine is a great city. #1 in the safetiest city list, close to the beach, and even has its own airport. that's one thing i like. i don't like LA's airport. you have to be there 3 hrs ahead. there's always a line for everything! last time i went back, if there's not a nice lady who let me cut the line. i will definitely miss my flight. here's my busy days. i feel like this 2.5 days are like a month. i just got many things done in one day. it sounds so efficient, but also so tired. oh! another good things are, my future apartment-mate emailed me back. they are all PhDs, and of course in different major. anyway, i need to go to bed early today. for some reason, i'm so exhausted these days. 6/9/2007 yes!awesome! i got on-campus housing! i sent out the application several days late, so i knew that it's not gauranteed. but then, they never tell me anything about it. i even doubt that the housing department didn't get my application, something like it lost on the way by post office. then today, they tell me that two kind of apt. are available, 2-bedroom or 3-bedroom. the 2-bedroom one is more expensive, but it looks nice. what's more, with three woman living together...i don't know what's gonna happen when there's a conflict. so this is my choice. anyway, as a result, the application was not lost, and i was on the waiting list all these time. this news today makes me feel so released. one less thing to worry when i get there now. thank you, God. now the only thing left is packing. that's another thing i don't want to do. well, anyway, going to school ain't fun either. oh! i forget to mention, i got the chinese driver's license on wednesday. yeah, that's also troublesome. the day i went to the police dpt. to do the application, i almost thought i missed some important document and had to go back some other day. but luckily, i checked my health, took the picture and then send in the application and got an appointment for the test. since i'm just transfering license, i don't need to take a road test, nor crossing the razor thing without trigering any of them. my appointment should be on monday, but when i get there. the computer was down! i guess i was too lucky the 1st time. so i didn't take it until wednesday. they gave you 45 minutes to take the test, but it only took me 7 minutes. if tian's there, she would say, "no surprising, you always turn in exam early." with this kind of face -_- oh yeah, and i did. btw, yes, btw, did i mention last time that i got a new hair style? this time, i cut the hair really short, i'm satisfied, while my mother...was not quite happy with the length of it. she likes me having long hair. yeah, whatever, you can tell that summer makes me boring. all the things i talked about are boring. and now i even feel bored. sure, in this case, bring it on! MSEE! i think i'm ready for school. 1/9/2007 oopsoops, all the sudden it's september. i skipped talking about my summer, my violin class, my trip to xinjiang, and my birthday...ha, sorry...i am ashamed... anyway, yeah, my summer is almost over, i'm traveling back to the states in 10 days. and there are a lot of stuff to do, before i get there and after i arrived there. a whole new life is waiting for me, and yet, i don't feel a thing. i probably should be nervous or excited, but all i have is sad...for the end of the longest and the last summer, or maybe for the last episode of my student career. however, it is exciting to live around LA. that city left my many memories, for my 3-month stay 4 years ago and for my driving lessons taught by my mom on I-91. after my birthday, i start thinking that i am getting old, or mature, in a better way to describe. i have to leave something behind and pick up something new. this is life, life goes on. |
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