Ni-Hao Blog!
It has been a while and a lot has changed. I'm 20 years old; yep older and bolder. Or at least more wrinkled. Whenever I chat with the parents of a freshman student on the elevator the first thing they say is "You don't look like a freshman!" when inquire as to why they always say it's because I have an air of confidence, but I think I just look old as shit. So yeah my teenage days are behind me, and I can't say they were memorable. Lets pray this coming decade brings more accomplishment or at lease instants of interest.
I dropped Chinese. It was impossible to perform well in that class given my rigorous schedule: Physics (The hard one for engineers and scientists); Calculus (The hard one for engineers and scientist) and English 205 Intro to Fiction (The easy class with the same stories I've read since 7th grade) with this overwhelming or at least whelming barrage of courses I simply had no time for Mandarin. I simply can't do all that crap and still have time to memorize the pin-yin, pronunciation, meaning, and stroke order of 25 Chinese characters each night. Even Chinese children don't learn the language at that speed. I know because John (Isa's new roomie), who is from Xi'an, told me. Note: Xi'an is the city where they have all those life size clay statues. You've probably seen them in National Geographic. Some of the students have an advantage because they have one parent who is Chinese so they already know a few words and the freaky-deaky tone thing isn't new to them. However Ultra-Westerners like me don't know what the hell is going on. I heard a former student like me ranting about this into his cell phone the other day. From now on Physics is the only thing that will "look like Greek to me".
I moved back into the same dormitory as last year, only this time I'm on the top floor as I've heard it called "The Penthouse". I have a new roommate. He's just like Jake except he is less quiet (much less), sleeps more, eats less, reads more, is a Hispanic Former Catholic as opposed to a Texan Orthodox Jew... so he's nothing like Jake. His name is Carson.
Today I had a job interview for that most coveted of campus positions. Desk Dude. As a desk dude I simply have to sit at the front desk and get paid to do my homework, while I watch drunks stumble back from the bars. Not too shabby.
Other News: 1. Roomate had a seizure 2. I got free buritos and tacos 3. My brother got fired from work again 3. THE CROC HUNTER IS DEAD, this was heart breaking. B-but there are just some people who can't die! Jesus, Chuckie, and Blade also making that list.
I dropped Chinese. It was impossible to perform well in that class given my rigorous schedule: Physics (The hard one for engineers and scientists); Calculus (The hard one for engineers and scientist) and English 205 Intro to Fiction (The easy class with the same stories I've read since 7th grade) with this overwhelming or at least whelming barrage of courses I simply had no time for Mandarin. I simply can't do all that crap and still have time to memorize the pin-yin, pronunciation, meaning, and stroke order of 25 Chinese characters each night. Even Chinese children don't learn the language at that speed. I know because John (Isa's new roomie), who is from Xi'an, told me. Note: Xi'an is the city where they have all those life size clay statues. You've probably seen them in National Geographic. Some of the students have an advantage because they have one parent who is Chinese so they already know a few words and the freaky-deaky tone thing isn't new to them. However Ultra-Westerners like me don't know what the hell is going on. I heard a former student like me ranting about this into his cell phone the other day. From now on Physics is the only thing that will "look like Greek to me".
I moved back into the same dormitory as last year, only this time I'm on the top floor as I've heard it called "The Penthouse". I have a new roommate. He's just like Jake except he is less quiet (much less), sleeps more, eats less, reads more, is a Hispanic Former Catholic as opposed to a Texan Orthodox Jew... so he's nothing like Jake. His name is Carson.
Today I had a job interview for that most coveted of campus positions. Desk Dude. As a desk dude I simply have to sit at the front desk and get paid to do my homework, while I watch drunks stumble back from the bars. Not too shabby.
Other News: 1. Roomate had a seizure 2. I got free buritos and tacos 3. My brother got fired from work again 3. THE CROC HUNTER IS DEAD, this was heart breaking. B-but there are just some people who can't die! Jesus, Chuckie, and Blade also making that list.
