Settling in....but not quite

So it's been about 3 weeks that I've been school in now?

Well however long enough, I feel like I've set up myself with a schedule that I like a lot. I got classes Monday thru Thursday all in the morning. I'm always free after 1:15 p.m. on both Monday and Wednesday which gives me the whole rest of the day to do stuff that interests me or to take care of things for college. And for Tuesday and Thursday, I'm mostly free after 3:00 p.m.

As for now, I'm taking 3 Anthropology classes in a row. I'm taking two classes from the same professor which will give me an advantage of getting to know her better. Whooot! Letters of recommendation! The other Anthropology teacher is awesome. Basically I love all my Anthropology classes.

I have a huge gap between my Tuesday and Thursday classes. One class starts at 9:00 and ends at 10:15. I haven't been in such a boring class in a long time. The class is music appreciation. How ironic, it's make me dislike it. -___- I have nothing against the music, but the teacher goes off on tangents and doesn't know how to explain music properly. Well I have to take it for a general ed. requirement. Oh well. It's only 1 semester. But the other class is English which I absolutely love and adore. It starts at like 1:30 p.m. and ends at 2:45 p.m. Notice the huge gap in between? I was thinking about adding a class, but I couldn't get it. My teacher is so helpful and so amazing. She sincerely wants to my classmates and me to reach a higher level of writing. I honestly can't wait till that day or time where I'll be able to do that.

It's one my greatest desires to be prolific writer one day who can string words together like nothing while being simple yet articulate.


So that's my classes for me. What do I do in between? I usually go check out basically every club or set up counseling appointments or go workout or go to Triathlons practice or eat or go to the library to do homework or read or write. Basically, I'm always doing something and that's the one thing I love about college. I have a lot of freedom, but it's not like I can do whatever I want. I just have more choices to choose from and do.

I have yet to go exploring and I FINALLY BOUGHT A LONGBOARD! I'll be getting it next week. Super stoked about it. I'm gonna join the longboard team here. We're gonna go out late at night, go to garages, and kick it. Literally. :D HEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLL YEAH! There's a guy on the team with like neon lights underneath his board. It's preeeettty legit. :O And since it's late at night, it's even cooler.

No major parties yet. Eh...not sure if I'm gonna get into that. Maybe not yet. I wanna get focused first and get a good feel first of how college works first and then have fun.

But in the end, I still think about why I'm here at college and what I'm trying to get out of it. I'm still dreaming of things that I haven't gotten yet or achieved yet. They're the reasons why I'm here. As of right now, I'm still dreaming.

Pictures to come. San Jose is beautiful and friggin amazing.

The First Week

So after spending some quality time with the family on Saturday and Sunday, I went to my dorm on Monday morning around 11 a.m.

My roommate who I didn't meet yet wasn't there. So I kind of lounged around and decided to get to go out and meet some people. I met a couple of guys across the halls and in my dorm after going out. Pretty cool guys. I looked at the program the school gave us and decided to go to a couple of welcoming events to meet some other people with a floormate.

We kind of just started to get to talk and get to know each better. I hung out with them for the first couple of days and started to hang out with people I met Orientation. Later that night, I had to go to Target to get some stuff for the room. San Jose set up this exclusive event for its students which was pretty cool. It was pretty fun. Got some coupons for some stuff and free stuff. :D

The following day, I just basically walked around campus to check out some college workshops and clubs, get some academic counseling, hang out with some friends. Basically, it was all so hectic, going from one place to another and climbing 12 flights of stairs to get my room because the elevator takes way too long. Eating at the amazing cafeteria cause I can get unlimited pizza, jamba juice, coffee whenever I want it and however I want it. (: Thaaaat's right. Take that suckas.




But for the past week, it's been ridiculously hot. My window is open 24/7. Notice how I sleep right next to the window? It has a nice view and everything, but the one thing that freaks me out is that if I ever push the screen and fall out, I'mma fall down 12 stories down to my death. Remember, the window is open 24/7. I move in my sleep too. So if I don't ever respond back or pick up up my cell, you probably know why. :D

But that's pretty much all for now. It's just time to explore the campus and among so many other things.

Move In Day

On Saturday morning around 9 a.m., I left home and hit the road around 10:00 a.m. My two uncles and one aunt came to join my sister, my mom, and me to San Jose. I slept most of the way to San Jose since the trip itself was a 6-8 hour drive. Besides, what else can you do if you're stuck in a car with a Chinese speaking family. I couldn't read since all my books were packed. It wasn't until the last hour that I decided to stay away and talk with my family. Throughout the conversations, I made last minute promises and confessions.

We arrive at the university at 5:30 p.m. just in time to move in since the closing time was 6:00.

I came thinking that I would live on the 10th floor, but a change of plans were made. I would now live on the 12th floor which is the very top floor of my building.

The first thing I noticed when I walked on the 12th floor was that it was a little hot in the room. The floor was empty since I was moving in a day earlier than my scheduled move in date. I came in to my room not knowing what it would look like.

 Here's front entrance to my room. (Postmarked 8/23/10)

I immediately dropped off and move everything into my dorm. I didn't unpack everything just in case if my roommate wanted to change beds or desks.

My family and I scanned the room for any damages. I was given a paper to document any noticeable damages.

After scanning, I decided to go with my family to San Francisco just for the sake one last family time before college.

We left the campus around 6:30 to go back to the hotel and look around the area for Chinese food. We ate and then we went back to the hotel to play with my cousin and my niece Sienna.

The Elephant

Aug. 21st, 2010 - 1:58 A.M.

Thoughts are coming at my heard like thin needles piercing through barely leaving any concrete details to grasp on. It's a mixture of lack of sleep and other emotions that confuse me at this moment.

In about 8 hours, I will be on the road to my new Life.

The one thing I know for sure is that I'm excited, but am I necessarily ready for it?

I'm not sure? It's too soon to tell. The horizons have just broadened itself in this very ungodly hour. It is much too soon to determine whether high school prepared me or not because they have to be experienced and tested. The mixture of emotions contain feelings of sadness and deep regret for not being able to be have as many opportunities to have deeper relationships with friends that I wanted to keep in touch with.

After high school graduation, the world suddenly became so big as if a balloon just became inflated. My once sheltered mindset immediately came into attention with health, personal, financial, and technical aspects. Not that I didn't notice about them, but they suddenly became important. The sense of sudden anticipation release was delayed all the way up until now. My stomach feels slightly uneasy for the future.

I'm nervous. So what? It's normal.

I'm leaving behind my community, my love, my joy, my frustrations, my past, my friends, my family, my church, my foundation, my home... for a whole new world.

Not sure what to expect or feel. I give it all up to faith.