my bi-annual update
So I guess I'm not really 'reviving' this thing as I had said in my last post. And it seems that I'm updating this thing every two years. whatever....
So now, I'm in college. I'm a freshman at Case Western Reserve University, located in Cleveland, OH. Currently, I'm saying that I'm going for a Mechanical Engineering degree, possibly going for a BS-MS degree in Engineering Management. Dad says that he thinks that I'm not that type of a 'technical thinker,' and think that I have pretty decent social skills to go for management and hopes that I make it into the program but at MIT. I don't know what I want to do right now career-wise. So I won't go into it.
Right now, my first semester at Case finished, and a couple of friends are already transferring out, one of them being Melissa. She's leaving for financial reasons. She's one of the very few girls who hangs out within our clique. Our clique quite accurately reflects the female to male ratio of 3 to 7. So now, we're just down to 2 girls... It feels as if I've known the people within our clique for my whole life. I've only met them not even in the beginning of the semester, but in mid-October-ish, I guess. We've hung out just about every other night and definitely every Friday and Saturday. Most of them live in the same dorm as mine and on the same floor. I see them every day and some of them are in some of my classes. So, it's really easy to hang out and get distracted. It's probably the main reason for why I didn't get as good of grades as I had wanted and expected to get and could've gotten. Whenever the adults at church here ask how was my first semester in college, I give them the same answer, "Academically, it was way too slow and, socially, way too fast." And this is true despite the fact that I've spent A LOT of time hanging out. I guess straight B's aren't that bad, but compared to asian family standards, it's close to flunking out. This next semster, I'm hoping to be more controlled and focused. I have a better schedule for next semester, so that should help more. And probably the biggest reason for why I'm too unfocused is that I'm way too focused on other things and preoccupied with hanging out with certain people. I've probably spent more time in my friends' Lisa and Seh-rin's room more than my own room. Besides the fact that my roommate's a slob and takes up 3/4 of the room with his trash and clothes (clean or dirty), I know I shouldn't spend that much time there. And it's not what you think... no funny busy going on there. It's just either watching TV with Seh-rin, talking, watching VMars with Lisa, or just sitting and hanging out there as they're doing their homework. meh whatever...
I also haven't been going to church much at all this semseter either. I usually have a physics SI ('supplemental instructor') sessions on Sunday night, and that's when the church called SevenoSeven (7-0-7)'s service begins. I guess I can go to the church that has a morning service, but I usually can't wake up that early to go or if i go, I wouldn't be able to stay awake. And even if so, I don't think the church is for me. At the one service I attended at that church, the pastor's message didn't seemed prepared enough almost to the point where the message had no point.
As for right now, Cousins Justin and Ryan and Aunt Stef are here visiting. Mostly, we've been playing a lot of Smash Bros. and Halo 2 and staying up to about 3-5 am still playing. We had Christmas on Monday at Aunt Sheila and Uncle August's house this year. It was considerably smaller than usual. We had lunch and dinner there. It was very um... game-filled. We played a whole bunch of games: Pictionary, Psychologist, Celebrity, Nerts, and Categories. I got what I wanted for Christmas, which was a ping pong paddle, supposedly good quality. But I feel bad about not getting Stevo a gift. He got me the Passion CD and I didn't get him anything. I could see that he was somewhat crushed or surprised that I didn't get him one after we both talked about getting gifts for one another before Christmas. I still don't know what to get him even now. but whatever..
And Jon is out right now at Winter Retreat. He'll be back in a few days. I decided not to go since my cousins are here and I wanted to stay with them.
hm... I don't know what else to update about. So I guess this is it. Till 2008! See ya!
So now, I'm in college. I'm a freshman at Case Western Reserve University, located in Cleveland, OH. Currently, I'm saying that I'm going for a Mechanical Engineering degree, possibly going for a BS-MS degree in Engineering Management. Dad says that he thinks that I'm not that type of a 'technical thinker,' and think that I have pretty decent social skills to go for management and hopes that I make it into the program but at MIT. I don't know what I want to do right now career-wise. So I won't go into it.
Right now, my first semester at Case finished, and a couple of friends are already transferring out, one of them being Melissa. She's leaving for financial reasons. She's one of the very few girls who hangs out within our clique. Our clique quite accurately reflects the female to male ratio of 3 to 7. So now, we're just down to 2 girls... It feels as if I've known the people within our clique for my whole life. I've only met them not even in the beginning of the semester, but in mid-October-ish, I guess. We've hung out just about every other night and definitely every Friday and Saturday. Most of them live in the same dorm as mine and on the same floor. I see them every day and some of them are in some of my classes. So, it's really easy to hang out and get distracted. It's probably the main reason for why I didn't get as good of grades as I had wanted and expected to get and could've gotten. Whenever the adults at church here ask how was my first semester in college, I give them the same answer, "Academically, it was way too slow and, socially, way too fast." And this is true despite the fact that I've spent A LOT of time hanging out. I guess straight B's aren't that bad, but compared to asian family standards, it's close to flunking out. This next semster, I'm hoping to be more controlled and focused. I have a better schedule for next semester, so that should help more. And probably the biggest reason for why I'm too unfocused is that I'm way too focused on other things and preoccupied with hanging out with certain people. I've probably spent more time in my friends' Lisa and Seh-rin's room more than my own room. Besides the fact that my roommate's a slob and takes up 3/4 of the room with his trash and clothes (clean or dirty), I know I shouldn't spend that much time there. And it's not what you think... no funny busy going on there. It's just either watching TV with Seh-rin, talking, watching VMars with Lisa, or just sitting and hanging out there as they're doing their homework. meh whatever...
I also haven't been going to church much at all this semseter either. I usually have a physics SI ('supplemental instructor') sessions on Sunday night, and that's when the church called SevenoSeven (7-0-7)'s service begins. I guess I can go to the church that has a morning service, but I usually can't wake up that early to go or if i go, I wouldn't be able to stay awake. And even if so, I don't think the church is for me. At the one service I attended at that church, the pastor's message didn't seemed prepared enough almost to the point where the message had no point.
As for right now, Cousins Justin and Ryan and Aunt Stef are here visiting. Mostly, we've been playing a lot of Smash Bros. and Halo 2 and staying up to about 3-5 am still playing. We had Christmas on Monday at Aunt Sheila and Uncle August's house this year. It was considerably smaller than usual. We had lunch and dinner there. It was very um... game-filled. We played a whole bunch of games: Pictionary, Psychologist, Celebrity, Nerts, and Categories. I got what I wanted for Christmas, which was a ping pong paddle, supposedly good quality. But I feel bad about not getting Stevo a gift. He got me the Passion CD and I didn't get him anything. I could see that he was somewhat crushed or surprised that I didn't get him one after we both talked about getting gifts for one another before Christmas. I still don't know what to get him even now. but whatever..
And Jon is out right now at Winter Retreat. He'll be back in a few days. I decided not to go since my cousins are here and I wanted to stay with them.
hm... I don't know what else to update about. So I guess this is it. Till 2008! See ya!