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In lieu of a real post, here's something I typed up last night while I was "studying" in the library. Most of it is nonsensical, even to me. I guess my thought processes go kind of strange when I'm tired.

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From today's Chinese reading ( Read more... )

For your amusement, I present a collection of quotes from Ramamurti Shankar, professor of physics at Yale University.

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Last Tuesday, I jokingly suggested to 王老师 that for Chinese New Year's Day, 她应该带一些红包给她的学生们。She actually brought some today, with chocolate inside instead of 钱. The Chinese teachers at Yale are so cool ( Read more... )

I never realized, until this past weekend, how much more enjoyable meals are when accompanied by good friends and meaningful conversation. I got back around midday on Saturday feeling voraciously hungry, so I tried to contact anybody I could to invite to lunch/dinner. Unfortunately, everybody was either not picking up, not in New Haven, or just ( Read more... )

During junior and senior year, I had to wake up at 5:30 every morning because I lived so far away from North Hollywood. Most of the time, this wasn't really a problem, since I slept for the entire ride from home to school, with a small break in the middle to transfer from my mom's car to the school bus. (For those of you who didn't attend high ( Read more... )

I was shopping for a new printer with my dad at Staples the other day, and I saw bags of bubble wrap for sale. I was incredibly tempted to buy all of them, just so I could pop away whenever I got bored. I had to resist though; not only were they $5 per bag, but I also realized that the sound of popping bubble wrap would probably drive my roommate ( Read more... )

I finally decided to start taking photography seriously today. That is, I cracked open my camera's 200-page manual and began reading through it, even though I felt lost after about page ten. To celebrate the occasion, I created my first flickr account under the name "Aplomb," which dictionary.com defines as "imperturbable self-possession, poise, or ( Read more... )

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