Memories

So Andrew posted a new photo on our high school Facebook page.
The photo looks so... Perfect, in some ways...
We were all standing on a grass field located at the top of the slope centered at our school.
It's clear and the sky was blue.
every single of us was so natural. Some of us smiling. Some of us looking at different directions. The expression was so individual to the point that I started having this weird feeling.
The feeling that they are now somewhere on this planet doing something...
Maybe studying (like what I'm trying to do right now)
Reading pages of textbook, writing papers, drawing designs...
Maybe just out there walking to class.
Maybe some of us are dreaming (if not, just sleeping)
Maybe smoking out there just to take break from life.
Maybe waiting for the bus.
Worrying things.
Spending time with their loved ones.

This feeling kept hitting on me and I couldn't concentrate on my statistic reading in the library.
So many memories were brought up in my mind.
The things we used to do. The dramas. The memories....

It reshaped what I have been pursuing since I graduated from high school.
I have also wanted to let go of what happened in high school, especially the huge fight we had near the end of senior year.
And I have been living well here in Seattle forgetting about that part of my memory. It's always been out of my scope of thinking. And I was happy about it. It tried to hide it and got them out of my mind eventually.

But this picture. This picture struck my heart.
Made me wonder that I have always been doing the wrong thing.
All of it popped out and became so vivid.
The memories so nostalgic... I miss them...

Thanks Andrew....

Ahhh it's 2:20 now. Have to rush to class. See you later.
(it's supposed to be posted right after 2:20 pm but my blog press on iPad apparently didn't work.)

got a free grande hot chocolate for freeeee!

because i had ten!!! and my card had 10 stickers!!!!

tuesday

so cold!!!
didn't check the weather before i went working out...
so i had to walk back to my dorm in a snow/rain storm at 3 degree Celsius with my shorts, t-shirt and and jacket...

anyway, it's like pouring out there with snow mixing in the rain pretty cool and cold.

and yeh... done with paper like two days ago
now i just have to catch up with stat and bio and PHG readings.

2 weeks left!! you can do it!

feeling inferior...

weekend

my weekend went ok i guess.
finished my PHG paper though we only have to write 5 pages i wrote like 8 pages...
i insisted to finish my paper on sunday morning so it turned out that i went to bed like at 7 am something on sunday and slept till like 4 pm.

went to IMA today and met up with Frances afterwards.
and we're at the library now.
caught up with my Flickr contacts' photos and yeh.
gonna start my stat homework really soon and bio prelab.

everything goes kind of well.
stay positive daniel.

new photos

man feel like dancing in a club or something... i wish i was 21 already...

friday so far

biology midterm went hmmmm well i guess.

i was there almost 12:30 so i didn't get time to fill out my name and stuff on the scantron before i started my test.

almost ran out of time but fortunately i got all the questions done and had some time left to fill out my name and section info and stuff.

but i felt like i'm probably just going to get a little above average.

but the score for the midterm has already been posted which is unbelievably fast!

i got 81.45 out of 90 which is 90.5 out of 100.

the average is 67.85 out of 90 which is 75.38 out of 100.

the highest score is 86 out of 90 which is 96 out of 100. mine is close to the highest score! yay me!!

and my statistic midterm turned out not too bad

i got 16 out of 20

the average is 13 out of 20

well not really satisfied... there's one stupid question i should not have messed up...

went to IMA after my bottle and cup cleaning. i cleaned all of my water bottles and cups and changed the filter thing for my BRITA.

my work out went well.

oh and after my work out i went to a weight in stevens court. i'm like 61 kg!! gained 1 kg :D yay! way to go!

played guitar for like almost 3 hours afterwards.

anyway, there goes another busy week... and here comes another busy weekend... i still have that paper... and stat homework...

and have to start to read or else i won't be able to catch up...

so frustrating!!

like i woke up at 5:55 am and then open my macbook and then went to the registration site
I started hitting the reload button and it's taking forever to load.
i want my class!!!!

not till 6:20 something i finally got the access on my macbook
but it's still not working well....

so i turned to my iPhone using the 3G instead of the sucky school internet
and yes!!!!!!!! success!!! i got my classes
well i didn't get into the one on my list but the alternative actually works better! so yay!!!
and that's only 13 credits....
have to fit a 2 credit I&S class....
so far most of them are conflicting with my classes.

whatever, it's good enough

here's my lovely schedule

can't do anything about the 9:30 class :(

that's the only choice so.... DEAL WITH IT!!

ants....

there're still ants crawling around on my desk...
man...
i put my plants outside of the window and we'll see how that goes....

Hahaha

So when our statistics professor was calling out names to get our midterm back, he shouted, "jack sparrow!"
And everyone paused. And said, "what?"

And then everyone started laughing. I laughed too. It turned out that he read the name incorrectly, but I was glad he read it wrong cuz it's soooooo funny!!








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wednesday

yeh... as usual.
ran around the campus whole day and i'm now at the library.
but we did a really cool lab today! we looks at embryos of chicken. and human embryo!!

so we actually cracked fertilized chicken egg and got the embryos out from the yolk.
and looks under the microscope and this was what i see



and yeh nothing much today.

saw people around smiled and said hi.
yeh i know it's good to always put a smile on my face
so people will smile back at me and everything will be great
but sometimes it's just hard... like there're so much things in my mind and my heart that I just couldn't smile.

arghhh!!

man... i've been reading like more than 5 papers tonight that's like more than 20 pages of paper
can't swallow more pages...
so i relaxed a bit on Flickr!!

here are some new photos!
the last batch of snow photos! yay!!

tuesday

monday was ok. studied and started my PHG readings.
i'm at the library now. gonna at least start my PHG paper asap. it's due next wednesday (2/29)

and yeh went to IMA after class. well i got delayed.
when i was back to my room, there're like ants crawling in my desk.
and i was like oh eww.
then i just start sweeping them into a plastic bag with some drops of rubbing alcohol. i don't want to like squeeze them or anything.
at least they died peacefully right?
so I met up with Frances at the gym and i actually met my neighbors from Mercer hall last year.

hmmm what else.... i guess not much....

oh my fourth explored photo on Flickr:

so far so productive.

almost done with biology reading.
hopefully will be starting PHG tomorrow! thank President's Day tons!!
and yeh went shopping at Bellevue Square with Frances yesterday
we talked a lot too!

and just came back from IMA haha i decided to go work out since the last time i went to IMA was friday
i kinda want to go workout 3 times a week so yeh....
i'll be going back to IMA on tuesday.

and i uploaded some new photos and they're still snow photos
i promise i'll be uploading photos other than snow really soon

i'm literally sweating from laughter!!!

this is like my second workout for the day.

see my playlist.

Shit ... say

personal favorites:

Shit Girls Say on their Periods

Shit Girls Say episodes

Shit Asian Moms Say

Shit White Guys Say... to Asian Girls

Shit Girls Say to Gay Guys

Shit White Girls Say...to Black Girls

friday

done with stat midterm...
i dunno... i don't think i'll do well this time...
i got some really weird answers but the questions are designed to give you normal looking answers.
:/

anyway, i'll just forget about it since it's over. i'll go work out later
and it's like raining so hard outside... shoes are all wet. socks are soaked too.

and last night when i was lying on my bed and all of the sudden i have this idea of making something really stupid and funny
and here it is.
a little Friday surprise for you!

HURR DURR

sorry baby weasel...

just used up my fourth notepad since the school year has started!!

love the feeling when peeling off the cover page of the notepad!

this is my fifth notepad!!

and stomach is a little irritated... shouldn't have eaten that much chocolate :(

i ate like 10 or more heart chocolate... cuz it's delicious! but now it's not...

oh second statistics midterm today (Friday). (can't believe it's friday... another week just flew away... in studying)
hopefully i'll nail it! i've done reviewing for it since the start of the week.
so i'm like studying for biology now
and i really have to start working on PHG stuff cuz there's this paper due on 2/29 and if i keep leaving it untouched, i'll end up rushing the assignment which is not good! it's worth like 40% of the class grade!

snow photos... still!!

whew... let me rest a bit then get back to work...

yeh... sorry i'm just really busy recently...
still catching up....
and did some gel electrophoresis today at lab! so much fun!
here is the photo

I'm the fifth on the gel from the left most column.

the second column gives the band for +/+

third column gives the band for -/-

fourth gives +/-

so i have +/+ for Alu insertion. and +/+ genotype is found in most east Asian lineages. and yes, i'm Asian.
so cool!
you can see genes in action :D
sorry i'm being "geekly" over excited.

third photo explored on Flickr!

this one was actually dropped from Explore.
but it's added back again.

again, thanks all for the support!

Tired...

Just came back from the library
It's like 3:50 am here now...

Saw a raccoon on my way back. And then I just disappeared when I was trying to find it. Or maybe I was just hallucinating...

Oh!! when I was at the Starbucks today. The cashier told me that she likes my scarf. I said thank you!
:)
She made my night!

Ok I'm going to bed now.
Sorry body but this is what you have to endure.







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monday

yup another busy day
now at the library doing things but will start studying really soon :p

yeh had stomachache last night... went to bathroom several times and release large amount of "gas"
i guess it's IBS.... having too much pressure lately...

and here is a new photo!
you know it's for the once a year Valentine's Day.



and in the caption, i say,
"but seriously, if we all got a day off for Valentine's day, wouldn't that be awesome!? :P"

Stomachache :((

No!!! I need my sleep!!
I need a good start for the week!!

Must be all that stress ;(

I want to fall asleep!
I've been studying all day!


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my second Explored photo on Flickr!

Snow day


thank you all for your supports!

saturday night

had dinner with Frances
and talked a lot later this night.

great talk.

saturday

so i ended up playing my guitar last night
learned how to sign and play "We Found Love" and "Stereo Love" with 4 chords.
started to learn new songs ;)

and yeh should start studying asap

here are some new photos











endless snow photos!! yay!!!

friday is time to do stuff other than study.

i went to work out.
i did water filtering for my empty Brita.
i emptied my trash cans.
i went grocery shopping.
i did laundry.
checked email checked RSS and flickred.

yeh.

and now it's time to study T^T

but i'll upload some photos sometime tonight.
i'll say it's a productive Friday.

I will be doing this in my research lab

Micro contact printing

wednesday so far

woke up at 8:50 am this morning....
forced myself out of bed
then took a shower and dressed up and swallowed down an energy bar and a protein bar.
met with people for lab meeting.
it's totally like a business meeting or something so professional!

anyway, i'll probably start working in the la sometime this week.
and ya... still super busy...

going to have class till 8 pm tonight.
and then have to continue my readings for bio, stat, PHG and most importantly, lab paper.

oh just got my PHG midterm score in.
i got 22 out of 24.
the average is 19. something out of 24
that's good enough i think.

ok i'm going to stat class now cya later! :/

lets see how're my new year resolutions.


1. must recover from acid reflux and duodenitis
still working on it

2. start working out again (build muscles!! gain weight.)
yes, i'm doing it! ;)

3. get into a research lab
just got in the lab! so excited!

4. spend more time with friends!
have to work on this!

tuesday and new photos

i followed my plan :)
after class, i went work out. it went really well!
ran for like 10 minutes on treadmill and then pulled weights
and hungry afterwards

now i'm studying at library
just read through the volunteer form for my research lab.
so many responsibilities!! @@ haha! it's going to be great and fun! first time working in a lab!!! as a volunteer!!! so excited!

and uploaded photos to flickr!!
they are all freelensing!

another busy day

just finished my PHG online midterm
read so many articles for PHG today. i feel my eyes are falling off...
and still have to catch up with all the readings i missed...
i have to start my biology reading and stats reading soon...

professor from the research lab emailed me back finally (yay!)
and he wants me to meet him on wednesday at 10 am if i remembered correctly.
10 am is so early but no complain! it's research lab and you made so much efforts to get in!!
anyway, he assigned me to read yet another paper....

omg i'm so "paper-full" right now...

ok i'm going to bed really soon or more like now....

my plan for tomorrow.
finish class, go work out, go study at library. and upload a new batch of photos!

oh oh must do my crow experiment but there're too many people at the red square after my first class; all crows are gone by that time.
i'll probably wait till people go to class then.

ttyl!

monday

guess i'm used to busy lifestyle...
run around campus, get to classes, go to some other meetings...
i'm waiting for the electrical circuit workshop for my bioengineering

got my bio midterm back
they're super fast this time.
i got 92 over 110
and the average is 77 over 110
good enough
they also give us our approximate total score for now
mine is 241.5 over 276
and the average is 192 over 276
according to bio professor's email,
4.0 is over 233 so i'm 4.0 for now :)
gotta keep it up!

and yeh.
super sunny for like three days already! love the weather!
i enjoyed the sunshine at the red square for a bit in between my first and second class.

ttyl

taking a little break....

have been like studying so hard since last Monday... it's like a full week of hardcore studying.

managed to finish a lot of stuff

like i caught up with bio reading though new readings are coming up and i can't start it right now...

just finished stats hw and reading is still ahead of class schedule. so i'll say stats is going well

one page from my stats homework...

@@

i literally spent 2 days doing my stats homework!!

yeh anyway, my PHG is so fucked up right now.

i'm like behind so many lectures and i get like more than 10 papers to read and the midterm is tomorrow

so obviously i'm doomed...

and the professor asked for my class schedule so we can arrange lab hours. i sent him my schedule.

but he hasn't reply since like wednesday...

;( 

well i still managed to go work out on friday afternoon and flickred to stay connected with my flickr friends.

yeh... i'll still be super busy next week.

crows!!

after watching several videos of crows
they're one of the most intelligent animals; the smartest of all birds!!

i decided to do an experiment myself!
i would carry some crashed crackers with me when i go to class everyday from now on
and if i spot a crow, i'll feed some of cracker to it and hopefully by doing this everyday, some of them will be able to recognize me!!
so exciting!!

crows are so cute!!

snow photos still :P

Proton pump inhibitor

so i think my stomach kind of depend on PPI after weeks of medication.
so as soon as i stop taking PPI, rebound occurs... meaning that my stomach actually produce more stomach acid than usual.
and i think that was what happened few days ago.
i stopped taking PPI sometime last weekend and so my stomach start producing more acid
on wednesday night I had some energy drink which contains carbon dioxide and acid and caffeine which will stimulate acid production
then it's the acid reflux onset....
guess i have to start taking PPI again.

friday

today was beautiful! so sunny!!
like everyone was out there and enjoying the sunshine.
red square and quad were so packed!
and of course i was out there enjoying the sunshine.

biology midterm was ok i guess.
like i had no problem going through the questions
but not like "oh I'm totally going to get a full score on it"
anyway, we'll see how it goes.

and went work out after my last class of the week.
ran and pulled weights!
i want more muscles!!! >:(

what else... yeh probably gonna be busy studying this weekend.
have PHG midterm Monday...
hmmm... i'll probably go to library to boost my efficiency.
so i don't have to worry about not getting things done.

thursday

at least i'm not feeling like i have to be beside a toilet or something right now.

i'm think my stomach is getting better.

only had a few crackers and half of a sandwich for the whole day...

don't feel like eating AT ALL!!

yeh i'm at the library again! because i'm much much more efficient here than in my room

hopefully i'll be able to finish my bio review tonight!

then after bio midterm tomorrow, i have to study for PHG.

oh the professor from the research lab i'm applying said "Excellent!" after i emailed my critical analysis to him. he asked me to email him my class schedule and fill out a volunteer form.

i guess that means I'M IN!!!?

oh and got my stats midterm back today. i got 19.5 over 21.

so it's like 92 on the percentile. :)

my hard work paid off!

just cut the card i found days ago into pieces

on my way to odegaard I held the pieces in my palm and threw a few pieces into a trash bin at a time.

there's no way it's going to get into the wrong hands!

:((((( horrible night...

Had the worst stomachache since, I dunno last quarter before I started my medication.

Came back to my dorm last night at around 2 something am. And then I started feeling like throwing up...

I dunno if it's food poisoning or what. Or if it's acid reflux... i had an energy drink when i'm studying at the library and i didn't even finish the whole bottle. maybe it's the energy drink??

though I'm feel better now but still not completely normal...  Why? Stomach... why?

Wednesday

Woke up this morning at 7 am and saw light glowing from my alarm clock and then I recognized the noise from heater! The power is back!!! And I just got out o my bed and start plugging all my electronics back to the plug. (I unplugged because I don't want possible sudden impulse to destroy my stuffs) And adjusted my alarm clock to 7:07 am :) And yeh fell asleep again and my day starts later at 11:48 am which was too late!! I took a quick shower dressed up and quick walked all the way to Kane hall. Man almost late to class. Im now waiting for my bio lab. Gonna be done around 8:20 pm. And then im thinking of getting my stuff and study at library tonight. Since 1. I'm way more productive in library. 2. I like how the library feels like a little club where it's still so vibrant even though it's 1 am. Like I can feel the same way as people who are also studying so late in the night. Yup. I'm done with all the paper btw. I'm reviewing biology right now... And then after bio midterm I have to review public health genomics...

I walked around Stevens court and felt like there's no one. It's like a ghost town. Did my little adventure and yeh it was fun, but kinda boring... And where are my roommates? Are they asleep yet? Or they went home already?? Oh I ended up playing with flash and long exposure. One or two of the photo turned out pretty cool!! It's like a continuous action shot!! The Seattle city light people are still outside working on the problem... Dunno when it's going to get back to normal... Ok I'm going to bed now in the dark. Have to wear more layers cuz its only 15.7 Celsius inside my room. No power no heater...

Back to the "dark forest"

Studied at odegaard the whole night. Left library at 1:30 am And back to Stevens court which is covered by complete darkness. Thanks science I haven flashlight with me. So I can navigate through the court and building. I felt so advanterous right now lol!! Wanna walk in the dark forest!! I dunno ify roommates are back or not...