its been a while since i updated my flickr

prepare for muscle soreness

just went to the IMA
worked on my arm muscles and chest and some leg muscles.
there's not so much people as i had expected...
i saw some familiar faces haha.

i think i'll probably go to IMA on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. i'll call them gym days.
still have to figure out the muscle groups i should work on for each of the gym day though.
probably going to work on my whole body if i have time to rest between gym days?
or should i go every weekday and work on different part of my body just like what i did in summer?

Y: The Last Man

it's the comic.
so good.
i heard they're doing a movie or something for it now :D

found this fan film on Youtube.

friday

sorry guys,
umm... have been reading the novel and the comic book from my CHID class.
they're super interesting. love them.

and um... yeh working on reading and homework right now.
hopefully ill start hitting the gym this weekend as soon as i get everything sorted out.

first week of school was alright.

Never mind cutting my own hair

I decided not to do it till later this quarter.
Don't have time right now.
And couldn't afford if I mess it up especially when it's just the start of the quarter.
I'll do it when all stuff get in place.

So far so good,
My stomach is getting a lot better since I started my PPI medication.

And yeh been pretty busy lately.
Doing reading and working on stuff.

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thanks andrew for introducing me to teeth-whitening strips

my teeth are getting whiter and whiter :D
but i couldn't whiten my teeth too much because one of my front teeth is actually a replacement and it wouldn't be affected by the strips.
i'll look weird if one of my teeth looks yellow. :P

a little update here.
have been going to lab after class.
i learned how to change media for cell culture today.
i'll learn more about cell culturing this week.

i'm doing reading now for my CHID class.
also doing laundry.
gonna start BIOEN HW as well.

NOOOOO!!!

it's the only red pen i have with me left and it stopped working!!!!
plus it's with three other colors.

i noticed that i'm forgetting stuff a lot more frequently.

it's super weird...
like i was doing something and i switched to do something else
and then i forgot what i was doing a few seconds ago.
or like i was doing something and was also thinking about stuffs to do next
and then all of a sudden i don't know what i'm doing next.

i just kept missing stuff which is really stupid.

monday

first day of class!
it went well.
but then got messy afterwards.

had my first two bioen classes
they sounded super hard
but professors were nice.

had lunch with frances and met with other friends at the HUB
love HUB cuz it's like my first quarter with the HUB opened.
then i had my biofutures class.
it's an interesting class; very similar to the public health genomics class i took.

then went to the box office to get my freaknight ticket with Ben.
took bus from there to SLU lab.
this was where i started to mess things up.

so when i'm getting off the bus i accidentally dropped my iphone and then someone picked it up for me
and i got all nervous and stuff so i just kind of rushed off the bus
later i figured out that i forgot to pay for my ride D:
i'm so sorry.

then i found out that i forgot to bring my access card with me to the lab :((
so i have to go to the reception to get someone in my lab to open the door for me.

then i met someone from our class and i couldn't really hear what she was talking about
cuz i had all those thought rushing through my head.
so i kind of messed up the conversation with her... :(

jeez... hope i will not mess things up anymore tonight.

i tend to mess things up when i messed something up before hand because i get all nervous and panicky.
calm down daniel.
you can only be productive and clear-thinking when you're calm.

Sunday

Worked on my scholarship application and I finished it.

Just went to the building meeting.
Yeh I'm second year here in Stevens court so nothing's new.

Had nothing to do :((
It's only like 9 pm something...
So I decided to cut my own hair!!
So I set up my chair and newspaper on the floor and got the clipper out.
But then I chickened out. So I cleaned all the things up.
Lol what was I doing!!??
Anyway I'll probably do it during the weekend.

Getting busy tomorrow!
School's starting. And I have to finish up some work for my lab which is due on Wednesday.

I'll just go to bed then... Since I have nothing to do :/

And I feel like I'm catching a cold :(
Hope not.

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summer vacation is about to end...

:(
time to go back to work though i've been kind of working already...

by the way i bought some stuff on amazon and they all arrived today.

i bought ear plugs and a sleep mask
just in case i couldn't fall asleep at night or
that i have to go to bed in the morning

and i also bought a clipper.
to cut my own hair :D
it's super super cheap! around $20 for this whole thing.

saturday

so saturday turns out to be so much funner than i expected.

i went to this concert thing on Rd Square with Ben
then we found out that there's a party tonight in the HUB!
i've never been to the HUB and plus there's a party!!

anyway, after that i met up with Zach and then a play a super fun card game.
and i was laughing so hard. i couldn't remember the last time i laughed so hard.
then we went to a karaoke.
i sucked at signing.

then i met up with Ben and we went to the HUB and partied!!
so much fun. though the DJ wasn't that good (better than the one at Friday night), we still had tons of fun.

oh and

here's the short and crappy videos i took to prove the meme.

just listen to the music

cuz i heard Gangnam style during the concert
and during the party and everyone went crazy!!
i was like, "cool!!" and i just danced with everyone!
i really should learn how to dance it in case it is played in any future party :D

ermahgerd

ERT WERS SER ERSUM
ERSPERCERLER U CERN HERV DA WHERL THIN BER YERSERLF

feel like going out tiday but dunno where to go

i really hope i was already 21... so i can go clubbing tonight or something.

so today was unusually idle unlike the weekdays full of craps to do.

so i decided to start my teeth whitening after my shower
and then i went to check my mail
and then went to a nearby bike shop just to check the bikes
they're so expensive :(

then i'm back to my room working on my resume.
have to send my PI some stuff for him to work on my letter of recommendation for a scholarship.

tonight was great!

so after the party, me and a few other friends walked back and on our way we tied a glowstick to a balloon and the glowstick just flew away glowing in the sky! :D
the music was horrible... D: but whatever... i'm going to rave parties soon or later.

but we still had some glowsticks left
so me and Zach decided to make some paper boats and put the glowsticks in them and put them on water.

so we went down to Portage bay and put the boats on the water. and they kept floating back to the dock. haha anyway it was so much fun.
Portage bay was super uber chill.
going there sometime in the future!

Man I feel old in the crowd

So I decided to take a look of the party.
And I just feel so old...


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Stomach!!! :(

Having upset stomach again :(
Dunno if I can make it to the party or not. But I feel like going!!


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Friday

Went to our bioengineering kickoff program this morning.
It went well. Though the talks about capstone project worry me.
Anyway, talked and met with my bioengineering classmates.
We went for lab tours as well.
After that I went back to SLU for lab meeting.
Now I'm going back and gonna meet up with Frances after some other stuff I have to do.
Then after that ill be going to this party tonight at Red Square.

I dunno but I feel kind of sad now.
After all day of meeting classmates.

Also it's totally Seattle weather today. Like gloomy and chilly. Winters' coming!!!

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I have this weird feeling now

I dunno but I somehow feel like crying.
It's like happy and sad at the same time.
Like I met so many people I've seen before but have never known them.
Like I'm part of this world but feel so distant from the world.

I talked to this girl from the English class I took during winter quarter of my freshman year. She's Megan. She's also volunteering.
I saw this guy from my bioengineering cohort. He was living in Stevens court last year as well.

I'm just having so much feelings right now.

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thursday

so i was actually working on shift #2 and #3.
that's from 10 am till 6 pm but we got off early.

it involves a lot of cart pushing, just to let you know

anyway, i absolutely LOVE helping people out.
i just love it.
like answering people's questions and carrying stuff around are just my things.
though it's been a long day and i'm tired now.
just had dinner with Zach and Ben and we talked a bit.
and Stevens court look a lot more crowded now with all the lights on and people walking around.
totally different from the Stevens court yesterday.

i miss the people who were helping moving-in today already!
D:

let's see how late i could make it tonight before i really feel like i have to sleep.
stomach was feeling not too awful. i mean it's fine but a little weird.

last night was kind of horrible

Yes, stomachache again.
Felt like throwing up last night after dinner :(
nothing helps...
so i just went to bed.

today i'm gonna start taking PPI as suggested by my dad.
we'll see how that goes.

huh why does left nostril bleed??

it has already been like this for 2 days.

so the volunteer got this special Husky card

and i spent it all on ice-cream at the District Market!!! :D
first time shopping in the new District Market was awesome!

the card expires tonight at 10 pm anyway haha

Going home now

Staying in lab all day really makes me tired especially I'm still recovering from jet lag.

And my success rate in making nanaopatterns was super low today.
I made no pretty nanaopatterns today :(((

And tomorrow I'm going to help moving-in from 6:50 am till the evening with a long break at noon.
It'll be a long day.
Probably going to bed soon after i have my dinner.


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Wednesday

Went to the move-in training this morning.
Also met a girl from the EFS move-in.
It was fine.
I like the community feeling it's like everyone is working for the same goal and you feel like you're part of the group.
I also feel like I'm no longer newbies. ;)

Here's a picture of the move-in volunteer name tag.

Anyway, I still feel a bit exhausted. Like I have a little bit of headache and my body generally doesn't feel well.
Still suffering from jet lag.
Even though I slept like more than 8 hours last night. Still need more rest.

I'm going to the lab now.
Gotta finish my work today.

Being super productive these days and I'm happy about it! :)

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Tuesday

Have been in my lab since morning.
It's 3:30 pm now.
Hopefully I'll be done with my work soon cuz I'm having stomachache again... :(
Jeez feel like throwing up now.
I think it's because of jet lag :(
I want to go back and rest.

Update:
I'm back home now. Didn't finish my work but I emailed my PI.
Special thanks to Frances. Sometimes I just need some good advice from friends.
We'll see how everything turns out.

I'll be busy tomorrow.
Have to go to a training in the morning which I will wake up and be on time for no problem.
Then I'm going to lab again that afternoon to clean some stuff up.

I'm going to nap now. My back actually hurts. I think I'm just too tired. Not having enough sleep recently.
:/

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still having jet lag.

woke up at like 3 or 4 am.
and couldn't fall asleep...

anyway, i'm going to lab today.
getting busy already.

and guess what!!!?

while i was noming bags of chips, i just found out that one of the books for my biofuture class is a comic book!!!
yes, a comic book!! :D

anyway, a little update on my stomach:

it's getting better i think.

monday

woke up at 4 am

and started unpacking.

after that i took a shower and grabbed a sandwich from JJ.

went to Schmitz hall to get proof of address.

then i went to downtown and got my ID. it's just the temporary one for now.

then came back and went to the bookstore and got all my required textbooks.

as expensive as it is supposed to be i got to use my rebate from last year which is around $100.

but it's still expensive as hell.

it's getting a lot warmer at noon so i changed.

then i went grocery shopping and also sold two of my textbooks for $150 something.

which is awesome!

then i went to some vending machines to get rid of the coins i've been accumulating for the whole year.

got 2 bags of chips and a bag of chocolate cookies.

oh and i have lab works already so yeh gonna get real busy these days. D:

and i'm feeling sleepy already. i'm still having jet lag.

Instax!

by the way guys, i finished unpacking and organizing stuff.
my room looks super clean now.
i'm gonna go out for business after i take a shower and have my breakfast.

jet lag :(

only slept for 4 hours...
i'll try to go to bed again. and see if i can sleep more.

oh i experienced exploding head syndrome just when i was falling asleep.
it's like you heard a super intense voice right before you fall asleep kind of like the falling thing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_head_syndrome

Flight log 9/16 and more

22:32 pm Taiwan time

Waiting at the gate now. They said boarding is delayed for 5 minutes.

Ah... Long flight... Gonna take my sleeping-aid pills after I boarded.

10:49 pm

Boarded.

An old couple are sitting beside me.

It's so much more crowded than the flight I took a month ago.

56A window seat!!

11:31 pm

Took off 

And just took the pills.

Listening to my music! Oh I have 2 un-listened podcasts: Nicky Romero's and Hardwell's.

Anyway, gonna sleep soon.

11:47 pm

Just filled out the custom form.

11:49 pm

Plane is above pacific now.

12:06 am

Ahhh can't fall asleep. 

I'll watch a movie instead.

"Safety Not Guaranteed" looks pretty interesting.

Just read time travel in its description.

Speaking of time travel, I finished the book "Lightning"

It's was awesome!!!

Ok let's watch it!

12:13 am

Food is here. I got the pork thing.

1:38 am

No no no no no!! The movie ends super super ambiguously. Like there's too much space for your own imagination.... I want the ending!!

:(

Anyway, the story happens in Washington and involves Seattle.

Kind of sleepy now. Gonna try to fall asleep.

1:45 am

Omg why is this Chinese song so sad!? The thing is playing like super sad Chinese music.

Making me want to stop and think about sad stuff.

Ahhh dunno if I should sleep or not.

1:55 am

Ok ok I'll try to sleep.

Btw, I think I saw my biology 200 lab partner at the gate. Cool.

2:58 am

Just helped out the old couple.

They wanted to turn off the screen so I kind of taught them how.

And they also asked for the time. Haha

And I slept for one hour... Yay.

Keep going!

Also took my stomach medication. 

It's doing just fine. Hope my stomach will behave like this throughout the hole flight.

6:58 pm

Woke up several times.

Talked with the old couple for a little.

It's their first time going to Seattle.

7:14 am

Got cheese omelet.

Oh no having stomachache... :(

I'm like trembling-ish.

7:30 am

Can only look at my food...

Haven't have this trembling stomachache for a while.

7:56 am

Went to pee.

And I can't finish my meal.

I only had two broccoli.

Feeling a little better now. 

But it's coming in periodically.

:(

Also the old couple asked me a few more questions and showed me their forms and stuff to make sure they were filled out correctly.

8:26 am

Took another medicine.

It's for IBS.

Please feel better!!

Had my crackers.

9:14 am

Errr just went to poop.

Not sure if I'm having air sickness or just my stomach is stupid :/

Please make it to my dorm safe and good.

As I said the feeling comes periodically. 

6:54 pm Seattle time

Landed. 

Feeling a tiny bit better

Ok end of flight log

9:00 pm seattle time

i'm finally back to my dorm

four name tags!!! :D 

plus a new bag!

my stomach still hurts :( i dunno what to do.

gonna rest soon and do some research about it later.

and i drew the spaceman on Hardwell's "Call Me a Spaceman" song a few days ago

D: stomach!!!!

Going back to Seattle

Have been meeting up with my friends these few days.

On Thursday I met up with Ping ping.
I'm glad I met her one year ago in the club. She's a nice person.
She also said that I'm an optimistic person which I have never thought of before.

Anyway,
I'm almost done with packing and going to say goodbye to my parents tonight.
I'll miss them! And my friends in taiwan.

Looking forward to start my third year in college!
All the challenges ahead.
Must be exciting!
Plus I'm going to be 21 this school year ;)

I sure am optimistic!







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i want to look older and fatter!!

i know this sounds weird, but i seriously need to look older and fatter!

first, older...
can you at least give me some credit for being an adult, 7-11 clerk?
like seriously, why'd you asked me for ID when i was a 20 years old buying some drinks.

and, fatter...
yes i'm still way too skinny and
I look like 4 sticks stuck on a piece of meat.
not even a meat... it's a skin wrapped around some bones.

monday

it's a good day.
hung out with Keke at night market.
we got three rabbits from crane machines.

photo and design credit to Keke

then we met up with Frances and Cecilia.
had some food.
then Cecilia drove us near my house.
later we went to the park and chilled.
super awesome!!

another instax

huh my face...

my ongoing project of taking picture of people with fuji instax.

saturday night and sunday noon

so last night was my second night going to 18TC for the week.
picked up Iris, my friend from hight school. (she was here wednesday night partying as well so it's her second night partying this week as well)

and and and!!! the bouncer wouldn't let us in.
we tried again. he still wouldn't let us in.
so we waited outside the club. talking about swag and shit.
we're desperate.
then we tried our last time as they moved their booth inside the building.
i said, "are you guys still letting people in?"
"i'm sorry, but the club is full," the bouncer said with a poker face.
"oh..."
".... only two of you right?" still he said with a poker face.
"yes, only two of us," I sensed hope.
"hmmm... can i see your ID?"
i looked up, saw his poker face, and couldn't believe what i heard.
i handed him my driver license.
Iris punched me on the back declaring success.
the bouncer must have seen us waiting outside for at least an hour so desperately.
so we got in.
had some drinks and went straight to the dance floor.
and the club is packed.
we danced and danced.
i met the guy who's always wearing the furry hat and white shirt.
we had a drink with him and then we kept on dancing.
i was expecting the music to go on till 4 something but the DJ stopped playing music near 4. :(
anyway,
we went to have some food at 7-11.
and Iris wasn't feeling so well. her skin was pale.
so i suggested that we go outside and lay on the stairs.
but before i could carry her out of 7-11.
she suddenly lost the strength and lay on the floor (she slowly dropped to the floor because i was holding on to her).
and i was like, "shit"
and then she opened her eyes and said, "what just happened?"
"you fell to the floor," still a bit worried but relieved at the same time that she talked and her skin was red again.
i helped her out and we went outside of 7-11.
we talked and laughed about what just happened.
later we walked to the nearest bus stop that is going to take her to taichung train station.
she lay on the bus stop seat and i stood beside her.
i witnessed a car accident as well.
that poor little white was hit by a bus going backward while it was waiting for the red light.
when the bus arrived, we hugged and iris got on the bus.

this noon i woke up with a intestine cramp.
went to the bathroom.
and i had the feeling of i was about to faint.
so i quick lay on the floor.
and the feeling quick went away.
i would have fainted if i didn't lie on the floor.

anyway, moral of the story,
lying on the floor is a powerful remedy for many things.

recently

recently
i've not been eating or exercising properly.
because i have different stuffs to do and i can't really keep track of my calories intake.
i do expect to lose some weight (muscles are shrinking)
D:
i think i'll just try to keep up my food intake and hopefully i won't lose too much weight.
and then after i get back to Seattle i can continue my normal weight-gaining life.
i'll work out a schedule for my exercise and meals.
and hopefully i'll get even buffer during the quarters.

and as for my health conditions (specifically my stomach and intestines)
i went to a doctor and he said my stomach is producing too much acid.
it's mostly caused by stress.
and as myself i can confirm that i'm constantly under stress.

hmmm... and i'm going write a post about last night soon. (of course, it's about my second party night this week)
and i still have to meet up with a few of my friends before i leave next week.

instax

wednesday night

went clubbing with my friend from high school
the music wasn't so great
i think it might have to do with the day of the week.
saturday nights are still the best!
anyway,
i had two drinks and my stomach was doing fine which kind of surprised me in a good way.
after the party, we had super late night snack at 7-11 and we walked around the park.
and caught up with each other's lives.
stayed around till 5:40 something.

i had a good time
and hope will have more soon!

GIF from the video

time for timelapse video

:D

from SMBC

andrew, i'll see you soon in the states!

it's really nice spending time with you though it's really short.

Andrews last day in Taiwan

So last night Andrew decided to go party at 18tc.
And we met several people there. Including a girl we met last year at 18tc.

Anyway I had a horrible stomachache last night. Felt like throwing up throughout the night.
I think it's the salad I had yesterday noon.
Feeling better now.
But mentally I'm devistated.


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