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--visualize with me--

Story Time: Today, I went to church with X.  We decided to meet at church for the morning service at 9:30am.  I arrived at church at 9:30am (I timed it so that I would arrive on time versus-  ridiculously early).  I called X to find out where she was--- only to find out that X  had not even left her apartment yet, which meant that it would probably take her another 20 minutes to get to church.  Before X hung up the phone she told me to meet her in the back so that we could sit together.  I sat in the second to last row with empty seats surrounding me on all sides. She ended up arriving so late that the welcomers ushered her to a different section to be seated.  Uncomfortable and peeved, I ended up voluntarily sitting by myself in the back of
the church for the entire service like a LONER.....No one likes to be alone at a new church.

...Oh, and did Imentioned that this was the second time X did this to me at church...yea, so multiply my aggravation X2  
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So for those who know me, I have a huge pet peeve: late people.  Generally speaking, when a person is consistently late, in my crazy mind it says one of the following..

• "Hi Annie,  sorry I'm late its just that meeting you is not important enough for me to be on time."
• "I'm lazy"
• "I have no concept of time"
• "The world revolves around me, and yes that includes your schedule"
• "I'm not a man/woman of my word, so don't trust me when I make plans to meet you."
  

I try my best to be on time if not early to the engagements that I have planned so that I can prepare for whatever event (to get a good seat =P) and not have to be flustered/embarrassed/rude by arriving late.  It's my way of expressing...

• I value the time that I get to spent with you.
• I am considerate of you
• A promise is a promise, you can rely on me. I am dependable.  

Granted, I'm not perfect and have had my fair share of being late to things.  I have overslept or forgotten to set my alarm clock but all I ask is that you TRY.  I understand, it happens, we are all victims of being late, often due to external factors that we can't control. 

Please try to be on time late people.  You know who you are.  Do it for the sake of all those you leave waiting...

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Conclusion of rant: I lack so much grace for late people.

Xanga was being super difficult today and wouldn't let me upload new pictures(check out my flickr).  So instead of seeing new ones, you'll have to settle for a really really old one. =)

I was randomly looking through my xanga pictures and came across this one.  I meant to blog about it a while back but never got around to it. My sister and I used to push each other around in laundry basket when we were young.  This is one of my favorite pictures.  For those who can't differentiate who is who- I'm the little one with the cup.  Good times.

Usually when it is overcast and raining you can anticipate that it's going to be a bit chilly outside.  So you try to dress appropriately by wearing a long-sleeved shirt to give you that extra layer of warmth.

It started raining last night, and all day today so this afternoon when I decided to get out of the apartment to study, I wore a long sleeved shirt and a thin jacket.  The moment I stepped out on the street I thought "UGH DISGUSTING!"  Even though it was raining outside - it was about 80 degrees.  I turned myself back around and ran up to my apartment to change my outfit. 

I'm starting my second week of class and "so far so good". 

Things that differ from undergraduate.

• Every class that I have is a 3 hour blocks (vs every other day), so my schedule looks deceivingly more free. 
  
• Classes run straight through dinner (ex. 4:00-7:00pm and another class at 5:30-8:30pm)
• I actually want to participate.  If I'm going to willfully put myself into financial debt I might as well get my monies worth and SPEAK UP.  I want to be secretly known as the cool Asian girl that volunteers in class.  =P
  
• Classes are smaller, the faculty more personal
• I can practically use what I'm learning in the working world.
  
• Laptops and the Internet access are a MUST (24/7)

PROFESSIONAL DEGREE
The past few day have been filled with back-to-back orientation. The information is helpful however its a bit overwhelming considering how they have planned back to back sessions from 8:00-4:00pm. Overall the program seems great, and the people are really friendly. Graduate school is A LOT different from undergraduate because its a professional degree which means that you are learning everything pertinent to your vertical of interest. However, it probably not a fair assessment of graduate school considering that I don't officially start my classes till next Tuesday. The great thing about my program is that the sky is the limit. We can choose projects that interest us and participate in ANY type of research project that we can possible fathom (of course it needs to be within reason). There is even grant funding if students are really serious about developing a design for something.

FRIENDS
I've been making friends in my program. The process is slow, but chugging along.

SLEEPY
I'm still functioning off of west coast time. And it really didn't work in my favor that I stayed up every night for the past 2 weeks to watch the Olympic games. I have been waking up around 7 every morning to get ready....which is really at 4:00am in the morning due to the 3 hour time difference. At night it takes me an hour or so to fall asleep when i try to sleep around 11:00pm --which is at 8:00pm. So yea, I've been exhausted...my body begs for naps in the late afternoon...I am still adjusting.

It's getting late, good night socal.