Ahh the new Xanga user interface is soooo hard to use. Took me 5 minutes to figure out how to create a new entry.

So I just finished my EE140 final, and I was completely dominated. I don't remember any exam I took in which I don't know how to do 75% of questions. This final exam, plus my deficient grades on the 2nd midterm and the project, could cause me to fail the course :( Although failing this course won't affect my GPA since I am taking it as P/NP, I am quite worry that grad school will take away my admission for this kind of grade.

My suitmate Kenny also took the same final with me, and his situation is similar to mine (except he was afraid that a failing grade will prevent him from graduating this year and accept the job offer) So this is what we did.

To be fair, I also wrote a similar contract for him hahaha.

I don't know what's the legal binding power of this stupid contract. Any law expert?

Anyway, we both felt a lot better, knowing that we will get $1000.00 if we lose grad school admission/job offer.

Now I just hope that our professor holds his end of the bargain (He told my suitmate that he won't fail any student who turned in everything) and both of us will pass this class...

Just picked up engineering department commencement tickets today! I realized that I have only one more month left before I leave Berkeley. How sad :( There are still so many things that I want to do before I leave, but classes are starting to get harder (finally) I actually have to stay up till 5am in the morning for couple nights. I just hope that school doesn't consume all my time so that I can enjoy my last month here.

So I went to RSF to play basketball this afternoon to prepare for our IM playoff game next week. I was shooting pretty well because I think I found the cause of my recent shooting slump and I made adjustments. Hopefully I can carry my hot shooting streak into next week's game. Oh yeah I also broke a world record today while I was playing basketball - beating Alvin in freethrow shooting contest 4 straight times!!! (making nearly 80% of my freethrows) No one has ever done that before. After we finished our first contest, Alvin, eagerly wanted to reclaim his freethrow champion crown, aekd for a rematch, for a 2nd rematch... and so on... That's how I achieved the historical feat of defeating Alvin for unprecedented 4 straight matches.

Dan Chou came over last weekend and we just fooled around just like we always do. Apparently he found THE word of his life that he has to use this word at least 5 times everytime we chat online. Here is the word: "GOLLY GEE". I'll leave it to the rest of you to figure out what it means.

2008 Beijing Olympic Torch Relay

So I finished two midterms on Tuesday and I immediately resumed my life style as a carefree senior infected with senioritis. After my midterm, I discovered that my lab on Wednesday - the only class I have that day - was cancelled. So I decided to go to SF to see the 2008 Beijinj Olympic torch relay. Many of you probably have already heard about what happened in Paris during the torch relay. There were lots of protests aiming at China's human right policy and so on... and things got nasty when some protestors tried to stop the torch relay with different ways. As a result, SF today was under heavily guarded.

Katrina, Grace, and I first went to AT&T park, which is supposed to be the starting point of the relay. The place was already packed with many people, including  protestors, when we arrived. The relay was schedule to begin at 1pm, but we waited for at least 30 minutes and we didn't see any torch. We kept hearing rumors that the torch has been relocated. Eventually, we became impatient and we started heading to other part of the torch route, hoping that we can catch the torch bearer along the way. After many minutes of futile search, we decided to get lunch. However, after lunch, we were told by one of the security guard that the relay was already over. It turned out that the torch bearer was secretly escorted to a "neighboring" place to begin the relay. Sigh... that ruined my day.

I was devastated because I have always wanted to see the torch in person, or even carried it one day. Unfortunately, non e of that happens today, and it may never happen in the future, since the Olympic organization is thinking about cancel the relay in the future to prevent protests. Instead, I spent 6 hours of my life doing nothing. Actually that's not true, although I didn't see the torch, I walked so much (in order to find the torch) that I was sort of relaying, so I guess I accomplished something at least.

So this is what I did after I got back to my place.

I made a paper version of the Olympic torch that looks exactly like the official torch. It's actually quite fun to make stuffs like this and I highly recommend everyone to try... Fun for the entire family! Anyway, I guess things aren't as bad as I thought - I not only saw the torch, but also got to carry it around, although it's just a paper torch! Well whatever makes me happy will do :)

Senior Trip

So I just came back from the Crossroads senior trip yesterday. It was a good trip, and I wish we could've stayed for at least one more day, because many people only participated in activities on Tuesday and Wednesday - We did an entire day of grocery shopping on Monday after we arrived our destination, and we left early Thursday morning. As for me, I actually participated in every activity available, including dinner with Jerry and Adrienne on Sunday night, rock climbing with Alvin, Grace, and Katrina on Monday morning, horseback riding on Thursday, plus other activities with other Crossroads seniors. One thing I love about this trip is the numerous physical/outdoor activities. Beside rock climbing and horseback riding, I also biked on the 17-miles drive in Monterey (although we didn't do the entire 17 miles), and I ran/jogged almost every morning during the trip. I felt I am in shape physically and I look forward to score many points in our next IM basketball game!!!

I also like the sharings from other seniors on the night before we left. That's actually another reason why I wanted a longer trip, because only half of people had the chance to share. For me, I was able to finally open my heart and shared something that I hid within myself for almost two years. It was very emotional for me, but I managed to hold my tears. I think that shows how much God had helped me to overcome the greatest adversity I've ever faced in my life so far. I really appreciated my fellow seniors for listening to my very incoherent sharing and giving me words of encouragement afterward. I think this is what a fellowship should be like.

I am sooo tired now because I've been getting fewer than 5 hours of sleep every night during the trip, and I have to work from 5pm to 3am for tomorrow. Life never gets easier. In addition to that, I just found out that I have yet another job interview next week - I thought I was done with all my interviews last week. But that's ok, I think I fell in love with interviews anyway, so it looks like the the joy and fun of job searching will continue for few more week.