White noise

Supposed to be cleaning my room, but instead I find myself on Blogger. How do people maintain their blogs so well? I haven't posted since January, when I had my grand idea of creating a travel blog...which I still want to do and still plan on doing. I just had to live a little first.

Since I last posted, I finished grad school, did a bunch of traveling, and figured out what I'm going to do with my life for now. Its hard to believe that I'm here now, settling down again in Honolulu, but that's where life has taken me. I'm not exactly sure what to expect from my new job (which I start in exactly 12 days) or from law school (which isn't on my radar for another two months). But things should be exciting.

Back to that travel blog...I think it will be easier to create a whole new blog dedicated to my travel escapades and pointers. I was looking into the whole label thing previously, but creating a new page is the easy way out. I'm not sure where to begin though...America? Europe? Asia? Too many choices. One thing at a time. Gotta create the blog first!

Been a little busy...

So this travel blog will be happening! I've just been busy, well, traveling :D

Over the past couple of months, I've been between Los Angeles and Honolulu (standard) but also had the chance to visit New York City and Osaka. Both are amazing cities, and even though I had been to both destinations before I always seem to discover something new while I'm there.

School also just started last week, so I've been trying to finalize my schedule and all that jazz. Expect a super cool post sometime soon though!

Time for a revamp

So I'm on my break in between the end of classes and the start of finals, and what better way than spending it in a spontaneous week-long vacation with my mom! When I was on the phone with her yesterday as I was waiting for boarding in Los Angeles, she gave me a great idea...

One of my favorite things to do is traveling. Its so much fun to go to new places, try different things, and just to be in a different environment that its like I get contact-high for the duration of my trips. I come up with all of these pointers and stuff, but never really write them down. So not only is it hard for me to remember the exact details, but then I also have a hard time when people ask me for tips and suggestions. My mom suggested that I keep a traveling blog, so basically that is what I will be trying to achieve here. I will still keep my personal anecdotes, but obviously those are far and few to begin with.

I'll start off simple, with places I've been, and different suggestions for these places. At first I was thinking of doing big posts for every destination, but that would be a little too intense. I'll do smaller posts, focusing on just a few things, and then have more posts for a single destination. Does that make sense? Probably not, but bear with me here. I am hoping that this can take off and maybe help others who are planning trips and want suggestions.

Suggestions are welcome, as always. Wish me luck!!

Digging up the time capsule

My my...its been quite a while since I wrote a blog post. Almost two years! I'd be lying if I said nothing's changed since my junior year of college, which is when I last blogged.

For one thing, I ended up reviving my Facebook page. Although not a day has gone by where I haven't thought about deactivating it again!!

So my blog revival started really because of two friends...Winston and Nicole who are both currently blogging their thoughts as well. Maybe, I thought, if I have friends that are blogging I might also be inclined to do the same! O__O so we shall see how this goes.

Today, I had a midterm exam for my special topics class in high voltage DC transmission systems (EE 599). Yeah...another big life update. I'M IN GRAD SCHOOL. It's so weird now how when I go to campus I think about how at least half of all the people I see are younger than me. And I'm not a Green Tech student anymore, but an EE student. Which is kind of scary. Am I getting myself in some deep kimchee here? Is EE way too over my head, especially coming out of undergrad with an ISE degree? So far, everything is just fine. I'm not failing any of my classes (big thumbs up for that) and I've even had two EE internships since the last time I wrote. Which just goes to show you

anything is possible

no matter how crazy or wild it may seem to be initially.  And I'd like to think that this lesson is the most important thing I've learned in the past couple of years. Anything, good or bad, big or small, smart or dumb, chocolate or vanilla, can happen to any given person at any time without regard to anything else that is happening in this world. And because anything is possible, I've learned that I must always

be prepared 

to spend days out of my weekend flying to Hawaii only to return to the mainland within 6 hours, or to drink one too many happy hour margaritas at La Barca, or to kick back once in a while since there's no one at USC to hang out with and spend a few hours (or half a day) watching Korean dramas on your mom's online account.

My most recent completion, by the way, is "I Do, I Do" which was really great because the main characters and conflicts centered around a shoe designer and her work place (a shoe designing company). Also known as heaven if you ask me.

Basically, since my last blog post, this is how I've decided to live my life...by remembering that anything is possible and to always be prepared for what lies ahead. I feel like I've taken it to heart, and now as I graduate for the third time in my short and illustrious life, I think I am finally at ease with leading my life in this way. Especially since I have no backup plan this year, there are way more unknowns than I am comfortable with.

As I read my old posts before reviving my blog, I laughed and thought to myself, WOW...the things I thought were so important before really didn't matter too much in the bigger picture. When I read this post in a few years, what will I say to myself?? Will I still be living my life as a prepared person ready for limitless possibilities? Or will I be a beach bum sipping my maitais by day and working Mai Tais at night...maybe its best not to think about that for now and just sit back as things take their course. Either way, I'll be ready.

Days 7 - 10: The Final Four

Final Four already?? I guess so, if you're asking about school days! I just had my last class for the fall semester, and its pretty weird to think that I'm practically halfway done with my time here at USC. 5 more semesters seems like a lot, but considering how quickly the first 5 went by means that this second half will be even faster.

So now that classes are over...its time to get cracking on those finals. On Monday, I found out that I got an A in ISE 225 (Engineering Statistics) thanks to a score of 130/130 on my second midterm...which means I have the ability to not take the final exam while not feeling guilty about it. Yesterday, I found out that my IOM 431 (Managing Businesses for the Digital Revolution) final will be a take-home exam. And today, I had my final for PHED 140A (Tennis). Which means I only have three "exams" during finals week. And since I'm taking ANTH 263 (Exploring Culture Through Film) with a pass/no pass grading option, I just need to pass that final and I'm good. So after all of that, I have two finals that really matter, plus one take-home exam as well as a final project due within the next 12 days. Which is really not that much work, considering the fact that I have so much time to do everything! Now that my ISE 440 (Work, Technology, and Organization) presentation is out of the way, its smooth sailing from here! Sort of.

Oh, and my progressive degree application. For an MS in Green Technologies and Engineering. Funny how I'm already thinking about GRAD SCHOOL?! I guess its never too early, but really, this is a bit ridiculous. That's due in a couple of weeks, but I'm practically done with it (except for trying to get in touch with a professor who's kind enough to write a letter of recommendation for me).

The only thing that's been on my mind for these past 4 days was school, and now that its all over, I'm still thinking about school. Ridiculous.

Well Third Eye Blind is playing at USC tonight, so I guess I'll go and check that out later and temporarily put myself out of this boredom by finding addicting online games while I wait.

Day 6: Confusion and recuperation

Well, today's definitely been an interesting day.

I thought I was going to sleep around 1-something this morning, since I'm still on Hawaii time. WRONG. I ended up going to sleep around 7:15 am. Ridiculous, right?? Now why on earth would I EVER stay up so late?

As you could guess, it was all thanks to confusion. Some definitions of confusion, thanks to www.dictionary.com, include the following:

-the act of confusing

-the state of being confused.

-disorder; upheaval; tumult; chaos.

-lack of clearness or distinctness.

-perplexity; bewilderment.

The confusion I was faced with in the wee hours of the morning was due to the fourth definition...a lack of clearness or distinctness. More specifically (or as specific I'd prefer to be in a blog post), this confusion stemmed from a lack of clearness embedded in my interactions with another person. And this person was at my apartment, for 5 FREAKING HOURS, during which I was tired and somewhat dehydrated (which is beside the point) and just straight up confused. Part of this confusion comes from a string of online chats we've had within the past month, and the other part just materialized over the past few days in conjunction to the fact that we've known each other for several years. I'd like to think that matters are settled, but people are so irritating sometimes that I know this madness and confusion won't be over for a while.

Anyway, I finally got rid of the previously mentioned person and was able to sleep until 11:00 am, at which point I dragged myself out of bed, drank at least half a gallon of water, and miraculously biked over to University Gateway to work on Operations Research homework with Michael.

It is tradition that I always have a headache while doing ISE 330 homework, and although this headache wasn't from the usual reasons, I had a huge one. After half a taquito, even more water, and 4 hours, we were able to finish 6 of our 10 problems in the set. Talk about exhaustion!

The rest of the evening was spent catching up with Gita and Amanda (and going over our Black Friday purchases) before heading over to campus for a friend's birthday.

Did I mention this friend is the same person that kept me from a good night of sleep?! Nevertheless, friends are friends, and although it was slightly awkward, I pulled through and made an early escape back to the confines of my apartment. I finished a scholarship application, took a shower, read Lauren's college essays, and wrote a blog post! Life is obviously good, but it might have been a little better if I had chosen to save the blog post for later. Its good that I didn't, since I'm sure I'll find this rant of mine hilarious when I read this in the future. But all I want to do right now is sleep.

Too bad I'm going to have to wake up in 7 hours anyway. At least 7 hours is better than 4 hours!

Days 2, 3, 4: Back in the islands and Day 5: Heartbreaker

My Thanksgiving break has, for the past two years, been split into two parts. The first part of the weekend starts off back in Honolulu for me, where I get to spend time with my family in the place I love.
This year, I was able to spend 3 nights at home, which is more than my average weekend trip back to Oahu. My first day was pretty chill, didn't really do much except sleep and eat. On the second day, I was on a mission to take Popo to get her new State of Hawaii ID card, since her driver's license recently expired. And what an adventure that was.

I first went to pick her up at home, and we had to go into Kaimuki to stop at her bank to pick up relevant documents that she needed in order to prove her identity and get her ID issued. Finding parking in Kaimuki is always a pain, especially since they took out the meters in the public parking lots and replaced them with tickets. I was only there for 20 minutes and had to pay 75 cents! Guess that goes to show how bad the financial crisis is in the State of Hawaii.
Once we picked up those papers, we drove downtown to the Territorial Office Building at the intersection of S. King and Punchbowl. I had forgotten how impressive and historically rich that intersection was: across of King stands the State Library, across Punchbowl is Kawaiha'o Church, and diagonally across the intersection is Honolulu Hale, not to mention the old Territorial Courthouse and the King Kamehameha statue down the street from the Territorial Office Building and Iolani Palace down the street from the State Library with the State Capital in the background. As I pulled up into a parking stall facing the Library, I asked myself how so much culture and history could be contained within the distance of one city block, and why I had never come to explore this area before. Although there was no time that day, I plan to go back to the area to visit some of these sites over the winter holiday.
Popo and I walked into the Territorial Office Building, and we were greeted with a long line of people waiting to get their State IDs. We went up to the desk, filled out a form, then proceeded to stand in line as well. There was such an interesting mix of people at the office...an elderly Korean woman with her son stood behind Popo and me, and I listened as they criticized the heavily tattooed local couple standing in front of me. Two Japanese girls quietly entered the office, and asked the assisting police officer to help them with their forms. Several Micronesian families were waiting in line patiently, as well as some recent Filipino immigrants who needed to process their IDs so that the young girl could enroll in public school. I'm always so amazed at how we (people of Hawai'i) can coexist with such a diverse range of people living on small volcanic islands that comprise what is considered to be one of the world's most isolated population centers.
Sadly, my amazement didn't last very long as Popo began to get a little cranky from having to wait in line. It took us about one hour to wait in line just to get her documents reviewed. While we were in the back of the line, I wondered why the process was taking so long. But as we moved up, I started to see the processes taking place within the office. This first process, document review, took such a long time because there was only one employee reviewing documents.
After the document review, we were instructed to wait for our number to be called so Popo could finally get her ID issued. We received ticket #90, and I looked towards the machine and shook my head at the pixelated "78" that was on its display. The second process we needed to go through was the ID production and issue. There were 5 booths where ID applications could be processed, but that doesn't necessarily mean there was an employee at every booth. As a number was called, the person would approach the booth, have their paperwork reviewed, pay the ID processing fee, and sit back to take a picture. Then, the person would leave the booth and be called back 5 minutes later to pick up a brand new state ID. I noticed that during that 5 minute wait for the ID to be printed, the employee at the booth would just sit there, despite the large crowd that needed to also get IDs. This totally inefficient process irritated me to oblivion (and still does, actually). We had to wait another hour before I heard an employee yell "Number 90!", and by that time, I was fed up.
After we got her ID, we drove back into Kaimuki for lunch at Happy Day at the intersection of Waialae and 11th. YUM. Then more errands before dropping Popo off and heading home.

Thursday was Thanksgiving, which was spent in a Star Wars marathon (and I only watch the original trilogy...the new movies are just horrible). Then, as tradition dictates, my family and I headed down into Kaimuki to our cousins' house for a Thanksgiving potluck. All of my relatives mistook me for Lauren originally, which was pretty sad. But good food and good people always make for great times. Every Thanksgiving, I realize how much I take my family and my island home for granted. Its kind of sad, but I guess that's what happens when you tend to over-analyze situations.

Our family woke up extra early to go Black Friday shopping at the Pearl Harbor Navy Exchange...and I had another revelation while sitting in the car on the way to the store. Its so disgusting how we (as a collective society) tend to place so much emphasis on material goods, like they add value to our quality of life or something and make us better than other people. I don't even think I have that much...no texting, no car, no concrete way to pay for my education. But still! The amount of "stuff" I possess could probably be sold to feed a small village in some developing country, no joke! And when I think of the fact that most Americans have even more "stuff" than I do...it almost makes me want to puke.
Basically, I put these thoughts out of my head as I went on to buy a couple of dresses, several tops, a pair of heels, a Hawaiian music CD, and some gifts for friends. But still, I think I want to find a way to reduce the amount of "stuff" I have. Its just crazy.
Then I flew back to Los Angeles, and here I am.

Today, I was able to sleep in since I stayed up late watching the documentary "Crossing the Line" about American military defectors and their lives in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or for those of you less socially-conscious readers, North Korea). I could write an entire essay about the film, but if the Korean conflict interests you I'd strongly recommend it. Then went to tailgate (sushi bar!) before watching my beloved Trojans lose to the freaking Irish of Notre Dame. In the rain. My USC hoodie is still completely soaked, so I've resorted to wearing an old Iolani cross country sweater that Lauren got from an athletic department clearance.

Since I'm tired and its past midnight, I'm going to call it quits for now. I can't believe that Thanksgiving weekend is almost over, and that I'll be back in Hawaii in 17 days!

Isn't it crazy how time just seems to pass us by?

Day 1: Getting over the shock

My first day without Facebook was better than I thought it was going to be, surprisingly. Maybe its because I saw Joseph Gordon-Levitt, or because I watched the most recent episode of Hawaii Five-O, or because I had to go to sleep early to wake up early in order to make it on an early flight back to Honolulu.

I also spent yesterday eating my parent's leftovers, doing some of my sister's calculus homework, running around with the puppies and kitties, and reading the Star-Advertiser at Popo's house.

Since its Thanksgiving time, I feel like I should be more gratuitous...but I'm more excited about eating Mom's pumpkin crunch and barley turkey than I care to be.

Well right now its a partly cloudy, 77 deg, light trades kind of day...and I have to go downtown to run an errand. I guess the beach will have to wait for later.

Coming clean

So I turned 21 about a week ago, which was actually really fun! I got to celebrate with a bunch of my friends, and a week later took a road trip up to Las Vegas, Nevada.

Obviously, Sin City was amazing. I went to a couple of really nice clubs (and one pretty strange one), tried my luck at slot machines (at which I won about $9...thank you R2-D2), and just enjoyed my time there.

Since I was with friends, there were lots of pictures taken. And somehow, pictures always seem to end up on Facebook. I've been in quite a predicament with Facebook, and just the global social networking trends in general, but over the past 30 hours I've decided that I've had enough. What started as a couple of questionable pictures being posted by a friend turned into an angry phone call from home, and another angry phone call from home, and an extremely angry/agitated/WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE phone call from home.

There's no easy way to answer such unexpected phone calls, especially when the last one gets to you as you're eating lunch with a good friend at the Campus Center smack in the middle of the day. I called my friend, asked her to delete some of the pictures. That didn't make things much better, so I then proceeded to begin untagging myself from other pictures. Still, no positive results. After sitting through my stats and operations research classes for 3 hours, I made up my mind.

At 5:43pm PST on Monday, November 22, 2010, I deactivated my Facebook account.

When I clicked "Deactivate", I thought I might be going crazy. But I like it so far. Its not like I'm trying to excommunicate myself from the outside world (obviously I am updating this silly blog that no one ever reads), but I think this will be good for me. I can just feel it.

And now, I present to you...

MY MONTH WITHOUT FACEBOOK

Hypothesis: Life will not suck!

Shocking, huh?? Since I have so much free time, I'll be hopefully updating my blog more often. Hopefully, life without Facebook will result in me doing better things with my idle time. Maybe I'll watch more movies, make an effort to hang out with friends more, go for more runs (although I've been going 3 times a week as is), read ahead for the next four weeks instead of my normal two weeks, beat my calculator games, find more addicting games online...the world is my oyster!

So to all my non-existent readers, stay tuned! I am looking forward to my little social (or would this be considered anti-social?) experiment. And who knows...maybe I'll stay off the white and blue for good!

And let the good times roll...

So school started yesterday, and it's going to be a busy semester. My classes this semester are Advanced Technical Writing for Engineers, Korean 1, Microeconomics, Legal Environment of Business, Physics: Electricity and Magnetism, and Database Systems. Whew. And that's all of 22 units.
I don't know what inspired me to take 4 extra units, but what's done is done. Hopefully things aren't that bad, and I only have 4 exams during finals week which will be so nice.
Going home for winter break was both tiring and refreshing. I spent a lot of time working at Foodland Market City, and although there are better things to do than serving the greater good as a courtesy clerk, I enjoyed my time at work. I met some of the recently hired workers, and now I'm good friends with one of the new grocery clerks who moved to Honolulu from Hilo in October. Besides work, it was nice to spend time with my family and friends, although with everyone being extremely busy, it was difficult to find time to see everyone I wanted to talk with.
My most enjoyable times of winter break have to be the time I spent outdoors. You can't really go outside without breathing in pollution and smelling car oil here in Los Angeles, so the fresh air was appreciated. I did lots of hiking, surfing, paddling, and beaching. :) I think I got a little more tan too!
Well I have a diagnostic speech due for my writing class tomorrow. Topic: something you think your classmates and instructor know little to nothing about. I've chosen to talk about Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island or Isla De Pascua), one of the most isolated population centers in the world.
I'm listening to Haleakala Hula on my iPod, and it occured to me that I need to get on organizing our lu'au's student program. Great.

The eye of the storm

So I had my first final on Friday for ISE 220: Probability Concepts in Engineering, and it was somewhat challenging. I know I got several problems correct, but there were a couple that I looked at, solved, checked my answers, erased all my work, and did them again. So let's hope that those turned out okay.
Today, I am in the eye of the storm. Why?? Well, it makes sense. It's like the calm before the madness. And the madness I'm referring to is my PHYS 151: Mechanics and Thermodynamics final on Monday, ACCT 410: Foundations of Accounting final on Tuesday, and ISE 232: Manufacturing Processes final on Wednesday before heading over to LAX and flying standby to Honolulu on Wednesday evening. And to top it all off, I have one more page to write for my ARLT 100: Korean Literature and Thought final research essay. There is clearly some ultimate being that has a grudge against me.
Dad was here in LA yesterday for a few hours on a layover to Fort Walton Beach, FL. We went to Trader Joe's to pick up dried fruit and nuts for Mom and Lauren and then headed over to Koreatown for dinner. Then he had to go back to the airport so I came back to school, but then some of my APO brothers were going to go explore so I went along. We went to Crumbs Bakery on Larchmont and it was so amazing! I got a Peanut Butter Cup cupcake, and I am looking forward to trying more of their selection. The cupcakes are extremely top-heavy, so mine kept falling over in the box. After cupcakes we went to The Grove to look at the Christmas decorations.
Going home will be really relaxing, but at the same time I'll have to go to work and run errands for my parents (mainly chauferring my sister to paddling, school stuff, etc.). I'm looking forward to the semester finishing, but it's also kind of strange since I'll be 3/8 done with college. Isn't that crazy? Well, yeah. But it's about time.
Back to studying. My goal for today is to finish my K-Lit paper, even if it kills me.

It's cold and rainy and I don't really want to work...

Basically yeah. When it rains in Los Angeles, IT SUCKS. Unlike the rain I'm used to in Hawai'i, the rain here is cold. Plus, the air is cold. And the wind makes everything worse. So I'm sitting in my apartment with the heater on max and the whole place to myself since the other two girls that live here are never to be found.
Today, we had a holiday party for work at the Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs division. The food and dessert was amazing! Spiral-sliced ham, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes with gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce, fudge brownies, chocolate tuxedo cake, and more. Yum. But at the same time, I think that's when I finally realized I have to do work. This whole weekend, I was pretty much cruising. There was tailgating on Saturday morning, followed by the fail football game against U. of Arizona and the fail volleyball game against U. of Hawai'i. Yup, the University of Hawai'i women's volleyball team played in the Galen Center on Saturday against USC in the first round of the NCAA tournament. And sadly, the Trojans lost. Yesterday, I slept in until 12-something and then went to eat brunch at Parkside since I was too lazy to make anything. Then I came back, worked on my ISE 232 report, video chatted with an old friend, and went to meetings. Yay.
As USC tradition dictates, you are supposed to plan what you'd like to do in the summer before the fall semester even ends. So that's what I've been trying to do for the past couple of weeks. I submitted my resume to Boeing's summer engineering internships in the Seattle/Tacoma area, and made it past the first round of reviews (surprisingly). Just now, I finished writing a personal statement for the Global Fellows application, which is through the USC career center. The program places students in internships based on their fields of study in Asian cities such as Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, Beijing, and Shanghai. And they pay for your transportation and rent, which is pretty sweet. If none of these things work out, I might look for something at HECO, Hawaiian Air, Pearl Harbor, or Hoku Scientific back at home.
I have a Korean Lit paper due in 9 days in which I am supposed to analyze excerpts of literature from the North and the South and explain, through the lenses of these works, why the two Koreas behave as we outsiders perceive them. It's such a simple yet complicated topic that I'm beside myself. Plus I am hungry, which makes matters worse. And I should really use my meal plan except I'm sick of campus food. Oh my silly dilemmas. I should just drink some hot chocolate.

I'm on the wave

So Gita invited me to try Google Wave and I'm still trying to figure it out. It's pretty crazy, you can see typing in real time, and you can edit your chat and reply, so it ends up to be like this ridiculously long chain of chat, which is apparently called a wave. And then there are things called pings, but I still haven't figured that out. I think a ping can only be between two users, while a wave can be between multiple users. I don't know, and I'm not about to find out.
Tonight I have to complete my portion of a group presentation for ISE232, Manufacturing Processes. Our design team created a DeskTopper, which is a portable, durable, and flexible table device meant for home and recreational use. My job was to create the computer models using IronCAD software, and I did a pretty good job (in my opinion).

Besides wrapping up this design project, I'm also going to work on ISE220, Probability Concepts in Engineering, homework. It's hard to believe that there are only three instructional days left in the semester. And that I'm almost halfway done with my undergraduate degree.
My request for exceptional funding was approved by the Center for Academic Support, so I'm going to be taking 22 units next semester. Although it sounds daunting right now, I hope it won't be too difficult. I figured to do it now instead of later, before my engineering classes will start to get serious.
Now playing on my iPod is "Kane'ohe" by the Brothers Cazimero. It's a cheerful song, talking about the rains that regularly fall on that side of the island. I miss the rain. It's not humid at all here and my skin is cracking. Gross.

Blowing off the dust

"All I Have to Offer You is Me" by the Makaha Sons of Ni'ihau is playing on my music shuffle, and every time I hear a Hawaiian song I think about home. I was just there for the Thanksgiving holiday, and although the people I know don't really seem to change, the places do. And I'm not sure how I feel about that. Like my high school, Punahou. My friends that still go there are great. But my teachers and mentors are, one by one, starting to leave the institution. While I was visiting on Wednesday, I found out that my favorite teacher there, Lao Ye (Chinese 2H, 4H, 5H), is retiring at the end of the school year. And my class dean, Mr. Bowen, will go into a semi-retirement phase at the same time. And the beach off the Outrigger Canoe Club is slowly shrinking. My house is sinking into the mountain side. And my old neighborhood in Palolo Valley is experiencing change as well.
Anyway, I've decided to blow the dust off of this blog. I started a blog sort of on a whim, since Nick decided to quit Facebook (WISE CHOICE) and blog instead. And we were talking about it on Skpye one day and it seemed like a cool thing to do. But as many of my other projects end up, I sort of neglected this blog as the semester chugged on and I had other things to do.
Well it's the day before my last week of classes, so I have a little more time than normal. So much has happened this semester, way more than I can encompass in one blogpost. I joined a community service fraternity, started planning the Hawai'i Club lu'au, met many new people, had a lot of crazy moments, went to Santa Barbara, and yeah.
Last night, though, was one of the greatest moments of the semester. The annual USC vs. UCLA football game was played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and it blew my mind. All last year, I had so many doubts about whether I made the right choice to come to USC. Like I loved it and everything, but I always asked myself, "Would I be having a better time at Georgetown? What about BU? Or even Harvey Mudd??" After seeing the amazing camaderie in the Coliseum, though, I was sold. I don't have any more doubts about my choice, and I can't even think about transferring somewhere else.
Anyway, this post is kind of all over the place, but whatever. Time to get back to physics homework.

Hello Blogger!

So I am starting a blog, and I don't really know why. But nevertheless, here I am. Nick has a blog too: http://kamaaina3.blogspot.com/ so yup. I'll figure this thing out and hopefully churn out a better post later.

In other news, I'm going to Honolulu tomorrow! I'm really excited. Even though it's only been three weeks of school, it's been pretty exhausting. But yes. There will be more blogging later.