My first time teaching tomorrow. Wish me luck.

It's gonna be weird that I'm no longer the nerdy undergrad who went to discussion sections and listened to my TAs.

I don't know why I'm worrying about it so much. I'm not entirely sure what to say, or what if I leave out something important, or if the students don't care... sigh.

I need all the advice I can get.

Sacramento City Hall; August 25, 2005

Moi at Lake Tahoe; August 24, 2005

Lake Tahoe; August 24, 2005

Parents at Lake Tahoe; August 24, 2005

My dad at Lake Tahoe; August 24,2005

On our way to Reno from Yosemite; August 23, 2005

Sitting and waiting for Calvin to come back down from trail to Vernal Falls; August 22, 2005

Family in front of Vernal Falls, August 22, 2005; if only I had to proper shoes, I would have liked to go all the way up

What was left of Mirror Lake; August 22, 2005

Me at the base of Lower Yosemite Falls; August 22,2005; only my dad and I climbed up a gazillion rocks to reach this pool of water where the falls ended.

Calvin pretending to be a fob on our "strenuous" way up Upper Yosemite Falls; August 21, 2005; we had no idea how hard it was and we even accidentally passed the "easy" spot Columbia Rock and almost went all the way up the falls til we realized that it was even more dangerous up there and painstakingly went back down; 1500 feet up from trailhead

Me, my mom and Calvin in front of our state capitol building; August 25, 2005

Lake Tahoe; August 24, 2005; my dad and I climbed down many rocks to get to the edge of the water, the lake was so blue and clear!

My life is rated G.
What is your life rated?

I'm sorry my schedule sucks and that I wasn't here in SoCal long enough but thanks Eugenie, Linda and Cynthie for taking time to have lunch today and THANKS to Eugenie for treating us. =)

If you are bored and have the patience to have this video load, then enjoy! It's of Eugenie and Cynthie today at lunch. I was testing out the video function on Aravis.

Video of Eugenie and Cynthie

Linda and Frances @ East West

Linda and Frances @ East West
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Frances and Eugenia

Frances and Eugenia
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Eugenia and Linda @ East West

Eugenia and Linda @ East West
Originally uploaded by franiwack.

Cynthie and Frances

Cynthie and Frances
Originally uploaded by franiwack.

Eugenia!

Eugenia!
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Thanks Eugenie for lunch today!

Sigh...

Because of Aravis, I just realized:

I'm such a huge dork.

I will need to be aware of this and try to move and talk less like one.

I love my iBook!
Her name is Lucy.

I love my iPod mini!
His name is Caspian.

I love my digital camera!
Her name is Aravis.

One guess as to where these names came from. =)

Anyhoo, I'm really liking the iBook; things are just so cute and useful on this! =)

And dang, my camera is way cool!

I'm surrounded by cool toys!!!

(Yeah, I sound like a dork, but I'm just excited.)

just saw movie Red Eye (wes craven)

great movie! very suspenseful, not lame-oh like most thriller movies.... like the girl here is smart!

i love rachel mcadams! she's such a good actress (hot chick, the notebook, mean girls, wedding crashers...)

Total miles run on treadmill across the street in the dorms: 90.07 miles

Number of calories expended per mile: 125 calories

Total number of calories expended since I started on treadmill: 11258.75 calories

Number of calories per pound of fat: 3500 calories

==> 90 miles on treadmill is equivalent to 3 pounds of fat lost

+ some nicely toned legs
+ better oxygen capacity in lungs
+ more endurance
+ happier moods
+ better fitting clothes
+ faster thinking
+ better heart
+ so much more! =)

yet another random pic! cynthie, me and linda waaay back when...

yet another random pic: my two right handed mittens, no, neither of them have a partner, why? cuz i'm weird like that

random pic : little monkey!

Random pic of the day : me and tam tams at old navy (arcadia) December 20, 2002

Yes, that is where my office is. Yes, that is the building well known for suicides off the 10th floor. Yes, I have keys to access that floor. No, I don't think I will be jumping anytime soon.

3% of American adults are at a healthy weight, consume five or more fruits and vegetables a day, don't smoke and exercise regularly.
~ Archives of Internal Medicine

dinner : salmon, tofu and broccoli

Being trapped indoors for a week or more is starting to make me go crazy!!!

I don't know what to do with myself. I want to go home and just take a break from work so badly!

Feeling discouraged, I guess I'm getting a real taste of research is like. Nothing ever goes right! I've scrapped so many methods this summer. I feel both lazy and productive at the same time, does anyone understand me? It seems like nothing substantial has come out of 2.5 months of working and I start to question myself of whether I worked as hard as I should. =(

Is okay for me to just feel brain dead at times? Do I have to be the little engine that could constantly? I have no idea... If I try to stop worrying, then I worry about my lack of worrying! I still haven't figured out if I'm worthy enough to be here. I feel that anyone can do the simple stuff I'm doing nowadays or else that I can't even think of obvious things to do when I should know better.

The year of rebuying everything I own:

November 2001 : Fujifilm Finepix 2 megapixel digital camera
July 2005 : Fujifilm Finepix 5 megapixel digital camera

June 2003 : Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop
August 2005 : Apple 14in iBook

December 2002 : 10gig iPod
August 2005 : 4gig iPod mini


Meet the newest members of my possessions: