So Sick.....>_<

It has been almost 1 week!! I'm still coughing, having a running nose, and sore throat!!! I couldn't sleep well at night because the god damn cough always woke me up during the night. Didn't I take any medicine? Of course I did. But all of them were just useless and my cold was so strong that it doesn't seem to like going away. So, I went to our school clinic today to see the doctor. Really need some useful prescription to get me out of this shit as soon as possible. Come on~~ the finals are coming and I need to be well to finish the exam, and also be well to meet Richard and his parents.(Oh yes, my first stop in Germany is at his parents' place~~ how nice~~~ ^__^)

The Thanksgiving Holiday

Time flies so fast that you can never imagine, especially for happy hours, it flies even faster!! 6-day Thanksgiving holiday just passed by and I found that I couldn't focus on my study back to school!! I'm getting too excited about the forthcoming winter break and my trip to Germany!! God~~the finals are waiting for me on the road!!! >_<

I was partying too much for the past 1 week!! Last Saturday(11/17) I went clubbing with several friends, it was a crazy night! Dancing within the crowds and had fun with my classmates. It was my first time to a club since I arrived here! Last Monday(11/19) was the last class before the holiday. After the morning class, I went home first to have lunch and then met my friends at BestBuy to see if there were good deals for shopping. Of course, I didn't buy anything. I have no money~~T__T After BestBuy, Lin, Juan, and me went to Costco together and bought some food for Wednesday's party. It was for Juan's birthday! We finished shopping and went to Jessie's place to have dinner. Because we were all too full, we decided to take a walk back to Lin's place(5 blocks away~) Then, party again......till 2am....

Wednesday, we went to school at noon, attending a resume workshop. After the workshop, I went home to prepare for some food. Then I asked Lin to pick me up and went to his place for partying~~another night filled with alcohol and dance...(I didn't drink at all~~)

Thursday was the Thanksgiving Day, I woke up late and did some study. But most of the time I was reading "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." It was so good that I couldn't stop reading it~~ In the evening, I went out with my roommate, Paul, to his friend's house for the Thanksgiving dinner. I really had to say, I didn't know that the turkey stuffing was so tasty!! That is very impressive! However, the people are BORING! They are just so boring that I almost fell asleep!!! Paul was mad of them because they didn't talk to me at all!! Well, I didn't care that much, but it was really boring, the only thing was nice was the food!! We left early and back to our apartment, we would rather watch the West Wing!! It was more fun! Hahaha~~

I went to my friend, Genny's place in San Jose on Friday evening, and came back on Saturday evening. They took me to nice Chinese restaurants and her boyfriend helped me fix my laptop. Well, although there are still some problems within my laptop, but as long as I can get online and do the things I need to do, I'll be fine with it. Thank God, I don't have to buy a new one, or my parents will kill me!!!

Happy partying also brought some bad news. Since I went to bed too late these day, I got a cold....>__< Sore throat, coughing, running nose...

Got to go back to study~~>_<

Shopping Season Begins~~

Thanksgiving is around the corner. Next week, Thursday, Turkey and Mashed Potatoes!!! Well, got to be careful not to gain weight!!!>__<

The weather is getting crazy here. Not as cold as the East Coast of course, but 2 days were relatively cold and following 2 days relatively warm for the past 2 weeks, it's very easy to get a cold!! One of my roommates, Paul, and my German tutor, Christian, were both getting quite sick since the Halloween!! I'm lucky that I didn't get a cold from any of them, maybe it's the jogging that works out!! I went to the German Consulate here in SF and applied for my German visa last week. And oh yes, I got the German visa and also received the German railroad pass this week. I bought the 6-days pass, which cost me $256 including shipping fee. God!! It' just too expensive!! Richard and I really have to figure out how to use this pass efficiently. I want to see Frankfurt (maybe also Heidelberg...), Berlin (for sure, because of the New Year Eve's concert of Berlin Philharmonic...), and maybe go to his parents' place (near Hamburg). But I think I'll spend most of the time in Munich since Richard still has to work during the weekdays. So, my trip will all depend on his working schedule. I'll be fine traveling alone in the city or some closer spots (like Neuschwanstein Castle) during he works. Hope the weather will not be too bad when I go there. Richard just told me that Munich has already been snowing this week and the weather is shitty bad....I don't want to be cold to death...>__<

School works are so far so good, still lots of assignments and quizzes to deal with. But I can handle them and I'm getting used to it. Studying has become a routine and I feel fine with doing it on a day-to-day basis. I hope I can keep my grades as good as last half quarter...

Last Saturday, I went to a movie, "American Gangster" with Ben. We were planning to see another one, "Into the Wild," but we didn't see it just because the show time was not match....The movie, ""American Gangster"(by Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe) was really good. It's not a traditional gangsters movies with so much violence, but is a movie talking about the twisted perspective of value and the decayed police system in the U.S. I like the way Denzel shows in the movie in a very low key. It's easy to being exaggerated when acting, but being in a low tone and still amazed the audience is the real actor!! It's worthy of spending 6 dollars in the movie theater!! However, it was raining when we walked out of the theater. The sky was gray and the weather was chill. Not a good day though...

I went home and took a rest, and then I watched 2 DVDs at home with my roommates, Paul and Noel, later that night. One was "The Bourne Supremacy" by Matt Damon (Jason Bourne), the other one was the "Runaway Jury" by John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman and Rachel Weisz. Both of them are good. The Bourne movie was shot at Berlin. I saw the Berlin train station in the movie, it looks very nice, and the plaza in front of the station is beautiful. I said to my roommates that I'll be there in 1 month, trying to show off to them and make them jealous of me about my forthcoming exciting tour there. Hahahaha~~

2 more classes for this week and next week, then I'll have 6 day-offs for the Thanksgiving!! Yeah~~~~^___^

Super Busy v.s Super Lazy

Haven't updated my blog for a long time. Of course, I was rather busy these days. And when I had time to rest, I just want to lie down and sleep. Who wants to spend one hour just to update the blog when one only has one hour to rest.....?? Anyway, this is just an excuse. I admit that I'm lazy, especially when my school workload become heavier. Let me update some news for the past week...

Last weekend was ok. I went jogging on Saturday, later I watched the baseball game. Sunday, I studied a little bit and watched the final baseball game. Oh yes, it is the Red Sox won the World Series again, after their last championship in 2004.

Monday night, I watched a movie DVD with my roommate, Matt. "Dummy" is the name of the movie. It's really interesting. It talks about a Jewish family and the son is eager to be a ventriloquist. Then there are a tons of things happened to him, to his family. Here is the link if anyone is interested in it: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246592/

Later that night, my stomach hurt and I got diarrhea after the midnight, feeling very uncomfortable. But I was fine the other day. I studied for the whole day on Tuesday and tried hard to finish the assignment. Well, I have to admit that the courses of this half quarter are harder than the ones of last half quarter. I really have to spend more time on them.

Wednesday was the Halloween. I went shopping after class with 2 friends, and bought things for my aunts. They've sent their orders to me and ask me to get those things for them. I myself only bought a very cheap sleeveless dress....
Halloween Bags from Galleria Department Store and the Halloween coupons.

Halloween Decorations in my neighborhood

Later that night, I went to a friend's place for the Halloween party. There are so many people. Some of them have dressed up for Halloween. It was really funny!!
Happy Halloween~~~

Annie and Jason: Beauty and the Pirate(or the Beast??)


This is the very first time I had Halloween here in the U.S. Everything is new to me anyway. I left the party at 10pm with my friend, Lin, and we decided to go to Castro Street to see the crowds. Usually there is a big parade for Halloween every year, but last year there was a gun shot event so they canceled the parade this year. However, there were still quite a lot of people dressed like crazy on the streets. We only drove through the streets and then he dropped me home. (we were already too tired... :-p)

Did not sleep well for the past few days. My eyes are getting red and hurt recently. And I also had a nightmare Wednesday night: Richard sent me a text message, saying that he's getting married because a girl is pregnant and his the baby's father!!!!!!That really woke me up at 5 am and I checked my phone immediately and found no message was there....it's just a nightmare....I think I was just too stressful and nervous about the new half quarter of study. Also it may be that I miss him too much.

This weekend, I spent almost all my time with my dad. He arrived on Thursday evening and I went to the airport to pick up him and his colleagues. I called the cab and went to the hotel with them, helped them checked in, and then I went home and tried to study for the quiz and finished my homework. Friday morning, I met them at the hotel at 9am, waiting for one of their colleagues' sister who lives in San Jose to take us for a sightseeing. The weather was not too good because it was all foggy, we could not see the Golden Gate Bridge very clearly.
The Golden Gate Bridge: Only can see the top, others were in the fog.


We also went to Sausalito, a small peaceful town across the Bridge, to take a short walk.
Sausalito: by the sea


Then we came back to downtown SF, went to Union Square for lunch at The Cheese Cake Factory. Since it was the first day they've arrived, they had jet lag so they went back to the hotel for rest and I went to my class for quiz and lecture. After the lecture, I went to the hotel and took them out for dinner at a Japanese restaurant. Saturday, I took them to the Fisherman's Wharf in the morning and to the Golden Gate Park in the afternoon. It was a very nice day and was totally good for walking. They had dinner at my place that evening and then I walked them to the bus stop and they took the bus back to the hotel. After they left, I watched 2 movies at home with my roommates. One is very old and short, but funny, called ""The Dark Army"; the other is the famous "American Beauty." I've always wanted to see this movie but never got chance. I like this movie a lot. The pace, the story line, and the characters in it. It's really a good one.

Sunday, I met up with them at the hotel, the colleague's sister came to pick us up to Palo Alto. We had lunch at an nice Italian restaurant on the street and then went to Stanford University to take a look. Wow!!! It is huge!!!(compared to USF......) and it's beautiful~~ We went through the front gate and got into the famous church on campus.
Stanford University: Front Gate at the end of the road

Stanford University: the Church

Stanford University


After taking some pictures here, we went to a nice shopping center to do some "window shopping," then we headed to the airport. I helped them checked in and said goodbye to my dad. I went home by taking the BART, alone again...

I was so tired that I fell asleep on the BART. After I got home, I started to study and do my assignment. It cost me a few hours to figure out just one graph...Macroeconomics is confusing.....compared to Microeconomics....anyway, I can't complain about this, it's my own choice to get into this field....I'll do my best to get through this program and the CFA exam in June.

Need to rest now, I'm tired...... for more pictures, please find my album link under my favorite links. I've already uploaded all of them. Enjoy them!!