130 pins for a game, new record high for bowling today, yeah!

        Thanks to Tom for encouragement and cheers. I am always into mature guys, but I admit when hanging out with child-like boys, it`s relaxing and happy. Not ready for a serious and lasting relationship, but it`s still nice to have a shoulder available for me, although it`s from male friends, thank you, Tom!

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         为了实习的事情我真的快要抓狂，每份申请都是石沉大海杳无音信，现在巨没有自信！这个学期花在实习申请上的时间比学习还多好多！天是灰的，云是黑的，脚是沉的，心是慌的，吃饭不香，睡觉不沉，睡少困，睡多累，不爽不爽！

－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－　  　　 To zelda:　おめでとうございます！！！！！

         There is an exchange student from Korea, who is gonna leave Davis this Sunday, so we had a farewell party for her tonight.

      I did pretty well for my bowling class today, yeah!!! Seeing my own progress week by week provides me a sence of satisfaction! Happy Happy!

        16-19去了一趟San Diego玩，刚好有个总统诞辰纪念日放了一天假，再翘一天课，四天时间刚好去南加州玩．刚好Rice又有个很Nice的小学同学在那里可以开车带我们四处玩，而且因为是SUV，坐得巨舒服，现在开始理解美国消费者对SUV的偏好了！肖同学，你一定要买车，不然本大小姐过去探你会玩得不爽得！哈！

　　正题正题，我主要去了四个地方：

        Sea World，类似于海洋公园的一个主题公园．看了很多动物的表演，大到海牛，杀人鲸，中的例如海豚，火烈鸟，小到小狗小猫荷兰猪小鸟也都有，如果坐前排SHOW必定整得你周身湿透．

       Wild Animal Zoo,　千载难逢的机会接近一些平时你没有机会看到的动物．这个不是传统的动物园，算是加州的著名景点之一吧．因为人会搭乘空中火车穿越整个公园．公园占地面积巨大，动物就在野外散步，觅食，休息游玩之类的．我看到了狮子，犀牛，鹿，大象，长颈鹿，猩猩，老鹰，还有些不知名的鸟，可惜没有见到企鹅和老虎，大概在冬眠．

          Midway Museum: 很帅，一艘巨大的航空母舰，上面有很多飞机，弄成博物馆的形式，可以到甲板，也可以到海军住的地方参观．吃饭睡觉和看电视的地方，层高都很低，空气也不好，走在里面非常压抑．还是和平好，想想一打起战来他们要在这种地方生活，远离家人和亲朋好友一定都不是心甘情愿的．

         U.C. San Diego: 印象最深刻的是图书馆的设计，别具一格的建筑，真不相信那居然是个图书馆！

南加州的天气是很宜人的，四季如夏，９０％都阳光灿烂．如果我申请GRADUATE SCHOOL,一定会报UCLA的，虽然这次又没有机会去参观．其实都去LA两次了还是没有机会去那个学校VISITING一下，有些东西呀，命中注定的．

     继续给大家拜年.一切顺顺利利，天天开开心心，夜夜美梦相伴！！啊，差点忘记了，这次去旅游顿顿中餐吃到爽！！！还吃了港式点心了，虾饺，排骨，凤爪，啧啧，在Davis把我馋是馋得嘞！好吃好吃真好吃，中餐是地球上最好吃得食物！！！

　　ｐ．ｓ．火鸡你的新年礼物非常impressive!!!特标准的普通话，特好听的声音！！！

Second time to be away from family in time of spring festival!

We had a pre-Chinese New Year party last weekend, pot stickers, banana-cranberry cheese cake, chili with rice, and some Indian food and desserts. And my friend`s roommate made a lovely pig, you can see from the album, coz it`s the year of pig! How cute it is!

 

I will go to Sandiego this weekend, actually 4 days, from Friday to Monday, Monday is President`s Day, official holiday, so I just skipped one-day class for this trip. It sounds exciting, but since 2000, surfing the internet and chatting with my friends online until 3:30am has been my routine in time of Chinese New Year Eve, I canno`t make it this year! I guess I will be in Los Angles on that night, so just say: Happy Spring Festival to you lovely guys all!

 

I mailed some photos back home for my family and wrote warm words on the back. I can feel the enjoyment of my grandparents on the phone after they saw them. They miss me desperately, and I realize they don`t care which school I attend, which company I work for, how much high GPA I get or whether I am going to exchange or not. The thing that matters to them is when they are sick or feeling scared of aging, I can accompany them, making them happy, being touched them, and hug them. So sometimes, I feel a little bad. Anyway, I made a wise decision to mail back the photos.

 

拜年拜年！！！新年快乐！！！春节愉快！！！

 

        Life is not carefree anymore. I am getting homesick coz spring festival is approaching. 2^nd time to be away from home during the time of Chinese` new year.

        I am just feeling not ready for this quarter, and this feeling surrounded me from the beginning of the quarter until now, when my 4 mid-terms have passed! Well, actually there are still many colorful parts this quarter, as described in the following. I just , just , just don’t know how to explain, ok, ok, let it be. Don’t want to my parents to worry about me.

         I went to 2 parties last week, one was birthday celebration for one of HKU`s school mates. That party was crazy, we went to his house at 930pm and stayed there until 330am!!! Basically we just ate cakes, chatted then played the game called “truth or dare” for almost 5 hours!!! But we only played for the “truth” part, though. So you got chance to ask questions such as: why did you break up with your ex-girl friend?” “Do you have any crush on anybody right now in UC Davis?” “Have you ever stolen anything from the supermarket?” and so on. 95% of questions were focused on emotion stuff, though. Hong Kong guys really love to stay up till late. And I was forced to skip my 9-10am class the next day because I went to bed at 4am! But it was fun and relaxed and they all recognized my Cantonese as a good level, which is pretty glad to know.

         The other party was invited by an American guy who had strong interest in China culture. And he prepared plenty of food in his house. That was my first time to try BBQ like that. He used the bamboo stick to go through various items, for example, tomatoes, mushrooms, meat, pineapples, peppers, onions, etc, to make the stick look very colorful then roasted them. It sounds pretty cool, right?

         And tonight there is an activity in International house organized by our very cute advisor. The theme is just to share some ice creams and gave you chance to make some cards for your friends for coming Valentine ’s Day. I took many photos for tonight. But honestly speaking, although I know this holiday is more than to express your affection to your lovers, when I want to make a card, I suddenly, just a little bit, felt kind of sad because I realized I don’t have that particularly special one who I want to make a gift for. Just a little bit, though, haha.

         After coming back, there is a guy in my house who knows how to make cocktail, so we just visited his room and tried some! They are awesome! Especially the one with cranberry juice inside, so tasty! I love it!

         Even though there are still so much fun stuff, I find it hard to get rid of the stress these days. I really need to get over my negative mood these days!!! Cheer up, Icy!