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I am in!15
chris lin posted in Personal, School on April 27th, 2005

I just found out I got accepted into UCLA.

Anyways, since this is the only school I got accepted to and that I really wanted to go to (first choice), I officially accepted and will be registered as a Bruin come this fall. Another thing I saw that was nice was that I am getting $21,000 worth of grants while the school is approx $22,000 a year. So it's almost a free ride for me. All I need to do is get some scholarships and I won't need to worry about the financial aid.

Sushi!0
chris lin posted in Personal on April 24th, 2005

Oh god, the taste of sushi.

It's something I am acquiring a taste for. Yesterday, my cousins took me to Sushi Gen down in J-town which is where they serve fairly cheap yet fresh sashimi. I hadsea urchin, yellowtail, salmon, tuna, makarel, octopus and few others. Along with the raw fish I had some beef tataki (which was essentially just marinated raw beef but you couldn't taste the rawness), california rolls, spicy tuna rolls and others I can't remember. Overall, it was really good. The wasabi burned my nose a few times and the sea urchin had the weirdest texture/consistency which I nearly couldn't hold down but I did.

After words we had some ice cream in this plaza down in J-town which was supposedly real good but I can't seem to taste the difference. It might've been creamier but who knows.

Finally, I can rest.2
chris lin posted in Personal, School on April 20th, 2005

Before, I complained about how I hate blogging since I am either too lazy or just don't have anything to update.

Well, finally, when I want to blog, I am too busy and I have so many things to write about that I don't know where to start. I don't know if anyone else feels the same but I just realized that. Throughout all of last week since my last time I blogged, I did way too many things. But now, it's all over and I get to rest…in preparation for next week.

Last Wednesday, someone and I just went to the mall after class to pick up some things then decided, at the spot, to go eat at BJs. That was kickass, I always liked doing things impulsively. Probably explains why my wallet is light all the time, since I apply that to my shopping habits also. We then went to Coldstone and sat in my car and just talked even though I had a math test the next day. But at that moment, I. Just. Didn't. Care.

The weekend was fun also. The club I am in had a bonfire on Saturday and a lot of people showed up. I had a lot of fun at the beach, surprisingly. Some girls tried to bury me while I tried to run away. Ya, I thought I could take them but realized that three girls combined are stronger than I thought. Anyways, giving in and then running is always a way to beat them Since my camera broke (it's fixed and on its way home to me :)), I couldn't take any pictures so I need to ask my friends who took the pictures. Sunday, however, was a different story. In my last post, I said that I had two tests and a term paper due. Well, I just started doing all three on Sunday. Since Sunday to now I think I had like 15-17 hours of sleep. And this isn't finals yet. I know some people sleep that amount usually but I usually get like 8 hours of sleep so that kicked my ass.

Anyways, I finished everything and now I get to relax. Got a garage sale for club this Saturday, Saturday night my cousins are taking me out to eat sushi and Sunday I am going to the Bowers Museum. TONS OF FUN!

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chris lin posted in Fitness, Personal, School on April 11th, 2005

This birthday kicked ass :)10
chris lin posted in Personal on April 8th, 2005

Usually, for birthdays, I do nothing. This time I did nothing also but I just had fun doing nothing.

For my birthday, I got Pleasure by Estee Lauder, a $200 check, a $100 gift card, some clothes I bought for myself (:)), two Ralph Lauren polos and lots of hugs and Happy Bdays. When I went to get my haircut, some friends of mine surprised me since I get my haircut at my friend's house. That was so sweet, I didn't know whether to be happy or cry out of happiness so I just laughed.

Backpacking is fun.3
chris lin posted in Fitness, Personal on April 5th, 2005

My friends and I went backpacking last weekend since all of us had wanted to for a while. We decided to head up to San Gabriel Mountains where we hiked on the Devil Canyon trail (IIRC). The photos explain the rest, all you need to know is that it was fun, we hiked 14 miles total along a small slope and that Pat carried the most weight since he was new to this.