Finale (Part 1)

Finals. College Finals. High School Finals. NBA Finals. The Stanley Cup Finals. So many finals.
Like in the puppet Lebron James commercial "Why are they called Finals when they are every year? What's so final about that?" Haha

Here we are. June 11th 2009. The end of my freshmen year in college. How weird is it to say that?

I finish all my finals at around 2pm. I want to get out of here and make it on time for Monta Vista graduation. So being smart, I planned ahead and packed up all my stuff and moved it away the day before. So all I have left in my room is a few personal belongings and pillows. I also drink two of those Starbuck Frapps and two Vitamin Waters this day. And I still did not use up all my swipes. I looked at my little swipe counter thing on the machine and made a funny noise like "AGH" and the cashier laughed. Then I get a phone call from a very familiar voice. Help me move my refridgerator. Let me cut this short. I didn't only move the fridge. I moved her life into that dinky Honda CRV. No offense to you CRV drivers! And she has SO much stuff. She has literally 10 pillows. Lamps! Random stuff. Just a lot of junk. And this mattress thing. Dang. I was sweating like crazy when I was moving stuff between the car and the room. Oh. And sometimes I would enter the room ready to go get some more stuff and there she is just standing there looking at her stuff. What does that even mean? Counting her belongings or something. Haha. Anyways it was all good fun and it was a pretty uncomfortable drive down. The entire car was packed full. I had bags and boxes at my feet. At first I had like no breathing room and could not put on my seatbelt. And the driver put pillows on her seat and it looked like she was sitting on a high chair. HAHAHA. We should have took a picture of that. In all good time we were able to make it to the end of graduation even though I had to take a bathroom break because of the copious amount of fluids and the bags that were crushing my bladder.

Taking pictures and all that was really fun. Dang. I never thought finding people and then taking pictures could be so exciting. Especially when they are all starting to leave and you have to catch them. I also somehow lost my voice but that's cool.

This topic brings me to my main topic of this post.
Graduation. High School Graduation.

Today I stand here on the Monta Vista Football Field looking at the bleachers. It says Matadors in gold letters at the back of the bleachers. One year ago on this day I was sitting up there. I was staring out into the crowd. I was wearing that Purple Cap and Gown. I was walking down those aisles. I was receiving that diploma. I was shaking that hand. I was taking those pictures. It has been a year already. Imagine that. Seeing all the SANP decorations and the noise just made me think even more of the past. Dang I miss high school.

I definitely remember this time of year last year. Everything was all happy except for a last minute math problem. Dang. But it is all good. Senior Ball just flew by. I was looking through pictures the other day and apparently they still have those little butter balls this year too! Let us just say that I ate one last year. Haha. But with a little bit of music the night was over. Before I knew it. I'm Off a Boat. Senior Picnic got me a really memorable sunburn. I also remember the night after the Variations concert back at home. The worst night of sleep in my life! Before graduation too. Sunburn. Itching. Hurting. Aloe. More itching. I did not know what to do. Graduation. Crazy stuff. Things just fly by. You know it is like a milestone in your life but that is not how it feels. You just are there at the moment and you live it as it is and then for me at least I look back and it feels like I don't even remember what I was feeling at all.

This makes me wonder. What was I like back then? What did I have back then? I remember there was this one night. Friday. The day after graduation that me and my buddy were driving back home and I started feeling hecka sad. Maybe one or two tears but thats beside the point. I guess all of it just hit me. Thinking about what would happen next. Its so unclear and so scary. I guess I just thought about all those things that I held close and how much I am going to miss that stuff. Dang.

A good friend once told me. "This is just the beginning..." I can honestly say that I did not believe that at first. I thought I was the king of the world. I knew everything. I graduated from High school. I experienced quite a bit of stuff. I am ready for college. I am ready for the real world.
Guess what? Man was I wrong.
I know nothing. I was humbled at college. Bam bam bam bam bam. I was hit with stuff left to right proving to me that I got nothing. I have no experience whatsoever. Indeed it is the beginning. I have still so much to learn. And I am definitely not talking about academics and whatnot. I'm talking about experiences and stuff that you have to go through. New feelings. New surroundings. New whatever. New situations.
I figured out there is no solution manual. No book to read. No answers you can receive. No cheats you can type in. Haha. "Power Overwhelming"
Trust. Faith.
That's how you learn to get through things. Thats what I believe in.
My pride was pretty high after high school. I thought I could solve problems that come my way. Fix little cracks up right away. I dont even know what I am saying anymore.
To any High School seniors who may somehow come across this. Congratulations!
You are now moving on to a the beginning of a new phase. Have an open heart and learn! Don't just focus on school learning but focus on learning of life. I know that sounds so cheesy. But that is just how it is.
This little entry isnt even about the Finale. It is the Finale of my last year. Haha. To be continued. I shall talk about my Finale of my freshmen year in later posts. I have a lot of time this summer to think and reflect. It should be interesting.
UC Davis graduation tomorrow. Congratulations Bro. Wow. College Graduate... what the heck.

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Here I am writing a blog at about 7:50 am in the morning. 

The reason? I don't know. 

I just was not able to sleep. Not sure why. 

There I was lying in bed and trying to sleep but I do not know if the rest of you guys have this feeling where you know you just can't fall asleep. So instead I just got out of bed. This is at around 6 am. I tried to go to sleep at 4. So when I got out of bed I was hungry. I proceeded to go make rice.

While waiting for my rice to cook I went to go read The Bible. I honestly have not read it by myself in a very long time. But dude life is not going all goody goody and perfect. Not even near that at all. But a good friend of mine is willing to spend late nights and just talk. He also shared with me verses. I must honestly admit that The Bible is so complex yet so simple at the same time. 

The Bible is truth. The Bible encourages. I pray that it will be a habit of mine. Not just some book to turn to when I'm feeling needy or down, but just a source of knowledge that I look towards to daily as spiritual food. 

"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path" Psalm 119:105

I also pray that God will satisfy my spiritual hunger and thirst. God I'm desperate for you. I'm nothing without you. Although as hard as it may seem to believe that He indeed has a plan for me because He knows best. I am foolish. I don't know anything. What I want is not always right. Let me not long for these temporary worldly things but let me desire what means so much more. Let me strive for those things more precious than gold and silver.

"What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?" Matthew 16:26

God, I wish that you will lead me. Let me not compare my life with other people. God I pray that you will lead the way. Let the end of the finish line be you. You are my ultimate goal. Help me find a way to achieve that precious relationship you allow us to obtain.

God, as hard as life seems do not let me grow weary. I know you are there when we are at our lowest points. Although hard to believe sometimes and sometimes getting the feeling that You aren't even there, give me faith and give me trust. Your love never fails. God through the hard times you are teaching me something. Let this struggle that I am going through right now be meaningful and bless not only me but the other people around me. And when you heal my heart let me be a living testimony of your glory. 

Like you say in Romans 5:3-4 that our sufferings produce perseverance and with that comes character and with character comes hope. God give me hope. Hope in you Lord. Not the world. Let me look beyond worldly things and look on towards you. It is so difficult. No lie.

God let me persevere. Give me hope. I will wait. Just wait. God has His ultimate plan.

John Waller - While I'm Waiting

While I'm waiting

I will not faint

I'll be running the race
Even while I wait

Let me not revolve my life around such. Instead let me revolve my life around you God. God you know my true heart's desires. You don't want good in my life. You want GREAT in my life. Don't let me settle. Give me patience. 

A friend once told me this analogy.

For everything that we desire there is a seed. God knows our heart's desires. God plants that seed for us in the ground. Sometimes we want that outcome of the seed so badly we become impatient. It takes time for the seed to grow into something beautiful. Many times in our lives the seed grows just a tiny bit. Only a small stem is emerged. We are so eager and impatient that we want to immediately pick that stem. God doesn't want to give us a stem. God wants to give us so much more. He wants to give us the flower. The real thing. Don't grow impatient. Wait for the Lord. He knows when the time is right.

Give me a heart to love everyone around me. Keep those people who are close to me dear to my heart. Let me be real. Transparent. No faking, no acting.

I don't know who reads this. But if you somehow read this or come across this. 

I hope you are encouraged. 

Don't lose heart. 

Don't be deceived by Satan. If you flee from Satan, Satan will surely flee from you. 

Keep one another accountable. Keep me accountable. Together we are a community and we just got to be there for one another. Carry each other's burdens. Help one another. Love one another.

Life is hard. Life is crappy. No one said it's going to be easy. 

However if there is a struggle. Don't be afraid. You are not alone.

Find someone you love, trust. Someone who has genuine care. Share your life, share your struggles. Don't go through hard times alone.

Trust in the Lord, He makes ALL things possible.

Sooner or Later...

it all comes crashing down :(

Well tonight was the end of IM flag football season. Signing off as captain of my team. We made it to the championship game and lost it. My bad...shoot. Bad play calling. But gotta give props to my team. Played hard throughout the season and got this far. Great season.

I realized that this season was more than just football. Being a captain meant that I was the leader. I didn't really understand what it really meant to be captain of a team since I guess this was my first time. I had to lead my team towards the right direction. That direction is winning. Yeah we won a few games and such but our ultimate goal was to win championship and get on the wall and get that cool T-shirt. I gotta say it really really sucks having this feeling of losing when you were so close. Dang. 

Last night before the game I thought quite a lot about my team. When being captain you don't really care about how much work you do. You are just doing whatever you can towards that one goal. I realized that I had to go through a captain's meeting, call the IM office, pay the fee, try changing the dates of two games but failing, getting on my bike at 2:45pm before every game and calling everyone to tell them to hurry up, making sure people are going to actually be at the game, make sure we had enough players, check the rainy day report, rush back from home home to make the game on time, tell people to wear a certain color and bring another color just in case, bring my football to the games, tell the team what to do in the huddle, pep talks, pump up the team, think of football plays during chemistry...and more!

Yeah the list may be long but I don't care! I'm definitely not bragging or anything but I'm just saying that there is so much responsibility and I don't mind that at all as long as we are winning and everyone is happy. Sorry for getting upset and yelling sometimes. But wow. Being a leader in general takes so much responsbility and I have so much to learn. I don't want to be just a leader over some football team but I want to be able to be a leader in general. Be able to put aside the nitty bitty details and just do stuff. Don't count the things like "Oh I did this already so you should do this" but just step up and be a leader. College is definitely a place to learn and to grow. 

Dang but this game meant a lot to my team. I know how badly they all wanted to win. Seeing the look in their eyes when the final seconds of the game were ticking down it just struck me. It's my fault. I failed to achieve the goal that we were all looking forward. Dang...shoot. Not sure how to express my feelings right now. Basically pretty darn bummed out. Ha

Losing something in general is hard. For me at least I just like to think about it. What it could have been and how things could be improved. What needs fixing and just look over the situation as a whole and try again. It is unfortunate that there are some situations where there are no second chances. But honestly what can you do? There are those things which are just out of your grasp so all you can honestly do is hope. Dang but don't give up shoot no matter however crazy the situation looks and you feel like throwing in the towel. Hang in there

a small addition because of certain events...

I just want to say I am sorry. I let my pride get in the way. I don't really realize the truth until I humble myself and take a step back and examine myself. It's not you it's me. I was wrong. I honestly need change

Super Sporty Sunday

So as of now every Sunday will be referred to Super Sporty Sunday for me. Why you may ask? Well let me go right ahead and explain that to you.
At 3 pm there is my Co Rec Resident Hall team for flag football which is comprised of only freshmen. We are 2-0! Yay! Super!
The weather in Davis is not very friendly because it can either be super hot or super cold and it so happens to be super hot on the days of football.
Let me give you an example. Today the temperature in Davis was around 90 degrees and 3 pm is the time when the sun is at the highest (actually I dont know). Just standing there, beads of sweat would descend from my salty and sticky face. I would then use my previously white shirt to wipe my brow. Now I have a new shirt. One wet with sweat and grass stained. You cant find one of these at your local store.
If you all do not know, I enjoy watching the Patriots. I like the Patriots. I like their quarterback, he is very super. I like the fact that he will be returning for the next season. I like the fact that they will win the Super Bowl. :)
My football team's name COINCIDENTALLY is called The Brady Bunch.
After this extravaganza of super fun there is an hour break where I like to get the super Trudy smoothies. They are not worth it but whatever.
At 5 o clock I then head on to Dairy Field where the cows roam free. Here is where soccer happens. I started out playing goalie. I thought I was pretty cool because during winter quarter I played goalie for a night and did pretty well during indoor soccer and I thought outdoor would be the same. Let me tell you one thing. It isnt. I have let 4 very not super goals past me and so I resigned from that position. If you, the reader does not know, I am not very great at running. Many people have teased the way I run. But that is not what I am talking about right now, I am talking about my endurance. I can't take running for a very long time.
Another example. One week ago I resigned from being goalie and then I played as a midfielder and then there was a breakaway. My teammate passed it to me and I went chasing after the ball as fast as I could. I gave it everything I got and could not catch up to it on time. After that little run I was done. I was panting so hard, my legs were aching and I found it extremely hard to breathe.
And then today some very exciting new IM sport season started. It is inner tube water polo. I am not playing in this but I went to go watch. It is some pretty darn funny stuff. You have to sit on one of those black tire tubes like you would sit on it when you cruise down that round water tube thing in Great America. And you play water polo like that. You can flip people over. It looks hecka funny becase there is so much splashing going on.
That concludes my sporty day. Yeah. It is only two sports that I play in but many other people do not participate in a sport or even exercise. So let me encourage you to do so, because if I can do it, you can do it too! :D

On a sad note, as I was riding back from the water polo game I braked pretty hard to avoid hitting someone who was biking in front of me and I was on a hill at this point. The nose of my bike kind of flipped up and then I fell of my bike. I scraped up my right leg and although it doesnt look that bad it really hurts. I hope I can still play sports.
I know what is the worst thing that happens after you get an injury. Do you? It is when you need to take a shower. It is painful. I had to use my hands to clamp my mouth shut and to kind of muffle my screaming while I was in the shower or else an RA would have come over and documented me.

This quarter seems so much harder than the past two quarters. Busier and harder.

Thank you for reading! If anyone reads this! Haha it is fun writing though. Its like a diary but instead it is online and it isnt secret. So if you somehow come across this blog and read it please leave a comment. Yeah. Do it. I have this little program where it tracks you down and knows if you visited my site and read my blog and knows how many minutes you spent on here. So you cant full me. With technology nowadays you can do anything. So dont make me have to go cyberhunting for you. No but seriously. Tell me whats up and how things are going back wherever you are. Sharing is caring. And I am just kidding about the whole program thing. I think it would be considered a crime because of legal reasons.

I would also like to try making a Peanut butter tuna sandwich and eat it.

Spring Already?

Wow! Spring Quarter is already here. And it is already Thursday! I remember when Spring Break just started I said that Spring Break is almost over, and people did not believe me but here we are now. Haha.

Walking around campus, I thought I was still in Winter Quarter. My freshmen year of college is almost over. There are less than 10 weeks left in dorm life. 146 swipes needed to be used by the end of the quarter.
2009 has been going by HECKA fast. It is already April.

Recap of Winter Quarter would be that it was pretty interesting. That about sums up that quarter.

Spring Break was ALSO very interesting. A lot of time to myself where I can just drive around in my car or play piano and guitar at home and etc...Found out a lot about myself and found out likes and dislikes. Had many interesting discoveries! But I must say that in terms of knowledge (not only referring to academics) I hardly know anything. There is so much to learn and Spring Break basically crammed a lot of ideas in my head that I am trying to understand and decipher. Wow. Crazy stuff. Many times I think about what is my purpose in life? What is my goal? I am here in school learning to do what? Get a job? Money? What's after that? Success? Fame? What comes after all that? There has to be more to this life. Super confused and still trying to figure out myself.

In Him we were also chosen having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will... Ephesians 1:11

I am thankful for my friends and family who are pretty darn encouraging and helpful. Props to Marc Chew dude. Super late night conversations about life and then going on facebook and discovering many interesting things and laughing quite a bit. So I just want to be able to be as hospitable and caring and loving as my family and friends who gave up their time just to listen and talk. So feel free to whoever reads this to call me up anytime or facebook me or email me if you want to talk whether you have something to be thankful for or you or confused or you just want to talk. I dont believe I have any answers but life is a journey and we are still so young but I am willing to listen and help carry your burdens alongside with you. Also if you want to hear about my Spring Break feel free to ask as it was pretty eye opening and some crazy stuff happened.

God loves me and you so I just want to be able to share that with everyone else. It is indeed hard though. I guess a goal for this quarter and beyond is to change my use of sarcasm and TRY not to hurt people with words even if it is a "just kidding". So keep me accountable. I want to try this new challenge thing where you challenge yourself this quarter and at the end you reflect upon the quarter and you see how far you have come. So that would be one of my friendly tips to you if you want to challenge yourself and see if you notice any change. Right now I honestly do not know what I am saying but that is cool. Maybe there are some old habits that you have and you know that they are not right but you are too scared to change them or dont know how to. I advise you to talk to someone and be accountability partners. Encourage one another and love one another. Hating is really easy but loving is really hard. I have learned that.

ANYWAYS! Life is crazy and unpredictable, you never know what is going to happen next. As I was driving back to Davis on Sunday night I witnesssed my first car accident. I was driving in the middle lane and a car was on my left hand side. He suddenly turned on his high beams and started speeding up. Then another car from the left lane cut me off and sped up to catch the other car. The second car then cut the first car off and the second car was trying to get past the other car but the first car was switching back and forth not allowing the first car to pass it. It was basically a race. The second car was swerving and trying to get past it and then unluckily it swerved out of control on the left and hit the concrete dvidier head on. It continued to slide with sparks everywhere and I was driving in the middle lane and the freeway is only three lanes and the cars butt was sticking out into the left most lane so I had to switch over to the right most lane. I was pretty scared and shocked. I have never seen anything like that before. I was shaking and repeatedly telling my brother that I was hecka scared and traumatized. Then I got hecka paranoid while driving thinking what if my car lost control. I prayed that the guy was safe and okay because obviously it wasnt a race between two friends because the other car just sped off.
ON MONDAY I almost died. As I was biking to class with Gabby I almost died. There is a street that we have to cross to get to the other side. It is very narrow and there are cars parked on both sides. So there so happened to be a SUV that was parked at the side where it blocked my view of the traffic coming on the left. I did not know there was a car coming so I biked onto the road. At the same time a car was coming from the left and it was going around like 10 to 15 mph. I saw it at that split second and pressed my brakes as hard as I could but they really suck so it doesnt slow down much. I almost run right in front of the car but luckily the car quickly swerves to the left and I miss it by very little. My heart was pumping like crazy and I was shocked. I almost died. Wow. I was like in disbelief while my good friend Gabby was just laughing...-__-
Which reminds me of another story of when I went snowboarding in 2008 in February at Sierra I almost died AGAIN. I did not know how to control myself on the board so there was a cliff and I fell off it and luckily there was enough powdery snow to catch my fall because down there were trees.

Well my point is, life is pretty fragile and I am pretty thankful that I am still here today.

For, "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever" 1 Peter 1:24-25

Which brings me to the point that I gotta find a solid foundation to stand on, to put my faith in because when life is over, and who knows when that is, what will I have to take with me and what will I have left and where will I go?

Count your blessings and be thankful for what you have around you. Pursue what you are looking for and humble yourself to take advice and yearn for a deeper understanding of life and its purpose.

Random thought, allergies in Davis really suck :(

God Bless you!

One Year has passed...

I remember the beginning of March 13th starting at 12:00 AM very clearly. I was sitting there at my desk doing Chemistry AP homework and reviewing for an upcoming test. I took a break and saw that the time was 12 AM so that meant it was a new day. I had this regular college application checking routine that I had set since it was that time of year where all the Seniors in high school would be freaking out about which colleges they got accepted into. I didn't expect much this night, it felt like a regular night just like the other previous days where the college website would say my application was still pending. Usually I check Davis first because that is the school to be at (listen up Senior's of '09) but this time I checked all the other schools. Nope. Nothing. Then I typed up all my sign in information for the UC Davis website and got my mouse ready to close the window because I knew that nothing would show up and up popped this website I have never seen before. "Huh?" There was a picture of a bunch of students wearing UC Davis T-shirts with their mouths open and hands up cheering for something. It read Congratulations! You have been accepted to UC Davis in the department of Biological Sciences. In my mind I was like holy crap. I made sure this was legit and it wasn't some fluke. I logged off and logged back in again to make sure it was under Jason Tang not someone elses name. And there it was, a UC Davis acceptance for me. I went running to my parents room to tell them about it. They were freaking out because they didn't know what was going on so they thought I was in trouble or someone was breaking into the house. They were excited for me and they went to sleep. Haha.

I went back to my room and started talking to Meher. Here is my chat with him. I censored out some of the words because of his explicit language use.

12:24 AM
me: omg

wow

guess what

Meher: wat

me: i got into DAVIS

omg!!

12:25 AM Meher: WAIT SERIOUSLY?

me: YEAH

Meher: F********* YEAHHHHHHHHhh

CONGRATSSSSSSSSS N****

are u being serious?

12:26 AM dont f*** with me

haha

me: no

12:27 AM im not joking

want me to print screen

and show you that shizz

Meher: no its OK

hahaha

did u get an email first

or were u just paranoid and checking

hahaha

me: no

everyday

Meher: u checked? hahahah

12:28 AM me: yeah

go check

12:29 AM Meher: OH S*** ME TOOOOOOo

me: YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh

DUDE

12:30 AM Meher: DUDEEEEEE BALLERRRRRRRr

12:31 AM me: tell your parents

12:33 AM Meher: I DID

they are hella happy

haha


What a glorious moment! I'll keep that in my memory forever, that was a pretty sweet night. Although Davis is not a big name like Berkeley, Yale, Harvard, and all those other Ivy League schools; I was able to feel really good about myself after this because my high school academic career was pretty darn crappy until I had to step it up last minute where I was luckily able to slide.

Who would have thought that one year from that day I would be here sitting at my desk in my dorm room in UC Davis typing up a blog reminding me of the day I got in? There are many things we don't know that are happening in the future but it is coming for us nevertheless.

Yeah I have to admit that the future is indeed scary, no one knows what is going to happen next. Who knows whether or not there will be a tomorrow? Where will I be a year from today? How about ten years from today? I look around myself and see the things I am surrounded with and wonder how did things end up this way?

I believe you should hold on to those good things you have and never let them go. Keep your loved ones and good friends close to your heart. Don't let a memorable moment pass by you because later on you may end up regretting it. Attempt to not take things for granted, it's hard I know. Don't worry about the future, it is unexpected. Take each day at a time and things will unfold by themselves.

Matthew 6:34
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Something to be thankful for

Thanksgiving had a whole other meaning for me this year. Previous years in elementary, middle school, high school it meant I would have a long 4 day weekend and not go to school so I could play but this year in college it was a time for me to catch up with old friends and family members. It feels so different now because back at home when there were breaks you would always be finding the same old group of people to hang out with and it would be a routine and nothing would be unfamiliar and I guess I wanted to obtain that same feeling by doing that this year. However it feels completely different because you are with them one day and then the next you would have to go your seperate ways, not seeing each other back from the break at the same school.

Wednesday November 26:
Go to class. Left for home at 5 o clock and got back pretty darn late at 8 because my brother had to pick up someone from Berkeley and drive her back to her house and then when we got home we went to eat my favorite food! SPICY FOOD! MMMM I was craving it since the beginning of college and finally my tastebuds were satisfied. However there were little girls in the restaurant singing a really annoying birthday song. They kept on repeating it OVER AND OVER again like throughout my whole meal and now I remember it.

Happy Birthday to you
My dad bought some poo
It looks like chocolate
And I ate up the poo

I mean what kind of dumb song is that? It doesnt even make sense. And then after the yummy meal I went home and caught up with my parents and my little sister and then I had to sleep early because I had to go to San Franciso the next day.

Thursday November 27:
Woke up at 8 am and showered get dressed and on our way to San Francisco. My uncle was getting baptized so we went to celebrate with him and ate Thanksgiving dinner at his house. Thank goodness my cousin likes to watch football so the game was on before dinner and during dinner since there were multiple games throughout that day. I also met up with an old church friend family who moved to San Francisco and ate lunch. My uncle and aunts house had 3 turtles. One was small and two of them were HUGE! My aunt told me not to stick my finger in or they would literally bite it off because they were that big. I also ate the most tender and yummy turkey I ever had in the longest time. The turkey breast was even more tender than the drumstick I ate. YUM! Then I left around 9 pm with my brother because he had to somewhere at 10 and then I was just stuck at home by myself. I made some plans for the next day like black friday shopping and hanging out. And then sleeep.

Friday November 28:
I can honestly say that I love black friday shopping! I wake up by the sound of my Chris Brown alarm on my cellphone and then I'm like "UGH" and then I call Christine very tiredly because I dont really feel like going anymore because I am so tired. So there went my Black Friday shopping plans. I was supposed to buy a webcam for my parents. And the morning I was waiting for! RICE BOWL! MORE FOOTBALL! WOOT WOOT! Rice Bowl is an annual thing after Thanksgiving to play football somewhere near Lynbrook High school with a bunch of church people. My triceps are still aching from that day. Maybe I should start working out but I know that is never gonna happen. It was fun seeing a bunch of old faces and then eating at Top Cafe afterwards which was VERY interesting. I won't be going there for a long time. HAHA. Then I went to Monta Vista to see Marc and Kevin where we were supposed to hang out but we did not know what to do so we were standing in the parking lot for a while and we just ended up going to Marc's house to talk. I told many interesting stories. It feels so good just letting things out. It's all about my roommate dude. Hahaha. Went home. Showered because I was all dirty and smelly. I had a hot date that night that I had to prepare for. It was very good seeing that familiar face again, it was like old times! :) We were supposed to eat at Amici's but we weren't hungry so we wanted to get some light food so we went to Kumud's to get some of the Samosa's because we always got them there and they had none! They had some other thing. I will ask Meher about it one day. Then I got a HOT milk tea from Tapex and it was so much better than that hot strawberry green tea that I got at OTH in Davis. Yucky yucky. My date got a cold drink on a pretty cold night so she drank all of my drank though. But it's all good. Then my date said she wanted to go to Target and we walked around Target looking for Christmas cards! We saw some Monta Vista people shopping there too! It was pretty fun shopping again. I haven't went in such a long time. I did not remember that shopping was actually pretty tiring. Actually I was just very sore from football because my whole body hurt so I complained a lot. Sorry! :( Then it was time for my date to go home.
You know what is funny? I find out that I hang out with a friend who goes to UC Davis when I am at home but I never see here at Davis. Weird huh? I went to In-n-Out with her. I had to drive soooooooo far to get to the house she was staying at in Palo Alto. Good thing gas is cheap in Davis. It's like $1.80. I enjoy lonely car rides when I am by myself with music so I can just spend some time to think by myself. Then with a In-n-Out breath I went to sleep because I was very tired when I got home.

Saturday November 29:
Woke up this morning and of course watched some college football games. I hate this whole BCS system. It is so dumb, the ranking thing is so unpredictable. Anyways then I went to eat lunch with some church friends at Pasta Pomodoro because one girl was leaving for NYU that afternoon. The Gemelli. Yum. We talked ALOT about TV shows. Even though I strongly oppose following TV shows because I dont have time to watch them I was able to talk to them and laugh about Arrested Development. Thanks! [You know who you are ;)] Then her lazy brother wanted to go home so I had to drive her to Loon Wah where her parents picked her up. Her mommy was like "WHERE IS MY SON?" Haha. Then I went home to watch more college football like Alabama against Auburn. That was a sad game. Then I watched GATTACA! BACK FROM FRESHMEN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL DUDE!!!! Hahaha it was actually pretty good. Pretty complex movie I think. Not because of the science but because of the meaning? I don't even know. Anyways...then at night time we had a little Triple Date Night out dinner thing. We all met at Castro even though some people were more late then others...Thai food was yummy! They served rice in the Goblet of Fire. Gelato on a very cold cold day is pretty sweet. I think my mouth almost froze off. Then it was time to say goodbye again :( Who would have thought Jason Tang had feelings huh? WELL I DO! Haha. It is hard to say goodbye even if it may be just two more weeks until we would see each other again. Same place. Same spot. Same emotions. Same goodbye.

Went to Marc's house to sleepover because my sister had a little slumber party at our house. We talked about college and then slept.

Sunday November 30:
How is it already the end of break already? Seriously. Woke up and said goodbye to Marc and family and went to church. We played Jeopardy and I did not know any answers to any questions until "What was the final score of Super Bowl 2008?" Although it hurts to say it because my beloved Patriots lost I yelled and said 17-14! Red Robins for lunch where I ate a lot of fries while watching Sunday football games. Then I was just home the whole day as people were traveling back to their distant colleges. At dinner with the family and got ready to go. Left at 8:30 pm and got back at 10:30 pm and it was hecka hecka foggy and cold outside. Sheesh.

Well now I am back in college, back to the routine. Dead week. Finals. Only two more weeks! I can do this! And then December break! YAY! I am excited. More time! Thanksgiving Break went by so quick. I just remember last year turning in my college apps during that time and now I am in college already. Wow. Last Lab of the quarter today. BETTER YET, THE YEAR!