for a long time it has not been a long secret that i am poor living off scraps. my first extra-income attempt to tutor through an agency certainly has not been going well considering the fact that they have not matched me up with one single person yet, so i decided to take even more intiative and teach tennis.

so i am now a tennis coach. you can see my ad in craigslist.org if you really want to.

it is simply amazing with the response i got for people who are willing to learn tennis through someone who posted an ad through craigslist. i am not saying that i am short-ending them because i have been told on several occasions that i am a good tennis coach and i DO have prior experience - but it is definitely a weird feeling. i am already in my second week of teaching tennis and have 3 students so far. it has really been going well and i hope to continue to for a long time. i told my mom about it today and she started laughing. she did not think it was a bad idea since i have the tools, the knowledge, and the experience - but yeah, it's funny to her. i mean, it's funny to me too. i'm actually a tennis coach. i asked her if i should get certified as a professional instructor but she told me to just save money and forget abuot it. i agree - anyone can get certification, and it is rather expensive. all you have to do is pay a few HUNDRED dollars, attend workshops, and take an easy test. definitely not worth it. so we'll see how that goes.

for july 4th, it was quite the sober long weekend. did the usual barbeque and fireworks. you know, fireworks really don't interest me that much... so i was dreading a little about actually going to watch. i ended up going to the emeryville marina with steve, mei-jen, and aileen... and was pretty much a romantic double date. i mean, watching fireworks across the bay (san francisco, tiburon, richmond, and berkeley - not to mention all of the other illegal ones going off everywhere) is definitely a romantic thing to do, but i think after watching fireworks your entire life on tv, live, pictures, etc. the effect certainly wears off. i wasn't even that impressed with the fireworks at Washington DC for independence day. so in any case, i think fireworks are boring. so sue me.