couple interesting experiences this weekend. went to a bar where they had a ping-pong table. after beating my classmate, i got challenged to some person i didn't know and people started watching. the guy i was playing against was using the "chinese" style of playing - except a little more dramatic. in any case, he was pretty good and beat me (i think i could have won considering it was my first time playing in a few years). in any case, my classmates kept asking if i won or lost and when i told them i lost, they were like, 'you should have won! you could have kicked that guy's ass!' another guy said, 'you're asian! you're supposed to be good at ping-pong!' i said, 'eh, i guess' and shrugged. was i offended? not at all, but i knew some other people would have been. then the guy proceeded to say, 'you let your country down!!!' i guess that was a little more on the offensive side, but really, i didn't care. i knew if certain people were there, they would have been infuriated. was it really an offensive comment? i don' t think so... but i guess it could have been. i'm glad i'm not in california anymore, where ANYTHING that can be treated as 'racist' explodes to front-page news.

also, yesterday i went to a law student party. i guess it was interesting because i never went to a party where EVERYONE was drunk before. actually, i've never been to a party where i was the only asian before either. it was entertaining just watching the people do really stupid things. on another note, there are some really pretty girls at the law school. in any case, i guess the topic of just drinking all the time to have fun really concerns aileen since she is in the South as well. aileen and i aren't really the type to go out bar-hopping every weekend, but the only friends we have made so far are the type that do. just a very different lifestyle here, and for aileen, it's a matter of time finding the right group of people to hang out with. i guess i'm fine with it considering we get very tired by midnight and go home around then.