who said b-school is easy?

monday:
- accounting midterm

tuesday:
- stats case due
- econ deliverable due
- interview questions due

wednesday:
- stats quiz and another case due
- organizational behavior midterm
- econ group project due

*note: none of this includes my regular homework or readings.

i love how in "friendster", so many of the profile pictures are of people who have cut their friends out of it.

this is awesome. very very very awesome.

a must see

another must see

the best lines from tonite's california debate:

arnold schwarzenegger vs. arianna huffington

"Stop interrupting. Let me finish. . . . This is what you do to women, we all know this." - arianna
arnold 0, arianna 1

"I just want you to know that I have a part for you in 'Terminator Four,' that is all I have to say." -arnold
arnold 1, arianna 1

"Your personal income tax had a loophole so big, it's so big I could drive my Hummer through it, I can't believe you." -arnold
arnold 3(bonus point), arianna 1

i guess the governator wins.

i should use the space that the school gave me... this is what i saw one morning when i woke up. i guess the geese commute too.

the CEO cancelled the talk for this Friday. i guess the CEO had more important things to do...

btw, getting free access to the WSJ is great. i get to see pictures like this.

ouch for RJ Reynolds... .

The CEO is scheduled to speak to our class next Friday. This outta be interesting.

so i lost the elections, and not surprisingly, not a single minority won. i'm disappointed in the international students!!!

but here's another issue: there's no asian-american club. i know it's hard to believe and one of the biggest reasons for me leaving california was the asians, but i feel like there should be a club started where the asians, international and non-international, can all meet up in a formal (or in-formal) gathering. if i started the club, there would definitely be members - not a lot, but some. however, i feel guilty and like a hypocrite. i mean, i know that asians bug me - but i really feel like that they are COMPLETELY mis-represented here and that bugs me as well. the honor council and sga both are comprised of only caucasians, who have completely different backgrounds than 2nd and 1st generations.

i have no idea what to do.

okay...this is very weird... creepy in fact...well, i JUST checked my email. i don't know if this is God's doing or coincidence, but this is an e-mail i JUST received from an international student:

I vote you for support of Asian students in SGA. Hope there is more chance for you to serve our community.

wow... very very very weird. i really need to think about this... or maybe i don't. geez i'm confused.

how awesome. rusty wallace's son is in my class.

oh, something else my mom kept on saying when she visited with my sister last week... she kept saying, "when you become an executive..." kinda funny the way she says it... i felt like she preceded it with almost every comment. i think i am going to really disappoint her when i graduate.

another thing about my mom that people don't really know... she's very american. for instance:

"peter bought his mom a mercedes... but you know, you don't have to buy me a mercedes. i don't like mercedes'..."
"oh? okay-"
"when you become an executive, i want you to buy me the cadillac CTS. i think it's a very nice car."
"okay mom."

it has been done. i turned in my platform for student government. yes, you read right... i'm running for student government as a 1st year rep. people i know from college are probably thinking, "what...? what the andy!" people from high school are probably thinking, "oh, no biggie." interestingly enough, i really enjoy serving - it's just that i like to be behind the scenes when i do it. i guess peter was taken aback that i was running for an SGA position, but i guess he didn't realize that i served our class at kcpc longer than anyone else. we'll see what happens... there is a total of 15 people running and 4 get elected. of course, i'm the only asian male (my friend mamta is indian and also running). so this could come out in two ways:

i win because:
a) people actually like me
b) people liked my platform
c) the international students voted for me
d) i'm asian

i lose because:
a) people don't like me
b) people disliked my platform
c) the international students all voted for the other asian
d) i'm asian

so i guess this could develop into an interesting story, but only if i win of course. i'm expecting to lose (because i'm asian) so if that happens, nothing out of the ordinary. you like the confidence level? i was made to be a politician baby.

forgot to mention two things:

my mom got me a loufa (sp?). i have this rash problem on my neck and joints, and she said it's softer compared to the rag i have been using. my sister also left me her nice neutrogena (i think that's the brand) face soap and almost left me the on-the-spot acme treatment. i am almost there to being a girl.

last week, i was on the phone and i happened to overhear a conversation between two people. i didn't catch all of it, but it was pretty obvious what was happening.

IN FRONT OF LIBRARY, INT.

a korean international 2nd year mba student approaches a cute asian-american law student.
man (with korean fobby accent): ..... so, would you want to go to dinner with me?
girl (no accent, and starts pulling out her cell phone): no, that's okay, thank you.
man: come on, we should go out!
girl: no, that's okay, thank you.
man: you sure? i can take you out!
girl: no, that's okay, maybe next time.. sorry...
man: okayyyy... whatever you sayyyy!

korean guy promptly leaves and the girl starts dialing her cell phone right away (probably calling her white bf).

i couldn't stop laughing on the phone when i saw this... the girl was so embarrassed.

a lot of action happening this past week.

mom and sister came to visit, and boy did they take care of me. how nice of a feeling when your family comes and cooks you meals, catch up with, etc. now i really know what i missed out on during college... and how spoiled the in-state people really were. we were talking about tim duncan and how he's a wake grad... my mom says, "i like tim duncan! he reminds me of a slow cow." gotta love her.

went to a doctor's office to get my physical done. it made me quite depressed as i was the only one in the office with health insurance... i guess i went to one that was more for low-income families... in any case, it was very depressing watching these adults having to pay the receptionists in cash. one hispanic male was told to see a doctor was 101 dollars, which he had. the total came out to $175 because he had a special procedure done on him for his ear, which boosted the price up. he had to use their phone and call someone to bring the extra cash. there was also a family with a mom who couldn't speak english, so her son who was 6 years old, had to translate everything. the NP was really shocked that i went to berkeley and was in grad school.... she said "man! you must be the smartest person in here! my other patients are usually... well... they're a little dumb... i shouldn't say that... but they're a little on the dumb side..." then she asked what my SAT scores were, what my parents do, what school my sister goes to, who is paying for my education, etc. i guess she was comparing my life to hers, since she said she can only put her daughter through state school, and that state schools are her only option. i dunno, it was kinda depressing... but makes me appreciate aileen's field of study a lot more(public health). i know she can make a difference :)