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answers to movie trivia

also, congrats to aileen for getting her high paying offer!

now that i am back home in jersey, everyone should know what time it is. okay, maybe only one of you knows (aileen). it's time for:

what did my parents get this time?

definitely an interesting list this time:

- a new fridge
- a new microwave
- a new convection oven
- an electronic awning that folds/unfolds with the touch of a remote control. you have to see it to believe it...it's so cool, yet the biggest waste of money.
- the teeter hangups. what is this you ask? it's this weird back stretcher that can double as a torture machine or a tickle machine. it's quite fun... and interesting. what does it look like? look below.

first run through: 27

aileen - 10
dave ~ 1
wayne - 10
steve - 25
frank - 40 (champion so far)
hayeun - ?
gras - ?
pj - 31

NO CHEATING

quote of the day from espn.com:

"I've been doing a little bit too much music, just needed the rest. I've still got my album coming out Nov. 23. After the album comes out I'm going to make sure all of my time is focused on winning a championship."

- Ron Artest last week who asked for a month off to rest up from a grueling schedule that included producing a rap album

'tis a good sports year for me:

- padres didn't finish last (that's huge... even huge-r is that they almost won the wild card)
- chargers are doing pretty well right now. but it's really after the half-point mark where they struggle...
- cal is #4 in bcs
- two of my favorite college hoops teams are #1 AND #2 (kansas and wake)
- i started playing tennis again
- clippers aren't off to a bad start either.

even if we don't win any championships, i'm pretty satisfied.

i suck with words. i always say the stupidest things with random people, and it is only when i'm leaving (i'm pretty sure i have written about this before, but whatever).

For instance, I will always say "You too" when the gate attendant tells me "Have a nice flight!" or when the waitress tells me "Enjoy your food!" those are kinda dumb, but not super dumb. okay, they are super dumb, but they don't really make a difference.

today i played tennis with a classmate, who was really good and seriously handing my ass back to me on a platter. as the next people were walking onto our court since our time was over, i happened to hit this MONSTER serve. it was our last point before we had to leave, so why not just go for it? anyways, i was really surprised that it even went in. the newcomers were really impressed and kept saying "wow! did you see that serve!?! YEEEE HAAAA!!!!!!" (okay they didn't say the last part, but they easily could have since it's the south). anyways, if they were there just 10 seconds earlier, they would have seen me double fault.

so as we finished gathering our stuff and were walking off the court, and one of the newcomers says, "say! you gonna teach me how you serve like that?"

now. what i MEANT to say was "i prayed really hard that it would go in."

what i ACTUALLY said was, "just pray really hard."

i'm not sure if he understood what i was trying to say or not since he was laughing, but i'm sure about 5 seconds later, at the exact time i slapped my own face after realizing what i said, he said to himself, "hey...that was a really cocky chinese boy. YEEEE HAAAA!"

dear alex, apparently a cs student at ucsb:

your recent assignment grades are out:

prog1 10/10
prog2 9/10
prog3 10/10
Comments
Program 2 takes too much time
memory leak
command-line arguments would be nice

guys: how the heck do you miss a urinal in a public bathroom?! it's so disgusting looking at the puddle of urine that forms when people miss. i don't get it. HOW do you miss?

also, if you are going to install infrared urinals/toilets, why not also do the sink? does that not defeat the purpose?

dave/steve/wayne/whoever: i'm going to be in jersey friday night so come over.

as they say, B = MBA.

there is this constant struggle inside me as a 2nd year in b-school. the struggle is between going for the good grades or not. it's definitely tough since grades really don't matter for your 2nd year (unless you're going into ibanking).

FOR studying:
- get more out of the program and increase my personal knowledge
- get academic recognition during commencement
- professors like you
- make up for my horrible performance at cal
- afterall, i AM asian!

AGAINST studying:
- the only people in the world that know class rank are the dean and the registrar. companies never ask for your grades or class rank (they have to go through a special process if they want your class rank), and the school never gives it out. not even me.
- when it comes down to it, bschool is about getting a job, not grades
- i will never go to school again (despite what my dad tells me)
- life becomes a lot easier and more enjoyable

what should i do? i think i only know about five people who care about grades right now, including myself, so it's a huge temptation.

why do other people bother running for president when they know they have no chance whatsoever? i'm not talking about nader, but the other guys whose names i don't even remember. yeah yeah, democracy, but please. they're running to win. i call that self-delusional.