Winter Break!

Wooooo Last day of fall semester class today! Today I had three finals, an astronomy final at 7:30 AM, math final at 10:30 AM, and chem final at 12:30 PM. Had to wake up at 5 AM and it felt great. It sucked to take all three exams back to back but now im done and i dont have to come back till Jan 11! My overall thought about college after one semester is that it is pretty awesome. You control when you go to class, you always have friends to hang out with (if you have friends), and theres so much more time to do other things. Next semester i'm going to have every friday off and monday/wednesday i will be home by 2 pm. Even better semester, cept in the end i will have to worry about 4 finals instead of 3. Today i think i lost so much hair. While doing all of my exams my hand was scratching and rubbing my hair so much, that i found so many strands of hair fall on my test. I think i have bad test anxiety. Also since the desk are so low i have to look down so much and it hurts my neck. I hope this doesnt happen again next semester. Now looking forward for an awesome winter break, the first month long winter break. Going to do stuff with friends, work out, play some source, do some shopping. Hope everybody will have a great holiday!

Post-Halloween Update.

Somewhat of a good week. I had two exams, both of which i felt i only got a B on. I haven't gotten the result yet but i know i missed at least 6 wrong on the astronomy exam on a 50 question. That means at least 12 points are lost meaning i lost the A and can only hope for a B. However for chem i got 3 wrong(i think) off the 20 question exam. But when the professor sent home the grading scale he is using, he said 85 and above is an A. So if i only missed 3, i got the minimum A! I think thats because half of the class is failing. My chemistry class is so huge, like 260 kids?, but only about 150 show up each time.
For the first time in a long time, i am really getting stressed out by Bertucci's, almost makes me want to stop working. Co-workers are whining and acting so selfish, and I am the one trying to please everyone. Covering shift, closing more, doing more work, just because I am too nice. I can't even get a request to get halloween night off. I had wrote it in the book over a month early but nope, didnt get it. However 3 other co-workers got that night off, wtf? I should be one of the most reliable and favored employee there. Why am i getting screwed? this isnt the first time it happened. One weekend, 5 of us requested the same weekend off, including myself, and i had to not only work through it, but work two double shifts back to back. I had to miss out on two graduation parties. But i wasnt so sad about that because i didn't really want to go to these parties that badly and working that weekend was actually pretty fun. The cutest waitress was asked to work with me to fill in the absent workers, and we had a pretty good time. (don't get any ideas, shes 20). I've been working here for nearly a year and a half now, it has become a part of my life. I've been so accustomed to everyone and being there weekly, that i don't want to get a different job yet. The extra money makes life so much better than mooching off parents. Gas money, food money, and independent spending. I don't know how much longer i will work there, maybe if i save enough money up until the end of summer 2010, i might stop working.

Halloween was pretty good, even though i had to work. The restaurant was so dead, so the manager cut me off early. All my co-workers heard about my denied request for halloween off and all let me leave first. I worked from 5-6:30, and they let me leave! First time in a while i had something to appreciate my co-workers about. Also i guess working that night gave me another good thing, since my manager apologized that she didnt let me off, i forgave her and asked her to put this into consideration for my next request for thanksgiving weekend off. That day i want to use all my money and shop like crazy. Give myself a reward for not shopping in a long time and working hard to lessen my burden for my parents. After i left, me and the guys went to eat at Buffalo Wing Factory. Great wings and Chicken fingers, but i didnt really like the service there. Twice i've been there and i swear both were not perfect in getting what we ordered.

Now that october is behind, we can look forward to November and December! The holiday seasons, a great time to realize the friendships and families we have. Can't wait to see what we do for Black friday and how we spend our thanksgiving break. Theres only like 5 weeks of school left this semester. Got to stay focus and get the straight As.

Midterm evaluation
Astronomy 103:A
Gen Chem 211:A
Math 113:A
Eng 101:B+ (Of course....)

Time to get back on track.

Its only been a week since my last update but i feel like writing more to my nonexisting audience(cept the friends who are following me). I am beginning to use this blog not only to talk to my friends who are following me, but also myself. It is easier to see my thoughts and to get whatever i need out of my system without it really affecting anyone. Which is how i like it, expressing myself without affecting anybody, unlike those loud mouth people who has to get their point across to everybody. U know what im talking about, the ones that update their status or facebook with something like, "FUCK THIS SHIET" or "FML" or "WTF". No one gives a shiet about ur story and if you don't feel like talking about it, dont put it in your status, where everyone can see. Why should u notify people that you are angry or or sad, this only get people to grow concern of your case and cannot resist to be curious about it.
ex.
Status Update: John Smith is FUCKING ANGRY
Pocahantis: Whats wrong?
John Smith:I don't want to talk about it

Now what was the point of that? If you don't to talk about it dont announce it, simple as that. Let me ask you guys, have i ever let my emotions take me over? It seems that i am emotionless or calm most of the time because i do not let my emotions affect people who are not important to me. I hide it, store it inside of me and let it build, just like my gas after eating at chipotle. But unlike gas, my anger or sadness just goes away instead of exploding. I created an image of myself as a nice and calm guy. Sometimes people see it as apathetic or insensitive but thats how i like it. I do not let many things affect me as it does to other people. I can't understand why people are not able to do that and has to make a big deal of everything. Anyways enough about that. I didnt write all of this because of something that happened recently, its just always been a pet peeve of mine for a long time. Just needed to find a way to explain it to myself.

I am writing this blog in the middle of my 4 page essay. Now i am 2.5 pages in progress but decided to write in here to relieve some stress. School is the same, i am still spending more money on nasty over priced food at mason. I have been neglecting my summer resolutions which were:
-No soda/less Sugar (Had delicious rich Godiva Chocolate last night)
-No Fast Food (Had Papajohn's pizza, popeyes, Taco Bell, chick fil-a,)
-No Starbucks (actually i am successful with this one)
-No Bertucci's (Had pizza last week)
-No eating after 9 PM (ate 30 minutes ago)
-Have at least 1-2 hours of exercise daily
-Eat Breaskfast (this is still holding up too)
-STOP EATING OUT. (Fail 3 times a week)

I need to refamiliarize myself with this and get back on track. I don't know how much weight i got back after losing nearly 10 lbs this summer. Apparently an accurate scale doesnt seem to exist within my reach. Time to get back on my essay now. Only the draft is due so it doesnt have to be perfect. As soon as i hit page 5 i am going to save and print. For those who actually read this, this might be something new about me that i haven't really told anyone.

October Update

Wow school is going by pretty fast. Finished with the 5th week of school, about 1/3 through the semester. Im so thankful college uses the 10 point grading system where 90 and above is an A. Got a 92 on my Astronomy exam, 92 on my chemistry exam, but wtf, i got a 79 on my calc exam???? Calculus, after taking HL math, should be the easiest thing. I was so dumb cuz i made alot of stupid mistakes on the exam. I knew everything, so i skipped alot of class and i guess wasnt really preparing for the test. Oh and another thing, taking test in a cramp lecture class is the worst. It is so uncomfortable taking a test with someone 3 inches to my left and to my right. Also with such a tiny little desk. I could not stand it so i finished my test within 30-40 minutes and left early. Now the weather is getting colder and im still finding it hard to add exercise to my schedule. And i continue to waste money on food at school. This is not going as well as I would like. Life would be so much better if i didnt have a job, have loaded parents, and have a super fast metabolism and naturally get buff like black people do. Now im gonna save up and invest money in home equipments for working out. The gym at school isn't really fitting my schedule. Now just waiting for halloween and wanting this semester to be over....

Last September Update

Seems like i only update once every two weeks or so, so I probably wont get back on until october. This past week was probably not the greatest week I had, considering that I caught a cold. I also have been neglecting my daily exercise and have not been watching what i am eating. I've already had 4 buffet this month alone. Ill Mee Buffet, Blue Pearl Buffet, Southside (at mason), and George's, (Also at mason). That makes it once or twice a week i have overendulged myself at a restaurant. Maybe that is why i got sick, my immune system is down due to the junk food i eat and the lack of exercise and rest I have been getting. Well this has to change, i need to devote time at the gym few times a week. This week was also pretty bad at work, two girls got fired and I had to work 5 days a week. Next time they ask me i am just gonna refuse. I have to focus on school. I dont even think i did that well on the math test the other day, i thought i knew all the stuff so sometimes i would skip or fall asleep in class. This is quite a first month of college, now things have to change. This isn't highschool anymore and no one is going guide our every move anymore. Gosh i just wish the holiday seasons would just come by. This is one of the best time of the year, when we got Halloween one month, Thanksgiving +Black friday the next month, Christmas after that, and then new years. This is also the time of the year where I gain alot of weight. Hopefully not this year. I wonder how things will be like this year, now that lots of things has change. Still trying to get rid of this cold. And getting ready for my Astrology + Chemistry Exam next week. I will be back October.

Actually...

There was one thing that brought me down. WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO BLOCKLES!!! AAAAAHHHHH. I had wasted almost 90 hours on blockles alone. Now i cant own people anymore. Now im stuck playing online tetris on my DS. What am i going to do to relieve my stress after studying. Thats all i have to say...

College Update

Starting my second week at GMU, and i gotta say, its not that bad. Its so much better than highschool i wished I had graduated a year early like Dana did. GMU has a nice environment and lots of friendly people. No more of those noisy immature people that we use to get so tired of in high school. You know the ones that would throw food in the cafeteria, or just yell out rudely and walk the hallways like they own it. I don't talk to a lot of people at GMU but i talk to the same people almost everyday. Clubs are starting to meet soon so hopefully I will meet some more cool people there. I noticed that even though its the second week, classes are starting to get smaller and smaller, people just aren't showing up, especially today on a rainy day. Lectures are starting to see more empty seats...

So far I have not had any luck with the girls if any of you are wondering, I just have the wrong class at the wrong time. Its not me right...Anyways, my classes seem so easy. They are just a repeat of my previous high school courses, such as Chemistry and Calculus. IB didn't help me at all except how to handle lots of work. I hope to improve my work ethic in college by doing my homework early and during my breaks in school where I can concentrate more. And at night if i dont have to study, its Thanh time ;).

It really doesnt feel like school started yet, I guess im still accustomed to the highschool schedule where we wake up at 6 AM and get home around 3-4PM, with no breaks or fun inbetween. Another thing about college is that I am glad my parents compelled me to George Mason, where I dont have to pay for a dorm and food. I can't imagine living in a dorm with a stranger in a tight cramp room sharing a bathroom with the entire floor. Those may have freedom but they surely sacrifice comfort and money. Andre tell me what I am missing out on that could change my mind. So far, life is still good. Nothing to look down upon, and lots to look forward to. Its times like these I like take the time to appreciate the great things in my life. I absolutely cannot stand those who say "FML" and act like they are in the worst situation of the world. And there is always one every hour on facebook updating their status with FML. There are obviously people in worse plights than you are. That's all that really grinds my gear for the last couple month since that phrase surfaced. Good luck to everyone in their schools and I hope you are enjoying it.