Tuesday, May 31, 2005--Hi ho! Hi ho! It's back to work I go.
On this day:
In 2004:
- Chevy's with the Math Team (It became a tradition because we kept winning gift certificates at the BAMM
- Me: I remember last year, I said to Stephanie, "Doesn't quesadilla mean cheese?" And Stephanie says, "No, that's quesa." And I say, "Then, what's a quesadilla?" And Stephanie replies, "It's what I'm having."
Albert: Yeah, I'm ordering a quesadilla.
Amy: You know, you're about to have the exact same conversation again.
- Some person: Where did [those people] go?
Lei: They went to the washroom.
Me: Is that what the call it in Canada?
Lei: Eh?
Me: Yeah, here in America, we call it a bathroom... or a restroom.
Lei: Silly Americans.
- Joanna: My watch makes me itch. *scratches her other wrist* Yeah, I switched my watch-hand while playing pool.
In 2003:
- I waste 2 half-cups of soda.
- I finish Kingdom Hearts.
- Linda: Midnight? Do I want to know what you were doing?
Me: I was playing games with the other kids downstairs. What did you think I was doing?
Linda: Oh, right, Joanna didn't go.
So today, I decided to check out the info on
Rain City (the closest fencing center), and I find that it's too far to walk and that the buses don't have a convenient route to it. So I send an e-mail asking around about it, and this Canadian Saber master tells me about
Salle Auriol Seattle and how they have a world-class Saber coach (named Wang) and offers me a ride, so I decide, what the heck, I'll go.
I arrive to find out that:
- I'm way out of my league.
- I have really bad form (a combination of being out of practice and having almost no private lessons).
Fortunately, I got myself a deal for private lessons so that I can begin training.
Dice Roll of the Day: (4, 3) Total: 7
Good Night!
Monday, May 30, 2005--Today, I played MGS3. It's a damn hard game, mainly because you don't have radar. However, I found that a close substitute is the sonar, but you can't use it continuously (you press it to pulse it, and whenever you do, it uses battery power) and you can't use it when the enemies are too close to you (or else they'll hear it, although you could use the sound to lure enemies). That said,
many things don't work at short range, like camouflage, and, um... something else. Without radar, the game is so hard, so I played on VERY EASY mode to get the EasyGun, which is very very useful. Maybe later I should play in Normal mode or Hard mode.
I also played some of Baldur's Gate. I do so much damage now, it's not funny. Actually, it is. When the people die.
On this day:
In 2004: "Vivian! You left your pants downstairs!"
In 2003: I discover at the ARML that Stephanie doesn't know how to play Chess.
Dice Roll of the Day: (1, 3) Total: 4
Good Night!
Sunday, May 29, 2005--Today, we bought MGS3 and Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2. Dark Alliance 2 was a pretty good game. It's like Gauntlet Legends, but darker and harder.
Dice Roll of the Day: (5, 3) Total: 8
Why am I up so late? Good Night!
Saturday, May 28, 2005--We tried to make french toast today, but we failed miserably, since we didn't have any oil or butter, so the toast started sticking to the pan and burning up, so we pulled it out of the pan. But I still ate that half-cooked piece of toast anyway, and it was better than most fully-cooked pieces of french toast I've had (namely, mine own).
On this day:
In 2003:
- Linda: (referring to Franklin) He's cute, he speaks well, and no one else wanted the job, so we gave him the job.
- Emma was tired at the quartet because she was studying for finals... except she didn't know what finals they were. Whoops!
Then, we went searching for an electronics/video game store and a sporting goods store while re-finding that Chinese Restaurant (Maple Garden) that I had found earlier and getting some groceries from Safeway. We failed miserably on the electronics and sporting goods, but at least we found a place (Wherehouse Music) that had video games. I also bought an MP3 player, although I think it's bad that I'm spending my money before I've even earned it yet.
Dice Roll of the Day: (6, 6) Total: 12
w00t! Pocket 6's!
I wonder when I get timed for my cell phone minutes. *shrig* Oh well, it's getting late. Good Night!
Friday, May 27, 2005--
Microsoft Day 4
On this day:
In 2003:
- Me: Linda, don't give me that look.
Linda (not giving me a look): What look? (gives me a look)
Me: That look! Right there!
- Chevy's lunch with Math Team.
- Joanna: What's with the "daily dice roll" thing?
Re: Albert's guestbook post.
I'll update the poll when I'm not tired.
Dice Roll of the Day: (6, 5) Total: 11
Today, we got the router, so both Matt and me can work on the Internet at the same time. Awesome.
And Good Night!
Thursday, May 26, 2005--
Microsoft Day 3
Not much I can say...
Dice Roll of the Day: (1, 6) Total: 7
...except that we got Internet today! w00t!
Unfortunately, it only has a connection for one computer and there are two of us, so we're going to need a router.
Anyways, Good Night!
Wednesday, May 25, 2005--
Microsoft Day 2
On this day:
In 2003: "Well, I have a girl who is a friend... I mean, I have a friend who is a girl. I don't have a girl."
I had leftover fried rice from yesterday's Chinese food run. Heh.
Dice Roll of the Day: (2, 1) Total: 3
Good Night!
Tuesday, May 24, 2005--
Microsoft Day 1
Apparently, in Seattle, a / is called a "whack" rather than a "slash". How amusing. We should go to "whackdot.com".
On this day:
In 2003: I buy FF Origins.
Anyways, after work today, I decided to go exploring for a video game store. Instead, I found a Chinese Restaurant (called Maple Garden) which was pretty good... and then I got lost for an hour. Hehe... oops!
Dice Roll of the Day: (3, 3) Total: 6
Good Night!
Monday, May 23, 2005--Today, I flew to Seattle. It turns out that Kaisen from HKN was on the same flight as me, and he was living with Robert L, also from HKN, who was waiting with us at the baggage claim. So what the heck, we all took the same cab to Redmond together.
On this day:
In 2004: 5th Dawn Pre-release! w00t!
In 2003:
Ke: Come on, Dwayne, it's only 2 classes. It won't make a difference.
Me: Yes, it's only 2 classes, so it won't make a difference if I ditch them.
So I ran into my apartmentmate, a dude named Matt, who I had already talked to on AIM a whiles ago. He's an awesome dude and we went exploring Bellevue/Redmond.
Dice Roll of the Day: (1, 1) Total: 2
Good Night!
Sunday, May 22, 2005--Today, I was mostly packing for my airplane trip tomorrow to Seattle. However, I ended up spending a good part of the day playing Fire Emblem instead. Hehe...
Dice Roll of the Day: (1, 1) Total: 2
Good Night!
Unofficial Update (posted on May 22)--Just so you guys know I'm still alive...
Tomorrow, I fly off to Redmond, and the day after, I begin my internship for Microsoft. Except a real update later. (NOTE: updates, starting from May 16, will be posted
below in attempts to not break the flow of the page.)
Saturday, May 21, 2005--Same as Friday...
Dice Roll of the Day: (2, 3) Total: 5
Good Night!
Friday, May 20, 2005--Another non-memorable day... since this entry (and all the ones since May 16) were posted on May 27, so I don't remember a damn thing.
Dice Roll of the Day: (6, 5) Total: 11
Good Night!
Thursday, May 19, 2005--I woke up this morning and my mom came and we had lunch with a family friend, and then I went home. Yay!
On this day:
In 2003:
- It turns out that I got out Infinite Slivers 4 times in history... and today was the 4th time.
- I start calling Elizabeth "Beth".
I've been playing a lot of Fire Emblem these days. It's a really,
really, good game.
Dice Roll of the Day: (6, 6) Total: 12
w00t! Double 6's! Good Night!
Wednesday, May 18, 2005--EE121 Final... It was pretty easy.
I now know how the people at E3 feel--rushing to make sure everything works at the last second and worrying about technical difficulties. Unfortunately, since we had the most complicated setup (a PlayStation 2 and a desktop for use as a NTSC to VGA converter), there were inevitably technical difficulties. Fortunately, our presentation was pretty good
despite the difficulties.
Also, the judges (dudes from Sony Computer Entertainment) had a PS2 network adaptor to give away (it was the last of the prizes), and they thought, what the hey, those PS2 guys sound like they could use it. So they gave it to us.
Then, I watched Star Wars Episode III. It was awesome. I daresay it rivals Return of the Jedi in awesomeness. However, in order to fully appreciate Episode 3, you need to watch all of the other 5 episodes as well.
Dice Roll of the Day: (1, 3) Total: 4
Good Night!
Tuesday, May 17, 2005--I mostly slept...
On this day:
In 2003:
- Connie tries to sell a hamster to me while I have a fork in one hand and a bowl of rice in the other.
- Justin (away from Connie and Franklin where they can't here us): Look! Connie's flirting with Franklin. (Connie smacks Franklin) Umm... Okay, maybe not.
...but I also spent a little bit of time cleaning up CS184 and reviewing for EE121.
Dice Roll of the Day: (1, 5) Total: 6
Good Night!
Monday, May 16, 2005--Today, I made one last rush to finish up my CS184 project. I ended up staying at Mark S's place until 7am Tuesday, after which I walked home and slept for a long, long time.
Dice Roll of the Day: (4, 2) Total: 6
Good Night!
Sunday, May 15, 2005--Man, our CS184 project is so awesome. We have Mushroom men.
Mushroom men! They're kinda freaky, though, and if our plans come to fruition, they'll be even freakier. It's addictive, though, fighting the Mushroom men.
On this day:
In 2004: In FF9, I change Zidane's name to Dwayne.
Dwayne (Zidane in FF9): I'm always thinking about girls!
Dwayne (the real me): Wow, that's pretty accurate.
Dice Roll of the Day: (4, 5) Total: 9
More work on the Mushroom men. Good Night!
Saturday, May 14, 2005--I spent the better part of today studying for the CS184 Finale, which was tricky because there was some stuff on the Final that I wasn't quite sure about. It was a knowledge-based final rather than a problem-solving-based final. We all know which kind I'm better at.
I spent the lesser part of today working on CS184 Final Project. It's looking awesome.
On this day:
In 2004: I run into Lily at Berkeley.
Dice Roll of the Day: (1, 2) Total: 3
Good Night!
Friday, May 13, 2005--
Friday the Thirteenth
How good is today, let me count the ways:
- CS184 Project
- Review for Econ 1
- Econ 1 Finale... it was pretty easy
- On this day:
In 2003:
- "And Linda is now afraid of Alan because he keeps harassing her because of the iFlurtz compatibility test. Poor Linda."
- Naming the Elven Sorceress Diana
- Going after Freshgirls
- Dice Roll of the Day: (5, 1) Total: 6
- Good Night!
Thursday, May 12, 2005--
On this day:
In 2004: Daisy again
I'm working hard to get features implemented for my CS184 project while studying the Econ 1 essay. I also went to the EE121 review session, which calmed my fears, because the problems we went over were easy and people asked relatively basic questions. I'll still do practice problems anyway, since those are always good.
me: what is your summer job?
her: heh.. i answer emails
me: sounds like inverse spam
her: yeah, practically
Dice Roll of the Day: (1, 3) Total: 4
Good Night!
Wednesday, May 11, 2005--Obviously, I forgot to mention that yesterday was the last day of class. Therefore, there is no class today.
How's my finals schedule, you might ask?
Friday the 13th - Econ 1
Saturday the 14th - CS184
Wednesday the 18th - EE121 & CS184 Project
Thursday the 19th - Star Wars Episode III! w00t!
On this day:
In 2004:
Other than that, I spent all day working on CS184 Project. It's coming along pretty well.
Dice Roll of the Day: (6, 5) Total: 11
Good Night!
Tuesday, May 10, 2005--Today, I skipped Econ 1 Discussion in favor of sleep.
EE121 Lecture... we finished up the presentations.
CS150 Mudterm #3... I slew that mudterm. Question 1 was easy. Question 2 was easy. Question 3 would separate the skilled from the unskilled. Question 4, I misinterpretted and tried to do the entire operation in a single clock cycle and was marked off 5 points. It doesn't matter, though, since I'm still guaranteed an A.
On this day:
In 2004: The power of KCNM
In 2003:
- "Visara? I thought she died." (Bernard doesn't know the Legend Rule.)
- I get introduced to Naruto.
Anyways, at 6, I went to the New/Old Officer Mixer to hang out with the TBPeople.
Also, it seems I have caught a cold. NOOOOOOO!!! Now, I have to choose between getting rest and getting work done. However, since I'm strong, I opt to get work done.
Dice Roll of the Day: (6, 2) Total: 8
Good Night!
Monday, May 9, 2005--This morning, I opted to skip EE121 Discussion because it's the 2nd-to-last day of school and I'm lazy.
Econ 1 Lecture... I opted not to take notes because it's the 2nd-to-last day of school and I'm lazy.
E190... I opted not to rank people's presentations because it's the 2nd-to-last day of school and I'm lazy... although Jay's presentation was
awesome... although he had to change it to meet Marcel's standards.
(lunchbreak... but I opted not to eat lunch because Marcel fed us donuts and I'm lazy.)
CS184... but it was a review session because it's the 2nd-to-last day of school and they're lazy.
Fencing... I opted not to go because it's the 2nd-to-last day of school and I'm lazy.
Dice Roll of the Day: None, because it's the 2nd-to-last day of school and I'm lazy. Just kidding, (1, 1) Total: 2
Hmm... do I sense a theme for today's entry?
I won't say Good Night because it's the 2nd-to-last day of school and I'm lazy.
Sunday, May 8, 2005--More of the tutoring of Franklin for Chem AP...
On this day:
In 2004: Daisy: Do you like me?
In 2003: Stephanie Y and her eyepatch.
At about 8:30ish pm, I returned to Berkeley.
Dice Roll of the Day: (4, 5) Total: 9
Good Night!
Saturday, May 7, 2005--Today was the TBP Officer elections. Unfortunately, I have to say that I had a very selfish agenda today. I knew that the officer corps was being downsized, so I voted to put the people who were more qualified than me for IT on other committees so that I would have less competition for IT. That's why I voted for Trent for CSec and Dustin for RSec. That and, I voted all the cute girls into an officer position. Now, I'm trying to remember a cute girl who initiated in the Fall.
Mindy: What about Tracy?
Shut up, Mindy! Don't remind me of that witch.
Anyways, then, Vikram nominated me to run for IT Chair against Alex Kan. I initially hesitated, since Alex Kan could run circles around me in pure knowledge, but Robert tells me "You never know if you don't try," so I did. They had a surprisingly long discussion for such a one-sided vote.
Later, it was time to run for IT Committee. Apparently, I overdid eliminating the competition, because we were one seat short of a full committee. Oops. Thankfully, we recruited Prateek on the basis that he could pick up PHP and MySQL pretty quickly, just like I did.
Then, I went home, where I had to tutor Franklin for Chemistry AP. Chem AP is tough, man.
Dice Roll of the Day: (5, 1) Total: 6
Good Night!
Friday, May 6, 2005--
On this day:
In 2004: The whole Troy and Superb incident. I begin holding a grudge against Superb.
In 2003:
- The Compatibility Test results come back... hilarity ensues...
- The "Are you hot?" incident.
E190...
TBP Initiation... Congrats to all the new initiates, particularly those whose names I know, but won't list because I don't want to play any favorites. (My favorites already know who they are anyway, and if they don't, it's all good, because I prefer to keep myself in the dark.) Unfortunately, I fell asleep during one of the better parts of the ceremony (I'm oath-bound not to reveal the ceremony, so I can't tell you what it was). It made me feel very guilty. I swear to god, it's the room. 306 Soda is cursed with making me fall asleep.
TBP Banquet... highlights include arm-wrestling, where Ann beat Meehan, because Ann is awesome like that. She won Candidate of the Semester and was the first candidate
ever to lead the candidates for a third try of the modern TBP yell, which actually rivaled that of the Officers.
Vikram: Dwayne, are you going to Karaoke later?
Me: It depends on who else is going.
Vincent: That means how many girls are going.
Well met, Vincent. Well met.
Another highlight was iNuma, our very own Numa Numa video, which was
awesome.
Lastly, when they were giving out officer thankyous, they called out Tracy, and Tracy starts clapping and turns around expecting someone else to get up and accept the thankyou. Silly Tracy.
Dice Roll of the Day: (1, 2) Total: 3
Good Night!
Thursday, May 5, 2005--Supposably, it's Karen's birthday today. So um... Happy Birthday?
Econ 1 Discussion...
CS184 Discussion...
EE121 Lecture... We were supposed to present our projects today. At the beginning of lecture, Tanya tells me that I'm doing all the talking because "no one understands [her] when [she] talks". Then, right before our presentation, she decides to go into an in-depth report on rate-distortion theory, and I'm just like "Umm... do you just want me to stand here?"
CS150 Lecture... After the HKN evaluations, Wawrzynek asks us if we want the quiz or the lecture. The majority of the students wanted the quiz, but a bunch of persons wanted to have the lecture so that they could "have more time to study". LOL, didn't I always say that if you do your homework, you'll do just fine on quizzes? Literally true, because the CS150 quizzes are identical to homework problems. Then, I ditched lecture, because it was review.
Dice Roll of the Day: (4, 5) Total: 9
Good Night!
Wednesday, May 4, 2005--CS150 Discussion... Andrew was 20 minutes late and I ended up not paying attention to him anyway. Hehe... oops!
Econ 1 Lecture... Nadia and I were distracted by the Daily Cal's crossword... for some reason...
E190... Jesse Young has the 2nd most awesome presentation in our class.
Abhi showed me this Chinese restaurant hidden above the Southside Asian ghetto. That's right.
Above. As in y-axis above.
And then, it rained...
CS184 Lecture...
On this day:
In 2003: I pay too much attention to Joanna and not enough to Stephanie.
I spent part of the night talking with Viv Chu, who got into Berkeley EECS. Congrats to Vivian Chu. Unfortunately, she seems to lack self-confidence.
Dice Roll of the Day: (1, 3) Total: 4
Good Night!
Tuesday, May 3, 2005--Today's entry will be out of order because, *gasp* nothing happened in class today! What a shocker! (Sarcasm doesn't translate well in writing.)
Anyways, so this nalf IMs me and the following conversation ensues:
pika booger: hey
pika booger: dude stop hitting on my friend
Viltris: do i know you?
pika booger: maybe
Viltris: do i know this friend of yours?
pika booger: yes, i'm quite sure you do
Viltris: and yet i still have no idea who you're talking about
pika booger: don't worry.. you'll figure it out
Viltris: how interesting
Viltris: is that a threat?
pika booger: nah
And then, he logged off. You know what's funny, though. I have no idea who this nalf is, nor do I have even the foggiest idea which girl he's referring to. "You'll figure it out", he says. Heh, not worth my effort. Although I'm pretty sure my goons might be interesting in trashing him. Yes, that's always an amusing pasttime.
Dice Roll of the Day: (4, 1) Total: 5
Good Night!
Monday, May 2, 2005--For some odd reason, I only got 4 hours of sleep last night. Perhaps I was being paranoid. Oh well.
EE121 Discussion... Later, I would realize that I had forgotten to turn in my homework. Damn!
Econ 1 Lecture...
E190... Once again, I was given charge of the camera.
(lunchbreak)
CS184 Lecture... I had no trouble falling asleep... which may have been a bad thing.
After working on Econ problem set a bit, I came to a difficult dilemma: Sleep? Or fence? Olek told me to sleep because it was pointless to fence if my body isn't up to the task. (I would later find out that he twisted his knee while fencing. Ouch!)
So... I slept. Good Night!
Dice Roll of the Night: (1, 4) Total: 5
Sunday, May 1, 2005--
On this day:
In 2003: "Existence does not exist outside of the universe."
After working on my homework a bit, I returned to Berkeley. God damn it, I'm so lazy. I need someone to make me do work when I have to. Otherwise, I procrastinate like mad, and we all know that's a
bad thing.
In the meantime, I need to talk to her again.
Dice Roll of the Day: (4, 1) Total: 5
Good Night!
