It came across my mind while I'm writing TSF letters. (letters thanking donors for the organization i'm in -society of women engineers).

I was in Tomiyama sensei's OH today and having a nice chat, practicing my Japanese. And so I told her where I was from, when I came to Stanford, etc.

And she said in Japanese "Oh so you're an elite". ME-ELITE? I've never thought so. Just not the right word ... >.< Fate. Lady luck. Mother nature's blessing. Parents' prayers. Good karma. Those are more likely descriptions.

I immediately replied "iie, iie" which means "no la".

But it was a good conversation :)

I should start watching One Litre Of Tears.

Just so I can be more optimistic in life.

Summer.

Hopefully I can get an internship or research.

That ear stud-remnants of his hippie days masquerading beneath his sleek shirt, neatly tucked in, gray-ish beard, and that smile that never fades away throughout the whole 50 minutes.

My introductory class-signal processing and linear systems's professor.

His name is Pauly.

One of my Japanese TA's calls my name with -chan.

^__^

Swamped. In a good way.

Progress is slow. But at least, I'm working because I want to.

I WILL STUDY VERY HARD FOR THIS MIDTERM ON FRIDAY. Study like a devil. Practice, practice, practice, practice.

Coz for once, I'm actually doing quite well in labs. And psets. (though everyone is too. the histogram, everyone is in the range of 90-100%)

Life is hard but it's life. reality. count my blessings!

Japanese classes keep me sane. So does Cantonese. And all the random classes I take out of interest.

:)

My friend Kin, is a great help. If he hadn't been SO KIND to stay up a little longer every week to help me with my weekly psets and lab, I would have died by now; God sent angel.

:)

Stanford is hard. But had I gone anywhere else, I would have been mad by now.

:)

And I'm still healthy and not injured despite the fall (on my head, on soft mat) in my beginning gymnastics class. only a little sore yesterday but perfectly fine today. *no the fall didn't make me more retarded. on the contrary, it made me appreciate life more despite all these confusion*

:)