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| hey y'all!!!
i'm baaaaaack for spring break!
yes oh yes! spring break! =D back in the cityy....
sigh.. harvard life has been good, but really busy and really hectic... my life has been basically overrun by public service in chinatown.. haha really good and fun, but very time consuming.. =] (oh that's boston's chinatown btw)... i feel like this entry's prolly gonna be a summing up of harvaard life... for the past 2 years... haha so reader's beware!
freshman year...
wow.. that was a total blast. except chem 15. but anyways... lol we won't talk of that lil bit... i think i mostly realized that college isn't that different from high school in terms of social life. at least at harvard. most ppl will tell you that harvard's social life sux. but from my personal experience - it's what you make of it, kinda like stuy.. =] as long as you've got the optimistic outlook on it, the social life is great. i've made many great friends, and i'm really satisfied with my social experience. the extracurricular life was fantastic. from gumboots (south african step dancing) to 08 steppers, from c-sharp to chinatown afterschool, from helping out with AAA, CSA, TCS, and so much more... it was literally the most fulfilling experience i've had yet at harvard. i've got to say, the extracurricular experience is priceless. academically, harvard can improve. classes can be taught better, freshman should be allowed more chances to take higher level classes, and i think the system could be made better.
sophomore year...
discovering chinatown afterschool second term has been a turning point in my life. it's led me to almost everything i do sophomore-year. i've got to say, key club was a huuuge part of my life at stuy, but somehow, chtnasp is my life. hahaha gotta give props to my co-directors, Angel, Annie, and Yaya - my gosh. these people are some of the most dedicated, beautiful individuals ever. co-directing an afterschool program is such a fulfilling experience. working with the kids and counselors, and knowing that you're providing a free service to an otherwise underprivileged community is really something special. sophomore year, has been really academically challenging, as i contemplated switching my major to psychology, then to government-psychology, then back to government, then to government-sociology, then sociology, and now i'm still thinking about it..... (i switched freshman year from biochem to government... lol)... aside from the academic challenges, it's been a long road of trying to find my place in life.. trying to deal with being who i am, and just dealing in general with personal demons and issues. i guess i realized, i'm OK. we're all OK. i'm not a perfect person, but i like who i am. i like what i'm doing with my life, and at this point, i'm so uncertain as to life and career goals, but i like the direction i'm headed in, so i'm OK with being OK.
i also discovered a huuuge love for dance. hahaha from co-captaining 08 steppers, to choreographing and dancing in harvard's vietnamese dance troupe, to thinking about joining the asian-american dance troupe, to also thinking about trying out for expressions (the hip-hop dance group)... haha and really liking choreography and freestyling in general... it's been a really fun experience... hah and i'm already planning ahead for 08 steppers' next show, next year in march, hahah cause that's how much i love steppin.
in addition to going from counselor to coordinator to director for chinatown afterschool (chtnasp - asp aka afterschool program), i'm also now a co-chair of chinatown committee, which overlooks 5 public service programs in chinatown: ESL, Citizenship, Teen, Big Sib, and Afterschool - which all serve their own constituent communities. I really look foward to making some great changes to the way committee handles working with public serivce in both the harvard community and boston's chinatown community.
... hmm gotta go now, so i'll continue this later... haha prolly tomorrow =D ... more deeper thoughts then... haha bed time! yes! at midnight! woooot! hahaha it's the earliest i've gone to bed... technically.. i think... =P hahaha yup yup...
signing off,
weijster, weijie, weij. | | |
| hey'alll!! =]
sigh.. it's been a boring week and a half at home...
yup yup.. it sux to be sick... =P.... hahaha but
i think I've had my moments this week.. haha or
at least certain parts of these past few days have
been wonderful! =]
Shoutouts to SWANC... lol..
Sergio, Weijie, Anita, Nick, Carolyn..
though i just put a shoutout to myself... LOL...
hahaha yesterday was wonderful.. .haha
thanks nick for showing me some new
dance moves... hahaha and for the souvenir!
(and oh how i missed all four of you! =P)
and oh simmy.. you're goin to europe.. =P
anyone up for another KC renunion?
-now that pammy, galia, and simmy aren't here???
hehe well another week or so and i'll be all
better and recovered... lol and maybe up for that reunion...
oooo.. hehe and a happy belated birthday to VINCENT!
lol... haha =P enjoy bein 20!! lol i know you're partyin now...
sigh.. i <3 taegukgi.. i <3 house of flying daggers...
sigh... lol apparently those 2 movies make me cry..
well the first makes me really CRY. the second makes me tear..
lol.. though part of me wish i knew korean so i could
fully understand taegukgi... and while watching with
serg and nick, i realized the translations for house of flying
daggers kinda suck.... lol glad i understand it without em! =P
kk... i've rambled on enough... lol.. bored at home..
on a friday night... hahaha i've decided to spend the night
calling old friends and jus talkin to ppl i haven't heard from
in forrrreeever!!!! =P take care everyone!
<3 weij. | | |
| Aloooohaaa! =D
yep yep. back home =] got back Sunday night.
home sweet home... hehehe =)
hmm too much has happened in the past month
to go into mucho details... lol so i'll sum it all up:::
got to Shanghai June 17th. Spent lotsa time with the
family. aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins.
ate a whole lotta seafood. and a lot of food period.
weather was actually not that hot... well for some days.
spent like (not even) a day with Annie... due in part
to her getting there on July 5th, and then us both being
busy, her with touring, me with well, bell's palsy.
oh yea. i've got a reoccurence of bell's palsy... poooh..
aka. partial facial paralysis.. well in this case, this time,
it's not as severe... haha so i'd call it partial facial muscle
weakness.. but yea. i'm in the process of recovering.
got shot many times with many needles.... ouuuch...
haha had my first MRI taken. umm... saw many chinese
wu-da pian's.... (kung fu soap operas).... hehe and brought
back one series, along with many chinese movies...
yep.. i think that kinda sums it up. =P
well if anyone wants to meet up, gimme a call! =)
lol i'll be spending my time at home... lol resting...
hehehe and recovering... lol maybe even busying
myself with things such as coming up with some dance
steps... HA! LOL... kk....
and Frank, you should come visit! you canadian! LOL...
hopefully us elmhurst ppls'll meet up... haha all FIVE of us.
and maybe another KC reunion? though pammy's in china...
oh, and Jacob, James, we should meet up too... hhehe sorry
bout not getting to meet up in shanghai jacob! i called your cell
four times! hhaha it was off all four times.... =P lol and Karen,
I haven't seen you since... hmmm winter break last year?????
LOL... i'll be calling you... lol your cell better be workin....
and Nick, you better call back... lol i left 2 messages! =P
alritey... take care everyone! hope you're having a fantastic summer!
wherever you may be!!! =P
=P love you all,
Weij. | | |
| sigh. it's been a great 2 weeks back in the city... =)
recap?
edit::: also saw Xiang, Haitham, Howard & Zach TOOO!! =)
hahaha thanks for reminding me howard.. =P
meeting up with christine & teresa, then anita, carolyn, & sergio,
then ariel (& her new bf Don), then steenie, ariel, & don, then linz's
BBQ - linz, will, steenie, ariel, julia, don, nancy, kelly, jason, jess, connie, karl, teresa, annie & cleo! =).
hehe then today, met up with sal, addy, yevette & sam, saw yasmine, we all were visiting stuy! =D saw mr. francis, mr. polazzo, mrs. guthrie, john, annie, alda, yitian, howa, albert, steven, joyce, christine, anita, barbra, alexi, andrea, vanessa, chanda, my lil sibbies (batool, karen, nicole, may-yee, carleen, erica, melissa, boyan, will, & farrah!) hope i didn't miss anyone! hehe.. =)
shoutouts to my first lil sibbie hr, 1Z -> 3Z -> 5Z -> 7Z! you're SENIORS!
and to my second, 1W -> 3W -> 5W!! you're JUNIORS! aahhh!
hehe miss you guys. lil sibs.. hahaha yea, i agree with nameeta and may-yee,
hahaha you should have big sibs all 4 years! lol more fun that way..
and shoutouts to all of you 05 seniors! you're gonna be freshman again!
hehe enjoy the summer guys!
aww... then chinatown and met up with KC ppls!
simmy, pammy, emily, david, andi, kenny, bonnie, wangui, honver, jimmy, jess, & charlie! =) awww missed you DEBBIE! =P
gosh how i missed you all... =]
see you all in a month!
hehehe flying out to shanghai thursday!
take care all!
weij. =P | | |
| =) keyshia cole rocks... =D
haha she kinda reminds me of brandy and alicia keys...
all put into one. =] wow.
hehe though i love alicia and brandy uber much.
jus got buffy season 6... i <3 Buffy...
anyhoo... =D hoping to see lots and lots of people!
hopefully a KC reunion this weekend!!
and hopefully i'll see lots of you before i leave next week!
i'll be in Shanghai from June 16th - July 17th ish... lol
i'll be bringing back some souvenirs!! =D
see you all soon!
take care,
weij
~Keyshia Cole - "I changed my mind" & "I just want it to be over" | | |
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