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Sunday, August 24, 2008

Hi Amoeba!

(pics of my dorm are on fb ^-^)
Sooo... I'm going to a beach school, right? So i brought all my shorts and t-shirts and like... 2 pairs of jeans... and 2 sweaters. Anyway I forgot that it's actually COLDER at the beach. So all you UCSD people... Don't forget that beaches are windy! It's pretty warm out during the day, but at night it's pretty darn freezing! Also, Pepperdine was built on a hill, so there are some crazy stairs and hills - like EVERYwhere. You know what I realized? Whitney is COMPLETELY FLAT! (whoa!) So my legs are getting a serious workout. I don't think the freshman 15 is going to work on me... we'll see. I will organize this post, because I am an organized person.

Social Life
It sucks! I am really bad at meeting new people. REALLY BAD. Like when I meet someone, they will tell me their name, but I won't really even hear it because I'm thinking about how firm their handshake is. x.x So far, most of the people whose names I actually remember are Asians. The white people I know are... few. My suitemates and very few others. I have like this honing device where I can spot Asians out so fast! I recognize almost every Asian's face now (in c/o 2012) but the white people still tend to look the same to me. Especially the guys. The Asian people I actually know are even easier to spot. In a class of 2,000 people I can spot Eiichiro and Jihan and Charles just like that. Amanda Shen and her taiwanese roommate managed to make a bunch of Asian friends and went clubbing the other night. I think I will be friendly with them, but I doubt that I want them as close friends. They're KP-esque. Wangster/Hollister types. You know. I think it's true that everyone is a little bit racist. Well, most people are. White people tend to... not be QUITE as friendly to Asians as they are to their own kind. <-- haha their own kind. Maybe because a lot of people are from CO or TX where it's not as diverse as in so cal. I'm getting along with my roommate decently well. It's hard. Privacy is impossible here. There are pretty much people everywhere.
Yes, I went to the dance. It was awkward. Peppy is a christian school, so a lot of people were like... we're allowed to dance? So they'd just stand there and sway back and forth. But on the other side of the spectrum, there were people freaking/grinding. I danced in a circle with some of my asian fwends :D There was also an event called MyTie where girls get a random date by picking a tie out of a box and the guy finds his tie/date. I got a sunburnt white guy from CO. ok, most awkward 3 hours of my life. I don't want to talk about it. But everyone got to go to the president's (of the university) house, which was SUPER nice. duh, malibu.

Academic Life
So I want to switch my major already. From Business to Integrated Marketing Communications. But I can't switch to that particular major until I have 24 units and maintain a 3.2 GPA. So I'm still a Busines major but I switched a couple of my classes. Which means that instead of my earliest class being at 11, I have an 8am class on Mon and Thurs. URGH! I hate waking up early! On Monday I have class from 8-6, with a 2 hour break for lunch. Hate mondays. I have 4/5 classes on monday! The nice thing is on Tuesdays and Fridays I only have an hour of class, from 11-12. My calc class is every day but Weds. I am taking 18 units. :( Gonna dieeee! They're all pretty hard classes. I have hw and the class hasn't even started!

Random
There is NO CHINESE FOOD in a TEN MILE RADIUS!!! I hate that there is nothing here but rich people stuff. The nearest Target is a 20-minute drive. <-- WTF! And gas prices are pretty insane here! I'm filling up in Cerritos. And seeing how there isn't much to do here... I'm guessing I'll be home every other weekend. At least. lol. I did bring my car but since I suck at freeway, I still feel stuck here. The long drive home is pretty terrifying to me. I am considering studying abroad in Shanghai next year, maybe just one semester though. I really don't like being away from home. I'm getting used to being here at school, but my first night - I cried myself to sleep. I just wanted to go home, where it's safe and easy and people I love are close. The second day I cried too. But since then I haven't let myself, and it's been better.

I miss you guys a lot! I will see you guys ASAP :) I brought our prom pic and that WF pic of just the guys (my boys!) so I can admire you all every day ;) Love y'all! (back to reading the iliad... x.x)
- k-sen

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