The Parental Weekend
The parents have come and gone! Almost! My folks arrived around noon on Thursday, with one younger brother in tow (I can't believe they left my other brother at home alone...crossing fingers the house is in one piece...or at most, 2, to be put back together again). Lugging along mysterious Macy's shopping bags, they got to my room, exclaimed how messy it was, and started unloading a bunch of...clothes!!!! and other goodies! It was like Christmas, but better- because my family doesn't actually celebrate Christmas! I was like other people's Christmas...but for me! Hehe
Anyways, I have a bunch more clothes, stocked with tons of fruit and drinks, Chinese and Korean snacks and other random things. Thursday we didn't do much except eat out at California Pizza Kitchen in downtown PA, since I had to skidaddle off to MCAT prep class at 7 pm. I feel sort of bad- I was rather tired that day and our teacher-person (this really nice guy, Albert, who is fairly awesome at taekwando and wushu and a funny/good chem teacher) commented at one point that I looked bored...but really, it's just this sort of blah expression that means I'm saying to myself "shoot, I am so screwed over for this test...I need to study more...darnit, MCATs suck...depresseddepresseddepressed!!!" But I suppose this wasn't clear, and "bored" is what registered. Hmm...I wonder if that psych coding lab Kat, Naima and Priscilla work at would agree.
Anyways, hung out with Morgan, Kevin and Sarah. Had some excellent spaghetti and watched this cool sci-fi show called "Firefly." If anyone has a copy, I would really really like to borrow!!! Apparently Green doesn't have a copy of the season...which is weird since they have other really obscure shows.
Friday was SF with the family +1 cousin we partially adopted for the weekend (my 5 year old cousin Marisa who is really quite cute, if entirely too active for a boring 21 year old like me). We went to Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, and Golden Gate bridge/park. It was a lovely day and very SF-esque with some fog later on. In Chinatown, we even got to see some locals have at each other: no joke- these two Cantonese ladies had each other by the shoulders and this third lady was trying to keep them from fighting. They kept yelling at each other in Cantonese and every now and then would start shaking each other in a sort of whole body tug of war, while the third lady talked into her cell phone- presumably calling in back-up. A small crowd gathered at the other side of the street. It was hilarious :D
What else? We went to a Korean supermarket and then the famous Korea House! Ugh....so good, but sooo much food.
Then my mom gave me a haircut. Not too shabby, but shorter than I'd imagined :) Typical.
Saturday I spent the morning sleeping, then gym, then met up with family to go see my grandparents' gravesite. Fun, if sort of creepy, fact: The tombstone is in Chinese and the names of all our family are inscribed on the back (in Chinese characters) meaning -yes- my name is already on a tombstone. Ek.
Then early birthday celebration for my mom and dad, hosted by Cathy's (the other cousin) family, some MCAT physics cramming, dad teaching me physics, yummy dinner out, sorting through some stuff I had at Shao Su-su's house and back to Stanford.
Sunday was MCATing in the morning, asking dad questions in the afternoon, and a trip to Marina. Marisa aptly called Sunday afternoon at Marina "Happy time!" because of the myriad samples they put out. Some of the steamed buns were shaped like hedgehogs! Adorable and kind of gross too, when you think about it (like chewing the heads off gummie bears).
I'm back at Stanford now. Will probably go for a run and head to the oval later on to catch some of the fireworks. :)
Anyways, I have a bunch more clothes, stocked with tons of fruit and drinks, Chinese and Korean snacks and other random things. Thursday we didn't do much except eat out at California Pizza Kitchen in downtown PA, since I had to skidaddle off to MCAT prep class at 7 pm. I feel sort of bad- I was rather tired that day and our teacher-person (this really nice guy, Albert, who is fairly awesome at taekwando and wushu and a funny/good chem teacher) commented at one point that I looked bored...but really, it's just this sort of blah expression that means I'm saying to myself "shoot, I am so screwed over for this test...I need to study more...darnit, MCATs suck...depresseddepresseddepressed!!!" But I suppose this wasn't clear, and "bored" is what registered. Hmm...I wonder if that psych coding lab Kat, Naima and Priscilla work at would agree.
Anyways, hung out with Morgan, Kevin and Sarah. Had some excellent spaghetti and watched this cool sci-fi show called "Firefly." If anyone has a copy, I would really really like to borrow!!! Apparently Green doesn't have a copy of the season...which is weird since they have other really obscure shows.
Friday was SF with the family +1 cousin we partially adopted for the weekend (my 5 year old cousin Marisa who is really quite cute, if entirely too active for a boring 21 year old like me). We went to Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, and Golden Gate bridge/park. It was a lovely day and very SF-esque with some fog later on. In Chinatown, we even got to see some locals have at each other: no joke- these two Cantonese ladies had each other by the shoulders and this third lady was trying to keep them from fighting. They kept yelling at each other in Cantonese and every now and then would start shaking each other in a sort of whole body tug of war, while the third lady talked into her cell phone- presumably calling in back-up. A small crowd gathered at the other side of the street. It was hilarious :D
What else? We went to a Korean supermarket and then the famous Korea House! Ugh....so good, but sooo much food.
Then my mom gave me a haircut. Not too shabby, but shorter than I'd imagined :) Typical.
Saturday I spent the morning sleeping, then gym, then met up with family to go see my grandparents' gravesite. Fun, if sort of creepy, fact: The tombstone is in Chinese and the names of all our family are inscribed on the back (in Chinese characters) meaning -yes- my name is already on a tombstone. Ek.
Then early birthday celebration for my mom and dad, hosted by Cathy's (the other cousin) family, some MCAT physics cramming, dad teaching me physics, yummy dinner out, sorting through some stuff I had at Shao Su-su's house and back to Stanford.
Sunday was MCATing in the morning, asking dad questions in the afternoon, and a trip to Marina. Marisa aptly called Sunday afternoon at Marina "Happy time!" because of the myriad samples they put out. Some of the steamed buns were shaped like hedgehogs! Adorable and kind of gross too, when you think about it (like chewing the heads off gummie bears).
I'm back at Stanford now. Will probably go for a run and head to the oval later on to catch some of the fireworks. :)
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