I work for this company that is developing some kind of program. A large part of this program is dependent upon sorting information in numerical order. That's my job. I have to write up severl kinds of sorting algorithms and test them to see which one is the fastest and then write up a report complete with charts and graphs to support my findings and my recommendation on which algorithm to use.

And on top of that i'm bored right now. Pity me...

Today was the first time since last quarter (winter '02) that i stayed in CS lab till 12am. I didn't have a program due, i just went there to try to work on my program since stupid windows 98 on my computer doesn't let me see all the output i print out to the command prompt =P. It's cool though since Kels was there to keep me company. I think we did more talking to each other and chatting online than we did doing our programs =P Ah well. We still got stuff done. That's pretty much all i have to say for now... oh yah.. so far.. it's been a pretty good week. Still stressed... but still a good week =)

Peace

Friday was kinda productive, in the sense that i got to work out. I called up John right when i got home and we went to play 3 hours worth of basketball at Macy Jr. HS bball courts. Good workout. By the time we were done, i could barely walk cuz my legs were so tired. No one else called us up so it was just me and john. We ended up going to eat at Sam Woo for dinner and ended it at Icon playing CS till 2am =P

Saturday was spent watching my sister get ready for her Prom. I actually woke up kinda late. She went out to get her hair done by one of her friends and when she came home... i barely recognized my own sister. She NEVER looks like that. After she put on make up, she looked totally different. I'm not saying she looked horrible... she actually looked good... for once... =P No really. My mom was going nuts with the camera while saying, "Oh my GOD my daughter is BEAUTIFUL!" Hahhaha... craziness. When her date, Greg came to pick her up.. he showed up with a half dozen white longstem roses. Dude got mad game. I gotta learn from him. He came in.. and more pictures were taken. But when it was time to walk to the car... the guy lost some brownie points. He almost forgot to open the car door for his date... and when he did.. he just opened it.. walked away.. and let my sister close the door herself. Ok.. so maybe i shouldn't learn from him =P Hahhaha... jk Greg.. if you're reading this.. you're still cool.. madd props with the roses =). After all that madness i went out with John and his friend (coincidentally named)Greg. We saw Spiderman on the Giant Screen at Edwards Theaters at the Irvine Spectrum. That was tight. After that we headed to Greg's house to chill for awhile where he showed me how to play the guitar for a little bit. Now i wanna jump on the bandwagon and learn how to play guitar. =)

Sunday was spent doing nothing.

Monday was spent doing HW. I actually got a lot done today. I'm happy about that. So there's my weekend. And tomorrow i start classes at 2pm. Cools.

Oh yah.. congrats to Kel on getting her brand new Civic. Time to rice it out! LOL! Woohoo... stickers.. here i come! Bwahahhahahhahah! >=)

While eating out today with my family, Dad mentioned something that he had heard on the news about some weirdness related to 911. If you take the new $20 bill and fold it a certain way, you can see images of the Twin Towers of New York burning and on the other side you can see the Pentagon burning. It's FRIGGIN' CRAZY!!! When my dad told me i just said... yea...right. But when i pulled out the $20 to have him show me, it totally tripped me up. It's kinda hard to explain how it's done, but it's really simple to fold. Just ask me and i'll show you or tell you... which ever is easier =P

Crazy stuff...

-----*PersonalityTest

congratulations. the rabbit's alive and you are a midori sour. which means that you are not for everyone, but you are deeply beloved by those who embrace your quirky individuality. consider stand-up comedy, orthodontia, or extreme sports as a potential vocation. and clean your room once in a while, huh?

Anyways, I turned in my third lab assignment yesterday for ICS 23. It was due at 8pm finished or not. Well... guess what? I turned it in incomplete. Big whoop. It was the same for my last project, which was the Othello one. Actually, that one was half done. I just didn't get the computer AI to work. Ah well. This one i just couldn't get to work. Time to move on to the next lab. Probably won't start until the end of this week.

I have a lot of work to do. I have a lesson plan assignment that's due tomorrow, reading for the same class, and today was my registration date for Fall quarter 2002. I didn't get ANY of the classes i wanted. I ended up adding classes i never intended to take so i'd have at least something on my schedule. Yay, i get to take Economics again. *twirls finger*

Anyways, i found out this morning that my sister is, for sure, going to the Schurr High junior/senior prom this year. Keep in mind she's only a JUNIOR. One of her Senior friends asked her to be his date. Hmm.... i wonder about this guy. I forget the name at this moment but i know she talks to him a lot. I kno he's Japanese. Heh... funny. I keep saying this guy likes my sister. She denies everything and my parents are pretty nonchalant about it, which is kinda odd since they've been against boyfriends from day one. Acutally... they weren't too happy when i started dating back in HS. =P Actually my dad is whatevers... just so long as i don't date..... a certain nationality. =X He went as far as to say he won't attend my wedding if i end up marrying that one. Yikes.... but that's his view. I just tell myself if i love her... whatever nationality she is... nothing else matters. Besides.. my mom has my back =) Anyways.... tangent... back to the sis... yah... already got the dress... he already bought the tickets, rented the tux, got the corsage and boutonniere, and has a mode of transportation. AND he's supposedly paying for all of it. Ok... tell me this guy doesn't like my sister... go ahead... i DARE you. If not for sure, at least he's thinking about it. What guy goes out of his way to pay for EVERYTHING to take this one girl when there are plenty of girls willing to go dutch? Wow.... Methinks it's time to buy a shotgun =) My CO2 powered bb gun isn't gonna cut it. Oh yah... prom is a week from this saturday.

Also... Monterey Park Play Days Parade is this saturday. The parade runs down Garvey Blvd. Go out and support Schurr! Hope to see you there!

At least it's starting to get warmer.

Edit: i originally said 26th... my bad... that's not even a monday. Thanks Pooks

You're probably Chinese if.....



• You eat rice for breakfast.
  
• Your friends and everybody else assume you know Kung Fu.
  
• You remember or still use "the bowl" for haircuts.
  
• Your folk’s kitchen have a constant lingering aroma.
  
• You notice the main topic at family get-togethers is food.
  
• Your parent’s lifelong ambition is to go to Las Vegas.
  
• You never ever sat down on Popo’s warm chair after she got up.
  
• You seldom ever owned new clothes if you were a second child.
  
• Your folks never speak under 10 decibels at family gatherings.
  
• You never made the school football or basketball team.
  
• You have two middle initials instead of one.
  
• You have an inherent "fear" for bamboo feather dusters.
  
• Your "hot" date is going to your parent’s house to have "jook".
  
• Your living room sofas have covers on them.
  
• You laugh at Kan Tong and Chung King commercials.
  
• You inform the ticket clerk that your 13 year old is 12 to avoid paying
  adult fare.
  
• You sneak in snacks at the movie theater.
  
• Your grandmother smell like mothballs.
  
• You’d bring home a Caucasian friend and "popo" would be
  cooking something that smelled like it had died a week ago.
  
• You were told you all look alike.
  
• You know how to pinch someone with your toes.
  
• You graduated from UCI or knows of someone who did.
  
• You would drive around the block 10 times rather than pay for parking.
  
• You have a hard time pronouncing "aluminum" and "lobster
  claw".
  
• You truly believe that your neighbor could use that old sweater rather
  than throwing it away.
  
• You would take that sweater if you were your neighbor.
  
• You would stand in line for hours and hours for a free gift whether you
  needed it or not.
  
• You have clothes in your closet that is coming back in style.
  
• You’ve seen every Bruce Lee movie.
  
• You still have your old slide rule.
  
• You never order chop suey or egg foo young.
  
• You have a relative or friend who works as a waiter or cook.
  
• You prefer your chicken and shrimp served with heads and feet still
  attached.
  
• You have a vinyl tablecloth on your kitchen table.
  
• You spit bones and other food scraps on the table (that’s why you need a
  vinyl tablecloth).
  
• Your parents know how to launch nasal projectiles.
  
• You buy on sale 100 rolls of toilet paper and store them in a closet or in
  a vacant room when your adult child moves out.
  
• You only buy Christmas cards after Christmas when its 50% off.
  
• Your kitchen has a sticky film of grease over it.
  
• Your stove is covered with tin foil.
  
• You have stuff in your freezer since the beginning of time.
  
• You have never used your dishwasher.
  
• You use your dishwasher as a dish rack.
  
• You boil water and put it in the refrigerator.
  
• You keep a thermos of hot water available at all times.
  
• You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers.
  
• You use grocery bags to hold garbage.
  
• You eat all meals in the kitchen.
  
• You bring oranges or other produce with you as a gift when you visit
  peoples homes.
  
• You have a collection of miniature shampoo bottles that you take every
  time you stay in a hotel.
  
• You unwrap Christmas gifts very carefully to save and reuse wrappings and
  bows.
  
• You feel like you’ve won the lottery if you didn’t have to pay tax for
  an item.
  
• You starve yourself all day before going to an all you can eat buffet.
  
• You stop dialing 411 information when they started to charge for each
  call.
  
• You only call long distance after 11 PM.
  
• You suck on salty preserved seeds for a sore throat.
  
• You keep a stash of Li Hing Mui at home.
  
• Your eyes resemble dime slots when you laugh.
  
• You know what the term "FOB" and "ABC" means.
  
• You laugh at Martin Yan’s jokes not because he’s funny.
  
• Your parents have a glass jar of preserved limes aging on top of the roof.
  
• You own a wok.
  
• You know what a "bow" is…and it doesn’t mean to bend over.
  
• You never eat fried foods when you’re sick (it creates phlegm and hot
  air).
  
• You would prefer your fish entree staring at you on the dinner table.
  
• You never discuss your love life with your parents.
  
• Your parents still use a clothes line.
  
• You save your old coke bottle glasses even though you’re never going to
  use them again.
  
• You keep most of your money in a savings account.
  
• You own your own meat cleaver and sharpen it.
  
• You’ve joined a CD club at least once.
  
• You keep used batteries.
  
• You know someone who can get you a good deal on jewelry or electronics.
  
• You’re always late.
  
• You eat every last grain of rice in your bowl, but don’t eat the last
  piece of food on the table.
  
• You fight over who pays the dinner bill.
  
• Your dad thinks he can fix anything.
  
• You live with your parents and over 30 years old (and they like it that
  way). And if you’re married, you live in the apartment next to your
  parents, or in the same neighborhood.
  
• Your parents house is always cold.
  
• You beat eggs with chopsticks.
  
• You never use measuring cups.
  
• You reuse tea bags.
  
• You tip Chinese delivery guys/waiters more.
  
• You never call your parents to say hi.
  
• You always cook too much.
  
• Your parents always ask you if you’ve eaten, even though it’s
  midnight.
  
• Your parents send money to their relatives in China.
  
• Your parents tell you to boil herbs and stay inside when you’re sick.
  
• You have a drawer full of used pens, most of which don’t write anymore.
  
• You know all the waiters at your favorite Chinese restaurant.
  
• Your parents never go to the movies.
  
• You notice at dances, a wall of guys standing together trying to look
  cool.
  
• You iron your own shirts.
  
• You play a musical instrument.
  
• You don’t own any real Tupperware, only used margarine tubs, takeout
  containers, and jam jars.
  
• You never leave any leftovers on the table in a restaurant. You have it
  put in boxes or finish it.
  
• Your ketchup, mayonnaise, and mustard in the refrigerator are all
  "Price Club-size".
  
• You have an assortment of condiments and utensils from fast food takeouts
  stuffed in a drawer.
  
• You never order for room service.
  
• You majored in something practical like engineering, medicine, or law.
  
• Your parents are never satisfied with your grades.
  
• You own a rice cooker.
  
• You buy rice in 50 pound sacks.
  
• You wash rice 2 to 3 times before you cook it.
  
• You steam something on top of your rice while its cooking.
  
• You have acquired a taste for bitter melon.
  
• You like congee with thousand year old eggs.
  
• You always carry a stash of food when you travel like preserved plums,
  beef jerky, or dried cuttlefish.
  
• Your parents vehemently refuse the sack of gold coin oranges that their
  guests brought to be courteous.
  
• You know what MJ means.
  
• You pick your teeth at the dinner table, but you cover your mouth.
  
• You have a piano in the living room.
  
• You live in an apartment and your parents always want you to come home.
  
• You have a rice cooker to check in at the airport when you travel.
  
• You grow your own bean sprouts in the kitchen.
  
• Your mother made you peel water chestnuts and snow peas.
  
• You have an lonely unmarried relative who frequently drops by during
  dinner time.
  
• You received little red envelopes containing money on special occasions.
  
• You use the underside of a porcelain bowl to sharpen your knives.
  
• You cut your own hair…or had someone in your family do it.
  
• Your grandmother has a lot of gold teeth…especially in front.
  
• You keep fresh garlic and ginger in the kitchen at all times.
  
• You know what the term "lemon" or a "banana" means.
  
• You only have to shave every other day (maybe).
  
• You tell your friends that you’re starting a new mustache when you
  really had it for several months.
  
• You wash and reuse ziplock bags.
  
• You save your children’s halloween candy and give it out the next year.
  
• You either love or hate "mooncakes".
  
• You know at least three people named Alan Wong.
  
• Your parents constantly complain you use too much toilet paper when you go
  to the bathroom.
  
• You hated that black herb medicine that your parents forced you to drink
  when you were sick.
  
• Your parents have kitchen towels made of old cloth rice bags.
  
• You never drank milk after eating cherries.
  
• You’ve swallowed those tiny "BB’s" with hot tea for a tummy
  ache.
  
• Your mother has a short-haired, curly perm.
  
• You’ve asked your parent’s help on one math problem and 2 hours later
  they’re still lecturing.
  
• You shop at 99 Ranch Markets.
  
• Your parents enjoy comparing you to their friend’s kids.
  
• You’ve had to sit through karaoke videos with scantily clad, ugly Asian
  women attempting to dance and walk around a temple, forest, or library.
  
• You’ve had to eat parts of animals that they don’t even put in
  hotdogs.
  
• You have piles of shoes and slippers blocking the entrances to your home.
  
• You have no eyelashes!
  
• Your idiot friends try to impress you with pathetic imitation languages,
  like the ever so popular "ching chong woo bok chi"…etc.
  
• Your biology lecture on marine life (seaweed, octopii, sea cucumbers,
  etc.) was last night’s dinner.
  
• You have at least one family member who wears black wire or plastic framed
  glasses.
  
• You have several relatives who wear glasses…thick glasses.
  
• You like $1.75 movies
  
• You like $1.50 movies even more!
  
• Your parents never kissed you…your parents never
  kissed each other.
  
• Your friends ask you to translate the scribbles on chopsticks (like you
  really know what it means!).
  
• You call all your parents friends "auntie or uncle".
  
• You get nothing if you do well in school, but get in big trouble if you
  don’t.
  
• Your dad still pulls his socks up to his knees…you know, the ones with
  the blue and pink stripes at the top.
  
• Your parents buy you clothes and shoes many sizes too big so you can
  "grow" into them and wear them for years to come.
  
• Your family always cheer for the Asian athlete competing (eg. Michael
  Chang, Michelle Kwan, etc).
  
• Your parents or relatives have goldfish swimming in an aquarium.
  
• Your first generation relatives have a statue of an obese, bald-headed man
  surrounded by children.
  
• Your parents collect jade jewelry.
  
• Your friends from China think anything from the old country is considered
  "good stuff".
  
• You know not to eat the oranges or tangerines arranged in a little
  pyramid.
  
• You always drink tea after a meal.
  
• Your dad owns at least one bird.
  
• Your parents grow vegetables in a garden.
  
• You use doilies to decorate your furniture.
  
• Your friends automatically assume you’re good at math.
  
• You are good at math!!! (the hell with humility).
  
• You know how to pick out the meat in watermelon seeds with your teeth.
  
• Your grandmother rapped your knuckles with her chopsticks while reaching
  food with your fingers.
  
• You are now planning to Email this list ASAP to another Chinese friend!

Anywhoo... i'm out of the slump for now. No projects due for a while. Time to help Kels with Junit... wooha! Fun! Gotta find my notes =P

Tired... type tomorrow... gotta do JAVA program too... damn Cyberthello =\

I GOT A 23~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wanted to say GOOD LUCK to Kels and Bubble Boy D on their ICS22 mid today at 3:30.

*sigh*... just took my last midterm and now i'm in the lovely CS lab waiting/studying until 1pm for my education class so i can take my weekly quiz. Blah... tests up the butt. I also forgot to mention yesterday was my ICS23 miderm. OMFG that was hard!!! I realized after i got out of the midterm that i screwed up on the last question.... which was one of the easiest questions >=( I just hope i got at least the mean. Everyone wish me luck!!! (I'm REALLY gonna need it). I guess the upside to all this is that i'm done with midterms. Now it's time to pay attention until finals. I can't slack. Last quarter i slacked just the slightest bit and i BARELY got good grades. I missed an A- in ICS22 just by like... maybe 2 points... i swear. Damn those boarderlines. Makes you wanna scream.