A Seed in a Watermelon

Since I am really bored and everyone still has exams: I am going to make a list of things to do for winter break!

1. clean up the basement
2. clean up my room
3. organize my music on my ipod mini (update and delete)
4. organize all my clothes into different seasons
5. wash all my winter sweaters that i never worn this year because they haven't been hand washed yet
6. read some good books (please guys give me some recommendations!)
7. start reviewing for CPA, let an early start on it (even though accounting is my major, i always find it much harder than other subjects and it takes a longer time for me to learn)
7. hang out with friends and Steve!
8. buy next semester's books
9. learn to cook more yummy food
10. help out more in the house, so my mom will complain less
11. start to exercising!
12. rearrange my room (after watching the entire season of top design, i am inspired!)
13. hang out with Dennis! aka play Xbox360 more with him haha...
14. try to beat some of my PS2 games (mainly: final fantasy X)
15. go shopping and try to find some good deals
16..I can't think of any more things but I might continue this later!
16. read in front of the fireplace and drink hot chocolate

1. What time did you get up this morning? 7:15 am because i had to leave the house by 7:45 am and get to Tyson's office by 8:30 am (to avoid missing the bus to the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington)

2. Diamonds or pearls? right now, i like pearls better because i actually have them (hehe, thanks to my grandma!) but i think in the future, i might like diamonds much better.

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Haha, same answer as Mace! The Dark Knight! It was awesome!!! But I don't think I got all the dialogue, I want to watch it again on the Imax theater. I love how the Joker tests the humans on their values haha!

4. What is your favorite TV show? Currently, I only watch these shows: Project Runway and Shear Genius, other various cooking shows on the Food Channel! I really love Coupling and Scrubs, for their plot and humor. I am starting to appreciate South Park more and more. During my spare times, I love to catch up on the latest asian dramas! Once school starts, I am super excited to see the 2nd season of Gossip Girl especially for the drama and the fashion!

5. What do you eat for breakfast this morning? um...not much just half of a cinnamon apple pie from Popeyes...not too much time, didn't want to be late

6. What is your middle name? Yang, pronounced "young," it means the rays from the sun. =) if it is not pronounced correctly, my entire name rhymes

7. What food do you dislike? Just a few things: coconut, honey, tea, and anything from Panda Express other than their egg/spring rolls.

8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? I actually haven't listened to a cd in a long time...so I'll do my favorite song right now: American Boy by Estelle

9. What kind of car do you drive? A 2003 Honda CRV, silver.

10. Favorite sandwich? Um...a simple one: ham and cheese toasted on wheat bread with lettuce and tomatoes! And any sandwich from Cosi, Panera or Altantic Bread Company.

11. What characteristics do you despise? Selfishness, arrogance and annoyance

12. Favorite item of clothing? That's a tough one...i guess it would have to be: dark demin jeans!

13. Favorite piece of jewelry? Also, similar to Mace: a study watch!

14. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? I would like to visit: Japan (for its sushi, spas, kimonos! and Sanrio/really cute stuff), Alaska (for its beauty), Harbin (China, for its annual ice festival!!!), and Hong Kong (everyone told me i would love it there, mainly for its fashion and food!)

15. What color is your bathroom? It has a mix of colors: walls are white, floor is light marble green, and bath tiles are light green with dark green horizontal strips, some have nice big sea shells on them! my parents did a wonderful job coordinating the colors!

16. Favorite brand of clothing? I like the Limited for a conservative office look, however, I have noticed that lots of my co-workers buy their clothes from there. So I need to find an alternative store. I have United Color of Benetton for now! Forever 21 and H&M aren't too bad either but it really depends on your luck and patience!

17. Where would you retire to? Good question...somewhere where there is a clear blue sky and nice green grass OR on the sand of a crystal blue beach

18. What was your most memorable birthday? My 20th birthday! It was not too eventful yet nice and peaceful. I believe I was so touched I had tears in my eyes, especially when i saw a big cookie cake from Steve, Ina and AJ!

19. Favorite sport to watch? Definitely Tennis. Ice skating isn't too bad.

20. Furthest place this will be read? I don't know, if some random person found it. This would go global!

21. Who do you least expect to repeat this meme? haha...

22. Person you expect to do it first? hard to say, someone who has some spare time?

23. Favorite saying? haha, "I am not your bitch, BITCH" from Top Chef contestant in season 1

24. When is your birthday? Oct. 11th (pretty common birthday)

25. Are you a morning person or a night person? A night person but not too late.

26. What is your shoe size? mostly 8.5, with certain shoes i am lucky 8 will do!

27. Pets? No...I think it is kinda crazy how some people like pets more than humans.

28. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us? I am going to Disney in two weeks, hopefully!

29. What did you want to be when you were little? haha, I had quite an imagination: a fashion model, a fashion designer, but most of all: a female monk that lives in the temple and play with beads all day! that is the life!

30. What are you doing today? referencing and cross-referencing footnotes with the financial statements

32. What is your favorite flower? i still need to find out

33. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? The first day of school, my birthday, Halloween, and Christmas

34. What are you listening to right now? the clock ticks

35. What was the last thing you ate? Fried drumstick, white rice, my mom's best dish: sauteed eggplants, shredded beef with ginger, and dried/sauteed carrot slices.

36. Do you wish on stars? Yes, but mostly on shooting stars. I wish my wishes would come true someday.

37. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? dark forest green

38. How is the weather right now? cloudy, its dark outside so I can't really tell

41. Favorite soft drink? Izzies and Coca-cola!

42. Favorite restaurant? haha, there are lots! As a member of the family, I love Outback Steakhouse! As a girlfriend, I love this pizza restaurant near Steve's house, and this asian bistro place called, Zen (Arlington, VA). As a friend, Taco Bell is a great place for hunger and chatting with friends. As a sister, I can not forget how much my brother and I love KFC, especially the ones in China!

43. Hair color? dark brown, i think it is getting lighter and lighter

44. Siblings? just one! he is going to be a good looking guy! =) thanks to tennis and my help haha!

45. Favorite day of the year? Last day of school, the feeling of relief!

46. What was your favorite toy as a child? Stuff animals! Barbies and polly pockets, I think I had one of the first ones: a polly pocket necklace! Oh, I can't forget my little pony. I had a purple horse that its butt lit up every time I brushed its hair.

47. Summer or Winter? Winter!!! Especially the hot chocolate, fireplace, and books!

48. Hugs or kisses? Kisses!

49. Coffee or tea? Neither for now...I don't know how long this would last though.

50. Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate!!

51. Do you want your friends to do this meme? Yes, if they have some time

52. When was the last time you cried? A couple of days ago, I really miss my mom...!

53. What is under your bed? Some dust bunnies...

54. Who is the friend you have had the longest? I think its a tie between Katie S. and Jay P.

55. What did you do last night? Watched Project Runway and Shear Genius with Katie!

56. Favorite smell? New books! Perfumes with a hint of fruit in it.

57. What are you afraid of? Hospitals. Being in a room with no windows and just white walls. Forbidden locations.

58. Salty or sweet? Definitely salty snacks! I love any kind of chips!

59. How many keys on your key ring? 2 (house and car)

60. How many years at your current job? uh, just since june 9th...

61. Favorite day of the week? Fridays! and Saturdays! any long weekends!

62. How many towns/cities have you lived in? a couple: Jamestown, VA: South Bend, IN: Changchun, PRC: Yiwu, PRC: Columbia, MD: Germantown, MD

63. Do you make friends easily? I think so though I could be wrong...

64. How many people will read this? Just enough to make this worth it!

Wow, its been a while since i last wrote anything in this. Time for an update! I wish I could tell you something amazing that happens but my life is still pretty much the same. It definitely is not boring but its not as exciting as others. But, I still love every day of it!

I been thinking about the past friendships lately. And, sometimes I wish some of my close friends were still in elementary school or middle school because they were still innocent and genuine. It finally occurred to me that people change so much in high school and then everything becomes much more complicated, ex: friendships, relationships.

Anyways, I am looking forward to the summer a lot! And, meeting these other PwC interns! In the mean time, I should get back to studying for my two exams tomorrow.

so far this winter has consisted of:

- watching episodes of sailor moon (trying to actually finish the entire series): got to 112

- hanging out and seeing some my lovely friends: Kiri, Mace, Rachel, Olga, Rujuta and Lindsey

- 50% of the time: calling UPS and Fossil's customer service to make sure my brother's watch is delivered.
* Actually, his watch was one of my xmas gift, and it was ordered on Dec. 17th with a free overnight delivery. However, some UPS person put a small sticker to the wrong house and is was delivered to that house on Dec. 20th. And, on Dec. 24th, i realized that my brother's watch is still no here and started making phone calls. On Dec. 26th, this guy called me in the morning to tell me he has my package and will inform UPS to come pick it up. It took him all of xmas to decide if the package should be returned to the rightful owner. So from Dec. 26th to Dec. 28th, the first i did when i woke up was to call UPS. And, no one would help me because this lady named D was in charge of my case. So, i was informed that D would get back from her holiday break on Dec. 31st. On 31st, i called D to make sure that my package was being picked up from the house and delivered to my house. In end, my brother end up finally receiving his watch on the 31st.

- checking my grades consistently like a maniac on blackboard and testudo because one of my teachers got sick and has not posted any grades. In fact, i still have no idea what i got on my midterm for that class.

- waiting for nice people to load this chinese drama series called: they kissed again, the sequel of it started with a kiss. This series is currently aired in China every sunday.

- evaluating my personal life: friendships and relationships

- understanding that i really do need this short trip to Germany to appreciate my life more

i hate how i loose touch with my male friends just because they have girlfriends! even at times, when i need to talk to them the most...

Copy and paste this into your lj: List one good, one bad, and one mediocore thing that's happened in the past week. Add details if you want to.

Let's see:

This week I been to College Park three times so far. All were mainly for interviews and pre-interview receptions. But, I got to see my favorite people at CP: Steve and Ina!!! So far, I have interviewed for Ernst & Young for the Core Assurance (auditing) internship at McLean, VA and Goodman & Company for an accounting internship (2 weeks of audit, tax and accounting services) at Rockville (actually they just moved to the Town Hall next to the Rockville Metro Station, remember Mace we went there with Kevin to hang out?). I like interviews but they are really exhausting at times, especially when i have to ride the metro for about 2 hrs each way. Also, its really hard to find parking spots around 12:30pm at the Shady Grove Metro Station. I really hope the interviews went well, and all this traveling and occasional skipping class for an interview is all worth it. Next week, I have three interviews for the rest of the Big Four accounting firms. Wish me luck!

Besides interviews, I had a big test in Marketing. After the test, I realized I thought a little too hard on two questions and at least got them wrong...The grades will be up later next week. And, next week i have an accounting exam (1/3 of my grade) and finance exam. Boo...
Since I no longer live at CP, I dont have a college life anymore lol. When friends call me about a house party, I usually decline because of an exam or family plans. Oh, everyone here at the Shady Grove campus seems so much more dedicated in their classes. They actually come to every class most of the time, and participate. I am surprised! Since there is no curve in any of my classes, we'll just have to work hard for our grades.

Currently, I am at the library at Shady Grove campus. It is very nice & quiet. My favorite location on this campus is the back of the library, where there are modern styled chairs and assortment of green plants including bamboo! Also, you can even sit on the wall bench at about 90 degrees. I guess that's for people to study without worrying about falling asleep.

Well, I got to my last class: Entrepreneurship. Mace, Congrats on your acceptation into the Ventureneurship program! I hope its really fun for you and you learn a lot about business side of everything!!!

i wish my internship was more exciting...and i was learning more and everyone didnt treat me as if i am not coming back. because probably at this rate, i wont come back. i thought internships are ways to attract students to the companies...

Go to Google.com
--Click on Maps.
--Click on "get Directions".
--From New York
--To Paris

--And read line # 23.

if you laugh, repost this.

i got an accounting internship with enterprise-rent-a-car! yay!!! =)

besides that, tomorrow is going to be a long day! exam and paper due on thursday...but thank goodness, for once there is nothing due on friday!!!

p.s. my boss is sweet: she brought us nice warm and fresh-baked insomina cookies!!!

i might major in economics and accounting if things work out...and if i didnt do too bad on my econ tests.

suprisingly, i am awake right now despite the random sleeping hours (3:30am-5:30am, 9am-11am!

i had quite a bit of fun playing truth or dare, what a great game!

this weekend: managable workload
- need to start chinese paper and draft the first draft
- need to study for my chinese vocab quiz
- maybe start studying for econ306 test
- going to maryland vs nc state basketball game
- most exciting of ALL: finally going shopping!!!

so far:
- i saw Blood Diamond, which was really good (emotional movie)
- right now, i am praticiing my chinese characters for chin302...this class is tough me and makes me regret how i forgot how to read and write in chinese
- waiting to hear back from the appeal that i made to the Smith's business school...
- this semester my life has been turned upside down, and its been a tough start so far...
- i really want to study abroad a semester anywhere, but my planned schedule won't allow it
- i was mistaken for a korean yesterday while waiting for the metro...
- on the other hand, i met a nice international student from japan in econ306. we were both very excited to talk about hana yori dango!
- and, i really miss real chinese food.

p.s. i am taking a class (not for credit) on intro to international ballroom dancing and latin with my roomie, Ina. it should be fun. it makes me think back to my first year in china, when i actually was good at dancing.

two questions: what is friendship? and what is love? these questions are always pondering in my head, lately. sorry to everyone who actually reads my pathetic attempts on lj, my lj is never entertaining or profounding. i guess that's probably one of the reasons i dont write in this much. compared to everyone else, i guess my view on life is relatively simpler.

so far, my winter break has been relaxing and unproductive. i spent most of my day watching this Taiwanese drama series called Meteor Garden. i would recommend it to everyone who loves love stories. and, i realized asian people are awesome for loading most of the drama series on the net! in fact, i found this series called At the Dolphin Bay, which i saw last time i was in China. i guess if i keep watching drama series, my break will be complete!

oh on the side note: i started my application for the umd business school. hopefully, things will go well.

i would still like to see everyone before jan. 20th. so whoever likes to hangout with me or simply just chat, please call. sorry, i been rather lazy in terms of calling people on my cell.

In 2007,

asianpanda resolves to...

Drink four glasses of flute every day.
Become a better aim.
Ask my boss for a badtz-maru.
Buy new kingdom hearts.
Take evening classes in fashion.
Give up skittles.

YES...finally, the wonderful feeling of relief is in my body! Hopefully now i can catch some sleep and eat delicious Chinese food all break! My cousin from China is coming to stay with us for a bit. It should be cool! Unfortunately, my parents are selling him the beat up green van to him. I guess this means i cant really have a job this break?