This one's for...

Stephy (I really hope you read this!) because she reminded me what a loser I was for not living up to my promise about this blog.
Last time I blogged, it was... mid-september? It's not mid-november. So what's changed since then? Oh, I don't know, maybe EVERYTHING?
Numero uno... I am officially an adult now! That's pretty exciting!
I've passed and I've failed, I've lost and then gained (weight, I mean =) ), I've grown and reverted back, and then some. And, I'm done with most of my work for the semester, so now I can really sit and CHILL!!! =D
A friend of mine (yes, girls, I've found another Asian posse here too! ) described it the best: in college, everything moves like it's on steroids simply because this is your life now-- I mean, you live, work, eat, and sleep (no gals, not like that) with the poeple around you. If you compare life now to life two weeks ago, there are always some major, drastic differences. It was naive to think that nothing would really change.
So how have I been taking it, you ask? Eerrr... I'll admit, I've had a few (emphasis on few) moments where I just want to crawl into a ball in my suite and have a good cry, except these walls are paper thin and my roommate caught me last time I tried this (boo! =( ) And I'm a bit bummed that I won't be there to see you guys during thanksgiving break. It was stupid to think that 3,094 miles didn't mean anything; there's definately a gap now that I'm not in your lives anymore, and vice versa.
But not to worry, guess what? I'll be back in a little less than a month! I worry though, because there are moments here when I look in a mirror and think, "Who is this girl?". I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm still the perky jumpy klutz you guys all knew and hated, but if you've talked to me at all, you know things about me have changed too. And it does drive me crazy, because it feels like there's a Oakland Anna and a Boston Anna, and I sometimes just wonder whatever happened to the Oakland Anna. The one thing I'm really afraid of is going back and realizing that there have been major drastic differences between me then and now, that I've lost the Oakland Anna and you guys won't connect with the Boston Anna.
I really hope that won't be the case though. Can't wait to see you guys again. We're headed to starbucks for a long convo. More on the weekend. Caio loves!

Fallin' Stupid...

and tripped and sprained my knee. Go me!!!! =) Yes, what an Anna thing to do. Now hold up, wait a minute, don't go rushing to the local post office to send me get well packages yet, folks. It's nothing big and I should be fine in a day or two.
Now some people were shocked when they heard Anna did this rushing to dance practice. Anna. Anna Yeung. Dancing. Yeah. Anna. The girl with about as much poise, grace, and elegance as silly putty. I'm not too confident about that either, but we'll see how it works out!
Also, it's come to my attention that some of you guys have been spreading inflated rumors about my exploits here on the east coast. Please talk to me for the real scoop, and I'll be really honest because I wouldn't want any of you walking around thinking I've become some sort of hardcore crazy social butterfly that never sleeps. Don't worry, Anna is staying way in the boundaries! =)
Classes, classes, classes... what can I say besides chinese is kicking my ass, and isn't that sad? I am chinese for god's sake, you'd think I would be able to cope with my own language!
Furthermore, I miss all of you guys like crazy, and I can't believe I still have like, 2.5 months till I see all of you again. However, I am super pshyced that everyone has started school though! Now you will understand my frustration, lol.
Signing off for the night, ta ta!

XXOO,
Anna

My unborn babies...

created blogspot.
J/k!
Settling into life here right now, it's a total rollercoaster ride still!
Ups: classes, people, atmosphere, being able to do what I want, whenever I want
Downs: The chinese department, something else, the weather!

Chinese department: I know they're trying, but omg, totally frustrating dealing with them and trying to form a class that will actually take cantonese students! They've been pushing me from class to class, and I failed the first quiz at Harvard because I didn't know about it! =(

Classes:
Economics 10 is taught by the Greg Mankiw, who probably wrote whatever Economics books you're using right now. It's an interesting class, except there's like, 1000 or so kids in it so we're in a theater where it's sooo easy to fall asleep!
Expository writing: don't know yet, but I'm pushing for "tales of murder". Fingers crossed please?
Hebrew Bible: Long story. interesting class! Talk more about it later
Chinese Ba: Maybe? Also long story!

Social Life: went to the Democrats Party: couldn't get through door. went to Chinese Students Association party. That one got busted. Went to one at Kappa something? Awkward without friends around, me and my floormates left ASAP! =( When I signed onto harvard, I was promised a social life. Not exactly happening yet, I want a refund!

more later, tired.

Move-In Day...

and I'm in. Got lucky through a coin toss and I have a single for now. Not lovin' it here. =( Want to go home already. Everyone else is clicking and seems to know a bunch of people, I'm walking around acting like this awkward loser. It magnificently sucks. So my cousin tried to warn me that I should get to know everyone around here ASAP, and everyone back home goes, "Oh, it's sooo easy to make new friends, make sure you do it soon, just talk and act friendly," but no, it's totally not working and is alot harder than it seems. Worse, everyone else seems to have become best friends with their roommates, and all of mine are cool, but I definitely haven't reached that point right now. Darnit, I knew I should have just tried to flunk senior year, I'm not ready for this! Help!

Oh, and the electricity ran out in most of the school last night, I was lucky. People had to sleep in the gym on cots or in the science lecture halls. At Harvard. Seriously! It's wierd having your own room. =(

I'm shipping up to Boston...

and I'm scheduled to be there tomorrow. Damn! Anyways, my flight is tonight at 10:50, so I still have a good five hours or so before I'm out of here? I haven't even left the state and I'm already depressed. Maybe mom was right, I should have stayed closer to home!... No, actually, I would probably be complaining that I should have gone farther, the world happens to turn like that.
And yeah, what should go here is a really long rant about how sad I am to be leaving and everything, but I think you already get the picture. Also, I'm really at a loss for words (I know, shocking, isn't it?)!
Anyways, if you're reading this, you can bet that I will most likely miss you like crazy and the fact that I'm leaving everyone here is killing me.

More when I get there!

A little less...

than 48 hours till my flight?
I actually woke up and realized, "Holy crap, did I realize what I signed myself into when I pushed the 'attending' button?" Had to do goodbyes today. It stung worse than pulling off a really sticky band-aid. Maybe it would have been better to sneak off slowly in the night without warning, lol.

Maybe I can chain myself to the wall? That way, at least I'll be able to stay for a bit longer!

Not my intention....

So I totally didn't plan on starting to post anything till at least the night I'm leaving because obviously I'm writing this with the intention of keeping you updated on what I'm doing over there, not while I'm still a ride or jog away (the exception I guess is if you're reading this and have already left Cali, in which case, why waste your time reading this when you should be enjoying orientation?) But yeah, this just had to be said:
Oh holy crap, we really are leaving and going off to college, huh?

Obviously it's pretty darn slow to suddenly realize that I'm leaving, especially since I've had those plane tickets booked since the middle of forever. But I had a chance to visit Berkeley today, and, being that I had promised to visit the day before, stopped by the dorms of my favorite gals. And you know what?

They're all grown up! They can like, eat when they want, sleep when they want, invite over whomever they like, do their own laundry (so I've technically never actually done a load of laundry all by myself. Is that bad?), stay out as long as they please, and pretty much do whatever they want since they have their own little luxurious sanctuary, or half of one, away from those ruthless tyrants I refer to as Mom and Daddy-kins. However, instead of completely losing control and living in a neat little mess like I probably will, these girls were totally cool and responsible! They offered me water and food! Like I was over at their own place!

And technically, I was at their own place. And yeah, I knew they were moving and starting college, but I think I actually had to see them in that environment, beneath the stucco ceiling and florescent lighting, to finally realize that they really are grown-up college students. And it totally breaks my little heart (or what's left of it before I decided money was the coolest thing in the world =] ) that they are.

And it hits me. I've only got a little more than a week left here. Crap. Let's hope I make the best of it.

I totally swear that:

1) No matter how hard I am studying or partying, I will religiously update this blog at least once a week, even though we all know it will be oh-so hard to detach myself from writing that interesting paper on whatever or from stalking that cute guy.
2) I will not bore you with a play-by-play, minute detail of my life here, no matter how interesting I may personally find it. It's boring enough when they do this with football on TV already. But then again, football isn't all that interesting, so maybe it means I could try it?
3) I will try to keep the Orlando-Bloom/ other hot guy worshiping to a bare minimum.
4) There will be no surreal fantasy or daydream of what should have or might have happened to me like there is on Scrubs, even if I'm totally dying to.
5) I am not Doogie Howser (But wouldn't it be cool if I was?), so therefore, I am incapable of posting deep reflections about myself. Plus, that would be totally emo, and what's the fun in that?
6) I'll try to keep this interesting and entertaining as possible. I hope you guys appreciate this one, because it's really an amazing feat to attempt to make myself sound either interesting or entertaining. If I do accomplish this, they should give me some shiny gold medal and worship me more than Michael Phelps. (And I'm almost about to break #4 here.)
7) I'll try to keep this blog going as long as possible. That means you guys have to stay interested in me and my life (see #6), but you guys will deserve mad props if I really do make it to graduation! However, seeing as how my New Year's resolutions last for about a week, that's a really long shot.
8) That 3,094 miles doesn't mean anything.