It is all coming to an End.

Wow. We are almost done with freshman year. I cannot believe it. And this is our last blog right? It is all so unbelievable right now. One side of me REALLY REALLY wants to go home but the other side of me really does not want this great experience to end. I guess for this blog, I am going to do the classic reflection of what I learned during my first year in college. (If this is not our last blog, I think I'll be a bit embarrassed to have written about this. LOL)

1. The classic. "Procrastination kills." It kills me in high school, but in college, I think that its deadly horrifying. One day of procrastination seems to ruin your whole grade. I learned to not procrastinate. In high school, I could fly by with doing homework the day before, but in college, sometimes one day is not even enough.

2. Friendships last- I guess moving away from your group of friends in high school really is a test of friendship. However, I learned that it is okay to be so far away. As long as we are home for break and get to see each other often, the friendship that you always had with your friends will always be there.

3. Being an only child is tough- I prepared myself before entering college. I told myself not to miss my family too much because I had to get my priorities straight. Well. I lied. I was very homesick. Its been almost 2 months since I've been home and I am admitting it. I am still a Mommy and Daddy's girl.

4. College is not a smooth ride, neither is anything after. - Okay so, don't laugh. I had big ambitions coming into college. I wanted to go to Medical school =[ But after taking chemistry and getting an idea about organic chemistry, I am starting to have doubts. I am struggling on the fence right now as to what I should do.

5. Dealing with important decisions- College is all about decisions. Whether you succeed or not really depends on how much effort you put in your decisions. Decisions pave way to opportunities. Needless to say, they make up who you are. Just a simple thing like deciding whether you should stay at home Friday night really says a lot about who you are.

6. Lastly, English is fun- I liked English in high school, but saying goodbye to it really does suck a little bit. It is the last English class that I am going to take forever. Now, that sounds so scary. Can I survive without someone always correcting me grammatically in the real world? I guess we'll see.


To close off, I really enjoyed blogging =] and thanks for all the comments. You guys have been the best group ever! I wish you all a good life and a successful college experience!

-Signing off,
Emily Huang

The Big Event and April 16

I had a lot of fun this week =]
WARNING: The beginning of this post is a bit emo.

To start off, Yesterday was April 16. A day of remembrance. I didn't go to any of the events during the day but I went to the candlelight ceremony at night, and as freshman, I would have never imagined how difficult it must have been for the hokie community when this tragedy happend. The ceremony was very sad and it was tough going through it. Seeing all people come together and share a moment of silence was a truly great thing. I did not cry during the ceremony, but when I got back to my room, it started to hit me. I started listening to very inspiring songs( I know, emo, I don't why I did that either) and I had flashbacks of what just happend. I started remembering all of the descriptions of the 32 victims and realized how accomplished these people are. Aside from feeling like a total slacker, I started to think, that I take so many things for granted. I complain about doing homework and studying, but then I witness these people who acually had stories to tell. They were in honors, work their butts off, and had so many ambitions,but in the end, their destiny lead them to this tragedy. I started thinking, What did these people do to deserve this? They had so much going for them and if you think one step further, imagine how much they can help our society and make a difference. I felt sad, but at the same time, very blessed. It makes me want to actually motivate myself to be just like them.

Well anyway, enough of the mushy gushy stuff. Today was the Big Event! I had soo much fun. Although I am super sore. We went to a lady's house and did all her yard work. We planted trees, raked, watered trees, dug holes, pull out weeds, basically all you can think of. She was super nice and gave us really good food and hospitality! I can't wait for next year! I'll definitely do it again!

Relay for Life and Movie Marathon

This weekend was absolutely amazing! So many things were happening on campus and I've never been more excited! So for this blog, I think I'm gonna talk about what happen.

So to start out with the obvious, Relay for life was on Friday! Unfortunately, this year, I didn't participate in it, but I definitely regret that decision! I had so much fun! After classes on Friday, a couple of my friends and I went to mall and the movies to see Date Night. It was such a funny movie (I definitely recommend) and I had so much fun just relaxing and going out. However, the real fun did not start until after the movies, when we decided to visit some of our friends that were in Relay. When I went on the drillfield, I knew for sure I regret my decision to not participate in it. It was absolutely amazing! The whole school was there basically raising money, selling things, playing games, walking laps, and there was even a band playing! Although it was super freezing, my roommate, boyfriend, and I stayed there until 2am just chilling and having fun. To make things even better, we got to take a picture with Ryan Williams! People were super supportive and it was just great because everyone was doing this to help raise money for cancer. I can't believe I missed out on this! I am for sure doing this next year!

On Saturday, my friends and I decided to see another movie; How to Train your Dragon! Oh dear this movie was SO GOOD! GO SEE IT NOW!!!!!! It is SOOOOOOOOOO cute! I think I was obsessed with it for like a whole day because when I got home from watching it, I watched it again with my roommate online (I know I know its bad, but it was like 1am in the morning!) It has sorta a cliche' and predictable but the animations and character development was absolutely stunning!

Anyways, can you guys believe we have exactly ONE MONTH left of school? Although these last weeks will be a rough patch, just think about what we will be coming home to! AHH summer sun! I LOVE IT! =] Keep hanging on guys! WE CAN DO THIS! WE ARE HOKIES. (Sorry I'm so hyper talking about my weekend.)

Summer and the Human Timeline

HAPPY EASTER!=]

With the great weather this week, I cant help but to think about summer. This is seriously the time when we all just wanna go home and and relax. Its getting harder to concentrate on school because I just wanna get out and have some fun. I hate and love this feeling. Anyways, I am really running out of ideas on what to blog about so I guess I'll just list some things I wanna accomplish over summer and talk about an upcoming issue that relates to all of us!

- Go to the beach, any beach. just a beach.
- Go to the lake
- Go to Kings dominion
- Go fishing
- Go to the Baltimore aquarium
- Watch the sunset
- Have lots of BBQ's
- Attend a carnival
- Volunteer
- Take EMT classes?
- GO SHOPPING!
- Try to keep my room clean
- Have Fun
- Try to keep in shape

Anyways, Have you ever thought about how many things we need to do before we are 30? Just to name a few on my list, I have to basically finish school (not including if I decide to go to grad school or some other type of school), get a job, raise enough money to buy a house, get a new car, get married, and have my first kid. This is really weird but I started thinking about that because I just realized that I am 19 now. Next year, I am 20, and I have only a decade to finish doing all this crap. Of course I don't have to do it before I am 30, but it would be nice wouldn't it? I cant help but thinking how fast this is gonna go. Obviously, 4 years of college is gonna go buy so quick, but after that, we will be 22-23 yrs old and we only have about 7 years left to do the rest of the stuff. It takes a long time to save up enough money to just buy a house and to get married. I cant imagine myself doing any more things.

But anyways, that was the most random thing. LOL but I guess it does fill up a blog post =] so I guess it works out! Enjoy the nice weather guys!

Take Back the Night!

I must say that this week was pretty awesome. Besides having a chemistry test and a lot of assignments to do, I would have to say, this week ended well. One of the highlights of my week was on Thursday, when I decided to attend "Take Back the Night," a rally and march for women against violence, in honor of Morgan Harrington. I must say, even though I live like 30-45 minutes away from Washington D.C, I never knew how a march or a "Protest" felt like. Like all people who are a part of the stereotype, at first, I thought "Oh great, crazy protesters! I can't believe I am doing this!" I must say, I never would have decided to march if it wasn't an assignment for the women's studies class that I am taking. However, I am so glad I went. It started with a ceremony where we had speakers that talk about organizations that help prevent the violence of women in our community. There were people who shared their personal stories with us and the stories were absolutely heartbreaking. I even shed a few tears while listening to them. (I know, don't laugh, I am a sucker for these things.)Then, we all lit candles, chanted, and walked around campus and downtown to raise awareness of this issue. It was funny seeing people look out their dorm windows and stuff. Its funny because I use to be one of those people as well. I would be like, "What is happening?" being so curious as to why so many people are yelling outside. But now, since the tables are turned, I got to experience this in the perspective of the people who are actually affected by this. I felt very lucky and blessed to be living life with no burdens and tragedies. When I was walking, I definitely felt like the typical "college" students that always protest on T.V. Now I know what they mean when the younger generations have the power to make change in our world. I wish more people are aware of these issues. Not just the issue of violence against women, but many other issues that are really tragic as well. A lot of people don't know that women often times get sexually abused and raped. Even some of my friends asked me, "What? Theres violence against women? I never heard of that." This shows that our society needs to be more aware and involved in learning about these issues.

Randomosity

Hi! Well, I totally forgot that we had a blog due because I have like 10 assignments that are due this week. Plus, my chemistry test is happening in a matter of 5 hours so its crunch time! This week, I don't really have a story to tell, instead, I decided that I am just gonna list some random things that are on the top of my mind right now. Okay, so, here it goes.

- I am currently eating gummy bears
- I am going to fail chemistry
- I am currently obsessed with eating oranges, I had two today already. =]
- What is so wrong with universal health care?
- There is a green pencil right next on my desk
- Ironically, my vacuum is very dusty.
- The weather today confuses me; its sunny but chilly right now, and we are getting a mix of rain and snow tonight?
-It is now 2:04pm
- I am not very productive
- My toes are itchy. What a random place.
- I only have two sheets of printer paper left on my printer
- LEAVE TIGER WOODS ALONE. geez.
- Dieting is very difficult.
- I am thinking about the beach <3
- Why is this semester so much harder?
- Why are teddy bears naked? They are suppose to be G-rated toys.
- Why does Winnie the Pooh have no pants on? (And hes proud of it in the picture above)
- I recently saw a site with Disney Princes modeling underwear?!
- My roommate is eating a sandwich
- I hope my calculator does not run out of batteries during the test
- My roommate painted her nails neon green
- Ah! Course request starts tomorrow?!
- Justin Bieber's songs are stuck in my head
- I am full.
- I am so anti-veggies
-What really came first? The chicken or the egg?
- Man,its really hard to fill up at least 350 words.
- I really want to get Samosas
- Have you tried the bubble tea at Opass?

OH OH! and a really random thing to pass time.
Simplify this inequality; isolating i.

9x-7i > 3(3x-7u)




Answer :
9x-7i > 9x-21u
-7i > -21u
= i <3 u

Spring Break and Evil Micky D's Sweet Tea!

Hooray! Another blog post! (not really but that's okay) Anyways, I guess for this blog, I am going to talk about spring break and sweet tea because that is what I can remember on the top of my head. This is definitely going to be a really random post that is all over the place. (Sorry guys, blame it on the sweet tea...you shall read about it in the further paragraphs)

Spring break was a week long, and I felt like it was only one weekend. I did absolutely nothing productive. I spent a lot of time with family and friends. It was exciting to go back because almost all of the colleges were out on the same day.

On Saturday and Sunday, I went shopping! I haven't shopped in months and to finally be able to go to the mall was super fun! On Monday, I had a sleepover with some of my friends. I know I know! I seem to be a bit too old for slumber parties, but hey! I am still a kid at heart! I bonded with my friends that I haven't seen since winter break! Its good to still keep in touch with them and being able to catch up felt so light hearted.

However, spring break wasn't all that good. I got an eye infection and I looked really bad for a few days. My left eye was all swollen and I am still taking antibiotics for it. But anyways, back to the good stuff. =)

For the rest of the week, I got to go see "She's Outta My League" and I spent some time bonding with my parents.

Now, I promised I will talk about Micky D's Sweet Tea, because this is all I can think about the whole day. So yesterday, when I came back to Tech, I went to McDonald's. I live in Monteith (The Cadet/Civilian dorm that no one knows exists, and Micky D's is my backyard, so its the fastest access I have to food. I got the Sweet Tea there and although it was very good, it ruined my life for about 24 hours. I drank this at about 8-9pm and IT KEPT MY UP THE WHOLE ENTIRE NIGHT! I had a chemistry lab midterm this morning, so I stayed up to study. I went to bed at around 2:30 and lied their until 5:15. I was going crazy last night because whatever I did, I could not fall asleep. I decided to read, play with my iTouch, study some more, stared into space, and even count sheep! I was kinda freaking out because I had a chemistry lecture at 9am and the midterm at 12 and I cant function with just 3 hours of sleep! So I had no choice but to skip my chemistry class this morning (which was nerve racking because I've never skipped a class this semester) and sleep in until English. (I didn't want to miss English because of attendance)and I came in to find out that class was actually canceled! AH! Rough day, but surprisingly, I am functioning kinda well with 3 hours of sleep. I'm still not tired! geesh!