Happy Chinese New Year

Happy Chinese New Year – it’s the year 4701 in chinese calendar and it’s the year of RAM! Today’s the new year’s eve and i just called my grandma. it didn’t really make me happy since she told me her doctor said she has lung disease a month ago. add more to her health problems. she was crying on the phone and i couldn’t really do much to comfort her. i hope everyone else’s new year is better.

awwwwwww thanks

thanks to you sweeties!!! i’m very surprised to see all the wonderful messages :)

Andy took me out for my birthday along with his mom, his bro and elizabeth. i chose to dine in a chinese restaurant. we had so much fun by making each other laugh while eating (i know it’s not very healthy). here is a couple of jokes i remember:
i got andy’s mom:
after dinner, the waitress brought us oranges. andy’s mom, andy and his bro just stuff the entire slice of the orange in their mouths and smile. so the skin of the orange covered their teeth when they opened their mouth. i asked andy’s mom: so is this a family tradition?
matthias got me:
the story continued when andy’s bro said that they used to do the same thing with oranges with their grandma. andy’s mom said her mom shaked really bad when she was old. but she still loved playing CHINESE CHECKER with the kids. well imagining how it was like when she placed her marble onto the board. all the marbles rolled around because she shaked so bad. and andy’s bro went, yeah that was when grandma decided to drop CHINESE CHECKER and began to play YAHTZEE.
HAHAHHAHA.. that really got me. oh it was so funny since he was shaking his hands and acting it out. OMG.. there were so many more silly jokes. i couldn’t remember them all. i only knew we laughed too much and ate too much.

added: here are some pictures of my gifts

i got a cell phone

andy got me a cell phone for my birthday. i was totally surprised. i thought he hated cell phones. but it’s a good idea since now i may reach him in cedar rapids. i was never able to reach him while he goes to school in cedar rapids. the plan we got allows us to make calls anywhere in iowa for the same amount. it would be long distance for me to call him in cedar rapids otherwise. anyway i’m trying to figure out how to send sms thru web to the cell phone. i dont know if the plan covers it. i hope it works. it’ll be fine. oh yeah in case you wonder, it’s Nokia 5190.

this web master job

man, i was about jumping into the ceiling when i found out about this web master job. it sounds so perfect for me. gosh.. i sent an email immediately but i don’t know how lucky i will be. they did say they perferred grad students. but hey i will be here for another two years. they can’t leave me out because of that. i’m waiting so anxiously now for a reply. *prays prays*

on the other hand, i’m still planning to return to the computer lab for the semester. i went to their meeting today. arg.. it sounds they’ve been changing a lot of things around over the break. and lots of them DO NOT WORK.. like even if a user deletes their print jobs, they would still be charged for the printing. smells LOTS OF COMPLAINTS when school starts. annoying.. and we the monitors are always the first victims. sniff sniff. man, would it be nice to find another job and run away from it. sigh…