missing my family

awwww....my baby bro just called to say hi. i've been so busy with studying and he's so busy with work that we don't get to talk as much as we like to.

jon --i'm so glad you called...it's nice to hear your voice as always. i read your xanga everyday...i know there's a lot going on in your life. hopefully we can chat more this weekend. i miss you, i love you. please be sure to hang out with mom and dad as much as you can even though i'm not there. let them know what's going on in your life too ok? HUGZ...

mom and dad, it's always nice to talk to you too. i'm sorry that sometimes i get irritated with your advice...u know some topics are sensitive to me. i hear you...don't worry. i love you. i am strong because of you...

this is a really tough week. really been missing everyone at home. and have so many things due at school. so tired because not enuf sleep. nonstop studying. i can get through this...

nucking futz!

back in ucla, rene would always say that when under extreme pressures. haha. how appropriate right now. i slept only a few hours and woke up at 6 to continue studying for a midterm i have this afternoon. accounting. oh how i hate accounting. i think i lack that portion of my brain. i also lack the sense of direction portion. haha....i still have to call up friends when lost in SF.

NUCKING FUTZ!

back to the books....

hope tiny and weedawee are ok. we were all studying late last nite. good luck tiny and weedawee!

sky captain

i just got back from watching sky captain and the world of tomorrow. watch it! it's sooooo kool. like watching a live comic book. the screen effects were amazing.....

Tepper Ranked #2!!

Carnegie Mellon Business School (Tepper) is ranked #2 overall best MBA program this year by the Wall Street Journal. woo hoo!!! :D

pics of my roomies

pics of my roomies finally. since tons of you are asking just who my roomies are. :)

christina.JPG

Christina.JPG
Originally uploaded by melsybo.

christina is the roomie sharing rebecca's room. i turn to her for fashion advice on shoes for the winter since she has really cute shoes. she's a finance major...also big brain.

rebecca and ed

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Originally uploaded by melsybo.

this is my cousin rebecca and her BF ed. rebecca is studying EECS and her BF is in the EECS PhD program. big brains...they took me out to eat korean food last weekend. what a nice cousin huh?

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jen and jon.JPG
Originally uploaded by melsybo.

my roomie jen and her BF jon. jen is the house "RA". she takes care of all the rent and makes sure that everyone cleans up. hehe...she's a really good cook too who likes to bake things randomly at 1AM. lucky me!

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lucia.JPG
Originally uploaded by melsybo.

this is luci, the roomie that lives on the 3rd floor with me. luci was born in brazil but lived in cali, penn, barcelona...very worldly girl. she moved to all those places because her father is a professor. She's also a physics major who eventually wants to become a vet.

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peter.JPG
Originally uploaded by melsybo.

this is luci's bf peter who i like much much better than her last bf nick. peter is a whole lot nicer and easier to talk to :)

chinese food?

okay last nite i experienced my first instance of racism in pitts. we were at the bar section of cheesecake factory in station's square. the wait for dinner was 90 minutes so we decided to try to snag a table at the bar area since you can eat there. so while we were waiting, we decided to try to get a drink. as i was waiting to get to the bartender, this middle aged dad looking type guy was stading right by the bar. he had put down an empty glass and was standing there watching the tv. since i need to get by him to get to the bar, i ask him politely, "excuse me, are you getting a drink?". he then replies.."what did you think i was doing? ordering chinese food?" oh my god i just couldn't believe my ears. i mean cmon! who says those things nowadays?!! he noticed that i had this disgusted look on my face so he immediately apologized ..." sorry..bad joke" uh...yeah! what an understatement! right afterwards we got our table and so i just left the bar. the middle aged guy found me afterwards and said "where did you go? i was going to give my spot to you." no thanks...

yanni boy and tiny were so sweet. they offered to beat the guy up. hahaha...but i would feel funny beating up a dad like guy. ah wells...this is pittsburgh, not california. I contemplated making some redneck comment. but seeing as how i was in a place full of people who would find that offensive...i refrained. besides...i wouldn't want to stoop to that level.

pics pics pics!

and so i have it! my new camera FINALLY. i am no longer a social oucast because i now own my first digital camera ever! i love it, it's so small and convenient. now time to shop for memory...but with the small 32MB card that came with the camera i can at least take 20 pics a day.

check out my pics on my bro's photo hosting site.
PITTSBURGH PICS
pics of campus. the house, my classmantes :)

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study? what?

study? what?
Originally uploaded by melsybo.

this is what happens when we study on campus in the masters lounge until 4AM....

Pumanti Brothers

i just ate at Pumanti Brothers...oh man...
they have these huge sandwhiches with coleslaw and fries inside. thier pastrami sandwhiches are mmm,mmm goood. i wish i had taken a picture so you could really see just how big it was. i already have a very small mouth...so u can imagine. i used a lot of napkins ok?

speaking of pictures. i just bought my digital camera! sony dsc t1 for $408. free shipping and no tax! whoo hoo! and i was going to get a discount if i bought a second one too! the guy was going to sell it to me for 380. too bad he sold the last one just as i was about to send him the payment for the second one on paypal! arg! sorry mom....i'll be faster next time. he said he would call me as soon as he gets anymore.

hopefully i'll be able to show everyone pics of cmu soon with my new gadget! :D

so fresh and so clean

yesterday night i did four loads of laundry (whites, darks, sweaters, towels/sheets) and today i just mopped the whole kitchen, the tiled entrance, and the first floor bathroom. everything is so sparkling clean!

i think the best feeling is when you sleep in freshly laundered pj's along with clean sheets. i remember one day imparticular where i had a really long day of work followed by a long day of class. i was SO tired and hungry... when i'm really busy i tend to forget to eat. when i got home my mom had a late dinner warmed for me and had just washed my sheets. on top of my clean covers were sitting some freshly washed pajamas. i've never been happier just to go to bed! i love my mom so much...i miss my family in san jose. the simple things are the best.

3 hours of sleep

i had only 3 hours of sleep last nite, didn't take a nap today...pretty much classes and studying non-stop all day starting at 8:30. probability homework then a reading summary for managing orgs. the scary thing is that i'm not too tired. maybe it'll hit me after 12...

i think i've got cmu figured out. they kill you with work so that when you get out into the real world, you can still function under tremendous pressure while others can't. only one year of this and then i can really get to the good stuff. thank goodness i didn't go to med school!

back to the books...*sigh*

watermelon

my room smells like watermelon from this scented candle i got from ikea. mmmm...

procrastination...

is such a wonderful thing. haha...

last nite i watched Cold Mountain for the first time. Nichole Kidman is still hot, Jude Law looks like he's getting older. it was overall a very good movie...altho it's more of a chick flick when i had thought it was supposed to be more of a war movie. it's so nice that i have friends here i can chill with and feel so comfortable with. i feel like i've known them for years and years already and it's only been 1 month!

also, we finally got our living room all set up! it's beautiful! feel so nice and homey with all the ikea stuff we bought. and all my roomies are so clean and organized. we even had a house meeting to discuss cleaning schedules and stuff! i'm so glad because i was getting tired of taking out the trash when it was overflowing and wiping down the kitchen counters because people would leave crumbs. i'm so used to living in such a clean house that i can't stand it when others are not clean! the drawback is i have spent so much time cleaning when i should have been studying. hopefully now that things are set up it will take a lot less time for upkeep. mebbe i'll get a digicam soon so i can take pics and show off the house i live in. :)

apple shadyside

i am now the proud owner of an apple shadyside t-shirt. they were giving them away free at the apple store. :) so many toys....so little money. i want a 40G ipod, an isight, a digital camera, a 250G firewire external HD, and and and...the list goes on...

don't worry, i was good. i didn't buy anything...yet.

apple store opens!

The first apple store in pittsburgh opened this morning at 10 (just a few minutes ago). i heard people were lining up since 2AM just to go inside! crazy huh? that's what you get with a bunch of CMU nerds i guess. haha...but i suppose i'm a nerd too since i set my alarm clock this morning to wake me up early just so i could go. keep in mind 10AM is early for me since i tend to sleep in until 11 or 12 on weekends.;)

last nite i went out clubbing with my friend NS. his wife is out visiting from NYC. such a cute couple...he is so sweet and affectionate towards her. i had a decent time with them since i do like to dance. the only sucky thing was that it was me and 3 other indian couples. NS failed to tell me that it was all couples! i think that he thought more people would go but they flaked out. it's the WORST to go out with only couples, especially a cute and affectionate one, when you're missing your BF tremendously. i ended up calling L when i got home all teary. :(

L--i miss you so much....hurry up and come over. i need lots of smooches and hugs.

no school fridays!

HOORAY! i get a 4 day weekend since i don't have school fridays or this monday due to labor day! :D well but it doesn't really mean a vacation though. i do have to go to a recitation today at 2:30 and work on a group project at 4. then at 5 it's BEERS. the bschool pays for free beer for all the tepper students every friday. too bad i don't really like beer...but i'll go just to hang out. :) man i have a ton of homework to do already (5 classes worth of homework equals a TON)...i didn't do anything yesterday except surf online after class because i was just too excited to finally get internet access! haha...

i also need to get a digital camera. sony dsc t1 or pentax optio s....

mtv music video awards

hoobastank can't sing live. so sad...i love that song. chirstina also looks like she took a bath finally. hooray!

Recitation

Recitations are something strange. At UCLA we were required to sign up for discussions and generally people attended them like a class. At CMU Recitations are like Discussion sessions...only you don't have to show up if you don't feel like it. Well I have a recitation for Optimization at 6:30. Seeing as how I think this class will be the most difficult for me, i guess i'll go. hehe. I've been such a lazy bum today....rolled outta bed to get to class by 10:30. finished by 3:30. during lunchtime i just sat with some friends on the grass, with our shoes off so we could feel the grass between our toes. it feels so nice to be a student again. my brain hasn't completely turned to mush afterall!

surfing on the information highway

i FINALLY have internet access at the house! after 1 MONTH of having to go onto campus to go online. hooray! we also have CABLE now too. I'm out of the dark ages! :D