free internet at wilco

yay! i have free internet access at a gas station stop! :) we're driving on our way back to pittsburgh.

NYC

So i've been in NYC visiting amy because of a finance trip to visit all the banks in the area. all the ibankers i've met seem like pricks. may i never become an nyc ibanker...

however i have eaten lots n lots of good food here. korean, brazilian, shanghainese..yum! also a great relaxing vacation, chilling with amy almost every nite, cooking and watching movies.

also while i've been here i've been checking out the other bschools. went to columbia to see lisa on monday. went to an nyu event to meet people from stern yesterday. i think i made a good choice by picking carnegie. it seems that's where i fit the best. :)

i got a haircut yesterday while i was in chinatown. i loved it when she had it all styled and curled for me. but this morning after all the curls washed out i really got to see the haircut. i don't think i like it very much. i MUST remember not to layer so much. i do this every time i go to the stylist. i look at all the trendy cute girls around me and i want something trendy and cute. so i tell the stylist to do whatever they want to my hair. and so they do some drastic layering...and the end result is something i really don't like. i must remember that i'm just into more classic looks and i never like myself with trendy styles... someone please remind me next time i get a haircut...

I've been idle for about a week ( meaning no studying and tests). i've taken care of all the shopping i needed. ( i'm SO sick of shopping now...and i already don't really like to shop much in the first place). getting antsy. time to go back to school. i can't wait to get back tomorrow...

winter is coming

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the wind has a bite to it, the leaves are turning colors. there is frost on the grass now early in the morning and i can see my breath misting in the air while walking to class.

Takeo Kanade : Robotics Technologies and Business Applications

okie so the topic sounds boring. but it was a really kool presentation!

there was a car which could navigate itself on the road, even drove across the US and back with no driver!
a helicopter that could fly completely autonomously. hard to do since there are so many things to control on a helicopter just to stay up in the air. the helicopter could search and find a missing person in a field or in the ocean....even survey an area using lazers. kool huh?

Takeo also showcased his work with robotic cameras which allowed matrix like effects during the superbowl. basically a camera would follow a selected player around, as the player ran on the field, some cameras would zoom in and others would zoom out and take shots during the same period of time. so essentially you could freeze frame during the game and view all angles of the play.

amazing technology comes out of CMU.

the kool thing was that Takeo was cracking jokes the whole time. such a funny little man. hahaha...seemed like a big kid who just had fun making neat toys. :)

FINALS WEEK

eeesh...projects, papers and tests. oh my!!!

i wish i still had midnite yell. ( for those non-bruins, midnite yell is a phenomenon at UCLA in which all students will scream out the window every nite during finals week.) screaming at the top of my lungs at midnite. that was great. :)

okie you won't be hearing from me in a while. but i'm still alive..i promise.

*drumroll* ---Meet Ethan!!

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Birthday: Oct. 7, 2004
Weight: 8lbs. 8 oz.
Length: 19.5 inches

I'm such a proud auntie!! :D:D:D:D:D

hunny came to visit!

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thursday hunny arrived at around 10:30. i was sooooo happy to see him! i heard his footsteps outside as i was waiting out front since it's really hard to see the numbers on the houses at nite. as soon as i saw him i ran to give him a hug! i didn't even stop to take the roses he was trying to give me! it was so nice to see him this weekend... i miss him already. friday i cooked dinner for him as well as a bunch of my school friends. it was the first time i've cooked for him. haha..i don't think he believed me when i told i could cook. and what was on the menu you ask? fried dumplings, choy sum, salmon (with green onion, soy sauce ...just like mom and dad's), silver noodles with lap cheung, mao po tofu ( not from the packet!) everyone had a great time. we had bottles of wine with dinner and cold stone ice cream for dessert!

saturday we woke up early to drive to virginia. got lost trying to get to the hotel. saw the pentagon and the washington monument like a million times. good thing we left so early...we just barely got dressed up in our wedding attire just before the wedding. i didn't know it was SO confusing to drive in DC!! not to mention i'm the worst person to bring with you to help with directions...aiyah. the wedding was beautiful! simple and elegant at a country club. harp playing canon in D as the procession started.

sunday we had lunch with frank and carol.


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they just got engaged! i've never met a more happier couple. just seeing them together makes happy. :)

yesterday hunny and i drove home. i really like d oing road trips with him. we can just chat the whole way. and he's so nice, he always drives all himself and never asks me to drive. yay! when we got home i had to write a paper so he did some work while i did my paper. hunny left this afternoon...i miss you already!!!

okie i need to work on another paper now. just wanted to update everyone on my weekend.

It's so kool to be a tepper

A professor at CMU bschool was awarded the Nobel prize in Economics today!
**EDIT** actually not one but TWO professors were awarded the Nobel Prize!

Also Business Week Rankings are out...We came in #15 (above berkeley and yale) YAY!...and i know it's only going to be ranked higher in the coming years. :)

tidbits

just some random things floating around in that head of mine.

- i can't believe sandily is gonna be a mommy!! and i'm gonna be an auntie!!
-hunny is finally coming over today!! yay!!
-some drama going on with my cousin...hope it works out. i suppose every undergrad goes thru a lotta drama. comes with figuring yourself out.
-i saw sey gow fu and cow mo yesterday...??!!! ok that was a surprise...
-what career to shoot for first? i want to be in venture capital. but competition is tough without connections. back up plan is corporate finance? management consulting? finance position in biotech overseas? does that mean i don't get to go home? ? :(
-need to finish a strategic plan somehow over this weekend in between a wedding and visiting frank. i'm thinking i'll focus on a biotech company...of course!
-frank and carol got engaged yesterday!
-i''m really glad i have the friends that i have here....
-what am i going to cook on friday? i'm gonna cook for hunny, weeda, and mebbe tiny and yanni boy and the roomies.
-i need to email a bunch of people for following up !!!
-perhaps i'm going to help organize a VC trip to the west coast...need to see if raymond lane will talk to me.
-finals are coming soon...oh boy...

Ethan is being born!!

Sandily is had Ethan induced at 4AM this morning. I hope she's ok!! i left a message on pete's phone but i assume that they can't have cell phones on in the delivery room. she said so far he's 7 1/2 lbs. ohmigosh! i can't imagine having such a big baby as the first one! good luck sandily. can't wait to see ethan so i can spoil him silly as his auntie mel! hehehe...

HUGZ. miss yah. can't wait to see you soon

staying in

tonite i had a nice quiet evening to myself. opened up a bottle of my favorite wine, lit up some candles, and watched dvd's. as much as i love to socialize...sometimes it's nice to be antisocial.

happy anniversary mom and dad!!

today is the 29th anniversary for my mom and dad. can you believe that? 29 years together and going strong. i love seeing my parents together...the way they joke together, the way they cook together. other than when my dad is at work, they are never apart. even when my mom wants to go shopping for hours and hours...my dad is always by her side. the sweet thing is that unlike other asian parents, they are completely affectionate with eachother. my mom will hold my dad's hand when walking outside. they give eachother smooches all the time in public...

i hope one day i will be like that with my future husband too....