happenings

my first day of school officially started on monday. i was not too excited to start cuz my break was so long. i was also used to doing practically nothing and just traveling. :) my brain has turned into mush the past month from low brain activity. i am semi-excited to start school now. for my last grad class we're studying project management. i know it's gonna be an interesting and good learning experience. i'm giving myself this last week of freedom. next week i'll start doing school work. hee hee! i can't believe i'll be done SOON! ack. the dread...

so some of you know i went back to MN for a high school friend's wedding. i was not looking forward to this trip because it was something like -10 the weekend before. well thank goodness i hit the "heatwave" of 20 degrees AND to top it off, the first major snowfall of the season. i stayed with my "big" aunt for 2 nites and had to speak chinese and watch chinese tv for 3 days! my aunt only speaks chinese. man, i had to dig up my chinese from i dunno where. my mom, aunt, cousin Lisa, and i were snowed in for the most of friday. it was very cozy sitting on a lazy boy, knitting, and watching chinese tv on a 40something" lcd tv all afternoon and evening. dang that tv was huge. my cousin almost bought a 52" plasma tv and wanted to hang it from the ceiling but it was too big. crazy.

what did i do in MN? let's see...friday, we went to visit my other cousin's dentist office, then went shopping. saturday, i went shopping, oh yeah, went to my friend's wedding, went shopping again during the break before the reception, and sunday i went shopping before we left for home. yup, that sums it up. i was so sick of shopping i wanted to um, puke. :P surprisingly, i didn't buy all that much. :P the best clearance shopping IS in MN during the 2nd-3rd weeks of january, i have realized. i went there the same time last year and that's wat i did as well. the best deal was buying a lambskin leather jacket for my mom for only 50 dollahs! i can't believe how much clothing stock there is in MN compared to CA. you would think CA would sell more clothes b/c of the population. but i can see why MN is the land of shopping cuz there's nothing else to do besides shop or stay at home in the dead of the winter. btw: MN is also the land of 10,000 chinese buffets! they are eVERYWHERE and $6 for lunch and $10 for dinner! crazy unhealthy!

i didn't take much pics this trip but i do have a bunch from all my travelings this winter. um, some day they will be uploaded. heh.