Went to Xiong Ji's birthday party for some good'ol authentic SiChuan hotpot. I went with Henry after practice. A lot of people showed up. All 10 - 13 of us crammed into Xiong Ji's small dorm. We were really loud, to the point where I felt sorry for his neighbours. XiongJi, Terrence and I are the only SiChuanese there, so we enjoyed the hotpot quite a bit. The others aren't so used to the extreme spiciness of the hotpot, it was funny seeing everyone else's faces all red. Henry drank two bottles of Smirnoffs and was totally wasted (what a light drinker). The party ended around 2:30AM. Xiong Ji sure is lucky, to have so many people celebrating his birthday. Mine probably will be..myself and I.

Know what I really hate? Those scary animated clips that seems to be popular these days. You know, those ones that lets you stare at them for 30seconds and then show you a frelly freaky pic? And those little flash movies that starts with a happy little song, then shows you the freaky pic of that kid from The Exorcist? I hate those! HATE HATE HATE! I was scared shitless by one of them.

Martial Art Related Stuff: Judo is fun. Yup, I really enjoyed the Judo class today. Learnt basic holds and break falls. Afterwards I went straight to the club and practiced some leg work with Bui. Either I suck now, or Bui got better, but I was pretty bad with the leg work. I must've relied too much on my hand techniques and havn't practiced my legs enough. I got a bit better though towards the end. Gotta practice more....

Didn't update my blog for a while again. This is slowing growing into a habit. I'm happy to say that everything are finally getting back on track. After a crazy Frosh week where everything are in total choas. I've finally found order in my life, and organized it the way I want. My room is finally in perfect order, now that the terrible spell of the evil fridge is gone. My classes and work are relatively organized too. However, I growing sense of laziness is creeping back into my life. I feel so comfortable in my room now, I can just fall asleep on the bed at any time. The people in my house are pretty cool too. Met Dan (or is it John?) of the second floor, and Tiro of the first floor. They seem like pretty good people. I hardly see the other guys in the house though. I fell off of my bike today. My foot slipped out of the stupid pedal while I was taxing it. I tripped over it, (or it tripped over me) and I had to jerk my body backward and execute a forward roll on the ground to lessen the impact on the concrete sidewalk. My left armpit however was less fortunate, the bike handle caught it and gave it a nasty bruise/laceration. Good thing I didn't hurt any pressure points. I sat through Calculus lecture with the wound stabbing at me. I suppose it could've gone a lot worse, but ouch it hurts. I swear, that beat up bike will be the death of me someday...

The yakinori I bought is crap My first attempt at making sushi is...interesting shall we say. I mean I've done all the reading, and know exactly how the procedure is. I understand most of the theories behind making a sushi. I've even carefully observed professionals at work in Japanese restaurants. I mean what can possibly go wrong? I guess I didn't expect my yakinori to be more flexible than latex. You know how those real chefs have ultra sharp katana-like kitchen knives, and can cut almost anything in a single stroke? Well I'm not a real chef see, but I don't think my stainless steel Japan-made kitchen meat cleaver is bad quality either. Cutting the nori however, was like cutting a piece of cloth with a butter knife. No, not those cool butter knifes with jagged cutting edge to them. I'm talking about the ones that are smooth and can't even cut frozen butter. So let this be a lesson to you future sushi makers out there, never buy crap yakinori.

I finally moved my computer into my new home. Dex came over and helped me, and it was quite a breeze. After we went and met up with Jane and Crystal, who are friends we met in UT. Ah, that reminds me, it's been a week since I've updated this blog. Frosh week was quite fun, if not a little tiring. A lot of group chanting went on. I'm never one to enjoy making such a scene, but since I did pay $130 for this, I really went all out and enjoyed it. The highlights included a baseball game, in which we exchanged insulting chants with the likes of Seneca and St.Mike Colleage guys. It was great fun, and we didn't notice the game going on in the same time at all. Yup, chanting for all nine innings is a LONG time. BTW, Jays won 4-3 Whitesox. Other memoriable attractions include a boat cruise, in which a dance took place. Water day, where we got really wet, and I played an awsome game of Ultimate Frisby. I met so many people, it was great. If you ever wonder if Frosh week is worth the money, I say it is. It is a little quirky, the food is kinda bad, but if you can put down your normal goody goodness (I'm assuming you have goody goodness, as you did get into a university), you'll have a blast and meet a lot of very awsome people. Gopy and Eva don't know what they are missing :)

Last day of freedom before University begins. I moved some clothes and blanket to my place. Yesterday Bui, Khai and I moved the rotting fridge out of my room after an hour of intense struggle. There was nothing like the satisfaction of 3 kungfu guys working hard and accomplish such a task, as the fridge was heavy as hell and the hall way was very very narrow. It was funny how kungfu played such an important role in our everyday life. I see Bui going into a horse stance as he attempted to move the fridge, and I found myself unconciously using forward stance and waist power to slow down the frige as it came down the stairs Today was less productive however. We basically bummed around Korean town. Last day of freedom before University begins it is.