5/16/02 - Dude. I totally failed my physics midterm. Well at least I have a fridge full of Squirt. Isn't Squirt good??
Randomness - I've realized that once I graduate from college I won't be able to put stuff in here cuz I won't be in college anymore. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO??? Well I suppose I could just not graduate from college, which with the way things are going in phyiscs, is actually quite probable. Shamalamma ding dong!
5/12/02 - I have math and physics hw due tomorrow, a lab due on wednesday and a physics midterm on that same day. So naturally, I went to the BEACH. I'm A RETARD! Yea it was fun though. I went with Andy, Alex "the Hair," and Jane. Yup. It was a blast. Dug me a hole! And I got sand in various crevices of my body. I think the highlight was when Alex threw Jane into the ocean. That was good stuff. I brought my math homework to do at the beach, and I managed to copy half a problem down before I fell asleep in my hole. We really need to go to the beach more often.
Highlights: Being the only Asians on a beach full of Mexican people was pretty interesting. Especially when one of us has 5 inch bangs that stick straight up.
Being Jeremy Ma: Day 4 - No Progress.
5/9/02 - Last night's AACF was just one long SNL (Salt n' Light) skit. It kinda made me think. Like about my major and stuff. Do I really want to be a Materials Engineer? Is that really what I was meant to be? I dunno. Sorry, I don't mean to be all melodramatic, but... tough. Yea, so engineering is hard, I don't particularly enjoy it, and I can't really see myself being an engineer in the future. So what am I going to do?? I was thinking about what other majors I might enjoy and I thought maybe biochem would be a good major to go into. I like chemistry and biology is just a lot of memorization so maybe I could do that. And I'm taking this Bioterrorism class and i'm learning a lot of interesting stuff and I think I might want to be a pharmacist or something. Well not a pharmacist but like someone who makes drugs. What is that called? A drug lord? I dunno, but that might be fun. So yea. Gimme your input. If you read this. Which I know you don't. YOU HEARTLESS JERK!! haha just kidding (OR AM I?).
Highlights: I got tutored by Jeremy Ma last night. He's my hero. Which brings me to the my new section of College Life - BEING JEREMY MA.
Being Jeremy Ma: Okay so I've decided to become a better student, and I figured the only way I could do this was if I just became Jeremy Ma. Not in a scary "Talented Mr. Ripley" way, but in a normal "I wanna be like the legend" type way. Right. So I've devised this simple 5 step plan to becoming Jeremy Ma:Yes, with this foolproof 5-step plan, even the dumbest of the dumb can be like Jeremy Ma. SO JOIN TODAY!
- Start going to office hours and meet my professors and be best friends with them.
- Start reading my textbooks for fun.
- Shave my head and join SNL.
- Start saying "HEEEEEEEEEEEEEY" a lot.
- Start doing my homework.
DAY 1: Last night I was tutored by Jeremy and I was compelled to go to office hours today. I went to my TA's office hours. Soon, hopefully I will work up enough courage to actually talk to my real professors. Baby steps.. Baby steps.
5/6/02 - This update is dedicated to Alex "Bootylicious" Wang - Dang you guys, it's already MAY! What's goin ON here?? Yea, anyway, I had QUITE the weekend. You know why? 2 Words: Dorm AL! Actually it's just one word. Dormal. Dorm formal. Wait, that's two. Well whatever it was, it was FAN-FREAKIN'-TASTIC! Time of my LIFE! We had a group of like 50+ people, and we seriously took up like half the dance floor. RIGHT ON. The whole night was just nonstop crazy fun. For dinner we went to this place on 3rd street in Santa Monica called Bravo Cucina. They gave us the entire 2nd story banquet area to eat. It was great, except that our food came last and we were just kinda waiting there watching everyone else eat their delicious food.. yea... But the bread was good. Score. We got lost in the parking lot after dinner. I was getting pretty worried but then we realized we were in the wrong lot. HA! Asians! When we got to the dance we took pictures forEVER. Jane (my HOT DATE!) and I took the dorkiest picture in the history of dance pictures. I dunno how that's gonna come out. We also took a freshmen group picture, a freshmen guy picture, a sophomore and dates picture, and then a picture with Jane's (my HOT DATE'S!) friends. We didn't get to the dance floor until about 11:30, but it's all good cuz we still got an hour and a half of good dancing in. ontz! ontz! ontz! ontz! ontz! Props to Alex and Conrad for setting that whole night up. You guys are awesome. Also, thanks to Jane for being a great HOT DATE! FUN TIMES!
Cool Song for the Moment - ABBA - Dancing Queen.
Randomness - After the dance we went to Norm's to eat. I went into the bathroom to wash my hands and there was this guy peeing behind me and when I left, he said "hey, don't ferget to wash your hands, buddy!" and then he walked out behind me without washing his hands. I was afraid he was gonna touch me. I don't trust people who go out to eat at Norm's at 3 in the morning.
4/28/02 - There's this book festival that's been goin on this weekend on campus. I went yesterday and I saw Julie Andrews. I was a little upset because she wasn't singing and/or floating around on her umbrella. She was just sitting there. Signing books. And being British. Oh yea, Mok came and visited me this weekend. That was surreal. Actually it wasn't. I think the adjective that best describes his visit is gassy.
Highlights: DOES ANYONE EVEN READ THESE UPDATES??? This is my LIFE, PEOPLE! It's INTERESTING! I pour my heart into this website and what do I get? NOT SO MUCH AS A PAT ON THE BACK. One of these days I'm just going to stop updating. THEN YOU PEOPLE WILL BE SORRY! Oh whatever that's not gonna happen in a while.
Randomness: Coming soon.
4/24/02 - Uhm.. nothing too special today. I ran 2 miles last night. That was probably my greatest accomplishment this entire quarter. Oh, in case you didn't know, Mike Yamanaka and I started a running club for slow people. It's called Mike and William's Slow Runner's Anonymous Foundation. Its main competition is Ben and Alex's running club, but we've left them behind in the dust (but only figuratively). Yup. We've only been around a week and we've already doubled in size. Ben and Alex's club have been around all quarter and it's still just the 2 of them. I guess running slow has its advantages. Anyway here's the REAL REASON I wanted to update this section. Click on it and you will be shocked and amazed. And disgusted.
Highlights: I took a 3 hour nap today, from 2:30 to 5:30. Yes. That's my highlight. I am the most boring guy I know.
Randomness:Remember Eddie the Echo? That was probably the worst McDonald's advertising gimmick EVER. And they've had some pretty bad ones.
4/23/02 - UGH, things have NOT been going my way. Yesterday I was all pumped to get my hair cut but the lady did it too fast and it's way too short now. I look like Forest Gump with William H. Macy's ears. Did you know that I have the biggest ears on the face of the Earth? I could gain 500 pounds and go around telling people I'm BUDDHA. But I won't, don't worry. Anyway what was I talking about. I forget. Well my blue hair is gone.. except for in the front, where there's like a few strands of hair that I think I killed the roots cuz they're just not growing. Also, today I think I totally bombed my physics midterm. I HATE IT!! Why am I so bad at physics?? It boggles the mind. Well I suppose things could be worse.. I mean, I could be THIS person.
Highlights: Hmm...... Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm... oh I'm gonna have dinner with Mike Liu today! The coolest English major in Sproul 478.
Randomness: Phagocyte is a funny word.
4/21/02 - Yea so I went to the POP DISASTER TOUR yesterday, and it was AWESOME! For those of you who do not know, the tour was Green Day, Blink 182, and Jimmy Eat World. Green Day was freakin' awesome. Such a great band! They kinda stole the thunder from Blink's performance though cuz after Green Day everyone was tired. Jimmy Eat World was good too, but I felt kinda bad cuz they were opening and no one was in the stands yet and it was still daylight and they were performing for like 5 people in the pit. THEY DESERVE BETTER THAN THAT! Personally, I would be insulted if I were this Jimmy Eat World band. I would march right up to Billy Joe and give him a piece of my mind. Poor, poor, jimmy. I thought it was funny that parents brought their kids to see a concert like that. It was pretty vulgar. Not for the ears of little ones such as those. And with it being 4/20 and everyone smoking the marijuana that didn't help either. Yup. There's nothing like rolling up a fat one and passing it to your 12 year old son. I'm Jerry Springer, and until next time, take care of yourself, and each other.
Highlights: HELLOOOO, POP DISASTER TOUR!
Funny Zoolander Quote: "DON'T YOU KNOW THAT I GET ALL FARTY AND BLOATED OFF A FOAMY LATTE??" - Mugatu.
Current Hair Color: I have frosty algae-colored tips. I'm getting my hair cut today. Hopefully it'll all be gone after that. I'm really pretty sick of my hair. AREN'T YOU?
4/11/02 - It begins. I've been updating this page less and less. Sorry dudes and dudettes, but I'm just busy here in LA. So yea, I've been getting NO work done. I need to get my butt in GEAR! Why am I updating my website?? what is WRONG WITH ME? Oh well. So yesterday was Cindy's birthday. That was fun. I got to watch her play DDR as part of her scavenger hunt. It made me sad that my birthday's in the summer but not really. I don't really need all that. I could have the time of my life just sitting around. None of that excersize BS. You know what I don't like? Eggplant. Why do people eat it? It's gross. Judy's coming to visit this weekend. I think this calls for some PIZOOKIE! YES! I GOTTA STUDY NOW!
Highlights: Fu signed us up for our room next year. Party up in D108, HOLLA! We're gonna be the cool sophomore room where all the hot freshmen come visit.
Funny Zoolander Line: "Just because we have chiseled abs and stunning features, it doesn't meant that we too can't not die in a freak gasoline fight accident." - Derek Zoolander.
4/6/02 - I LOVE IT! Well, first week of Spring quarter is coming to an end. We've had some good times, shared a few laughs, but now it's time to say goodbye. My friend Lawrance from NY/Singapore/Saratoga/Boston got me these peanut butter cups from Trader Joe's cuz he stayed at my house over spring break. These bad boys have 11 g of fat and 190 calories for THREE OF THEM. THAT'S MADNESS!! Remember Eddie the Echo? That advertising gimmick McDonald's used for a while? MAN was that lame! Yea. Things are goin my way.
Highlights: I have wonderful friends.
Funny Zoolander Line: "Richard Gere is a real hero of mine... Sting. Sting would be another person as a hero.The music that he's created over the years - I don't really listen to it - but the fact that he's makin it, I respect that." - Hansel.
4/1/02 - Welcome to William's "All About Me" PAGE! HA! APRIL FOOLS! THIS IS ACTUALLY THE COLLEGE LIFE SECTION! SUCKA! Okay that was lame. So yea, today was my first day back at class for the Spring quarter. MY LAST QUARTER AS A FRESHMAN. Yea that's insane. So far so good. All my professors can speak English, which is a big step up from last quarter. I went to work out today with Ironman, Femme Fatal, and Pimp Daddy. It was my first time workin out in like years. It's a good thing, too, because today I realized just how weak I really am. I also realized that my left arm is a poor, pathetic excuse for a limb. IT DOES NOTHING FOR ME BESIDES MAKE ME SYMMETRICAL. Pathetic.
Highlights: Adrienne got the picture of us and Will Ferrel developed! YES! Too bad I look like a dork in it. Oh well, it's WILL FERRELL.
Funny Zoolander Line: "WHO CARES ABOUT DEREK ZOOLANDER?! THE MAN HAS ONLY ONE LOOK! Blue Steel?? Ferrari? La Tigra?... THEY'RE ALL THE SAME FACE! DOESN'T ANYONE NOTICE THIS?! I FEEL LIKE I'M TAKING CRAZY PILLS!" - Mugatu.
3/30/02 - Spring break is almost OVER. WEAK! Ah well, it's been fun while it lasted. I'm actually pretty excited about next quarter. I'll get to sign up for hip hop, choose my dorm for next year, and hang out with my school friends again. Party. Well, it's been a spanktacular week here in glamorous San Jose. THERE IS NOTHING TO DO HERE! I never realized that before going to college. Whenever my friends get together we usually take about an hour to decide what we're gonna do and it's usually either going out to eat, seeing a movie, or playing pool. That's it. That's all there is to do here in Cupertino. Yea, it's allright though. I have just as much fun hanging out with my friends in the pool room of the bowling alley as I would anywhere else. Good times, good times.
Highlights: Zoolander is a funny movie.
Current Hair Color: Gross. I want my hair to be black again please.
3/25/02 - I'm HOME! YES! Well, college is fun and all, but there really is nothing quite like having your own room and not having to go to sleep listening to the Counterstrike game your roommate is playing. SO yea, I've been here for 3 days and it's been FANTASTIC. Saturday I went to my high school's musical, which was actually pretty good. GO LYNBROOK! Sunday I went to church and saw a bunch of people I haven't seen in like forever and then after I had a day of FAMILY FUN. That's right, I saw Ice Age with my cousins and aunt and grandparents, then I ate STEAK with my parents. And.. today I hung out with Jon "the Studmuffin" Chan. We went to see Showtime, then we went to look at guitars and I bought me a super nice Ibanez RG220. SCHWING! I brought my mom in to haggle with the salesperson and she was all like, "$20 off?? Oh, UH-UH girlfriend! You best be takin off more money then that 'cuz I ain't gonna pay no $279 for that Gee-tar!" So I got $30 off the guitar, $15 off the amp, and a free strap. GO MOM!
Highlights: MY GUITAR IS AWESOME.
Current hair color: My mom is trying to convince me to dye my hair brown cuz she can't stand the blue. Uhhmm...... yea I'll think about it.
3/21/02 - Two down, one to go. Math was quite heinous. I didn't enjoy it one bit. I studied for like 9 hours yesterday, only got 3 hours of sleep, and it was still disgustingly hard. Well it wasn't sooo bad, but for the amount I worked I should have done better. Anyway, no use dwelling on it. IT'S OVER, DAWGS! Now I just gotta worry about my 5 unit physics class that I'm in danger of failing. I hope all you people with those bogus non-engineering majors - such as english.. or BIO - are having a blast yucking it up while people like me slave away in our dorm rooms trying to calculate the acceleration of a block sliding down an inclined plane (no offense to english or bio majors). LET'S HEAR IT FOR ENGINEERS!
Highlights: There's TWO today! My plural usage of "Highlights" is now actually VALID! Okay, well my first highlight is a bit overdue. I would just like to announce that my site has officially reached 2000 hits!! That's a 2 with three zeros after it, FOLKS! And NO, they were not all just me clicking on my own site. I know for a FACT that at least 50 of those hits are from people not named William Sam. SCORE! Okay, highlight number 2. A bunch of my AACF friends went to Tony Roma's yesterday cuz they were DONE with finals, and because they have all you can eat ribs. Yea, that was a lot of fun, except for the fact that I COULDN'T GO CUZ I HAD TO STUDY FOR MY 8 AM VECTOR CALCULUS FINAL. Needless to say I was quite disgruntled. Not much of a highlight, huh? WELL I'M NOT DONE, COWBOY! I was bummed all the way until 2:00 in the morning, which is when I came back from studying.. and guess what was waiting for me on my desk?? 10 BABY BACK RIBS AND ONE FAT BEEF RIB, SLATHERED IN BBQ SAUCE ALL FOR MY DINING PLEASURE. THANKS GUYS, YOU ARE AWESOME. No, seriously, that totally made my night. I totally wasn't expecting all that. BOOYAH! Anyway, I ate that for lunch today and washed it all down with a tall, icy Cactus Cooler. I LOVE IT!
Current hair color: Black with turquoise tips.
3/19/02 - One down, two to go. Chemistry wasn't all that bad. Sadly, that was probably my easiest final this quarter. I don't feel like studying so I think I'll just list all the food I have gotten in care packeages from other people. From skeeballer Kenny Park, I got Spam musobi. From crochet queen Ben Chung I got apple sauce, Capri Sun juice, goldfish crackers, Butterfinger BBs, Sour Punch Straws, Famous Amos Cookies, and a $0.36 Hostess snack cake. From CinKo I got more Famous Amos Cookies, Boppin' Berry Hi-C, Dum Dums, a cookie, and a really cheezy note. I ate for 3 hours straight last night. I am a fat fat little boy. Goodbye, washboard stomach.
Highlights: I heard the longest story about pee I have ever heard in my entire life, courtesy of PATRICK WHO!
Current Hair Color: Sea Green
3/17/02 - In case you haven't noticed, I have updated my web site for 3 consecutive days. That's AMAZING! I don't think I've done that since sophomore year of high school, when I started all this craziness. Anyway, the reason I've been so consistent with my updates is because I AM PROCRASTINATING LIKE A MOFO! WHAT AM I DOING??? Someone please talk some sense into me because I sure as heck won't realize that I'm digging myself deeper into this hole on my own. Dude, I really need to study. Okay later.
Highlights: Jane Honda bought me this elephant piggy bank that I was eyeing the other day at Ackerman!!! THANKS JANE, YOU'RE THE COOLEST!! Also, my sister got me an NYPD shirt from New York, and on top of that she brought me some oranges. LET'S HEAR IT FOR FAMILY!! BAM!
Current Hair Color: Yea it's still blue.
3/16/02 - Studied hardcore today. I have finals next week. Cuz I'm a maaaaaaniac, MAAAAANIAC, yes it's true. JAZZ HANDS!
Highlights: Happy Birthday Adrienne!
3/15/02 - Today was Pam Pao and Charisse Pua's birthdays, and tomorrow is Adrienne Ihara's! Pam Pao is cool because she listens to classical music when she studies, punches hard, and will make fun of you even if she doesn't know your name! She's the only person who can get away with that. Adrienne is cool because she is one of only 2 girls I know who's admiration of Will Ferrell is comparable to mine (the other is Miss Christina Chung). Charisse is cool because I didn't remember who she was today and I introduced myself to her like the idiot I am, and she didn't get mad or anything! HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRLS!
So yea for the birthdays we were supposed to go to Tony Roma's, and I was totally stoked cuz I wanted to get all-you-can-eat ribs. I skipped lunch and drank lots of water to expand my stomach. And you know WHAT??! Stupid Tony Roma's lost our reservation!! BAH! HEINOUS!! Anyway, it was all good at the end because there was a Chinese restaurant down the street and we ate there. No waiting! And it was soo good! Man I haven't had Chinese food that good for 10 weeks. Score! And it was cheaper too, and we had a great time, so I guess everything worked out for the best. 7 more days till spring break!
Highlights: I used the word "stoked" just now. Look in the first sentence of the second paragraph. That's GNARLY, DUDE!
Current Hair Color: Listerine colored.
3/10/02 - craziness craziness CRAZINESS! Last night was Sisters' Appreciation for AACF. The boys and I spent every free moment of last week preparing for it, and we tried to keep it a secret which is why I haven't updated this page in a while. So in case you guys didn't know already, for Sisters' Appreciation all of the guys learned to crochet from Ben "Crochet Queen" Chung, and we crocheted scarves for each girl. We also learned the dance to "Dirty Pop" and sang "Lean On Me." AAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. Well, as pansy-ish as that sounds we all had a really great time doing it and the girls truly deserved it. I'm pretty sad now that it's over, and I'm even more sad because now i have a buttload of work that I've been putting off to do. Oh yea, so last night I fell off my bed, and I'm on the TOP BUNK. And my bed is especially high because we have the new wooden bunks that actually let the bottom person have room to sit up. It was actually kinda funny cuz i woke up in mid-air, after hitting my leg on my roommate's bed under me, and so I was awake for when I actually hit the ground. Yea that was painful. My leg is still swollen because I didn't think to put ice on it. I actually just went back to bed cuz I was so tired, and when I woke up it looked like I had a second kneecap on my left leg. SICK! If anyone knows a good lawyer I'm thinking of suing the school, cuz I ordered guard rails last quarter and they never brought them. THIS IS AN OUTRAGE, AND I WILL NOT STAND FOR IT!
Highlights: The girls got us these really nice glass mugs and personalized them for each guy. My mug pretty much had everything that was in all my Buddy Profiles since the beginning of the year. There's only one word to describe that: MANTASTIC!
Current hair color: BACK TO BLUE, BABY!
3/4/02 - Well I took my physics midterm on Friday and it was rediculously hard. I HATE IT! You'd think having a dad with a PhD in physics might make you somewhat good at the subject, but you'd be COMPLETELY WRONG. Man! Well whatever. I don't care all that much. Maybe I would if my professor wasn't a confused old man. Anyway enough of that. I had a pretty good weekend. Christina Fantastic came up to visit me from Irvine. We went to Hollywood and saw a bunch of people dressed as movie characters. It was cool except that the Superman we saw was probably 40 years old and weighed 90 pounds. My British chem professor gave us a midterm today. How British is that?? MAN, is he BRITISH! That was my last midterm this quarter. Nothin' but smooth sailing and finals left for me!
Highlights: It's Monday, which means... COLOR CARTOON DAY ON MY FAR SIDE OFF THE WALL CALENDAR!! YES!
Current Hair Color: Dirty blonde. By dirty I mean puke green/yellow.
2/27/02 - I had my math midterm today. It was okay. I give it a C-. Hopefully my professor will give me a higher grade than that. Anyway, one of my fans and frequent visitors to my site, Grace Li, made this picture for me. Let's hear it for Photoshop! WHOOOO!! Okay I gotta study for physics now. SOOK!
2/25/02 - Okay so I have 2 quizzes tomorrow, a math midterm on Wednesday, and a physics midterm on Friday. LET THE SUCKING BEGIN! And today Mel Gibson is supposed to be at the premier of his movie in Westwood, which I'm gonna end up missing cuz I have to study like a madman! I wish some really hot celebrities would come to UCLA. So far they've all been guys, except for Tara Reid.. but I missed her too. Oh well, beggers can't be choosers. I just downloaded Rapper's Delight, which is one of the few rap songs I like. It's over 14 minutes long! It's like hip hop's answer to Iron Butterfly's In a Gadda Da Vida. Here are the lyrics if you like. Yup, that's it for now. Oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY JON CHAN! WHOO!
Highlights: I found out that Pam Pao thinks I'm "weird, but in a good way." SCORE!
Current Hair Color:: Alice Cho called it mint green. Sure why not.
2/23/02 - Well it's my second quarter here at UCLA. Things are going pretty well, lifewise. Schoolwise is a different story. ALL my classes are butt hard. Physics, math, chem, and chem lab. If I summarized this entire quarter up in one word it would be lkang;lanlij;lawdkf;a. Anyway, I suppose there are a few things I could do to make my situation a little better. I suppose could start studying, i could stop chatting online so much, I could go out less, or I could sit here in front of my computer and gripe about it on my web site which probably all of 2 people check (one them being myself). My fellowship is going pretty well. For those of you who don't know, I go to AACF (Asian American Christian Fellowship). I know that sounds kind of exclusive, but at least it's ASIAN. Not Korean, like KCCC or KCM or KIV. Man, Koreans are exclusive! But that's okay. The freshmen class at AACF is really great. We've been hanging out a lot and it's just good to have a supportive group of friends like back home. YEA!
Hmm, what else? I found out my math professor used to be a professional boxer in Russia. Well that's all well and good for him, but it would impress me a lot more if he could SPEAK ENGLISH. MAN! I can hardly understand him! And the rest of the class is just as lost as I am. the first midterm was open notes, open book, open calculator, open everything, and the class average was still a 49%. WEAK. OH, I saw a Z8 and a brand new 745i in westwood last night. It was incredible.
Highlights: Last week they were filming a movie called Old School on campus. Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, and Luke Wilson were all here. I saw them like EVERY day. I kind of started stalking Will Ferrell because I was determined to get an autograph. And I think he was scared of me because the first time I saw him I just kind of stared at him for 10 minutes. In awe. And I have blue hair. Anyway, long story short, I got his autograph, and a picture, and I got a free lunch because they here giving out free food at some administrative open house, and I got a UCLA sweatshirt for 25% off. BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!
Current Hair Color: mm, it's still kind of blue but people are telling me it looks green. And at certain angles it looks kind of brown. Gross! Well whatever it is, it has black roots like a mofo.