Well its been forever since my last entry. So I'm going to go list style and list the important events in Chronological order. Fall Quarter -Enrolled in Formula SAE and various classes. Non-stop work till the end of the quarter, made quite a few engineering friends in the process. Makes me respect those in the industry. -The house got a pool table and I've been practicing ever since. Mike and Kiyo are definitely cool roommates -Clutch died on me, had to pay a hefty price to get that fixed on the RX7, sucks to be without a car for 2 weeks -Hung out with Daniel and Co, got into table top D&D which is pretty fun though it takes alot of time -Got my Nintendo Wii pre-ordered by camping out early in the morning at a Gamestop and later picked it up on launch day -Wii sports rocks, Zelda was so-so, Excite truck was pretty good -Had the first big party at the house with tons of new people meet (mostly kiyo/mike's friends and some cheer leaders from fullerton) -Got a new computer, regards to Justin for the deal. Core 2 Duo E6600 + 2GB 800Mhz ram, Currently selling my old computer for 300+ -MotoGP finishes without Valetino winning YEAH! Go Nickey Hayden congrats -Neverwinter nights 2 comes out, Vey fun game, too bad I was too busy to play with everyone else -Built a half-scale of the Formula race car, over 60 hours in 5 days on top of homework, extremely tiring -Presented final design plans to a panel of engineers and got the old race car running - Finished Formula SAE and finals for the quarter which was extremely hectic Winter Break -Went back to Taiwan to visit relatives -Spent the first week with my mothers side (with my mom as well) and cousins. Went to different places in Taipei and ate tons of food. Spent one day at Taipei 101 tower, Keelung, ReiFan, and worked at uncles company for 1 day building raid units. -Went to Guang Hua electronics district to buy ping pong gear and electronics -Was forced to promise to go on a diet and was given diet pills. This in exchange for a PS3. -Went to Japan with Aunt to Hakone hot springs hotel for 3 days. Spent the time eating extremely high class tradition meals as well as soaking in hot springs (it smells like crap because of the sulfur) -Took a boat ride in Hakone to see the sites and spend the day in the various areas shopping and eating. Got to seem the mountains and Mt. Fuji from the distance (I want my Japanium damnit). -After that we headed to Shinjuku, Tokyo and stayed at a high class hotel there named the Keio Plaza. Saw the infamous kabukucho (yakuza and prostitute rings........) with my Japanese friends. Meet up with Hitonori, Seiya, Ken, Tsuyoshi, Eri, Toshio, Hidenari, and Several others in shinjuku. We went drinking and various other things in Shunjuku. -Went to Matajuku to see the Meiji temple there and go shopping, it's definitely a very expensive district. Then procedded to go to Akihabara electronics district where I saw the most porn shops in my life. As a ton of arcades, manga shops, game shops, electronics outlets, cosplay girls, and all other sort of otaku stuff. Then proceeded back to Shinjuku to eat with Relatives. -Went to shibuya to visit friends there and then proceeded to go meet other friends at Komazawa College. Hitonori and a few others were there and showed me around the campus. I met hitonori's friend who was studying abroad in England. He had very good english but had a thick accent as well. Japanese campuses are small! Then again, it might just be that UCI is huge. -The trains were definitely comfusing and shinjuku station was so huge I almost got lost. I had to use waay to much japanese in Japan even though my Japanese is really bad. -I also meet my cousin who is staying in koiwai and attending university in Japan. She looked like a Japanese doll haha. -Came back to Taiwan and then stayed with my grandmother on my Dad's side. Went and visited and ate more things in taiwan. Went to ShiMonDing with my cousin and also Guang Hua electronics distric again to get my ps3 and more gundam models. -Saw Gundam Base in Taiwan, it was incredible, almost every model and anime of gundam known to man was there. Also had the best tapioca milk tea in Taiwan, it was incredible. -Hung out at my aunt's office and talked with her coworkers as well as visited the surrounding area. Went to several other places in taiwan as well as my cousins' houses. -Came back to America after receiving my PS3 and hung out at home. Had the usual yearly party at my house, were Jesse, Gus, Stephenson, Suzuki, Stephen, and Andrew came over. Berden was also there which was pretty cool. We pretty much played wii and PS3 the entire time plus some comp games until it was time to go back to school. Winter Quarter -Started a new quarter with new classes. Had a little get together last thursday. It was pretty fun as well as started to play R6 Vegas. Its pretty damn fun. That's it for now. Catches up and is pretty damn long list of stuff. -Josh out | 