Ranch in Texas.
12/28/2004
11/30/2004
Crazy Drivers
Upon arriving at Dallas, I have tried to drive three cars already, Honda passport (SUV), Jeep Grand Cherokee, Honda Accord. i think i like Jeep most since I drove it more times than other three.
Arthur told me some things about driving in Dallas, one thing is, don't signal while changing lanes. well, in the drive test we are supposed to signal, he added, but in fact while you're driving on Texas highway, if you signal then no one will let you go to their front. and it is true!
yesterday I drove back from my brother's apt to Arthur's house, a 10 min drive including 5 miles on the highway. the highway entrances are pretty short, which means you have to accerlate in a short time and merge into the other lane, usually people won't let get in front of them easily, so it is very important to watch the mirrors and blind spots.
after driving on they highway for a while, i tried to change from inside lane to outside lane, so that i could exit the highway. HOWEVER, i thought i have some distance from the car behind me in the ouside lane, therefore i signaled and wanted to change lane. that car just suddenly speeded up and while i checked my blind spot, he was there trying to pass over me. therefore, i have to wait for him to pass so that i can change lanes.
this teach me something, first, it is really important to check mirrors and blind spots. second, arthur was right, generally speaking, many TX drivers are pretty rude.
Arthur told me some things about driving in Dallas, one thing is, don't signal while changing lanes. well, in the drive test we are supposed to signal, he added, but in fact while you're driving on Texas highway, if you signal then no one will let you go to their front. and it is true!
yesterday I drove back from my brother's apt to Arthur's house, a 10 min drive including 5 miles on the highway. the highway entrances are pretty short, which means you have to accerlate in a short time and merge into the other lane, usually people won't let get in front of them easily, so it is very important to watch the mirrors and blind spots.
after driving on they highway for a while, i tried to change from inside lane to outside lane, so that i could exit the highway. HOWEVER, i thought i have some distance from the car behind me in the ouside lane, therefore i signaled and wanted to change lane. that car just suddenly speeded up and while i checked my blind spot, he was there trying to pass over me. therefore, i have to wait for him to pass so that i can change lanes.
this teach me something, first, it is really important to check mirrors and blind spots. second, arthur was right, generally speaking, many TX drivers are pretty rude.
11/25/2004
LINKSYS where are you?
I lost your signal!
I am staying witih my relatives in Dallas. There's only dialup in the house, and i feel like back to the stoneage coz i haven't been using dialup for so long, maybe last time i use dialup was the last time i visted Dallas! Now Texas is giving me an impression of stone age, and after hearing my thoughts, my counsin gave a comment. he said, go yours.
meanwhile my dear Eddie who already arrived at Beijing and enjoyed a big meal is happily sleeping in a 5-star hotel-like apartment with wireless and marble floor in the room. but he didn't get online and he declares that he will not check his emails during his vacation. I guess he will have a great time there in Beijing and I feel kinda jealous coz I am not having as much fun as he has now. Kick your ass Eddie! i am not gonna let you have an easy life after you come back!
I am staying witih my relatives in Dallas. There's only dialup in the house, and i feel like back to the stoneage coz i haven't been using dialup for so long, maybe last time i use dialup was the last time i visted Dallas! Now Texas is giving me an impression of stone age, and after hearing my thoughts, my counsin gave a comment. he said, go yours.
meanwhile my dear Eddie who already arrived at Beijing and enjoyed a big meal is happily sleeping in a 5-star hotel-like apartment with wireless and marble floor in the room. but he didn't get online and he declares that he will not check his emails during his vacation. I guess he will have a great time there in Beijing and I feel kinda jealous coz I am not having as much fun as he has now. Kick your ass Eddie! i am not gonna let you have an easy life after you come back!
11/18/2004
I just failed!
I went to drive test this afternoon in the stupid town Bothell and failed it. I know it is wrong to say bad things about Bothell but I need to let my anger/depression go or I will get sick, mentally. Therefore, TMD you da-bian town Bothell.
I know the officer is trying to make sure everyone drive safely and I did make some mistakes but if I don't blame him, then I will have no one to blame except myself, and I don't want to do that coz that will only get me depressed. Therefore, TMD you curvy hair White zhu.
Go your mother's, go!
I know the officer is trying to make sure everyone drive safely and I did make some mistakes but if I don't blame him, then I will have no one to blame except myself, and I don't want to do that coz that will only get me depressed. Therefore, TMD you curvy hair White zhu.
Go your mother's, go!
11/15/2004
11/08/2004
About Language, again. and Beijingnese
Ok, I have a lot to learn about English, which is very true. Meanwhile, lacking of Chinese reading made my Chinese writing worse. Will I end up not being able to handle both languages?
Probably not. The only thing that is improving is the speed of my Chinese speaking. I got it improved by argueing/chatting with Eddie the Beijingnese. Eddie speaks Chinese faster than I am and speaks English faster than I am; however, he's not going to take the lead, coz I read both Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese faster than he is. (Let's not talk about English reading here, that will just embarrass both of us...) He asked me to read him articles written in Simplified Chinese for him, and I would respond with "I thought they teach Simplified Chinese in China."
Eddie told me that because English is not our mother tongue, we tend to imitate how other people speak English, and we won't be able to show our true personality. In my opinion, yes and no. It is true that it's more difficult to show my personality while speaking in English, but this happens to me even when I talk to people whom I meet for the first time, no matter he/she speaks Chinese or English. So, I would say it is about personality more than language ability.
But the part of mimicing how other people speak English, it is very true because I have been doing that all the time. That might be the reason why I feel "pissed off" is stronger than "upset."
Probably not. The only thing that is improving is the speed of my Chinese speaking. I got it improved by argueing/chatting with Eddie the Beijingnese. Eddie speaks Chinese faster than I am and speaks English faster than I am; however, he's not going to take the lead, coz I read both Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese faster than he is. (Let's not talk about English reading here, that will just embarrass both of us...) He asked me to read him articles written in Simplified Chinese for him, and I would respond with "I thought they teach Simplified Chinese in China."
Eddie told me that because English is not our mother tongue, we tend to imitate how other people speak English, and we won't be able to show our true personality. In my opinion, yes and no. It is true that it's more difficult to show my personality while speaking in English, but this happens to me even when I talk to people whom I meet for the first time, no matter he/she speaks Chinese or English. So, I would say it is about personality more than language ability.
But the part of mimicing how other people speak English, it is very true because I have been doing that all the time. That might be the reason why I feel "pissed off" is stronger than "upset."
11/03/2004
Languages. Sounds new to me!
Couple things I learned about English recently,
First, don't say "pissed" or "pissing" to people you just met, unless they are video production people. I said this word to a real estate agent and she seems shocked. That made me wonder if it's the wrong usage when I said "if I were the person who live downstairs, I will definitely pissed by the noise." But it is funny when I found that all directors i met said words like "fucking" "jerk off" and blahblah.
Second, by learning to drive, I tend to speak dirty words more frequently and more easily. When someone honked me while it is not necessary, I say, "fuck you." Of course I don't really want to do that, but it's just a way to express how upset I am.
Third, foreginers, especially Chinese and Taiwanese, tend to speak a lot of "yeah, yeah, yeah" during conversation. It becomes so unnatural and made the conversation plain. And it reminds me of Usher's song. Alrite, that's not the point, but I don't like to hear conversation like that, especially the person who speaks that "yeah yeah yeah" most of the time is a girl with plain looking and plain dress and a plain Asian face.
Oh I am so mean! that girl might be me sometimes. Who knows how other people look at me!
First, don't say "pissed" or "pissing" to people you just met, unless they are video production people. I said this word to a real estate agent and she seems shocked. That made me wonder if it's the wrong usage when I said "if I were the person who live downstairs, I will definitely pissed by the noise." But it is funny when I found that all directors i met said words like "fucking" "jerk off" and blahblah.
Second, by learning to drive, I tend to speak dirty words more frequently and more easily. When someone honked me while it is not necessary, I say, "fuck you." Of course I don't really want to do that, but it's just a way to express how upset I am.
Third, foreginers, especially Chinese and Taiwanese, tend to speak a lot of "yeah, yeah, yeah" during conversation. It becomes so unnatural and made the conversation plain. And it reminds me of Usher's song. Alrite, that's not the point, but I don't like to hear conversation like that, especially the person who speaks that "yeah yeah yeah" most of the time is a girl with plain looking and plain dress and a plain Asian face.
Oh I am so mean! that girl might be me sometimes. Who knows how other people look at me!
11/01/2004
Lucky or not
I always regarded myself as a person who lacks of luck. Therefore, when something good happens to me, I feel that's a blessing; when something bad happens, I know it is by nature and irresistable.
Keeping this idea in mind, I found that I have been very lucky to have family and friends support me all the time. But now, alone with Eddie here in Seattle, sometimes I feel a little bit lost.
I started to doubt what I should do, what I can do, what I will be, and what is the future lying in front of me. I started to ask myself, "What are you doing, Lizzie?"
Keeping this idea in mind, I found that I have been very lucky to have family and friends support me all the time. But now, alone with Eddie here in Seattle, sometimes I feel a little bit lost.
I started to doubt what I should do, what I can do, what I will be, and what is the future lying in front of me. I started to ask myself, "What are you doing, Lizzie?"
10/27/2004
So I work for another independent video production
just went to interview with them, it's actually not an interview but more like an introductory to their house/studio/crew. met cute people and crazy people. how come i am feeling like to hang out with gay/lesbian more than straight people?
i think i need some more experience for web design and graphic design.
i think i need some more experience for web design and graphic design.
10/15/2004
So I work for an independent film production team
I've been working with this group of people for near two months, so far, had a lot of fun. However this is going to end, and i am thinking what i should do next.
Working/hanging out with gay people are more fun than working this some straight/conservative people, even though I am straight. I feel my gay friends accept me as friend more easily than many straight people I have met.
But who knows, maybe it's bcoz of my poor English that created a wall between me and others.
And I am glad to work on some video/film projects, so that I won't keep myself too far from what I learned in school. Somehow I felt guilty if I decide to pursue another major, I will especially feel sorry to my advisor Bob, for he has been supporting me through my production, and gave me that big hug when I fell.
Thanks, Bob. I kinda miss you, really.
Working/hanging out with gay people are more fun than working this some straight/conservative people, even though I am straight. I feel my gay friends accept me as friend more easily than many straight people I have met.
But who knows, maybe it's bcoz of my poor English that created a wall between me and others.
And I am glad to work on some video/film projects, so that I won't keep myself too far from what I learned in school. Somehow I felt guilty if I decide to pursue another major, I will especially feel sorry to my advisor Bob, for he has been supporting me through my production, and gave me that big hug when I fell.
Thanks, Bob. I kinda miss you, really.
9/30/2004
Mount St. Helens Likely to Erupt
Says 70% possibility that the mountain is going to erupt in few days/weeks. I feel sorry for people who live near that neighborhood, but I DO want to visit the mountain since it's going to erupt. In my life I never live so close to a LIVE VOLCANO, kinda excited. Eddie is lookging forward to some earthquakes coz he has heard people talking about the big earth quake that happened few years ago in Seattle just right before he headed to Seattle for summer internship. And me, talked about all the earthquakes we had in Taiwan and my memory about 921, which sounds very exciting to him.
Natural disasters hurt many people therefore we shouldn feel sympathy instead of excitment, but as I mentioned in another journal of mine: the bridge broke down during typhoon, and I am sorry all I want to do it to check it out how bad it is.
we are bad people, but we are not mean. I promise I will buy some souvenir and donate some money to help local business.
Natural disasters hurt many people therefore we shouldn feel sympathy instead of excitment, but as I mentioned in another journal of mine: the bridge broke down during typhoon, and I am sorry all I want to do it to check it out how bad it is.
we are bad people, but we are not mean. I promise I will buy some souvenir and donate some money to help local business.
9/21/2004
9/16/2004
Suzuki Ichiro
This is actually the second time i went to his game.
Eddie insists on bringing the eel bento into the field while I am as usual says that's kinda embarrased to eat eel bento in front of soooooo many people and some people might not feel comfortable about the smell. then Eddie said, what about those who had Nacho while watching baseball game? alrite, he got the point. so we brought food to the field.
people sitting next to us actually asked where we got our food, and people don't really pay attention to us. so things went pretty smoothly.
In the baseball field I always feel like touching the core of American culture: the way people cheered, the songs they're singing, and what food they sold (pizza, beer, beer, beer, cotton candy, peanut...). and there's Suzuki Ichiro.
So cute as he always be, that's all i can say.
You must think this is a boring blog, i didn't mean to make it like this, but Ichiro is Ichiro, what can i say, you must see him in person.
Eddie insists on bringing the eel bento into the field while I am as usual says that's kinda embarrased to eat eel bento in front of soooooo many people and some people might not feel comfortable about the smell. then Eddie said, what about those who had Nacho while watching baseball game? alrite, he got the point. so we brought food to the field.
people sitting next to us actually asked where we got our food, and people don't really pay attention to us. so things went pretty smoothly.
In the baseball field I always feel like touching the core of American culture: the way people cheered, the songs they're singing, and what food they sold (pizza, beer, beer, beer, cotton candy, peanut...). and there's Suzuki Ichiro.
So cute as he always be, that's all i can say.
You must think this is a boring blog, i didn't mean to make it like this, but Ichiro is Ichiro, what can i say, you must see him in person.
9/14/2004
9/08/2004
Seattle Ramen Guide, Part 2
As usual, I got lazy after first post. I should have quit writing series of articles. One of the reason I quit is bcoz I forgot one of the Ramen restaurant's name... anyway, here are what I remembered.
3. Koji Osakaya 89 University St. (at Harbor Steps), Seattle
In short, good ramen and not expensive. It has two stores in seattle, one is in downtown, the other one is on the westlake Ave. Check their website and you'll see they have more stores in Portland area. not too expensive, and I like their sushi too. it located near Seattle Art Museum.
4. Tokyo Japanese Restaurant Loehmann's Plaza (3500 Factoria Blvd SE, Bellevue)
This store has ramen only at lunch time. They have a long list of side dishes, which looks dilicious but not cheap.
to be continued...
3. Koji Osakaya 89 University St. (at Harbor Steps), Seattle
In short, good ramen and not expensive. It has two stores in seattle, one is in downtown, the other one is on the westlake Ave. Check their website and you'll see they have more stores in Portland area. not too expensive, and I like their sushi too. it located near Seattle Art Museum.
4. Tokyo Japanese Restaurant Loehmann's Plaza (3500 Factoria Blvd SE, Bellevue)
This store has ramen only at lunch time. They have a long list of side dishes, which looks dilicious but not cheap.
to be continued...
9/02/2004
Seattle Ramen Guide -part 1
Ramen is different from instant noodles, this is the first thing. the second one is, the soup of Ramen requires a complicated procedure to do it, it's not like other ordinary noodle soup.
Eddie suddenly fell in love with Ramen, so he decided to search for restaurant that sells Ramen. He started with this website WORLD RAMEN. and since I am the "search Queen," I later on discovered a fantastic website called JINA (Japanese in American) that lists many Japanese business, including hair salon (this is also what i need from japanese) and restaurants. My opinion is, living in the US, there are certain things you do need to depend on Japanese.
So, this is my list of Japanese restuarnts that sell Ramen. I believe there are lots more waiting for us to discover, hahahaha....... (fade out)
1. MAMA SAN
131 106th Av NE Bellevue, WA 98004
This is an interesting restaurant, it works like a normal Japanese restaurant during lunch time, however, acts like a Japanese Nite Club in the evening. it has weird dinner time starts from 8:30pm, customers mostly are single males, and you'll see waitress dressed up sitting with these guys and chatting. now i think any asian that has common sense knows what i am trying to say here. My suggestion is, if you want to taste Ramen only, go there during lunch time, it's cheaper. If you want to chat with waitress, visit there after 8:30pm and don't bring any female with you. Overall, Eddie loves their Ramen and rated them #1 for quite a while until we found Koji Osaka.(which is also tasty and cheaper)
2. Aki
4520 200th St.SW, Lynnwood WA
This store is pretty far, and I mistakenly ordered a miso Ramen that I didn't like. However it is still an option if you are near that area. the interier of the store is kinda cute, and they do have a variety of different noodles including Korean food on their menu. But I do like their Japanese comics book selection, not a great collection but has some essentials.
to be continued...
Ramen is different from instant noodles, this is the first thing. the second one is, the soup of Ramen requires a complicated procedure to do it, it's not like other ordinary noodle soup.
Eddie suddenly fell in love with Ramen, so he decided to search for restaurant that sells Ramen. He started with this website WORLD RAMEN. and since I am the "search Queen," I later on discovered a fantastic website called JINA (Japanese in American) that lists many Japanese business, including hair salon (this is also what i need from japanese) and restaurants. My opinion is, living in the US, there are certain things you do need to depend on Japanese.
So, this is my list of Japanese restuarnts that sell Ramen. I believe there are lots more waiting for us to discover, hahahaha....... (fade out)
1. MAMA SAN
131 106th Av NE Bellevue, WA 98004
This is an interesting restaurant, it works like a normal Japanese restaurant during lunch time, however, acts like a Japanese Nite Club in the evening. it has weird dinner time starts from 8:30pm, customers mostly are single males, and you'll see waitress dressed up sitting with these guys and chatting. now i think any asian that has common sense knows what i am trying to say here. My suggestion is, if you want to taste Ramen only, go there during lunch time, it's cheaper. If you want to chat with waitress, visit there after 8:30pm and don't bring any female with you. Overall, Eddie loves their Ramen and rated them #1 for quite a while until we found Koji Osaka.(which is also tasty and cheaper)
2. Aki
4520 200th St.SW, Lynnwood WA
This store is pretty far, and I mistakenly ordered a miso Ramen that I didn't like. However it is still an option if you are near that area. the interier of the store is kinda cute, and they do have a variety of different noodles including Korean food on their menu. But I do like their Japanese comics book selection, not a great collection but has some essentials.
to be continued...
8/23/2004
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8/19/2004
Met Michael Chang
I am sorry but I've always wanted to meet Pete Sampras more.
Anyway, i met michael chang yesterday when i was sitting in a STARBUCKS by the entrace of CROSSROAD mall in Bellevue.
he was wearing sunglasses and walking into the mall with a girl. i thought that's him but wasn't sure coz he wasn't as tall as i expected and i couldn't see his eyes. so i sat down immediately turned on my laptop and google how tall he is.
ok, 175cm. at the same time he walked out of the mall again, this time with his sunglasses off. i bet that's him, if it's not, then this guy must have beem asked to go to the "superstar face" show!!
Michael lives in mercer island, which is an expensive area and only few mins away from Bellevue. therefore it is reasonable for him to show up in that mall. i think.
I am sorry but I've always wanted to meet Pete Sampras more.
Anyway, i met michael chang yesterday when i was sitting in a STARBUCKS by the entrace of CROSSROAD mall in Bellevue.
he was wearing sunglasses and walking into the mall with a girl. i thought that's him but wasn't sure coz he wasn't as tall as i expected and i couldn't see his eyes. so i sat down immediately turned on my laptop and google how tall he is.
ok, 175cm. at the same time he walked out of the mall again, this time with his sunglasses off. i bet that's him, if it's not, then this guy must have beem asked to go to the "superstar face" show!!
Michael lives in mercer island, which is an expensive area and only few mins away from Bellevue. therefore it is reasonable for him to show up in that mall. i think.
8/18/2004
12 GIRLS BAND in seattle
we got the news of the 12 Girls Band coming to Seattle and performed in the MOORE theater 2 hours before the show started. so we went there see if there's any tickets left, luckily, there were still a lot (i guess their audiences are mainly asians), so we paid total 52 for 2 tickets.
my comments are
1. Performance OK (i mean acting part, that's part of music performance too)
2. Speakers 2 thumbs down, SO BAD! i heard harsh feedback and very high frequency of irretating sound during the performance
3. Stage/theater 1 thumb down, it made the perforamce looks cheap, but i don't blame them coz there were not many choices around. they're just not smart to pick up this place, i bet many auditoiums in schools are better than this one
4. Music performance soso, I could hardly tell if the music sounds good coz the computer generated backgound music was soooooooo LOUD! Audio engineer deserves being kicked ass for 100 times for his bad mixing.
5. VERY commercial. Their performances gave me an impression of using loud music to cover any weakness. they don't really have music that can show how great they can play their instruments. these were OK with me, since that's how they sold their CD and we all have difference preferences.
Finally when I felt dissapointed that I couldn't tell if their performance was good or not (coz i couldn't hear the music from their instruments clearly), Eddie insisted staying and shaking hands with those girls. I didn't like the idea but i agreed to stay coz i'd like to check out one of the pi-pa girls. However the theater staff ask people who didn't have their CDs to leave so that they could start to sign autograph for those who have CDs. we pretended we have CD and stood with others but there's not much fun coz they don't speak English and the theater staff didn't want people to chat with them coz that's gonna waste the time.
Eddie was pretty mean, when we checked the posters outside the theater, he said there are only two girls in the band are "ok-to-go-out-with-as-a-date," but i think they looked better in persons than in the posters. and we almost had a fight coz he said the performance was nice while i strongly disagreed. PERSONALLY i agreed that they might have excellent performances somewhere else but definitely not tonite in Seattle.
we got the news of the 12 Girls Band coming to Seattle and performed in the MOORE theater 2 hours before the show started. so we went there see if there's any tickets left, luckily, there were still a lot (i guess their audiences are mainly asians), so we paid total 52 for 2 tickets.
my comments are
1. Performance OK (i mean acting part, that's part of music performance too)
2. Speakers 2 thumbs down, SO BAD! i heard harsh feedback and very high frequency of irretating sound during the performance
3. Stage/theater 1 thumb down, it made the perforamce looks cheap, but i don't blame them coz there were not many choices around. they're just not smart to pick up this place, i bet many auditoiums in schools are better than this one
4. Music performance soso, I could hardly tell if the music sounds good coz the computer generated backgound music was soooooooo LOUD! Audio engineer deserves being kicked ass for 100 times for his bad mixing.
5. VERY commercial. Their performances gave me an impression of using loud music to cover any weakness. they don't really have music that can show how great they can play their instruments. these were OK with me, since that's how they sold their CD and we all have difference preferences.
Finally when I felt dissapointed that I couldn't tell if their performance was good or not (coz i couldn't hear the music from their instruments clearly), Eddie insisted staying and shaking hands with those girls. I didn't like the idea but i agreed to stay coz i'd like to check out one of the pi-pa girls. However the theater staff ask people who didn't have their CDs to leave so that they could start to sign autograph for those who have CDs. we pretended we have CD and stood with others but there's not much fun coz they don't speak English and the theater staff didn't want people to chat with them coz that's gonna waste the time.
Eddie was pretty mean, when we checked the posters outside the theater, he said there are only two girls in the band are "ok-to-go-out-with-as-a-date," but i think they looked better in persons than in the posters. and we almost had a fight coz he said the performance was nice while i strongly disagreed. PERSONALLY i agreed that they might have excellent performances somewhere else but definitely not tonite in Seattle.
8/17/2004
CLOUD 9
There are couple things happening. First I found a group of people doing independent film with low-budget and looking for volunteer crew positions. Therefore I volunteered.
I went to meet the director on Sunday and it came out nice, he welcomed me abroad. We talked for several minutes and he told me that his background is theater/film.
Theater! it immediately reminds me of COULD 9 and how i finally found out the meaning of this word.
During our old fine days, we were in COULD 9.
check my chinese BLOG (personal newspaper) at ABOVE THE SKY
There are couple things happening. First I found a group of people doing independent film with low-budget and looking for volunteer crew positions. Therefore I volunteered.
I went to meet the director on Sunday and it came out nice, he welcomed me abroad. We talked for several minutes and he told me that his background is theater/film.
Theater! it immediately reminds me of COULD 9 and how i finally found out the meaning of this word.
During our old fine days, we were in COULD 9.
check my chinese BLOG (personal newspaper) at ABOVE THE SKY
8/16/2004
8/12/2004
8/09/2004
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Final episode of my neighbor. I will delete them in the future.
alright, this time i am gonna make it really short.
so my story continues.
we (actually only the director) decided we three have to meet, so we finally have a chance face to face. my neighbor started saying she doesn't like to complain but hell! lady you complained about me all the time and you don't come over to talk with me but reported me all the time. and she continued to complain what i did to wake her up in the middle of the night such as i was punching the closet. HEY! i've never done that, i am a considerate person and quiet roommate and known for that from my college years. whatever she comlained but she couldn't prove it and i think she's trying to make things up to make herself sounds more miserable.
anyway this meeting didn't come to a perfect conclusion but i promised to change the setting of my speakers and lowered down my volumne during the night. i felt so much pressure in my room and the pressure pushed me to stay in the lab for longer. that's a good thing coz i got more time to work on my school project.
another good thing is, i found my japanese neighbor very nice to me, she told me that she tried to talk to the director on her own and saying some good things about me and saying if anyone should move out of the dorm, that would definitely be my other neighbor. thanks to her~
here we also learned a lesson, that is if some taiwanese wants to be an american, you'd better keep a distance from her coz she might enjoy suing people.
so my story continues.
we (actually only the director) decided we three have to meet, so we finally have a chance face to face. my neighbor started saying she doesn't like to complain but hell! lady you complained about me all the time and you don't come over to talk with me but reported me all the time. and she continued to complain what i did to wake her up in the middle of the night such as i was punching the closet. HEY! i've never done that, i am a considerate person and quiet roommate and known for that from my college years. whatever she comlained but she couldn't prove it and i think she's trying to make things up to make herself sounds more miserable.
anyway this meeting didn't come to a perfect conclusion but i promised to change the setting of my speakers and lowered down my volumne during the night. i felt so much pressure in my room and the pressure pushed me to stay in the lab for longer. that's a good thing coz i got more time to work on my school project.
another good thing is, i found my japanese neighbor very nice to me, she told me that she tried to talk to the director on her own and saying some good things about me and saying if anyone should move out of the dorm, that would definitely be my other neighbor. thanks to her~
here we also learned a lesson, that is if some taiwanese wants to be an american, you'd better keep a distance from her coz she might enjoy suing people.
UNfortunately that's my neighbor - part 2
Wa, after nearly six months, i am back again to finish up my story.
i've talked about this experience too many times and got sick of it myself, so i'll try to make it short.
After my neighbor came to complain about my noise, i got upset and tried to talk to my other side of neighbor, she's a japanese.
OH you're totally fine! i didn't hear you much, but i DID hear her knocking the closet and was wondering what happened.
so she responded.
the following monday after the "friday knocking event," i got a mail asking me to talk to the director of the hall. BITCH! i couldn't fight alone so i asked one of my friend Alice who was there in my room when it happened and my suitmate the japanese girl. we didn't meet the director coz he was out of office, so i have to go back myself the second, and i Did.
before i went to visit the director, my boyfriend Eddie tried to make a call to him and helped me to explain in case i got too anxious.
from the director i found my neighbor complained a lot about me, some she didn't even mention to me, hell knows if she made it up or not. but what happened was on SUNDAY, someone wrote a message on her white board on the door says "you smell." apparently my neighbor thought that was me, so she tried to reach me but i went to the library. then she called the police and the housing department in school and was crying. this is really unfair i hate people pretending they are weak but actually they are HARMFUL!!
if she can take "you smell" so seriously, i should have called police when she wanted to "fuck your mom."
unfortunately i also cried in the director's office like my psycho neighbor did, so the director said, we need to have both of you here to talk about this.
i've talked about this experience too many times and got sick of it myself, so i'll try to make it short.
After my neighbor came to complain about my noise, i got upset and tried to talk to my other side of neighbor, she's a japanese.
OH you're totally fine! i didn't hear you much, but i DID hear her knocking the closet and was wondering what happened.
so she responded.
the following monday after the "friday knocking event," i got a mail asking me to talk to the director of the hall. BITCH! i couldn't fight alone so i asked one of my friend Alice who was there in my room when it happened and my suitmate the japanese girl. we didn't meet the director coz he was out of office, so i have to go back myself the second, and i Did.
before i went to visit the director, my boyfriend Eddie tried to make a call to him and helped me to explain in case i got too anxious.
from the director i found my neighbor complained a lot about me, some she didn't even mention to me, hell knows if she made it up or not. but what happened was on SUNDAY, someone wrote a message on her white board on the door says "you smell." apparently my neighbor thought that was me, so she tried to reach me but i went to the library. then she called the police and the housing department in school and was crying. this is really unfair i hate people pretending they are weak but actually they are HARMFUL!!
if she can take "you smell" so seriously, i should have called police when she wanted to "fuck your mom."
unfortunately i also cried in the director's office like my psycho neighbor did, so the director said, we need to have both of you here to talk about this.
2/24/2004
HA-LO, people
message from Lansing, MI. i've been talking like whispering for 5 days, the reason is bcoz a psycho living next door to me. I AM LIVING IN A DORM and between our closet there's only one wooden board to serve as the wall.
Friday evening around 7, i was listening to music and chatting with two friends. suddenly the psycho started to KNOCK and PUNCH the wall with hanger and something maybe her hands or feet.
"Hey what you doing?" my friend asked
"Shut your music! FUCK YOUR MOM! FUCK!"
we three were kinda scared and decided she's a psycho, we'd better leave her alone.
knock, knock. after 10 mins she came to my door. i have no choice but open it up, no what?
we have to talk about the noise problem, I TOLD YOU TO BE QUIET BUT YOU DIDN'T IMPROVE!
(oh shit, i thought)alright, first I DID TRY TO LOWER DOWN MY VOLUME AND TURN THE SUBWOOFER DOWN, but i didn't know you have such little tolerance.
I CAN HEAR EVERY WORD YOU SAID ON THE PHONE! I DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO YOUR PRIVATE TALK! I HAVE TO USE PILLOW TO COVER MY EARS!
well maybe i was disturbing you, i am sorry i didn't know you were studying. but please, COME KNOCK ON THE DOOR instead of PUNCHING the CLOSET!!
alright she left.
message from Lansing, MI. i've been talking like whispering for 5 days, the reason is bcoz a psycho living next door to me. I AM LIVING IN A DORM and between our closet there's only one wooden board to serve as the wall.
Friday evening around 7, i was listening to music and chatting with two friends. suddenly the psycho started to KNOCK and PUNCH the wall with hanger and something maybe her hands or feet.
"Hey what you doing?" my friend asked
"Shut your music! FUCK YOUR MOM! FUCK!"
we three were kinda scared and decided she's a psycho, we'd better leave her alone.
knock, knock. after 10 mins she came to my door. i have no choice but open it up, no what?
we have to talk about the noise problem, I TOLD YOU TO BE QUIET BUT YOU DIDN'T IMPROVE!
(oh shit, i thought)alright, first I DID TRY TO LOWER DOWN MY VOLUME AND TURN THE SUBWOOFER DOWN, but i didn't know you have such little tolerance.
I CAN HEAR EVERY WORD YOU SAID ON THE PHONE! I DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO YOUR PRIVATE TALK! I HAVE TO USE PILLOW TO COVER MY EARS!
well maybe i was disturbing you, i am sorry i didn't know you were studying. but please, COME KNOCK ON THE DOOR instead of PUNCHING the CLOSET!!
alright she left.
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