Phuc

SITE HAS MOVED

2006-06-14T19:10:00.000-04:00

To all my post readers. The site has moved to

http://phucnguyen.com

PLEASE GO THERE and UPDATE your LINKS! Thanks

If I had to write a book....

2006-04-13T21:22:00.000-04:00

...I'd write a book about me :-)

Just something strange and upbeat. Due time for another entry soon.

(Greek mythology) Immortal Winged Horse

2006-04-02T16:10:00.000-04:00

...that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of high-flying imagination...a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Andromeda and Pisces
(dictionary.com)

The Pegasus Collection:
Please see Origami section for further details.

Some roses :-)

2006-03-26T22:34:00.000-05:00

Up all night and I'm stuffed!

2006-03-07T05:23:00.000-05:00

I thought I'd take a much needed break from all this exam studying to document my 2nd all nighter this week. Alright friends here is the run down:

So far I've eaten:

::1 serving of Mixed Berry low fat yogurt
::my lucky night- popped in 65 cents into a vending machine and down came 2 cans of Coke
::instantly became greedy--inserted in another 65 cents into the same machine, and ordered a Sprite--down came ONLY one :-/
*lesson learned: priceless*
::drank a 32oz Powerade- Fruit Punch
::ate 4 servings of "Beef Oley" jerky
::drank approximately 64oz of water in a 2hr span

it's 5:31AM

:hmm now I'm contemplating what to eat next...

perhaps this nice looking table? haha

The Amazing Vincent Floderer

2006-03-02T23:45:00.000-05:00

I want to post something I havn't done a while :-) An origami instruction that is very simple and impressive to look at. For those who are into the origami world, the name Vincent Floderer is fairly common. But for those who are unfamiliar, please google for his name or click here to read what the British Origami Society has to say about him.

For the video to how to make the pictured mushroom:
**Click Here: **
http://features.aroundcarolina.com/origami/

Let me know if anybody finish it. :-) Enjoy folding

The "Hi- Bye" Girl From Purdue

2006-02-21T01:03:00.000-05:00

Something quite paculier happened today. At around 12:20 PM, as I was riding my bike to Chinese class and something caught my eyes. Ahead of me I saw a girl I thought I knew, at the time I didn't think too much about it because biking to class is such an enjoyable experience. hahaa well sometimes. I glanced at this girl, and then as I pass by her she waved at me...I turned my head back to inquire, "Hi there! Have we met?" but driving without looking can be mighty risky. haha Needless to say I almost had a collision. If I recall correctly, she was an asian girl, with long hair, and at the time wore a black winter coat. Ironicly, approximately 2.5 weeks ago, while standing on the steps of the Electrical Engineering building making a phone call to First Investors Corporation, an asian walked in and said, "hi" I didn't say anything cause I was speaking with the representive. Can these two girls be the same girl? I sure like to know her name and properly introduce myself. haha Oh well, at least she was pretty
:-D

Signing out.

Attack! Attack! Go!!

2006-02-17T00:27:00.000-05:00

Who here knows what Slam Poetry is? haha Thinking back to the days of Wadi Cafe Slam Poetry nights, I get the crinch! Read through my poems not too long ago and haha MY! what was [I] thinking?? At the time it seemed to be a good idea, infact I'll go as far as "grrreat!" idea. Now I'm just not quite sure what to think. Was I sane back then? Noway! I could have written that. hahaha! I remember a bunch of us, Sibo, Lisa, Rachael, and myself, even published our poems into cyberspace.
What were we thinking....?!?
I remember always losing except THAT one time. Boy what a great feeling that was. Thanks to Sam Priest haha the president of my fan club, was elected to become a judge!! w00t! talk about amazing. I kicked Rachael, Lisa, and Sibo in the behinds with one GIGANTIC kick. I said, "GO! out of the door, tonight is MY show fools!" hahaha Oh yeah I won. I don't get it, Lisa's poems always depresses me and she won most often. ......I smell conspiracy, just like the conspiracy to kill JFK. There is infact a video of one the performances.

(Right-click: Save-as)
*Video Error*

Finally my Xuan video is working!

2006-02-02T14:36:00.000-05:00

Nhu Quynh:
Cau Chuyen Dau Nam
*I suggest after hitting the play button--hit pause to allow for the video to load at least 1/4 of the way before playing.*

Tet Xuan! Or Happy New Year

2006-01-29T19:56:00.000-05:00

Cau Chuyen Dau Nam
Nhu Quynh
*My favorite Tet song*

::Video::
Cau Chuyen Dau Nam

The weekend was a blast! Spontaneously last Friday night I beamed up Alex with a short and to the point IM: "hey-new year IU-free food!" But all I got back was: "I'm away from the computer right now..." haha I was talking to his away message. He called and then we were on the open road. We really didn't know why we decided to proceed with the trip...maybe it was a calling for a FREE Chinese dinner that sibo mentioned to me several days back and the expectation of seeing something culturally interesting.

Our expectations for this IU trip:

To see sibo do his yo-yo performance or aleast witness the modern day chinese torture test, sibo jumping in and out in between two giant rods or get his foot smashed to pieces! MUAH!
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We brought along our umbrellas because the forecast predicted rain in the Bloomington area. The trip to IU was fairly calm and nothing out of the ordinary happened. But however, ordinary turned extraordinary when we hit the IU campus, as if Jimmy Hendrix sudden shot us with some of his funkyfied random coolness! We saw rows after rows of empty parking lots calling out our names (the parking lots were close to where the event was taking place). I didn't know what to think. Alex suggested we ought not to give in since we didn't have a parking permit in the multiple 24hr tow zones. It was not until 15mins and what seemed like 50 blocks later, did we find a public parking spot.

We walked the narrow sidewalks and Jay-walked across the streets and finally arrived at IU auditorium. "Golly Secret-Asian-Man-Phuc this seems like a really formal event. What shall we do?" inquired Alex. "CountryBoy-2-Rapper Alex, don't worry we'll act like we're from IU and stay cool! Lets give sibo a call." "Good idea," replied Alex. We called sibo again and again, but Bei Jing-Kaoya-Sibo did not pick up his mobile phone. Secret -Asian-Man-Phuc, "he 's prolly inside changing his costumes, greasing his yo-yo strings, you know getting ready for the show."
CountryBoy-2-Rapper Alex, "fsho"

Alex and I proceeded to the registar table and signed in. We lined up to get food. The line got shorter and shorter, and from the corner of our eyes we caught a very familiar image.....it was sibo. "Sibo! good to see! we called so many times" "So sibo what will you be performing on stage?" "hm....I'm not performing." You're WHAT?! what/!??! what are you doing?!?....You're part of the trash surveillance team!? HAHAHAHHAHAHA!!! After that ordeal, alex and i found an empty spot and enjoyed our delicous dinner from Chow Bar Restuarant. Indeed excellent. Almost made the trip well worth it.

Lets skip to the performance...Alright lets just say Alex, Sibo, and I didn't understand a thing. This is not because we couldn't understand english...but simply the ENTIRE show was entirely in Chinese! WHAT?! How the heck am I suppose to get any of the jokes. Although I do recall saying, "hey sibo is that your teacher singing? she's 'hen piaoliang.'" (very pretty). haha

Let me break it down to you, after the performance the general thoughts were, "what just happened?", "I don't get it." , "hey sibo your teacher is hen piaoliang!" haha

We headed to Nothing Noodles where alex and I were introduced to Connie, Casie (sp), Lisa, and Andrew. We all went to Andrew's place to make Bubble Tea and played teamed Turbo Cranium. Fun times! Ack this is a long post already. Let me just stop here then. But before I go:
Happy New Year! Be sure to listen to my favorite tet song above :-)

YouSendIt: Tips and Hints

2006-01-22T19:55:00.000-05:00

I get annoyed whenever I see a yousendit file link and then thinking to myself, "boy! oHH boy...a yousendit link--means ultra fast download speed!" But then when I click on it- the link has expired! AHH

So what can we do about this?? Simple :-)

Unlimited downloads from Yousendit

The YouSendIt link looks like the one below:
http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=46FK4...82KLDFS78D

See the letter "d" after "yousendit.com/" ? Change that letter "d" to an "e" and the link will never die. The d.aspx has the counter on. if it finds there has been more than 25 hits then it refers the user to expired.aspx otherwise it refers you to e.aspx. e.aspx has the download link and does not add any more hits. the link may stay for longer but will not eliminate the 7 day period.

Have fun

z,c,s & j,g,x

2006-01-19T11:58:00.000-05:00

Having a little trouble pronouncing the syllables in chinese. In particular the "z,c,s & j,g,x" sounds.

Let me break it down for you, here is my ranking from hard to most complex:

6. "x"
5. "z"
4. "g"
3. "j"
2. "s"
1. "c"

I need to watch more chinese movies. haha j/k

This Rain calls for a Song (Video)

2006-01-17T14:47:00.000-05:00

Even though I had to walk in the rain today, the exercise of walking across campus to the Lily building really made it worth while. So here's a little song that deals with rain and love :-) Mushy stuff...Sorry guys, the song is in vietnamese--but at least the animations is excellent! :-D

L8r

New Practical Chinese Reader

2006-01-16T14:49:00.000-05:00

Chinese is crazier than I last remembered...crazy like trying to ice skate in the middle of summer. It has been two semesters ago. haha It's been a while. Now finally having made up my mind to continue with Chinese I just want to say, "ack!?....laoshi what did you just say?? zhengma?" My new laoshi is pretty good. I think she's new. She sounds 100% chinese to me. hahaa You know not like patis or sibo or viv or bryan or kim. They're not 100% chinese. They are less than or equal to 20% chinese. As for me, I rank myself as "=" to 35%. The reason is simply I watch a lot of chinese movies. haha so....I must be like Chinese more so than others.

The current chinese book is pictured above. I like it. Although I think the authors could have done a better job at putting in some more translations or giving some helps on the stroke orders of the more complex characters. I recommand this book for those who are thinking about learning chinese.

Korean Dramas

2005-12-20T21:33:00.000-05:00

Lately I've been dling and watching a lot of Korean movies. Talk about an addiction :-( Talk about romance! haha amazing stuff. These moves make me want to move to South Korea and incidentally bump into a pretty girl who portrays a gentle and nice image, but deep inside her "soul" she is filled sorrow and has urges to beat me up. hahha

There are several I would recommend watching:

My Sassy Girl and Too Beautiful To Lie

For the action lovers:

Infernal Affairs I, II, III

For the drama/tear jerking type:

The Classic

I can't say enough about these movies; they are excellent! Especially Too Beautiful To Lie

Gah I think I will watch it again tonight. I have to go shopping with my mom today for last minute grocery shopping and christmas as well. Maybe I'll take her to Czechwan for dinner. Depends how much I have left in the bank account. haha oh well.

First Day of Christmas Break

2005-12-19T10:30:00.000-05:00

It's the first day of Christmas break and I am at the library, 8:45AM. Why the heck do I need to go to the library this early? 15mins before they even open!

Well it's all about the fast internet downloading speed. I'm currently dling from their wi-fi network connection :-) I tried wireless at Purdue, but my network was disconnected because I had exhausted my bandwidth limitation. But oh thankgoodness, haha there is no bandwidth limi. here at good old North Park Library Branch. The speed is drastically slower than Purdue's tho. I am currently at an average of 50kb/s compare to 500kb/s at Purdue, it's quite slow. Doesn't matter, only 5mins left :-)

Christmas List (Sorta)

2005-12-12T10:07:00.000-05:00

I just got out of my Mechanics final exam. Boy that was energy draining. 1 down 5 more to go. Just off the top of my head, my list of what I want for christmas:

1. a chess set?
2. a 76 keyboard?
3. kamiya satoshi origami book?
4. books?
6. a new tennis racquet?
7. a sound amplier? (converts any surface into a speaker)
7. a new light weight labtop?
10. a usb watch?
19. external HD (250 and up)?

*gah I'm tired out*

gotta go meet my advisor for important business! Hopefully I don't fall asleep.

Audio Blog: Diversity

2005-12-07T19:48:00.000-05:00

I thought hey why not give you all a general taste of the chinese culture :-) As a starter, listen to the awesome song. It's by a group called S.H.E in mainland china. I have to admit it's a pretty relaxing song. A christmas posting coming up soon. I hope :-)

P.S. The picture to the right is not the album of S.H.E. I just couldn't find the group online, so since they are chinese..hahah I thought...this picture will do. Close enough!

HAHA! Hilarious flash movie!!

2005-12-03T14:22:00.000-05:00

I hardly post up flash movies cause not many are really funny enough to blog. Today sibo sent me a link to one of the most funny flash movie I've seen in a long while.

I once did a speech duo that took place in an elevator. Goodtimes right there. This flash video will make you laugh and say, "poor fellow.hahahahaha"

Click the image to view>>

Best..est! Best!

2005-11-30T01:01:00.000-05:00

Tonight has been my most productive night so far. I managed to write 10 pages due tomorrow morning and also finished CHIP hw. Amazing. This is a record for me. But with I am worn out. Around the dorm and dinning halls people are putting up christmas trees and decorations :-) I really like this holiday. It is certainly the best time of the year. Best time to ask a girl out, best time to watch your favorite movies, best time to go snowboarding, best time to sing: "Santa Baby" haha and still my favorite christmas song.

p.s best time to start another watercolour painting

p.s.s best time to do more origami :-D

In a Chess Mood: A Puzzle

2005-11-21T17:45:00.000-05:00

Checkmate in 2 moves: White's Move:

Audio Blog: Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood

2005-11-19T15:58:00.000-05:00

What a relaxing song :)

It's Cold

2005-11-17T22:24:00.000-05:00

It's burrrr-ing outside and I'm inside wearing a tan swim trunk cause....

I like it! :-)

This morning was a weird one. Both alarm clocks in my room did not succeed in waking Bryan and I up. We were soundly asleep until 10:30AM. The plan of getting up early took a divergant road.
This brings up a question: what happens when plans unplan itself?

Many times I find myself making prior arrangements and at the very last moment, what I had planned, was sent back to step zero. Talk about a reversible process. It's like sending out a Christmas list to Santa, and addressing it as : Santa Claus, NorthPole. Now most kids will tell me, "Phuc! Santa does not exist." My response: "SHAME!! on you-he'll be here when Christmas rolls around, just you wait!" Me and my china plate filled with carrots and soy milk will be waiting. Tic toc tic toc.

Wait...haha w00t thanksgiving....I will try to make sense of what I just posted...later

A good day

2005-11-09T16:15:00.000-05:00

Everything went well :-) The Design Review went as planned- even better than planned. Now that's the good stuff. But I am exhuasted. Because i had to dress up with real tie, instead of clip-on. I was banned from riding my bike to class. Walking is a pain. haha but it was alright :-) Fun, cold breezes, and well thankgoodness it's over.

Going Going

2005-11-09T07:12:00.000-05:00

It is now 7:14AM. I am sick! of being up at this hour. Although I have to say, after rinsing my face with cold water, I am up and going. Morning classes are really a bore sometimes. I can't imagine anybody liking them. If you do, you are sick! and more likely than not, need to check yourself into a mental institution. What an important day today:

1. EPICS: EAR Design Review
--I am confident it'll go as planned.

2. DON'T CALL ME! unless you're Toyota! Period. I will be by my phone the entire time. Yes even during the EPICS Design Review-and of course if it goes off while I am talking. I will walk out and TAKE the phone call. Period. haha So DON'T! call me if you are not Toyota.

I gotta go

I gotta run...I gotta run!

2005-11-08T00:30:00.000-05:00

Ever had the urge to wander around campus in the middle of the night?? Say what Phuc?? You're not Danny! Ok wonderful blogger-- you are absolute right--I'M A RUNNER! MUAHHA! Lastnight I ran up and down the stairs of Ross Aide football stadium. Danny--EAT my DUSTS!
I got in 30mins later and was really productive. 2hrs later I went to bed and felt great.

Tonight I did the same thing. Called up some friends and we went out running from the CoRec building, through the Stewart Center, to the Union, and around the Nuclear Engineering buildings. I finally diverged way when we approached Cary Quad and called it a night. It's really a stress reliever. My legs are sorta tired but now i'm like a FAT burning! machine! I zap! those hydrophoic lipids molecules out like SpiderMan slinging his ultra STICKY! cobwebs in the eyes of the 'bad' guys who try to cheat you. Wow I feel great!

A Poem Revisit:

2005-10-28T14:01:00.000-05:00

While going through the archive, I stumbled upon this poem I had written January of 2005. I like it and thought I'd post it up again for fun reading :-)

Lately I've been feeling sorta weird
like I just shot all of Santa's reindeer
But bangg! danggg! the physics deptartment, here at lovely old Purdue
They keep on assigning me problems that are always giving me the blues.
I've taken two trains and smashed them into one
Killed two engineers but it was a job well done.
I shot Curious George from 154 meters away.
He was hidding in the tree, making faces at me.
I try to compromise and thought we had an agreement:
No more killing
in your assignments.
My conscience is running high
So I turn to Angel, my girl at UT.
But she's always "away"
munching on something like a BLT.
So that is my story and that is my dilemma
See what you can do
to help me get through this
drama.

Food for thought

2005-10-27T23:27:00.000-05:00

Have you heard?? China is going back into space again! Actually I didn't know until over dinner tonight when my Chinese friend, Xu told me about it. They are working in conjunction with Russia's space program. Wonder how Russia is doing right now....hope to meet a russian girl....hahha heck the only Russian girl I know is Maria Sharapova. Maybe I should send her an email with a subject title like: "You JUST won a romantic dinner for 2! You and Me. Open to Find more details! Limited time offer."

Hm...what do you think?? My first inpulse tells me...I will get blocked or the email will directly be sorted into the "spam" folder. That's no fun! All that writing and no response. hahah no worries, I'll keep on spamming :=D j/k j/k

Up Up and SuperMan! is No LONGER! afraid of kryptonite

2005-10-27T00:53:00.000-05:00

Ok lets get back down to earth :-) As many of you will die from shock, but today I am announcing the official release of PnPurdue website. Everything has been redone and updated. There are current sections that I will maintain throughout on a week to week basis.

Literature:
Some of my favorite poems that I enjoy and also audio sound bytes from Slam Poets I either have done in Speech competitions or many others before and after have used for his/her program.

Water Gallery:
Those are some of my paintings up to date. If memory serves me right, I do have two lost paintings, also painted during the 2004 season. Unfortunately I don't have them anymore.

Origami:
Many great folds are in there. But however I didn't have time to post up the links for the diagrams of some of them.

Photography:
:-) Photos and more photos. This section will be maintained as events occur. I will try to section up the photos for ease of view and finding. Much mor work still needs to be done.

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I'd appreciate your comments and/or improvements. Thanks.

Autobiography

2005-10-13T11:24:00.000-05:00

Isn't it time to start on your autobiography? What an interesting question! My answer to that is yes, it's about time.

But then again what should one write about? What events have shaped my life so significantly that they must be crafted with jet black ink? It is rediculous to think that dunning Juno and the discovery of KazaA shaped my life back in 1996?--that's really not that important in the whole grand of things--so what should one write about? We are approaching 1/5 of our life span (assuming 100 average max) --it is rediculous to think that there aren't interesting facts to write about. How many chapters can we write? It's puzzeling and sometimes hard to figure out what matters enough that you would want the world or generations after generations to read and remember you by. Who among the people I know ought to be in the book? How should I portray them? This is food for thought and take it where and how you like, but it's for sure that everybody should start on his or her autobiography because years from now, we may or may not remember what is currently or has happened in the past in a detailed manner.

Lets Sing

2005-09-26T16:04:00.000-05:00

The craze of radio blogging has bit me and left a mark. Just look to your right and you will see my playlist that i have assembled for this particular blogpost. It is a mix of random songs that I find relaxing and sometimes annoying at the same time. hhaa

Ah Music - it's the thing that drives us, gives us motivation, and make us say, "Ah ha I dig that."

Well maybe sometimes, but it's powerful. Lets ask, can a playlist tell who you are as a person? Your personalities are revealed or hidden behind the lyrics? I think so. Well let me take that back quickly and say that lyrics show only our current feelings, they may be true for today and nonexistence tomorrow.

Let me give you an example of my prospect on music. In the 4th or 5th grade I had a crush on this girl name, Melissa Schafer (spelling on that lastname).
haha "Hi Melissa SCHAFER!" just in case you are reading this :)

She had brown and semi curly hair. Smiled a lot and even more. She was pretty. and my favorite song at the particular instance was Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply. Two weeks later, I saw another girl named: Kaila Gardener. And hahha the same song applied. So on and so forth.

Let me dedicate this portion to somebody I know.
Her lyrics are gloomy and yet inspiring on a parallel plan. I try to read her lyrics as if to peek at the windows that seem to close almost indefinately. Interesting. Through lyrics I am able to see another side that demands a closer look and make me wonder, "why were these lyrics chosen? What make them special?" Interesting.

Curse You Rocky!

2005-09-15T16:19:00.000-05:00

It's not very pleasant to pull a 100% allnighter. I really do feel sick. The after side effects are kicking in. I could have sworn! the other day I saw the squirrels, hunting for acorns, levitated OFF the ground and flew into the clouds and one even winked and smiled at me. How crazy was that? I can't believe it. So right then I knew I was going crazy, my mind is playing tricks on me.
Tell me it ain't so, jo! I pumped my fist high into the air and chanted: "Curse you Rocky! I'm gonna throw these FIVE acorns at your face! Lets see who will be winking and smiling and flying now!"
*click on the Rocky to hear*

Oh what a day. I almost fainted. Recently I've been bleeding a lot. Nose bleeds. I notice that when I feel fatigue I start to bleed. Like the other day when I was playing tennis, near the end I started bleeding on the courts. This can't be too good.

Other news:
I'm in the process of importing the Mammoth Cave Expedition Audio Recording Log. Hopefully this weekend. And posting up the pictures section. Wonder if that will ever get done.

Neural Network

2005-09-07T11:57:00.000-05:00

Ever feel like you're stuck in multiple demanding projects that are going on at the same time and you simply don't have enough will to get to work? haha I am definately feeling it. Wednesday is by far the least favorite day of the week for me. I've been out since 7:15 this morning and have 5 more classes today...ending at 4:20.

I'm so hungry! I saw a girl wearing a shirt that read, "I <3 Purdue" haha I bet she was drunk. I may be back into robotics again. Although this time, there won't be any Legos *sad* haha I like Legos! But as far as I am aware, I will be building a team of robots to play soccer. My drive for thinking about undertaking this project is hopping to learn more about neural network maping and it's application in machines.

I am on a quest to do something. All sorts interest me, from a biological stand point to defying the pull of gravity via electons. haha I have no idea where to begin. But for now, gotta get back to class.

Know of a Magical Icantation?

2005-09-01T11:44:00.000-05:00

Status on my broken bike: Nope can't get it back yet cause Target needs to bring in a mechanic to fix it? haha geez Just give me a new one foshizzle! I'm tired of taking 20mins to get from part A to point B. I do it in 5 with a bike.

When I moved up to Purdue, Aug. 20. I forgot to pack my shoes...I asked my parents to mail them up to me and now I think it's lost in the mail system somewhere. hahha ack I like those shoes too. Maybe I'll wait til I get back to Evansville this Labor Day weekend to find a new pair.

You know what? Sometimes I wish I have a magic wand or know of a magic incantation that immediately de-wrinkle my clothes and also washes them. Definately need that right now. I'm running out of clothes to wear and doubt I will do the laundry before I head out for the weekend.
The closest to this wishful thinking was when I at home and mom did it all hahaa --alright this calls for another early New Year resoultion: "I promise to fold my clothes and keep a clean room."

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

2005-08-29T12:41:00.000-05:00

A little riddle.

Today's post will have a theme throughout :-). I'll give you all the hints in the world to be able to solve the riddle up above, but not too much to give it away completely or you propably already know the answer; if that's the case :-) let me pat your back and say, "GG homie." A little slang for ya. haha

I hear Evansville is gonna be hit with an overflow of water coming up in the next few days. How strange, I'm not getting any rain. I suppose 4hrs away does make a big difference in temperature. Somehow I always expected the climate to be the same as it is in Evansville.
If I say I miss Evansville, you propably think i'm crazy! haha but I do. Do look forward to coming back this Labor Day weekend.

Whit had new baby fish in her tank several days ago, and yes as expected they all had the same expression as nemo and that other fish had when the two encountered the great white shark under the sea. These tiny baby fish saw Whitney munching down a fish sandwhich fillet from

[Whitney] : "yumm i'm lovin' it!"

[Phuc] : "how cruel"

Early New Year Resolution: #1

2005-08-25T12:10:00.000-05:00

It's only the 4th day of classes and I'm already feeling the strain. It's gonna be hard to keep origanize this semester. The room is still as messy as the first day I moved into it. Hopefully by this weekend, we will have it all clean up and finally, can enjoy the gigantic room.

My very early new years resolution: To not be late for anything.

Ok, let me climb back down from the ladder, so far I've only managed to be semi-ok-late for 2 RISK board game nights. How about THAT! for a change. wOOt. Big improvement I must say. Hey now, don't blame that on me, it was whit's fault :-P...i think...

I finally managed to fold a new origami rose. Better than before I think. If I have a chance I will post up the photos I took under the Origami page. Ok will write more later, class again.

First Day: Aug. 22, 2005 yay

2005-08-22T09:18:00.000-05:00

I must say the morning so far has been unbelievable.

Right off the bat, I had a 7:30AM. Ouchy. Sat my alarm clock for 6:30AM. My thinking was, 1hr should be plenty of time to wake up, eat some of Bryan's cereals, take a shower, then off I go to class at around 7:15ish. Definately a good plan that never worked. I was awaken because my roommate was having a bad dream and he randomly opened his eyes and saw: "7:20AM" Next thing I heard was:

"PHUCCC@@ it's 7:20!!!!!"

What the heck!??! My alarm didn't go off! I took a look at my clock: "OHHHH HOLY SHIZ!@JVLOHLL! OH! F'd in the AAA --OHG!H Mother of ALL freakin' COWS in India!"
I jumped out of bed, put on some shorts and brushed my teeth and then ran out of the building by 7:26AM. Luckyly my morning class was close by so I made it at 7:30 on the dot. *wipping sweat off the forehead* Too close. Got to class and surprisingly there were other ppl even later than me. Crazy. Next thing I knew, I was F'd in the AAA - 3 times over- with a physics exam right in class-thank goodness it will not count for many points- and was notified of an online hw due this Wed. Not sure if I am happy about this news. I remember last year, it was awful. I cannot stand CHIP (acromnym for ....uhh something something..something again--I forgot-hahha) But 100% pain.

On to other news:
Bought an awesome looking piece of fabric to be use as a walk-in-closet certain. Got a great bargain at Wal-Mart for it.

Spent too much on books already. And still needing 2 more. Ack. Whit I don't know if I'll have money left for you :-)

So who is whit? Oh she's just a funny girl that I happen to miss today.

Netzero and Whit

2005-08-12T08:01:00.000-05:00

Last night was at Whit's fixing her Netzero problem, and as I was playing around with the settings and finding new dial numbers, a thought hit me: "MAN! I miss dunning" and "gosh whit :-P" I love--- the sweet tunes that a 56kb modem makes--that 'twwweeee--twaaaaa-heeeee--iiii luvv you phuc" Yeah that was nice. Now days i have to pay for internet. Although it's A LOT faster, but nothing beats free service and the forum searching for new ways to milk that Juno & Netzero service. In fact, I had free internet for 5 years! Oh yeah that's great dunning right there. Now I wonder if I can dun juno highspeed. haha that would be an interesting thing to try. Free internet in this day and age? And whit speaking the langangue of love? can this be? yes!

RISK: In The Year 2210

2005-08-06T02:12:00.000-05:00

Oye got screwed again tonight in RISK by Burkey. Just when I was about to dominate and take over the world...the giant polar bear came in and tore down my igloos. First he "Rocket Strike Land" on my Australian continent then he caused chaos on the Saiharren Desert. Next time, I will make peace with Polar Bear so he will mess with Alex. New strategy plan, just forget about Africa--will go for Astralia only--then work my way into Africa.

Other news:
Another painting is in progress. I finally builded enough inspiration and motivation to finished the prelim sketches tonight. Hopefully I can get it done sometimes next week or better yet even by Sunday if I work hard and stay up late. At the same time, I'm also working on a new rose design--ehh my first design came out like a crumpled piece of paper. I have some new ideas on this rose stuff--like instead of making a "regular" rose--I'm thinking maybe a "flat" rose. Like the pedals will be layers ontop of each other. Sounds interesting. Will look into it.

Other other news:
I think I am back into painting again. Origami is slowly dying down. hahaha well...I don't know about that.

My Bio I Sent to My Cave Exploration Team

2005-07-31T12:41:00.000-05:00

Hello team,

After having endured Bryan's repeated phone calls, I thought it is now time to write a little bio about myself for you to get to know me better. First off I am pretty weird. I am into 50cent and hip hop. Lets raise the roof w00t. The last physical exam revealed that i am in perfect health, excluding some minute details. For example, when in tight spaces, I tend to have muscle spasms and kick and bite the people around me. I have the tendency to cry and have nervous break downs at random periods throughout the day. As bryan stated in his bio about me, I love origami. In fact I carry packs of origami papers with me at all time! Maybe I can make the team matching origami hats when we go on our exploration. I am sensitive to certain colors. I don't like the color blue or red on clothings. I go crazy when I see blue or red shirts. I love hunting clothes as they make me feel "at home" like I am back in
the woods. At a young age, I was kidnapped by a family of wild deer.

At the time, I was young and stupid so I mistook the deer to be my family. From them I acquired the skills to hunt, communicate with other animals, and to "live off the land." You will never see me put anything to waste. My childhood best friend was Bambi. He and I were buddies until he moved to the orphanage :-( *sigh* I miss him. Soon after, my Dear parents, hahaha get it?? Dearrrr as in Deer :-D, were captured and now reside inside Mesker Park zoo. Every once in a while, I'd stop by the zoo to talk to them. They help me sort out my problems as i feed them animal crackers. Like Alex Haley's Roots, I am too working on a novel retracing my Roots. For now I believe that should give you a general overview of me. I CAN'T wait to be stuck underground for 6 hrs again. I havn't done that in ages. :-)

Phuc

Blog Story : Chap. 1 & 2

2005-07-30T00:53:00.000-05:00

Chapter 1 by Sibo

Ay, iyaiyai,
Ay, iyaiyai,
Aaay iyaiyai
Where's my samurai?

As the song played, the Dance Dance Revolution machine showed arrows indicating which pads had to be stepped on at what time--karaoke for the feet some called it. Front, right, front, left, front, right. Right, right-and-left, left, and so on. Taishiro's mom, however, likened the music and stomping sounds to the noise of a daycare center for hyperactive youth. That's why Taishiro was now practicing at the arcade.

Taishiro closed his eyes, inhaled deeply, and quieted his mind. It was just him and his flying feet. He didn't need to see the directional cues on the screen. Right, down, right, down, left, down, left, down. Last week, spending seven hours and one-hundred dollars worth of tokens, Taishiro had memorized all the steps to all the songs at the beginner level. Piece of cake for a classically trained musician such as himself.

The song ended. Taishiro opened his eyes, briefly making sure he got a perfect score, then looked at his watch to check the time. Half an hour til 9. It was time to leave. He threw on his backpack and started walking to the park as he took out his iPod and fit the earphones in. Select. Play.

Ayiyaiyai, ayiyaiyai, aaayiyaiyai, where's-my-samurai?
I've-been-searching-for-a-man, all-across-Japan, just-to-find-to-find-my-samurai

Taishiro stepped along with the song as it played in double time, as he made his way to the park. He ignored the strange looks people threw at him. However, despite his strict discipline, Taishiro allowed a thought to creep into his mind.

I hope this works. The timing has to be perfect...

Chapter: 2 by Phuc

Taishiro tuned down his iPod and shot red flares into the night sky. This is the order to initiate "Operation Muse Cats." Sherakia, Nefflight, and Zennith arrived down with their model suite Aries. This team of four is known as "Samurais By the Night." They are the last standing Super Aries model suite division of Earth’s Alliance to combat against the super powers of Gundamium Gudam Model Suites. Taishiro is however stuck in between two worlds. He owes his alliance to Earth's Empire but his love is a Gundam pilot. Her name: Soul Fol. If Taishiro destroys the Gundams, Soul Fol and he will never be soul mates as they once were in their days of schooling. Fate played a mean cruel joke. "Sherakia, Nefflight, and Zennith" called out Taishiro, "I just received words from Central Intelligence—there seems to be a Gundam flying to Zimbawe – team we must take down this Gundam NOW! Destroy it and leave no chances for survival. My brothers and sister, we must not show mercy as they did not show mercy upon our brothens!" Taishiro cried out, "ROOARRRRRR No Gundam blood, no returning home."

"Taishiro, I am picking up a Gundam flying within 200 miles ahead of us," Sherakia called over her cell phone, "it seems to be a girl Gundam. The paint job is pink with heart shapes and she seems to be carrying a giant indestructible titanium armored purse. I believe this girl is on a secret mission Taishiro. Do you know who the pilot may be? Should I shoot her down?" "NO wait for my instruction!" said Taishiro. "Hi is Taishiro there?" called Soul Fol. "This is he. Soul Fol :-( why did you go on a mission? The other Samuaris by the Night have spotted you. Will you be mad at me if I shot you down?" said Taishiro over phone. "UHHH Taishiro you are ridiculous! Would I be mad if you shot me down….??! Retard! Of course! I would be MAD! Hell would freeze over if I ever forgave you. Tell your Aries to back off," said Soul Fol. "Are you sure?" said Taishiro. "If you let me go" I will take you DDR-ing next week? Okay?" said Soul Fol. "OHHH fine!" said Taishiro. "Alright team cease your weapons and stop persueing." Taishiro announced to the other Aries.

Two of You

2005-07-25T16:08:00.000-05:00

My eyes are seeing one, but my mind is thinking two. That's exactly what has been lingering these last couple days. There ought to be two of you :-) haha And here is where we bring everything back down to the basic: Good vs. Evil, Mean vs. Nice, Rude vs. Polite, Integrity vs. well the lack there of, and so on and so forth. I think the Double Mint Gum brand had it right when they featured twins as the "catch" on their commercials several years back. We are always on the look out for options and weighing the pros and cons, so doesn't it make sense that we ought to have two of us? Let me clear any speculations, I am not happy with twins because not all twins represent down the middle division of Good vs. Evil. I want the evil girl in Muncie to stay in muncie, and the nice version of her to stay with me in West Lafayette. I want the mean girl here in Evansville to stay in Evansville and tan, and I want the nice version to stay with me also in West Lafayette. I want the mean girl to stay in Tennesse and the nice version to also again stay with me in West Lafayette. Now before you jump to the hot seat and make the assumption about my view on cloning, let me lay it out for you i do not support the cloning on a human being. What i support is the regeneration of human parts that are essential for that particular individual to go back to enjoying life again. That is science, and we should do whatever it takes to better the society. No more pain or depression due to lost limbs and etc. What is the point of studying science or even trying to understand it if we do not make use of it? Lets get back to where I started, I want two of you and there are no in betweens.

Tulips & Baby Breath

2005-07-21T00:20:00.000-05:00

Who ever said tulips & baby breath would make a nice bouquet of flowers should endure the 4 straight hours of Telli Tubbies! If I had it my way, a nice bouquet would be a batch of dandelion straight from your yard, your neighbor's yard, and from the house next to your neighbor's neighbor's neighbor's yard. Let me ask you this, When was the last time you honestly stopped and focused in on a dandelion? It is so perfect and GRACEFUL *wink*wink* matt hahaha that i believe will be the alternative to roses in the near future. This came to me as I was walking back to my dorm at Purdue one late afternoon. In the courtyard, I saw at the corner of my eye a yellow flower. It lured me in like free edible samples from Sam's Club. So instead of heading to my dorm I ventured onto the courtyard and picked up the flower and as many have guessed, it was a dandelion. I was so AMAZED! by how pretty it was that I ran straight to my dorm, grabbed the camera and took photos of it. hahaha I really have never seen Such a beautiful! weed. Well, from now on--it's a flower to me.

So the next time I hear Tulips & Baby Breath I will respond, "Dandelions." I took the dandelion photo, the tulips and baby breath photos were found on the internet.

Too good to hide under the Comments

2005-07-18T18:50:00.000-05:00

I rarely ever do this, but after a convo with a friend, for the shake of his safety, we'll refer to him as Mr. Billy Joel, I felt it was an injustice if I didn't post this up. So here goes with our convo:

Mr. Billy Joel: I don't like country
PNPurdue: same here
PNPurdue: heck with country :-/
Mr. Billy Joel: haha
Mr. Billy Joel: show britt her poem yet?
PNPurdue: HA
PNPurdue: not this time
Mr. Billy Joel: lol
PNPurdue: different girl
Mr. Billy Joel: suuuuuuuure]
Mr. Billy Joel: hah
Mr. Billy Joel: aha
PNPurdue: for real
Mr. Billy Joel: fo shizzle
PNPurdue: haha new
PNPurdue: I'm over
PNPurdue: I'm cured
Mr. Billy Joel: hahahahahahahahahahahahah
Mr. Billy Joel: ya right
PNPurdue: took the meds
Mr. Billy Joel: lmao
PNPurdue: and now I'm 100% back to health
PNPurdue: it's shanky's gf
Mr. Billy Joel: haha so who is this about?
PNPurdue: :-)
Mr. Billy Joel: lmao
PNPurdue: HA
Mr. Billy Joel: that's believable
Mr. Billy Joel: boy will get laid when his parents arrange his marriage
PNPurdue: HAHAHHA!
PNPurdue: HHHAHAHAHA!H
PNPurdue: omg
Mr. Billy Joel: did I say that?
PNPurdue: wow
Mr. Billy Joel: hahaha
PNPurdue: that will be my next post

A Poem: I Want To Be a Country Singer

2005-07-17T22:15:00.000-05:00

I want to be a country singer
Wouldn't you say that's alright?
My songs will be published from page to page
And I will square dance on the stage!
When I declare myself as a country singer
I'd hire Karissa and Whitney and start my very own band
Reba McEntire, Martina Mcbride,and Toby Keith
would say, "You're the Man!"
I'd...sing about this is one girl in particular
This one girl I know
She tells me she doesn't tune to country
But I'm sure she'll tune to me
If I sing to her
up
in a
tree!
I'm gonna be a country singer yall
Me and my trusty old guitar
We are gonna sing about her
The loviest girl of all.

The Answer is No

2005-07-17T18:14:00.000-05:00

I have a special request: I have not read Harry Potter and the Half Blood Price -- haha so PLEASEEEE do not tell me what it's about. Honestly this is not one of those reversed psychology stuff where I ask you not to tell and you take it as I'm begging you to spill the beans. hahaa It's pretty straight forward: don't tell. To all the Harry Potter fans, I will read it soon. Well scratch that, I STILL have to read HP: The Order of the Pheonix first. Another book I would really like to dust off the shelf is Dan Brown: The daVinci Code. I've been told it's a MUST read. Ok scratch that too. On my book shelf, I don't have The daVinci Code. hahaa and I can't really go to the library as I have a $22.80 fine on my library card for 3 years now. Looks like I'll have to ask for the book for my birthday, which is coming up! If you care to know what it is, drop me a comment and I'll respond to you. Maybe I will try to beat the system by going to Barnes and Noble and grab the book and seat there for a long reading.

The idea of posting up personal information, bothers me.
This brings to an interesting question that I really don't have an answer to. When bloggers blog, how much should one write before it turns into an all out war of complaints. hahaa Or is it, "anything goes." type of deal. Would really like to get some opinions on this topic.

On to other news, I've successfully archived most of the old phuc photos onto the new hard drive and my origami page will be up pretty soon. Maybe in the coming week. I'm thinking of throwing away the main page. As I am already bored with it. That's it for now, I feel like another posting later tonight :-) I already have a topic in mind. Sorta excited about it. Out for now.

Monopoly @ Whitney's

2005-07-16T14:43:00.000-05:00

"Thank you, come again."
"Chance card...Community Chest please."
"Go directly to jail, do not pass Go, do not collect $200"
"Property fines: Pay $45 per house and $115 for hotels."

F'd in the AAA 3x times over? If you're playing Monopoly with Karissa and Whitney, expect to feel that way plus many more times repeatedly until your badluck runs out.

Oh another tip, if you're sitting next to Whitney, do not, I repeat do not put your $500 bill on the floor because it will, by means of magic craw right out of your hands and into Whitney's pile of never ending stash of money.

The genius of Monopoly. I can't say enough about it. It's up there on my list of favorite board games. Monopoly lasted approximately 2hrs, fairly short. After the elimination of Whitney, I knew it was time to put my game face on. Pressure was mounting. Karissa gave me a look as if to say, "I will take you down faster than a fat kid can finish a double layered chocolate/vanilla cake." I shot right back with my very own mean look saying, "oh no OHH no sister you are the scrumb between my toes." UHHHHH hahahaa uhhh alright note to self --- gotta work on comebacks. Maybe my comebacks do need work but certainly my Monopoly game was on. I blasted Karissa until bankruptcy. :-)

Plans for tonight, I'm taking Whitney out to the IMAX to see Batman Begins then will probably head back to pick up Karissa to go on a midnight run to iHop. What can I say :-) maybe I like Whitney :-D

A funny :-)

2005-07-15T19:21:00.000-05:00

I thought I'd post this up :-)

Working?

2005-07-15T16:22:00.000-05:00

Does this blog work?

2005-07-02T21:56:00.000-05:00

I must admit blogging is fun! Now that I think about it, I really do enjoy doing it, just I havn't been doing as much. Thanks to sibo for nagging me to blog. I've been fixing a lot of computers lately, and haha thank you Bill Gates for your wonderful IE, ehhhh not really.

My to-do list before the end of this summer:
1. paint at least 3 paintings.
2. clean my room (tomorrow will get this done)
3. put up a new layout
4. get better at excel and matlab
5. scan in all old photos :-D my fav thing to do
6. visit some friends
7. do some more origami

call me crazy but I think I'm crazy about this one girl. How weird is that? haha eh not really. Sibo I did a Tarrot cards reading on your relationship with Shanky's girl and it said : "Watch out for an outraged Indian guy ;-) hahahaha!

Right now I'm feeling a poem- a love poem --one that will surely be great. next time I will compose and post it up.

Do you want a pop?

2005-06-24T23:24:00.000-05:00

alright hahaha I just really had to blog after my cousin said, "Phuc do you want a pop, since I'm going to the kitchen?" HAHA "what's a pop?" hahaha

Today I finally realized that shopping is REALLY is a pain! We went to Ikea. For those aren't familiar it's a funiture show room. Well I think 3 hours in there I found two things I absolutely like, a shell shaped desk lamp that I ended up buying and an escalator for shopping carts! I can't believe it! haha it's so amazing. Tomorrow I'll hopefully head to The Mall of America to get some stuffs and take lots of pictures.

Update on my Super Smash Bros. skill: Samus-- I'm getting really good with "Screw attack!" and a little better hiding hahaa

2005-06-18T23:44:00.000-05:00

First great photos stephen! Many thanks. Next week I will be driving for godly hours to Minnesota to visit relatives and bring Ai to her apartment. Finally the bathtub is done...now comes new tiles. oye oye. Recently spoke to Shanky and got things straight about this "mysterious" girl that we've all heard him making love to the unit circle with. hahhaha!! I found out something quite interesting, Shanky is da playa! HA! oye oye.

Me: So who is this girl we've been hearing about?
Shanky: we spent late nights doing math together.
Me: so is she ugly?
Shanky: she's hot!
Me: hahahhah
Me: do you have your permit yet?
Shanky: no

Lets turn to the sexist patis. You complain too much about having to work harder to find that extra piece of lioncloth to cover yourself. I support equality. I only have to wear one piece, you have the option of wearing 1 as well, just make sure that 1 piece lioncloth is beach towel size ;-) First you bash on my new wave to change the world, a safer, cleaner world for our children and their children, Then you turned sexist and complained about male-female equality. Who are you? I don't even know you anymore. hahhahahha

Sibo is putting up a new layout. I'm looking forward to it. This means i have to get back to working on mine as well. I hope i can put mine up before he does. haha I doubt that will take place. Just so lazy at times. but will try my best.

I want to go see another scarryyyyy movie again :-)

Posting

2005-06-10T22:03:00.000-05:00

Well now! today was something special! haha it rained so hard that my part of town actually started to show signs of a flood on the horizon. 20 minutes later sure enough the water began to rise, right at 3:08 PM I took out my 12" ruler and it read 5" of flooding water! HAHA! so AMAZING! I love it when it rains! but wowwo when it floods to 5"?? I am in heaven. I've been busy working on websites. Lets just say I don't like how the internet expanded so much. What happened to the days of plain text and plain html. Now we have flash and fantansy art stuffs. Crazy biach.

On another note, at my house there are too many home improvement projects going on. One right after the other. First new doors, replacement hard wood stuff, then now bathtub, and my mom wants a deck......wtf mate?! haha I just want it all to end. Why are [we] so materialistic? What about the old times when people lived in harmony with nature? My idol is Tarzan, see?? He lived with the trees and STILL had a BEAUTIFUL wife. He's someone we should model after. He swings tree to tree, getting from point A to point B without damaging the natural enviroments. If only, if only.

Flash Back

2005-05-25T22:40:00.000-05:00

Evansville has been fun. Britt came back not too long ago for one of her friend's wedding, but of course we did spend some time together :-) Frisbee golfing. hahaa great sport though she almost nail me on the head when she launched her frisbee on the 16th hole.

Soon after that I went to Bree's barn fire. hahha a Reitz kids get together, literally. haha i was like uhhh "I love Reitz" hahaa not too bad- I knew most of the ppl there-had a fun time but man Bree live in the middle of nowhere!

Matt is still *ack*. My apology goes out to Angel.

Despite what sibo tells me, hahha I think his pride got crushed when he was smashed by this one girl in tennis hahha so therefore he's taking E181 (tennis class @ IU) over the summer. Was that girl Justine Henin? or the female form of Roger Federer? If so I can understand for taking the class. but man hahha I definately don't want to play her. hahaha Spare me please if you happen to read this.

Yet another good news I finally got a cell phone for me to use. w00t. Had to endure using the phone cards throughout my Freshman year at Purdue but now a cell phone! w00t it felt like Bill Gates just released an aestically pleasing Windows similar to a Mac and oh a windows that incorporate widgets as well that will definately save me a lot of RAM usage, but you know what I mean -- having a cell phone is great...haha sorta. It did gave me a reason to get Whitney's cell phone numbers hahha uhh no comment. w00t again.

Hoa recently brought home a stupid looking kitten. Gray with white feet and underbelly--and we Nguyens can't seem to agree on a single name--first name Chompski, Chauncy, and the one I favor- Pumpkin. This cat will not leave me alone--I hate kittens hahah well she refuses to go to bed unless she sleeps on my pillow.

Next week will the end of summer play. Total dedication to works I've planned for weeks before the end of the school year. So I will pursue those plans. Biggie on the agenda is replicating a human ear drum. I have been giving it a lot of thought--my major concern is finding the right material that is semi close to the ear drum. Any ideas? I'm thinking of using a thin sheet of gelliton then bouncing sound waves to it to measure the tensions. But there is another top secret project that I am pursueing - I hope to finish this project in my life time.

New layout is coming up hopefully soon :-)

Woke up late

2005-05-01T11:30:00.000-05:00

Woke up late this morning and had a sudden urge to blog. This is the last day before the start of Finals. To which I have 1 on Monday. So that means I'm flushing the origami and staying in door to read and do practice exams. Maybe even shower a little too. hahaa The more I look at my website the more i want to now update it or perhaps change it. It's starting to look too "bleh" for me. I need whiter colors. Well in general, colors that are easier on the eyes. There's so much to do this week. The one task that I'm hesitating is the packing. I did the laundry last night but packing...ehh...lets wait til the last minute on this one.

2005-04-22T10:57:00.000-05:00

It's about that time again where I start blogger up again. Caligraphy club had their election last night and i must say hahaa too many dedicated people for Caligraphy. And all I did was sat there and grinned ink for Kim. Well I wrote "Flower" and "Spring" Flower was ok...but man that spring was a biach. I did not like it. I think I'm getting a little better with caligraphy now. I mean I can make it semi alright. Things are winding down finally. Which is a good sign, but this means new projects. Current plan is to make a radio piece. I have a nifty idea if any of you want to help, let me know. Hopefully it will be done by the end of summer or even way before that if I really persue it. I'm currently working on another origami as we speak: a total of 204 steps for this Bahamut (a character from one of the Final Fantasy series) aka "Divine Dragon." I was 1/3 of the done on this baby until I realized that I prolly had messed up because things were not folding out right... so I threw what I had away! That's prolly 8hrs of work and now in the trash. Redoing everything again. It's so sucky because each steps of this Bahamut contain multiple folds. So in actuality I'm folding close to 300+ steps. Argg grarhah hopefully I can make it. Will definately take quite sometime to do that's for sure. So we'll see.

2005-04-15T10:16:00.000-05:00

I've been on this drug addiction that goes by the name: "Origami." Ever since my obsession over the Kawasaki Rose started, I've made origami nonstop. I remember over the pass years whenever I look at the rose diagrams my hair would stands up on its ends! Now that's crazy fsho. I got tired of the rose that I've been making and the "new" rose is way more impressive. Status report on the rose: still havn't folded a good one. From rose to infinite possibilities! We all have our addictions, Sibo's anime, Patis's uhhh anime again, Alex's EverQuest, and as for me it's creating art out of a plain square sheet of paper. haha I've made from mouse, swan, horses, pegasus, to "Cute As Hell" owl! hahah really the owl is amazing! This owl sits on your finger! I've joined origami forums and did some underground origami diagrams trading ;-) hahaa Who would have thought origami is such a high demanding commodity. Things I need to do this weeked: hair cut, lab reports ack, and origami. There is this one model that I've been wanting to try.

Pegasus

2005-04-01T08:47:00.000-05:00

I finally did it! The pegasus took forever to do, but now the effort was worth while. Amazing. I had to get special paper, 11x17, for this beast (Thanks to Hick's Computer Lab for providing me the mean to do so :-)) I can't thank you enough. hahaa I took some photos. I must say it's pretty good.

The model is pretty small :-( I hope to make a 3 foot Pegasus when I have the paper to do it. hahha

P.S. I found some reallyyyy cheap paper at the art store. Bought 6' of it. hahaHAHA

Let's put the break in Spring

2005-03-28T08:58:00.000-05:00

So I can slow down to retell a tall tale I overheard
The old storyteller charged the little kids a dollar fifty for this tale
but I am not stupid Silly old man
silly old man
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I have no idea what I just wrote. This was actually a saved blog draft from a while back so now I have decided to post it. hahaa I wrote up this morning feeling dizzy and out of energy. This can't be a good morning, but here I am finding myself having the sudden urge of inspiration to blog on my semi-working website. No I didn't crash my blog again, Purdue's webserver is down :-( eh?? Yep here at Purdue we all are pretty much lazy, even our internet. hahah I sure hope the server kicks back up again.

Last night was probably one of the most painful physics night ever for me. Crazy! Amazing! From 3 to 12PM all I did was physics. I can't believe it. Thank you origami for teaching me the patience neccessary for such a long sitting. However, like every crappy day there is a not so bad part: I got an email + diagram files from a stranger who i really don't know for a Pegasus. A pegasus (Kawahata) is a horse with wings. Just for clarfication. I've been on a hunt for those diagrams for the longest time. It's NOT on Google, in fact most "awesome" diagrams are not on Google. So my biggest thanks goes out to Gilad Aharoni. You can visit his site at :

I don't have a finished model of the Pegasus that I am pursuing. But there are lots of pictures in the Google Image search engine. This is what mine will "roughly" look like:

It's a pretty complex model. It'll take some time to get through that's for sure. Hopefully I can get it done so I can send it to my parents as a random present. Who knows. Be back later.

Who said I couldn't DANCE!!?

2005-03-09T08:28:00.001-05:00

They are probably right. Sad to say hahaa I don't think I'll ever be able to dance like John Travota(sp) from Saturday Night Dance Fever.
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For those who've read the previous post--and thought-hmm phuc this is odd--the post is like missing-the ending. That is true. YOu are right--not b/c I wanted that way--I'm not starting a new trend where you post unfinished thoughts on your blog. For goodness sakes please don't do that. Here are some Sectional news and reflections:

First let me begin by saying-- Ashley Tinell you are beautiful. hahhaha OH yeah.
The rest of the team did excellent. Here are some notiable performances and rankings that I remember.

I will show a little bias by reporting
Poetry first:
Katie Miller -- 1st
Raechel Goldman - 6th (ehh there is something with that...will be hard to Semi at State)

Prose:
this is our weakest area-mainly -- we had semis
Alyssa (former semi-finalist at State last year)
Emily (a Sig speech newbie)

This is the one section I will be hopping to turn things around. I've begun to find possible prose pieces for Prose people next year. I think 4? max prose for Sectional. My goal is to have them all final. That shouldn't be very hard since I know Sig Speech kids are hard workers if they have winning pieces :-) Sig kids--if you happen to read this-do tell me if you are interested in doing prose and win next year. I'll set up an interview with you hahah and we'll see from there.

HI:
Raechel Golman: 1st
Joe Waltz: 2nd (from Reitz--he's awesome hhaha why don't you just convert to Sig already)
T-boy: 3rd
Andy Goldman: 4th?? crazy-HI is really tough.
My predictions: all will at least Semi--but as for finalists:
Raechel and Joe

DI:
Ashley Tinell: 1st :-D
Katie Miller: 2nd? or 3rd--can't remember right now
Both will be finalists.
My prediction: Ashley will be State Champion

OO:
Ashley Tinell: 1st
haha she puts my Iron Chef and Hi My Name is Phuc Nguyen OO speeches to shame.
Sarah Waniger(sp): 2nd (Reitz kid--haha once again please convert to Sig)

OI:
Lysa Faughn: 2nd
Amazing! I believe she will semi--but as for finaling--that will depends if she will be willing to work. Over my spring break.
Mackenzie: 6th ?? this will be hard--since State is power protected--I hope to see her piece.

FX:
Adam Burgdorf: 1st (Reitz kid- haha Adam convert man! even if your sis will hurt you--eh "take one for the team")
Rachita: 2nd!!! way too cool hahha
Christina Chen: 3rd or 4th...can't remember but still haha Adam you have been neutralized.

USX:
nope: sibo needs to work with these people. I don't care for FX or USX

Duo:
Reitz took 1st 2nd and 3rd in here Scripted
Memorized I think they did just as well. Amazing. I want Sig's duo teams to do that as well.
So my quest will continue. I will get a good duo squad together.
Andy and Patrick: 4th ?? or 5th. once again--can't remember.
sorry no semi for you.

Radio:
Matt Burkey: 2nd
weird.....I remember when he was a Freshman--Manicke recruited him to do Radio-but he did not placed well--mainly b/c...uhh a little harsh here--but he sucked. Now! what happened?! He's good. haha Maybe he did some interp last year and that made him better.
My Prediction: he will semi

Disscussion:
Sean Wright (sp? or the last name--I don't remember..he's a sig kid): 5th
No semi

OP:
Tyler: 2nd!!! haha I am STILL confused about this one. A dramatic change from last year's rankings. Impressive!!
He will semi
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I do believe I covered all of the events. As a final note:
SIG WON SECTIONAL! It would have been better if it happened last year hahaha
Last year's Sectional dinner is now known as "The Depression Dinner" ( a food eating contest between Raechel, Sibo, Matt, and myself. hahaa I think Lisa won)
But nontheless good job. Now it's time for State Championship title.

Districts & Sectionals: Reflections

2005-03-05T23:31:00.000-05:00

Finally it's time to do a reflection and write down some thoughts for this year's Districts meet. From 5 AM to 5PM Sig speech competed at Carmel High School. I have been looking forward to this meet for since I've been hearing all these high placings by the Sig speechies. Districts would be an opportunity for me to witness that.

At Districts I judged FX and DI. Looking back from the days of Amy Reitz, Neil Balt, Mike Knight, Melody Berry, and so on. hhaha Fx this year at Districts was so bad-I think I could have won. There were a lot of warm bodies in Fx. So basicly if you do Fx as your normal event, you are almost certain to semi and/or finaled. Sig had several semis and finalists. haha I do recall one fat kid giving a speech on something....Canada? and all I could think about at that time was "SPARE ME !! AHHHHHH" hahha thank goodness he didn't have much to say.

Next lets look at DI. Arguable the most popular event. Let me tell you why. You can basicly turn anything a DI and the judges will be fooled by it, i.e. poetry program, an OI piece, ads from the classifieds, random notes you happen to remember from a random public stall. Basicly anything goes! haha amazing. And Oh! Fx/USx speeches too. Judges don't care, and will not notice. hahhaha! I saw some REALLYY bad DI(s). I get some annoyed when asians do pieces about asians and they are trying to portray this "please give me a 1 image" b/c it's "sad" and

I'm planting a garden

2005-02-23T23:13:00.000-05:00

Maybe I'm the only one but I think I have an addiction for Apple movie trailers. hahaha I suppose. My goal sometime this week is to go work out or at least run. I lets just say I'm ready to get in shape and pump some irons. I remember in middle school I ran a mile in 5 mins 54 seconds. I set the all time school record for Standing Long Jump: 8' 6" . I did 101 push ups- though the last 4 did not count since I sorta just made quick muscle jerks. haha So 97. As for the ever so painful Chin Ups/Pull Ups--my personal record still again in middle school: 11. haha trust me ppl it was hard to do. Gosh I remember doing hand stands. Oh I forgot to mention. Cross country. Though I only did that in 5th grade. Top 2 right here baby. Gosh I was such an awesome kid. Those were the days of invincibility.

Now I don't think I can even do 5 Chin Ups. I look like a fat kid. hahaha please don't make fun of me. I am not your marshmallow. As for the mile run--lets say 7 mins? or maybe longer. Gosh even the girls could beat me now. My stand long jump has decreased by 5 or 4 inches. I am now only able to reach 8' 2" max on any given day. But I think if I work out and train. I'll surely be right back in the game. I'll fit heavy dumbells and do jumpropes and stretch. The only problem is that fact that I'm sorta lazy to move to the Co-rec to exercise and the time is not there. But maybe Friday nights or something. I'm willing to put some time aside to increase my health. :-)

"No you are beautiful...no you are...uhh ok I guess I am"

2005-02-15T12:07:00.000-05:00

In the mirror, right after you changed into your PJs, getting ready for bed-- and then just as you are walking across the room you happen to notice something very parculair. hmm "I wonder who?" So you walk to the counter to put on your reading glasses or glasses in general and then just like that you say to yourself, "He is Phuc--oh so amazing" HAha oh yeah.
Ppl you really should watch the Russell Peters video on Sibo's blog. WWOW very funny.
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Today has been the most productive day for me in a long time. I've managed to get a lot. Although I'm still very sore from sitting in this chair for hours and hours. But I managed to get done with all I needed to do. Determination will conquer over body. Tonight I got back into origami making. haha I made my first "flower" card since...uhh forever. It's been that long. And signs of rust crept up for sure. It took me about an hour to do. Amazing. Here have a look of what I made:

Trust me it was long. haha wayy too long. Although I think I can do it in 15 or 20 minutes. Does anybody have anymore amazing diagrams (flowers please)? I am currently working on one type of rose--but uhh it's wayyy--haha AMAZINGLY hard rose. I think it will look even better than the current rose I know how to make. There should be an origami club at purdue. hahahaa Intermural tennis is coming up and bad mitton as well. Can't wait to get into those hahaha. Ok out now.

2005-02-12T18:53:00.000-05:00

Dear Phuc Nguyen,

Here is your personal palm reading! This will be a general reading of your palm, and what it says about you and your personality. Enjoy.

First let's take a look at your Life Line. You have the best kind of Life Line, long and clearly marked. This shows that you will possess good health, vitality and a very nice life expectancy. The wavey quality of your Life Line does seem to indicate that you may experience variable health, and that you may not always be very energetic. The wide swooping motion of your Life Line indicates strength, enthusiasm and an improved love life. A chained Life Line indicates various health problems, both physical and emotional. Many people with allergies have such a line as well.

Now let's see what your Head Line had to say. Your Head Line is deep, long and straight, stretching across the palm. This indicates a logical and direct way of thinking. The straighter the line, the more realistic the thinking, and the deeper the line, the better the memory. The light and wavy quality of your Head Line seems to mimic the way you think. While you don't necessarily lack intellectuality, you don't always think about things in much depth, and sometimes you may have problems concentrating on more than one thing at a time. A chained Head Line shows agitation and tension at different points in your life. The joining of your Head Line and Life Line at the beginning indicates that your strong sense of mind generally rules over your body. You also look at childhood with a cautious and fearful outlook.

The last line we'll look at is your Heart Line. A normal and content love life is represented when the Heart Line starts under the Index Finger as it does on your hand. A slight disregard to the true meaning of love and its responsibilities are indicated by a Heart Line like yours that starts between the middle and index finger. You tend to easily give your heart away. Those little lines you see running downward from your Heart Line indicate disappointments in love. The break in you Heart Line indicates an emotional loss. This can sometimes indicate the end of an affair.

You have a spade-shaped hand. This is the hand of an inventor. You are probably very good with all things mechanical. Often those who've forged new paths in science and engineering have a spade-shaped hand. Women who have this type of hand enjoy do-it-yourself projects (decorating and sewing). It also gives these women a manual dexterity greater than most men have.

We hope that gives you a little more insight into your personality, and your palm. Thanks for visiting us.

Your friend,
The OFE Palm Reader
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I have to say most are pretty accurate. I have chosen my field of concentration as a Mechanical Engineer. Life Line--"various health problems" haha well looks like I better start to change my eating habits. Heart Line--gosh I never noticed before but I have so many of those downward slashes. uhhh Something about disappointment in love. As for the Head Line- I suppose I will will agree to it. I do sometimes noticed that I don't really read into materials very deeply. Uhh well maybe it's prolly because I was so bored and not interested in whatever I'm reading. There is a very defined "break" in my Heart Line... HAhaha hmm an affair? I wonder if the Palm Reader can tell me the name of the girl. HAA!

Oh the wealther outside is so beautiful

2005-02-11T16:15:00.000-05:00

TGIF haha the day that I've been looking forward finally came. I usually don't like to comment on the wealther, but today is a must! so beautiful and well I even decided to run. I ran to the mail room and back. In like 3 mins. HA! havn't done that in a long time. Maybe I should run more. Ehhh what the heck am I saying...running sucks. I remember almost crashing by the door when I was dashing back. So lets cancel that future plan of running as a fun hobby. I'd like to get back into tennis, ping pong, and especially origami. Been stuck on a flower for the longest time now :-( So this Valentine's day if I were to make roses-I'd make you the same one as before.

But who what/! make you roses!? that's a rediculous idea. I don't have the energy to fold for you. I am not your monkey. I'll give you a fortune cookie though! hahaha Gosh I am in noway of short supply of that. Hopefully I can make this one flower that I have virtually given up on--I'll attempt it again. Maybe I should move on to animals instead? But I don't know how "cool" that would look. I mean --who wants a 3 inch 3D animal-lets say an armadillo/dragon/or even a "ship in a bottle"--but only it's outside of the bottle. hahaha yep I've seen it--it's amazing looking. But ohh cruel you, cruel you...you would just look at it and then pray that a random cloud would random AND suddenly fly over me and start to pour over me--just so you can laugh cause my ship is not water proof.

How mean of you. So that is it--I'll make the new rose and will post a picture of it online [whenever] I have it made--trying to find that "break through" momment.

6 Rochers sitting on the counter...one fell off and into my mouth.

2005-02-08T01:32:00.000-05:00

now there are 5 Rochers left sitting on the counter...

but then a random monkey showed up and tricked me into putting my two index fingers inside a "chinese finger trap" so uhh now I'm sitting here and the stupid monkey is having a feast. Dang stupid monkey. D D you monkey. I really don't like animals sometimes.

that was sorta weird cause I don't know where or how that monkey got into my study lounge. Magic must be flying in the air. Or maybe it's just photon particles disco-ing to Jennifer Lopez's "Lets Get Loud" song. And since there are lots and lots of them dancing in mid-air and so that explains why I see sparkles of "magic" flying.

I think my sleeping habbit has changed. I find myself going to bed around 2 or 3 AM in the morning. Last night it was 4. So much to do and it wears me out. haha really. I try to take 10mins breaks here and there but it'll still be 2 to 3 before I head to bed. I like to sleep in as much as I can. But this week will be hecktic. My round of exams are so time consuming.

If I get a one of those end rooms down the hallway a ping pong table will definately go inside. Anybody read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms?" How did you manage to get through it? hahaha all these chinese names. Yuan Te, Liu Pei, Hin Cho, and so on. But it has nice random poems throughout the book--that i like.

Fan Mail

2005-01-31T14:10:00.000-05:00

Dear pnpurdue blog,

I would like you to know that I am your biggest fan!! I've been an instant fan of yours from the very first day sometimes a year ago. I've been through your changes and your layouts had their ups and downs; you went from a coffee lover to Super Phuc then to barebone blogging and now to this AMAZING site. You have set standards for meshing website with blogging. You never siezes to amaze me. Your random changing quotes on your front page are interesting and is my dose of caffine that I need to get my day going each morning. All I have to do is log on to your website >> http://pnpurdue.tk and a new and exciting world awaits me. Just for me!

Each day before I sign on it's like you've taylored the site and quotations to fit my mood the night before. You're magical to me. Or you have "magically" sent me my very own Fairy God Random Quote Generator Mother that lives right inside my computer screen. So everytime I sign on she takes at look at my hair and does a careful scientific analysis of my brain waves to decide what quote on the pnpurdue.tk website will give me that "edge" before I start my day. I am very thankful always. I can't even remember what the "cruel" life was like before you came onto the screen, well it was cruel. Oh cruel life. You posts are not only uplifting but they are also very inspiring! That is why I always keep coming back. Going to your website/blog is better than cheating off any chinese buffet's Carry Out option. You know that rush you get whenever you overstuffed your "carry out" box and the guy gives me.. I mean "you" a look. And you can't decide whether or not it he is smiling or he's frowning. But inside you are smiling and saying to him mentally in your mind, "Gotcha! BAM BAM" The sensation is nothing compare to reading your quotes. I get chills running up my spins and goosebumps everywhere. Each visit to the site is like finally cashing in your credit card air mileage and the trip is a week in paradise. This is paradise to me. Have you ever thought of publishing your posts into a novel. I am sure it will be an instant hit like the Harry Potter series.

If there is one aspect about your site that I truly adore is you. You are like the parallel to that of James Bond. You ARE James Bond of this generation. The undisputed king of mystery and excitement. Pnpurdue is such a creative name! I am sad that I only have one life to live. I just know that you will change and make an impact on the world. And centuries from now, I will be telling my kids and their kids will tell their kids that, "There once was a man so great he shook the world wide wide with each characters he typed. His charm and charisma stole the hearts of millions upon millions. I have lived in a time of giants, men rise and fall like the rising sun. I lived in the time of the great Pancake Lee (a woman), the tamer of Photoshop. I lived in a time of the great blog uglifier, Sibo Lin. I lived in the time of Phuc Nguyen:Pnpurdue."

Sincerely
Your Biggest Fan

What is the smallest positive whole number whose inverse is its self?

2005-01-27T09:50:00.000-05:00

Somedays you just can't, as hard as you try, get out of that bed because when you walk outside it's freakin' -11 degrees! But hey skoooolll loves me so I must go to classes. People asks me, "Phuc why do you wear a hat, we think you look funny in it?" HA1 and they are right I do look funny I suppose but oh heck the almighty I'm wearing one right now as I am typing this b/c it's a way of preventing my hair from sticking up and while at the same time I look "semi" cool! hahah Talk about self motivation-telling one's self that he is cool. hahhaa ok

Something is telling me I need to sleep more during the night and less during the day b/c lastnight-I was deteremined to finish all my homework before heading back to my dorm room and touching my beautiful laptop, Blueberry. And that's exactly what happened. I waved goodbye and came back at 1 or something. I forget.

Snowboarding this Sat at Bittersweet Point. Looks to be a VERY exciting time. :-) Plans are already coming together for Spring Break. oh yeah I am SOOO looking forward to it. But no before that I have March 5 to attend. hahaha sibo hope you will be free then. I think I am free. hahaha ok ok out for real.

Bring out the BBQ and the sweet n sour sauce cause FireFox is too hot to handle

2005-01-25T18:53:00.000-05:00

After countless tries and uninstalling apps and patches and so on--firefox FINALLY worked for me! I am converted. All the features and all the wonderful extensions like the one i'm using right now--which allows me to log into my blogger account just by right-clicking the mouse. I like the fast loading and sleek design of the fox oh heck even my icons look nice! haha Check them out ontop.

Today was a lovely day in the neighborhood. Literally- the wealther was excellent! and my professor didn't show up for class! HAHA! for the second time this year--I showed up late thinking I was "done" for--and it turned out I made it even before my professor realized she had a class! HAAH! wowo amazing!

It is annoying however, webpages viewing under Firefox is different from viewing under IE. Standards issues between the two formats. Also--for those who ever experiemented with "Auto Form" it's a great feature--but gosh Firefox's sercurity is annoying--everytime I want to sign in I have to input my master password---which means I have to type! So if I can turn that off somehow--Anybody know? Let me know.

A Special Poem: Violent Folks

2005-01-24T08:31:00.000-05:00

This is a special that I was inspired to write. hahha tell me what you think.

Lately I've been feeling sorta weird
like I just shot all of Santa's reindeer
But bangg! danggg! the physics deptartment, here at lovely old Purdue
They keep on assigning me problems that are always giving me the blues.
I've taken two trains and smashed them into one
Killed two engineers but it was a job well done.
I shot Curious George from 154 meters away.
He was hidding in the tree, being a little too gay.
I try to compromise and thought we had an agreement:
No more killing
in your assignments.
My conscience is running high, you see you see
So I turn to Angel, my girl at UT.
But she's always "away"
munching on something like a BLT.
So that is my story and that is my dilemma
See what you can do
to help me get through this
drama.

Newton's Third Law States: For every force there is an opposite equal force.

2005-01-21T13:48:00.000-05:00

Taken from Sibo's blog:

"The speech team attended the North Central high School invitational this weekend in Indianapolis . A larger meet than the state competition, this meet had over 900 entries from 50 schools, Signature took 2nd overall, besting schools 10 times our size, including last year's overall state champion. Individual ribbon winners were: 1st – Tyler Yezbick; 2, 2nd place ribbons – Ashley Tinnell; 4th & 5th – Mackenzie Hudson; 4th & 10th – Rachael Goldman; 4th – Andy Goldman; 5th – Katie Miller; 5th – Matt Burkey; 8th Duo Aaron Guzzo & Alex Schnautz; 8th – Alyssa Faughn; 9th – Margaret Musgrave. Congratulations Speech team and coach Groves."

Did I read that right? Say what?? I suppose Sig Speech is going on a magical ride this year. Seems like everybody is doing well--therefore in accordance to Newton's law-or the application--therefore the team is winning. But are they? That's the question. I am a speech addict and have seen some GREAT legends who once did speech the ppl of my time--and I was fortunate enough to got trained by one of the greatest: Courtney Wright (currently at WKU). I credit my success to him. Now the questions boil down to the following: "Who will make it to "legend" status from the current pool of speechies in Evansville, Indiana?" "Who will step up for Sig Speech at State this year?" Rachael has been sluggish with placings, while a new comer takes the stage--and made me say, "WTF!?" It has been said that Indiana speech died after the 2001/2002 season. And oh so true so true. Reitz is no more. The 28 year old Dynasty clapsed when Sig's 2002/2003 team burst into the scene. To me, that season was the most memorable. Everyone was focused and we had a firm grip on the goal. 2003/2004 season lacked that same determined goal-we fell barely short of victory. Now Reitz is barely holding up--a victory this year is eminent. But Sectional is only sectional. If Sig Speech wants to win State-they better do MAJOR reconstructions or refinements and get back to serious yet creative Speech.

I'll leave with a thought, "A mediocre team will not win."

BallRoom Maniac!!

2005-01-21T01:38:00.000-05:00

After numerous atempts to get Bryan, Alex, and Xu to go with me the BallRoom callout, I headed out the door as a pioneer into the relm of Dancing! hahaa And I must say it was an amazing experience!! hahaha "WAOHHH HOW howh?! did you do that? What what? I don't believe my eyes. Is that even humanly possible!?" Hhahah Their moves were just sooo uplifting. And the music selection is great too. In fact one song really caught my ears and now I'm listening to it. haha Here's the title if anybody would like to investigate. HA! I had a lil chat with one of the dancer there and I asked him, "So is this hard?" He replied, "not at all, you don't need any previous experiences, I mean if you have a general beat to the music--then you should be fine." HAHA! UHHH well I like to think that I have beats and rythm. But most of you prolly know that I still have problems with the "box steps." hahaAA! but I am getting better I must admit. I thought the presention--their showings of their talents was entertaining and well it almost lured me into joining the club...that was until I saw the price--hahah $35 for the entire semester. Well you know it's not bad...but haha I'm not sure about dancing...never had the courage to "dance" hahha maybe infront of my mirror inside the room or in my study lounge teaching Bryan the "Cha Cha" I learned tonight. hahahah but OH oh I forgot--my Irish Pelvic dance routine is pretty good too. Thanks sibo for reminding me and that i should just start my own dance company.

I'll think about joing--the only factor is the time issue :-( soo much 3 times a week two hours per session. I mean all I really want is to be able to dance with Angel. HAH! Can't wait. She said, "we'll line dance." hahha uhh what the heck is line dance? I have no idea. Hope it's on my "Do You Want to Dance?" DVD (uh well it's actually Sibo's hahahah I hope he doesn't read the post down to this far.) and that it's easy. Simple and eye catching.

Talk about stepping out of one's comfort zone. hahah I sure did my part tonight. How about you?

To help you get started and your feet moving, I've included in this post one of the song that I really liked at the dance. The title is "Golden Eye" Tell me what you think. It's only partial cause hahah uhh I'm a "bandwidth whore" as remarked by Patis. HAHA! arggg! here ya go.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!?!

2005-01-19T08:36:00.000-05:00

Why did I felt the need to use the 1968 movie from Walt Disney as the title for today? haha Well it's simple, in fact, I just like the sounds I make when I say it 5-6-7-8 or however many times I think I am saying it at this particular moment in time as fast. I've been saying it for a prrreettty long time now and well folks I think I'm at the level where it's no longer Chitty...chitttyy bang bang. It's more like shit shit wang wang. Hhhaha!!

I am estatic to announce that this is the first Official post on the new Pnpurdue website enhanced blog. There is one aspect that I 'need' to add to this website enhanced blog, a slogan. Hm I've been doing some brainstorming. Here are some of the ideas let me know what you think:
1. "Look! in the sky. It's a bird! NOwayyy! It's a plane. Nuh uh(can't be). It's Super Flying Squirrel Phuc."
2. "Hi my name is Phuc. Phuc, me."
3. "I Choose You! Phukachu!"

haahha wow. I really don't know.

Putting this site together was a pain! major butt pain. But I want to say THANK YOU! patis!! for helping me with the banners!! hhahah seriously! Can't thank you enough.

I was talking to a friend last night who decided to skim through my old posts and she said something that made me came to realization. Here's what she said, "Hey! you know your "Prevous Posts" links do not work. Hmm I remember reading your blog a long long time ago when the posts were...you. Where are they? Freakin' links don't work." She commented that the later posts are "not uplifting" nor exciting as the earlier ones. You know that is true. hahha well BAM! ZOOM POP! I'm back in action in action babe!!

A quickie

2005-01-18T13:09:00.000-05:00

This does not count as an official update post. haha cause I'm at the library and just wanted to post something new on my blog. Well good news and bad news. Uhhh well make that 2 bad news. First haha my lock is still frozen and so I am again walking today. Secondly it's FREAKIN'!!!! 4 degrees outside. The printer does not work cause the 2 and 4 pages option per one page do that take effect. hahah so I just printed about 60 pages worth of Physics notes. okok gotta run now. TGIF? oye it's only Tues.

Magnets and Inspiration

2005-01-11T10:29:00.000-05:00

Lastnight when Bryan and I finally got our vaccum from the "forever asleep" RA, we cleaned up the dorm room. I must say everything is back to normal and it's clean as can be. Well for Angel-with her rowing and dolphins stories-- I decided to take out our magnets and "stick" them on the fridge, soon I'll put together a complete compound sentence, with a subject, verb, and predicate, and so on. hahha well lets just see what I still have left from my Engineering word bank magnets.

My first day of class has been restless. I just lacked the motivation to get up and move around after my 7:30 class. Needless to say I took several naps throughout the day. Thanks first to Bryan for urging me to go see my advisor to get my schedule fix--and now lets thank to Angel for inspiring me to get moving and bring out our quote magnets.

That was my first day...now I have to get moving.

The Soul Train: aka: The Polar Express

2005-01-02T01:22:00.000-05:00

When it comes to movie going IMAX is all you need. I love the 3D feel and IMAX is all that and more. I don't know why Yahoo movie reviewers ranked The Polar Express so low, but I actually loved! it! every second! Infact I remember getting teary eyes whenever the boy was trying to return the ticket to his new friend who also happens to be heading to the North Pole and riding the Polar Express. The Polar Express is "soul food" hahhah! It really is a MUST see. I can remember sitting there and having the sensation to poke the glasses of Lys.

Pardon me for going savy all of a sudden, but I think I'm speechless. I think I'm in love with Applebee's "Take Two" option on their menu. My pick of the night: steak sirlion and honey grilled chicken. Well what really makes it a two thumbs up outting was.....*dot*dot and more dots. hahaa I am still speechless. hahaha oh well. Also tonight I got a refill on some of the best cookies and pretzels in Evansville, Indiana! haah I think that's enough blogging for a night.

haha j/k I have more to say

At this point you're prolly asking, "Phuc why all this 'indirect' talking and so on and so forth; I don't get it!?" It's because I like to let you interpret what you read and put your application skill to use and try to fit together the puzzle. If I come out and tell you everything, then you'd turn into a "blog reading" robot. Speaking of which this reminds of a movie I saw sometimess earlier this year, Lost In Translation. It is a story of love in a loveless situation. Deep. I don't like that movie haha it sucked I thought. The girl was uglyy and the guy was a grandpa; a sick twisted movie. HA! wow I like my review of this movie.

Tonight I finally got my phonebook back HHAAH! poor A. This time for real haha enough blogging.

Hands OFF my cookies--I bought a ziplock bag hhahha!

2004-12-26T01:23:00.000-05:00

White Christmas is a blast! I've been making home movies hahah and well the snow is just too perfect. I'd like to make an igloo before all the snow melts away :-(

If I said it once I've probably said it a million times...I <3 Christmas. The family the friends and the presents! I finally got an MP3 player, a 256MB. Very small and I like it. But I have mixed feelings about it. I don't know if having an MP3 player is my cup of tea. Maybe I'll like it soon enough. College has made me into a penny counter. hahaha I do watch what I buy more conscienciously.

Cranium night and what else!?!? ice skating! hah anD IMAX! anyone?? hahah jk.
Sibo!! get your team together! cause you are going down! your name is mudd yo.
Lets form alliances! haha I feel it's another RISK game. This time I will win!

"Mr. Billy Joel, hand me the chains and a pad lock. Throw away the combo--cause this Laptop ain't blasting online this week!

2004-12-14T14:26:00.000-05:00

I have several announcements in today's posting. First and foremost, I just want to say, I thought I've seen it all--as in supernatural stuff, like iceman, super stetchable woman, Speedo boy, and girl in granny panty. Hm? this sounds familiar, they are characters from the movie The Incredibles. But after I stepped out from that movie theatre, I stepped back into reality. Nothing like that can ever happen in real life. Oh so boring...or can it?

HAHAHAHH!!!!!!

check out this convo:

seebol: caring is creepyy

seebol: pancakes lee

seebol: haha

PNPurdue: woah?!

PNPurdue: pancakes lee?!?!

seebol: lol

seebol: well i had to go get pancakes

seebol: and she though i was calling her pancakes

seebol: she's so suspicious now

seebol: lol

PNPurdue: Hhahha!!

PNPurdue: did you see

PNPurdue: her freakious photo/!

seebol: is that a life-force ball?

PNPurdue: hHAHAH!HH!

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finally it was decided to be called Spirit Bomb. It's similiar to Goku's spirit bomb. Well in fact, it is hahha.....so

-----Sibo's Away Message----

HA! MEI HA Mei HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Other news, over break I am tearing down this site and rebuilding a new website. More webbing and less blogging style. I like to make a permant homepage. Hope I will have time to do it.

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Gotta run out for another final :-( Be back to update this dang thing.

It's pouring rain outside--it's bitter/cloudy AND it'S THE BEST day EVAA!!!

2004-12-07T13:14:00.000-05:00

Tuesday is generally my least favorite day of the entire week because I have to wake up at 7 and go to a lab. But today something AMAZING--something SOOO sweet happened. It's so deliciously sweet that it turned sugar into salt. So PRETTY! that it turned your cute girlfriend into Michael Jackson! MUAAH! I cannot believe it!

Let me break it down to you:

7:01AM Alarm went off as planned (quality alarms do come cheap)
7:02AM Got up pressed the alarm for an additional 10mins.
7:24AM Finally got up and realized crapx0r!! I have 6 mins left.
7:29AM Rushed outside and realized I can't see anything-hahah forgot
to put on my glasses. Went back to my room and went back out.
7:36AM Arrived at lab and saw NO!! instructor!! HAHAAH!! SWWWWEETTT!!! MAMASITA!!
HOT DANG!!! He can't count me late! cause he's not even here himself!
7:45AM hmmm he's still not here....
7:55AM Emailed him and said--you aren't here yo--so I'm leaving
8:00AM Walked out and jumped for joy! Amen!

Off to next class!
This day can't get any better. This calls for a celebration! I'm gonna party like it's 1999. hahahha

Class out early

2004-12-06T10:08:00.000-05:00

...so I decided to head to the Stewart Center to do something called, "blogging." This week is "Dead Week." Where nothing goes on. Ehh except for the liberal arts people. No [new] homework, club meetings, and no dinner. hahah This mean you are screwed if you are skinny; there won't be any food until next week. haha ok ok in all honestly, "Dead Week" really means all you do is STUDY. You study at breakfast, at lunch, while taking at shower, and while you are sleeping. You must dream! about whatever subject you are studying at that particular momment.

uhhh other news, I never thought it could happen, but it did. My bathroom ran out of toilet paper since Sat. haha and we don't get refills until Tues. I have no idea why I'm laughing...

Stress is like a virsus. It never seems to go "away" like I can do on AIM. But only two more weeks then I'll be stress free for a little while. Finals are up and coming and I'm overwhelmed. Santa Claus is checking his Christmas list, so I guess I'll be nice to all I meet. Yes patis, even to you.

Time is up! Time for another class. Out.

Identity Theft

2004-12-02T13:24:00.000-05:00

seebol: hi my name is pati
seebol: asl?
PNPurdue: HAAHH!
seebol: back in high school days
seebol: i would have made a new sn
seebol: animefreeksushi
seebol: or something
PNPurdue: I thought you were the one who gave me her sn
seebol: ?
PNPurdue: I can't believe this haha who the heck is vivian
PNPurdue: I don't know vivian anymore
seebol: assk
seebol: or try talking about snyder
seebol: lol
PNPurdue: hahahaha okk
PNPurdue: will do
PNPurdue: "uh hey you remember snyder?__DON"T YOU"!"!

That conversation was the result of an indentity mishap. haa so I assumed this one girl to be Vivian--patis's sister for the last 3 months or so. Yes she's asian--yes she's into painting-woah! Vivian?!?! haha not sure anymore. This situation reminds me of the identity theft commercials I've seen on TV, although it's funny--but I do not encourage it. So don't go telling your parents that because you read my blog--you assume all is good. Shame on you.

Lately I havn't been feeling good. I think I'm coming down with the cold/flu/dizziness and all the good stuff.

"One to go please :-D"

2004-11-22T23:08:00.000-05:00

Oh I remember those summer days when I would go out to Mary Seto's place during lunch hour cause it was cheaper than dinner hours, and tell her dad, "One to go please" hahahha fun fun times. Yeah I love buffets. But sadly I havn't done that in a while, too far from civilization. I'm in the freaking middle of a sophisticated corn field. I mean for goodness sakes--here the corn species, from corn flakes, pop corn, to sweet corn, are considered as the royal family. The King is Sweet(Zea saccharata or Zea rugosa)--also known as Sweet corn. My current engineering project has to deal with figuring out different methods to maximize corn production by planting in even rows. hahhaha I love corn.

oh by the way what are some good classic christmas songs? I want to start making a new Christmas CD. Let me know.

This picture is for sibo hahaha!

HMM well I had to take down the picture cause the website where I got the picture from changed the image file--so it was replaced with something else hahaha it wasn't turkeys that's for sure.

My Turkey Feast

2004-11-21T22:33:00.000-05:00

If I had it my way this Thanksgiving, I'd be the one who's preparing the feast. I'll give Thanksgiving a little twist and surely please you and me.
My parents like to stuff and stick the turkey in the oven
I'd do it differently
and I'll show you who's the real cooking beast, preparing my turkey with glee.
Forget about roasting this big bird, it always turn out too dry.
Push away the smash potato or I'll shove it in your eyes.
Because this Thanksgiving will be a special one
with me as your chef
I'll be preparing the gourmet dishes with no fat in excess.
dough boy rolls are a must, but lets cut back on the butter and jelly
we gotta kick the habit you know.
Your asian mother can't cook better than me
I was told by my chinese fortune cookie.
So that is proof that I am the chosen one for this Thanksgiving's feast.
Hand over the money and I'll shop only what I need.
Sit back and relax, and oh don't forget to bring the Peptobismol and the cake
just incase you get a stomachache.
But do feel worry feel because my food will be safe to eat.

I got sunshine on a bright and cloudy day

2004-11-16T09:41:00.000-05:00

Things are hecktic lately---really no time to blog. However, I feel the need to catch up on the blogging. Sibo's recent layout change pulled me back into the darkness. No idea why this guy is into big giant planets (:-?). To me it looks more like the world's biggest Krispy Kreme doughnut.

I'm screwed! I ran out of phone card mins. Finally after 3 months of usage, my phone shuts down and says, "please recharge your card." On reflection my parents were right, "son you don't need a cell phone, what you need is a phone card." Cheap ass parents. So phone card it was, true it took some getting used to. For example, when I tried calling Alex, haha so instead of punching in the numbers, like Sibo does with his cell phone, I have to punch in 18 godly numbers then enters in the 16 digits pin number, then I wait.....I wait....patiently.....BAM! I'm connected. w00t. I feel like I'm reliving the "good old days." The days when I get dial-up internet for FREE. By now, I have memorized the 1-800 number that a user would have to punch in inorder to make a call. Then next, we have the pin numbers, oh yes, they're down too.

You know it's really not that bad, I mean I have a cordless phone and that's cellular enough right? I mean I can walk around my room and still go "mobile." how about THAT!~?! HA! I pay $14 for 400 mins! Such a deal.

So much stress lately. Looking forward to coming home and relax to a board game of 2210 or Monopoly, and oh tennis too.

Can you visualize the color lime green?

2004-11-10T09:53:00.000-05:00

I can. When I think of lime green I think of kiwi lime pies, lime smoothies, and paticake that's moldy. Until recently, when I hear lime green I think of food and let me tell you lime green is pretty tasty, but now it has been brought to my attention that the new Speech suit for the season of 2004/2005 consists of the color lime green!! how about that?! mr. mufasa!. w00t I can not believe it myself. I mean-I wish I had a lime green suit to wear during my Speech career. All I had was a gray mixed blue with a clip-on tie! That's pretty radical right there. hmmm that sounds ugly? well let me tell you--I was handsome in it, a trend setter and an ass kicking warrior, so if anybody wants to get my autograph, please send $5 and you'll be placed on a waiting list.

Back to lime green. I <3 lime green. Here have a look of the very truly: lime green.

WKU is this weekend and so Alyssa good luck! and you are way too cool in your suit with lime green color :-)

House of many daggers

2004-11-08T13:09:00.000-05:00

My chinese professor went on and on about The House of Flying Daggers. He want to show it to the whole chinese class. He also said, it's on DVD in China Town in San Fransico. He gives a funny semi evil grin as he walks back to his desk, and thinking to himself, "MUAH I'm the only chinese cow who has this jammed pack action movie because I went to China Town."

uhhh....After much talking about The House of Flying Daggers in class and how cool it is; and also the grimming reality that my Chinese professor is the only one who has the DVD. He holds the monopoly. So wanting to check this film out, I jumped into my reality and downloaded the movie from the net: DVD_rip_divxpro.
I have to say--it's an "ok" movie--trailer looks great--but bad story line :-/

A Monkey Love Story/Poem

2004-10-30T19:58:00.000-05:00

If I give you a cookie....will you be happy?
....if I show you some money...will you love me?
You are a princess...and I'm just a monkey.
This is a love story
about a monkey without fleas.
Monkey sees your love from high up in the tree
Told his [now] ex-heart that he needed to be free
That there is another gal who dances in the wind
Who twirls his mind and shoots him with sunshine.
So Monkey jumped from tree to tree hoping to catch a glimpse of his love to be.
Monkey dared and tried, and fought his might
The gal who dances saw her love, her love.
Monkey landed, both held hands.
They kissed and kissed
and went to Neverland.

I Have a Dream....

2004-10-29T10:49:00.000-05:00

no this is not a cheap ripe off of King's famous speech. haha But I have a dream that one day the world will come to its knees and see that Phuc Nguyen is the personification of "diversity" and "acceptance." I'm playing the ethnic spectrum. I recently had a thought, "what if...I join the all the ethnic group associations here at good old Purdue?" Here are some of the clubs I am pretty sure I can get in with out much trouble:

Asian American Association
Korean American Association
Chinese Association
Taiwanese Association
Philippine Association
Hispanic American Association-yo hablo español tambien.
Black American Association--I'll just say my daddy is black
Indian Association

...so basicly all the Asian cultures and then some.

there is one club in particular that I will have trouble getting in :-(
Latin Dancing Club.
I'm not sure if my skillz in the Flamenco, Cha Cha, and Salsa are up to par with those people.

But the way I see it, my life is like a board game of RISK. Once I control Asia and get my 7 bonus troops, I will be UNSTOPPABLE! MUAH!

You cannot imagine how much joy I get from talking in funny voices

2004-10-22T15:15:00.000-05:00

Perhaps you may consider that a little strange, but I thoroughly enjoy it :D There is ABSOLUTELY nothing better to do at some idle 3 AM in the morning while doing the god dang Engineering homework that you begin to sing along and occassionally dance along, with the voices in your head. Keeps me up to beat and hip hop. I sing songs like "Can't you Feel the love tonight" from the Lion King, "I got Thing A-Ma bob" or "Kiss the Girl" from the Little Mermaid, and/or singing to last year's Christmas dance theme, "Baby It's Cold Outside."

The wealther is getting pretty cold up here. No gloves no hat, just me and the wind. That's how i live. Would you care to join me? Here is the song that is catchy right now.

THIS is a MUST LISTEN to :-D Classic song make with a twist.
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Angusbeefpati

2004-10-19T13:30:00.000-05:00

I don't know about you guys, but I'm beginning to feel the spirit of autumn fall and Thanksgiving floating in the air. No more random bird droppings from the trees cause it's GODLY cold outside. It is perhaps my second favorite time of the year, other than Christmas! Fall has inspired me to play in the leaves and NOT take a shower because I'd wash away the "fall" aroma. Thanksgiving brings people together. oh the joy of lovely friends. One in particular of mine, now resides in California, is Patis Lee.

So you may ask, "What is so special about this Patis girl?" She is just way too cool :-) In fact, I'm not the only one who see this view point, Sibo also agrees. And for all who know sibo and i, we are food lovers. So as Newton's third law states, "For every action there is a reaction." Now lets analyize this, sibo and I think of Patis; so the direct reactions are as followed:

angusbeefpati
paticake

After hearing those two names Patis decided that she will turn vegan. So our minds went back to work.
McSoypati (that fits perfectly) :-)

Oh how I love Thanksgiving :-D. Is there a Thanksgiving song? My mind does not recall any. Let me do some searching on Google. As the new-age proverb goes, "If you're not on Google, you don't exist."

Ok here's a Thanksgiving song :=D I LOVE THIS SONNGGG!!!

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It's on!!! Jesus vs. Ghandi: Lets get ready to RUMBLLLEEE!!!

2004-10-15T09:42:00.000-05:00

Boxing has been around for quit some time now, and the world has seen some pretty amazing althletes, from Ali to Tyson. In most cases we, the audience, can pretty much tell who is tougher.

But this, I must admit, is a weird match.

Have you ever thought what [if] Jesus and Ghandi were in a boxing ring, who would come out as the victor? While eating dinner lastnight, this thought suddenly occurred to me. I don't know the answer. I mean, Jesus would just rise up again three days later so he'd be back in action. So technically he can never lose, but on the other hand, Ghandi is the icon of peace and nonviolent and most importantly, equality. If Jesus were to hit Ghandi, Ghandi would respond, "Since you hit me on my left cheek, it is only fair that you continue to hit me on my right cheek." and he'd say this with a smile on his face. You go Ghandi. But really now....uhhhhh.
I am really stumped on this match up. To get my answer I went and spoke to a physology professor in the liberal arts section at Purdue. I will refer to him as, Professor Xavier. I asked, "Professor X, who do you think would win the fight?" Xavier said, "The human race is changing, every few millenia evolution jumps forward." what?! How does that answer my question? I left, clueless and without an answer.

But nontheless, IT'S ON!!!!
You decide.

Horoscope

2004-10-14T09:14:00.000-05:00

Here at Purdue, I am realizing a very weird pattern about myself. Everymorning when I run outside my dorm, a race to get to class, I grab a copy of The Exponent, Purdue's campus newspaper. And what do I do with the newspaper?! Well I'm glad you ask. I read the horoscope section. Each time wishing that [it]--the all powerful all mighty horoscope predictor would predict my lucky lotto numbers so I can win and be ultra rich. But the horoscope with the winning lotto numbers has eluded me even to now.

On a side note, I think it's so cool to blog on your way to class. I don't know what it is, but the feeling of blogging when I'm at school makes me feel "baddddasss." hmmm Here is my horoscope for the day.

SCORPIO:
You start the day slowly, by rev up to fifth gear by late afternoon. In fact, you are an unstoppable force. Place your energy where it counts. A friend's actions might surprise you. Give those you care about space to be who they are. Tonight: Just whistle--your world answers.

wtf?

"A friend's actions might surprise you." I can't imagine what you guys can do to surprise me.....
[phuc pauses....pauses more] Ok nevermind. If you manage to hack my computer, I will be in a state of shock and awe.

Class now--brb

2004-10-12T00:36:00.000-05:00

Fall break was FUN!! and why can't my keep a normal face when taking pictures. Oh goodness. Apple picking with mommy (center) and a random girl who happens to feel lonely at the momment decided to jump in when my little sister was taking the picture--so now I'm stuck with this. Oh goodness once again. hhahhaha well actually--the one on the left is my older sister, Ai. She's weird looking. hahaha.

She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

2004-10-10T01:08:00.000-05:00

I gave away a Shrek halloween mask tonight and in return I got some jumpin' sea shells :-D. If I had it my way, sea shells, in particular, sand dollars! would RULE the WORLD! Yes even them partially broken sand dollars.

Tonight was a busy night, I went to see the early showing of "Team America." Sam you are STILL the man! Then took a detour and then to Alex's house for a fun time of Capture the Flag and St. Louis Monopoly. Britt is as cheerful as I last remembered :-) Such a BLAST! seeing her and all the old gang again.

Capture the flag: 1hr and some odd minutes
St. Louis Monopoly: the long 30minutes
taking that detour: timeless :-) and that is all I will say about that

Even though that detour was the shortest event of my night, but to me, it was the best momment of the night and I will say that is that :-D. Sand dollars are here to save the world, you can have one too! but I will keep mine.

An Original Poem: A Special Post

2004-10-07T17:19:00.000-05:00

Ok lets try out my sentimental side for the moment. So here we go.
A Poem

Over the internet we chit and chat
You made me mad so I typed, "You dirty rat."
I blew some steam
And you screamed like Howard Dean.
We couldn't agree
so it seemed.
But day by day, I know you better
I wrote you letters
With my quill pen feather.
And over the internet we chit and chat
We laughed and laughed and forgot the past.

Ok....uhh I don't know where I got the inspiration to write that, but enjoy. Tell me what you think. I don't know. I need help finishing that.

SIMBA IS RETURNING TO PRIDE ROCK!

2004-10-04T23:47:00.000-05:00

you folks heard me right. I am now Simba.

I am mean!

I am a fighting, biting machine.

hear me ROAARRR!!!

meeeeoooww

Ok in all honesty, deep down I havn't changed. I'm still a big wussy cat. But all this is gonna change. I recently went to Wal Mart and noticed something perculiar was happening on isle 2. So I dashed my way and saw there was a crowd of kids trying to get their very own free "Shrek" Halloween mask. A thought suddenly kicked me in the rear, and so I realized with this Shrek mask I will make little kids back in my hometown cry this Halloween and hopfully, if their parents aren't looking, STEAL their bag of hard earned goodies. MUAHA! Come on now, give me a break! Do you honestly think those kids are gonna eat ALL of their goodies!?!? NOWAY!

And please, don't think I'm going to eat all that sugar by myself. In fact, I'm gonna put the candies up on ebay to get some profit. Strange idea, but hey, there are strange ideas everywhere. I think you're strange. What? You wanna argue with me??! Don't be stupid. Arguing over the internet is like going to a fat-free diet camp, it "ain't" gonna get you thinner. And besides, I like you the way you are. awwwww. Honestly.

Just as an update: I'm coming home for Fall Break this Oct. 8 til the 11th. :-) I ROCK!

A poem next time

BMOC

2004-10-01T01:38:00.000-05:00

Now you're prolly asking yourself, "what on earth!! is BMOC?!" Cool it homies and grab some seats and I will tell you. B.M.O.C stands for Big MAN On CAMPUS! hahha no it's not a club that I recently joined for big men; it's an allegory about me and the membership does not exceed ONE.

I am the big man on campus. Simply put. I suddenly became the number one bachelor on People's magazine and a teen idle sensasion. I give my thanks to a shirt, a shirt that makes me more irresistible across the ethnic spectrum. I am SO irresistible to the point when I walk across the study table of an asian girl on the 3rd floor math building study lounge, she drops her pencil, looks up at me, and say, "nice shirt and can I have my pencil back from yesterday?" To which I will respond, "Yesterday ain't today baby yo, and me no have your pencil anymore. Srryy so srryy"

I am so lovable that she then wants to play tackle football with me down around the math building. This shirt has made me more tempting than even her math homework.

In actuality it's a shirt that reads, "John Kerry for President." And a large outlined picture of John Kerry himself as the center piece. It's the next best thing to the life size John Kerry poster cut out. Oye! I wish I had that! Let me continue this post tomorrow--I'm so tired now. brb

So it's tomorrow. I'm currently seating in the computer lab...printing...printing. I admire the accuracy and precision of the HP Laser series 83245zl laser printer. haha I mean--I'm clicking the printer icon and it's printing printing without mistakes, i.e no ink blots. Now all I need is a printer that recognizes my homework mistakes and "auto" fix them. "An ink economic saving idea." Must patent it.

Phuc Nguyen and Kerry and Edw...who cares--John Kerry w00t!

2004-09-22T01:27:00.000-05:00

I've been so busy recently that I barely had much time to blog. But just to keep you folks updated, last weekend I helped walk old democrat ladies cross the street (don't know what happened to the Rep grandmas--maybe I pushed them out of the way while crossing, mended some broken hearts, rescued a kitten from a tree branch (oh yeah I'm a real life fire fighter!), and donated time to saving the rain forest on Amazon.com, while keeping on task. Pewwsh that's a lot of good deeds. Ok on a more serious note.

Going to a big school mean more choices. That is very true. Currently I'm trying to decide whether or not I should apply to do research in the School of Nuclear Engineering. For one I am a Mechanical Engineer, but I do see a great learning experience and a chance to develope my skills and I get pay (maybe). Time is a big issue for me, as most college students with 18 credit hours will tell you. Liberal arts people get made fun of a lot at Purdue. hahha pssh liberal arts. (oops did I just say that?)

My Movie Picks:

Musa: The Warrior (if you can't handle realistic dying and fighting--don't watch it)

Warrior of Heaven and Earth (I'm still working on this one--I can't get the subtitles to work-but I hear it's a great movie---even better than Hero)

This weekend I'm heading off to IU. To see Ai and Sibo. Praying I get more of my homework done so I can enjoy the weekend.

Finding Your Juliet Inc.

2004-09-16T23:38:00.000-05:00

The idea of finding a Juliet "just 4 u" came to me this evening while having dinner with a friend of mine named, Xu. So here's the deal. You tell us what type of girls you like. You can mix and match the characteristics from our choices:

ugly but enjoys cooking
pretty but has garlic breath
semi ugly but attitudes could be better
above average and control freak
smart and blonde (newly added)
smart but does not speakaaa english
mean asian girl/nice asian girl
karate expert (patis is so mean to me!)

Once you've mixed and matched your choices--you give me $20 dollars and I will generate a love poem for you and will secretly stick it inside her homework. This requires a lot of manual labor so that's why we are charging $20 +tax (California tax is implemented since it brings in more revenue for us 8% compare to 6% for Indiana).

Learning is Delicious

2004-09-11T14:49:00.000-05:00

I thought I knew what learning is about, but up until now I certainly never used "delicious" to tell what learning is.

Learning makes my backpack tears into two...
leaves me sleepless til 4 AM early morning
Learning puts a pen in my pocket
and ruined all my clothes while I listened to Brittany Spears's "Toxic"
How funny learning really is
I say it's one never ending fest!
and L whinned about having 7 tests! pssh
Shame shame
what learning really is---is it's really delicious.

hmmm I don't know what is wrong with me. Was that a poem I just wrote?? or some random idle thoughts coming out of my mind due to frustrations and fatigue.

Things are back to normal and back on top of things--sorta--out and brb