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Name: Miss K.Thang
Country: United States
State: California
Metro: San Francisco
Gender: Female
Interests: Experimenting the different shades of make-up. Indulging in fun physical activities such as pool, swimming, ice skating, bowling and playing tennis. Long conversations over the phone is my mug of hot chocolate. Accomplishing goals gives me the best adrenaline rush. X-Men Evolution, Wolverine and the X-Men. X-Men Comic books. Fashion. Spending time with my closest friends. Attempting to tan in the sun within a very foggy city. Frank compliments to anyone. Being a highlight of someone's day when they are down.
Expertise: I'm the best listener, but I also like to state my opinions when possible. I'm very loyal and caring. I'm sympathetic as well as empathetic. Independent and goal-oriented. Determined with a strong drive to get ahead. My own biggest competition.
Occupation: College student
Message: message me
AIM:  TemptatiousBee
AIM:  Pure Silver Sky
Member Since:
2/19/2004
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| Salut, mes amis!
This week was another crazy week for me! I had three midterms again for the same classes: Chemistry2C, Calculus16B, and Management11A. It is stressful enough to study for just one midterm, but three? I planned up and divided up my time so that way I can study for all my classes. Alternating my studying was helpful since it is bad to put all my time into just one course. Sometimes there may seem like there is not enough time to study, but you just have to work with the time you got, regardless of how little or a lot you have before a midterm or final. There is absolutely NO EXCUSE to say, "Oh, I did not have enough time to study,". Okay, so it may be true, but could you have reviewed your notes while you were on the bus home? Could you have been going over your calculus formulas during the time that you were stalking people on Facebook? I learned that well, there's always time. My calculus professor said, "If someone followed you around and recorded you for the entire day, you'll probably realize how much time you really do put to productive use,". Maybe you're tired and do not have that energy to focus. Some hard working people I know just runs on five hours of sleep though -- sometimes you have no choice when it comes to success. You sacrifice something for something greater, and it does make sense. There are times when you sacrifice a lot and you fail, and it hurts a lot. Failure can discourage a person so much that they refuse to try again because of the fear of failing again. I realize that you do not let failures define who you are as a person, but to use your failures as opportunities to improve yourself. Failures need to be taken the right way, not the wrong way. Brushing off failures would not help, but admitting it, facing it and fixing it is the way to really put a failure to use. Failures are not just there to lower one's self-esteem, but they are there to help improve a person, but ONLY if they face it and fix their mistakes.
I caught the common cold this week and it was inevitable since I catch a cold every autumn season. One of my friends caught a flu at the worse time. She had the calculus and chemistry midterm with me yesterday, but she could not make it to any of them. She had a 103 degree fever and left to go to the Emergency Room. While you may sleep less because of your studies or work, it is still important to have an adequate amount of sleep if you can. Seven to eight hours of sleep should be best if possible (although I run on five to six hours of sleep...). I tried to sleep in today, but I could not. I had a hard time sleeping because of all these nightmares! I had the same nightmare in the same cycle. I was on my laptop checking for my chemistry midterm grade and everyone did better than me! You know how terrifyingly scary that is to me?! I kept waking up with my heart rate thumping like crazy and everytime I tried to go back to sleep, I dreamt the same situation. One of my housemates told me not to check my chemistry midterm grade because it is the weekend and nothing should ruin it for me. I could not help myself and went against her words just appromixately twenty minutes ago. I checked for my grade and -- not there. That's odd, because normally they post it the same day we took the midterm (since the TAs are not allowed to leave until they finish correcting every single midterm -- yikes!). Last midterm I was able to wait it out and not look at it until Sunday night. For some reason, this time I just want to get it over with.
Some of my friends noticed my Facebook is -- deleted? Correction: I deactivated my Facebook, NOT deleted it. One of my friends saw me on campus and said she could not find my Facebook, so instead she looked me up on Myspace (which I have not used in the longest time...and what? She was stalking me through the virtual world?) and found me. She wanted to invite me to a party at her place and wanted to add me to the invite list on Facebook, but realized I was gone. At first she thought I deleted her, but I did not. Others are just like, "what happened to your Facebook?". We all have our distractions, and last school year, Facebook was my biggest distraction. I was sad that my closest friends were not with me, so Facebook was a way to keep connected with them. I deactivated it because I felt I did not need Facebook to distract me this school year. I was almost sick of it anyway. One thing I could not stand was the statuses people post up. HappySlip gave a perfect example of what I am talking about.
Example:
Sally Huynh is eating two cookies. <-- So? It ain't like you're giving me any!
Sally Huynh is going to the library. <-- ...okay.
Another thing I could not stand was the number of depressed statuses up.
Example:
Sally Huynh is in tears. Don't ask why. <-- Obviously, she WANTS people to ask why, and it is just a way to get people's attention.
Sally Huynh is f*cking mad and her life is the worse ever! <-- What more can I say? It's just so unnecessarily depressing!! It's asking for other people's pity and just wants attention. I guess I dislike attention whores? And well, nobody wants to be a sad person.
I dislike Facebook sometimes because of all the virtual stalking I am capable of doing. It is so time-consuming! Why do I care that this chick at school I barely talk to broke up with her boyfriend? Why do I care that this guy is getting massive hate comments on his wall? And why am I amused as I read through it? Anyway, I decided to get back to Facebook during winter break and spring break. For summer, I'll see how it goes since I am planning to stay at UCD for summer school. The thing is, after I deactivated my Facebook and made a vow that I would not log on to use it, I felt a sense of accomplishment. It takes some amount of discipline and control to do something and I was trying to break a habit of distraction, and I did it. I know I do not need Facebook. Yes, I do like to keep in touch with people through Facebook, but Facebook is still an extra in life, something that is not essential to having.
Ciao, mes amis! <3
P.S.
Keep yourselves warm and have an adequate amount of sleep! It will only get colder towards the end of this year, so remember to take care of yourselves!
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| - You look older than you really are. FALSE. I look younger than I really am.
- You're racist. Not really.
- Your parents are scared of anyone that is black. Kind of...
- Your parents dog on Mexicans and Blacks What?
- You know you're superior to other Asians. Um, no.
- Your parents think you're 12 when you're really 18. Nope.
- When you go out to buy clothes you have to buy them 3 sizes too big for
you to grow in and for any younger brother or sister to have for Christmas a
few years down the line. My parents are not cheap!
- At least one of your parents are in a self owned business like Laundromat,
Nails, or Apartments. If they own apartments they rent only to Asian
families...never blacks. They rented the bottom house to only Asians, haha. Curious...
- Guys: you sit on your butt all day. I am not a guy.
- Girls: you do everything while your man sits on his butt. I would not do that for my man.
- Guys: you have a nice variety of white and black shirts, blue and black
jeans and slacks. (How boring)
- You cuss out anyone in Vietnamese that gets you pissed off. The cuss words sound too funny to me. I do not like to curse much anyway.
- Your parents think you're the worst kid. No way. They love me and know me.
- Your parents compare you to 4.5 nerds and call you stupid. They do not think I am smart, but they do believe I am hardworking.
- You watch Vietnamese translated movies that are 30 tapes long. Nah.
- You listen to New-wave, Techno, Rap, Slowjams, and/or Euro dance. I do not listen to any of those, but Euro dance sounds interesting.
- You show your Viet-pride to the fullest. I am too Americanized, haha.
- You go to Little Saigon once in a while or every weekend or everyday! I go every once in a while. THE FOOD THERE IS THE BEST.
- While you are in Little Saigon, you always go to Phuoc Loc Tho where you
head straight into that Asian Collection music store. Nah.
- You always take American friends to go to Bo 7 Mon (Seven courses of Beef)
to amaze them with Vietnamese foods. They can see it for themselves.
- There's Chinese in your family line somewhere. Yes, there is.
- You live in the valley (SFV), O.C., or somewhere in the East. What about SF?
- You get along with other Vietnamese even though they are total F.O.B.'s. Getting along with people does not relate to your race though.
- You're down for your crap. I am down for my poop? What?
- You're loyal to ALL your friends. Uh, yea. Of course.
- You don't own an American car. Heck, I do not own any car!
- Girls: You hate all F.O.B.'s that go "Hey, babee, you cute. Can I hab
yo fone numba?" Hahaha, I dislike FOBS in general.
- Guys: You enjoy getting slapped by the girls you try to mack on. Hey, at
least she touched you.
- You are the bomb at pool.
- You like to wear Nike, Adidas, Tommy, or Nautica. If you're an F.O.B., you
wear Calvin Klein and Guess. I am not a FOB, but I do like CK and Guess -- A LOT.
- You are always updated with the Asian style. I like fashion in general, but what is the Asian style?
- Guys: You either have high spikes or slicked small bangs combed back.
- You highlight your hair. Yes, I do.
- You buy Levi's 501s and you slit the sides. What?
- You played the piano once in your life. Yes, I do have talent.
- You take 2 or more showers a day. Sometimes. I tend to do that in the summer time.
- Your parents always boast about you to all the other Vietnamese parents,
or your parents totally dogg on how stupid you are to other Vietnamese
parents. My goodness, this is true.
- After you come from the beach with a tan, they say that you look
Cambodian. No, they say I look Filipino.
- No matter what you are, people think your Chinese or Korean. Along with Thai and Filipino!
- Anybody will ask you to say something in Vietnamese. After you told them
hello and how are you doing in Vietnamese, they ask about the cuss words. Haha, why does everyone want to know the cuss words?
- Your parents can only help you with the math assignments and no other
subjects. Actually, my dad could help me a lot more on my English than my Mathematics.
- You like Durian. I have grown up around Durian and I do NOT like durian.
- When you get detention or demerits from school, your parents think that
you are a rebel. One misstep and they think I am about to spiral down to the bad side.
- When your parents see that you get bad grades, they start lecturing about
how they went through hell in school in Vietnam. They would say that they
would have gotten whooped in the butt. Haha, and the fact that they did not get to finish school and how lucky we are here in America (which we really are!).
- Your parents always compare Vietnam and America. ALL THE TIME. America is too boring for them and they always mention places and the times they had there.
- When you are feeling ill, your parents think you're on drugs. Course not!
- Your parents have the whole collection of Paris By Night. I do not think so...
- Your parents always criticize you, criticize others, and criticize each
other. I guess?
- Guys: You love Acura Integras and 4-Runners.
- Your parents want you to be better than everyone else. Of course! But they warned me to not become a snob. They want me to be modest.
- Guys: you, one time in your life, had the regulation bowl cut.
- You ate 4 bowls of rice, then five minutes after, your parents ask you if
you want to eat 4 more bowls. I do not eat rice. The most I eat rice is probably once a week, if I ever do.
- Your aunts always have a fro hair cut. It was popular. Wasn't it?
- Your parents always compare you to those big buff white peeps. No. They do not.
- In your house, there's always multiple pictures of your family and you
when you were small, side by side in every room. Our pictures are a lot more recent, haha.
- You have the last name or are related to someone who has the last name:
Nguyen. Haha, nope! We have Thang, Huynh, and Truong, but not Nguyen.
- Guys: You only go for only cute Asian girls.
- Girls: You went out with or liked someone named Minh. Uh, no.
- Your dad wears glasses and always has the good ol' hair combed to the
side. No!
- You only buy products made in Japan. Not necessarily.
- Your parents always remind you to greet every older person in Vietnamese
if they're Vietnamese. No, I just say hello, haha.
- You always have pounds of rice around the house. Well, yes. Every Asian household has that big pound of rice.
- Your parents hate pets except for harmless, CHEAP goldfishes. How did you know?! All my pets were contained. I had a turtle, fish, and hermit crab.
- Your parents are attracted to the English words of: "99 cents"
or "FREE." Mmmhmmm. But really, who isn't?
- You collect all the coupons you can find. No.
- Your grandparents always give you money. Only my dad's side ;)
- Your parents know how to make Pho. Why, of course.
- You're taller than your parents. Eh, actually I am shorter than both.
- You have a computer. Correction, two.
- Your parents only watch TV when the Little Saigon Television is on. No! They watch other channels and programs too.
- You put Soy Sauce or nuoc mam on every food . I am not that Asian, haha. But nuoc mam is so good.
- You enjoy Karaoke and/or you have the machine at home. Yes, so we do have the karaoke machine at home. And we do use it.
- You can't date until you're 60. Correction -- 75. Just kidding. They let me date when I was 15.
- Your parents make you get married with only Vietnamese people. No!
- You like playing volleyball. Yes, I do.
- You use your dishwasher to store clean dishes. No, I use cabinets.
- Your parents use the "Eagle" brand oil for every type of
sickness. Haha, no.
- You use the Eagle Oil. I use some type of oil...but I do not know which.
- You know where all of the Vietnamese restaurants in town are. Haha, not necessarily. Okay, probably -- at Davis.
- You, your little brother, your older brother, and your older brother's
friend sleep together in the same bed. We all have our own rooms, thank you very much.
- Your family own a copy of "Paris By Night". NO.
- Your parents always buy Japanese automobiles. Toyota, Honda, Acura.
- Your parents listen to the news from Vietnamese radio station either at
home or in their car. I think they listen to the Chinese radio station more.
- Your parents always want to do business with Vietnamese only. Haha, no! (I think they only want to do business with Asians in general though).
- Your parents want you to marry an educated person. Who doesn't?
- Your father or brother goes to the casino every week or month.I do not have a brother and my dad does not like to gamble.
Can you believe I was doing this? After three midterms this week, I could really use anything as my stress reliever.
Ciao<3
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| Bonjour!
For those of you who have a passion in science, or have a knack for chemistry, you may like this animation video. My chemistry professor showed this to us towards the end of lecture today, and I thought it was quite cute. This would be very appropriate for kids since it is able to educate them while keeping them amused. Enjoy!
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4433312&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1
Ciao <3
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| Bonjour Journal,
This morning my parents called me at 10 am. They told me they were going to Costco to buy some stuff for me and asked if I needed anything else. They have been asking me what I need for the past week already. I heard my sister in the background, which was strange because she usually dislikes going out and would stay put at home. They told me to get up from bed, eat and shower. So I did. I was rewriting my chemistry notes (it helps when I have clean notes and rewriting it helps me review, especially since chemistry is not my strongest subject) and received a text from my boyfriend. It said, "You're so pretty!". I was in the middle of texting and became aware of footsteps. I heard my roommate come into my room -- or so I thought. The footsteps did not sound like her, and I heard several footsteps. I turned and saw my sister and parents! Oh, my gosh! I had no idea that they would be coming to surprise me. I cried almost instantly when I saw them because I just missed them so much. I know I should be used to being away from home already, and I am, but I am so close with my family that being away makes me sad sometimes. It turns out they were knocking on the window downstairs and one of my housemates opened it for them. My dad had whispered, "Shh, I want to surprise Karen. She doesn't know we're here!". And that's when they snuck up into my room. Tomorrow's my younger sister's SWEET 16 -- but they came up today so that we can celebrate it early together, as a whole family! My dad works at the 5-star steak house restaurant called Harris', and he knows the baker there. She baked my sister a deliciously rich (and I mean rich because every bite was just so fulfilling) birthday chocolate tart. We went to eat at the Davis sushi buffet. It was funny because we saw some workers there making Vietnamese Spring rolls and they gave some to us (and only us!) so we felt really special. Once, the owner gave me a 10% discount too! I think they like my dad -- let's just say he has a way with words, even though he never kissed the Blarney Stone! During our late luncheon, we were also recording some moments with my sister's camcorder. We headed back to my townhouse apartment and recorded her and the gorgeous chocolate tart. I gave some chocolate tart slices to my apartment mates. My family left to go to the Vacaville Outlet afterwards, knowing I have plenty of schoolwork to complete. A few hours with my family completely made my weekend <3 I learned they actually have been planning this for a while already, and it just really touched me. I will remember this because this is the best surprise I have ever had :) Thanks, mom and dad & Jess! <3 I love y'all! <3 (Haha, I wish I had the Southern accent. My accounting professor has one and he likes to use numbers with the FIVE in it, like thirty-FIVE hundred dollars..., twenty-FIVE hundred dollars...haha).
Ciao <3
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| Bonjour journal,
1. My hands are super small.
Yes, people have remarked about my petite hands by placing theirs palm to palm with mine. It is a fact that I have trouble grasping onto a football, opening a big lid of a jar that has not been opened yet, and trying to balance a bunch of objects in my hand without having them topple over. Who says small hands cannot come in handy? When someone has trouble getting something out, my hands can really come in useful. My friend dropped her guitar pick into her guitar and kept shaking her guitar to get it out. It wasn't the most effective way to get a pick out of a guitar, so I jammed my hand inside the guitar and grabbed the pick out. I can fit my hand into tiny jars, tiny cracks and creases to get things out.
2. My feet are so small.
I have the most trouble finding women shoes! I love heels and it's frustrating to know that I cannot fit most heels and other shoes. There are some women size 5 that I do fit, but not always. My foot is literally the size of my boyfriend's hand. The good thing is that I can get shoes for a cheaper price when I buy a kid size (people cannot tell I wear kid shoes because of the stores I go to).
3. My skin is oily.
I have one of the worse cases of oily, greasy skin! The good thing is, I won't develop wrinkles easily.
4. My feet are not proportional.
I understand that our body parts are not all proportional, but I placed my feet next to each other and they are different in size. For the most part, when I wear shoes they do not bother me. But there are certain shoes where I do feel my right side is a lot looser than my left side. I think the size difference could be about half an inch, haha. At most, I cannot think of an advantage to having different sized feet.
5. I can move my hand knuckles side to side.
Yes, it sounds gross. People have said it is gross, but it's something me and a few other people in the world can do. I can move the bones around my hand knuckle area back and forth whenever I feel like it. I had no idea that was not "normal" and it still does not gross me out. There is not an advantage of this...I mean I still cannot punch any harder or anything like that.
Love your imperfects, whatever they may be. Some may be useful, pretty awesome to show off to friends, or even both :)
Ciao <3
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