Anyway, Liverpool won the FA Cup final on penalties! A very exciting match! I pity West Ham though. They didn't deserve to lose, certainly not on penalties. Penalties are the most cruel way for a team to lose a match. Oh well..Liverpool's comeback abilities cannot be underestimated..or rather Gerrard's comeback skills. He's such an inspirational captain..scored a really stunning last-minute equalizer even though he was limping. I really miss the excitement of watching soccer matches live on tv, though I won't deny that I get overly-excited at times haha. Will not miss the World Cup..
People here are starting to pack their stuff and everything. It dawned on me this morning that I will only be staying in my New House room for 4 more nights. 4 mere nights before I have to move out. I'm really gonna miss my room, people on the floor and New House in general. I can't believe that the coming week will be my last week as a freshman. Where has the year gone to? Whatever happened to my freshman year? So unbelievably fast huh. Can't really put down in words what I feel about my freshman year. To sum up, it has been a memorable and exciting year full of ups-and-downs.
Some things from my freshman year which stand out:
-The friends I've made. Especially jess (aka roommate), xinghao, jiaqi and mingwei. Thank you for all the beautiful memories. You guys have never failed to cheer me up with all your crankiness and corniness haha. Will never ever forget the crazy and out-of-point msn convo, dinner convo, eat-and-park/geagle saturdays, russell peters imitations, bang/bridge/poker+wine friday nights, table tennis/pool nights, bday celebrations, etc etc.
-Mid-sem break. Going down to fallingwater and ohiopyle (such beautiful scenery!), and to grove city the following days. I'll never forget us singing loudly inside the car haha.
-Chicago during Thanksgiving. First trip with friends, and it was so impromptu and arranged last-minute haha. And I'll never forget us waking up late and rushing to the airport to catch the flight back..it was so amazing race haha. Had such a fun time there, even though it was really cold...
-Christmas light-up. Mount Washington was really gorgeous.
-Spring Carnival/booth, which left me with both good and bad memories. It was really satisfying to see the final product though, and even though it was disappointing to get third, I guess what really mattered in the end was the process of building it and seeing the whole booth itself, and not really the result.
-Being in exco and organizing events which is actually quite fun, though it can be really stressful at times, especially if you have a ton of schoolwork to be done at the same time.
-Programming! Haha. Which really drove me nuts. I thought last sem was bad enough, this sem was worse. So far the hardest course I've had to take. I definitely learned a lot, but I'm just glad I don't have to do any more programming. For now.
-All the all-nighters. Due to bad time management heh. And as a result of all-nighters, I ended up skipping classes too.
-Having to be independent and doing things on your own. Not to mention getting homesick.
-Classes...hmm the discussions that went on during classes were really something. And it was quite an eye-opener for someone like me, who usually dare not speak up in class and who's forced to speak up in class now. And attempting to speak in American accent no less. Haha.
-My dorm room! Love the room and its view. My floormates, my RAs, etc.
-Meeting new people.
Hmm..trying to remember more but nothing else came to mind. Of course there're plenty of things I've missed out. But yup..will definitely cherish my freshman year. Sophomore year isn't gonna be the same..