First Weekend = Fun Weekend

Since school had started this past Wednesday, I have spent about a total of $800. ~$600 of which was spent on textbooks, the rest spent on getting the necessary back-to-school items such a desk lamps and floor mirrors. Now with all the stuff bought, I can settle back in my utmost single and study right? Wrong. The first weekend of the semester always means spending time with friends. Since experience tells me that as a student at MIT, one does not receive much free time as others. So the best way is to take advantage of every opportunity and to use every minute efficiently, whether it's to play or to work.

This weekend was kicked off with dinner at Spice at Harvard Sq. Along with Helen Liang and Patricia Zheng, we devoured 2 dishes and 1 appetizer and coughed up $11 each. Not as cheap as Victoria's Seafood, but still pretty good. We got spring rolls for the appetizer and for the dishes, we got a chicken chow fun (?) and Ocean Madness (various seafood). Mmmm. After dinner, as usual, we marched to Ben and Jerry and shared 2 large cups of icecream. Since Jelly wasn't here, we got more chocolate flavors than usual. The flavors included: turtle soup (mmm, I really like this one), Banana on the Rum (this one is so gooooood!), Phish Food, NY Fudge, Coffee Coffee Buzz Buzz Buzz, and Chocolate Brownie. It was mmmm, delicious! Unlike Jelly, Helen's skinny physique could not help us finish majority of the dish, so Patricia and I ended up eating most of it. After I got home, I was so hyper, guess I wasn't used to having so much chocolate and cofee in my system.



Saturday morning, I woke up bright and early to a bright, summer day (haha). It was 80 degrees out and it was the Boston Food tour! I have never been on one before, so it was a great experience to just go out and hang out with people I wouldn't normally hang out with. I didn't eat too much, but that Passion Pina Colada I had was awesome! I also went to Haymarket for the first time. Dirt cheap fruit and vegetables, so i got some grapes and peaches.



This had been so much fun. Unfortunately, as a college student, who still depends on her education to carry her far in life, still needs to come home and focus on her schoolwork. The rest of today and all of tomorrow will be dedicated to studying, doing work, and learning. It's weird, but now I am so energized!

Saturday afternoon: I spent a good majority of the time reading my 15.535 book, which was very interesting actually. It's basically an overview of all business analysis and all of the strategies that the business might use to put their companies in the best light possible. Later, that afternoon, I had the two slices of pizza that I got from the Ballroom dancing event and I trudged on with the reading. After printing out the Chinese essay that I should read, I realized that this essay is hard!!! I didn't know half of the word phrases or its meanings! I dont know if it's because the author is Taiwanese or it's because I'm an idiot. Later, in the evening, I had a talk with Kah Seng as we talked about our issues with each other.

I think communication is a wonderful thing, because everyone participates and everyone wins (hopefully). Communication is the first step for people to get to know each other more and an effective way to figure out the differences.