ucberkeley
university of california
at BERKELEY
major/s: geography
and international/area studies
studying in the US has
been a truly different learning experience
it's been great being
quasi-independent (no parents here!) and being in control of what one does,
how one does it and all the rest. really glad to have made lots of friends,
and met many kinds of people (talk about diversity here!) along the way.
PHOTOS ARE ARRANGED WITH MOST RECENT SHOTS ON THE TOP
international spring
festival part I: a celebration of different cultures and lots of food!
*grins* here's jane (in her indonesian costume! i love it!) and me in my
non-descript es/em/es/ei shirt (i love it too!)
dinner at tony roma's
on minghao's birthday
check out the spread
of food! (especially the BEEEG oriental salad thingy that i ordered!)
and the onion loaf...urgh.
from left to right:
edwin, guangliang, daiyou, bday boy, serene, me, zhenchao
feeling really young amongst
the oldies who are all graduating this semester =P
two suitemates: amy,
me and sonia
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spring fest at i-house
part II: enjoying the sun and taking a break from fanning too much satay
and scooping curry. xiao, me, xinying, serena
seniors' dinner at solano
bar & grill
yummy food (the chocolate
mousse was shiok!)
mingren, xiaojuan, me,
daiyou (above my head), shaun,yoekie, hongkai, xinying
jenny gave us a treat
at the spaghetti factory at jack london square. it was really yummilicious!
mmm mmmm...check out the cool restaurant atmosphere! good food, funky decor.
looking forward to my next meal there! L-R: jenny, mary, me, jane =)
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another birthday
celebration (this time, it's serene's turn to get old) =P first row (L-R):
raymen, daiyou, wilson, serene (the old one!), me and xinying second row
(L-R): melvin, mark, yongkuan, leo, jiasui third: frances and khianhao
celebrating
xiaojuan's birthday at DAIMO (which was followed by crooning session at
the karaoke lounge nearby)from left: carmen, serene, serena, ME!, xiao,
xinying, jiasui, kahshin, nicole
standing
(L-R): frances and alice
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chinese new year dinner
at foster city (combined with the stanfurd singaporeans) here's us against
a really oriental backdrop (golden dragon, red curtains) cheesy stuff.
front row (L-R): hongkai, chinghway, raymen. standing (L-R): xinying, liwen,
melvin, serene, jiasui, nicole, xiaojuan, yours truly
chinese new year (2001)
reunion dinner at a restaurant in oakland's chinatown.
good food, lots to talk
about and laugh over. it made up (somewhat) for missing reunion dinner
in singapore (which might not have boasted such yummy food anyway) *grins*
from left to right (in
one fell swoop!)seated (L-R): jane, yongkuan, robby, wilson
the rest of us (this
gets tricky) L-R: kat (dark blue top), liwen (light blue top), leo (white
top), kat's roommate, khianhao, frances, ilyas (red top, behind), yoekling
(standing at the back), kahshin (red top, foreground), raymen (blue top),
me!, nicole, serene, jiasui, xinying (dark blue top). taking reference
from chinghway in the yellow shirt L-R: hongkai, melvin, xiaojuan, mark,
changyue.
a case of quan2jia1fu2.
three cheers to the berkeley singaporean year ones!
GURRRRRRL POWER! another
picture taken at the reunion dinner
L-R: xiaojuan, nicole,
yoekling, ME! serene, jiasui
good food, great company...what
else can one ask for?
taken on raymen's birthday
at the DUNGEON of bowles
first row (from L-R):
frances, serena, xiaojuan, yoekling, suki, ME!, serene
second row (from L-R):
jiasui, mark and chinghway
we're all perched on
this big BEEEEG cal bear who has been subject to lots of wear-and-tear
(evident from the leaky
tummy that's spilling cotton stuffing *grins*)
people at berkeley know
how to have fun too! these photos were taken at Great America, which is
an adult amusement park filled with the scariest rides (roller coasters!)
ever. i think i have taken enough heart-stopping rides to last me a lifetime.
first photo: nancy, me, carmen, joey (who thinks i'm the boringest person
he has EVER seen) in front of this 360-degree viking ride (i took the ride,
i took the ride *beams proudly*)
next photo: nancy, me and
joey on the world's largest carousel (or so they claim!). this was the
only only ride that was not exhilarating. *grins* it was fun to ride on
the pseudo horses though. joey would have chosen a pig (because he figured
the pigs on the carousel looked really left out as everyone never chose
to rode them) but sadly, he followed the crowd and chose a horse (which
of course looks much nicer than the pigs!)
the photo on the right:
jane and myself, with the campanile (the landmark clocktower of berkeley)
behind. yes, the weather's good enough for skirts and shorts and sandals
(california reigns!)
photo on left: jenny,
mary, jane and ME (it rhymes...) taken when we were trying to complete
our globalization project in jane's room. we got an A+! cool team, great
gals....what could be better?
photo on the right:
my suitemate, carmen and me. we were checking out the berkley world music
festival along telegraph avenue near campus (the banner in the background
says berkeley world music festival, so there!)
photo on the left: 6
of us, plus the driver (meaning 7!) were squeezed into this really cool
convertible for a ride from berkeley to oakland bowling center. standing
from left: getty, nicole, suki, daiyou. that's me in a pink shirt and next
to me is serene.
taken outside the powell
street BART station before the STOMP! concert.
from left: leo, hongkai,
serene, me!, yoekling, jane, yongkuan, daiyou.
me, my suitemates and
RA (guess who, it's not difficult)
first row: jehnan; second
row: amy, carmen, winnie, kim; third row: kristina, amy, sonia, ME!
photos taken at the taiwan
restaurant in berkeley (which serves really tasty chinese food and GOOD
rice!) occasion? khianhao's birthday celebration. it was almost full attendance
from all freshmen. yay...it was fun having dinner and yakking over chinese
tea. i guess i shouldn't waste space naming everyone...fine, i'm just lazy..happy?
*grins* but all the same, chinese food just tastes so much better in a
foreign land. i miss stir fried vegetables!
taken after our canoeing
expedition at east coast. enjoying the sun, sand and sea even before leaving
for california. from left: kahshin, katherina, nicole, jiasui, khianhao,
getty, chinghway, mark, ME, serene
we DID canoe. here's
the evidence, complete with oars, canoes and bright orange lifejackets.
that's me on the far right.
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