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End of the Freshman year

Dear new student,

I can’t believe it’s been almost a year since I came to college. During this year, I’ve learned a lot. I have made a lot of progress both in study and life. Before I went to university, I added the school group, and then found the corresponding group according to my major. I also added several friends, one of whom chatted with me very much. And coincidentally, she and I became roommates. It really added a lot of happiness to my college life.

The first 10 days of college are confusing. I just spend my days in the dorm, watching TV shows and playing video games. After that, the class begins in earnest. I don’t know why my class is so much, and the specialized courses of university are quite difficult. Anyway just the classes felt that divide of feeling that the university knowledge is hard to add, especially in many classes. Having the mind to drop a class can make a person feel very tired. Though the people around you also are very good, you may feel very confused, have no confidence in oneself, and make you want to go home.

But after two weeks, I got a little more comfortable with it. Confusion about the above as well as discomfort about university. Before entering university, I thought that college life would be very colorful and I could travel outside every day, but the fact is that there is endless homework and papers every day.  I am still not fully resolved, but want to tell you, if you feel the same emotions, don’t be afraid, this is every freshman experience, you can turn to the teacher, friends, and parents, and you are supposed to speak to them, the mood will be better, perhaps also to solve the problem.

Good luck!

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Among Us

Hello everyone, for those of you still feeling weight from SIR. Have no fear your fellow Anteaters are here; we’ll take care of you and answer all your questions. Let me start off with saying congratulations and welcome to UCI, you are officially a proud anteater and now the hard part is over with. Let us help you with the even harder part and as someone who experienced everything firsthand, it definitely helps. During my first quarter here, it was definitely a spike in adrenaline from moving in to eating and becoming the next Dora the explorer with my trusty backpack. For once, I was actually happy about going to class, until I got out of class but let’s not digress. Everyone’s experience is definitely going to be different from mine. Your story is not going to be my story and that’s really cool. I’m already excited for you, and I haven’t even met you. Why shouldn’t you be too?

My personal advice is to put yourself out there, walk around campus and see what events are going on. Trust me, we will do our best to make home feel like home. Make friends, socialize, and remember if they don’t click, don’t force it. I promise you they are not worth it and their plenty, when I say plenty of fish in the sea. Also, a personal advice from this sensei right here: do not and I repeat do not take everything to heart. Your dorm life will be 10x harder than it should be if you do, it should already be a given that living with other people isn’t going to be the best experience. Remember some of you haven’t lived with someone that’s not family, heck you probably never lived with anyone before. Don’t be so hard on yourself, but that doesn’t mean you should use that as an excuse to be a “bad roommate”.

This is Blogger Ant Signing Out!!!!

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Path Finder?

Hey fellow anteaters, I’m pleased to all inform you that I am alive and well. Let’s hope that I’m not the only one who took advantage of the spring break and became spontaneous because I did. If you’re all wondering what I’m blabbering about, I’ll start off by explaining a little story. During the early humble beginnings of my college careers, when I was researching what your average Joe in college does, I came across multiple videos of students explaining their day to day activities. Basically if you’re not a veteran fighting for internships or avidly going to multiple events, you were a gym bro pumping iron in the gym or a spouse in training who takes pride in cooking and cleaning (which of course is fine. Also for those of you who are reading this please don’t take it to heart. Everything is all jokes here).

For those of you wondering which part I chose, I decided to choose the path of a housewife. Here’s why: I didn’t know much about internships although I’m fairly active on campus. Second reason, again don’t take this personally but I just don’t like the idea of physical labour. I did enough sports in high school to know, so that is why I decided to become a house wife. During the break, I started cooking and cleaning a lot more often (I even practiced lines to say when my roommates come back, JK). Also before I go, I do want to talk about one thing.

Now that we are in our last quarter of our freshman year. I’m noticing that there are a lot of people scrambling to do something to make the year worthwhile. I just want to say you don’t need some big bonanza to happen to have a checkpoint for your freshman year. There are literally students racing for stickers and I’m one of them. Look at me for instance: I’m still trying to learn how to swim and drive since I never got to it. Anyway my point is take it slow, so you don’t miss even the little things that matter.

This is your house blogger in training chef-ing it out

*Chef Kiss* *Chef Kiss*

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Spring break

During spring break, I did a lot of things. One of my most exciting days was when we went to lunch in Huntington Beach, and then we met Henry Liu. He is a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor based in South Korea and China.He debuted in 2008 as a member of Super Junior and launched his solo career in 2013 with Trap.

The restaurant has two floors, and I was already feeling a little strange when I ate. The waiters seemed very busy and kept moving chairs to the bottom floor. A Frenchman asks where the “Toilette” is, and the waiter directs him to the bathroom on the first floor, despite the obvious sign at the top of the stairs that says the bathroom is on the bottom floor. We didn’t mind. We just went downstairs to the bathroom when we were full. My friend was walking down the stairs, and suddenly she froze. Later I learned that she looked up from the stairs and saw Henry. As soon as the staff saw her reaction, they knew she recognized him and got in front of the box. I didn’t recognize Henry’s face, so I went to the bathroom without noticing. And my friend just went crazy. Because she likes Henry very much. At first we were the only ones guarding the door. There were others, too, from fans my friend had recognized at the restaurant, to people who had learned the news from other sources, and even from tabloid reporters. It was a really interesting experience for me.

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Spring Break 2022

Spring break 2022 was a great way for me to relax, visit family, and take a nice break from school. During my spring break, I flew to the Bay Area for 3 days to visit my family. I arrived Friday night after taking my last final. For the few days I was in the Bay Area, I was able to see family I haven’t seen since Winter break and got to eat at some of my favorite restaurants. I was very excited about this trip as I was also able to watch my cousin perform as the lead of her school’s play. She played Ellie Blake, the daughter, in her school’s production of Freaky Friday (Musical). The musical had a story like all the other Freaky Friday movies but was different in its own ways. I loved seeing my cousin perform since I haven’t seen her perform a lead role since 2018. After the performance, I had a fun family dinner with cousins, aunts, and uncles and caught up with all of them.

The next day, my family and I drove back down to the Southern California area. My sister and I ended up having the same spring break this year, which worked out great for planning a college touring trip. My sister is a junior in high school, so it’s about that time to tour campuses and decide where she wants to apply to. We visited Loyola Marymount, UCLA, CSU Long Beach, Chapman, and UCI. It was fun to go on tours and walk around different campuses. 

When we finished college tours, we took a few trips to the beach! We stayed in Huntington Beach, and the beach was right across the street from our hotel. I really liked staying at the beach, going swimming, and relaxing. I also took my family to a public market that I discovered with my friends here at UCI. Rodeo 39 consists of many small eateries that we could choose from. My spring break overall was a relaxing experience!