Just a few updates

Yeah yeah yeah... I know... I haven't been updating a lot.

But I WILL! now...

Let me recall the past few days.

1. I touched books that were 500 years old!!! I think I did write that in my previous blog entry... the pages were crumbling as my instructor held it in the air - I saw dust/book particles and old paper swooshing around in the air as she moved it

2. Tonnes of assignments to be done. Unfortunately going to school in California isn't as slack as you think... especially when you're in art school.
- 200 sketches of typography
- 2 page written report on 3 posters
- 1 page summary on an AIGA-SDSU exhibition (can be handed in later)
- Reading up on History of Japanese Painting (exam in 2 weeks time)

3. Hilary Clinton visited SDSU yesterday, and Cox Arena (our school's very own gigantic sports stadium) was packed... Unfortunately/fortunately I didn't go. Instead I was attending my very first surfing class at the Aquatic Center. And guess what?! I got to pick up and touch a harmless jellyfish!!! And I had jellyfish for dinner that very night. Hahaha.
- Surfing will officially start next week. That means I have to get my bathing suit soon.. The swim test requires us to swim for 100 yards (whichever distance that is) and tread in water for 5 minutes... Easy peasy? Not too sure since the water's freezing cold and I'm afraid my muscles will cramp up. Haha
- We were told that there are no sharks (except for sucker tiger sharks) around Southern Cali. Mainly we'll be seeing dolphins and annoying seals.. And we've to beware of stingrays, so everytime we step into the shore, we've to do a 'stingray shuffle' that sends vibrations aka. warning signs into the water so that the stingrays would scram.

4. Chinese New Year is coming soon! And I think we'll be celebrating it at home, with homecooked chinese food.

5. Korean dinner on Sunday night, as we've our Korean housemate making some delicious Korean food for us. We'll be including Mee Siam as a Singaporean dish for him to try. My friend's father sent her a package with all the local foods...

That's all for now, I'll try to update a little more again...