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| Wednesday, April 30, 2003 I believe my hair has gotten to a certain stage where it's not short, and it's not long. It's quite nasty because if I gel it, it looks kind of weird because it's not short enough to really take a consistent form, and if I don't gel it, it's not long enough to take any kind of smooth shape. Or something like that. And most likely I won't be able to get a haircut for another week or two since Saturdays are packed until the youth revival is done. Final decision for hand-held organizer: Palm Zire 71. I heard this a while back in my first year of college, but someone told me that parts of people's personalities can be heavily influenced by the cartoons they watched as kids. For me, during my elementary and jr. high days, I watched a whole lot of Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry. So I suppose I was exposed to a lot of comedic and unrealistic violence, like anvils, hammers, bombs, falling off cliffs, etc. If I were walking with my friends and one of them happened to trip and fall on his/her face, my immediate reaction would be to laugh, or chuckle, and then follow it up with "oh man, are you okay?" Rather than being shocked or too worried until it seemed evident that it was a really serious injury. I dunno. But I guess it all depends on the situation. From middle school to now, it's been a whole lot of Simpsons, a lot of Animaniacs and Histeria (while they were still airing). Lots and lots of word play, irony, brain humor. But the thing is, was it the cartoons that influenced my personality, or was it my personality that influenced the standards of what cartoons I would really enjoy? Friday, April 25, 2003 April of trying to come up with cheesy lines that go "April of _____".... At first it sounded good when I started with "beautiful skies" and "good and perfect gifts" and even up to last Thursday's "dragon slaying," but in the last entry I found myself trying to think of something just for the sake of consistency and came up with "organization." I apologize for the horrendous compromise. "I HATE cheese." Indeed. Current front-runner for my new hand-held organizer: Palm Zire 71. I'm craving chocolate covered gummy bears like there's no tomorrow. So I decided to randomly make a search of "mikeuh" and "mike uh" on google to see if anything interesting came up. And it did. Apparently, the UCLA chemistry department kept its message boards intact even after 4 years, and the link to that page came up. Here are two questions I posted on their virtual office hours, in regards to a homework assignment. Dating back to summer 1999... seems like ages ago. _________ Question: Date Submitted: Fri Jul 2 15:39:03 US/Pacific 1999 Student Name: Michael Uh Student Email: mikeuh@ucla.edu Submitted from: 98CB2241.ipt.aol.com To prof. Abu-Omar and TA's: On #34 on the first homework assignment, the question gives 417x10^23 atoms of Argon. I'm wondering if that number should be 4.17x10^23 or other? Because if it were 417 and not 4.17 or 41.7, the number ends up being unusually higher than the other molecules. Answer: so be it; the number is ok. Question: Date Submitted: Fri Jul 2 15:44:40 US/Pacific 1999 Student Name: Michael Uh Student Email: mikeuh@ucla.edu Submitted from: 98CB2241.ipt.aol.com In continuation to the previous question, is the mass for Argon that I got what it should be? (which ended up to be significantly higher than the other molecules) What I did was compare the ratios of the mass of Ar in 6.02x10^23 atoms, and compare it with what the mass would be in 417x10^23 atoms. So it becomes (mass of Ar/6.02x10^23)=(x/417x10^23) and then solve for x. Would this be a proper way to solve the problem? Answer: Yes, sounds ok as long as you use the right mass of Ar in 1 mole (i.e. 6.023 x 10e23 atoms of Ar). ________ This was for my Chem 20A class I took during my freshman year. All my science friends are probably laughing at the simplicity of the questions, but I'm looking at the language that I used to speak for the first year and a half of college, and with these particular questions, I'm thinking, what in the world was I talking about????? I have absolutely no idea what any of that stuff means anymore hahaha... shows you how much I really care about chemistry huh? Well, I suppose I did care when I was a science major. But it's so strange. What if I did stick with bioengineering all the way? I wonder how different I would be from who I am now. Tuesday, April 22, 2003 April of organization... So I'm trying to decide whether I should get a regular Palm Pilot or a super-charged Pocket PC. Practically speaking, the primary uses for a hand-held organizer for me wouldn't really go beyond datebook, address book, money manager, and random notes (for things like corny jokes, mental notes, interesting thoughts, ironies, etc.) Do I need an all out powerful pocket PC to do those things? No. But pocket PCs are a thing of wonder indeed... it could also be an mp3 player, it has the ability to run microsoft office, and it's in full color. All the neat features and bonuses you get from the pocket PC in proportion to the $100 extra you pay, you definitely get the bang for your buck. And once I go back to school, I might be working a lot outside of my home/apt, so I'll be needing a mobile writing device. But if I get a pocket PC to do the stuff outside of what my hand-held organizer needs are, wouldn't it be better just to spend some more and get a laptop computer? Hahahahaha it's endless... Thursday, April 17, 2003 April of dragon slaying... So two nights ago on the other side of the pacific in Seoul, there was an exhibition soccer match between Korea and Japan to promote "unity" between the two countries. Oh how the fragrance of irony fills the air with that previous sentence. I didn't get to see the game, considering it was on at 4 in the morning here, but my co-worker did and in his half-asleep state at work yesterday he gave me the recap. The outcome of the match was decided right towards the end of the injury period (which is like the overtime period, where the shoot out would come afterwards), with the score tied at 0-0, and one of the Korean defenders intended to kick the ball as far away as possible from anyone because time was expiring and they would head into the 5 on 5 shoot out. But fate decided to take a twisted turn for the Koreans as a Japanese striker ran right into the ball with his feet as he was running when the Korean defender kicked it, and it went over the head of the golie and into the net. Dead silence from the Korean spectators as they all scratched their heads wondering what the heck just happened? Japan wins, 1-0. And I'm absolutely sure the Koreans left that stadium thinking, "Wow, what a great soccer game, let us leave for our homes with a warm, brotherly love toward Japan that we so badly wanted to express through this night." I mean, did anyone really expect this to be a "friendly" soccer match? Korea VERSUS Japan in a SOCCER match???? Wow, I could just FEEL the unity flowing from those words huh? I recently found out that Korea had put on this really cocky attitude with soccer after their semi-final finish in the world cup, and they had invited Brazil, Colombia, and Japan for some "friendly" matches, and they've yet to win any of those. Incredible. What does this have to do with the theme of "April of dragon slaying?" Absolutely nothing... MU HA HA HA. Tuesday, April 15, 2003 April of triumphant returns... Sunday was my first visit to Magruder Middle School in... let's see, like, 9 years? Crazy. Magruder is our official practice ground for the upcoming youth group sports tournament, so I went with the kids and started pointing to all the classrooms with all the teachers I had. It's so funny how kids almost 10 years younger than I am all learned under a lot of the same teachers I had. The fun part of the evening came during the Bible Study class 2 on 2 challenge, with Chris and I going up against Emmanuel and Andrew. Emmanuel plays super annoying defense, but the teamwork that we share in our Bible study class is quite hard to break. Well, I suppose it'd be a different story if it were Emmanuel and his best baller (Dong Han) versus me and Andy.. unless we could magically fast-forward Andy to his senior year prime. But it's always interesting, the way Bible Study turns out for my class, especially in the "original 6th grade class" days where my class consisted of Andy, Chris, James Shim, and David Oh. Back then David made up a signature dance move that became our "class dance" hahahaha. David and Chris were both on my team when we played 5 on 5 at Magruder, and it was a pretty lopsided victory, and a lot of the offense came by the ball movement between the three of us. What's amazing about my class (well, specifically Andy, Chris, and Paul) is that I was their first ever "teacher" and they were my first ever "students," because I first started serving in the preschool department around 7th grade (7th grade!!! Well, mainly because we weren't as big back then, and they needed a piano player...), and they were my first students. Then, 6 (or 7?) years later I left Sunday School to teach in Youth Group and what do you know, those same kids have just come up to middle school and I was their Bible Study teacher. I think we play off each other very well and we work well as a team in everything we do. Even in Super Smash Brothers, we played team battle with me and Chris making one team, and no one was able to beat us. Wow, and now they are all freshmen and sophomores in high school. Thursday, April 10, 2003 April of intriguing developments on the road ahead... More and more it feels like there is no way I could deny the things I've inherited from both sides of my family. But how convenient, I simply drain out all the unfavorable things I may have received over the years and just choose to keep all the good things. Not that it was easy to get rid of those things and I'm not saying I've completely freed myself from them, but it's nice to know that the vine dresser prunes the branches in such ways that it could produce good and abundant fruit. Cut out the bad things, keep the good things. Convenient? Yes. Beneficial? Yes. Sounds simple? Yes. But human nature never allows easy access to consistency. However, this is also the year of "so far, yet so close" and it's exciting to watch and anticipate for a lot of things to unfold. But who knows? One could only wonder and marvel at the mystery. But in the meantime, I will run this course with endurance and delight. It is also the April of smooth and shiny fingernails... hahaha. My right pinky is a delight. You shine. Circumstances may change, but it doesn't take away from this fact. Monday, April 7, 2003 April of good and perfect gifts... It is also the April of spilling coke all over my jeans at Souplantation... errgh!!! The waitress nicely pointed out that watching me spill my drink and embarrassing myself was the highlight of her day. And so continues the tradition of horrendously wacky restaurant moments for Mike Uh. Anyhow, it was quite the entertaining night and I'm grateful for the people who took even a moment of their time to wish me a happy birthday. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Friday, April 4, 2003 April of beautiful skies.... The skies are almost unreal to me when I'm driving to work and back home. Oh, how I'd love to walk in the middle of that. It'd be like walking in a dream. Has anyone tried the Hagen Daas chocolate ice cream? Or anything from the Hagen Daas store, for that matter. My goodness, I finally realized why they're so expensive - because they're SOOOO delicious. Anyhow, I know the person I am going to write about doesn't read this website, but I want to leave a little note for her anyways and turn the rest of this entry into my prayer for her. Jasmin was my best and favorite student at Gardena Academy, and I firmly believe she will grow up to be a great and influencial woman who will touch and inspire many, many people. So I want to impart to her these words from a very special song. In open fields of wild flowers, she breathes the air and flies away She thanks her Jesus for the daisies and the roses In no simple language Someday she'll understand the meaning of it all He's more than the laughter or the stars in the heaven As close as a heartbeat or a song on her lips Someday she'll trust Him and learn how to see Him Someday He'll call her and she will come running And fall in His arms, the tears will fall down and she'll pray, "I want to fall in love with You" Tuesday, April 1, 2003 I like the month of April. It's a very soothing time of year. I want to look at beautiful flowers and sit in green fields. Day 1 as production associate for P.Chan & Edward Inc. My conclusion: Manageable. |