Final day of classes!

Today is my last day of classes here at Rutgers. I have Women, Culture, Society and OS lecture. I can't believe this is it, the end of 4 years! I'm so not ready for "the next chapter" but it seems like I have no choice.

And today I'm submitting my final paper ever as an undergraduate student, a manifesto for Women, Culture, Society:

Rutgersfest, No More

Even though I'm not too excited about Rutgersfest, I feel like it's a part of Rutgers and I never thought (before last weekend) that it will ever be over. I am a little disappointed because I thought it would be a great excuse to come back to Rutgers next year! Unfortunately, with everything that happened post-2011fest, Rutgersfest is no more. *sadface*

The Rutgers Screw Job: Big East Tournament 2011

Getting screwed by the referee. I almost always blame the referee when United loses a game they don't deserve to lose. But this one... I didn't watch the game but this video was trending on YouTube. They had 1.3 seconds left and all of the referees ignored the out of bounds that would give Rutgers one last chance of winning (or tie) the game.

One thing I can't stand: when a video trends on YouTube, the number of trolls/spams is unbelievable.

I hate rain.

I've said it quite a few times, but I really do. I do love the smell of fresh air when it had just stopped raining. But I hate rain. I don't mind it as much if it's just there minding its own business and not affecting me in any way – but the gloomy sky makes me want to just stay in bed all day, hugging my pillow and covering myself with my blanket. Thank God it wasn't too windy, or else I would definitely stay in my room, ignoring the fact that I haven't had a decent meal since yesterday afternoon. Especially after the game this morning...

That game this morning... *right-click. move to trash. right-click. empty trash.*

Let's just say I was having a bad day. I was having a bad week. Two weeks, actually. The rain didn't help. I hate rain.

Have Natalie Portman, Danny McBride and James Franco come to Rutgers!

Rutgers 23-20 Army (OT)

Rutgers came back from trailing 17-3 at halftime to win over the Army Black Knights 23-20 in the first overtime. 14 points behind at halftime and a scoreless third quarter, Rutgers came fighting in the fourth quarter and climbed back to level the score and send the game into extra time. Running back Joe Martinek finally seals the win for The Scarlet Knights with a one-yard carry. It would be awesome to have been there during the fourth quarter! Great job, Rutgers!

Click here for match report.

Rutgers, I'm back!

So, I'm finally back at Rutgers! North Tower, with a whole bunch of freshies, it seems, should be fine...right? A couple of my friends are also at the Towers and some in the quads so it shouldn't be too bad.

Anyways, I had no idea I had so much stuff! I left a lot of my clothes because my luggage was over the weight limit! Even the stuff we got for Tante Philia, I didn't bring all. [Bad structure, I know... Too tired] Plus, since I couldn't find a flight that would arrive on the weekend, I had to make Tante Philia and fam stay in New York (they went to watch the US Open opening day on Saturday) until Monday so they can pick me up at the airport. I asked them to drop me off at Rutgers straight away because classes start on Wednesday and I don't want them to have to drive me back up the next day. Therefore, they had to bring all my stuff that I left at their basement. I felt so bad about it! I have so.fucking.much.stuff!!!

And here I am, in a tiny single room surrounded by overly excited freshmen, with a whole bunch of stuff that I don't think will fit. I gave up on unpacking for the day! I mean, I lived out of a suitcase for 3.5 months during the summer break, why can't I do that now?! Since I don't have a roommate, I won't feel so bad about it either! Oh, and I just found the laundry room (yay!) so I can wash the bedsheets etc before crashing on them. Should be done in about 20 minutes, put them on the bed, change clothes, SLEEP IN BED! I miss my bed, but any bed will do!

Talking about missing my bed, damn do I miss home!! Especially MOTI!! I don't know why, it's only been a day but I really miss him already. I've never felt this way before! I just wish I would have hugged him a little longer just before I left :( I don't know what it is but he's been different this past summer. He's reaching puberty and yes, that can be very annoying at times, him getting irritated and irritating others, but he's been...different. He hangs out with us more; he'd come into my room to just hang out and just lie on my bed playing his DS. We also watched Psych and some movies together. I don't know, I just love him!!

Oh, and one more thing, I'M GETTING AN IPHONE 4!!! Didi called me after I landed and told me that he already ordered me one from Singapore, but he's unsure on when he can get it to me. I don't care how long I have to wait, I'm getting a freaking iPhone 4!!! I love him too! I just love my family!!!

Junior year = DONE

Finished my last final (CS344) about an hour ago. And that is junior year! This semester I only took 14 credits, so it has been lighter than usual. My classes aren't too bad, either. Except for Money & Banking. It's just soooo boring! The prof is really nice tho. This is the last time he's teaching the class so he gives away extra credit for practically anything. Plus, he brought us Pocky twice! :)

Rutgers: Drafted!

[Davis celebrating with family and friends after being picked]

Congratulations to Rutgers All-America offensive lineman Anthony Davis (a local guy from Piscataway) who was drafted in the first round, 11th overall, by the San Francisco 49ers. This made him the highest draft pick in Rutgers history.

[21 - Devin McCourty]

Also drafted in the first round, Rutgers All-America cornerback Devin McCourty, selected 27th pick by the New England Patriots.


Congratulations to both guys! Best of luck for both your futures!

VSPink Collegiate Showdown

Victoria's Secret's Pink is throwing a party at a university. The university is chosen through a voting process, and Rutgers is in the final! The final voting is underway and we're leading the other finalist, West Virginia University, by–a lot! :) It's a Big East showdown here at the final and I WANT RUTGERS TO WIN!! I'm not quite sure what party they're talking about but it's just exciting.

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The Evolution of the College Dorm

I was looking through some lists from Time.com and found this one. I was quite jealous of all the fancy things that are available at other schools, and I always think that the housing at Rutgers sucks; but then I came across this:

Rec at Rockoff
Rutgers University's $55 million Rockoff Dorm features a Coldstone Creamery, a 7/11 and a state-of-the-art gym; residents also enjoy grocery delivery, room cleaning and laundry services. One hitch: Rockoff is only open to juniors and seniors. "If you have all the things you need in your own unit, you never go outside," says Joan Carbone, Executive Director of Residence Life at Rutgers, who believes traditional dorms offer the best environment for freshmen interaction. And while some schools use high-end housing to draw prospective freshmen, Carbone says Rutger's academic record is appealing enough: "We don't have to go into the arms race to attract students.

I really, really wanted to live in Rockoff next year. It's my senior year and I wanted the best housing there is. Unfortunately the lottery system screwed me (and my friends) over.

just a little something

I had my ECON 320 Intermediate Micro Analysis midterm yesterday. The professor wasn't there; instead, there were two proctors. [His message to us: "There will be two proctors in class, be nice to them..."] One of them said, before the period begins, "there are two parts on this exam. Part 1 is multiple choice, part 2 is open-ended questions. You have to do either part 1 or part 2, not both! If you do both parts, the professor won't grade your exam!" So basically we have to choose to do either the 30 multiple choice questions, or the 3 open-ended questions. It was pretty nerve-wrecking, for me, since I wasn't quite ready for the exam (didn't really study for it). But since I do better in calculations than theory, I did the open-ended questions. Luckily, they're basically all calculations, except for a little part of one of the questions.

Nothing special, but I just thought it was an interesting way to give us an exam.

This past two weeks...

...has been just crazy! I've had so much crap to do that I might have gotten stressed. I said might, because, well, I wasn't sure. LOL

Anyways, so it started with a quiz for my Intermediate Micro class on Wednesday. I had tennis earlier that day and I couldn't get enough sleep the night before so in the afternoon, I was dead tired. The quiz was at 6.10 p.m., and would you honestly think I'd study beforehand? I pretty much crammed as much as the two chapters as possible and decided to take a rest because I just couldn't take it anymore. And then I went, took the quiz, felt okay about it even though I wasn't sure about any of it.

SNOW!

Okay, I retract my statement about being disappointed by the snow. I LOVE YOU SNOW!! Here's the story:

I was supposed to have my first CS 211 (Computer Architecture) midterm today at 12 noon. Since I was unable to find time (ahem) to study until last night, I decided to stay up as long as I could and just read as much as possible. I didn't actually start studying until around midnight! Because of all the TV shows, obviously. Stayed up until at least 4 a.m. and read pretty much most of the subjects covered (except for Assembly Language). I just couldn't take it any more and I thought sleep is something that some people need. I tried to sleep but it took me a while to actually fall asleep...

Don't want tomorrow to start! :(

After 4 weeks of winter break, I finally got back to Rutgers yesterday afternoon. It wasn't the longest flight but I was so tired when I got here!

Anyways, I only have 9 hours before my first class starts so I better get some sleep. Hopefully this semester won't be too bad. And I can finally get a job!

Football prospects

Found Rivals.com's Prospect Rankings and I looked for those who might go to Rutgers. Out of the 100, only these 3 have Rutgers on their lists, and it's not even in the top of their lists.

12	Jackson Jeffcoat Plano (TX) Plano West		DE	6-3/230	list
	Recorded 82 tackles and nine sacks as a senior.

20	Christian Jones Winter Park (FL) Lake Howell		LB	6-4/220	list
	Had four tackles and a pass breakup in Under Armour Game.

31	J.R. Ferguson  Chatham (VA) Hargrave Military Academy		DE	6-3/272	list
	In the fall of 2009, ran an amazing 4.67 during Hargrave's post season workout at 272 pounds.

We're ranked!!!

[Rutgers team against USF]

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (November 15, 2009) – For the first time since 2007, Rutgers is ranked No. 25 in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 college football poll. The Scarlet Knights made their debut in the national rankings in 2009 after a 31-0 victory over then 24th-ranked USF last Thursday night at Rutgers Stadium.

The last time Rutgers was ranked occurred in 2007 as the Scarlet Knights spent seven weeks in the Associated Press Top 25 rankings. The Scarlet Knights were last ranked the week of Oct. 21, 2007 at No. 25 in the AP Top 25 poll.

With this week’s ranking, it marks the fifth year in Rutgers history the Scarlet Knights have been ranked at some point during the season. Rutgers also joined the rankings in 1961, 1976, 2006 and 2007.

The 25th-ranked Scarlet Knights return to action Saturday, November 21 at Syracuse. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. from the Carrier Dome with live coverage on ESPN360.com. The Rutgers Football Radio Network will begin its pre-game coverage at 2:30 p.m. on WOR-710 AM in New York City, WPHT-1210 AM in Philadelphia and South Jersey and WCTC-1450 in Central Jersey.

Taken from Scarlet Knights website.

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Football is definitely growing in on me. Rutgers doesn't have the best team but we're getting better. I still don't know much about football. I only watch the SuperBowl for the commercials and the final score, but I do watch the Scarlet Knights when they play. But Rutgers has been getting better. People are starting to talk about the team and how much coach Schiano has done for us. My first introduction to Rutgers football was when they sent me the booklet thing after I was accepted.

Spring 2010 registration

I can register for classes in about...5 minutes! LOL This would be the first time I have an easy load (14 credits) since my first semester here! Taking 2 CS classes and 2 Econ classes. Still not sure which ones but I have a few ideas. Hopefully they won't be as hard as this semester's classes.

EDIT:
Done registering. Rutgers has definitely made this online registration thing A LOT easier since I got here! Just about 2-3 clicks and I'm registered for all 4 classes. WebReg has gotten a lot better. They also have Course Planner that, like the name says, makes planning courses so easy! The new look on Rutgers' website is pretty cool, too! I always love it when anything has a good website :) [I am a computer geek, aren't I?]

I <3 Joel McHale!

Joel McHale was hilarious!!! First of all, the opening act, Louis something, was really funny. None of the jokes was a miss, IMO. Joel came on, looking as good as he always does (even though I was far away and couldn't really see him), and I just started laughing before he said anything. I don't know, he just acts funny too! He opened up with Miley Cyrus quitting Twitter, and moved on to his usual subjects, the Kardashians, Ryan Seacrest, Tyra Banks, etc. He also made fun of Rutgers a couple times, which was awesome.

He was making jokes about this guy in the audience, some of them were pretty harsh but if the guy has a sense of humor, he'd laugh at it. Was pretty funny...

I love, love, LOVE Joel McHale! I'm definitely watching The Soup, The Informant! (well I'm gonna watch it anyway since Matt Damon's in it) and Community (which I think with Cougar Town is one of the best new comedies).