Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Spring Break 2011
Wow I haven't posted in a really long time... Been busy I guess. So this is the first time and last tine that I'll be staying on campus for spring break. I decided to stay because I really need to study for MCATs and going back will be too much of a hassle and too many distractions back at home. I've doing physics so far on MCATs and it's going really slowly right now because I need to take the practice tests, then write down every answer I get wrong and the correct answer so it's taking a really long time. Plus I needa go to lab for around 9-10hrs/wk and it's taking time because I need to walk to campus and back. I've also been cooking dinner every night with Chen and sometimes Moxi. First night was 白菜粉条排骨 (sooo good) on Saturday. Then we made sushi on Sunday. Then me and chen ate at the med center on Monday and then we made a cheesecake with Moxi at around 10pm. The cheesecake tasted okay. We made the crust out of oreos, but it was kinda messed up because we had originally put it on a different pan, but then realized that pan couldn't fit into the oven, so we had to transfer it and it sorta just failed because of that. Because we used normal cream cheese and strawberry cream cheese, the cake was like peach-ish colored. I thought it tasted fine, not really like a cheesecake because it wasn't sweet enough and it looked weird. Last night, I ate dinner with Chen; I made some noodles and fried some cabbage with onions and ground beef. I think tonight we might have spaghetti and meatballs because I still have some ground beef and I want to try to make meatballs, and Chen will be marinara sauce. I just made a hummus and vegetable burrito and am going to go eat lunch now~
Monday, January 17, 2011
DC Open
DC Open was fun and the first national tournament I went to. It made me really want to get better at badminton now. I went with Katie and Pat in Mike Chung's car. The drive there was kind of slow but Chung and Pat's conversation was amusing to listen to. We were the first car to leave and last to arrive. Apparently Brett drives crazily like 90mph... I remember when we stopped for lunch, we asked what exit Brett and Rajeev's cars were. We were at exit 40, Rajeev was at exit 20, and Brett was at exit 8... First day was singles and I didn't play singles, so I kind of just watched. I wanted to get some warmup, but the weren't courts or time to warmup :(. I didn't get much sleep that night either since the tournament lasted till 11:30, and we didn't get back till like 12:30 because we had to eat dinner first. I didn't fall asleep till like 3:30 and had to wake up at 6:30 because mixed doubles C was beginning at 8:00am.
Mixed
I played mixed with TJ and we were hoping to maybe win something, so we decided to lose the first game to drop down to D. The first game we just didn't try and the second game we thought we should try so we could play a third game and practice, but no matter how hard we tried, we couldn't start trying because their team sucked too much >_<. Second game we ended up playing Jarrett and Liu Xiang. Yeah we ended up winning that game. I forget the score... Then the third game was kinda bad :(. We lost the first game 20-22, but the second game, it kinda just started failing. I think the score was like 20-11 or something. By the end, the girl was playing the back and the guy was playing the front because they didn't really care anymore, since they knew they were going to win.
Doubles
I played women's doubles C with Katie and our first match was up against #1 seat so we were scared, but we were like okay just play a good game and it'll be fine because it won't matter if we lose. We lost the first match 19-21. Then we decided to target the weaker girl with short hair and wearing black. We ended up winning the second two games 21-17, and so did not drop down to D. The next time, we were complaining about the net in court 9. I didn't like the net because I couldn't really see through it, and the opponents didn't like the net because it was too tall or something, but the people in charge said it'll screw up the whole system if they gave us a different court, so we were just like w/e. Just as when we were about to play, we heard "Court 9, please return to the desk". I thought they were about to give us a new court, but apparently, we were playing the wrong team. I think they assumed that we lost the first game without paying close attention and put us in D. Apparently, the team that lost to us first round had already played the winners of the other bracket that we were supposed to play and beat them, so the winners of the other bracket that we were supposed to play thought they lost and were out of the tournament and went home. By the time they realized this mistake, they had already left, so we had to come and play the quarterfinals 8:30am on Sunday. The quarterfinals game was soooooo bad. We weren't warmed up for it at all and I just kept hitting every shot like out, but since they were really bad too, we ended up winning anyways. If we were warmed up, we should have been able to beat them easily. It was 21-16 first game, 17-21 second game, and 21-14(?) third game. We still won, but it took more effort than it should have. I thought I was going to get an hour rest before the second game because it was supposed to start at 10:15, but they decided to make us play at around 9:40, so my energy wasn't fully regained. One girl was the girl who beat me and TJ in mixed doubles and the other girl was the girl who beat Katie in singles. They didn't work as well together, but we were pretty evenly matched. The first game they won (I forget the score) and the second game we won. By the third game, I was really tired and couldn't play well. It was probably all my fault that we lost that game and what's worse was that it was the third game and the score was 21-23. I feel so bad, even now, because we could have made it to finals and gotten a trophy. We probably could have even won because the other team didn't seem that great. All my fault we lost :(. If I just had better endurance and could smash/clear well...
Reflection
That's why before Crystal City, I'm going to hopefully get better endurance (it was also because I was soooo out of shape for this tournament >_<). I'm going to need to learn to play back, like clear and smash from the back. I'm going to need to learn how to return smashes and not just block them. I'm going to need to drill a lot and actually try during practice instead of just being lazy. That might help my endurance. I should watch more pro badminton to learn from them. I might try to hold my racket up higher for more accuracy. I also need to learn to drive a backhand because I think learning to clear a backhand would be too ambitious. I just need to do something besides drop. Basically, before Crystal City, I need to learn to play back and not lose my ability to play front. Now I am done with my "DC Open" reflection...
Mixed
I played mixed with TJ and we were hoping to maybe win something, so we decided to lose the first game to drop down to D. The first game we just didn't try and the second game we thought we should try so we could play a third game and practice, but no matter how hard we tried, we couldn't start trying because their team sucked too much >_<. Second game we ended up playing Jarrett and Liu Xiang. Yeah we ended up winning that game. I forget the score... Then the third game was kinda bad :(. We lost the first game 20-22, but the second game, it kinda just started failing. I think the score was like 20-11 or something. By the end, the girl was playing the back and the guy was playing the front because they didn't really care anymore, since they knew they were going to win.
Doubles
I played women's doubles C with Katie and our first match was up against #1 seat so we were scared, but we were like okay just play a good game and it'll be fine because it won't matter if we lose. We lost the first match 19-21. Then we decided to target the weaker girl with short hair and wearing black. We ended up winning the second two games 21-17, and so did not drop down to D. The next time, we were complaining about the net in court 9. I didn't like the net because I couldn't really see through it, and the opponents didn't like the net because it was too tall or something, but the people in charge said it'll screw up the whole system if they gave us a different court, so we were just like w/e. Just as when we were about to play, we heard "Court 9, please return to the desk". I thought they were about to give us a new court, but apparently, we were playing the wrong team. I think they assumed that we lost the first game without paying close attention and put us in D. Apparently, the team that lost to us first round had already played the winners of the other bracket that we were supposed to play and beat them, so the winners of the other bracket that we were supposed to play thought they lost and were out of the tournament and went home. By the time they realized this mistake, they had already left, so we had to come and play the quarterfinals 8:30am on Sunday. The quarterfinals game was soooooo bad. We weren't warmed up for it at all and I just kept hitting every shot like out, but since they were really bad too, we ended up winning anyways. If we were warmed up, we should have been able to beat them easily. It was 21-16 first game, 17-21 second game, and 21-14(?) third game. We still won, but it took more effort than it should have. I thought I was going to get an hour rest before the second game because it was supposed to start at 10:15, but they decided to make us play at around 9:40, so my energy wasn't fully regained. One girl was the girl who beat me and TJ in mixed doubles and the other girl was the girl who beat Katie in singles. They didn't work as well together, but we were pretty evenly matched. The first game they won (I forget the score) and the second game we won. By the third game, I was really tired and couldn't play well. It was probably all my fault that we lost that game and what's worse was that it was the third game and the score was 21-23. I feel so bad, even now, because we could have made it to finals and gotten a trophy. We probably could have even won because the other team didn't seem that great. All my fault we lost :(. If I just had better endurance and could smash/clear well...
Reflection
That's why before Crystal City, I'm going to hopefully get better endurance (it was also because I was soooo out of shape for this tournament >_<). I'm going to need to learn to play back, like clear and smash from the back. I'm going to need to learn how to return smashes and not just block them. I'm going to need to drill a lot and actually try during practice instead of just being lazy. That might help my endurance. I should watch more pro badminton to learn from them. I might try to hold my racket up higher for more accuracy. I also need to learn to drive a backhand because I think learning to clear a backhand would be too ambitious. I just need to do something besides drop. Basically, before Crystal City, I need to learn to play back and not lose my ability to play front. Now I am done with my "DC Open" reflection...
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Realization of Life during winter break...
After finishing a drama and looking around facebook tonight... I suddenly got the feeling... "life is so boring." Ahhhh this is frustrating! I wish something interesting would happen in my life... at least something to change from this repetition. adlkfja;dslfka'ldfs >:[
Every day is like the same, at least right now. The semester will just be more studying and more exams. Ahhhhh why am I premed?! Why must I choose this study-based path? It seems so boring and I've recently been losing motivation to study. Sure I really think a doctor career would be interesting, but ughhh. I should title my blog "The Frustrating Life of a Typical Premed" or something.
I've also realized recently (like maybe like two months ago) that I can't be one of those people who just stay at home and watch dramas and play games all day. I start getting frustrated like I am now and like have an urge to go run around and use up all this energy that I haven't been using by staying in all day. I really want some fun or twist in my life... something that makes me think and maybe something that makes me challenge my lack of emotions. The most excitement I've been getting is from the dramas I've been watching and that is kind of sad.
I also don't know what I can do to change this repetition either. I've decided to be more open-minded, so maybe that will make my life a bit more interesting, as hopefully, I'll be trying new things more often. I'm getting sick and tired of working over summer, job searching, studying for mcats, etc right now and really need to find something to motivate me. I know my future career is important too and I really shouldn't be playing around at this time, but it's just hard to find motivation these days. Maybe it's because House hasn't aired in sooooooo long... I should go looking around for some more medical dramas to watch haha.
Anyhow, I just hope my life will be more exciting than it is right now and I hope this sickness goes away >:[.
[Edit after a long hot shower:]
I thought about it some more and then realized I just want life to be less predictable. I want to be in awkward situations because they are interesting. Yep, I hope my I get in to tons of awkward situations in the future that even I might feel awkward in, or in a situation where I've never been in and don't know what to do or say.
Every day is like the same, at least right now. The semester will just be more studying and more exams. Ahhhhh why am I premed?! Why must I choose this study-based path? It seems so boring and I've recently been losing motivation to study. Sure I really think a doctor career would be interesting, but ughhh. I should title my blog "The Frustrating Life of a Typical Premed" or something.
I've also realized recently (like maybe like two months ago) that I can't be one of those people who just stay at home and watch dramas and play games all day. I start getting frustrated like I am now and like have an urge to go run around and use up all this energy that I haven't been using by staying in all day. I really want some fun or twist in my life... something that makes me think and maybe something that makes me challenge my lack of emotions. The most excitement I've been getting is from the dramas I've been watching and that is kind of sad.
I also don't know what I can do to change this repetition either. I've decided to be more open-minded, so maybe that will make my life a bit more interesting, as hopefully, I'll be trying new things more often. I'm getting sick and tired of working over summer, job searching, studying for mcats, etc right now and really need to find something to motivate me. I know my future career is important too and I really shouldn't be playing around at this time, but it's just hard to find motivation these days. Maybe it's because House hasn't aired in sooooooo long... I should go looking around for some more medical dramas to watch haha.
Anyhow, I just hope my life will be more exciting than it is right now and I hope this sickness goes away >:[.
[Edit after a long hot shower:]
I thought about it some more and then realized I just want life to be less predictable. I want to be in awkward situations because they are interesting. Yep, I hope my I get in to tons of awkward situations in the future that even I might feel awkward in, or in a situation where I've never been in and don't know what to do or say.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
New Years Resolutions
So I'm making my New Years Resolution in the last hour of 01/01/11:
1. Do well in classes
2. Do well on MCATs
3. Successfully graduate
4. Get a job
5. Write a good medical school application
6. Get lots of medical school interviews
7. Get into medical school
8. Go to more events in the last semester of college I have left
9. Try new things (depends on what though)
10. Be more open-minded
11. Be more mature
12. Be less lazy
13. Try in badminton
14. Get sick less often
15. Be more social
哇~ so many things to do... I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to the new year anymore ><. I feel like this year will be hectic and extremely stressful, especially around summertime. I really do hope, though, that I do a better job preparing for MCATs and medical school, and that I get into a medical school, hopefully MD and not DO. I also hope I get a job next year. I will post this at 11:11 and hope it comes true :)
1. Do well in classes
2. Do well on MCATs
3. Successfully graduate
4. Get a job
5. Write a good medical school application
6. Get lots of medical school interviews
7. Get into medical school
8. Go to more events in the last semester of college I have left
9. Try new things (depends on what though)
10. Be more open-minded
11. Be more mature
12. Be less lazy
13. Try in badminton
14. Get sick less often
15. Be more social
哇~ so many things to do... I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to the new year anymore ><. I feel like this year will be hectic and extremely stressful, especially around summertime. I really do hope, though, that I do a better job preparing for MCATs and medical school, and that I get into a medical school, hopefully MD and not DO. I also hope I get a job next year. I will post this at 11:11 and hope it comes true :)
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Song I Composed for Music Class
Yep... it wasn't played as well as I would have liked it so I used Sibelius and recorded the computer playing it.
In the end... I guess I ended up naming it "A Leaf's Wavering Path" but I don't really think the name's that great... suggestions maybe?
Here's the sheet music:
The video/what it sounds like is currently being uploaded onto youtube-- stay tuned
[Edit: yay it's done uploading :)]
In the end... I guess I ended up naming it "A Leaf's Wavering Path" but I don't really think the name's that great... suggestions maybe?
Here's the sheet music:
The video/what it sounds like is currently being uploaded onto youtube-- stay tuned
[Edit: yay it's done uploading :)]
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
English Fictional Story
This is the English fictional story I wrote for my fiction project senior year. I can't find the final version, but let's just say it was really bad >_< [according to Stephanie and Irene at least]. So here's one draft:
[Insert Temporary Title]
<926261>>: Unleash DV27.
<362867>>: Now?
<926261>>: Yes now.
<362867>>: But we’re not finished.
<926261>>: Unleash her now Doctor, we can’t hold on any longer.
<362867>>: But General, you know the risks of releasing her now… We’ll be done in 5 minutes.
<926261>>: Five minutes then. Transmit me when you’re done.
The doctor knew DV27 was going to take at least 15 more minutes to wake up, but the general and his troops were dying out there from the attack. He had to force her to wake up. He took AED shockers out of a drawer in his laboratory and walked up to the stretcher she was laying near the exit of the lab. He shocked her where a human heart would be and surprisingly enough, she woke up fine and his devices monitoring her were showing normal results.
<362867>>: She’s ready.
<926261>>: Release her in 5…4…3…2…1…
The doctor gave her a katana and told her to only defend and fight against the American troops wearing black uniforms.
<362867>>: DV27 has been released.
The doctor walked around his lab, looking at the piles of data piled on his desk, and his laptop stored with data that only a few megabytes of memory left. He called his assistant to clean the lab up, and he packed his laptop and data, getting ready to go home for the day. His project of 15 years had finally been successful.
Just as he was about to leave, he heard a beep from his transmitter.
<926261>>: Stop her. She’s killing civilians and our troops
The doctor looked back at the monitor screen. The screen showed no malfunctions. Everything was normal. Why had she disobeyed him? He had programmed her to obey everything he said. “Stop DV27, Stop killing troops and civilians.” he said to the microphone, attached to her ear. The monitor displayed back “ERROR.” He heard another beep on his transmitter.
<926261>>: Stop. Turn her off.
The doctor knew he couldn’t turn her back off. She was a real life human being now. She’s probably angry from waking up ten minutes early. He told his crew of scientists to go over to the battlefield and check what was wrong with DV27. They left immediately.
<362867>>: We can’t just turn her off. She’s a real human being now.
<926261>>: She’s killing our troops. Stop her.
<362867>>: I can’t. She’s out of my control. Kill her.
<926261>>: We can’t. She’s too strong. Stop her. She’s coming this way.
<362867>>: I sent people over.
<926261>>: Those guys in red lab coats? They’re dead.
<362867>>: They were wearing white lab coats…
<926261>>: They’re dead. Everyone else is dead. She’s coming.
<362867>>: Run.
* * *
Oogiku (Chrysanthemum japonicum): Yellow-colored plant considered a vegetable. Used as spices in cooking. The flower is a symbol for the month of November.
Why couldn’t he have gotten an easier plant to find and sketch? He thought he was lucky to draw the flower of the month during biology class today, but he never expected the flower to be this hard to find. He had been looking in the woods for hours. The sun was already beginning to set, and the forest was getting colder. This is a waste of my time. I could be home beating Scarlet Mist, getting enough money for the 42,000 gold boomerang I need to defeat Akuma. It’s getting dark…I need to go home and make dinner. I’ll just tell Akai-sensei1 I couldn’t find it. As he turned around to walk home and he felt a tug on the back of his shirt. He turned around and saw a girl, around his age with long black hair, holding on to the back of his shirt.
“Let go.” She held on.
“Let go of my shirt.” She wouldn’t let go. He started running back to the apartment he moved into over a year ago, but the girl, still holding onto his shirt, followed him home. He had no choice but to let her inside. He led her into the dining room, and told her to sit down and wait. He got up, went into the kitchen, and cooked some rice with the leftover shrimp dish he had for dinner the night before. He gave her a bowl, and questioned her as she was eating.
“What’s your name?” he asked the girl.
“Deeveenijiunana”
“Uh…Dee-chan2 then… I’m Yuki, Akan Yuki.”
“Okay.”
“Why were you in the woods?”
“I don’t know.”
“Where are your parents?”
“I don’t know.”
“Where are you come from?”
“I don’t know.”
“How old are you?”
“I don’t know.”
“What do you know?”
“My name.”
“How long have you been living in the woods?”
“Maybe… 10 years.”
“Oh… Well I guess you can stay here for now then, until we know something more about you.”
He took her upstairs, and prepared a sleeping bag on the floor next to a desk for her in the extra room where his dad usually stayed when he came to visit from Hokkaido. The walls of the room were covered in pictures of his mom. His dad had taped pictures from family trips, family reunions, and other events all over the wall after his mother died from tuberculosis last year.
* * *
<773743>>: Did General Yamamoto get out?
<436725>>: Probably not. No one survived that.
<773743>>: How many people dead?
<436725>>: 2104.
<773743>>: Where’s DV27?
<436725>>: Asleep.
<773743>>: What’re we going to do with her?
<436725>>: They secured her in an antichronolytic cell for future uses. They need to find out what went wrong first.
<773743>>: I thought Doctor Akan quit.
<436725>>: Yes, Doctor Itou will take over.
<773743>>: Does he have the files?
<436725>>: What files?
<773743>>: DV27’s files... the files needed to create more. They’re stored on the doctor’s computer.
<436725>>: There were files?
<773743>>: Itou doesn’t have them?
<436725>>: No.
<773743>>: You mean he doesn’t know anything?
<436725>>: He did work with the doctor on DV27…
<773743>>: He cleaned the Petri dishes…
<436725>>: Doesn’t anyone else have the files? What about the other scientists who worked with the doctor?
<773743>>: No. They were all killed by DV27. Do we have enough people to prevent America’s next attack?
<436725>>: No. We need the clones.
<773743>>: … Find the doctor.
<436725>>: Where is he?
<773743>>: I don’t know. Just go find him.
<436725>>: You know he’s not going to come peacefully.
<773743>>: Kidnap him. Torture him. Blackmail him. I don’t care. Just find him.
* * *
The alarm clock rang at 6 am the next morning. The girl who followed me home last night was all just a dream. Yes, it must’ve been a dream. Yuki got up, put on his school uniform, and went to pack his backpack. Then he remembered he had a math test first period today. He took out his math textbook and a notebook, sat down in front of his desk, and tried to study for his test. After half an hour, he gave up and went downstairs to make breakfast.
Just as he got into the dining room, he saw the girl sitting in his chair in front of the dining room table.
“I’m hungry,” she said, staring at him.
Yuki stared back at her.
“I’m hungry,” she repeated.
When he came to his senses, he hurried over to the kitchen to make breakfast: omelet and pancakes. She refused to eat the omelet and pancakes, so she searched through his fridge for something she wanted to eat. She took out a bag of shrimp. She handed the bag to Yuki and said “Cook.” Yuki took the bag, opened it, and stared at her, and then went to make Tofu Shrimp. She picked out and ate all the shrimp, leaving the bowl with only tofu left.
Yuki looked at the time; it was 7:30 a.m. School started in half an hour, but he had to get there early to register Dee for a class. He grabbed his bag and headed next door, where people sold Transmitters. He bought her a Transmitter and registered it under his name. On the way to school, he showed her how to type out words on the transmitter and gave her his code number: 985525. She followed him to school, but she didn’t have a school uniform, so he took her to the principal’s office.
“She’s my cousin from Hokkaido. Her name’s Dee, Akan Dee. She’s a 1st year student3, one grade below me. Her parents suddenly fell ill, so she came here to live with me instead. Please give her a school uniform and put her in class,” Yuki lied to the principal.
After school, he went to class 1-C to pick her up and noticed a crowd of people around her. He got closer and heard:
“Join the astronomy club; you’re really good at science.”
“No, join kendo. She’s really strong. You should’ve seen her during gym.”
“No, join…”
“I’ll join kendo,” she finally said. She saw Yuki walking towards her, but told him to go home first. Kendo practice was till 6:00 pm.
Yuki turned around and began to leave, but a crowd of people held him back. They wouldn’t let him leave without questioning him. It was a tradition in their school to question anyone who knew anything about new students.
“Are you really her cousin?”
“Er—“
“Are her parents really sick?”
“Um—“
“What programs on the Holographic Displayer does she watch?”
Yuki pushed through the crowd and ran home. He got home, turned on his computer, and played Scarlet Mist. He finally found the correct passageway out of the scarlet-colored mist. He looked at the time. A new record. He recorded the time in his notebook and started a new game. The time to beat was 6 hours.
* * *
<436725>>: We’ve lost her.
<773743>>: What?
<436725>>: DV27, she escaped.
<773743>>: When?!
<436725>>: Last week.
<773743>>: And you Transmit me now??
<436725>>: Sorry. We were busy looking for her and I forgot.
<773743>>: How’d she get out?
<436725>>: The antichronolytic cell reacted with her hair and blew up, waking her up, but apparently causing no damage to her, since she was able to escape.
<773743>>: What happened to security?
<436725>>: They got killed in the explosion.
<773743>>: Where is she now?
<436725>>: We don’t know. The explosion blew up her tracking device.
<773743>>: Are her powers still dormant?
<436725>>: We don’t know…
<773743>>: Tell your troops to stop looking for the doctor and look for her.
<436725>>: Yes, Mr. President.
* * *
Profits for today: 726,000,000 yen4. Takeshi looked at the time. 11:30 pm. His son had left four and a half months ago in August. He laid out a blanket in front of his house and stared at the stars, listening to the cicadas chirp. Fog started covering the skies. There isn’t supposed to be fog today. What is this? He suddenly felt himself get sleepier and sleepier, until he finally closed his eyes.
* * *
Dee had stayed at his house for a month and a half now, and he still hasn’t found out anything about her. He went on all the search pages, searching DEE, but only found sites about Diplomatic Environment Engineers, Dexterous End Effectors, or Disjoint Eager Executions. Yuki asked Dee to write her full name on paper. She wrote “DV27.” DV27? What kind of name is that? A code name? Was she some secret agent from the JSA? He went on Google and searched “DV27,” but all he found were pages of different models of DV27 DVD Players.
* * *
The moon and stars shined brightly over the old building, making the building glow like a candle in. The building that used to be a teahouse where people went during family reunions is getting demolished the next week and turned into a store that sells different kinds of electronics. The building was surrounded by yellow caution signs, and a “DO NOT ENTER” sign painted in red paint on a wooden board in front of the entrance of the building. Two men stood on the roof of the building, one of them just stirring awake.
“Takeshi…I haven’t seen you since 2643. 10 years ago? We spent almost 10 years looking for you. Itou took over right after you quit, you know, but he hasn’t been able to accomplish anything. We’re still short on soldiers.
“Draft.”
“It’s against the new Japanese laws and they’re refusing to change then.”
“You’re the President.”
“I know, but I can’t make any changes. They’ve vetoed all my amendments. Japan has changed…”
“Yes, it has.”
“We’re going to lose the war if you don’t help. The American Army is one of the strongest and China is refusing to help because they said some terrorists from Japan bombed Tian An Men Square 30 years ago. I hear you have a son now. Where’s your wife?”
“Dead. Why’ve you brought me to this deserted place?”
“Owning an amusement park now?”
“Yes I am. What do you want?”
“I wanted to talk to you. I’m sure you know why. They secured DV27 in an antichrololytic cell, but it appears that she’s escaped.”
“You need to find her…”
“We know. It’s another reason why we’ve brought you here. Who knows where she is now? It’s been 10 years. ”
“You used halothane?”
“Would you have peacefully come with us if we hadn’t?”
“I won’t help you Mr. President.”
“It’s not like you have a choice.”
“You can’t kill me. The information will be lost if you do.”
“We know that. We weren’t planning to kill you.”
“I won’t tell you the password.”
“We will get it from you, Doctor Akan. We’ve located the whereabouts of your son.”
Takeshi fled from the building, running down one set of staircase after another, until he finally got to the entrance. He looked back at the building and recognized the place immediately. He ran to the closest train station and bought a ticket for the next ride to Okinawa. It was in 10 minutes. He had to get there first.
* * *
5:57 pm. Dee should be home soon. Yuki waited for Dee to return in the living room. He had already thought of what to make for dinner tonight. He finished preparing the shrimp dumplings half an hour ago, and now sat on the living room couch, watching his H.D. All he had left to do was to heat the dumplings in boiling water for a few minutes anyways. He can do that after Dee comes home. He heard a knock on the door and ran to open it. It wasn’t Dee.
“Dad? Why are you here?”
“Urgent…news…they’re…coming…for…you…”
“Who?”
“The…President…and army…”
“Dad, did you run here? Sit on the sofa and take a rest.”
The doorbell rang again. It was probably Dee coming home. He ran over to open the door. Dee took off her shoes and went inside.
“DV27! So this was where you ran off to.” Yuki’s father stared her.
“Wait you know her?”
“Yes I know her, but I don’t think she remembers me yet.”
“Dad, how do you know about her?”
“I’ll tell you after she’s gone. I don’t want her knowing everything yet,” Takeshi whispered.
“Hey, Dee… Can you go upstairs and finish homework first?”
“I’m hungry.”
“Yeah I’ve prepared the dumplings already. I’ll start cooking them now. Can you go upstairs and wait.”
“Okay.”
“So dad… How do you know her?”
“I created her.”
“Created?”
“Yes, created. American’s bombing of Japan sparked the start of World War III. I was experimenting with artificial life, sponsored by the government. They asked me to create an artificial life whose sole purpose was to fight during the war, since Japan was short on soldiers. I refused at first, but they threatened to stop my research. I gave in, in the end. DV27, the artificial girl I had created, got out of my control, and killed thousands of civilians and Japanese soldiers. Recently, the president contacted me and told me DV27 had escaped. If she had regained her powers, then the world would be in danger, but thankfully, she hadn’t yet.”
“How come you’ve never told me any of this?”
“I wanted to forget how stupid I was to ever experiment with artificial life forms. Anyways, this is bad that she’s here too. We need to hide her somewhere. We can’t have the government get a hold of her and study how she was created. Stay here and do not open the door for anyone while I got hide her.”
“Where are you going to hide her?”
“I shouldn’t tell you, in case they come and torture you for information. Here’s my transmitter. Keep it turned off. I don’t want them tracking my texts.”
“Are you coming back after you’re done?”
“Yes, I’ll be back.” Takeshi walked upstairs, and told DV27 that he was going to take her to an amusement park. She agreed to follow him, so they left the house and started walking towards the train station. They arrived at the station twenty minutes later. The next ride to Hokkaido was in half an hour. Takeshi hadn’t eaten dinner yet. He asked DV27 if she wanted anything to eat. Dee hadn’t eaten dinner either, so she told him she wanted shrimp. Takeshi left Dee on a bench inside the train station. The station was crowded, so he thought it’d be okay to leave her there without being found. He went around outside to look for something to eat. He saw a booth near the station that sold shrimp dumplings, but the dumplings were made after the person ordered, so the dumplings would still be warm. Takeshi had to wait another twenty minutes before the dumplings were done.
* * *
Dee was bored. She looked around the station and saw a man wearing a black suit, running towards the next train to Tokyo. She wondered why the man was in such a rush. Then she looked around and noticed many people in the station running towards their trains. Why were humans always in such a rush? She heard a woman yelling, so she turned around to discover the perpetrator of the noise. She saw the woman yelling at her toddler son. She moved a bit closer to hear what she was yelling about. “How can you not get top 3 in your class on this test? I was always first when I was your age. How can you get this easy division problem wrong?” Dee went back to the bench where Takeshi told her to stay. Takeshi had been gone for more than ten minutes, and she got tired of observing people in the station. She put her hands in her pocket, and found the transmitter Yuki had given her. Yuki’s number was 985525. “I’m Bored”, she typed to Yuki.
* * *
The shrimp dumplings Yuki had prepared for him and Dee were ready. He sat down at the dining room table, getting ready to eat. He heard a beep from his transmitter.
<<333733>>: I’m Bored.
333733 was Dee’s number. Why is Dee messaging him? Doesn’t she know—oh wait she wasn’t there when Dad explained why he had to leave his Transmitter here, and obviously Dad wouldn’t have known that Dee had a Transmitter. They’re going to get tracked unless Yuki did something to distract…
* * *
The traffic was bad at this time of the day. The President was taking a while to get to Takeshi’s son’s house. He should have taken the train; Takeshi is probably already there. He’s probably taken his son and run away, so the only thing he could do was track his Transmitter. The President turned on the computer in his limo and tracking devices. It showed that the Transmitter was still in their house. Why hadn’t he run away yet? Maybe Takeshi left the Transmitter there. Twenty minutes later, he got a report of a signal from a new Transmitter. He looked at the number: 333733. He looked up the history of the transmitter. It was said to have been bought by Akan Yuki: Takeshi’s son’s transmitter. Aha… so Takeshi did leave his Transmitter at his son’s house, but now the President could track his son’s transmitter. He opened the message to read. “I’m Bored.” It said. Why would Takeshi write that sort of message? He looked at the receiver of the message: 985525. He looked up the history of that transmitter. It was under the name Akan Yuki. Why are they messaging themselves? He looked at the whereabouts of transmitter with the number 985525. It was still at Takeshi’s son’s house. Takeshi hadn’t taken his son with him? Or did he make his son run away by himself? One of them was still at their house, so either way, it was worth going there. Few minutes later, he got a report of a signal that came from a transmitter with the number 362867, Takeshi’s transmitter. “Come and get me, evil government.” the message said. So they knew they were being tracked. Does that mean Takeshi made his son run away and he stayed that the house? But Takeshi would never use the words” evil government”, and why does Akan Yuki have two Transmitters?
* * *
Dee heard a beep from her Transmitter. She looked at the screen. “Come and get me, evil government.” Dee didn’t understand what it meant. Then she saw Takeshi coming back, carrying two brown bags, probably with dinner inside. Takeshi handed her a bag. Dee looked inside and saw a lunchbox inside. She opened the lunchbox and saw the dumplings. Takeshi told her not to eat the dumplings yet; their train was coming in a minute or so. Once the train had arrived, Takeshi and Dee walked to their seats: 23A and 23B. Dee poured open the soy sauce bag and dumped it over her dumplings. She broke open the chopsticks and started eating the dumplings.
* * *
Yuki had to run away from the house. He opened the door and there stood the president in the doorway, looking as if he was just about to knock on the door.
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<926261>>: Unleash DV27.
<362867>>: Now?
<926261>>: Yes now.
<362867>>: But we’re not finished.
<926261>>: Unleash her now Doctor, we can’t hold on any longer.
<362867>>: But General, you know the risks of releasing her now… We’ll be done in 5 minutes.
<926261>>: Five minutes then. Transmit me when you’re done.
The doctor knew DV27 was going to take at least 15 more minutes to wake up, but the general and his troops were dying out there from the attack. He had to force her to wake up. He took AED shockers out of a drawer in his laboratory and walked up to the stretcher she was laying near the exit of the lab. He shocked her where a human heart would be and surprisingly enough, she woke up fine and his devices monitoring her were showing normal results.
<362867>>: She’s ready.
<926261>>: Release her in 5…4…3…2…1…
The doctor gave her a katana and told her to only defend and fight against the American troops wearing black uniforms.
<362867>>: DV27 has been released.
The doctor walked around his lab, looking at the piles of data piled on his desk, and his laptop stored with data that only a few megabytes of memory left. He called his assistant to clean the lab up, and he packed his laptop and data, getting ready to go home for the day. His project of 15 years had finally been successful.
Just as he was about to leave, he heard a beep from his transmitter.
<926261>>: Stop her. She’s killing civilians and our troops
The doctor looked back at the monitor screen. The screen showed no malfunctions. Everything was normal. Why had she disobeyed him? He had programmed her to obey everything he said. “Stop DV27, Stop killing troops and civilians.” he said to the microphone, attached to her ear. The monitor displayed back “ERROR.” He heard another beep on his transmitter.
<926261>>: Stop. Turn her off.
The doctor knew he couldn’t turn her back off. She was a real life human being now. She’s probably angry from waking up ten minutes early. He told his crew of scientists to go over to the battlefield and check what was wrong with DV27. They left immediately.
<362867>>: We can’t just turn her off. She’s a real human being now.
<926261>>: She’s killing our troops. Stop her.
<362867>>: I can’t. She’s out of my control. Kill her.
<926261>>: We can’t. She’s too strong. Stop her. She’s coming this way.
<362867>>: I sent people over.
<926261>>: Those guys in red lab coats? They’re dead.
<362867>>: They were wearing white lab coats…
<926261>>: They’re dead. Everyone else is dead. She’s coming.
<362867>>: Run.
* * *
Oogiku (Chrysanthemum japonicum): Yellow-colored plant considered a vegetable. Used as spices in cooking. The flower is a symbol for the month of November.
Why couldn’t he have gotten an easier plant to find and sketch? He thought he was lucky to draw the flower of the month during biology class today, but he never expected the flower to be this hard to find. He had been looking in the woods for hours. The sun was already beginning to set, and the forest was getting colder. This is a waste of my time. I could be home beating Scarlet Mist, getting enough money for the 42,000 gold boomerang I need to defeat Akuma. It’s getting dark…I need to go home and make dinner. I’ll just tell Akai-sensei1 I couldn’t find it. As he turned around to walk home and he felt a tug on the back of his shirt. He turned around and saw a girl, around his age with long black hair, holding on to the back of his shirt.
“Let go.” She held on.
“Let go of my shirt.” She wouldn’t let go. He started running back to the apartment he moved into over a year ago, but the girl, still holding onto his shirt, followed him home. He had no choice but to let her inside. He led her into the dining room, and told her to sit down and wait. He got up, went into the kitchen, and cooked some rice with the leftover shrimp dish he had for dinner the night before. He gave her a bowl, and questioned her as she was eating.
“What’s your name?” he asked the girl.
“Deeveenijiunana”
“Uh…Dee-chan2 then… I’m Yuki, Akan Yuki.”
“Okay.”
“Why were you in the woods?”
“I don’t know.”
“Where are your parents?”
“I don’t know.”
“Where are you come from?”
“I don’t know.”
“How old are you?”
“I don’t know.”
“What do you know?”
“My name.”
“How long have you been living in the woods?”
“Maybe… 10 years.”
“Oh… Well I guess you can stay here for now then, until we know something more about you.”
He took her upstairs, and prepared a sleeping bag on the floor next to a desk for her in the extra room where his dad usually stayed when he came to visit from Hokkaido. The walls of the room were covered in pictures of his mom. His dad had taped pictures from family trips, family reunions, and other events all over the wall after his mother died from tuberculosis last year.
* * *
<773743>>: Did General Yamamoto get out?
<436725>>: Probably not. No one survived that.
<773743>>: How many people dead?
<436725>>: 2104.
<773743>>: Where’s DV27?
<436725>>: Asleep.
<773743>>: What’re we going to do with her?
<436725>>: They secured her in an antichronolytic cell for future uses. They need to find out what went wrong first.
<773743>>: I thought Doctor Akan quit.
<436725>>: Yes, Doctor Itou will take over.
<773743>>: Does he have the files?
<436725>>: What files?
<773743>>: DV27’s files... the files needed to create more. They’re stored on the doctor’s computer.
<436725>>: There were files?
<773743>>: Itou doesn’t have them?
<436725>>: No.
<773743>>: You mean he doesn’t know anything?
<436725>>: He did work with the doctor on DV27…
<773743>>: He cleaned the Petri dishes…
<436725>>: Doesn’t anyone else have the files? What about the other scientists who worked with the doctor?
<773743>>: No. They were all killed by DV27. Do we have enough people to prevent America’s next attack?
<436725>>: No. We need the clones.
<773743>>: … Find the doctor.
<436725>>: Where is he?
<773743>>: I don’t know. Just go find him.
<436725>>: You know he’s not going to come peacefully.
<773743>>: Kidnap him. Torture him. Blackmail him. I don’t care. Just find him.
* * *
The alarm clock rang at 6 am the next morning. The girl who followed me home last night was all just a dream. Yes, it must’ve been a dream. Yuki got up, put on his school uniform, and went to pack his backpack. Then he remembered he had a math test first period today. He took out his math textbook and a notebook, sat down in front of his desk, and tried to study for his test. After half an hour, he gave up and went downstairs to make breakfast.
Just as he got into the dining room, he saw the girl sitting in his chair in front of the dining room table.
“I’m hungry,” she said, staring at him.
Yuki stared back at her.
“I’m hungry,” she repeated.
When he came to his senses, he hurried over to the kitchen to make breakfast: omelet and pancakes. She refused to eat the omelet and pancakes, so she searched through his fridge for something she wanted to eat. She took out a bag of shrimp. She handed the bag to Yuki and said “Cook.” Yuki took the bag, opened it, and stared at her, and then went to make Tofu Shrimp. She picked out and ate all the shrimp, leaving the bowl with only tofu left.
Yuki looked at the time; it was 7:30 a.m. School started in half an hour, but he had to get there early to register Dee for a class. He grabbed his bag and headed next door, where people sold Transmitters. He bought her a Transmitter and registered it under his name. On the way to school, he showed her how to type out words on the transmitter and gave her his code number: 985525. She followed him to school, but she didn’t have a school uniform, so he took her to the principal’s office.
“She’s my cousin from Hokkaido. Her name’s Dee, Akan Dee. She’s a 1st year student3, one grade below me. Her parents suddenly fell ill, so she came here to live with me instead. Please give her a school uniform and put her in class,” Yuki lied to the principal.
After school, he went to class 1-C to pick her up and noticed a crowd of people around her. He got closer and heard:
“Join the astronomy club; you’re really good at science.”
“No, join kendo. She’s really strong. You should’ve seen her during gym.”
“No, join…”
“I’ll join kendo,” she finally said. She saw Yuki walking towards her, but told him to go home first. Kendo practice was till 6:00 pm.
Yuki turned around and began to leave, but a crowd of people held him back. They wouldn’t let him leave without questioning him. It was a tradition in their school to question anyone who knew anything about new students.
“Are you really her cousin?”
“Er—“
“Are her parents really sick?”
“Um—“
“What programs on the Holographic Displayer does she watch?”
Yuki pushed through the crowd and ran home. He got home, turned on his computer, and played Scarlet Mist. He finally found the correct passageway out of the scarlet-colored mist. He looked at the time. A new record. He recorded the time in his notebook and started a new game. The time to beat was 6 hours.
* * *
<436725>>: We’ve lost her.
<773743>>: What?
<436725>>: DV27, she escaped.
<773743>>: When?!
<436725>>: Last week.
<773743>>: And you Transmit me now??
<436725>>: Sorry. We were busy looking for her and I forgot.
<773743>>: How’d she get out?
<436725>>: The antichronolytic cell reacted with her hair and blew up, waking her up, but apparently causing no damage to her, since she was able to escape.
<773743>>: What happened to security?
<436725>>: They got killed in the explosion.
<773743>>: Where is she now?
<436725>>: We don’t know. The explosion blew up her tracking device.
<773743>>: Are her powers still dormant?
<436725>>: We don’t know…
<773743>>: Tell your troops to stop looking for the doctor and look for her.
<436725>>: Yes, Mr. President.
* * *
Profits for today: 726,000,000 yen4. Takeshi looked at the time. 11:30 pm. His son had left four and a half months ago in August. He laid out a blanket in front of his house and stared at the stars, listening to the cicadas chirp. Fog started covering the skies. There isn’t supposed to be fog today. What is this? He suddenly felt himself get sleepier and sleepier, until he finally closed his eyes.
* * *
Dee had stayed at his house for a month and a half now, and he still hasn’t found out anything about her. He went on all the search pages, searching DEE, but only found sites about Diplomatic Environment Engineers, Dexterous End Effectors, or Disjoint Eager Executions. Yuki asked Dee to write her full name on paper. She wrote “DV27.” DV27? What kind of name is that? A code name? Was she some secret agent from the JSA? He went on Google and searched “DV27,” but all he found were pages of different models of DV27 DVD Players.
* * *
The moon and stars shined brightly over the old building, making the building glow like a candle in. The building that used to be a teahouse where people went during family reunions is getting demolished the next week and turned into a store that sells different kinds of electronics. The building was surrounded by yellow caution signs, and a “DO NOT ENTER” sign painted in red paint on a wooden board in front of the entrance of the building. Two men stood on the roof of the building, one of them just stirring awake.
“Takeshi…I haven’t seen you since 2643. 10 years ago? We spent almost 10 years looking for you. Itou took over right after you quit, you know, but he hasn’t been able to accomplish anything. We’re still short on soldiers.
“Draft.”
“It’s against the new Japanese laws and they’re refusing to change then.”
“You’re the President.”
“I know, but I can’t make any changes. They’ve vetoed all my amendments. Japan has changed…”
“Yes, it has.”
“We’re going to lose the war if you don’t help. The American Army is one of the strongest and China is refusing to help because they said some terrorists from Japan bombed Tian An Men Square 30 years ago. I hear you have a son now. Where’s your wife?”
“Dead. Why’ve you brought me to this deserted place?”
“Owning an amusement park now?”
“Yes I am. What do you want?”
“I wanted to talk to you. I’m sure you know why. They secured DV27 in an antichrololytic cell, but it appears that she’s escaped.”
“You need to find her…”
“We know. It’s another reason why we’ve brought you here. Who knows where she is now? It’s been 10 years. ”
“You used halothane?”
“Would you have peacefully come with us if we hadn’t?”
“I won’t help you Mr. President.”
“It’s not like you have a choice.”
“You can’t kill me. The information will be lost if you do.”
“We know that. We weren’t planning to kill you.”
“I won’t tell you the password.”
“We will get it from you, Doctor Akan. We’ve located the whereabouts of your son.”
Takeshi fled from the building, running down one set of staircase after another, until he finally got to the entrance. He looked back at the building and recognized the place immediately. He ran to the closest train station and bought a ticket for the next ride to Okinawa. It was in 10 minutes. He had to get there first.
* * *
5:57 pm. Dee should be home soon. Yuki waited for Dee to return in the living room. He had already thought of what to make for dinner tonight. He finished preparing the shrimp dumplings half an hour ago, and now sat on the living room couch, watching his H.D. All he had left to do was to heat the dumplings in boiling water for a few minutes anyways. He can do that after Dee comes home. He heard a knock on the door and ran to open it. It wasn’t Dee.
“Dad? Why are you here?”
“Urgent…news…they’re…coming…for…you…”
“Who?”
“The…President…and army…”
“Dad, did you run here? Sit on the sofa and take a rest.”
The doorbell rang again. It was probably Dee coming home. He ran over to open the door. Dee took off her shoes and went inside.
“DV27! So this was where you ran off to.” Yuki’s father stared her.
“Wait you know her?”
“Yes I know her, but I don’t think she remembers me yet.”
“Dad, how do you know about her?”
“I’ll tell you after she’s gone. I don’t want her knowing everything yet,” Takeshi whispered.
“Hey, Dee… Can you go upstairs and finish homework first?”
“I’m hungry.”
“Yeah I’ve prepared the dumplings already. I’ll start cooking them now. Can you go upstairs and wait.”
“Okay.”
“So dad… How do you know her?”
“I created her.”
“Created?”
“Yes, created. American’s bombing of Japan sparked the start of World War III. I was experimenting with artificial life, sponsored by the government. They asked me to create an artificial life whose sole purpose was to fight during the war, since Japan was short on soldiers. I refused at first, but they threatened to stop my research. I gave in, in the end. DV27, the artificial girl I had created, got out of my control, and killed thousands of civilians and Japanese soldiers. Recently, the president contacted me and told me DV27 had escaped. If she had regained her powers, then the world would be in danger, but thankfully, she hadn’t yet.”
“How come you’ve never told me any of this?”
“I wanted to forget how stupid I was to ever experiment with artificial life forms. Anyways, this is bad that she’s here too. We need to hide her somewhere. We can’t have the government get a hold of her and study how she was created. Stay here and do not open the door for anyone while I got hide her.”
“Where are you going to hide her?”
“I shouldn’t tell you, in case they come and torture you for information. Here’s my transmitter. Keep it turned off. I don’t want them tracking my texts.”
“Are you coming back after you’re done?”
“Yes, I’ll be back.” Takeshi walked upstairs, and told DV27 that he was going to take her to an amusement park. She agreed to follow him, so they left the house and started walking towards the train station. They arrived at the station twenty minutes later. The next ride to Hokkaido was in half an hour. Takeshi hadn’t eaten dinner yet. He asked DV27 if she wanted anything to eat. Dee hadn’t eaten dinner either, so she told him she wanted shrimp. Takeshi left Dee on a bench inside the train station. The station was crowded, so he thought it’d be okay to leave her there without being found. He went around outside to look for something to eat. He saw a booth near the station that sold shrimp dumplings, but the dumplings were made after the person ordered, so the dumplings would still be warm. Takeshi had to wait another twenty minutes before the dumplings were done.
* * *
Dee was bored. She looked around the station and saw a man wearing a black suit, running towards the next train to Tokyo. She wondered why the man was in such a rush. Then she looked around and noticed many people in the station running towards their trains. Why were humans always in such a rush? She heard a woman yelling, so she turned around to discover the perpetrator of the noise. She saw the woman yelling at her toddler son. She moved a bit closer to hear what she was yelling about. “How can you not get top 3 in your class on this test? I was always first when I was your age. How can you get this easy division problem wrong?” Dee went back to the bench where Takeshi told her to stay. Takeshi had been gone for more than ten minutes, and she got tired of observing people in the station. She put her hands in her pocket, and found the transmitter Yuki had given her. Yuki’s number was 985525. “I’m Bored”, she typed to Yuki.
* * *
The shrimp dumplings Yuki had prepared for him and Dee were ready. He sat down at the dining room table, getting ready to eat. He heard a beep from his transmitter.
<<333733>>: I’m Bored.
333733 was Dee’s number. Why is Dee messaging him? Doesn’t she know—oh wait she wasn’t there when Dad explained why he had to leave his Transmitter here, and obviously Dad wouldn’t have known that Dee had a Transmitter. They’re going to get tracked unless Yuki did something to distract…
* * *
The traffic was bad at this time of the day. The President was taking a while to get to Takeshi’s son’s house. He should have taken the train; Takeshi is probably already there. He’s probably taken his son and run away, so the only thing he could do was track his Transmitter. The President turned on the computer in his limo and tracking devices. It showed that the Transmitter was still in their house. Why hadn’t he run away yet? Maybe Takeshi left the Transmitter there. Twenty minutes later, he got a report of a signal from a new Transmitter. He looked at the number: 333733. He looked up the history of the transmitter. It was said to have been bought by Akan Yuki: Takeshi’s son’s transmitter. Aha… so Takeshi did leave his Transmitter at his son’s house, but now the President could track his son’s transmitter. He opened the message to read. “I’m Bored.” It said. Why would Takeshi write that sort of message? He looked at the receiver of the message: 985525. He looked up the history of that transmitter. It was under the name Akan Yuki. Why are they messaging themselves? He looked at the whereabouts of transmitter with the number 985525. It was still at Takeshi’s son’s house. Takeshi hadn’t taken his son with him? Or did he make his son run away by himself? One of them was still at their house, so either way, it was worth going there. Few minutes later, he got a report of a signal that came from a transmitter with the number 362867, Takeshi’s transmitter. “Come and get me, evil government.” the message said. So they knew they were being tracked. Does that mean Takeshi made his son run away and he stayed that the house? But Takeshi would never use the words” evil government”, and why does Akan Yuki have two Transmitters?
* * *
Dee heard a beep from her Transmitter. She looked at the screen. “Come and get me, evil government.” Dee didn’t understand what it meant. Then she saw Takeshi coming back, carrying two brown bags, probably with dinner inside. Takeshi handed her a bag. Dee looked inside and saw a lunchbox inside. She opened the lunchbox and saw the dumplings. Takeshi told her not to eat the dumplings yet; their train was coming in a minute or so. Once the train had arrived, Takeshi and Dee walked to their seats: 23A and 23B. Dee poured open the soy sauce bag and dumped it over her dumplings. She broke open the chopsticks and started eating the dumplings.
* * *
Yuki had to run away from the house. He opened the door and there stood the president in the doorway, looking as if he was just about to knock on the door.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Procrastination Fall 2010
So I have a physics exam tomorrow at 7pm, a bio exam Monday at 4pm, and another bio exam tuesday 8:30am. I have given up studying for physics and is currently really distracted. I was looking around and found the witty college app essay for the "who are you" question for Tufts... The directions said to go "beyond your boundaries"... yep, that's what I did. So brace yourself, here it is:
I am an artist who draws gothic art for the school literary magazine. I am an engineer who made a bean-moving robot that moves Lego’s instead. I am the captain of the school’s tai-chi club. I am a hacker who hacks calculators and destroys them with viruses, and I am the hacker who hacks iPods during lunch. I am the Terrible Trivium who has no pointless tasks to do and the Senses Taker who has no senses to steal; I am the person who can escape Plato’s underground den, where humans have been since birth. I proved Tom Robinson’s innocence, but Harper Lee decided not to include that part in her book. I am the lawyer who sued the farmer’s wife for cutting off the tails of the three blind mice. I am the inventor of artificial life, but my test subjects ran away and are now wondering on earth. I made the elixir of life, but my pet ferret drank all of it and ate the research. I am the architect of a life-size gingerbread house, but my colleagues couldn’t resist and ate it all. I am a doctor; I am an astronaut. Or simply, I am a writer.
Hahaha... I want to write another one... but med school isn't something to joke about so... guess that's not going to work :(
I am an artist who draws gothic art for the school literary magazine. I am an engineer who made a bean-moving robot that moves Lego’s instead. I am the captain of the school’s tai-chi club. I am a hacker who hacks calculators and destroys them with viruses, and I am the hacker who hacks iPods during lunch. I am the Terrible Trivium who has no pointless tasks to do and the Senses Taker who has no senses to steal; I am the person who can escape Plato’s underground den, where humans have been since birth. I proved Tom Robinson’s innocence, but Harper Lee decided not to include that part in her book. I am the lawyer who sued the farmer’s wife for cutting off the tails of the three blind mice. I am the inventor of artificial life, but my test subjects ran away and are now wondering on earth. I made the elixir of life, but my pet ferret drank all of it and ate the research. I am the architect of a life-size gingerbread house, but my colleagues couldn’t resist and ate it all. I am a doctor; I am an astronaut. Or simply, I am a writer.
Hahaha... I want to write another one... but med school isn't something to joke about so... guess that's not going to work :(
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