Anyways...welcome to my life! I hang out with Ana a lot (she even slept over one night!) and I go to work for a reasonable number of hours every week. I'm going through training for 5 weeks, and we're nearing the halfway point very soon. Lots of studying, but also lots of goofing off with my friend Joy, haha. We are really fed up with trying to "meet everyone", and so we've been kind of antisocial. We ran (like literally sprinted) to Chinatown one day to get $4 noodles during our lunch break and had to get take-out to make it back in time. It was gross out and I was sweaty. I can't talk about anything else we did...maybe later when this job is over.
I've also been going to the climbing gym in brooklyn regularly. I will have to accept that it will be my "home gym" from now on. I went the first night I moved in -- and guess who checked me in?! James Quadrino's ex-girlfriend, who I had met once when she came to visit him at Dartmouth. She was so nice and taught me everything I needed to know about Brooklyn Boulders. It's a little far from where I live/work (it once took me an hour to get home, usually 45 minutes), but because training right now is in a location that is extremely downtown, it only takes 20 minutes to get there after work. I usually go by myself which has been hard because not everyone I meet is so nice or interested in making new friends, but Joy has come with me once, and Bari Wien/Cathy went with me yesterday! On Friday night I met these 2 couples that were so nice. I have no idea how I'll ever run into them, but I'd like to climb with them again! So yeah, I mostly boulder.
Obviously I don't look like this guy. This is courtesy of the New York Times. Anyways, this is called The Beast. It's like 30 feet of way overhanging wall, with finishes usually up around the lip. They apparently had a light show when they unveiled it. Kind of stupid. The easiest thing on it is a V3, but all the moves are like V1. It's just crazy endurance-y. (I feel like a douchebag talking about grades too, btw. I'm just trying to describe it!) Come visit me to check it out!Also, my first real home is awesome. I really like living with Cathy, we eat noodles all the time. I guess during my 4 years at Dartmouth I've really missed being asian. We also don't have to pay for utilities except internet, so it's SO nice coming to an AC-ed home after being in the nasty city atmosphere. Also then I can convince people to come hang out in my apartment instead of me having to go other places :-). I'm so antisocial.
But look at my room - it's huge! Come visit! You can sleep on my rug on my papasan cushion! I'm just happy my place doesn't smell like old cat lady anymore...
One day, I will get to climb outside again...
My Enzo needs a tail...
My mom made me get the magenta sheets...
This is where the magic happens...even better is that we have a dishwasher and counterspace on the other side!
My couch from home - we've had this couch since I was probably 5. It's weird having it in my first home too. The walls are pretty bare except for the Leonberger calendar I put up. Cathy is working on it.I hope everyone else is doing well -- I want MORE UPDATES!
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