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Had a nice Thanksgiving trip to San Francisco, California! This was a weeklong trip starting on Monday, and originally to end on Friday, but actually ended Saturday. I arrived in SF Monday afternoon and Debby came to pick me up. We took the BART and other means of public transportation to her place. I really got to see SF up close. I was surprised at how "bian" or squat the houses are...and most of them are old AND cost up to 600-800K! Ridiculously amazing! Already this was looking to be a trip of several things 1) I was going to be stuffed with a ridiculous amount of food 2) I was in for the cold. SF is actually warmer than Durham, but the ocean breeze is chilly, and the apartment didn't have heat! Dinner was at Hotei's, a Japanese restaurant. I was stuffed. Tuesday I had an opportunity to visit Debby's sister's kindergarten. She's teaching at an immersion program kindergarten. So the kids are multiracial, but the class is entirely taught in Chinese! Not

Go Columbia! Roar Lions Roar! Sat in the buffer zone. To keep the peace. Actually, to cheer for Columbia!! Glitch shows that Columbia has the commanding lead! Asian guy on the court!! Columbia is obviously so much more diverse of a team (racially). Next videos of the cheerleading and Columbia's initial three point lead! Oh and Dan Bing means "Egg Biscuit" or "Egg Pancake." So I first put the egg down, and you can mix whatever into that you like (ham, cheese, etc), then after that's about done, put the tortilla and then fold it up. I like it with "chung tzy 粽子" sauce (you know the pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves), hot sauce and oyster sauce, or just some sweet and sour sauce.

Using tortilla and eggs, you can make homemade "Dan Bing!"

Just had our Tri-School basketball and volleyball games again. This time UNC-Charlotte actually drove all the way over to join our competition. Duke did decently, winning one and losing one. Our record overall is not stellar, but I think everyone had a good time. I think sports are important, for health and for lots of other things. It brings people together. There were probably over 100 people in the gym tonight, including all the players and supporters. I had fun playing volleyball too. It's been a while, and I realized how much I enjoy the game. It's not as contact heavy as basketball, and much more of a team sport. Things are going quite well lately. I haven't updated as much, and I promise to get back to doing that more. I've actually been quite busy in lab, trying to understand how some electronics work. Today I made a tiny tiny breakthrough and finally understood how a simple piece of electronics works. Just the feeling of really understanding something, even tho

Yesterday was Halloween? Boo! There's a corn maze in the area, about 30 minute drive up from here. For Halloween, they touched up the maze into a Haunted Trail! It was pretty fun, especially watching my friend get completely spooked out everytime one of the ghosts and ghouls popped out of nowhere from the deeps of the corn. You can find out more about the maze at www.mckeemaze.com ! Unfortunately no pictures. I was too busy laughing and getting spooked. By the way, here's something that's interesting. Does a duck's quack echo ?