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Sunday , December 22 , 2002:
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the (most recent) rants (all times PT unless
otherwise noted) [non-recent
rants] on friday, december 27: 
at 3:32 PM,
CWW ranted: | [rant back:
]The next few rants are all one... and are meant to be read in reverse... so start here and read down. I lied... there wasn't an update. My bad... but I've been trying to get a2dlife working and its not been cooperating with me. Anyway... I'm going to blog and let what happens happen. I'm not the tech... Mike is and so I get to dump these problems on him.
at 3:31 PM,
CWW ranted: | [rant back:
]Let's see... What is Christmas like in HK? Pretty interesting... There's the usual slew of Santas in all the big malls, except they're skinny Asian guys who barely fill a small Santa suit, have black hair and wear glasses with those thick plastic frames (that are "in" here), and say "He, he he" with a Chinese accent.... while handing out coupons for some store. The storefront decorations can best be described by "tacky". Take Christmas trees for example: from the 6-10 story tall Christmas trees (which are more baubles and flashing lights and gold ribbon than pine branches) to the 4 ft tall one made entirely of Swarovzki crystals hanging from a golden support (valued and for sale at... HKD 10,000,000... more than a million USD) to the Hello Kitty fiber optic one that flashes various colors and plays barely recognizable Christmas melodies that could easily be mistaken for some new cellphone ring tone. I miss the traditional American Christmas, with the smell of gingerbread and pine and freshly lit fireplaces in the air... rather than the plasticy smell of new toys. I miss snow and it being cold enough to see your breath hanging in the air rather than here where everyone is complaining about the coldest weather in years and its barely below 10C. (Not snow like the NE of the USA though...). I'd even settle for a UK Christmas, with plum pudding (and now that I'm legal, I can buy the one that has brandy and rum in it and light it like a traditional pudding) and Christmas carols (the real kind... not the cheesy American kind) and Christmas crackers (not the food!)...
at 3:31 PM,
CWW ranted: | [rant back:
]But currently, I'm under lock-and-key it feels like... I miss home, that's Stanford, like the dickens (heck... I miss our annual high school reading of a Christmas Carol). I miss my friends as a number of them are still in the US and I'm not allowed to spend any time with the ones here anyhow.
at 3:28 PM,
CWW ranted: | [rant back:
]In other news, my future is this black hole right now. My parents insist that I do a PhD program somewhere (they're rooting for MIT since its the best but I'm thinking Berkeley or waiting a year and doing Stanford since they're on the west coast and have friendlier departments... MIT's has 50+ faculty!). They're even thinking that I should graduate this year, take a year off and then decide... instead of getting a master's. I'm not so sure... and I really want to stay ... I just started pledging a fraternity for crying out loud!... I can't leave now. Ok... if I talk any more I'll really start ranting... Anyway, have a great New Year's... I'll blog again... promise. --C. 
at 3:24 PM,
Zozo ranted: | [rant back:
]I'm much more a slacker... trust me. Blame it on Webmail and crappy dialup connections... |
