Long Weekend

hm, i haven't updated this,
but to finish my last post, the rest of my spring break was a lot of badminton, and a trip to sd (little cousin's bday, ucsd)
friday:
alright so friday we drove up to visit uc berkeley for Cal Day. the six hours going up there were kind of boring and was really a waste of a day. we stopped by at some small town to fill up gas and eat dinner at a taco bell, and wow, it was different. apparently in that town gas has two different prices ($2.27/gallon, but underneath it in VERY small print it says "cash", so if you use a credit card they charge you $2.42/gallon). i'm not even sure if the taco bell there was a taco bell either (grilled stuffed burrito was shaped like a quesadilla and was double its regular price too, and my nachos were $1 more than the SOCAL advertised $.89. I guess its a rip-off town.

saturday
despite the erratic weather, san francisco, is overall, a nice city, but berkeley is not (my opinion); i just didn't like the atmosphere there. it's pretty funny how in uc berkeley, safety, is HEAVILY emphasized. some things i learned about berkeley during cal day.
1) There are 3 levels of security to get into your dorm: swipe your id to get in your dorm, make it past the security booth thing, swipe your id to get into the elevator.
2) There are telephone posts spread across the campus with a red emergency button, and once you press it, UCPD will show up within 90 seconds.
3) You can request some police guy to walk with you, which is advised.
4) Bearwalk, you can request another person walk with you, which is advised.
5) General rule: "Never walk alone, even if you're a guy."
yeah, i learned a lot about safety in berkeley, it kind of gives me the feeling that berkeley is not the safest place in the world. oh, and the unit reshalls are off-campus too.
berkeley overall is alright, and will undoubtedly give you a great education, if you don't mind ugly buildings, cold, hilly hills, and hobos (a lot of them are nice though).

afterwards we went to chinatown, and decided to eat dinner in a restaurant in the middle of china town. the food was subpar, and was overpriced. to sum up the experience, here's also what i learned: YOU KNOW CHINESE FOOD IS CRAP WHEN THERE AREN'T ANY CHINESE/ASIAN PEOPLE IN THE RESTAURANT WHEN THE RESTAURANT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF CHINATOWN. we were like the only asians in there, other than the waitresses. the chopsticks also said this:


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oh, this ended up to be quite long, so i'll end it here.