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a cup of warm bbt makes me happier than anything right now in freezing februrary ithaca.
my new favorite is pudding milk black, less sugar and hot. it's sooo good!! 
i have never heard of bbt before coming to cornell. when i saw my hallmate drinking something weird at appel, i thought, "what is that artificial-colored drink with black stuff at the bottom" LOL... (oh yea, koichi called it "fake juice with insipid chewy shit" lol) i tried green apple green tea w/o tapioca. i didn't really like it. i think my second one was grape green with tapioca. i realy liked tapioca but didnlt like the tea itself. i think i just sucked up all tapioca and threw away the tea. then, second semester frosh yr... i went to go get bbt with jeff, and he got honey melon milk green. yes, my favorite. i had a sip of his, and fell in love with that flavor. it's been my favorite-est since.
i didn't get it that often freshmen yr. i liked it, but i wasn't addicted to it. sophomore yr... someone suggested to go to bbt all the time, if we had nothing else to do. bbt + chill was the thing to do. when i was busy studying, someone came to study with me with a bbt delivery. when i was upset or frustrated, someone brought me bbt. it's almost like classical conditioning. that set up the formula, kana + bbt = happy. hahah bbt is my necessity.
this is back when i absolutely hated alcohol and was 100% dry. i wanted to do someting crazy w/o alcohol on slope day. someone called me to go get bbt at like 1am on slope day... and that started the crazy 24hr bbt record. i had one at 1am, one at 4pm the following day (when bbt opened), one at like 8pm? 10pm, and 12am..... something like that. we mixed in appel bbt so i don't have to go to the ctown store 5 times/day and embarrass myself lol. started off with honey melon, and finished with green tea blizzard. i also had one bbt/day for 16 consecutive days. fumi competed with 2bbt/ day for 10days? hahah we were young.
when i'm happy, i go get bbt. when i'm finished with exam, i go get bbt to celebrate. when i'm chilling with someone, bbt. when i'm upset, bbt to make me feel better. day before exam, bbt rather than coffee. i tried 3 in nyc, 2 in boston, 2 in japan, but they are all not good. john's bbt is the best!! i don't know how i'm gonna live w/o bbt when i leave ithaca....... 
**my favorites**
honey melon milk green w/ tapioca -- my all time favorite
strawberry milk black w/ tapioca -- second favorite
green apple milk green w/ tapioca --another favorite
lychee kiwi green w/ lychee jelly -- when i want something light
sweet orange green less sugar w/ lychee jelly -- right after heavy dinner
watermellon milk green w/tapioca -- summer favorite
grapefruit ice crush -- summer favorite
pudding milk black less sugar w/ tapioca hot -- winter favorite
taro strawberry milk black w/ tapioca -- used to like it a lot
cramberry green tea w/ tapioca and strawberry pudding -- spark special
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| so, i'm done. DONE with all classes at Cornell FOREVER!!!!!!!
feels really weird... i've always looked forward to this day. but then... it's kinda scary and werid that i'm not gonna be a student for a while. definitely never at cornell ithaca campus... i always diss ithaca, but it's a nice place. i mean... i'm not from nyc, not from tokyo... i'm used to the suburban life. it is kiiiiiind of far from "urban" area... but ithaca got better. target/old navy was not even in p-mall my frosh yr. i heard abercrombie and best buy came to ithaca a yr before i came here. as long as there's some sort of mall around, i'm happy. hey, it's a beutiful quiet and safe neighborhood. have you ever walked outside rt 79 in the snow, at like 3am? you should slooooowly drive to east hill. it is so beautiful. ithaca is gorgeous. i'm starting to remember all that's happened here and appreciate what i have right now. i have a feeling next few entries ae gonna be like the recollection of cornell life lol...
friday, we had a graduation/end of classes celebration dinner at zaza's. i'm really happy we got to do a semi-ish get together dinner  . then drinking and party. saturday, nabe party... probably last jusa event ever  . man... i wanted to be a guest at sushi night!!! first time ever not having a sushi night/semester.....  anyway, nabe was okay, but jusa has changed, and it was the most bimyoo na last. haha.
i just came back from "lab party" at my professor's house . it was a demanding class.... i mean, we still have 2 papers due in 3days, grant proposal last day of the finals..... lab lab and lab every day.... but i enjoyed it. i learned alot from the class, lots of experience. got to know many people in the lab... we all share some what of a same background, and have similar outlook of the future. it's so much better to be surrounded by premeds than to be surrounded by bankers lol. it's a psych phenomena: go through rough times together, you will be closer to eachother and bonded together with a special feeling. haha. i wish i had this kind of experence before.... instead of taking lots of 300ppl lecture courses where everyone is anonymous. it was fun eating and drinking and chatting together with lab ppl one last? time  (i guess it's not last cuz we are going out to the bars? :P)
last week, i had this huuuuuuge inspiration from my friend's father. initially, i was just like.... wow THATS your dad??? but the two names didn't quite connect in my head, so i googled him. i read many articles about this person, and i was just stunned by his vision. first, yea he is kind of a big deal. second, his life work is something i truely respect. third, i think what he did is awesone, but even if i were granted a chance to do this, i don't think i will... i will chose a stable and convenient life. i felt like i am kind of hard working and somewhat alturistc, but nothing compared to this person. i was ashamed of myself for wanting the "elite look" and money. we all come to cornell cuz we have ambition and want stature to a degree... and i want moeny to go to medschool. i'm not a superficial bitch, but i felt like one after reading about this person. this is when i was really confused about future and couldn't decide what to do.... i realized the importance of going "my way" and look furthur into the future. it's okay not to make 60K. it's okay not to be an "elite". as long as it meets (my) minimum living standard, i will rather live a respectable life than live a profitable life. i started developing some interest in research and non-profit organizations. i want to find something i can devote my whole life to... for a good cause. 人は人、私は私。成功するより、儲かるより、尊敬される人生を送りたい、と思ったのでした。
i guess i was too young for everything. hahah. finally maturing enough to think right and gain a sense of self-composure.
3 fials + 4 papers to go!
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| Happy Thanksgiving!!
boston career forum was extremely tiring. driving there was a scary experience.... wind, rain, flood, dark, boston. haha. 3-4hr sleep and off to interviews. start lining up around 8am, door opens at 9am.... interviews til 5-6pm, then dinner with company rep. come back to the hotel after 10pm, and same thing over again. my hotel was connected to prudential center, and only a block away from newberry street.... but no time for fun  no time to meet up with high school friends (other than 5min talk in btwn interviews) no time to go drinking, no time to even say bye to someone i roomed with in boston. hahah. sunday, i had interviews til almost 1pm, then tried to arrange rides for everyone, and jini and i decided to go shop for an hr and eat before headding back to ithaca. cheesecake factory~~~~  i always say this, but i really miss the way it was before. we used to all go eat lunch together, chill for a bit, then head back out together. i know it's a different crowd and i didn't even know everyone who came lol, but i got the feeling that everyone is more interested in themselves, not the group. i got thousands of phone calls, but i don't remember hearing any "we" or "they." it was always "i" need to do this, "i" want to leave. and.... i really wanted to meet up with my good friend in boston, but he doesn't seem to care anymore. watever. ride back was....uhhh.... fun. baku the dj chose music for us, and had long interesting talks BUT i got ticketed again........... i am very "unlucky" haha
*thank you soooooo much yu, ayuko, and spark for an encouraging msg
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then... we got to see danny!! he gave us a ride back. it was really nice seeing him! 
