Berkeley!
Went with Ouyang to go see Paul/JJ in Berkeley the past weekend. I’ve been getting pretty bad at updating this - everything has been rather busy =X So to be time efficient, random thoughts!
* Berkeley was great fun - felt like Austin with better weather (though it was 80 and Paul would say “oh my god it’s so hot”). About the same number of trees, building heights in about the same proportion, but there was definitely more asians and some more hobos.
* We met a ton of people. At first we thought it was just because JJ/Paul are just that sociable but they explained that most of them are from the same high school and as soon as they met one… they met all the rest. Plano:TAMS::MontaVista::Berkeley!
* It’s a small (asian) world - I met a few friends’s friends’s friends O.o
* To reduce confusion, introduce the girl that you’ll be massaging as your girlfriend, hmm JJ? That way Ouyang and I don’t have to stare at you oddly and wonder if people at Berkeley randomly massage people =O.
* Speaking of that sort of thing - I have nothing but respect for Danica, she took Paul’s “paulisms” in stride in an amazing fashion. Good for you Paul xP
* It was good to see that JJ/Paul haven’t changed that much. Paul is still Paul and JJ is still JJ (except noone calls him that. not enough Johns I suppose) =).
* I’m in a love-hate relationship with the public transportation here. It’s very convenient until you have to transfer. There must be 5 different public transport systems in this area and only a few are compatible with each other. But it gets me around so I suppose I can’t complain.
* Beating an Elmo pinata senseless was fun in some sort of primal way. As well was stuffing a Spanish-speaking Tickle Me Elmo in a bag and watching him squirm. Actually… that was just creepy.
All-in-all, it was pretty fun! I’m definitely looking forward to going back up sometime xP
More Pictures from Ouyang
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