Freshman Year

Edit: I added a few more pictures.

My undergraduate graduation ceremony is next Sunday. I've decided to dedicate a post for each year of college at UC Santa Cruz.

So here goes:

Freshman year...Living at College Nine on the fourth floor. Having a cool ass roommate with the same name, nationality, interests. I remember staying up until 3am talking about whatever. Jesha lived down the hall from me. Joann lived two floors down. Eating at the dining hall allllll the time. Taking the bus downtown was always an adventure. I remember going to Capitola Mall with Jesha and Erica (Pooj: she got that nickname because she's dark like an Indian. Hahaha I gave her that nickname and it stuck) and getting really excited. First quarter felt like summer camp. It was Jesha, Mel Mel, Erica, Daphne, Joann, Tiffany, Lammai, and I for a while. The Triple G's, Grey Goose Girls, even though we didn't ever have Grey Goose. First night or so, we got asked to go to a party by boys we didn't know and we went in their car. In retrospect, probably not the safest thing, but it was my first frat party. We had a lot of those. We had a lot of nights that turned into early mornings. Naked run. Richard rocked my confidence in Bryan and I. But we won...for a while. Fall Out Boy Concert with Jesh, Joann, Pooj, and Bryan. Walking to the bus in the morning was nuts! We took the bus everywhere because we would get lost if we walked to class. Walking up to Crown was a feat in itself, but it was worth it for the cheesy fries that one night. I broke up with Bryan, in the most randomest night on the phone. I was devestated and depressed, even though I broke up with him. That surprised me. I knew it was the right thing to do but it still hurt me. For a month I was in a daze, where I would sit in the back of my classes and cry, listening to All American Rejects and other sad songs. No one really understood that. I remember almost getting killed with Jesha at Jeff's party. Met Godwin and Empee that one night on the bridge in the dark. I never saw their faces. We went to Club Caution a lot! Fun nights. Saw Yellowcard at the Catalyst. I officially met Godwin. Santa Cruz Aids walk with Mel Mel. Went on my first road trip to L.A. with Jesh, Joann, Daphne, Jenny, Jeff, Godwin, Eugene, Leland, and Ryan. A great Cinco De Mayo weekend. Felt independent and really fell for that boy. Started a relationship with Godwin around my birthday. I remember coming back from the Science and Engineering Library where I was studying for my midterm and discovered a drawing of me on my dorm door. Inside Melissa had cut out happy birthday and hung them from the ceiling (I still have the letters). All nighters with Jesh and Grapes and Dark Roast coffee that made us go crazy. Received my first dunks. Moved out. Moving out was so hard, just because I had a lot of stuff.

And pictures!



Outside our home.



















Does Joann not look like a ballerina? Haha.
























Godwin was such a stud. Was? Haha. Eh.


This picture makes me happy.



It was a good year.