The past few weeks, I’ve felt really guilty for not updating
the blog, especially since I’ve been doing so many things every day and I want
to remember them all. Time is moving by quickly and two weeks ago feels months
away. Anyway, I guess it’s time for one of those weekly dumps!
Oh, and about the title…The one thing that the past two
weeks have in common is Jason. I literally saw Jason every single day lol
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Day 8: First CORE Meeting of the Spring
If you don’t remember, CORE is kind of the behind-the-scenes
team for Culture Show. It’s made up of different branches (Coordinators,
Publicity, Finance, Production, etc.) and all of us got together to talk about…well,
everything. I thought it’d be scary/difficult talking to everyone about their
visions (and my own), but everything went smoothly. Everyone seems nice, happy and
excited, so hopefully we can keep the morale up.
Day 9: 1st General Meeting
Today we had 1st Gen, which is pretty much a load
of information and then karaoke afterwards. I forgot to mention that on
Saturday, I spent the morning with a few of the Cabinet members and filmed this ridiculous thing.
Towards the beginning of the night, Jason, Diana, Phu, and I
“disappeared” and Vivian (Madame President) played it for the general members.
(They must think we’re SO cool now.) The meeting was kept fairly short—which is
always good—and a ton of people came out even though it was in the middle of
the week. Unfortunately, most of the members couldn’t stay for karaoke, but
that might have been for the better because all of us were able to fit into one
room. The best part was that two of my floormates, Anh and Gorden (the new guy
on our floor) were there. I got kind of nervous because this place had the kind
of karaoke that gets scored, but I did end up singing a few songs. I even got to
do a duet with Gorden. We sang “Lucky,” which is something I ALWAYS wanted to
sing with someone XD (Our score sucked but EVERYONE ELSE THOUGHT WE SOUNDED
GOOD/CUTE AND THAT’S ALL THAT MATTERS.)
Day 10: I Win the Lottery
I had been anticipating this day for a while. In the
morning, I ran a few errands after ASAMST and tabled with Minh-Thy. The plan
was to go to SF with Jennifer and André after tabling and meet up with a bunch
of people at SHN Orpheum Theatre to try and get me, Jason, André, and Minh-Thy into
Wicked through the Lottery Rush. Two hours before the show, people can put their
names into a lottery and the facilitator draws at least a dozen names. Whoever
gets drawn can get up to two tickets for $25 each in the Orchestra section
(though most of the seats are on the sides so there’s limited view.) Originally,
the rest of the group had planned to go to Wicked a few months ago, but the
four of us decided to try our luck last-minute.
AND IT WORKED. Jennifer was actually the first one to get
called, and I was the second. (We got buttons that said “I Won The Wicked
Lottery” :D) Actually, André and Sally also ended up winning the lottery, but
they gave up their tickets so someone else could win.
In the theatre, I sat with Minh-Thy on the far right side.
The show was absolutely WONDERFUL. Honestly, it was hard not to sing along with
the actors because I’d learned most of the songs by heart years ago. I’m glad I
finally got to see it (and only for $25!)
We got back from SF around midnight, and since we were
starving, I took Jason and Richard to Late Night. Those buffalo wings and
zucchini sticks are so addicting.
Day 11: Preparation
It felt like I was constantly on the move today. I had
classes, picked up some books, did laundry, and packed for Cal VSA’s retreat at
Lake Shasta. I was in a car with Jennifer, Jason, Dung, and Hung. Jennifer and
I sang along to Mamma Mia and Korean songs pretty much the whole way there.
When we got to the house everyone was staying at, I helped prep food for the
next morning. Some of us were pretty tired after the drive (including me) so we
knocked out early.
Days 12-13: Retreat and Bibimbap
Where to start…The first thing we had to do right after
breakfast was give up our phones. I didn’t know what to expect from Retreat,
but I’m very glad I came. I got to meet many people I didn’t know, and with the
people I did know, I got much closer. It was similar to the parties Vinna and I
used to plan back home with all the games and bonding exercises, but with a lot
more meaning behind each game. Most of the things we did were pretty safe, but
I did manage to injure myself while racing on the asphalt. (NEVER race on
asphalt.) I didn’t know at the time, but apparently I fell on top of one of the
guys, Art, and he got scratched up as well. Luckily, we had plenty of doting VSA
members to clean us up.
XOXO
Gabby
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