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Finals/GPU/Colleges/SansEsports Korea/PvP/Responsibility/thanks
Note: blog was written yesterday, but it was 11:00 before I was done and my mom turned off the router. I think I’ll post it before I go to school.
So time to bellogeh
Firstly I have finals coming up. Blaurgh. But I’ll pull a a 4.2-4.4, which sin’t that bad. Still could have done way better. Workworkwork next semester. Thankfully in a sad sense my As are 95s and my Bs are 85s except for English, which is like 88. So need to really work on Huck Finn studying.
Secondly it turned out my GPU came underclocked. O.o So I clocked it to 875 which is what it is normally at. Yay?
Thirdly my mom wants me to compile a list of schools to travel to over spring break, but I don’t really know where I want to go. Might just do UCs and USC, but do you guys have any suggestions?
Fourthly (wait, spellcheck confirms this is in fact a word) I’m just interested in the Korean perspective on korea. In a non starcraft sense. I have a cousin who is living there, but he’s sort of living in a company compound lol. I’m just curious what it’s like. A lot of the posts here about foreigners going there especially are about OMG esports blah blah blah. What in general do you guys (hopefully mostly Koreans, lol) feel about korea as a country and what it has to offer?
Fifthly I am in diamond for a bit, strangely close to masters league….. and I’ve finally got my PvZ down. Now my weakest matchup is PvP, but I’m playing one ladder game a day ™ and I keep on losing to void ray immortal compositions. I don’t think it’s standard, and I think there is a reason it isn’t, but I can’t figure out how to beat it What should one do against this
Sixthly, as was posted at the beginning the internet is now turning off at 11:00. My mom contends that I’m not responsible enough to let it stay on past then. I think a root of the problem is that my mom doesn’t feel that I’m responsible at all. Now, I’m sure I’ll get answers that say “well be responsible”, but I’m wondering if anybody has ideas for things that would make me seem responsible. So far she’s not letting me take on hardly any responsibilities, so it’s somewhat very frustrating. I don’t know how I can build credibility with so few things I need to/can do :/
Lastly I’d like to thank a few people for being really helpful in my blogs. I’d find more of you but I can’t actually access it atm tt.
FragKrag for being awesome, LosingID8 for college help, Incontrol for reminding me to actually do something qualityish in blogs, konadora for talking about his past, evilteletubby for his attempt to help me get Comcast  and everyone who has listened :D
 
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CA10829 Posts
renamed your blog title because it was stretching the layout.
and np. as i mentioned before, go check out the claremont schools in southern california.
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On January 14 2011 01:50 LosingID8 wrote:
renamed your blog title because it was stretching the layout.
and np. as i mentioned before, go check out the claremont schools in southern california.
Don't you go to USC? Why are you recommending schools that aren't USC? 
Are you looking for schools just inside of Cali? What major do you want to go into?
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Yes/No/Yes/Yes/No/No/Yes.
+ Show Spoiler +Adequately responding to the crammed format of your blog post.
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CA10829 Posts
On January 14 2011 02:17 aike wrote:Show nested quote +On January 14 2011 01:50 LosingID8 wrote:
renamed your blog title because it was stretching the layout.
and np. as i mentioned before, go check out the claremont schools in southern california. Don't you go to USC? Why are you recommending schools that aren't USC? Are you looking for schools just inside of Cali? What major do you want to go into?
yup i went to USC! and i already strongly recommended USC to the OP in a previous blog. besides, he's planning on applying anyway. it's never bad to keep your options open.
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Good luck on finals  !
About Korea, are you asking to see what it would be like to visit, or thinking you might want to live there for some longer amount of time? I've visited Seoul while a friend was living there, and it was a lot of fun, lots to see and do, definitely definitely recommend visiting when you get a chance. I think you would really have fun visiting, especially if your cousin can show you around (REALLY helps having someone that can say go here, don't go there, see this, and give you maps and subway cards etc.).
Have you traveled at all before? It is very different in Korea, more than say going from U.S. to Europe, and I think lots of people get lonely and feel isolated if they try to move there. It's hard for anyone to move somewhere they don't speak the language, and when they have never felt like a minority before in their life. (Although you're from california so, you are already used to most/many people being asian.) I think if you go in with a good attitude though and try to learn the language it could work, but I've never done it so not sure .
Do you like korean food? I'm kind of a foodie (but also a picky eater) and the food was awesomeeeeee (fav asian food by far). The traditional korean food (as opposed to fast food or imported) is very cheap ($10 for kbbq, $1 for giant roll of kimbab!!) and soooo yummy. There's a thing called the "royal meal" not sure korean name, it was $10 per person and came with tons of different full dishes, love trying a little of everything .
I'm a girl, so I loved the shopping...so much shopping and cute things...but in general just lots of areas to hang out in town (this is Seoul I'm talking about). At night there were always tons of people walking around outside. (Also lots of kids, seems like the parents never made the kids go to sleep, kind of weird.) Lots of nice kareoke places, places you can go to watch movies with friends (private room for movies/date), boardgame cafes with plastic blow-up hammers to hit the loser with, and of course when you're older lots of bars too (soju is like korean vodka, pretty bad by itself imho but good mixed with juice).
Also how do you feel about urban/giant crowded cities? It makes LA look like a small uncrowded town compared to Seoul. Sooo many people. Personally I love cities so I liked it, but if you hate crowds and tons of people you wouldn't be so happy.
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Poland2276 Posts
What would you like to do that you can't do now, supposedly because you are not responsible enough?
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On January 14 2011 06:07 beetlelisk wrote:
What would you like to do that you can't do now, supposedly because you are not responsible enough?
Well, actually go to friends houses without having to have my mom talk to their mom to make sure it's OK.
Get a drivers license.
have internet on past 11:00
Not huge demands, I daresay.
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I lived in Korea for four months and it was a great experience. Are you looking to live there long-term or work there or are you just thinking about possibly visiting it?
Korea (the major cities) is actually pretty easy to get around for people who don't know any Korean as most Koreans know basic English and almost all signs are in English. The subway system is very widespread in Seoul and it's fairly in-expensive and fast (though you might not want to b on it during rush hour times in the evening, it can get pretty smelly! T_T). For the places that the subway doesn't go there are also buses and taxi cabs are really cheap compared to the US. A 15-20 minute taxi ride would only be about $8 dollars or so.
Transportation isn't the only cheap thing, so is food! Things like beef are more expensive, as are foreign chain restaurants, but Korean food is very affordable and amazing There are so many great things to eat in Korea, and if you like spicy foods, you'd be in heaven. There are also a lot of coffee shops in Seoul, so you'll always have a caffeine fix.
If you're staying there for a short time, you can also stay in hostels for foreigners in Seoul. I stayed in one in Hong-dae for the first two weeks while I was there and it was fun, met some cool people, and it was only like $15-20 dollars a day. Also the lady that worked there was super nice and would volunteer to wash our clothes for us if we stayed a long time.
Overall I think you'd really enjoy it there. You would definitely never have a problem finding something to do with all the attractions in the city.
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Poland2276 Posts
On January 14 2011 08:52 Froadac wrote:Show nested quote +On January 14 2011 06:07 beetlelisk wrote:
What would you like to do that you can't do now, supposedly because you are not responsible enough? Well, actually go to friends houses without having to have my mom talk to their mom to make sure it's OK. Get a drivers license. have internet on past 11:00 Not huge demands, I daresay.
Nope
Your blog entries aren't whines of typical teenager. If I understood the previous entry comments correctly, you can enter about any college in your state and even you have a chance to pay lower tuition and/or get a scholarship.
This should be enough to start talking with your parents about how you can prove further to them that you are responsible enough.
I think they are the ones you have talk with about it. Attempt multiple times if you can.
I just hope that after some shit they've done they are still sane enough to be reasoned with and won't start their another crap talk. I think that's what you'd like to avoid and that's why you are asking for advice but I have no idea what else can you achieve now to convince them with.
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Yeah. Thanks. I mean, I might not get into berkeley or harvey mudd, but I'll certainly do very well in apps.
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Also totally random, but does anyone have recommendations for low end mice/keyboards. I was looking at the salmosa and logitech classic 200. Too cheap to get a real gaming/mouse keyboard.
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