reached jing's aunt's place yest night... and we went to paramount's great america just now.. now all my brain cells are dead from so much shock and pressure from roller coaster rides.. think paramount great america is better than the santa cruz boardwalk.. more thrilling rollercoaster rides... and we managed to get discounted tickets from the santa clara chamber of commerce, 25.99 instead of the usual 45.99 so we saved quite a bit. i loved the ride which makes u fly.. or rather, creates the feeling that u are flying.. when they just spin u round and round up in the sky. feel so liberated, with legs dangling in the air.. they also had the usual funfair stores with soft toys.. and i passed by this stall with sesame street characters soft toys.. and i really wanted the elmo badly.. but i spent at least 5 bucks trying to play the game (make sure the ball remains in the dip, think those who went circus circus at reno would know) but none of the balls remained and i had to go home empty handed. so sad =(. even a big bird or cookie monster or even ernie would have made me happy.. sigh. somehow i seemed to have gradually developed a greater desire for soft toys since i came here. maybe it's because i'm away from my family and soft toys just give me a warm and cosy feeling. oh well, guess sometiems the things u really want u never get. but things u dun really want come so easily i really dun understand why we have to be tortured like that.

jing's aunt is really nice and talented.. she has a nice grand piano in one of her rooms, a keyboard by the computer and many interesting paintings and music-related items.. have also been fed really well, what with thai food for lunch and korean barbeque beef for dinner... going to get really fat when i get back to berkeley.. aargh! =( plus loads of yummy cherries and green grapes and blueberries from the fridge... going to monterey to see the aquarium and maybe the beach tomorrow.. hope it will be fun too =P but will have to get up super early say 7 something am.... cos tmr's saturday so monterey would probably be really crowded. considering that i have been sleeping at nearly 2 am and waking up on average at 10 am i really wonder if i can wake up tomorrow.. =P plus during summer i will have 8 am classes every single day.. will hav to run to take 52L.. i better start 'practising'...