Randoms for the Week

Randoms:

1. Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore dropped by yesterday, and so did Jojo when she came to one of the final clubs parties a few weeks back, or so I heard. But I never got to see them, I saw a familiar looking actor though in Harvard Square early September, but not famous enough that I'd know his name on top of my head.

2. Today I was talking to my friend about how much I love Subway Cookies, especially back in Singapore when we'd go there once a week. She then said "wow, they must be really good that you go all the way underground just to get them". Hilarious.

3. For a moment, I felt like a celebrity today. Two girls, who were clearly tourists, were walking in the yard. I overheard a smattering of Tagalog, and they approached me to ask for directions to the Harvard Hall where they could take fabulous photos. When I replied in Tagalog, they were pretty shocked and asked if I was a tourist too. I told them I attend college here, and they immediately wanted to take a picture with me and requested me to take out my Harvard notebook so that they can hold it. (Of course I didn't tell them it was free) Haha, just one of the fascinating things.

4. Anyone who can provide inputs to this, I'll be really glad: Do American colleges have much to learn from foreign higher education institutions? You can share with me what you think are the good points in other countries' system (academic, advising, CCA, admission,etc) that America can learn from? I have a debate on Tuesday, and I am on the Con side.

5. I am pretty upset with HPIE, they haven't gotten back to me since I submitted my application. I emailed a few of the board members inquiring about the status of the application, but they haven't gotten back to me yet.

6. It feels great today, not because it was a good day, but because it's Friday. My Ec midterms were a killer though, if I get a B-/C I'll be happy (and a 'C' here isn't like a 'C' in Singapore... getting a 'C' here is like an 'E' in Singapore..yup, it isn't that good.) And I just found out my two favorite Chinese words, especially if they are uttered during my last class on a Friday : 下课.