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verdict on viennese ball

Pretty good this year -- fun, because I knew a lot of people there; not too tiring, because I got a lot of sleep; and delicious, as always. They didn't play as wide a variety of songs as usual...swing, waltz, and tango was about 90% of it, with minimal salsa and polka, and almost none of anything else..

but besides that it went very well!

On the dance floor!

on the way to becoming a blob

eat, sleep, lounge around, repeat

math camp reunion a couple days ago -- elaine baked the most delicious mint and dark chocolate brownies, i probably ate like 2000 calories that night in brownies alone. was great fun seeing (and playing games with) all of my old math camp buddies one last time before i leave for work/the real world.

francis has also been visiting, which means more occasions for unhealthy eating. he brought chocolate. then we go to restaurants. sometime we might bake cakes. oh dear.

break is almost over :( :(

home and 30 rock

I got home last night, ate massive amounts of Peking duck, finished reading A Fine Balance, ate many chocolates, and finished the entire first season and most of the second season of 30 Rock. What a perfect first 24 hours at home.

foods that i enjoy eating

that is, not foods that i like, but foods that i take pleasure in actually consuming because of texture or other things. which might overlap with foods that i like. or is just a subset.

1. Tea eggs

2. Israeli cous cous

3. Yogurt

4. Sea bass

5. Creme brulee

6. Blueberries

late night

i love late night! they serve hot and sour soup and it's delicious and i get some nearly every night!

post-college

Everyone is starting to figure out plans! It's very exciting.

• I will be at JPMorgan in NYC, but you already knew that
• Kristina will likely be at Cornerstone (economics consulting) in NYC with me!
• Clare is in Boston interviewing for Microsoft Startup Labs
• Francis got an offer at Optiver, a trading firm in Chicago
• Winnie and Yao will be going to medical school
• Peng will be taking a year off to research/volunteer/cure cancer/other between college and med school
• Tina and Vincent will be co-terming and getting Masters in EEs -- environmental engineering and electrial engineering, respectively
• Trevor will be going to grad school in biology at some as-of-yet undetermined but sure-to- be amazing school

And that's just about everyone. Except for some people who don't know what they're doing yet :) but pretty exciting huh?

finally created

http://tracyandhelen.blogspot.com/

poor neglected blog...

I've been alternating between 5 hours of sleep a night for half a week, and then 10 hours of sleep a night for the other half. It's probably unhealthy. But I am now COMPLETELY DONE with two of my classes......only two more finals to go :D Wohoooo.

I'm packing up my room, moving most of my stuff out on Tuesday and the rest of it on Saturday. Then next Sunday--exactly a week from today--I'll be on a plane on my way to China, for a weeklong vacation in Hainan before spending the quarter at Peking University in Beijing!

Extremely excited about the good food + no problem sets + karaoke + traveling. Definitely ready for a fun quarter.

Ben is tall and colorful.

I went to Great America with Peng and we ate free ice cream sandwiches and push-pops.

a cool website

Look at this!