Walking across the Golden Gate Bridge(2/20)

We were planning on biking across the Golden Gate bridge to begin with, yet we later chose to walk instead as it was hard for us to bike to the bridge from SF downtown.

When we got to SF from Davis, it was already a little over 1 o'clock. So, we came to this Greek restaurant, and I had a Greek sandwich, which had a strong taste of cheese.

Sam's Mediterranean

I really like Shawarm over rice at Sam's Mediteranean. Usually, it is served in gyros or sandwich-like wrap.

Sacramento City College

Today, I accompanied Taimour to Sacramento City College, where he was gonna register for his sister. The campus was really dwarfed by the UCD campus, but the tuition of this community college is a lot cheaper than than that of UCD.

Happy Birthday to Me- Fuji Sushi Buffet

Thank you, Hide and Carlos for celebrating my birthday.....A bit offtopic: I am gonna miss the all-you-can-eat sushi buffet in Davis.

New Year's Eve: Namaste

Is it New Year's eve already? Why do I not even notice that?

Christmas- Nathalie's house

I am grateful that Nathalie, a Zimbabwean mom, invited me and Taimour over to celebrate Christmas. Or my Christmas this year would've been a bummer. Taimour and I bought some sugarcoated cookies for Nathalie's family. We rode our bikes all the way from the north to the south of Davis, which took us some 30 minutes.

We  were welcomed with open arms by Nathalie and her husband Fongye. And we also got two know two homestay students who are from China and would stay with them for a quarter. It was really nice to spend time with them, eating delicious food, watching NBA playoff, chatting away, playing games like "Taboo"- a word party guess game, and just relaxing and rejoicing over this Christmas night.

Solo trip to Sacramento 12/15

Dixon Corn Maze

Wow...The world's largest corn maze. It made it into the Guinness World Records book. So, I gotta check this out.

At around dusk, we gathered at DCF house and departed for Dixon to try the maze in the dark. It was another first-time experience for me, and I was realy pumped about this, especially knowing that it was gonna be pitch-dark all around.

Upon arrival, we got to a wooden house where we paid 10 dollar for the pass and were given a map like this

Making Pizza

One of my housemates, Samuel, is a really good cook and baker. Today, he decided to make pizza from scratch with our aided efforts. We got all our ingredients, including but not limited to green and red pepper, olives, and mushroom, from the nearby Safeway store. As Sam said, the prep work was the main and time-consuming part of making pizza. We cut our vegetable into pieces and knead the dough till the texture was smooth and elastic Then, we sprinkle all the veggies, mozzarella cheese, sauce on top of the pizza dough. When everything was about done, we put the pizza on the pan into the oven, and then we just waited for 30 minutes or more. As the smell of pizza wafted through the air, we couldn't wait to dig in. Finally, the pizza was ready and each of us got like 4 slices of pizza as there were two. It tasted a lot better than it appeared. And it was great joy to see all our sweat pay off. Good job, guys!!!

Making Cookies

First Day of School

9/22 Apartment Inspection, Student Desk, Activation of Debit Card, Textbooks, Barbecue

    My housemates are all here in our house now. Taimour is a Freshman from Pakistan, and he is majoring in Economics. Samuel is a third-year local student, and his major is computer engineering. Karan, a mechanical engineering major, comes from India, and he's got his master's degree in Michigan University and is doing his Phd here.

9/20 Campus Tour and Pre-rally Barbecue

9/19 Trip to Sacramento

9/17 Shopping at Walmart