29.4.08

大學生活

入大學以後一直過着「無王管」的生活, 養成了很多壞習慣。

壞習慣包括:
1. 日夜癲倒
2. 極度依賴咖啡
3. 食無定時
4. 經常以杯麵或微波爐食物代替正餐
5. 夜歸

一心想着來了美國讀書可以擺脫父母的管束, 怎料這幾個月反而要常常聽他們訓話, 原因只有一個:這些壞習慣會影響健康。

8.4.08

ROCK CHALK, JAYHAWK!!

KU won the national championship game!! The game was really breathtaking and impressive. After waiting for 20 years, KU brought the long-waited championship back. As a student of the university, I was so proud of the basketball team.

Both teams were very strong. It happened that each team gave shots alternately. As the game continued, Memphis was a few points ahead of KU. In the very last 10 seconds, everyone was so frustrated because Memphis was 3 points ahead of us. It was quite a hopeless situation. Making a 3-point shot was the only way to change the disappointing result. Suddenly, KU hit a 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left in regulation and tied the score at 63. No one believed it when the ball hit the net. The scene was just wonderful! I had to say that it was so sudden. Even the coach and the members of our team could hardly believe it. As I watched the game in a house with a large group of people, the atmosphere was really strong. When the score was tied, my friends and I all shouted loudly and joyfully. Everyone in the house just jumped up and down with hyper. I still remember that my throat was really scratchy because of the prolonged shouting.

The game was moved to overtime. This 5 minutes duration was really crucial. KU did their very best and made a few shots in short time. The morale was excellent, and they did even better. It was really discouraging to Memphis and this lowered their morale. They didn't perform well. Finally, KU achieved a victory of 75-68.

There were good things about the opposite team. Yet, their free throw shots were quite bad. They missed some critical shots. All these cost a championship. This allowed KU to use fouling as the strategy to win the game.

After the basketball game, I rushed to Downtown with my friends. The whole street was emerged with people. Probably more than 90% of KU students were there. Almost everyone high-fived at each other. I could barely hear what other people said because it was so noisy. It was fun to feel the atmosphere of the people living in the town. I didn't enter the bars because they were all fully occupied. However, I got two glasses of alcoholic drinks at the house. The drink was a mixture of Vanilla Vodka, concentrated cranberry juice, sprite and water. Strangely, it tasted like cheesecake. I didn't know the ingredients before taking the first glass. It was the moment when I refilled the drink, I found that the Vanilla Vodka consists of 35% alcohol. My friend only added a small amount to the drink because of my young age. I didn't get drunk but I felt quite hot when taking the drink.

It was such a memorable evening! ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK!!

6.4.08

Final

I found that I have made a mistake. This evening's basketball match was only the semi-final, my school vs North Caroline. Anyway, my school won and we got 18 points ahead the opposite team! It was my first time to watch a basketball game. I only watched the 2nd quarter but it was really exciting. Everyone shouted and jumped whenever the team made a good shot. Of course, they rushed to downtown after the game.

Next Monday night, the game will be my school against Memphis. Classes may be cancelled on Tuesday if they win.:D

Go, Jayhawk!!

2.4.08

Jayhawk

My college has a very strong basketball team. Most American basketball fans know my school just because of the team. Ironically, I am now studying in this college and I know nothing about the basketball team. I never care about their games and results. I don't even know that blue is the colour of ur team. See how dumb I am.

There was a match on Sunday night. My college got into final 4. Everyone got really crazy. I heard people shouting when I went to bed. At that time, it was about 2a.m. already. I couldn't imagine what had happened in downtown. The next morning, there were many students absent because they were too excited to sleep or they couldn't get up early.

My classmate told me that there will be a game this Saturday. The team will become the national champion if they win. It will be a piece of good news. Not many Hong Kong people have heard of my college though it is in a fine position in the national rankings. Some of its academic programs are the best among all US universities. If the basketball team wins the game, I will be able to tell people about the national championships when they ask me about my college.

Jayhawk! :D