A Week in Seattle...

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It's been... One Week... hehe... don't know if many of you remember that song. But yes, it's already been one week since I arrived here in Seattle. A little recap. For the first few days, I stayed with Dr. Wu at his house in Lake Forest Park, about 20 minutes north of the University. His house is huge! And at around $500,000 I wouldn't mind living in a house like that. Maybe I'm here to stay, who knows.



Friday, August 30, 2002 - We went up to Northgate to visit Auntie Alice. She's a friend of my mom from her college days. They were editors for the Campus Ministry Press in Taiwan. Alice was responsible for the artisitic side, while my mom was a part of the literary side. And for those of you who don't know, my mom is a pretty famous translator in Taiwan - she translates Christian books from English to Chinese. Alice is very nice and friendly, she showed us around Seattle, taking us to the Chinatown and taking us out to lunch. We saw all the places to shop for "asian" stuff. And there's an awesome Japanese grocery store downtown.



In the evening, Dr. Wu took us with him to the bible study at his church. His church is an assembly church, which I didn't really figure out what the difference was until Sunday service. I met quite a few friends - Joe, Gary, Ben, and Carrie. They were all very friendly nice people. I look forward to joining their fellowship.



Saturday, August 31, 2002 - I spent the day vegging in front of the TV all morning watching college football. Well, okay, my dad did drag me out to take a look at Bellevue Square. We went to the mall, and it was reminiscent of malls in Southern California. For some reason, the people here don't drive very nice cars - usually old compact Civics or Corollas. And finally in Bellevue, I saw all the nice beemers that rule L.A. So yeah, it was a ho-hum day.



Sunday, September 1, 2002 - It was a warm day. It was also a BIG day. I moved into my new place today! But first, we went to Dr. Wu's church first. I wasn't used to the Assembly style of service. There was a lot of spontaneous prayer. Also, apparently they have communion every week as well. I think I'm going to try University Presbryterian next week first. It's not that I don't like the service, but I just wasn't used to it. After I moved all my stuff in and unpacked, my dad and I went to hit up Best Buy and Target (pronounced Tar-je a la ze French). We got me a stereo, a flat screen tv (woohoo!) and a dvd player. All the essentials, basically. We had to drive quite a bit to get to the stores. Hopefully a bus route is nearby. One more day till SC v. Auburn



Monday, September 2, 2002 - My father and I took a 3 mile hike around Green Lake. The lake is absolutely breath-takingly beautiful. Only thing that detracts from it are the signs warning people about the "Toxic Algae". I was thinking it'd be great to live out here and be able to take walks here on a regular basis. Also, its fun to people watch. There are some weirdos of course, like the guy on a 7 foot bike. Also, lots of cute dogs. Then I wonder, how many of these people are here to pick up members of the opposite? How many are here to pick up people of the same sex? If only this lake were so far from the university.



And it rained today! It hasn't even been a week, and its already started raining. I went outside to take a walk before the USC v. Auburn game and it started raining.



I went to Home Depot and erected a shelf with some cinderblocks and some 2 X 4's. The cheap part of student living.



Lastly, the game was awesome. Not just because USC won, but because it was back and forth. And Auburn's running back was a beast. Carnell "Cadillac" Williams was simply running people over left and right. Sadly, Carson had two INT's but we still managed to win. Go Trojans!



Tuseday, September 3, 2002 - Daddy-O goes home today. I'm a little excited just to be on my own and have a little freedom. I walked down to University Ave where lots of homeless people, loonies, and drug addicts hang out. It's a little scary, but I managed. The bookstore here is huge and I picked up a few things: two Pablo Neruda anthologies, a few gift items, and some postcards. Lastly, I went and picked up a couple of CD's and Gremlins II. (I write a little bit about the movie in my Random Scribbles page")



Current Listening selections:

Duncan Sheik

Our Lady Peace

Cold Play