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I was already awake for a few minutes on my bed when the 5.8 earthquake from Chino Hills shook my entire room (and the entire house, I bet). That definitely freaked me out, like I felt myself unsure what to do or even think, and I was almost wanting to go underneath my desk that I never have really used before until it stopped. After the earthquake ended, I felt my entire body shaking, and I immediately dialed my mom’s office, but the phone line was busy. Then I went to my brother’s room, and I saw him awake on his bed. He, too, felt the earthquake. I continued calling my mom, but she finally called through my brother’s cell. It was so relieving to hear her. She also felt the earthquake from her workplace at Cerritos.

I immediately checked online at the U.S. Geological Survey website to see how big was the earthquake and where was it centered at, which was 5.8 and Chino Hills. I tried calling a couple of my friends, especially Thinzar, since she lives closer to it than I do, but I got more messages via the internet due to the fact of phone lines being busy or down. I even got a phone call from Joanne, so that was nice. We later even planned to hang out on Saturday. Overall, the earthquake was pretty scary, like I haven’t felt anything like that in a long time. It’s not the worst, but it was still pretty bad. Nothing fell down in my house, even though I’ve heard that some of my friends’ did.

And you know what’s pretty weird? I just finished taking that Geology 1 class last Thursday, and I made an earthquake kit for that class. I guess it’s a good thing I took that class, even though my professor had emphasized how much we needed to know about earthquakes.

All in all, I really hope the people in Chino Hills and anywhere near there are alright.

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Yesterday was the last day of my Geology 1 class in Pasadena City College. No more summer school, and waking up at 6 a.m. on Tuesdays to Thursdays! Haha.

I hope I get a “B” in the class. I know I won’t get an “A” due to the results of my last two exams. I did learn a lot in the class, though. Professor Wilbur is a good lecturer. I also went to many places as field trips, and the last place I went to was Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History on the Wednesday that just passed.

It’s not Geology without learning minerals, so I took some pictures of them. It was hard to take many that I did like because the lighting of the room was so dim. The quartz one looked cool because it looked like a heart, and look at that huge sulfur! Haha, it just pops out at you.

There was also this gem vault. I liked the spinels, and especially the sapphires, because that’s my birthstone! Go, September! Haha. Anyway, the colorless one looks cool, doesn’t it?

Apparently, they have this thing called the Megamouth Shark, and man, its mouth really is huge! Just look at it!

Here is the North America mammals section where they have displays of a couple of mammals in North America. Most of them looked real. It was pretty awesome.

They also had the centerpiece of T-Rex. I was picturing it to be a lot bigger, but I guess they couldn’t put a really big one in the hall they had or something.

The museum has much more than just this, but I didn’t have time to check out everything. I also find it pretty funny how my outlook of the museum’s gift store is so different now. I remember liking it to go there so much when I was younger, and they had so many cool things, but I went back there, and I was thinking they were just alright. Oh well. The museum trip was nice. I don’t even remember the last time I went before this one.

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I don’t feel like writing a whole lot today, but this post is about the Eaton Canyon field trip I went last Thursday with my Geology 1 class. I didn’t expect to walk three miles, and it was very tiring indeed! I think I went to sleep at 10:30 a.m. last night, which is the earliest I’ve slept in a long time.

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Mosaic made by fd’s Flickr Toys.

To celebrate my brother’s 24th birthday last night, my mom, my brother, my aunt, and I went to Din Tai Fung to eat last night. If you don’t know, Din Tai Fung is one of the most popular dumpling places around. They make all their dumplings fresh by hand, and you can see the people working on them in the kitchen when you step into their restaurant. They only have a few locations in the world, and two of them are in Arcadia, California – the city that I live in. Just how awesome is that? Haha.

To tell you the truth, I didn’t know that Arcadia had opened another, but they did. They opened one behind the old one, and the new one is so much bigger. The decor of this new one is also a lot more beautiful – almost like a five star restaurant if it isn’t already! They even have a second floor to it, and that was packed last night as well as the first floor. It’s really amazing how many people go to Din Tai Fung for their dumplings, especially at the price they are selling them. (Let me tell you, it’s not cheap for dumplings.)

It isn’t a birthday without a cake, so my mom bought my brother a chocolate cake from the bakery inside 99 Ranch Market. This cake is called “Black Forest,” and it is so freaking good. I love Asian cake sometimes because their chocolate sweetness isn’t that sweet, but then it’s still good nonetheless. I had another slice of it this morning, and ahh, I just love it. Heheh.

Remember, two locations:

» Din Tai Fung
1108 and 1088 S. Baldwin Avenue
Arcadia, CA 91007