From: Andrew.Bae@f32.n105.z1.fidonet.org (Andrew Bae)
Newsgroups: k12.chat.senior
Subject: hi again
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 09:25:00 PDT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:105/32 - On-Line Mutual Fund, Portland OR

     Hi!  You wrote!  I am amazed.  Well, today is New Year's Eve. 
I can't wait.  It just means that I am going to be walking around
our hallways at 12:00!  
     Well, our Christmas snow came a little late here in Oregon. 
There is now about 3 inches on the ground and no signs of stopping
yet.  Time for a couple of self-taught winter driving lessons, I
think - but I don't think my parents will think!  Oh well.  
     Wow, you're a junior?  That means that you will be taking
calculus next year - lemme tell 'ya, it's fun.  No, really,
compared to other math it's actually interesting.  I am in my
second year of calculus this year - I have to take it at a local
community college.  The teachers there are kind of oddball, but
hey! the tuition's fairly cheap.  
     $12,000 bucks a year?  THAT"S CRAZY!!!  That's as much as a
lot of colleges in the states!  It's a good thing your dad's
company is paying for it, though.  Are you sure that figure is not
in yen or something like that?  Sheesh!
     I'm sorry that your Christmas was lonely.  But don't worry
about the snow on Christmas Day - there wasn't any here, and there
hasn't been for practically all of the 12 years I have been living
here!  I would say something to comfort your mom, but I don't know
what to say - I'm clueless A lot of the time.  Too bad that's true
about my sense of direction, too.  (Where's home?)
     Are you basically alone at home besides your parents?  From
what I read, all of your brothers and sisters have gone away. 
Well, you can always write to me!  I check this echo every couple
of days.  
     Gosh, I'm wondering if I can work in a date with a dinner at
a French restaurant.  See, I'm supposed to do these projects in
French class, and a restaurant critique or menu translation would
do fine.  Hmmm.  I'll have to think about that one, but the snow
is going to hold me up a bit - I don't mind though - I think it's
time for an old-fashioned snowball fight (Thank Gawd I don't wear
glasses anymore!!!)
     When I visited Korea this past summer, it was the first time
in over...well, since third grade.  I remember a few things from
my third grade trip - going down a rusty slide and getting my
thighs all scraped up, going down a water slide at this fun park
while the water wasn't running and after I had walked all that way
to the top and when I finally got to the bottom of the slide
without any water and it was slow going a Korean park attendant
(not a valet) yelled at me in (of course) Korean, and I cried
'cause I didn't know what the heck he was saying.  Oh, and my
favorite drink was banana milk - they still sell the stuff
(although who knows how many preservatives are in the stuff!!)
     Well, I hope your Chinese New year goes (or went) well.
There's going to be a lot of firecrackers and half-drunk people
winding around in funny dragon suits with big toothy mouths, right? 
Or maybe that's a misconception my part.  Anyway, I better go - I
should check some other messages - write back!!!

                                   --Andrew-----

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