My friends updates

I have started my friends blog such a long time ago. When I decided to give an update today, I have to go back and create a spreadsheet to match the real names with the fakes one I created. "W" is still yet to be filled. Since that will be my last one in the 26 formal spots, I get overcautious, so nobody has be selected to fill the spot. I also know the last part of "Yuphen" is still pending for another day. But here are some updates.

Amsol still is my best friend. Somehow our friendship shifted. Before, it was I that hung on him to buffer the cultural shock. Now the relation is more equal. Rather than I asked questions all the time, it became information sharing. And I like that.

Brey went back to S. Karea this past year to do research. He finally had a girlfriend. She is an artist, Korean American. This one will last, I think. And I am happy for Brey.

Chestina is in trouble, as far as I can tell. She is depressed often, always stressed about work and obsessed with small issues. Maybe marriage problem. That's my best guess. Next year she will take a year off to be a clerk for a judge. Have I mentioned that she actually had a law degree before she came to the department?

Dermon got married two years ago and now even had a baby boy. He got a job in Texas. I wonder how he liked it there?

Elpen. I haven't seen him for a long time. He kinda quit school and worked in a start-up company now. still doing some obsessive shopping to have the best high-tech gears. He was in the same summer program with me.

Friggy: I saw him once this year when he returned to Stanford. He did not change a bit. For example, he came to the house for dinner one day, and immediately lost his hat. He is now in texas too, doing a ph.d. degree in engineering while working for some companies, maybe.

Glip: Well, he is my advisor. His life is not stable, as he moved back and forth between two top universities in the past year or two. This coming quarter he will teach in China. I do not think he is very productive recently, but he has a book about CR coming up.