I just had an experience similar to the prostitute story, but it was with a fortune teller. Today, my roommate called and invited a Chinese fortune teller to come to our dorm room. My roommate mentioned to me that he wanted to find out about his future...
I'm kind of busy with school work, so I'll keep this story short.
My roommate guided a short Chinese man (about 5' 2") walked into my dorm room. The man was carrying what looked like a poker chip case but actually housed "fortune teller" equipment. after being traumatized by the hooker incident, I didn't really want anything to do with this, so I left the room. This chinese fortune teller thought it would be a great idea to park on the sidewalk of our dormitory, so while my roommate was getting his fortune read, police were called and a tow truck towed this Chinese man's car away. I live on the 8th floor of my dorm, overlooking the street, so I was able to see every step the police/tow truck took to steal this man's car. It was glorious and hilarious!
The fortune teller was going to cost my roommate a mere $150 but the guy made my roommate pay $150 to get his car back. Sounds like $300 too much to find out that he will get married at 30 and die at 88...
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Roommate Bonding
Because there is a slight language barrier between my roommate and I, one way that we can have fun with each other is by doing pranks on other people. A few weeks ago, we used a MASSIVE super soaker to prank a floor-mate. Yesterday, we decided to pull another prank on a fellow floor-mate by using a smaller squirt gun.
We waited for an innocent victim to go into an empty stall in the bathroom to take a poop. Next, both my roommate and I would go into the empty stalls next to the innocent victim. We were both equipped with a small squirt gun filled with water. We both went into the stalls and started pretending to pee, but really just started squirting the water from the squirt gun into the toilet. After "peeing" for about 5 seconds, we started "accidentally" missing the toilet with our "pee". The "pee" started to splash on the ground and got closer and closer to the innocent victim.
The prank ended with the victim screaming "WHAT THE HELL!?!?" and my roommate and I both ran back to our room.
We waited for an innocent victim to go into an empty stall in the bathroom to take a poop. Next, both my roommate and I would go into the empty stalls next to the innocent victim. We were both equipped with a small squirt gun filled with water. We both went into the stalls and started pretending to pee, but really just started squirting the water from the squirt gun into the toilet. After "peeing" for about 5 seconds, we started "accidentally" missing the toilet with our "pee". The "pee" started to splash on the ground and got closer and closer to the innocent victim.
The prank ended with the victim screaming "WHAT THE HELL!?!?" and my roommate and I both ran back to our room.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Table Etiquette
Hello all,
First, I want to give a shout out to all of the people reading and supporting this blog. Second, I want all my haters to screw off.
Anyway... I am taking another writing course this quarter. It deals with a policy or issue that we would like to change. I wrote a policy brief on Table Etiquette. I named the policy brief "The Study Abroad Culture Shock: Table Etiquette".
At DU, nearly 80% of the students study abroad at some point in their college careers, so I decided to try to implement a table etiquette class for each study abroad program. My roommate was my main inspiration for this topic. He never really uses a fork and a knife and is constantly burping and slurping while eating his meals. It got kind of annoying, but it is another culture difference that I cannot really get mad at.
Well, here is my project on Table Etiquette for study abroad programs. (My roommate is quoted in it!!)
First, I want to give a shout out to all of the people reading and supporting this blog. Second, I want all my haters to screw off.
Anyway... I am taking another writing course this quarter. It deals with a policy or issue that we would like to change. I wrote a policy brief on Table Etiquette. I named the policy brief "The Study Abroad Culture Shock: Table Etiquette".
At DU, nearly 80% of the students study abroad at some point in their college careers, so I decided to try to implement a table etiquette class for each study abroad program. My roommate was my main inspiration for this topic. He never really uses a fork and a knife and is constantly burping and slurping while eating his meals. It got kind of annoying, but it is another culture difference that I cannot really get mad at.
Well, here is my project on Table Etiquette for study abroad programs. (My roommate is quoted in it!!)
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Roommate Bonding
It was a beautiful day out. High of 80, low of 60. Spring was finally here, so what better way to celebrate than by purchasing a SUPER SOAKER for the dorm room. Well, it actually turned out to be a horrible idea because squirt guns are made to be used outside and create mold if used indoors. Anyway, my roommate and I decided to prank one of our floor-mates, and here it is:
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Fake Alcohol Prank
Ok. A friend and I were kind of bored a few nights ago and decided it would be funny to prank my roommate. Enjoy
He was a lot of fun that night and was a great sport after we told him that it was sparkling apple cider.
He was a lot of fun that night and was a great sport after we told him that it was sparkling apple cider.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Newspaper Article
I am taking a writing class dealing specifically with writing articles for a newspaper. The most recent event with the Chinese Mafia inspired me to write it. Here it is:
Chinese Students Culture Shocked by Plagiarism Policies at
DU
A look into the bigger picture of a cheating scandal
involving two Chinese students at the University of Denver.
Cheating
and Plagiarism are very similar in nature. They are both considered as taking someone else’s work and
using it as yours. They are both
not tolerated at the University of Denver. According to the University of Denver Pioneer Pledge, which
every student at the University of Denver works by, a Pioneer pledges, “to act
with integrity and pursue academic excellence.” The University of Denver Honor
Code later states “Integrity: acting in an honest and ethical matter.”
Cheating
and plagiarism obviously does not simply occur with only Chinese students at
the University of Denver. Cheating
and plagiarism occur with students from the United States as well. However, cheating and plagiarism are
looked at very differently between the two cultures.
Plagiarism
isn’t however a complete culture shock to all of these Chinese students. The students take a class that
basically explains to them the dos and don’ts of the United States and the
University of Denver. “There are
so many differences between here and China. It is unbelievable,” one Chinese student said.
A
few weeks ago, there was a cheating incident involving two Chinese students. One Chinese student simply copied off
of another Chinese student during a Calculus Final Exam. The cheating victim spoke about the event. “Yes, I know that cheating is wrong. And yes, the guy who cheated knows that
cheating is wrong. Directly
copying off of another person’s paper is not the right thing to do.” The
student was then asked about a related issue that is also against the school
policy, plagiarism.
The
Chinese student had a very different take on plagiarism and said, “Back in
China, when we write essays, we can use other people’s work and call it as ours. In fact, it is very common and that is
how it is taught to us.”
When
showed the section of the University of Denver Honor Code relating to
integrity, the Chinese student said, “I don’t honestly see how the United
States thinks that using someone else’s work and research in an essay is
considered to be acting dishonestly and not acting with integrity. Back in China, we can write an entire
essay that has none of “our own words” and then turn it in and get a good
grade.”
According
to a recent article in “the Globalist”, “China is struggling with innovative
thinking and the country is dealing with some major issues relating to quantity
over quality.”
As
far as the cheating incident with the two Chinese students, the details are
being worked out by the University of Denver administration.
It has been really interesting having a Chinese roommate so far. I have definitely had a pretty crazy roommate situation thus far. I really hope that I will have more stories to come.... until I get killed by the MAFIA!! hahaha just kidding.... but seriously...
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