As of writing this note, I have successfully moved out of the City of Los Angeles, and settled down in the city of Campbell, a beautiful, charming, and quiet city in Silicon Valley surrounded by creek parks, Campbell historic town, and of course, bunch of tech companies. I was fortunate to find a nice one bedroom apartment within two days after moving.
Now that I live alone, I have to say that I miss you all my roommates for the past three years at UCLA, and let me have this opportunity to remark some of the good or bad memories we had together:
Thank you Hamid Ameli for putting up with my cleanliness habits for the first year, and I know that it was harder for you to deal with it for an extra year, and I hope that was the only reason you moved out, and I apologize to you on behalf of our prudent friend who made this situation to a long-term drama by stepping into it unwisely. Besides, I am very happy that we are back together.
Scott McDevitt, I don’t know if you ever come across this post, but I am glad that I was not rooming with you for more than two months; I really not appreciated you drying your dirty shoes in my oven which I used for cooking and leaving your fealty spaghetti dishes all over the kitchen, and by the way, please don’t break into my apartment and step on my bed ever again! Other than that, I wanted you know that you were a cool, and funny guy, and I missed you putting so much sugar into your tea every time.
I owe Stanley a lot for being someone more than a friend; he was a good supporter, and listener. I am sorry that I made fun of you sometimes; you should know that half of the fun in that apartment in Ashton was because of you. I’ll see you around sometimes in the Bay Area.
Michael Ma, all I knew about you the first year was that you are an IEEE project member. But I am happy that we lived together. If you weren’t there, I wouldn’t have known some great people today like my feature lawyer Mr. Bruce Almighty, republican spokesperson Kara Cockerill, feature artist and singer Tenisha Williams, Kristina and Joey, Fiona, and Amy Yiu who I am sure is going to become the next Mother Theresa in the history except that she is not Albanian.
Yen Chen, you are someone special! One day I guess I have to pay $70 to come and watch your competition in Guilty Gear, Star Craft, or whatever game you were playing. I have seen a lot of it; thus I can testify it is worth bidding on your gaming skills. Secondly, if you ever open a restaurant and you become the chef, I’ll be your customer on hourly basis. Your oregano flavored poultry will always carry your signature with it. By the way, thank you for cleaning the room two weeks before I move out, it meant a lot to me.
Nathaniel Roberts, you are a great friend, though, I want you know that one day you make a really good father. It was your help and advice that helped me move on regardless of some tough feelings I had; your experience was a mirror giving me a reflection of myself with a wider spectrum, making it easier to see. If you weren’t there, I wouldn’t have been happy in San Jose now. By the way, I suggest you be cautious with Persian girls because they might distract you too much, and you end up being at UCLA for 10 years.
Daniel Nguyen, welcome home! I know the first few days were awkward with my life packed in boxes lying in the living room, but I want to let you know that you have great roommates. Enjoy your time with them as much as you can. Don’t forget to take advantage of rooftop view and Jacuzzi; it was something I often forgot about.
Last, but not least, the greatest goofy of them all, Mr. Kamran Afshari. You are a great man and relative, but a sneaky paparazzi; for sure one day I am going to be very famous and then you can make a use of your recorded material and pictures, but unlike your intentions, I will benefit from exposure of those materials to public since my definite career is very related to the performances in those pictures and videos. “Yo baastad” left me out! I am the only uncle living here, and I’ll have to make up for your uncle duties too. I’ll make sure that your nephew doesn’t learn anything about you. Hey! Stay strong and keep the ‘V’ card. It won’t lose its value. And if you got an academia opportunity, you better go for it! I hope we all stay tuned and in touch. Leaving LA shouldn’t mean anything except being 320 miles apart. Otherwise our hearts will stay young and beat together.
Respect.