and it begins!

I had my first day of classes on Thursday. I'm taking 7 courses this first quarter (one of them is an online course - Fundamentals of Epidemiology), and had 3 of them this week. You know, I really like them so far. The professors seem great and the material really interesting and well-presented. The only thing is figuring how to navigate the Hopkins online systems - there are a lot and already it's been quite an adventure. For one thing, I don't have my Hopkins email yet; previously, there had been 29 other folks at the school with my username (mwang), which is confusing the email system thingy, and so I need a new username. Maybe they'll give me mwang257. I like 257 for some reason :-)

I think Su and I will go out with a friend of hers to a cafe in Inner Harbor tonight. I'm looking forward to seeing a bit more of the city. And to eat ...mmm ...I can never resist the call of food :-)

To everyone reading this, I hope you are well, wherever you are! I want so much to be able to talk to/see my friends more than I currently do, but it always makes me happy to hear of your news. So, let me know how you are! And I will most certainly reply, in as timely a manner as things here permit :-)

(I've only used this once before, when talking to Jetze on Skype today, so here goes!)

dooie dooie!

(casual way to say goodbye in Dutch)

Hey, so I also want to learn German, Korean, and Russian...help? More time please? *with cherry on top*