Category Archives: umich

GO WINGS!

Posted on February 5, 2010 by coolyoungsuk| Leave a comment

February 2, 2010

Although I grew up a Wings fan all my life, especially during my elementary and middle school days when I lived in Michigan, I never got a chance to watch the Wings play live at Joe Louis Arena. It was tougher to buy tickets back then because sites like stubhub and craigslist didn’t exists to coordinate a second market of buyers & sellers like today.

Hockey has faded in popularity a bit these days, but I finally got a chance to watch my Wings at the HP Pavilion in San Jose with the Michigan Alumni Club of SF. Although I’d imagine the Pavilion’s atmosphere pales in comparison to Joe Louis, and its history of championships, it was still a great time. We even got to go to the back room and meet a former Michigan player (now on the Sharks) and I was THIS close to coach Babcock in the tunnel! We also won 4-2, muhahaha.

took the caltrain down which was surprisingly convenient! and the palo alto station got a waiting room/coffee store!

GO WINGS!

Some recognition during half time~!

Ahsome paying attention… not really, more like posing

Jed Ortmeyer, Michigan hockey captain 2001-2002

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Tagged ahsome, alumni association, caltrain, chris, hockey, hp pavilion, red wings, san jose, sg, sharks, sports games, will

aids walk!

Posted on July 19, 2009 by coolyoungsuk| Leave a comment

july 19, 2009

1. i did not know you were supposed to fundraise for the aids walk, i thought you just walked to show support.

2. i did not know it was 10k, i thought it was a couple miles.

3. 1 + 2 made it for a very interesting and loooong sunday morning.

fortunately, a few awesome people (and much smarter than i) raised well over $1,500 for the AAUM team. i was there for the moral support- and the breakfast. walking 10k was no joke, the streets were lined with entertainers, supporters, and you couldn’t ask for better weather. the walk raise over 3.5M dollars.

entertainers

thank you for the moral support, man in the brightest pink hat ever, aka phil. will was also here, but missed out on seeing him

there were LOTS of people here

AAUM walkers got these awesome wrist bands

other views from the walk

finished!

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Tagged aaum, donations, fundraising, phil, sf aids walk, volunteer, will

CAoS

Posted on July 16, 2009 by coolyoungsuk| 1 Comment

july 16, 2009

i finally got to revisit the california academy of sciences today after failing to get in on opening day. i’m not sure if any other museums around the country offer this, but CAoS has something called “nightlife” where the museum essentially turns into a big lounge on thursday nights. i didn’t get to drink much because i was busy taking pictures, but i can see how this place could be a much more interesting venue for a happy hour, as opposed to regular-old bars around the city. the event was through the AAUM, so we also got a couple of special perks like reserved tickets to the planetarium and skipping long lines into the 4-story rainforest.

lots of fish here

floating around without cause or care… actually, maybe there is a cause… who knows?

it’s gill from nemo!!! (sans the scar)

CAoS’ signature albino alligator

budweiser frogs?

lots of lighting

inside the rainforest, the floor was made of glass- you can see people walking underground where you got to view the tank from the bottom

underground… that is not a black wall behind us, but a tank full of fish

these gigantic fish were swimming behind us… the views weren’t so impressive once they turned off the lights though

CAoS’ signature ‘living roof’

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Tagged aaum, caos, museum, phil, will

ann arbor

Posted on June 21, 2009 by coolyoungsuk| Leave a comment

june 19-21, 2009

i’m back in ann arbor, again! this time for an alumni leadership conference, where i’ll get the in’s and out’s of the best practices at other alumni clubs around the US. my good friend hak picked me up from the airport, and first order of business was sleep. after i woke up though, second order was ajishin!

ah~ good old dtw!

ugh… i don’t understand, why are you so good? definitely brings back memories of high school days with the fobs… especially the summer of 2001!

in previous visits to AA, i’ve always (with the exception of the one time i stayed with aaron at his hotel) stayed at a friend’s apartment. but this time the conference gave me a dorm room at Mosher Jordan (mojo for short) to spend the weekend. at first i was a bit hesitant and thought about just staying at my friend’s apt again, but soon realized it would be fun to stay in a dorm again.

these dorms are not the same dorms that i had almost a decade ago (dang, a DECADE ago?!). they have been fully upgraded with central air, wood flooring, brand new desks/beds/dressers, and wireless internet throughout. the cafeteria has also been fully upgraded with a brand new dining hall to support all the dorms in the hill area.

no joking around here. stockwell is currently being renovated, and north quad will be completed in a few months. upperclassmen are moving back into the dorms because it’s nicer than most apt’s in aa now.