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Final Posting

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      Hello everybody and welcome back to the final blog in this short series that we have here! I don't have anything in mind, like a specific topic that I to talk about or anything, and I just want to talk about what I want to do moving forward.      The upcoming semester should be a tough one, I am a biology major and am just starting to get into my major classes, which I hope aren't too tough since I have a pretty stacked semester lined up. I am going to be working as a lab assistant for Gerardo Perez, which I thought was going to be a lot harder than it was, but the training that he put me through was on par with what I had already done in high school.    - Pipetting      - Making Media    - Streaking     Moving on, I won't have as much time to myself, which will suck since there are things that I have developed enjoyment for this summer which requires a lot of time off. With my tight schedule and such I don't think I will be able to envelop myself in my hobbies as

The Simplest Dinner

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    Hello everyone this blog will be much lighter than previous ones. This previous year at college I lived on campus in a dorm. Alongside the dorm package was a meal plan, and with the meal plan, was eating like garbage.      Panda Express, Habit Burger, Halal Shack, Oggis. Processed foods, oil, hardly any vegetables. A few months in I was essentially a bloated mess eating all of this food on campus. I was afraid of cooking for myself for a simple reason, I am spending my own money. With the meal plan I ate comfortably, and didn't want to not spend any money. I was already paying tuition for this year, and if I didn't use the meal plan, I was losing money in my eyes. However, my body told me otherwise, this feels horrible.      The simple solution was to cook for myself, and choose where to eat better on campus. Instead of an extra serving of orange chicken at Panda I would get broccoli instead. Cut the drink and fries from the Habit Burger order. Load up on spinach and lettuc

Rising Costs and Sinking Quality, a Quick Insight into League of Legends Pricing

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     Hello everyone I am back with something very different from last weeks blog, and this time I will be talking about a game I had played since middle school. A vastly popular massive online experience, the game is called League of Legends. Ever since its inception in early 2009, it has been growing ever since. It is a simple game consisting of 10 people in a 5 vs. 5 setting. A simple concept, the game has a high skill ceiling making it a fun game to sink one's teeth into.     However, there is a fatal flaw with the game. The game is free to play. This on paper is great, however, it gives the producer an option. Something that has been growing in the video game industry, monetary bonuses for purchase. These monetary bonuses for purchase do not affect the game itself. You do not live longer, you do not deal damage faster, you just are different. This manifests itself in different ways, however, the largest is skins.     A skin is simple, a vanity upgrade to a champion(playable cha

Simon Lizotte and the European Open - Disc Golf

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  Simon Lizotte and the European Open     Hey everybody Tuan here, this is a topic that I doubt many people know about. Starting in a week the European Open is occurring, one of the few major tournaments in the Disc Golf world. Worth more points than any other event throughout the year, majors give opportunities to players to rank higher to seed better in the final world tourney.  European Open     However, to begin, what is Disc Golf? It has the same concept as ball golf, however, it includes more technical courses as well as more smart decisions. With ball golf the sport is played on a massive course usually void of trees, fallen logs, boulders, etc. However, disc golf is a sport that can be played in a variety of locations. Due to the concept being simple, a person throwing a modified frisbee, it allows for course design that implements much of natures beauty. As such the danger of hitting a tree, sinking a disc in water, or wedging it in a mound of boulders is ever present. Althoug

Who am I, and where this Blog is headed

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 Tuan Truong - First-Time Blogger Hello everyone and welcome to my blog! This is my first ever blog and I am unsure as to where I want to go with it, and how I want it to turn out. However I do see a few things I would like to highlight, and many of them will consist of things I have done this summer, as well as things I would like to do!  Moving onto myself, I am Tuan Truong, a Vietnamese student here at SDSU. I am entering my third here year as a Biology major and am excited to finally start taking classes that I care about. Things that will progress me as a biologist as well as setting myself up for future aspirations.  I want to be an optometrist, my path as a biologist should help pave the way for optometry school, so here I am walking in footsteps someone else left for me! I find myself lost at times at school, not knowing what to do but I am confident in what comes next! I was born in Chico, California, City of Trees. Growing up I didn't care too much about the fact that eve