Author: jaychung

Nan’an Leveling

Rank F Hunter, Jay-Chung.

No matter where he went, this title always followed him around.

Jay’s overall strength was almost the same as a regular human being. With the exception of being a bit stronger and his wounds healing slightly faster, he was about the same as regular people in every other aspect.

It was par for the course then, that he’d always end up getting injured. He nearly died several times, too.

Of course, it wasn’t as if Jay liked being a Hunter.

The work was dangerous and to confound the matters even further, the pay was pretty pathetic, as well.

If it weren’t for the medical aid paid out by the Hunter Association to the Hunters in their “payroll”, he’d have turned in his hunter licence and quit by now, and live his life like a regular person.

Unfortunately, someone like him, in his mid-twenties and lacking in any tangible job skills, there was no other way but to remain as a Hunter if he wanted to pay for his mother’s hospital fee of millions of NT every month.

Should one say that he had no choice in the matter?

That was why, even though he didn’t want to, he simply had to participate in the monster gate raid supervised by the Association.

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“Uh! He’s here. Hey, Mister Chung!! Mister Chung!”

Other Hunters also displayed joy at discovering that he had arrived.

“Ah, hello.”

Jay performed a simple nod of the head at the joyous Mister Ian and walked by.

Why would other Hunters greet this hunter if he was really that weak? After all, didn’t they need someone to trust their backs if things went south?

Fubing couldn’t really understand the reactions of other Hunters.

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When one entered through the Gate, one would arrive at a place called ‘dungeon’. The rank of this particular dungeon should be around D.

A dozen-plus Hunters could easily take care of the monsters inside this dungeon without so much as breaking a sweat. Today, the location was at the Nan-an tribe.

Unfortunately, for a rank F such as Jay, such a feat was nearly impossible alone.

Jay’s fingers grasped tight the rank E magic crystal in his hand as he took a glance next to him.

Noni and Ana were shaking their heads at him. It looked like they were deeply worried.

Actually, Jay was worried inwardly as well. Now normally, he would never try to take on any unnecessary risk. Not only did he lack the abilities to do so, but he was also not brave enough too. This time was different. He grasped the crystal in his hand tightly, and ventured into the Nan’an Gate.

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Immediately after entering the gate and being whisked away to a hut in what seemed like a field of rice. Jay injured his hand. As he looked into his inventory, he grabbed the healing item to restore his health before proceeding

[Item: Band-Aid]

*A regular band-aid. Useful in patching up small wounds. Can be stored inside your Inventory*.

The next few hours consisted of heavy battles with plant, nut, and rice type monsters. The large group of hunters worked together to take down the mobs and was rewarded with a little bit of peace.

Jay massaged his forehead and stood up from the floor to loosen his body with a bout of light stretching. He moved his body this way and that for a while. He bent his body 90 degrees and that’s when he discovered a box lying forgotten on the floor.

“….Ah.”

The ‘random boxes’.

Boxes wrapped in the monotone gift wrappers and topped off with a virtual ribbon – exactly like the ones in video games.

‘They must’ve dropped from the monsters we slayed earlier.’

He had completely forgotten about them after receiving those as his rewards. Jay picked up the closest box and opened its lid.

[Item: Naturally made Lunchbox]

*A lunchbox made with the freshest ingredients in Nan’an. Can be stored inside your Inventory.*

It seemed it would be necessary for the long day ahead.

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The crew climbed up the mountains and into the river area. Here, it seemed like a deep river needed to be crossed before reaching the end.

Jay summoned his Stat Window:

Name: Jay Chung

Level: 1

Class: None

Title: None

HP: 100

MP: 1000

Tiredness: 55

[Stat]

Strength: 31

Stamina: 10

Agility: 20

Intelligence: 50

Perception: 5

(Available points to distribute: 0)

[Skills]

Passive skills:

– (Unknown) Lv. Max

– Tenacity Lv. 1

-Swimming Lv. 3

Active skills:

– Dash Lv. 1

It seemed like his passive skills were perfect for this requirement. Jay jumped into the creek in Nan’an alongside Cael and Noni.

And nearly drowned.

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At the end of the raid. The crew jumped out of the gates with the spoils collected from the battle. Jay clutched his 6 rank D crystals tightly to his body. Each would potentially sell for 10,000,000,000 NT. While the hunters ventured on over to the Nan’an rest area to relax for some afternoon tea, Jay heard a chime ring in the background.

[Level up!]

[Level up!]

It looked like inside of the dungeons of the Gates, Jay had gained enough experience to level up a few time. He braced. Anticipating the remaining experience to be converted into levels.

[Level up!]

[Level up!]

Now at level 5, he could be considered a D rank hunter. Perhaps next time, a solo raid could be accomplished.

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However, after heading back to his new hotel room, it seemed like the battle would never end.

“Here we go again” he thought as he drew his sword, steeling himself for an unexpected but bloody battle with the insect lord.

-fin-

-Jay Chung

Lovin, but surrounded by rice.

6/1/2023

[Pre]
A relaxing travel kind of day…..
A relaxing travel kind of pal…..
What can you tell me babe, what can you say?
Maybe we’ll find some love on this summertime day

[Verse 1]
It’s summertime and you know what that means
Vassar wakes up in the morning
and heads down to the beach
It’s summertime, yeah, it feels just right
Gonna gather all the crew
And we’ll drive up through the night

[Chorus]
It’s summertime luh-uh-loving
It’s loving in the summertime. (It’s summertime!)
It’s summertime luh-uh-loving
My baby, why can’t you be mine?

[Verse 2]
It’s summertime, early in the day
Should I call you on the phone, should I take you on a date?
It’s summertime and lets go on a walk by the beach
Exploring Kenting with so many different things to see

[Chorus]
It’s summertime luh-uh-loving
It’s loving in the summertime. (It’s summertime)
It’s summertime luh-uh-loving
My baby, why can’t you be mine?

[Verse 3]
It’s summertime, lets go on a drive
Shall I take you to this nice restaurant later tonight?
It’s summertime, so lets go see some rice
No, I mean literally go see some rice.

[Chorus]
It’s summertime luh-uh-loving
It’s loving in the summertime. (It’s summertime)
It’s summertime luh-uh-loving
My baby, why can’t you be mine?

[Chorus x2]
It’s summertime luh-uh-loving
It’s loving in the summertime. (It’s summertime)
It’s summertime luh-uh-loving
My baby, why can’t you be mine?

-Inspired by Regular Show -Fin-

-Jay Chung

A Star? No it’s a Veggie.

5/31/2023

Vassar College Organic Chemistry Final Examination Spring 2023

Question #1 (10pts) Breakfast with Noni:

What is the Organic Compound listed down below?

a. A Vegan Bacon Cheeseburger

b. Two buns with some mayo in between

c. Cucumber and Corn Burger

d. Slop

Answer? It is A. Quite an interesting Taiwanese take on a classic American Food.

Question #2 (10pts) Lunch:

Water. Fire. Earth. Air. Long Ago, the four nations lived in harmony. But everything changed when the fire nation attacked. The watermelon man, master of all four elements, protected the land, but when the world needed him the most? He vanished.

Select the choice down below that best represents the favorite melon of the melon man. Shown below is a picture of one of the watermelons, it is not necessarily the answer.

a. SF-3356

b. American Watermelon

c. Yellow Wintermelon

d. Jill

Challenge Question #3 (25 pts) HotPot at Dinner:

Dinnertime! How many cups of chicken do you think was present in this hotpot dish?

a. One cup of chicken

b. Two cups of chicken

c. Three cups of chicken

d. Four cups of chicken

Question #4 (55 pts) Bonus:

The claw machine was invented in the 1890s. Today, it was finally conquered. What is the name of this bear that came out of the claw machine on the way to the hotel? (S/O Vicky)

a. Cody

b. Beary

c. Cosmo

d. Snowy

*This test is worth 100% of your grade in the class. There is no partial credit. Failure to complete or suspicion of academic dishonesty will result in severe disciplinary action with the potential of expulsion. All question will be graded with the heaviest bias imaginable.

-fin-

-Jay Chung

Death is a Farmer

5/30/2023

Dear Diary:

Today we visited the Sahara Desert. I severely underestimated the insane heat that would bombard me from all sides. Here is my recount of the day.

Act 1 (50 calories):

Woke up this morning to a nice, cool room and headed downstairs to grab my daily two slices of bread and liquid. It is a hard day ahead in the mines, and I’m grateful that the company provides us bots with the proper nutrition to work tirelessly in the fields. Don’t worry, I savored each slice throughly.

Act 2 (Chocolate or Vanilla)

I’m a chocolate man. Or am I a Vanilla Man? The eternal debate that almost rivals Lebron vs Jordan. A guaranteed way to immediately start a fight in New York City. One thing I do know however is that the Vanilla farm that we visited had some absolutely banging vanilla buns. Oh and we also learned about more about the solar panels/water salination issues. But clearly the buns were more important. Vanilla Buns.

Act 3 (Death)

Guangcai Wetland? More like Guangcai Deathland. When I stepped off the bus I immediately knew that my time was up. It was inevitable. All I could ask was for the father to forgive me for my sins. I listened in on the informative talk about the solar panels and sustainability as I watched as death slowly approach me from afar. I closed my eyes and basked in the unbearable heat. It was a good life.

But just as he was about to take me, I was suddenly pulled back into the safe zone where I was handed lunch. Ah, but I can still see him watching me. Luckily he can’t enter past the line for I will live another day.

Act 4 (Fans)

As we arrived to the Wengfeng Seawater Supply Station, I nervously looked around for Death. Weirdly enough, I couldn’t see him in my Lambo, but as soon as I got off, it was apparent that I was not in the clear. As we learned about the Station and got a tour of the factory/facilities, I clutched my anti-death fans and shook them (quite literally) for my life. What we learned was super cool, but I wish everything else was super cool instead (get it? cuz it was hot). As I tried my best to stave off what seemed like the inevitable, I managed to clutch it out like Jordan in Game 6 and made it back to the Ferrari. One more stop. Come at me.

Act 5 (Shrimp Teriyaki)

Weichen Energy Indoor Aquafarm. Try saying that 10 times really fast. We arrived and immediately was put into a room where we had a nice information/conversation/question session with the owner. He had inherited that land from his stepfather. Notice how I’m not mentioning any of the details from before. This was because we had AC. I heard AC stands for “Another Chance” and it was what saved me from Death taking me away into the void.

Act 6 (Singing)

We sang on the bus. Everybody had great voices. Harmony and sound. End Scene

-Thanks for listening to me diary. It was a fun day. Weirdly, I never realized the Sahara Desert was in Taiwan. You learn something new everyday am I right?

-fin-


-Jay Chung

The Legendary Farming Warriors

5/29/2023

The number one rule in writing for academia is to utilize big words in an attempt to sound impressive. As this is an academic post, I will strictly be following this protocol to tell you a recount in the most academically recognizable way.

Today, we did something pretty cool. We went on a radical adventure through the seas of Pingtung University to collect the farming infinity stones in our conquest to fulfill the legendary prophecy that has been passed down through the generations. I, the sage of poetry and storytelling, shall tell you the mighty tale of the crew that saved our universe. Consanguineous.

The tale begins with a small group starting their adventure by fueling up with, quite literally, two small slices of bread and water for breakfast. However, our tale continues to the College of Agriculture, where after a few brief presentations about the University, we hopped into our Ferraris and went to the Microbial Agent Research and Development Center. Here we learned about the cool bacterial stuff they were doing and obtained the legendary bacterial soap for heroes. Apparently, rumor has it that it can heal all injuries. Tergiversation.

My mother has always told me that champions needed to eat, so we all popped back to the college to eat and then headed out to the Department of Aquaculture. Here we got a tour of the factory and got to see the cool frog and fish cultures they had going over there. Here our band of heroes had the first challenge and depicted below is the Legend of Yu Zhou in the Battle for freedom against the demon frog. In the end, despite a long and hard battle, our heroes were victorious and the demon was slain. Impedimenta.

The crew then hopped back into our Rolls Royces and drove on over to the Department of Forestry to check out the large storage facility that they had. Lots of angiosperms, and it was cool to see the entire storage facility. They did not have a failsafe in case of a fire so please keep Cael away from the facility at all costs. Our heroes then ventured into the forest of death to find out more about bees and the research projects that were being conducted there. I, for one, nearly died due to the large swarms of enemy mosquitos. I guess I am one with nature, one with the trees, and one with the ants. Myrmecophilous.

Finally, we explored the Energy Green House as our final showdown with the demon king. Enemy’s were everywhere, and hoards of plant type monsters attacked us. A particularly interesting type of enemy was a hybrid pepper monster that was immune to our red light powers on one side. I was “shocked” to see everything but in the end, we were successful and made it back to the comfort and safety of our homeland. Xenotransplantation.

As our journey comes to an end, I would like to show you a picture of a Rolex that Professor Mike from Pingtung (My boy) was wearing. Just because it’s hella sick. Pulchritudinous.

Today, the demon king lays slain. But one day he will rise again to conduct his revenge. For the time being however, the land shall know enteral peace and happiness.

-Fin-

-Jay Chung

The children yearn for the roads

5/28/2023

Heyo! Today was a stark contrast from what we have been doing and its been quite nice to take a step back and hop on the bus to travel. So welcome to my channel and make sure you like and subscribe. As a side note I will say that I have coordinated with Ian and Cael for tonight to provide you with a different type of lens to our journeys to become the legendary farming masters.

Alright so here comes the recap: this morning we woke up around 8am and packed our bags to travel out of Taipei and down into the South. We saw a couple cool landscapes and played interesting travel games. It was also nice to finally have a time where we could talk to our professors about our projects as well as reflect on the things we have learned. I will say however, I tried to win a Snorlax Plushie from a claw game in a rest stop and was unable to. I left defeated and bitter, and one day I will return to avenge my loss.

However, our star destination was the Legacy Dance that we saw in the afternoon depicting the rise of Taiwan. It was an absolutely incredible show and it was made even better since Cael and I managed to sneak downstairs into the primetime opera seats right before the performance began and basically felt like VIP while watching. 10/10 would recommend. It was a lot more impactful and powerful than I initially thought it would be. Here is a picture of Cael and I’s imitation audition photo to one day be a part of the stage lifting squad.

Then we hopped on the bus for some more traveling to our hotel. Along the way, I, the championship level word analyst, stumped many of my fellow scholars on the bus in an intense game of Connect. I was invincible for a while, but Nancy swooped in and absolutely demolished all of the momentum I had built. I was quite surprised at her raw vocabulary talent, you for sure want her on your Scrabble team. Definitely a well-rounded, lottery pick with hall of fame upside.

Then Dinner was at cool local place that served us fresh food. I was quite surprised however, when they served us an entire cooked chicken with the head still attached. Usually, back at home, I love my Costco Rotisserie chicken, but this one was even fresher. However, it was “Egg-Cellent” just like the rest of the food. Then we arrived at the hotel where I am writing this blog.

My English teacher in high school has taught me the significant impact that ending on a quote can bring to an essay. So here is a quote from great street philosopher Jay Z that describes our trip today:

“They ain’t see me today cause I pulled up in my other Benz. But Last week I was in my other, other Benz”

-Jay Chung

-And They lived Happily Ever After-