school starts soon

A variety of events before the start of school and early quarter. Check with your department and your residence for their events. As well, you should also look for the event that showcase many of the association in Stanford (it usually is in White Plaza in front of the bookstore), as well as the one for the International students at the I-Center.

[Rains] Rains movie night Wed night

same time, same place as all previous ones. this time showing the movie "transporter".

TRIVIA NIGHT at the (GCC) 750 Pub!! - Thursday 08/25/2005

These are the descriptions from the Rains list.

TRIVIA NIGHT at the (GCC) 750 Pub!! - Thursday 08/25/2005 8 - 10pm.
750 Pub at the GCC. Free to play! Teams of up to 4. Trivia and puzzles. Great prizes. Stellar drink specials.

The 750 Pub will be offering teams $8 pitchers and $15 83oz "TriviaTowers" throughout the games. Teams of up to four people sign in at8pm. It's free to play. Teeshirts, free food, and free dinks willbe given out to the winning teams. But even if you're not seriousabout trivia, this event will be a blast. There will be sixcategories:
1. Movies
2. Geography/History
3. Music4. Sports
5. The 1980's
6. Puzzles. . .
and possible bonus points for good team names. . .

f you have ever been to a pub trivia night, you know how fun theyare, and we'll see you there. If you haven't. . . you've got to geta team together and check it out!

[Rains] Rains Showing of "Kung Fu Hustle" - Wednesday, 8/17

Wednesday, 8/17 8pm, Rains Willis Lounge

Stanford Engineering Alumni Job Fair

Date and Time:
September 20, 2005. 4:00 PM.Approximate duration of 4 hour(s).
Location:
South San Francisco Conference Center [Map]
URL:
http://soe.stanford.edu/ajf/
Contact:
736-2242 kate.barry@stanford.edu
Admission:
Free Open to Stanford alumni only. Advance registration is requested.

Linux User's Group Meeting - August 23, 2005. 6:30 PM-Gates Room 101

This month's linux user's group meeting features a talk by Jawed Karim (www.jawed.com), a master's student in Stanford's CS program and co-founder of YouTube.com, a community web-based storage site. Jawed previously worked at PayPal where he was one fo the first employees and stayed on for four years. Jawed will be speaking about his experiences using open-source tools (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl) with his site, YouTube.com
Date and Time:
August 23, 2005. 6:30 PM.Approximate duration of 1 hour(s).
Location:
Gates Room 101 [Map]
URL:
http://sulug.stanford.edu

social hours between studio 3&4

That was great. A great opportunity to meet with Stanford people. This is especially sweet since there isn't many events during the summer time. There should be more events like this to get people to know each other better. Kudos to the CAs Lisa, Ankit, Merle, and Ken for this.

4th BYO-BBQ & Volleyball - Friday 8/12 6pm, Willis Lounge

This is the 4th Bring Your Own BBQ - Bring your own grillables and enjoy a BBQ! Same as it ever was...6pm at Willis lounge of Rains residence. You bring meat, veggies, whatever and we'll bringhot coals, snacks and drinks!!!

Rains Showing of super-spoof "Airplane!" - Wednesday 8/10

Wed 8/10 8pm at Rains Willis Lounge. This showing is almost weekly.

social hour" between Studio 3 & 4 this Friday, August 12th

alcoholic & non-alcoholic drinks & some snacks. Come out to meet old & new neighbors or to just celebrate the end of theweek.

[Rains] BYO-BBQ III & Volleyball - Friday 8/5 6pm, Rains Willis Lounge

Bring your own grillables and enjoy a BBQ! Same as it ever was...6pm at Willis. You bring meat, veggies, whatever and they bring hot coals, snacks and drinks!!!

Thai Temple Brunch experience

As blogged before, there was a Rains event last Saturday to go to Berkeley Kite Festival & Thai Temple brunch. We sampled the truly delicious Thai cuisine at the Thai Cultural Center in Berkeley. If you go there, be sure to try the Mango & Sticky Rice, and the great dessert (forget the name).

When getting Mango & Sticky Rice, be sure to try the combo one that includes purple rice and a pudding-like substance. Both should satisfy your exotic cuisine taste bud and your sweet tooth at the same time.

Their dessert is truly amazing. There are two type. One that is waffle-ironed and is made out of coconut milk, onion, and wheat flour. It is white and looks like two half-dome sticked together. The other one is deep-fried small pancake shaped sweetie that contains taro, coconut, etc. Both are out-of-this-world... well, at least out-of-this-country (from Thai). It is truly delicious. You can order the combination so you can try both at the same time. One word of warning: the dessert is surprising filling.

I cannot think of any better place to quench your thrist for amazing and exotic cuisine. =) Everyone should try it at least once. It is open every Sunday morning in Thai Cultural Center in Berkeley. Bon Appetite!

Wed night movie - BladeRunner

This wed night's movie is BaldeRunner.
There should be another movie next Wed.
The time is every Wed 8pm at Willis lounge of Rains Residence.