Take Me Away

Spring break is here!

2010-03-30T23:40:00.000-07:00

What have I been doing this past week? Absolutely nothing.. except for the few hours of volleyball practice each day. I guess I can't say I did "nothing". I did finish the last season of Battlestar Galactica, which by the way, is one of the best frakin (hehe) shows that has ever aired on television. Call me a geek. I don't really care. I do have to say, however, that the ending felt a little too anticlimactic for me. The buildup was wonderfully thrilling with lasers and rockets going pew pew and people dying, but the unveiling of the final cylon was not really "OMG I can't believe it was her!" It felt more like an "Oh. Okay." A little disappointing, but still enjoyable. I'm excited to start catching up on the prequel, Caprica, that premiered late last year. More TV!

There is pretty much no one in the city to do anything with. People are either busy or out of the city.. or not getting back to me. Why can't all schools just have the same spring break? Is it that difficult to integrate something like this? Maybe I'm thinking about this in way too small of a scale.. but really? I'd rather be in school than sit at home doing almost nothing. Whatever, we have mandatory health care now.

This lack of productivity is irking me. I suppose I'll start on that rough draft due next Thursday.

I'd like to be part of a social experiement.

2010-02-28T18:06:00.000-08:00

Who doesn't like a good social experiment? These things sounds so much fun to be a part of. So Blu Dot, a furniture store based in SoHo New York City, decided to have some fun with the humanly nature to take things that aren't ours. Lovely. The results are show in the following video.. that is surprisingly well-made.

And the question is, would you take the chair? Looks nice, but uncomfortable to sit on. Then again, anything free is usually good I guess.

On another note, I'm watching Ninja Assassin (2009) right now. Rain just killed a very good looking Korean girl.. sad. Then he did full vertical pushups on nails. What a beast. As for the movie, It's mediocre for now. I hope it gets better as it progresses.

Until next time..

Nom nom nom!

2010-02-15T18:14:00.000-08:00

A scavenger hunt involving food?! There is nothing better! 100 meals to try, 1 meal a week, all in the wonderful city of San Francisco. Stay tuned for updates as I attempt this very delicious (and expensive) journey. If you would like join me anytime, give me a call or hit me with a comment!

What to do?

2009-10-18T18:28:00.000-07:00

I'm watching Amadeus (1984) right now. No one should ever make a 3-hr movie again. Way too long. But it's a good movie; 8 Academy awards.

The rain has gone. The sun came for 2 days or so. And now the fog is back. Yum. It's a wonder I haven't gotten sick yet.

November is here soon.. which means a bunch of holidays and food. Can't wait for people to come back and SF will not be so uneventful anymore.

I want to go night biking on Market.

I'm in LA!

2009-08-05T15:46:00.000-07:00

Haha.. I haven't updated this blog since May. My life in a nutshell since then: lots of graduations, eating out, parties, hanging out, and every other summery activity. For now, I'm in LA for my friend's orientation. Just chilling in the nice weather and enjoying the wonders of socal. So far, I've eaten amazing Korean barbeque, munched on those famous Sprinkles cupcakes, hiked to the Griffith Observatory, strolled down Sunset Blvd, stalked celebrities in Beverly Hills, and walked around UCLA. As of now, I'm watching the Family Guy Season Five boxset at my sister's apartment.. hilarious. I think later, I'll be going to Santa Monia beach and 3rd Street Promenade. I'll make sure to take as many pictures as possible.

So November means applying for college.. once again. Really not looking forward to filling out that ridiculously long application and writing personal statements, but I'll be so glad to finally get out the hell hole called CCSF. One more year and hopefully, I'll be in UCLA. Time to finish up those last minute general ed courses and transfer.

It's kind of weird. Socal is amazing and all but after staying in LA for three days, I really miss the city. I miss the trippy weather, the ability to go anywhere whenever I want, and all the friendsies. I feel the homesickness coming! Boo.

An invasion of pretty people.

2009-05-29T15:37:00.000-07:00

May 24, 2009. Joho's super jealous that I went to Lowell's prom, "When You Wish Upon A Star," this year so I just had to make this post. If only you were there! I was there to help Ms. Lily Ling out with her couple weeks of craziness. And in the end, it all ended up really nice. The Mark Hopkins venue looked amazing. Desserts were delicious and and plentiful. Lighting was almost rave-like. People were having fun! Some bad points: the lack of photobooths resulting in a very long line, dance floor was a bit small (quite small), security was non-existent (probably could've snuck in at 9:30), no breathalyzers enforced (BAD). More pics at this link: http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=123192&id=630760398&l=f3351aaef1

For the first time, I feel.. wicked.

2009-04-29T23:48:00.000-07:00

April 29, 2009. That night, Fiona and I went to see Wicked! We were a little disappointed to find out that the role of Elphaba was being played by the understudy (Angel Reda), but we soon discovered that she wasn't a disappointment after all. The role of Glinda, played by Kendra Kassebaum, was simply hilarious. I didn't expect the musical to be that funny. The set designs were a phenomenal sight as were the costumes. If there was a color of the day, it would be green. When we left the theatre, Fiona and I kinda bumped into one of the casts and he kinda gave me a piece of his costume: a green feather! It feels like I have a piece of Wicked now. Awesome! I'm sure I'll be seeing this again soon since it's an open-ended engagement.

Just in case I get sued (for the third picture), no copyright infringement intended.

I was browsing my DVD collection at home and I found this. First of all, I did not buy this one. Vanilla Sky was one of the biggest box office flops ever.. which suits it because the movie sucked. Second of all, this is a bootlegged copy that my parents bought from China. I guess my mom liked Tom Cruise or something. So I decided to see how bad the Chinglish was in the synopsis and low and behold.. it was worse than I expected. Quite funny actually, but none of it made any sense. Don't we all love being pirates. Speaking of pirates, The Pirate Bay (which I use to download all my illegal stuff.. Haha) might get a mistrial because the judge used to work for one of the copyright companies and that makes him biased. Another win for the pirates!

OMG! I have and extra ticket to a screening of Star Trek in IMAX this Wednesday.. so if anyone wants to go with me, hit me up. Excited! Here are the details: Wednesday, May 6 @ 8:00pm; AMC Metreon; Lining up at 5pm for good seats.

Light Up Your World

2009-04-26T00:26:00.000-07:00

These unreal pictures are the result of extreme slow shutter speed and moving some kind of light source, possibly glow sticks and something that creates sparks. It's like those Sprint stop-motion commercials where they drew stuff with yellow glow sticks. I never knew you could do that spark effect in the last picture. The scary men in the pictures are quite creepy though. This innovation was made popular by some German photographers and they refer to this art as LAPP: Light Art Performance Photography. They have an event every year. Muy coolios. If anyone has a nice DSLR picture, we should do something like this on a nice night!

Link: lapp-pro.de

Cilantro (and Flower) Porn

2009-04-20T14:33:00.000-07:00

I'm feeling very naturey right now because yesterday was the Cherry Blossom Festival Parade.. and I missed it. :( Sad. I usually go every year because I enjoy the seasonal festivities, but I had some errands to run this time. And I like flowers. So on my walk home from school today, I decided to scope out some on the way. Most of the front yards around my community are very badly maintained which equals a lot of ugly flowers. I did found some pretty batches, of which I took some pretty pictures. This one's for Em and Jo (I think those are hydrangeas) who have the wonderful tendency to pick other people's flowers.

The heat wave in San Francisco right now is actually quite ridculous. 90s in April? I slept with all the windows open yesterday night and it still wasn't cold. It was awesome! It's a little dry, but nothing that I can't handle. I'm glad I can finally wear shorts. Anyone wanna go to the beach?

Oh. And I also made a new banner the better suits this larger, stretched out blog. It's even more yummy now. Hehe. Thanks to Pinkberry for the pics.

Did that title catch your attention this time Em? This is as close to porn as it gets. Haha. Introducing the most appetizing Tumblr ever. What could be better than a blog dedicated to everything cilantro? I know some of you guys aren't fans, but too bad.. I AM (and so are some other cool people). It goes well with almost anything. Click on the link for more cilantro goodness. :)

Link: f*ckyeahcilantro.tumblr.com

Milo and Fresh Charcoal

2009-04-19T14:00:00.000-07:00

And we thought Milo came only in tin cans. This is Milo in a big glass jar (with a not-so-hot tennis Asian player) that came with a small Milo glass cup; Courtesy of Michelle from her Vietnam trip. Well it's not really a Milo cup. It's just a waterproof Milo sticker stuck on the side. Haha. Nonetheless, I didn't know they made such a thing. Woot! Can't wait to open it up and taste the chocolaty goodness. This one's for my Milo addicted friendsies: Mel, Erin, and Lorriane.

Fresh charcoal. Is that an oxymoron? Well in this case, a Japanese manufacturer has managed to create these pretty charcoal air fresheners. They call it a Chikuno Cube. I don't know how they work but they look uber-cool. Maybe I'll buy one and stick it in the fridge so my veggies will smell fresh again. But then again, baking soda does the same thing and it's way cheaper. Shoutout goes to Emily because this feels like a very homey post. Haha.

Source: notcot.com and morihata.com

Epic Win

2009-04-18T12:43:00.000-07:00

Ooo! Check out this vintage Volkswagon Beetle 1800 on my block. Interesting paint job. I really need my insurance so I can actually make use of my license. Next month I hope?

Don't we all love brutal marketing. I gotta give you this one BMW. Even the billboard is 4 times larger. GG Haha. I think the ads are still there in Santa Monica so if you get a chance, go take a look. I wish I saw this during my trip to LA.

Source: bmwblog.com

Grease

2009-04-17T12:27:00.000-07:00

Today on my walk home from school, there was this guy standing behind a mailbox looking at me as I walked by. He was literally just standing there.. creep. What kind of person does that? On a more positive note, I saw a row of very color-coordinated houses also. I wonder who decided that. Pretty colors. (That big tree and power lines are fail.)

March 24, 2009. Some older news. Fiona (congrats on Dartmouth!) and I went to see Grease the musical. And yes, Taylor Hicks was in it. He sang one song, but he did it pretty well. They even added a little American Idol joke to the script. The show exceeded our expectations. It was funny, lively, and way raunchier than the original movie. In the end, we really enjoyed it and Taylor Hicks even signed our Playbills! Haha.

Irrelevant: I decided the blog needed some new froyo so I changed it. Hehe. Green tea!

Makeup-Free

2009-04-16T12:47:00.000-07:00

Something rare out of the women's magazine industry. This month's (April) issue of French Elle features makeup-free covers of Monica Bellucci, Eva Herigova, and Sophie Marceau. I don't believe they're going to do this again anytime soon. Let me remind you that the covers aren't Photoshop-free, but I'm pretty sure they've minimized the retouching. This post goes out to you fashion bloggers: Richel, Joho, Mel, Lydia, Shelbs, and Sam.

Post-LA Withdrawal

2009-04-15T11:53:00.000-07:00

April 6, 2009 - April 10, 2009. During the week of Spring Break, I carpooled down to UCLA with some people from my fellowship to visit my sister. I'm suffering from Post-LA withdrawal at the moment.

Day 1
We started our drive at around 11am. It wasn't too bad. I fell half asleep during the ride so it wasn't too bad. Arrived in Westwood at around 6pm(7?) and brought our stuff up to my sister's apartment. Then went to a small fellowship group and met some new people. After, all of us took a walk down to Westwood and ate at Falafel King.

Day 2
I saw Sa!.. sadly only for like 5 minutes. :( Met Biz.. who got persuaded to register for the bone marrow registry. He is too nice. Ate lunch at Covel with A.Lo and Steven. Hung out with Joho and Melinda afterwards. Hilary joined us, but she took her midday nap the entire time. Melinda and I did some singing while A.Lo demonstrated his guitar skills. Went back to my sister's apartment where she made some mysterious dinner that was surprisingly tasteful.

Day 3
Went to Magic Mountain for the first time! Our first ride was Goliath.. the coaster with the highest drop. OMG. I got the wind knocked out of me. Our group was quite productive. Rode almost every ride and there weren't very many lines. After, we met up with AJ and Reesa (Check them out on Youtube!) at Roscos for some tasty chicken. For dessert, got some Diddy Rieses ice cream sandwiches. YUM!

Day 4
My friend Valentine and I went around UCLA because she got recently accepted and is considering attending. Sat down at a lecture because she wanted to see what it was like. Tthen went around Westwood and campus to shop from some UCLA apparel. That night, I had 2 dinners. First one at Rieber with Karrie, Connie, Biz, and Joho. I even managed to get a few snapshots of Connie. Ha! The other at Thai BBQ with AJ, Reesa and the group. So much food! After, we took a trip to Santa Monica to visit the pier and the promenade.

Day 5
We started the drive back at around 10am. For lunch, Val introduced us to this diner and we all got $10 New York Strips. Not bad. We were back in San Francisco at around 5:45pm. Met up with Christal and watched the Hannah Montana movie. Taylor Swift! Afterwards, we went to King of Thai with Spencer and Matt. Then the homework started.

I want a 2nd week of break.

Prom Season!

2009-04-13T12:44:00.000-07:00

It's prom season and what better than to continue this influx of prom posts. So you need a date for prom right? Here are some ideas. Some are elaborate; some are simple. And the fun begins.

Here are some tips to begin with if you're swimming into uncharted waters:

Sparklife

If you know what you're doing already and just need some ideas, go check Joho's blog for lots of ideas by the one and only Lowell class of '08.
LIL J

If those aren't good enough for you here are some others:

In big chalk letters on her driveway, write, "Will you go to prom with me? Bring your answer tomorrow!" and sign your name. Then, with the help of friends, get the biggest, heaviest rock you can find and write "No" on it. Write "Yes" on a teeny-tiny pebble. She'll probably have to say yes. A little forceful but it's funny.
You could sing. Getting some friends to help you out is fun, but if you're really brave, go serenede her yourself. That will turn some heads.
You could use the school newspaper/radio/tv to your advantage and ask her during homeroom or registry.
If she has a car, you could write "Will you go to prom with me?" all over it and decorate it to your liking. If you're more conservative, find an old parking ticket (or your friend's) and clip it under the windshield wipers with a note by you.
Go find a cookbook and bake something, preferably cupcakes or cookies. Spell out "prom" on your hopefully-good-tasting baked goods. Tell her you want to give her something. In the end, whether she says "yes" or "no", you have something to stuff yourself with.. or not if she decides to keep them all to herself. Yum.
If you're very artsy or creative, you can draw a comic (promic?) or write a story/poem asking someone to prom. Most of the time, she'll take it as cute and romantic. Don't go overboard or she'll think you're a total creeper.
In the end, the most simple and straight forward thing to do is just ask. It's a 50/50 chance so just man up and ask the question.

I can't think of anything more at the moment, but there are definitely more ideas out there if you think hard enough. Good luck and have fun!

City College = Poop

2009-01-15T22:23:00.000-08:00

So my schedule is screwed and I've been running everywhere trying to add classes. Luckily, I've managed to get 3 classes at the moment. I'm trying to get a fourth or fifth (if I'm lucky). I hate this.

Natalie Tran of CommunityChannel was in San Francisco two weeks ago and I didn't get to see her! :( Lorriane and Erin stalked her in Downtown.. I think. So Lydia and I are thinking of doing a video response and sending her a package just to show how much we care and how sad we are for missing the chance to meet her.

Joho.. if you're reading this.. I did not forget your birthday. Expect something in the mail in the next two weeks.. hopefully the post office doesn't take that long. :)

Richel told me that Skins is back, but I haven't seen any links for the third season on Sidreel. I will begin watching as soon as they begin appearing. Hopefully the new cast isn't too lame. And if you're reading this, the long weekend calls for a visit to Hot Cookie!

Grease and Wicked are coming up and I'm getting tickets!.. though I'll be quite poor afterward.

I just applied for a job at the California Academy of Sciences. I think it's an amazing place to work at and I've always been a science person so we'll see what happens! No more electrical parts and whatnot!

Oh! And go check out Kristen and her new blog. I think she's happy now that I've mentioned and linked her. Weirdo.

No more fever!

2009-01-10T17:53:00.000-08:00

Bleh. I've been sleeping the past 3 days waiting for a fever to go away. Luckily, that moment finally came after a visit to the doctors today. My doctor is kinda creepy actually. He seems unable to show any emotion and just talks in monotone voice the whole time. Creep. He did however, prescribe me 100 pills of the oral steriod Perdnisone. Never had a doc to that before. Intense.

School starts on Monday. I am really not looking forward to it, but whatever.

Lorriane, Erin, and I are going to Genki's on Thursday because they have something crazy to tell me. The suspense!

These couple days of being chained to my bed have left me behind on my TV watching. Time to catch up!

2009?

2009-01-04T23:06:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year peoples. It was great seeing everyone back in San Francisco, though the fact that almost everyone has returned to their college campuses has left me a bit depressed.

I got a haircut. I hate it, it's really short, so my head freezes every time I go into the crazy 30 degree weather we've been having.

I'm currently obsessed with Broadway. Fiona and I went to see Phantom of the Opera on New Years Day. Wow! I was impressed. At times, I felt I was in a magic show.. though it was much, much better than that. Now to get tickets for Wicked...

For a large part of my break, I thought school started on the 19th. Sadly it starts earlier.. the 12th. One more week left. I think I'm gonna actually try and study this semester. No more slacking off.

I've been watching Criminal Minds for most of the day. I kinda like all the psycho-babble. It's interesting and sometimes I feel like I might want to do something like that in the future. But then again, I think my dream would be to do musical theater at NYU.. though I don't believe that will be happening anytime soon.

So I was bored this evening and put on the HSM3 soundtrack on. I wish I had a Troy and Gabriella moment in high school.

Richel, we need our Hot Cookie day.

The tele

2008-12-11T22:01:00.000-08:00

Gossip Girl (yes, I watch it) was quite funny and sad this week. I thoroughly enjoyed watching Dan and Aaron competing for Serena by seeing who get's her text message first. She really needs to dump the Aaron guy.. he's just weird. Chuck looked so white that he could be the next Edward Cullen. Maybe he should replace Robert Pattinson.. I agree with Kristen that Pattinson's painfully ugly. Chuck has a better creepy face anyways. And Lily had a son with Rufus and didn't tell him! That was a good twist to the story.. credit to the writers.

Today was the last day of class (kinda).. but next week is finals. I guess I can enjoy this 3-day weekend while I have it. I've written almost 30 pages of pages this week for 3 term papers. Almost had my first all-nighter but I decided to take a nap for an hour. Don't wanna break my streak. Everyone's coming home for the holidays so I'm excited!

Oh! Also, I have two tickets to THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. It's for December 16, 7:00pm (arrive at 5:00 to line up) at the AMC Metreon in downtown SF. I have one last day of night class that day (lame) so I can't make it. If you want them, give me a call or Facebook me.

UCLA

2008-10-14T14:07:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time, so I guess an update is needed.

Picasa does wonders. Click for a HUGE [no lie] picture.

CCSF got something right when they decided on a semester system, which means I got Columbus Day off! So I took advantage of the 3-day weekend and caught a ride down to UCLA to visit everyone. There were long car rides [food included] involved, Pinkberry, buying 5 gallons of water, getting free stuff around campus, 2 hour tours, Diddy Rieses [am I spelling that right?], people running into poles, dorm food, and many more wonderful moments. All was fun and exciting until I had to leave. I miss UCLA.

Back in SF, Christine and I went to Panera Bread on King St. Apparently, she's been there every Sunday since she's been in SF so the staff practically knows her. A little pricey but the food was good. Big cups of hot chocolate are always good. Then we went to the food emporium at Bloomingdales for Parmesan French fries. WOW! That stuff is good.. and the portions were quite large. Then of course, some Beard Papas a little later. FOOD!!!!

I was bored on Hulu.com [awesome place for online TV and movies] and starting browsing through SNL when I stumbled upon Natalie Portman rapping. I think I saw it before but a tiny little 5'2" woman shouting and being all gangster was hilarious.

For Rhea.. and a Happy Birthday

2008-10-06T22:53:00.001-07:00

This one's for you, Rhea, because you wanted to see Richel's reaction to the Paul Frank gifts. So here's the story behind the picture: Richel's birthday was coming up, Christine had this insane idea of reminding Richel of her childhood by giving her anything rainbowy/Paul Frank, we found some Paul Frank flip-flops and socks (that are very colorful by the way), and I went down to Lowell to pay her a visit. Happy birthday best buddy.

I'm currently obsessed with Bobby Lee and his TAAAAAANK videos. I've been linking everyone to them. Haha. So go check them out on Youtube. See, here I go again.

West Oakland

2008-10-01T11:36:00.000-07:00

It's always fun when you go somewhere unintended. Like when Christine and I were too busy talking and ended up taking the BART all the way to West Oakland. It was my first BART ride since middle school. What an experience! Padded seats, fast, and going under the bay! I need an adult FastPass now. Yeeee!

EDIT: Wow my camera phone takes not-too-bad pictures.

Spring Awakening

2008-09-25T12:02:00.000-07:00

I had my first Broadway experience yesterday, and I've got to say, I'll be watching a lot more Broadway from now on. Fiona and I went to the Curran Theatre to see Spring Awakening. We got $40 rush Orchestra seating [originally $75, a deal!] because the last $30 stage seats were sold to this woman in front of us in line. Entering the theatre, I didn't really know what to expect. My first impression of the stage setup and everything were largely positive. By the end of the performance, I wanted to watch it again. It was like riding a rollercoaster. Too bad I don't have the cash, but I'll be waiting for Wicked to begin at the Orpheum Theatre in January.

"Contains Adult Themes"

Because we had 2 hours to kill before the musical started, we went to get cream puffs at Papa Beards in Westfield Mall. WOW! Those were some ginormous $2 cream puffs.

EDIT: Ugh. So Jason Mraz had to have an IMEEM so now all his songs are 30-second previews unless he says they're not. Sorry peoples. No more "I'm Yours" for now.

Exotic.. Chips.

2008-09-20T23:59:00.000-07:00

It's been sometime since I've blogged. Time to break the drought! I hope you Kumars are happy now.

My sister returned from her Thailand trip a couple day ago and brought back with her some unique snacks. Ever seen Lays Seafood-Mayonnaise Chips? Yea, I haven't either. But they exist! I stood there for a whole 5 minutes staring at the darn bag. It even has an Eiffel Tower in the backdrop. French? It had me confused for a bit. I haven't opened it yet. Still leaving it on my desk for my eyes to feast on. [That "Master Chef Guaranteed" Logo kept me laughing for a while too.] Hmm.. so they also have Hot Chili Squid and Sweet Basil flavors. The squid chips looked normal. Being as Asian as one can be, squid is not even close to weird. The sweet basil was intriguing however. There's a whole lot of other weird snacks in the kitchen, but I'm a little lazy at the moment.

I'm currently on a Grey's Anatomy marathon.. 4 boxsets. It was on sale on Amazon.com and I felt an urge to splurge. 3 seasons through, and I'm loving it. I finally have something to do with all the free-time I have these days.

Bus Ride

2008-07-09T19:37:00.001-07:00

Every time I'm on the bus, I always wonder what kind of people would board at the next station. Maybe some business man who earns way too much money to be riding MUNI. Or tourists who have absolutely no idea where they're headed. There were a lot of them today. Or maybe a mom and her child and everyone starts smiling at the kid. None of that matters. Not really at least. Then there are times when a pretty girl goes on the bus. You glance at her quickly as to make sure you don't establish eye contact with her. That would be weird. Okay, that's beside the point; back to the story. You think to yourself, "Wow, she's really pretty." Then you see her again, but this time, she's not pretty anymore. (So much for the mere exposure effect.) That's what happened today. I kinda felt sad and disappointed. I don't even know why I'm talking about this.

Gymnastics

2008-06-22T21:55:00.000-07:00

I stayed home watching the 2008 US Olympic Trials today, gymnastics portion. No, I don't watch it because they're in leotards. Believe it or not, I use to be a gymnast myself.. 10 years ago. It has always been a sport that wow'ed me. You're watching and you think to yourself: "How in the world did they do that?" I've been a big fan of Nastia Liukin and she was amazing today.. except for a few mistakes here and there. Luckily she still made the US Olympic Team placing 2nd overall out of 19 girls. It's kinda scary how young some of them are.. 15 year olds. Then there's persons like Laura Wilkinson who, at the age of 30, qualified (and placed 1st overall) to be on the US Olympics Diving Team today.

New Banner and Jason Mraz

2008-06-21T11:00:00.000-07:00

Okay. Something that I forgot to mention. In light of all the new banner making, I decided to express my love for froyo (not Tuttimelon..) with a banner of my own. No, I didn't take that picture on my own.. I stole it off Google images. I especially like the mint leaf and raspberry accents. The coconut shreds.. not so much. But still YUM!

So I decided to change the song to I'm Yours by Jason Mraz because I couldn't get it out of my head.. and it's a good song too. There was a time when Carter, Sean, and I were in a car and the song was on repeat.. most homo experience in my life.

My first day of work.. wasn't really work. I would say it was more of an interview. I'm gonna be working for Universal Electric Supply Co. (Emily maybe you've heard of it). Outside, it looks like a shabby industrial building, but inside.. WOW. The light fixtures consumed me. It was amazing. I'll take some pictures on my first official day of work.. which is Monday!

I thought today was supposed to be hotter than yesterday.. I guess the meterologists have mistaken yet again. I'm enjoying the cool breeze. It's not as sticky and nasty as yesterday.

Operation:Indi-locks is finally happening.. I hope. The date's been moved to June 25 at 6PM (or 7PM if people are really busy). I need that Indian food!

Tapioca and Work!

2008-06-20T21:42:00.000-07:00

I hope you don't get bored reading this post Rhea.

After 3 months of tapioca deprivation, I decided to call up a college friend of mine, Stephanie, for some Quicklys. As usual, the service was really sluggish.. and the cashier didn't even take our order until he got off the phone with some lady. Rude. After getting our drinks, we sat down and began talking about school, work, and everything in between. It felt nice to finally catch up with someone. Yes, 2 hours spent at Quicklys is productive.. sometimes. So now I'm back at home, waiting for tomorrow.

Oh! I finally have a job! I'm working with some supply company to punch in data or something. Boring. I know. But at least it's something. My first day starts tomorrow with scheduling and all that other crap.

EDIT (12:33AM): This is unnatural. Even the 12AM breeze is warm.

It's Hot Today

2008-06-20T17:18:00.000-07:00

I took this picture.. at 5:12 PM as you can see. Normally, the house thermostat is set to 68ºF and it stays like that. Now look at today! Freakin 86º with a warm breeze. It actually got hotter.. ridiculousness.

It feels like Hawaii in San Francisco right now. Maybe for some of you, it's a good time to tan and head to the beach, but I feel only stickiness and scorching hot rooms. My thermostat says so. Usually, I do like hot days, but when you have nothing but an orthodontist appointment to go to, they suck.

Sadly, Operation:Indi-Locks isn't happening this weekend because Richel has a Bar Mitvah to attend (her Hinjew-ness). Tentative date for the outing is probably sometime after June 24th.. because Richel has more outings to attend. That girl is way too busy for her age.

Ok I'm off to get some tapoica with an old college friend of mine. I'll update more later.

The Love Guru and Karaoke

2008-06-19T20:10:00.001-07:00

Summer has finally arrived! Actually, I'm not very excited at the moment.. at least not until I get a job or find something productive to do. Despite the boringness, there were some fun times during this week:

On Tuesday, Justine and I went to see an advanced screening of The Love Guru at the Metreon. Coincidentally, Angeli had tickets too so we all went together. Our 2 hour wait in line was filled with card games (deuces, texas hold'em, an occasional magic trick), little snacks (Kix, Crasins, Dove chocolates, nachos), and some napping. The movie itself wasn't bad, surprisingly. It's your typical Mike Myers film, full of sexual references except this time, he puts them into acronyms or things like: "Intimacy means In To Me I See." Yes, very amusing. If you want something that's down-to-earth and easily understood, then be my guest and go watch the film (it's opening on the 20th by the way.. as it says in the picture). Otherwise, I'd rather you spend your $10 on Get Smart, because Steve Carell is just so much better. THE OFFICE!

Today was fun.. except for the 1.5 hour bus ride. UGH stupid street light outage. Patrick and I went to Union Square in the afternoon to register ourselves as volunteers for the 42nd International Children's Games. As an incentive I got 2 tickets to the upcoming film, Wanted. Yes, I love free movies! We then met up with Christal, Mikey, and etc. for some karaoke in Japantown. After way too many offkey moments, they've successfully killed every song in my mp3 collection. It was quite fun, however. Monotone voices are fun to listen to when you can laugh at people without feeling bad about it.

The remote control we were given. I never knew ones with qwerty keyboards existed. It almost beats Emily's extra large universal remote.

Now I'm exhausted from today's trip and I shall nap for a while.

PS. T-shirt post coming soon! I promise!

Graduation & Field Night

2008-06-14T21:33:00.000-07:00

My 4 tiresome but wonderful years at Lowell has finally come to an end on June 11,2008. Graduation, a time of sad goodbyes and new beginnings. Lowell class of 2008, I will miss you all dearly. Someday.. I'll see all you guys again.

And nothing concludes graduation without a field night. To see each others faces once more before we part our ways for the summer. The fun times.. until the cops came. Luckily I was out of there before all the commotion.

Summer is here and I've begun job hunting around my area. CRAIGSLIST. There are some good finds so I've begun rewriting my wonderfully empty resume in hopes of making it seem full. I just received 3 t-shirts in the mail, but I'll write about them later. Stay tuned!

Tribute to Natalie

2008-06-02T23:50:00.000-07:00

Natalie Portman is perhaps, one of the most respected actresses in the movie industry at the moment, and also my favorite (Richel's too). She first captured my attention in her career-starting role as Mathilda in Leon: The Professional. I was further captivated in her spectacular performance as Evey in V for Vendetta, my favorite film. Not only an actress, she is also a Harvard graduate and speaks five languages fluently. She is my role model and the type of person that I strive to become.

Origami-pleat asymmetrical white frock: Givenchy (OMG)

Teaching, Movie, Pictures, and Adventure

2008-05-27T23:36:00.000-07:00

My first attempt to help Patrick with his somewhat monotone voice was a failure. We couldn't find an unoccupied piano room. Trying to use an Ipod to teach him how to sing a particular pitch did not work as well as I thought it would. In the end, we gave up and decided to just try another day.

I had tickets to The Strangers today, but I gave them out to Tom Collins (who was begging for them) because Justine was busy. I think I'm gonna try to get tickets to Get Smart, that Steve Carell movie. I'm exicted!

With nothing to do, Jo and I walked to her house and we started browsing the various prom albums on Facebook. Then I went home and did some homework.

I'm still waiting on Richel for the Kumar Ho DeRosas adventure where we journey into the Fillmore and eat Indian food! Sadly, I have to admit that I've never eaten Indian food in my life.. or at least I don't think I have.

Ok.. when I get my camera back, I'm gonna start making interesting posts. Not this crap "what I did today" stuff. UGH.

Prom

2008-05-26T22:04:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was Prom! I'm glad that all the time I spent making calls and asking for checks has paid off. City Hall looked beautiful in the evening with the lights and all. I just wished that I didn't spend so much time working and more time having fun. It's a little sad.. that I've done so much to organize an event but so little time actually attending it. I didn't even get to eat (except for 2 little pieces of amazing pastry)! BUT I still had fun whenever I could with Lo. Thanks for making my crazy night a fun one. =]

I'm still a little angry at my Senior Prom Committee. I spent all night cleaning up and all they did was sit on the front steps. I had wanted to go to Reed's for an afterparty, but seeing that I wasn't going to be out of City Hall anytime soon, I just loaded up the car and went home very, very late. I showered and ate my 2 A.M. dinner.. which was something I've never done before.

I didn't do much today, except sleep and play some Wii. Yesterday completely killed my body. I shall resume my homeworking and hope for a better tomorrow.

P.S. I lost my camera (I didn't even use it at all yesterday).. or someone stole it. It's pretty depressing to lose something that's worth $100+. My parents are gonna kill me when they find out.

Crazy Week

2008-05-18T01:29:00.000-07:00

Last Friday was a crazy day. We were selling tickets nonstop until around the end of school. The total guest count is 460 which is CRAZY! Everyone had gone to Great America for APCalc so I was pretty much lonely. My day finally got interesting when I asked Lo to prom and now I have a date! Fun! Being my usual self, I stayed until 8 PM scanning peoples name into the computer.. which was fun while it lasted and cleaning the SAO because it was filthy.

This next week is going to be crazy. I'm probably going to cut class most of the time to work on prom stuff... the real prom stuff. I've been leaving school at about 7 PM everyday and sleeping at 2. I know it's horrible but I gotta do what I gotta do.

I know this post is boring.. trust me. I got bored typing this.

I really need my own camera.

An IKEA Adventure

2008-05-11T23:32:00.000-07:00

So I went on a shopping spree at IKEA to find candles for City Hall. It was unexpectedly fun walking around, finding things to put together. So here's an account of my journey in chronological order. FUN!

I was trying out the clear and frosted tealight holders.. I don't think they're tall enough to pass the fire permit test though. Frosted holders look awesome though! I ordered 72 3" ones that I'll show you guys when they come in the mail!

In this one email, Jo suggested this 12" candle holder that looked normal sized.. but when I got to IKEA and placed a tealight candle in there.. WOW. I way underestimated the ginormousness of the holder. OMG IT'S HUGE! and $12 which makes it quite expensive too.

Also, on of Jo's suggestions. I decided to go a little bigger with the candle so this one's a normal sized .5" height candle. It fit well into the rectangular vase except for that slight lopsidedness that made it look awkward. I went around looking for stuff I could use to fix this problem and I found the solution!

Ahh. The wonders of sand. Who knew IKEA sold sand? Well, they do. I poured some HOT red sand into the vase and VOILA! Rectangular vase + red sand + candle = perfect.

I bought a package of 100 tealights, 25 regular candles, 6 rectangular vases, 2 bags of red sand, 1 bag of white rock sand. That all cost me about $30! What a steal! Ooh, then I went into the food court and treated myself to some delicious frozen yogurt. =]

(All the pictures were taken with my 1.3 megapixel camera phone. Technology is amazing these days)

The Plan

2008-05-07T20:50:00.001-07:00

Richel gave me an idea to ask a girl to prom. I've contracted the Birthday Gram boys to sing with me as I serenade my hope-to-be Senior Prom date. Originally, the plan was to ask tomorrow during Reg., but she has the AP English test. I'll have to push it back to either Friday (but all the juniors in Birthday Grams will be gone for their APUSH tests) or Monday. Everything never goes my way these days.. =[

Here's the rewritten lyrics for the solo:
I know it's not your birthday
'Cuz I checked Facebook yesterday
But let's go have fun, be merry
Together on that special day
So I'm here to ask you one question
While I'm down on bended knee
_____ will you go to prom with me!

Wish me luck! =]

In Real Life

2008-05-04T21:39:00.000-07:00

If you know me well enough, you'd know that I'm a Facebook junkie. Internet social-networking has taken over my life and the lives of countless teenagers (..and adults). The never-ending poking, posting on walls, and graffiti-ing inspired BBC to create this wonderfully hilarious portrayal of Facebook.. In Real Life.

Prom:
- I have about 1 week to get everything ready. This is so stressful.

Bleeding Love

2008-05-04T01:37:00.001-07:00

These are one of those rare occasions when we're thankful for Simon Cowell. He is actually of some use, other than his vulgar and harsh critiques that make American Idol worth watching... sometimes. Leona Lewis, as we all know, has jumped to the top of charts with her hit "Bleeding Love". Her voice and gorgeous looks (although she looks a little antelope-like with her high cheek bones) has captured audiences worldwide. I'll be looking forward to what she'll bring in the future.

An update on PROM:
- I've decided on who to ask.. just not how yet. I'll think of something by Monday.

Searching..

2008-04-29T18:21:00.000-07:00

A perfect description of loneliness:
Marie Digby - Miss Invisible

Prom season is coming!.. no! It's already here! Time to search for a date.