Simplicity at its Best.

I found an old post that I never got to post. Reading all of the fun blogs made me realize that I need to start blogging again. There's a logic that I don't preach but we'll see if there's a cause-and-effect - if you want to blog, you will do fun things so you can blog about it. LOL. Time to bring my Nikon d3100 to a good use.

The title has nothing to do with what I'm gonna about to post. lol.

This should've been the appropriate blog title --> BLOGGING TAKES FREAKING TIME.

But, I wanted to sugar-coat the harsh reality, and the other title just popped in my mind.

I didn't realize that the last time I blogged was almost a month and a half ago. It's been so long. I guess I was preoccupied with my couch-potato life, class, and school stuff. By the way, I GOT A IN PHYSICS! Okay, I just had to document that. You know you're worried about one thing during a certain moment? Then, after a month or a year, you look back, you realize how stupid/minimal the problem was? You look back, thinking, "Why did I even put an effort to WORRY about something that small?" It's not a bad thing. But, it's a reminder that we should take more look of the grandeur of life, instead of worrying about small things. Making ourselves feeling good is rather better than putting ourselves down, don't you think?

So, I've been a bum this whole summer because I didn't get a job. I just didn't feel like working. lol. It had a mix pros and cons. I had to ask for allowances again, which felt lame but I didn't have a source of income. But, I was able to focus on my summer class. Hey, everything works out in the end. Summer's almost here and so are my scholarships. haha.

Anyway, I'm gonna go over my few (okay, exaggeration) purchases from the summer. It'll take me a while to update, but I'll eventually get around to all of them. haha. My mom and I are huge shoppers (almost addicted), and we like to score the best deals out of everything. My mom's the type of person who gets $100 dress for $5. I'm proud to inherit her shopping genes. haha.

I LOVE DRESSES. PARTY DRESSES!!!

1. H&M Body Con Dress

Guess how much this dress was? $4.95!! It hugs my body perfectly. The material isn't the best, but for its price and design, IT'S A STEAL!

*found this pic on google - if you know who i can credit, let me know!

2. H&M Polka Dots Dress

3. Blue/Black Cocktail Dress

4. Blue Chiffon Dress

5. Blue Dress

6.

I'D STARVE MYSELF TO BUY SHOES

1. Steve Maddens Sandals

2. Timberland Sneakers

3. Black Gladiator Heels

4. White Ribboned Pumps

BAGS BAGS FREAKING BAGS

1. White Leather Bag

AND I BUY MORE ACCESSORIES

1. Lavender scarf

2. Bracelets

AND I WANT MORE

Right now asos.com is having a freeshipping. If it wasn't for the fact that I was bankrupt, I'd totally score myself those things.

I want summer to end soon so I can start dressing for the fall. I bought a lot of pretty dresses that would look cute on long haired girls, but sadly, I cut my hair shortly after that so I'm keeping them for next year. hehe.

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I totally have a feeling that clogs are making their comeback. I hope they do cuz I got them ready :) They're comfy and so easy to just slip on. One bad thing is that it's hard to find the outfits to match them. What I recommend is choosing some light on the

top cuz clogs are heavy looking and already making a statement on its own. I do remember seeing someone rocking a maxi dress with brown clogs.

I wanna blog about how amazing Inception was and how amazingly hawt Joseph Gordon-Levitt looked, but I think it's overdone so I'm gonna skip it. We all know it's gonna be a classic.

new layout & opening the blog to public

So, I got a new design for the blog. The old one had too narrow of a post-size, making everything impossible for me to do. Plus, I think it was too blue. Of course, since the blog wasn't open to the public, you have no idea what it looked like, but I can tell you that it was an okay template. I just got it off of one of those free template sites you can find on google. It lasted me a while, but then the more I visited the other people's blog and saw their simplicity and practicality, I decided mine was just...tacky and useless. So, I finally decided to tweak few things using one of blogspot's new template as a base. It turned out pretty well I think. And, with the help of google, I made it into the ways I wanted (like turning the post page transparent! I think it's really cool). But with the change comes discrepancies (which I already had before with the old template, a pain-in-the-ass to use...). The pictures are too big, and they don't fit within the dimension of the post size so I'd have to go back re-doing most of the posts. I only re-did the most recent one with the picture. It'll probably take few days for me to go through them all.

As for the 2PM concert, I'll be updating another post for that so please wait for the fan account! I'll have pictures too!

Summer school's officially starting tomorrow for me. I thought I'd be done with those in high school, but the chain of endless education continues as I am approached with Physics over the summer. I guess I just have to suck it up and deal with it...even though I'm really lazy and would love not to.

On past Friday, I went to a local park with my friends. It was actually a renown park, but I had never visited before so I was actually a bit excited. We left around noon and got some lunch to head to the park. When we got there, we all realized (except one girl) that none of us had brought any water (which was really, really stupid as we found later). We had lunch under a gazebo, and afterwards, we headed toward the Japanese garden. We felt like we were in a desert. It was painful, both because we were thirsty and out of shape from doing nothing during the summer since school had ended. So, when we finished climbing the endless stairs, we ran like maniacs toward the car. It was funny in the end. The whole idea was so spontaneous, but it actually got carried through. Not too many things went according in plan, but it was fun. If you're bored, maybe you should go somewhere unexpected with your friends. You may be surprised.

On Saturday, it was my friend's birthday party. She turned 19 so we all went over to house to celebrate. The usual guys that we hang out with went to Baltimore, except for one so he had come to the all girls thing. We wouldn't stop making fun of him for that. I cannot stress how much I love Papa John's pizza. Whatever chain you might be eating, I would always pick Papa's, especially the chicken ones. I love the idea of chicken on my pizza. People always are like, "WHAT? CHICKEN?" and give me funny looks. But, HEY, why is that pizza the first one to be gone? BECAUSE IT'S AMAZING, OKAY? lol. Anyway, it was fun while it lasted. Then, we headed to my other friend's house for sleepover. It was chill, and we made chocolate covered strawberries (so simple to make!) which were really yummy. Then, my best friend and I stayed up till 7AM talking about sex, boys, life, and ice cream. All those random things that pop up to your mind usually. Then, we finally went to sleep. It was a good weekend.

2PM concert! WG WHAAAT?

haha yeah so 2 Pm concert is coming up tomorrow. I'm excited, but I'd happier if my best friend and I aren't fighting. She can be such a bitch sometime. I'm not writing the details because it'll definitely be biased. I'm not even gonna defend myself. Whatever. I'm just tired of arguing. I really don't care about her at this moment. Maybe I'll look back later and regret writing this, but this is how I feel at this moment. Oh, wells. More updates when I come back!

A whole new worlddddd....NOT

Okay, so my summer's not going off with a great start. No job, no internship, lack of motivation to do any volunteering (which I need to or else I'm screwed). So, I really gotta do something soon. Meanwhile, I've been hanging out with friends. Bowling & visiting the northern part of Virginia.

*Me being stupid with the furnitures :)

Visiting NoVA was fun, but it annoyed the hell out of me that my best friend was being a total freak. I don't usually mind being the third wheel, but seeing her with her boyfriend was just really annoying for some reason. She turns into another person (one of those really annoying girls who are trying to be cute in front of their boyfriends). When we got to the IKEA furniture shop, I was pretty impressed. The store had a really nice presentation to it overall - not to mention the prices. I was tempted to buy a lot of things, but they just went on my list of stuff to buy for the future. Then, we headed to get her boyfriend at his house.

*Me and the bingsoos. I have a gangster wannabe face on.

After that, we headed to Shilla bakery. It was a cute place and offered many samples. You can pretty much get full just by sampling (which is what I kinda did). But I also bought some stuff. The green tea bingsoo was wonderful (better than the strawberry one that the couple had ordered). It's pretty big so it's better if you share with another person. I shared it with another friend of mine. Then, we headed to do some grocery shopping so I could get the Korean red sauce. After that, we went to chill at my boyfriend's place.

I was already annoyed by her, but what annoyed me more was that I came all the way to the area just so she could hang out with her boyfriend. I was pissed, and she was demanding gas fee. I wasn't going to damn pay money so she could drive an hour back and forth to get her boyfriend. And, GUESS WHAT? I didn't even get to go to the dinner place I wanted to go (Honey Pig - Korean BBQ) because they were being freaking cheapos. Do I have money? NO!! But does that mean I'm came all the way to eat some kind of cheap food! I ended up getting Tonkatsu + Udon combo. It was definitely not worth the price.

Yeah, I was frustrated so I ignored my friend majority of the time. She knew I was annoyed. Once thing I did like was the store. It's called Lotte. I went to another one before, but that one was so much shadier. This one was much bigger, cleaner, and offered so much more including a food court place. I'm probably going to return to do some grocery shopping. There was so much goodies that I wanted to buy (food), but I didn't because I couldn't. No money damn it.

*Me and my so-called best friend. I love her most of the time. Sometime I just wanna choke her. You have a best friend like that?

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2PM & Wonder Girls concert is coming up soon. I'm excited...if I had more money :) Whoever told you that money can't buy happiness? They're lying. That's bullshit. Money buys you food, which is a core to essential happiness.

Motivation, where have you gone?

I quit my job today. They better pay me for yesterday. lol. Looking for another job. Maybe I'm taking life for granted. Gotta get my lazy ass off of the couch.

Getting back to bloggin

Done with first year! I'm hoping for a freakin 4.0 BABYYY!!!

I need more retrospective intervention in my life. I need a goal to set. So, I'm gonna start again. Keep me on the track!

So, I was online again (there is not a day when I'm not haha) and came across this blog. It's mad awesome. So many interesting posts.

http://www.motwister.com/

He posted this picture, and I think it's mad awesome. Apparently, it's a layering of masking tapes. How does he find these things? Props!

Oh, I'm going to Florida in 2 weeks with my best friend! So excited! Hopefully, it'll go through!

Don't be embarassed

Embarrassment is solely a mental state caused by your brain to reject what is socially unapproved. When you look back few years from now on, you regret wasting even 10 seconds of your life degrading yourself because of the social expectation. You could've instead spent that 10 seconds to appreciate the fact that you're living and the Sun is still shining on you. Life is beautiful. Live up to it.

Cause you show it, I wanna be honest

One more week til my spring break. I finished my chemistry lab exam. Apparently, my Spanish exam isn't going to be as bad as I thought. I just have to get over that and the chemistry exam on Friday and I will be home bound. Heck, I'm skipping volunteering this week, last week, and next week. Fuck that, I need my own time. I will contribute to my community soon. :)

Asian Beat's coming well. Dancing's fun. I just wanna lose my thigh, arm, and belly fat. lol.

Here's the next design

My immune sistema is going down' down' down'

Uh-ohhh...I don't know if it was the milk or something I ate, but as soon as I came back from the gym and went to the Asian Beat practice at UoR, I started feeling sick. Dude, I was sick not a while ago, and I just got better. Please give me some slack. PLEASE. lol. So, all of my friends are visiting this weekend because their spring break starts a week before mine. My weekend's going to be super busy cuz I also have to study for 2 exams. I can do it! lol :)

Here's a little design I did for Asian Beat t-shirt. It'll proably end up looking different. lol

Gah, I want a lot of things D:

FYI: I just found out that one of my favorite blog people that I've been following online has recently passed away from leukymia. Her pictures have inspired me to do a lot of things as they were beautiful depicted. Even though I've never met her before, I'm sure she lived her life fully. My tears are shed tonight for her. RIP Yulanda

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It's never too late to make a new New Year's resolution, right? lol

What I want to do right now - Take pics for a blog and actually continue it. It's like a motivation to do something, and I can look back to it and laugh about it. Life's a story - let's make something out of it.

Here's a list of what I want right now :) WANT WANT WANT LOL Yes, I'm needy. hahaha

1. A GOOD camera - I want to document things...like the super good Thai food I had. I should be able to taste it and think about it when I see the pictures again

2. A GOOD looking bod - I gained 6 pounds since the winter break. I noticed that my face has been getting rounder and rounder. Even though I'm not Catholic, I gave up my favorite place Alpine Bagels til Easter (it is the most amazing bagel place ever and the most fattening place ever - the motivation that woke me up even on the Friday 8AM recitations lol). Hopefully, I'll have a hot bod by the summer. Hopefully, I'll get there soon...? I'm planning to go to Florida and Canada in the summer.

3. A GOOD job or a source of income - I realized I haven't shopped in a while. That's the secondary source of my happiness. I'm currently on a shopping/credit card withdrawl after my bank statement went negative. So far, I'm okay?

4. A GOOD sense of responsibility - I have been neglecting one of my volunteering recently. Gotta go back to it. lol.

5. A GOOD playlist - Music is my soul, my passion. Plus, I can indulge in it without getting fat, no?

6. A GOOD weekend - without getting drunk and attack people (aka everyone knowing what I was like on the dance floor with half of my shirt off...not good). I just need some serious relaxation and my own space.

7. A GOOD relationship - I'm tired of waiting, going to parties, and hooking up. Sure, it's fun for a while, but at one point in a girl's life, you finally realize that hooking up doesn't lead you to having butterflies in your stomach. It gives you one night of steamy romance, but, sadly, it always leads to heartbreaks. You can't ask for more in these hookups. I want a real relationship now, and I'm willing to work for it too. So far, I haven't hooked up/made-out with anyone in a long, long time (since last November). I had my chances, but I've learned to control myself. I deserve better. I think all girls do. We all learn lessons the hard way, but that's life.

8. A GOOD education - gotta focus on what's really important :) oh, I gotta attend the seminars lol

9. A GOOD roadtrip - I've come to realize that I really want to go on a roadtrip with my best friend. She doesn't realize how much I need it yet, but I really do. It'll be like a breather.

10. A GOOD attitude - sometimes I get my head over everything. I need to come down and cool my head sometimes. My confidence goes all over the place sometimes. It needs to stabilize. I need to be more confidence, but I can't be over-confident to the point where I'm cocky, you know? I want to be more social without pushing it.

11. A GOOD hygiene and diet - yes, hygiene - as in cleaning my room. Over this weekend, I FINALLY cleaned my room. I had 6 trashbags worth of trash/garbage. That is literally gross. It felt so amazing afterwards. lol. Oh, yeah, I need to eat right. I'm not young anymore. haha.

Recently, I realized how thankful I should be of what I have right now, especially friends and family. Approaching almost 20 this year, I realized that life isn't all about the downfalls. It's really about appreciating what you have and loving every moment of it. I thought I was an optimist, but as I was typing this, I realized how my problems seem so small now. I get really emotional, but I really do love everything and everyone that's been a part of my life. I really would like to thank them for sticking with me every step of the way. I wouldn't be here without them. It's a cliche, but it's true.

Viva la vida, everyone.

Oh, here's a recent picture of me that was taken yesterday. I went to a semi-formal with a good friend of mine. :) It was fun. Too bad, I look kinda constipated in the picture. lol.

Operation Reality - fa...faaa....faaatt

So yeah I didn't realize how much weight I gained over these few weeks. NOT GOOD. Must shed some pounds by some time or I'm gonna be very unhappy and vengeful. LOL

So, here's what I ate today. I feel bad. Yeah, don't mention it.

1. Breakfast - Oval Office Omelet
2. Snack - fruit yogart; Naked green
3. Lunch - Pho
4. Dinner - Quiznos Mesquite Chicken Sandwich (L)

I'm officially out of money and on a shopping ban. I hope to go very far because I really don't need anymore clothes even though I want them. It's like drug, I tell you.

Oh, also, I haven't been to a party this semester yet. As much as I wanted to take revenge on Kai, I figured I needed to stop see him in order to stop any feeling I had for him. Plus, apparently, he's going to China soon. I'm still drinking alcohol, but not as heavy as before. Going easy on myself now. Need to take it easy.

Started salsa and hip hop, but I just skipped this week's salsa. I seriously need to get up and stop being a lazy butt. End of the Story. Q.E.D.

a new year

A new year, a new semester...we'll see how this one goes

College Drama

Well, obviously, I had to find out that college has more fucking drama than high school the hard way. Who knew life can get this complicated? My life's so messed up right now that I really want to just take a step back and realize what stupid shit I had done. I seriously need to take control of myself, or I'm really going to become someone that I'm not.

So...here's what had happened so far. I haven't really had the time to blog, and I realized that I really should document this part of my life so I could reflect on it later. Hopefully, I can laugh about it in the future.

Well, I got over Steve (aka Douchebag #1). Although I still see him sometime and jump, the symptoms of heartache aren't as heavy as before.

After that, I met this guy named Joey at the library. He was being flirty...I was being flirty. Things got out of hand. I was still into Steve so I guess Joey was someone who helped me get over him (I don't think it was rebound, but whatever floats your boat). We made out few times. Oh, yeah, I almost forgot. He almost raped me. lol. It's actually funny to me because he tried tying me with my belt. But I got out of it. lol. One thing that I really did like about him was that he was outgoing and had a big dick (well...that wasn't really important but it made it better, okay? lol). So when I was giving him the head one time, I actually threw up on his dick since it was so big and gagging me. Haha. We had a steamy shower make-out after that. He actually let me make-out with him in the small rain shower too. lol. All that would be cute if I could be his girl, but you know, reality's far more complex. He's a douchebag. He's a jerk. He's an asshole. He flirts with way too many girls and probably has someone to make out with every single night. When I actually fell for him and had heartaches from waiting for his texts, I had to realize that there was no freaking way that I could ever be with him. So I had to move on.

Then I met Jason. lol. You're probably like WTF. haha. I went to his 21st b-day party. He's actually a member of the asian fraternity. Surprisingly, he was in the honors college and doing g-med. I got his number and all, but he never texted so I wasn't really paying attention at first (since I was still obsessed with Joey). Then, one day, he texts...asking me to go eat pho with him. I did...of course. lol. Then, I don't know what the hell I was thinking, but I invited him to my room. I was just trying to be playful and asked if he wanted to take a nap in my room (I seriously just wanted to take a nap). We were taking a nap for a while, but then...of course...it leads to make-out. And make-out leads to something else. It sucks that he's not answering my text anymore. I went to a party looking really nice, hoping to see him there. But he wasn't. So I texted him and he was like...I'm busy studying. Who's the fuck studies on a Saturday night?

And then, there's my friend Andrew. He's not really my type. He's really touchy and clingy sometimes. I wasn't really concerned at first because he had a girlfriend. But, apparently, Joey hooked up with her so when Andrew found out, he was pissed. The night of another asian party, I was hanging out with my friends and Andrew in GRC. Then he started massaging my back and eventually started groping me. I didn't really stop him, but it was so awkward and uncomfortable. It just kept going on like that for the whole night (with my friends in the room...@_@;;). Then, guess what? I find out that he broke up with his girlfriend the next day. WTF...please...noooo...if he gets any idea that I'm interested, I am so screwed.

I'm soooo done with guys right now. I'm going to stop texting people and just stay my room for the next few days. ): I've got to change my new whore-ish habit or else I'm really going to turn into one....GOT TO STOP

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Romance lasts shorter than I thought

I met this guy named Steve. I was into him, but I guess he wasn't that interested in me. We hooked up for a night (not all the way but it was good while it lasted - my first kiss, btw...make-out. I'm a kissaholic, apparently. lol), and he ignores me after. Shortly after when I confront him, he says that he only likes me as a friend. What a lie. I found out later from my friend that he wasn't going to date me because I was Chinese. Douchebag. Whatever. I deserve better than that.

Triple S - School Starts Soon

gah...I don't know how to feel about this. lol. Of course, I'm both nervous and excited about meeting new people. I'm really scared about the amount of course work. lol. Hopefully, everything will go all right. I still have to get everything together though. XD

Yesterday, I just talked to my old, old friend from back when I used to go to a Japanese School in Ohio. Apparently, they've been having a small reunion every single year in Japan (funny how I was never notified). lol. It'd be cool to see them again...except I don't remember anyone, and my Japanese isn't as fluent as before. lol. :)

2 more days

2 more days till what? Till my friend Alan comes from Canada. You know what that means? My healthy life is going to be disturbed...I SAY DISTURBED!!! this always happens...but you know, i gotta handle it. I'm still going to watch what I'm going to eat, exercise, and not overeat. lol. Hopefully, it'll work. I can feel the fat coming off right now. I can't let it go to waste. lol. XD Wish me luck~ XD Go, go, go away...the fat on my body, go away~ lol. XDDD

Road to a Healthier Life

Swimming and walking. lol. It makes me feel good without making me really really tired. haha. XD I better lose some good pounds off from this. lol. XD

Conscience Still Exists

Okay, after another argument on the phone with another hp person, my dad decides to call them. I was seriously frustrated, but apparently, my dad figures out how to fix the thing. I am very sorry for being melodramatic and overly frustrated. I hope I didn't get anyone fired by being a terrible customer and threatening to sue the company. I didn't mean any harm...was just upset. lol. I hope the nice Indian people who have helped me still have their job. :)

I HATE HATE HATE HATE HP

I think the computer company should die. WTF. I hate Lynda. I hate everything I hate with passion. D: