I just came back from an AMAZING week of camp. There is really too much for me to say but I wanted to touch on some things so that I wouldn't forget the feelings I have leaving camp.
The week of camp amazing but exhausting. It is truly impossible to explain to anyone the unicamp experience. You can tell them that it's a camp for underserved youth, you can tell them it's a super outcome based camp with lots of deep programming, you can tell them it's about getting the kids to think about their goals and dreams, but no matter what you say that all seems to kinda of just fly over the head and end with a nodd. It sounds all great and everything, but you truly don't know how great this camp is unless you've experienced it. It's I guess what I've come to define in my own way what the "woodsey magic". The woodsey magic is what all us unicamp volunteers refer to something that is experienced at camp that can't really be explained. And after my second year of doing camp, I think I've really come to understand what it means.
This week of camp is great for the kids but it's also been such a growing experience for myself as well. Taking care of these 8 10ish year old girls with my co was like being a parent, no joke. We are with these girls 24/7 and that is no exaggeration. Never are these girls out of sight of one of two pairs of eyes. We are there to make sure they are on time to every rotation, changing, being clean, brushing their teeth, doing their duties, eating their meals etc etc. As their counselors we're also there to make sure that they get as much out of camp as possible too, meaning making sure they in some way take away our personal session outcome "to reach up, reach in and reach out". And it wasn't always easy with my girls because they were only 10 and some of the deeper programmer didn't sink in too much for them, but we tried. But if I learned anything don't ever underestimate these kids. Without you knowing they will suprise you with how mature they are, how able they are to discuss serious topics and how strong they are from whatever hardship or circumstances they have gone through and experienced. Being a counselor has made me grow up just a little more, be more responsible.
Family. That is truly how I saw my group of girls and my co. They were like my family. They were super adorable a lot of the times, but no matter how much you loved them sometimes they just super got on your nerves. All the constant irrelevant questions, misplacing of items etc. Not only that but I was so fortunate to have my group of girls. My co and I kept saying that we were soo lucky. Our girls were never super cliquey and all got along with each other. Our girls for teh most part were very respectful, participated and if asked to do something would. It made me wonder if I had any other group of kids would I have been able to handle it... That is why I really admire all the other counselors especially the ones who had slightly tougher units. Good job sesh 5.
Something that I loved during the week of camp was how it brought me back to myself. Some of the girls were homesick and it really brought me to think of myself. I was that girl who always cried at overnights, who missed her parents like crazy and could not be cheered up. Going to college I was still that girl and being able to be there for those girls who felt the same way really made me feel good? I don't knw the word, but I was really glad that I was able to take my own experiences and relate it to them and comfort them when they needed it. I really hope that the girls did enjoy camp, and that we did have some lasting impression on them no matter how big or significant.
What else...yea I was debating whether I wanted to do camp again next year and wasn't sure. But leaving camp all I can recall is all the warm fuzzy moments, getting to the kids yolks. That is one thing I am sad about camp having ended I wish I could have spoken to some of the girls more....but then again I was also very very exhausted. I think I will do camp again, but it's hard to decided which I like better being a counselor or specialist. The two roles are soo different and both offer their pros and cons. What I do like about being a counselor is that allow there are a lot more emotionally tough times involving the children, you do get to know a few of the kids on a deeper more closer level which is nice.
O ok forgot to mention all the millions of laughs I had during the week:
1. My girls saying my face looked like I was married
2. My girls trying to set me up with Wasabi, Gigabyte, Kool Kat and Babu (Shortie our adopted Unicorp)
3. Being with my co
everything everything...
I almost forgot to mention my CO! I love her soo much. She was the best. I am soo suprised how well we worked together and we were soo in sync. Not until the week of camp did I realize how great a co pair we were. When I was at a loss for words she filled in the debriefs, when I couldn't decide I would send the girls over to her and she would decide. Never did I feel like one of us was taking on a stronger or lesser role at camp, we were I think equals in every sense. She is the bestest and so glad I had her during the week of camp.
Yup I think that is it. OH and the food was DELICIOUS!!!!!
If I had one wish, it would be that at least one of my girls in my unit would keep in touch with me. That would be soo great.
Alright that is it.
--Laughables
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Angel Island Performance
I feel like I haven't blogged in FOREVERS so I thought I would do some tonight.
One things I really wanted to blog about was my experience at Angel Island. About a couple of weeks ago there was a celebration at Angel Island. I think it had been open for 100 years. Anyways for those of you who don't know what Angel Island is, it's kinda a smaller scaled Ellis (sp?) Island. Angel Island was the limbo between being an immigrant and being admitted into the United States. A lot of immigrants weren't allowed to enter into the U.S, especially because of the exclusion act. I'm not all that great with history, but people were allowed to enter into the U.S under certain circumstances. Angel Island basically (I think) was kind of created in order to verify that people were who they said they were. Immigrants went through super freakishly detailed interrogrations where they had to prove they were the son of blank, the wife of blank etc.
Anyways what started off as me just helping out my cousin's fiance, turned into a really great learning experience. The Angel Island celebration included a lot of speakers, performances and book signings. I had agreed to volunteer as an actor, to do a reinactment of a lady named Leung Shee who was being interrogated/investigated. My character (who was a real person on file) was coming over to the U.S as a merchant's wife, but later they suspected that I had been a madame for prostitution houses. Anyways in order to semi do this performance well I asked a lot of questions and really tried to understand this whole Angel Island business. I spoke to my dad, read some books, read some wiki. These people would be asked really nit picky questions about how many people lived in their village and things that no normal person would naturally be able to recall. These people sometimes had to wait in the barracks for weeks, months before coming in front of a guard dude to be questioned. It's sooo crazy to think about what they had to go through, what my grandfather went through. My grandfather was a paper son meaning he bought a fake name pretending to be the son of someone who was already in the U.S in order to come here. He studied his butt off in order to convince them that he was and of course he passed otherwise I wouldn't be here. But can you imagine the pressure? One wrong answer and you would be sent back to China or whatever country you came from.
I always say history bores me, but if you give it a chance it can be really interesting. Anyways...I performed that day as Leung Shee. I honestly am not sure if I accurately portrayed this woman, the point was more for it to be a dramatic I think...but the experience for myself was really rewarding. What was great was after 2 girls came up to me and asked me if I could elaborate ane explain what had happened to my character. These girls were genuinely interested and that mde me happy. They even told me that I was a really good actress, which was sweet. If anything my favorite thing about acting has always been to entertain people, to allow them to enjoy themselves as they get lost in the performance. I'm glad I was able to do that for these girls and have them experience a snippet of what it possibly could have been like for an immigrant at Angel Island.
One things I really wanted to blog about was my experience at Angel Island. About a couple of weeks ago there was a celebration at Angel Island. I think it had been open for 100 years. Anyways for those of you who don't know what Angel Island is, it's kinda a smaller scaled Ellis (sp?) Island. Angel Island was the limbo between being an immigrant and being admitted into the United States. A lot of immigrants weren't allowed to enter into the U.S, especially because of the exclusion act. I'm not all that great with history, but people were allowed to enter into the U.S under certain circumstances. Angel Island basically (I think) was kind of created in order to verify that people were who they said they were. Immigrants went through super freakishly detailed interrogrations where they had to prove they were the son of blank, the wife of blank etc.
Anyways what started off as me just helping out my cousin's fiance, turned into a really great learning experience. The Angel Island celebration included a lot of speakers, performances and book signings. I had agreed to volunteer as an actor, to do a reinactment of a lady named Leung Shee who was being interrogated/investigated. My character (who was a real person on file) was coming over to the U.S as a merchant's wife, but later they suspected that I had been a madame for prostitution houses. Anyways in order to semi do this performance well I asked a lot of questions and really tried to understand this whole Angel Island business. I spoke to my dad, read some books, read some wiki. These people would be asked really nit picky questions about how many people lived in their village and things that no normal person would naturally be able to recall. These people sometimes had to wait in the barracks for weeks, months before coming in front of a guard dude to be questioned. It's sooo crazy to think about what they had to go through, what my grandfather went through. My grandfather was a paper son meaning he bought a fake name pretending to be the son of someone who was already in the U.S in order to come here. He studied his butt off in order to convince them that he was and of course he passed otherwise I wouldn't be here. But can you imagine the pressure? One wrong answer and you would be sent back to China or whatever country you came from.
I always say history bores me, but if you give it a chance it can be really interesting. Anyways...I performed that day as Leung Shee. I honestly am not sure if I accurately portrayed this woman, the point was more for it to be a dramatic I think...but the experience for myself was really rewarding. What was great was after 2 girls came up to me and asked me if I could elaborate ane explain what had happened to my character. These girls were genuinely interested and that mde me happy. They even told me that I was a really good actress, which was sweet. If anything my favorite thing about acting has always been to entertain people, to allow them to enjoy themselves as they get lost in the performance. I'm glad I was able to do that for these girls and have them experience a snippet of what it possibly could have been like for an immigrant at Angel Island.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Yellow Curry Chicken
HAPPY BIRHTHDAY DAD!!!
Cookster
Yay so what was great about this week was since I didn't get closing/night shifts I've been able to learn and practice my cooking each night.
Monday: I cooked Vietnamese noodles THIS time all by myself. YEA YA!
Tuesday: I cooked steamed bass with gai lan for veggies. Steamed bass wasn't all that fresh so didn't taste all that good. But I have learned the basics of how to steal of fish, season, cook and do all that jazz. WOO to basic fundamentals of cooking.
Wedesday: WAS gonna cook spaghetti but got a last minute call from JON TRAN and went out for Korean BBQ with Jon, Erin, Edwin and Timmy. It was very very good. We ate kalbi, pork spare ribs, chop chae, steamed egg and some pancakey egg things. SO STUFFED and after we went to Polly Anns we're I got green tea ice cream! SO good.
Thursday: For my dad's birthday together we cooked YELLOW CURRY CHICKEN! and collee (sp?) flower and brocolli for veggies. The curry was pretty good if I say so myself and I basically made it all by myself. My dad just helped be cut the chicked and dump things in, but other than that ALL ME! My cooking skills are improving. And it is the one thing I can say I've been consistent with and having the most progress with out of my whole to do list.
YUP that is it for now. Tootles. Again happy birthday DAD! (he'll never read this but you know it's the thought that counts)
Cookster
Yay so what was great about this week was since I didn't get closing/night shifts I've been able to learn and practice my cooking each night.
Monday: I cooked Vietnamese noodles THIS time all by myself. YEA YA!
Tuesday: I cooked steamed bass with gai lan for veggies. Steamed bass wasn't all that fresh so didn't taste all that good. But I have learned the basics of how to steal of fish, season, cook and do all that jazz. WOO to basic fundamentals of cooking.
Wedesday: WAS gonna cook spaghetti but got a last minute call from JON TRAN and went out for Korean BBQ with Jon, Erin, Edwin and Timmy. It was very very good. We ate kalbi, pork spare ribs, chop chae, steamed egg and some pancakey egg things. SO STUFFED and after we went to Polly Anns we're I got green tea ice cream! SO good.
Thursday: For my dad's birthday together we cooked YELLOW CURRY CHICKEN! and collee (sp?) flower and brocolli for veggies. The curry was pretty good if I say so myself and I basically made it all by myself. My dad just helped be cut the chicked and dump things in, but other than that ALL ME! My cooking skills are improving. And it is the one thing I can say I've been consistent with and having the most progress with out of my whole to do list.
YUP that is it for now. Tootles. Again happy birthday DAD! (he'll never read this but you know it's the thought that counts)
Stealin from the street.
So I was going to post this blog Tuesday...but didn't get to it so here it is.
Tuesday was my dad off from WORK so spent the day doing some errands with my dad. Drove to Costco and did some grocery shopping. We also went to Mcdonald's for lunch and used our FREE frapp or smoothie coupon that my dad got from I want to say the Examiner...some free newspaper. Anyways, after all of that my dad had to do some apartment stuff which was near Dolores Park and we decided to walk around a bit for some air and "exercise". As we walked back to the car my dad takes someone's newspaper that was left at their front door. I don't know WHY my dad does this but he is always "stealing" newspapers. I told him,Dad that's stealing" and he always tells me, "They left it out there, it's not stealing. It's been out there for a while now." And he throws in that it's a free newspaper so I let it pass. Lucky for us in this bundle of free stolen newspaper was ANOTHER Mcdonalds smoothie/frapp coupon. WOOT. Ok to be clear at this point we had 3 coupons - 1 coupon that we just used + the 1 we just found. We keep walking and see another cluster of papers (outside of the plastic bag), by this time my dad recognizes this issue of the newspaper and looks and WA LAH another coupon. We are now at 4 coupons. Keep on walking and we stumble along another one and "steal" their coupon. All this time I wonder is this ethical? But justify it with it's a free newspaper and at least point we're only taking a coupon.
OK now here comes the good part. Well this happens in between finding coupon 4 and coupon 5. My dad stops to tie his shoe lace on the corner of the block next to a metal baracade thing, you know those things they use are parades or to block off roads? Well hanging on it was a brown circle scarf. And I was like hey....and ask do you think I can take this? To preface lately we've been seeing a lot of things people are leaving on the side walk for people to take near our block (I got a really nice coffee machine). My dad goes sure! And I was like but what is someone left it and they forgot it? Because obviously this was not a here take this I'm putting it outside of my house kinda thing. But my dad says well it's probably been there a long time because I forgot what he said it had something to do with it being the weekday and most people only going to this park usually during the weekend...And he says they probably won't come back to get it and if you don't take it it'll just sit there or someone else will. SO......I took it and it is in the wash.
So my question for all of yall is what is EXACTLY is stealing? How to you define it? Are there exceptions?
Just something to think about (p.s this has gotten me to consider creating a blog of random things i think about...i just MIGHT do it, but for now just the summer thing)
Tuesday was my dad off from WORK so spent the day doing some errands with my dad. Drove to Costco and did some grocery shopping. We also went to Mcdonald's for lunch and used our FREE frapp or smoothie coupon that my dad got from I want to say the Examiner...some free newspaper. Anyways, after all of that my dad had to do some apartment stuff which was near Dolores Park and we decided to walk around a bit for some air and "exercise". As we walked back to the car my dad takes someone's newspaper that was left at their front door. I don't know WHY my dad does this but he is always "stealing" newspapers. I told him,Dad that's stealing" and he always tells me, "They left it out there, it's not stealing. It's been out there for a while now." And he throws in that it's a free newspaper so I let it pass. Lucky for us in this bundle of free stolen newspaper was ANOTHER Mcdonalds smoothie/frapp coupon. WOOT. Ok to be clear at this point we had 3 coupons - 1 coupon that we just used + the 1 we just found. We keep walking and see another cluster of papers (outside of the plastic bag), by this time my dad recognizes this issue of the newspaper and looks and WA LAH another coupon. We are now at 4 coupons. Keep on walking and we stumble along another one and "steal" their coupon. All this time I wonder is this ethical? But justify it with it's a free newspaper and at least point we're only taking a coupon.
OK now here comes the good part. Well this happens in between finding coupon 4 and coupon 5. My dad stops to tie his shoe lace on the corner of the block next to a metal baracade thing, you know those things they use are parades or to block off roads? Well hanging on it was a brown circle scarf. And I was like hey....and ask do you think I can take this? To preface lately we've been seeing a lot of things people are leaving on the side walk for people to take near our block (I got a really nice coffee machine). My dad goes sure! And I was like but what is someone left it and they forgot it? Because obviously this was not a here take this I'm putting it outside of my house kinda thing. But my dad says well it's probably been there a long time because I forgot what he said it had something to do with it being the weekday and most people only going to this park usually during the weekend...And he says they probably won't come back to get it and if you don't take it it'll just sit there or someone else will. SO......I took it and it is in the wash.
So my question for all of yall is what is EXACTLY is stealing? How to you define it? Are there exceptions?
Just something to think about (p.s this has gotten me to consider creating a blog of random things i think about...i just MIGHT do it, but for now just the summer thing)
Friday, July 16, 2010
Jog, Make out sess in Old Navy & Shakespeare
(to clarify, make out sess was something I observed, so don't get too excited)
OKAY I am going to admit I suck at this whole blogging thing. Originally I wanted to write a blog a day for the summer. YEA not happening but here are my highlight since the last blog.
Working out/Driving
Tuesday I drove down to the Embarcadero with my Pops and then we jogged along the piers. Well ok we jogged for iono how long then I kinda was like DANG I am out of shape and told my dad I was tired and asked if we could just briskly walk, which is what we did. But HEY a little exercise is better than none at all right? So that was fun. We walked from Pier 27 to Pier 7ish I wanna say. My dad showed me pier 7 and told me about his childhood memories of fishing all day, catching 3 fish and about anchovies. This is the kind of relationship my dad and I have. I like to say we're close but it is in a very unique way, I can't really explain it. We're not close we're I can tell him about guys and stuff like that, yea that boat has kinda sailed long ago and any mention of feelings of that sort I just feel uncomfortable and awkward discussing. BUT I guess my point is, is I really enjoy hearing him tell me about what he did when he was a kid and showing me the sights. It's our way of bonding haha.
Today at work saw two people straight out MAKING OUT in Old Navy I was like dang....no shame. One couple right in the middle of the swim wear section SMACK DAB in the middle. The girl takes off his glasses, wraps her arms around and just starts smoochin on him. I was like wow...but kept on moving because I had a lot of clothes to run back from the fitting room. Later I saw yet another couple this time two ladies, a little more discretely making out but they saw me and I saw them, we made awkward eye contact. This whole thing got me to thinking people need to find better places to make out, I mean SERIOUSLY no one wants to see that.
Books books books
So I haven't officially decided BUT I think I might be giving up on 1984. I thought it was going to be interesting but it is really hard for me to read...I've gotten to 40 something pages and it really has yet to spark MUCH interest. The concept of this futuristic world IS interesting but there doesn't seem to be a story or plotline or is REALLY slow. I don't know if it is even worth it to waste my time. So I started reading Twelfth Night by Shakespeare. I am slightly cheating. I borrowed the No Fear Shakespeare version which has both the original text and on the page next to it a translation in "normal day english" I guess you can say. I was originally going to reach the original text and then use the translation for help if needed, but after 1984 I really just wanted to read, enjoy and make progress on a book. So I've been just reading the translation. What got me to reading this play was "She's the Man" which I found out was based on Twelfth Night. Reading the play right now the story is quite a bit different, but it is essentially still the same and a lot of the character's names are still the same. I completely understand changing the story they had to modernize it. So far I'm liking it, it kind of reminds me of "A Midsummer's Night Dream", I've never read it but I've seen the play like 3 times. One person loves this person, but then that person loves someone else and basically no one loves the right or same person.
Speaking of my reading today after work waiting for the bus this black guy goes you look so angry. I look up from my book and say what? And he said you look so angry reading your book like your eye brows, demonstrating that I was furrowing them very intensely. I told him I didn't realize, but it was probably true I do tend to wrinkle a lot when I'm focusing on something. Then he asks me what I'm reading and then asks me what does shakespeare mean? And I told him he was a famous playwright. He asks me the question again and the way he was asking it was like he thought it was an adjective or something. It was weird...and I was really confused, luckily my bus came and I got on. Iono if he was genuinely just trying to strike up a conversation or hitting on me I really don't know because I am bad at picking up on social cues like that. But mm yea..ok that is it.
OKAY I am going to admit I suck at this whole blogging thing. Originally I wanted to write a blog a day for the summer. YEA not happening but here are my highlight since the last blog.
Working out/Driving
Tuesday I drove down to the Embarcadero with my Pops and then we jogged along the piers. Well ok we jogged for iono how long then I kinda was like DANG I am out of shape and told my dad I was tired and asked if we could just briskly walk, which is what we did. But HEY a little exercise is better than none at all right? So that was fun. We walked from Pier 27 to Pier 7ish I wanna say. My dad showed me pier 7 and told me about his childhood memories of fishing all day, catching 3 fish and about anchovies. This is the kind of relationship my dad and I have. I like to say we're close but it is in a very unique way, I can't really explain it. We're not close we're I can tell him about guys and stuff like that, yea that boat has kinda sailed long ago and any mention of feelings of that sort I just feel uncomfortable and awkward discussing. BUT I guess my point is, is I really enjoy hearing him tell me about what he did when he was a kid and showing me the sights. It's our way of bonding haha.
Today at work saw two people straight out MAKING OUT in Old Navy I was like dang....no shame. One couple right in the middle of the swim wear section SMACK DAB in the middle. The girl takes off his glasses, wraps her arms around and just starts smoochin on him. I was like wow...but kept on moving because I had a lot of clothes to run back from the fitting room. Later I saw yet another couple this time two ladies, a little more discretely making out but they saw me and I saw them, we made awkward eye contact. This whole thing got me to thinking people need to find better places to make out, I mean SERIOUSLY no one wants to see that.
Books books books
So I haven't officially decided BUT I think I might be giving up on 1984. I thought it was going to be interesting but it is really hard for me to read...I've gotten to 40 something pages and it really has yet to spark MUCH interest. The concept of this futuristic world IS interesting but there doesn't seem to be a story or plotline or is REALLY slow. I don't know if it is even worth it to waste my time. So I started reading Twelfth Night by Shakespeare. I am slightly cheating. I borrowed the No Fear Shakespeare version which has both the original text and on the page next to it a translation in "normal day english" I guess you can say. I was originally going to reach the original text and then use the translation for help if needed, but after 1984 I really just wanted to read, enjoy and make progress on a book. So I've been just reading the translation. What got me to reading this play was "She's the Man" which I found out was based on Twelfth Night. Reading the play right now the story is quite a bit different, but it is essentially still the same and a lot of the character's names are still the same. I completely understand changing the story they had to modernize it. So far I'm liking it, it kind of reminds me of "A Midsummer's Night Dream", I've never read it but I've seen the play like 3 times. One person loves this person, but then that person loves someone else and basically no one loves the right or same person.
Speaking of my reading today after work waiting for the bus this black guy goes you look so angry. I look up from my book and say what? And he said you look so angry reading your book like your eye brows, demonstrating that I was furrowing them very intensely. I told him I didn't realize, but it was probably true I do tend to wrinkle a lot when I'm focusing on something. Then he asks me what I'm reading and then asks me what does shakespeare mean? And I told him he was a famous playwright. He asks me the question again and the way he was asking it was like he thought it was an adjective or something. It was weird...and I was really confused, luckily my bus came and I got on. Iono if he was genuinely just trying to strike up a conversation or hitting on me I really don't know because I am bad at picking up on social cues like that. But mm yea..ok that is it.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
MAO POO POO!!
Cooking MMMMM
So today I cooked MAO POO POO with my mommy. Ok so it actually called Mao Po Tofu or Dow Fu. Anyways, what a quick, easy, cheap and yummy dish. It only took a total of about 20 minutes of cutting everything and cooking it all together. All the main ingredients, which includes the pork, tofu and onions only cost about $3. You can't beat that. So yea for delicious cooking.
Driving
I've been driving a little each day. Yesterday went to my mom's coworker's daughter's wedding. The food was SO GOOD. HELLA good lobster that was buttery and mmm. PLUS it was the least messy lobseter or crustacian (sp?) for that fact. My mom and I sat next to this lady that was old and I guess did know proper table manners? But everyone was tactful and sort of just turned a blind eye. This was a chinese banquet and they survey all the food family style on the round turn table, and as each dish came she would just either 1.) grab the food with her hand and put it on her plate 2.) use her used fork, poke at each piece and then finally take one 3.) take her duck bun and wipe the platter for some extra sauce. Yes...I had to hold in my laughter. But anyways DRIVING so the banquet was in Emeryville and I drove there :O it made me realize that I need more practice driving on freeways. With all the signs to read and especially when there are lots of exits and lots of different lanes going different places I was getting really confused. It was a good thing we had my NEW NAVIGATION SYSTEN (thanks mommmy and daddy for my belated birthday gift) because it had to reroute us a few times. oOoo but I am getting better I think with parking in my garage which is not easy. Slowly I am practicing my driving, I just really hope I am ready by the time it's time to go back to school.
Painting
I started slowly to draw my landscape slowly...that is it for now on that
WORK
So ok I have discovered that I am destined to be injured at work. Injuries to date are as listed:
So today I cooked MAO POO POO with my mommy. Ok so it actually called Mao Po Tofu or Dow Fu. Anyways, what a quick, easy, cheap and yummy dish. It only took a total of about 20 minutes of cutting everything and cooking it all together. All the main ingredients, which includes the pork, tofu and onions only cost about $3. You can't beat that. So yea for delicious cooking.
Driving
I've been driving a little each day. Yesterday went to my mom's coworker's daughter's wedding. The food was SO GOOD. HELLA good lobster that was buttery and mmm. PLUS it was the least messy lobseter or crustacian (sp?) for that fact. My mom and I sat next to this lady that was old and I guess did know proper table manners? But everyone was tactful and sort of just turned a blind eye. This was a chinese banquet and they survey all the food family style on the round turn table, and as each dish came she would just either 1.) grab the food with her hand and put it on her plate 2.) use her used fork, poke at each piece and then finally take one 3.) take her duck bun and wipe the platter for some extra sauce. Yes...I had to hold in my laughter. But anyways DRIVING so the banquet was in Emeryville and I drove there :O it made me realize that I need more practice driving on freeways. With all the signs to read and especially when there are lots of exits and lots of different lanes going different places I was getting really confused. It was a good thing we had my NEW NAVIGATION SYSTEN (thanks mommmy and daddy for my belated birthday gift) because it had to reroute us a few times. oOoo but I am getting better I think with parking in my garage which is not easy. Slowly I am practicing my driving, I just really hope I am ready by the time it's time to go back to school.
Painting
I started slowly to draw my landscape slowly...that is it for now on that
WORK
So ok I have discovered that I am destined to be injured at work. Injuries to date are as listed:
- Deep butt scratch near my right elbow from card boxes that I had to unload at 5am. I think there is going to be a scar...
- On my other arm near my left elbow is a dim sized really gross looking bruise. This was from attempting to imprint a demagnatized credit card.
What's next? We shall see...
Notice how I have yet to blog about working out? AIYAH....
Friday, July 9, 2010
I got TURKIED by my DAD......
So I have been very lazy these past couple of days which is why I have not posted anything.
Imma recap on the past few days in a sentence or two.
SATURDAY
Potluck with bunch of old friends at my house, belated bithday celebration. SUPER FUN my gathering had the best of everything: cupcakes with Toy Story 3 plastic rings, scattegories and many laughs. AL-EN-RY *lick finger and touch butt* SHHHHH
SUNDAY
Worked my first official shift at OLD NAVY this summer. Wore sandles BAD idea feet were DYING. Ate dinner with parents for 4th of July and then watched Couples Retreat in our lovely abode.
MONDAY, TUESDAY
Work
WEDNESDAY
Bought oil paints FINALLY front Blick so hopefully I will start painting soon, but summer makes me kind of lazy. Went over to David's at watched Step it Up with Palina, Biz and David woo Channing Tatum. Enough said. Tried to see Despicable Me preview showing but it was full so we had to leave....I was really sad and bummed. I love Agnes...and her fluffy unicorn.
THURSDAY
Work. Dad came home an hours ago, wanted me to high five him, I looked at him strangely and asked why, finally I high fived him and he put his fist to my hand and his thumb out and said TURKEY!!! What the heck...where did my dad learn that and why do I always feel like a lame kid with hipper parents? haha. SHOOT I had something else to say about today but I forgot.
YUPS that is it.
PEACE love and _________ (fill in the blank)
Imma recap on the past few days in a sentence or two.
SATURDAY
Potluck with bunch of old friends at my house, belated bithday celebration. SUPER FUN my gathering had the best of everything: cupcakes with Toy Story 3 plastic rings, scattegories and many laughs. AL-EN-RY *lick finger and touch butt* SHHHHH
SUNDAY
Worked my first official shift at OLD NAVY this summer. Wore sandles BAD idea feet were DYING. Ate dinner with parents for 4th of July and then watched Couples Retreat in our lovely abode.
MONDAY, TUESDAY
Work
WEDNESDAY
Bought oil paints FINALLY front Blick so hopefully I will start painting soon, but summer makes me kind of lazy. Went over to David's at watched Step it Up with Palina, Biz and David woo Channing Tatum. Enough said. Tried to see Despicable Me preview showing but it was full so we had to leave....I was really sad and bummed. I love Agnes...and her fluffy unicorn.
THURSDAY
Work. Dad came home an hours ago, wanted me to high five him, I looked at him strangely and asked why, finally I high fived him and he put his fist to my hand and his thumb out and said TURKEY!!! What the heck...where did my dad learn that and why do I always feel like a lame kid with hipper parents? haha. SHOOT I had something else to say about today but I forgot.
YUPS that is it.
PEACE love and _________ (fill in the blank)
Saturday, July 3, 2010
celebration at shabu house
OI.....
TODAY
training training trainings, videos, videos, videos
THEN
ate at Shabu House with family for my mom's birthday!!!! SOO delicious and I am currently STILL full. YUM kobe beef and green tea ice cream. The owner led us out the restaurant my whole family was confused. We were like is he kicking us out....he led us around the corner and I looked at my brother and said, "This is kinda sketchy". It was like he was leading us to the back of an alley to beat us up or something. He continues to lead us up stairs to an EXTENSION of teh restaurant, who knew right?! All the times I've gone there I never know it existed. We were seated next to this HUGE rowdy party who were drinking A LOT and really crazy. They were a bit annoying but also sort of amusing near the end. I eased dropped and the party had order a lot of cans of soda thinkig it was included in the all you can eat and drink but supposedly not. The party left with this girl head back, limp, carried out by a guy. Her friends yelled 21st BIRTHDAY!!!! WOOO and I was just like uhhhhhh.....wow how classy ahha. But dang it made me think that girl and probably some of those people in that party were ONLY A YEAR OLDER THAN ME. I'm twenty it still hasn't hit me. I don't feel or act it at all. Sometimes I really wish I could stay a kid forever. I know there are limitations to freedom, but I really don't care. Being a kid is more care free, less responsibilities and as an adult I definitely think with the freedom you gain comes the responsibilities of adulthood (taxes, bills, insurance, career etc). By the way little fact about me one of my favorite PLAYS not movies PLAYS is Peter Pan if you take the time to watch or read it and really think about what the play is about, the message and the underlying truth of it all it's actually I think pretty great. As an adult we do become more constrained in our lives and in our behavior, we learn from society the norms so we no longer blurt out "HEY THAT GUY IS FAT" because we know that is rude, but a young kid doesn't know that. As we become adults our brains because more and more dictated by rules, expectations...our brains become rational, logical, responsible. WELL for the most part, there are exceptions of course. ANYWAYS that was a HUGE tangent. Gotta head to bed I have work at 5am :/ yikers!!! HAPPY BIRHTDAY MOTHER I know you won't be reading this but I LOVE YOU and I hope you had a fun day turning however old I have lost track..
TODAY
training training trainings, videos, videos, videos
THEN
ate at Shabu House with family for my mom's birthday!!!! SOO delicious and I am currently STILL full. YUM kobe beef and green tea ice cream. The owner led us out the restaurant my whole family was confused. We were like is he kicking us out....he led us around the corner and I looked at my brother and said, "This is kinda sketchy". It was like he was leading us to the back of an alley to beat us up or something. He continues to lead us up stairs to an EXTENSION of teh restaurant, who knew right?! All the times I've gone there I never know it existed. We were seated next to this HUGE rowdy party who were drinking A LOT and really crazy. They were a bit annoying but also sort of amusing near the end. I eased dropped and the party had order a lot of cans of soda thinkig it was included in the all you can eat and drink but supposedly not. The party left with this girl head back, limp, carried out by a guy. Her friends yelled 21st BIRTHDAY!!!! WOOO and I was just like uhhhhhh.....wow how classy ahha. But dang it made me think that girl and probably some of those people in that party were ONLY A YEAR OLDER THAN ME. I'm twenty it still hasn't hit me. I don't feel or act it at all. Sometimes I really wish I could stay a kid forever. I know there are limitations to freedom, but I really don't care. Being a kid is more care free, less responsibilities and as an adult I definitely think with the freedom you gain comes the responsibilities of adulthood (taxes, bills, insurance, career etc). By the way little fact about me one of my favorite PLAYS not movies PLAYS is Peter Pan if you take the time to watch or read it and really think about what the play is about, the message and the underlying truth of it all it's actually I think pretty great. As an adult we do become more constrained in our lives and in our behavior, we learn from society the norms so we no longer blurt out "HEY THAT GUY IS FAT" because we know that is rude, but a young kid doesn't know that. As we become adults our brains because more and more dictated by rules, expectations...our brains become rational, logical, responsible. WELL for the most part, there are exceptions of course. ANYWAYS that was a HUGE tangent. Gotta head to bed I have work at 5am :/ yikers!!! HAPPY BIRHTDAY MOTHER I know you won't be reading this but I LOVE YOU and I hope you had a fun day turning however old I have lost track..
Friday, July 2, 2010
Eclipse and 1st official solo drive
Crusin solo
So if you haven't noticed yet anything pertaining to one of the "to do's" on my list will be italicized. So today was the first time that I drove completely by myself no one in the car :O Well...if wasn't that big of a distanced but STILL its a start. If any of you know Daly City Home Depot and 280 Metro basically ahha I drove from Home Depot's parking lot to 280 Metro's parking lot and parked to go to Joanns...I both pulled out AND parked into a spot. Anyways hopefully more blogs of driving conquest. So far the area of driving that my dad says I need to work most on is 1.) speed control 2.)being more observant of what is around me...
Ok enough of that so tonight went to see Eclipse with my bff since EVERS (kindergarten). Movie was definitely MUCH better than the 2nd one which was a no brainer because the 3rd book was better and there's more plot to create a movie. The movie was sweet, funny and entertaining. Here are my thoughts:
So if you haven't noticed yet anything pertaining to one of the "to do's" on my list will be italicized. So today was the first time that I drove completely by myself no one in the car :O Well...if wasn't that big of a distanced but STILL its a start. If any of you know Daly City Home Depot and 280 Metro basically ahha I drove from Home Depot's parking lot to 280 Metro's parking lot and parked to go to Joanns...I both pulled out AND parked into a spot. Anyways hopefully more blogs of driving conquest. So far the area of driving that my dad says I need to work most on is 1.) speed control 2.)being more observant of what is around me...
Ok enough of that so tonight went to see Eclipse with my bff since EVERS (kindergarten). Movie was definitely MUCH better than the 2nd one which was a no brainer because the 3rd book was better and there's more plot to create a movie. The movie was sweet, funny and entertaining. Here are my thoughts:
- Kristen Stewart SOO had a wig and I could not stop starring at her hair line. In some scenes her hair looked nice in others really fake.
- Alice and Jasper SO Cute as a couple!
- Jasper's southern accent made me DIE, could not stop laughing. I was like huh?
- Wolves = "It's so fluffy I'm gonnnna DIEEEEEEE" -- as quoted by despicable me
- Jacob's line: "I'm hotter than you" SO TRUE!
- Edward's line: "Does he own a shirt" HA! and he is fine without one....
- LMBO at the whole Bella punch in the face
- Left volturi who was all giddy and smiley looking while the all the others were stern and grim looking.
- Boy sitting in front of us turned around and waved at us. SUPER CUTE!
Tried to be slightly vague hope this didn't spoil the movie for anyone. But YEA good movie and can't wait for teh next 2 YAY!!!!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
discovering BERNAL HEIGHTS
Work those legs
You may be asking Bernal Heights? What is that....well it is a neighborhood in my beloved hometown city.
Anyways I have lived here for all 20 years of my life and I have never new this great hike/view existed UNTIL TODAY...I asked my dad for suggestions of what I could paint and he mentions painting the skyline of the city. He tells me that there is a hike near our house where you can see the bay, the bridge the whole city. So after dinner before the sun completely set my parents and I head on up the hill. I set off on the hike wearing a pink beanie and my fake "korean" glasses because I knew it was gonna be windy and didn't want stuff to get all up in my eye.
We walked and walked and it was literally ALL STEEP STEEP up hill stairs and plain side walk. I was like bahh my thighs my back my dad totally turned around and was like your back? As my 2 of my future apartment mates would say "we're old ladies". As we kept on trekking up the cement side walk then the stairs and then the dirt hill I was wondering when are we going to get there already, it seemed never ending BUT we finally got to the top and the view WAS amazing. All the buildings, the houses, and the greyness that covered the city a hazy looking sunset, mountains and to the side the freeway, it was all so beautiful. It was truly a view that epitomizes San Francisco. Colors were a little dull for what I want to paint so I'll have to head on up another day and work my thighs and calves another day.
On our way back down we ran into this little rock trail maze thing that someone made and I immediately wanted to do it and insisted everyone else come too. My dad was totally in (it's always my dad and I who are the kids and my mom's always the one who is unenthused). We begin the what we thought was a maze but then discovered it was just a spiral heading to the center. Half way through my dad and I keep following the spiral like little happy kiddies and my mom goes this is boring I turn around and SHE CHEATED! She's standing in the center and she says "HE he I'm done". My dad and I say repeatedly "You cheated mom. You have to start at the beginning" because those are the rules of ever game right? If you cheat you start again but nope my mom was done and goes eh and just steps over the rock lines and out of the rock trail/maze. What a party pooper haha.
Next on our hike down we run into a slide and my dad and I decide we're gonna slide down my mom waits for us at the bottom. We take two pieces of card board and ATTEMPT to proceed down the slide. Ready, set ANNNNNND we're stuck. Image this sounds mean but a super chubby kid trying to get down a slide, that was us...the slide was too damp so kinda created some problems. My dad ended up walking down but I of course insisted and ended up doing this whole scoot scoot maneuver with my butt and shoes (I ditched the card board). Finally we returned home where I enjoyed a refreshing fruit popsicle. I think that kinda defeated the little hike work out I did but eh its ok...it's a start.
Overall cool new hike, beautiful view AND some great memories with my moms and pops.
You may be asking Bernal Heights? What is that....well it is a neighborhood in my beloved hometown city.
Anyways I have lived here for all 20 years of my life and I have never new this great hike/view existed UNTIL TODAY...I asked my dad for suggestions of what I could paint and he mentions painting the skyline of the city. He tells me that there is a hike near our house where you can see the bay, the bridge the whole city. So after dinner before the sun completely set my parents and I head on up the hill. I set off on the hike wearing a pink beanie and my fake "korean" glasses because I knew it was gonna be windy and didn't want stuff to get all up in my eye.
We walked and walked and it was literally ALL STEEP STEEP up hill stairs and plain side walk. I was like bahh my thighs my back my dad totally turned around and was like your back? As my 2 of my future apartment mates would say "we're old ladies". As we kept on trekking up the cement side walk then the stairs and then the dirt hill I was wondering when are we going to get there already, it seemed never ending BUT we finally got to the top and the view WAS amazing. All the buildings, the houses, and the greyness that covered the city a hazy looking sunset, mountains and to the side the freeway, it was all so beautiful. It was truly a view that epitomizes San Francisco. Colors were a little dull for what I want to paint so I'll have to head on up another day and work my thighs and calves another day.
On our way back down we ran into this little rock trail maze thing that someone made and I immediately wanted to do it and insisted everyone else come too. My dad was totally in (it's always my dad and I who are the kids and my mom's always the one who is unenthused). We begin the what we thought was a maze but then discovered it was just a spiral heading to the center. Half way through my dad and I keep following the spiral like little happy kiddies and my mom goes this is boring I turn around and SHE CHEATED! She's standing in the center and she says "HE he I'm done". My dad and I say repeatedly "You cheated mom. You have to start at the beginning" because those are the rules of ever game right? If you cheat you start again but nope my mom was done and goes eh and just steps over the rock lines and out of the rock trail/maze. What a party pooper haha.
Next on our hike down we run into a slide and my dad and I decide we're gonna slide down my mom waits for us at the bottom. We take two pieces of card board and ATTEMPT to proceed down the slide. Ready, set ANNNNNND we're stuck. Image this sounds mean but a super chubby kid trying to get down a slide, that was us...the slide was too damp so kinda created some problems. My dad ended up walking down but I of course insisted and ended up doing this whole scoot scoot maneuver with my butt and shoes (I ditched the card board). Finally we returned home where I enjoyed a refreshing fruit popsicle. I think that kinda defeated the little hike work out I did but eh its ok...it's a start.
Overall cool new hike, beautiful view AND some great memories with my moms and pops.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
recap on my 20th birthday
Ok so keeping up with a blog is A LOT harder than I thought but let me update on the past couple of days..
SUNDAY
Was my birthday and a really great one at that. Went to Golden Gate Park with Palina for a the FREE Alice Concert!! Second concert in my life! WOW sounds really sad...the first one was one of those American Idol tour ones too. haha. Before going to the park we stop by 9th and 10th ave to grab sandwhiches at Toasties...COULD NOT find it. Then I suggested Yellow Submarines and I was like "It's down this block on the corner right? Yea I'm pretty sure". We walk to the end of the block and WAH it's not Yellow Submarine is something Gyros FAIL so we just went to Gordo the carne asada burittoe (<-- that looks very incorrect). SOO good the pork remined me of kalua pork mmmm. So we took our burritos and sad on the grass listening to Oneeskimo and Kris Allen waiting for Lifehouse which was the last act. So much fun we got to BURN in the sun (poor Palina's shoulders), eat burritoes, snack on apple rings and interesting tasting kettle corn courtesy of Palina all the while people watching. TONs of cuties (not guys but babies). The highlights are as follows:
So those were the highlights we eventually squeeze our ways ALL the way to the front when Lifehouse played SO COOL! We were really close and could see their face. I really like one of the drummers he looked really sunburnt, had a sunglasses tan, wore a beater, did funny poses and had kinda scraggly hair that I mentioned I wanted to braid..and comb. AMAZING.
Fast forward to at night went to eat at UM MA SON (korean people's what does this mean? i'm curious) for dinner. It was slightly awkward because at first we were the only people in the restaurant so the owner and waitress just stood and literally stared at us...And the owner her english was not that hot either. This was the conversation: She asked me how mild, medium or spicy for my tofu soup...
ME: How spicy is spicy?
Owner:OOO ok :D spicy..." in an asian accent.
ME: uhhh is the medium...
Owner: O medium? OK :]
ME: umm ok medium.
Dinner was good with the family. After parents and I decided to go to Genki Crepe could NOT find it walked up and down the block of Genki Ramen. My dad swore this one shop that it and was like they must have closed. My mom kinda was over the whole thing and I just REALLY wanted (INTERJECTION: MY MOM JUST CAME BY AND GAVE ME A FRESHLY BAKED LEMON CUPCAKE WITH SPRINKLES!!!!) ok sorry I've been smelling them and really wanted one. I really wanted a crepe. Just as we are about to give up my dad says lets walk up a block I think it might be on Clement we do and WAH LA! YAY BUT......I was kinda disappointed. My crepe was suppose to have nutella, whipcream, ice cream and strawberries... It had 3 pieces of strawberries equivalent to 1.5 whole strawberries and no nutella at all. *sigh* MONDAY and TUESDAY consist of Old Navy training yays......
read READ read
Ooo ok so on my to do list kinda getting a slow start to 1984 still on the teen pages... So far its good though. For those of you who don't know it's basically kind of like Brave New World one of those Uptopian futuristic books. The book's about a society where supposedly everything you do and say is watched. A society of no privacy and no freedom. Which just got me to thinking really that's the common denominator in all these books. In all these Utopian books they all depict a society that is extremely oppressed and controlled BECAUSE that IS the only way you can have Utopia a society where everything is perfect there is no trouble, no hate, no crime etc etc right? But that's the thing BECAUSE people are so varied, to have our own opinions, hobbies, interest there is always bound to be disagreement and ultimately all the bad stuff. So really Utopia is only possible when people are the same because if people are the same there are no diagreements no fights. OF COURSE people can disagree and not fight, but I'm talking about the people who aren't as restrained. SO that's what I thought this was really interesting too in this society their parties moto is...
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
freaky/crazy...not only that but the national enemy is some dude who promoted and believed in freedom of speech, press basically the 1st amendment.
K too much blogging for today. Talk about about 1984 as it gets more juicy.
SUNDAY
Was my birthday and a really great one at that. Went to Golden Gate Park with Palina for a the FREE Alice Concert!! Second concert in my life! WOW sounds really sad...the first one was one of those American Idol tour ones too. haha. Before going to the park we stop by 9th and 10th ave to grab sandwhiches at Toasties...COULD NOT find it. Then I suggested Yellow Submarines and I was like "It's down this block on the corner right? Yea I'm pretty sure". We walk to the end of the block and WAH it's not Yellow Submarine is something Gyros FAIL so we just went to Gordo the carne asada burittoe (<-- that looks very incorrect). SOO good the pork remined me of kalua pork mmmm. So we took our burritos and sad on the grass listening to Oneeskimo and Kris Allen waiting for Lifehouse which was the last act. So much fun we got to BURN in the sun (poor Palina's shoulders), eat burritoes, snack on apple rings and interesting tasting kettle corn courtesy of Palina all the while people watching. TONs of cuties (not guys but babies). The highlights are as follows:
- CUTIE babie with this outfit with a tail on the back (he sat behind us)
- Kid who stuck 2 gummie worms up his nostrils (to the right of us)
- Lady who was a little large wearing a bikini top shopings LOTS of stomach and LOTS of cleavage DANG....palina could not keep her eyes off her (in front and to the right of us) Palina was like Lilo and her love for taking pictures of large people haha. "Aren't they beautiful...." -- Lilo
- Kid who was AMAZINGLY standing on his dad's shoulders. What was amazing was he was in complete balance and the dad didn't even seem pained. (in front)
- STUPID drunk girls and smoker weedy guy (how trashy and impolite to the environment AND people around, no one wants to SECOND HAND smoke your drugs!)
- Lastly LITTLE CUTE ASIAN GIRL who has pig tails each tail curled with a curling iron, a little hat, large head (like kids do) and a REALLY delicious looking drumstick ish ice cream chocolate bar. I wanted to steal HER and eat her ice cream.
So those were the highlights we eventually squeeze our ways ALL the way to the front when Lifehouse played SO COOL! We were really close and could see their face. I really like one of the drummers he looked really sunburnt, had a sunglasses tan, wore a beater, did funny poses and had kinda scraggly hair that I mentioned I wanted to braid..and comb. AMAZING.
Fast forward to at night went to eat at UM MA SON (korean people's what does this mean? i'm curious) for dinner. It was slightly awkward because at first we were the only people in the restaurant so the owner and waitress just stood and literally stared at us...And the owner her english was not that hot either. This was the conversation: She asked me how mild, medium or spicy for my tofu soup...
ME: How spicy is spicy?
Owner:OOO ok :D spicy..." in an asian accent.
ME: uhhh is the medium...
Owner: O medium? OK :]
ME: umm ok medium.
Dinner was good with the family. After parents and I decided to go to Genki Crepe could NOT find it walked up and down the block of Genki Ramen. My dad swore this one shop that it and was like they must have closed. My mom kinda was over the whole thing and I just REALLY wanted (INTERJECTION: MY MOM JUST CAME BY AND GAVE ME A FRESHLY BAKED LEMON CUPCAKE WITH SPRINKLES!!!!) ok sorry I've been smelling them and really wanted one. I really wanted a crepe. Just as we are about to give up my dad says lets walk up a block I think it might be on Clement we do and WAH LA! YAY BUT......I was kinda disappointed. My crepe was suppose to have nutella, whipcream, ice cream and strawberries... It had 3 pieces of strawberries equivalent to 1.5 whole strawberries and no nutella at all. *sigh* MONDAY and TUESDAY consist of Old Navy training yays......
read READ read
Ooo ok so on my to do list kinda getting a slow start to 1984 still on the teen pages... So far its good though. For those of you who don't know it's basically kind of like Brave New World one of those Uptopian futuristic books. The book's about a society where supposedly everything you do and say is watched. A society of no privacy and no freedom. Which just got me to thinking really that's the common denominator in all these books. In all these Utopian books they all depict a society that is extremely oppressed and controlled BECAUSE that IS the only way you can have Utopia a society where everything is perfect there is no trouble, no hate, no crime etc etc right? But that's the thing BECAUSE people are so varied, to have our own opinions, hobbies, interest there is always bound to be disagreement and ultimately all the bad stuff. So really Utopia is only possible when people are the same because if people are the same there are no diagreements no fights. OF COURSE people can disagree and not fight, but I'm talking about the people who aren't as restrained. SO that's what I thought this was really interesting too in this society their parties moto is...
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
freaky/crazy...not only that but the national enemy is some dude who promoted and believed in freedom of speech, press basically the 1st amendment.
K too much blogging for today. Talk about about 1984 as it gets more juicy.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
quickie blog
this is gonna be short cuz it is late...
COOKING
Today I cooking extravaganza with my mom! A full day of cooking. We cooked lunch and then dinner together, super fun :] For lunch we made humongous omeletes like HUGE HUGE and it included tomatoes, onions, spinach, mushrooms and sausage. I also learned how to make hashbrown, pretty delicious if I say so myself. For dinner, best dinner I've cooked YET, porkchops with a grilled onion sauce on top. We also made steamed cabbage. It was really good. Ok I would go into detail but it is 3....am.
last note of this blog
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TODAY :D KEKEKE. I don't know why I get soo excited when it's my birthday I just do, I don't even always do much but still just the idea I guess that its "MY DAY". I'm 20 so bye teenage years...*sigh*... The one downer so far about my bday was at 12 I couldn't do my run around the house, funky dance shake while saying "it's my birthday, it's my birthday" lots of times because I was sadly home alone. But it's all cool. More on my birthday last TODAY JUNE 27th.
COOKING
Today I cooking extravaganza with my mom! A full day of cooking. We cooked lunch and then dinner together, super fun :] For lunch we made humongous omeletes like HUGE HUGE and it included tomatoes, onions, spinach, mushrooms and sausage. I also learned how to make hashbrown, pretty delicious if I say so myself. For dinner, best dinner I've cooked YET, porkchops with a grilled onion sauce on top. We also made steamed cabbage. It was really good. Ok I would go into detail but it is 3....am.
last note of this blog
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TODAY :D KEKEKE. I don't know why I get soo excited when it's my birthday I just do, I don't even always do much but still just the idea I guess that its "MY DAY". I'm 20 so bye teenage years...*sigh*... The one downer so far about my bday was at 12 I couldn't do my run around the house, funky dance shake while saying "it's my birthday, it's my birthday" lots of times because I was sadly home alone. But it's all cool. More on my birthday last TODAY JUNE 27th.
my TO DO list
WOO first blog. Alright so a summer of MANY to do's and indeed it will be.
Every summer I always create a list of things I want to do during the summer and never really get around to them. But this summer is serious. I'm serious. In my mind this is my last summer of just "doing what I want". Before next summer I'll most likley stay in LA, hopefully have an intern and have to seriously be thinking about my future! How scary and dreadful. So the pressure is on and I am more determined to accomplish all or most of my to do's. So here they are...
1. READ read READ!
during the year there is never time to read for pleasure so i want to make good use of the summer and read tons of books. my goal is a book a week. i want to read classics AND expand my vocabulary. if you have any suggestions i'm all ears. my first read is "1984" i excited to really get started.
2. Learn to COOK
this has been a summer to do for like EVERS but this summer it has to be done because...i'm moving into the apartments next year and i cannot be starving of malnutrition or even worse starvation! so....gotta get on this.
3. Practice driving (so I feel comfortable) and learn to // park
must DO must DO. next year as a 3rd year i want to bring a car down to get from here and there and it'll make getting/having an internship so much easier. BUT my dad says he doesn't want me to die so I need to practice. So far learning to park is coming along, but I am still master JUST flat land and have yet to park in a tight spot.
4. Study Chinese
grrr placement test that expired after 3 quarters. yea so basically i need to practice so i'm good enough to pass out of chinese 1 like i did the last time i took it.
5. Paint
my goal is really to do at least ONE that is all i ask ONE painting for our apartment, but I need oil paints...and still am looking around. SO PRICEY so as of now that is put on hold...
6. Work out
so i dont become a big piece of poop and lard :/
SO THOSE are all my PERSONAL goals of this summer. Every day I will blog and we'll see just how well I keep to them. Let's hope for my sake I keep to it.
Every summer I always create a list of things I want to do during the summer and never really get around to them. But this summer is serious. I'm serious. In my mind this is my last summer of just "doing what I want". Before next summer I'll most likley stay in LA, hopefully have an intern and have to seriously be thinking about my future! How scary and dreadful. So the pressure is on and I am more determined to accomplish all or most of my to do's. So here they are...
1. READ read READ!
during the year there is never time to read for pleasure so i want to make good use of the summer and read tons of books. my goal is a book a week. i want to read classics AND expand my vocabulary. if you have any suggestions i'm all ears. my first read is "1984" i excited to really get started.
2. Learn to COOK
this has been a summer to do for like EVERS but this summer it has to be done because...i'm moving into the apartments next year and i cannot be starving of malnutrition or even worse starvation! so....gotta get on this.
3. Practice driving (so I feel comfortable) and learn to // park
must DO must DO. next year as a 3rd year i want to bring a car down to get from here and there and it'll make getting/having an internship so much easier. BUT my dad says he doesn't want me to die so I need to practice. So far learning to park is coming along, but I am still master JUST flat land and have yet to park in a tight spot.
4. Study Chinese
grrr placement test that expired after 3 quarters. yea so basically i need to practice so i'm good enough to pass out of chinese 1 like i did the last time i took it.
5. Paint
my goal is really to do at least ONE that is all i ask ONE painting for our apartment, but I need oil paints...and still am looking around. SO PRICEY so as of now that is put on hold...
6. Work out
so i dont become a big piece of poop and lard :/
SO THOSE are all my PERSONAL goals of this summer. Every day I will blog and we'll see just how well I keep to them. Let's hope for my sake I keep to it.
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