hAted

i feel like, every time i go shopping with my mom, i always end up hating whatever it is im shopping for. today was no different because we went furniture shopping, and then i realized that-----i really HATE furniture shopping. so in the car while i was sulking, i was thinking about the top three things that i really hate shopping for, and i think i have it. actually, im pretty positive i have it.

THIRD
           dress shopping - the first really bad experience was when i went prom shopping with my friend. we literally spent four hours at one mall, going back and forth to each store, searching for that perfect dress. by the fourth time around to those same stores again, i was just like, c'mon already. you can't blame me for being blunt and telling you truthfully that one looks uglier than the other, because that's just my way of telling you to hurry your ass up. the second kind of dress shopping is wedding dress shopping. my sister got married last year, and oh my goodness. not only are those wedding dress shops humongous but boy are those things heavy! i was not happy lifting dress after dress through those stores, trying to side step other people's trains.

SECOND
           furniture shopping - there's not much i can say why i hate doing this, i just do. how hard is it to pick furniture? you have an idea of what you like in your mind, go into a nice store, and find it. of course it has to be comfortable and durable, and i get that, but does it really take six hours to figure that out?

FIRST
           shopping for my mother - only because every thing i buy, she wants to return. it gets frustrating sometimes because sometimes its either too expensive, or too ugly, or not her style. but then if i ever opt to not get her anything, then she'll be upset at me for not getting anything for her. it's really a lose lose situation for me.


PS. 
-what can i do to get you guys to comment? [you do know that you don't have to be registered with blogger to comment, right?]
-what can i do to get more readers? [i've already posted my link to various forums i visit.]

double take

i was watching the 43 episode of the gem of life just before, and one of ada's outfit caught my eyes.

this is ada wearing this very familiar outfit when she's talking to moses, handing him a cup of coffee. looking at it right away, i was like, wait a second! where have i seen this worn before? then i realized my favorite girl had worn it in a journey called life.

this is linda wearing the same dress/top that ada was wearing in the gem of life and i have to say, it looks better on linda. lol. not because im biased but because in the scene where linda wears this top is when she's pregnant [if my memory is not mistaken] and it really works because it does look like a pregnancy outfit.

when ada wears it, it really does look like she's pregnant when she's not, and yellow just doesn't suit her. and i really didn't think that TVB  would reuse an outfit previously worn on such a big production and on a production where the person who had worn the outfit is part of...

OCDC

my cousin and i were just discussing the other day how we both have some minor OCD [i said it too fast one time and said OCDC--as in ACDC the band...idk. don't ask why] and as we were naming them, i've realized that i've got a lot! but they are minor, i swear  :]

1. if i have one product, let's say my ipod, i'd have to have the accessories for it in the same color. so, my ipod is the classic white and so even if the apple headphones suck and break all the time, i still want it because it's white. my case/covering for my ipod is also white, and so are the other accessories like remote, airport, etc. 
2. my music on my ipod has to have the correct titles, with the correct album name and picture. the titles have to be capitalized as it should be. if the title is in chinese, i will go crazy unless i find the correct title of the song, and it has to be in traditional chinese, it can't be in simplified because i think simplified chinese looks ugly.
3. i can't sleep if my roommate isn't sleeping. if she's up and about or if she's watching tv, i can't do it. i feel like she has to be in bed like me, trying to sleep before i can fall asleep. if she's at her desk working on her computer and making close to no noise, i still can't sleep. but if i know she won't be back i can go to sleep like that, but if i know she's coming back, i'd have to wait for her to come back and wait till she gets in bed before i can sleep.
4. my room has to be clean and arranged as it is. my movies, my makeup accessories, my other knick-knacks have a certain place in my room. and if one of my movies is pushed back a little too far or my lotion is moved an inch from it's spot, i'll know and i'll need it placed back where it is. 
5. i can't have my toothbrush in a cup with other people's toothbrush. even if you're part of my immediate family. no. nope. i don't care how clean your dentist says your mouth is, i can't. 
6. when i brush my teeth, i need to see bubbles. if i don't see bubbles, i don't think my teeth are clean. and i'll most likely start all over again with more toothpaste. 
7. my class notes have to be a certain way too. they have to be dated because that's how i organize my notes. it'll drive me crazy if  my notes are not in the order that it's supposed to be.
8. the hangers in my closet have to be the same color. preferably white. i hate the wooden kinds, and i like those hangers that go through all the way with nothing on the inside...you know, those hangers that are made especially for men's pants. 
9. i can't watch a movie that was previously a book without reading the book. i need to know what happens in the book before i go watch the movie, and it doesn't ruin it for me, but it helps because movies cut out a lot of good parts from the books because there's not enough time, so i like knowing. 
10. my sheets on my bed have to match. i don't mean by color...like, the bed sheet doesn't have to be the same color as the blanket cover, but as long as they match in some way, then i'm good. 

minor things, right?

circle of friends

SCENARIO:

you're going out with two other good friends of yours. and after all the shopping, movie, whatever you do when you go out, you end up going to lunch/dinner. the waiter takes you to a rectangular table for four and both of your friends takes a seat on either side, scooting over one to make room for you.

DILEMA:

what the freak do you do?

PROBLEM:

if you take one side and sit down, then  your other friend, whom you didn't sit with will think:

1. "oh my gosh, she doesn't like me. she likes yada-yada better!"
   
2. "oh god, is it because i smell?" 

DILEMA:

what the freak do you do? 

i was faced with exactly the same situation the other day, and both girls were good friends of mine. i wasn't friends with one more than the other, so what did i do? 

I sat at the head of the table.

you could spare your good friends from thinking that you've gotten lame of them, or that they have any kind of body odor and just be neutral. either that, or you request a circular table. that way, everyone is sitting with everyone and no arguments. viola. 

how to dodge a shoe 101

so we all know that p. bush is good a dodger. we didn't need this video to show us that he's good. nice dodge p. bush. nice dodge.

romancing the world

on the right is the video of il divo and celine dion performing [i believe in you {je crois en toi}]. i know a lot of people don't know who il divo is, but they are a group worth knowing. they are EXCELLENT at what they do, and can completely romance your heart.

facts:

1. "il divo" means divine male
2. the quartet is made up of multinational singers, hailing from Spain, Switzerland, United States, and France
•  David Miller (United States)
  
• Carlos Marín (Spain)
  
• Urs Bühler (Switzerland)
  
• Sébastien Izambard (France)
  
3. they sing in: English, Italian, Spanish, French, and Latin 
4. they've performed with many legends including celine dion and barbara streisand
5. they've had multi-platinum selling albums world wide, with their first album in 2004 topping 13 country's charts
6. and it helps that they're hot [or at least i think sebastien is way hot]

[from left to right: Urs Bühler, Sébastien Izambard, Carlos Marín, and David Miller]  

steroids are not candy

EW.

apparently this guy [gregg valentino] was on so much steroids that his biceps actually exploded.......

celebrities

celebrities are like an elite specimen of people. the paparazzi have a way of making them so beautiful so worship-able, right? RIGHT. that's where you get the super fans that need the 30-feet restraining order. but if you take away all that makeup, all those camera flashes and that man-made wind, you are only left with human.
when we see them on the cover of magazines and rave over their latest movie, we fail to recognize their more than humanistic ways, so let me give me a slight reminder:

they still pick nose. you might never catch them in the act, but they do it. everyone's got boogers that hurt their nose. 

they still pick their teeth. whether they floss or use the old fashioned tooth pick, they still do it because they still eat right? and even if they don't eat, they'd still vomit and vomiting stuff back out can make it get stuck in their teethes. 


they still fart. no one's farts smell pretty and that includes celebrities. but can you imagine being an assistant? maybe the celebrity may ask you to spray perfume right behind them after they've let one rip... O_O

they still pick lint off their feet. i don't care if their socks are made of cashmere, things still get stuck in between your toes. 

they still poop and pee. yeah...i don't have to say why. 

i think the reason why we don't realize they still do these things is that we think that beautiful people don't need to bother with these things. and also because we don't want to imagine them doing these nasty things [things that we find nasty]. think about it. i bet you can't say that you've never thought of brad pitt pooping on his porcelain toilet or that natalie portman may just well pick her nose right before eating her dinner.

baby, baby, baby

justjared just had a baby...named junior.
no joke

http://justjaredjr.buzznet.com/ 

go check it out

stalkers

no wonder why there are so many stalkers in this world right now. the technology now makes it THAT much easier to stalk people.


and i just found another way.


first it was facebook [yes, admit it, everyone gets a facebook just to stalk other people]. and NOW! there's virtual earth!!! its so cool. you can see your home now in bird's eye view, which is 10x better than aerial view, meaning you can view the house from the south, west, east, AND the north. then there's also a 3D feature. but i haven't seen how that works yet because my safari doesn't support it.  


try it and be amazed --- maps.live.com

CMA's '08

[that kinda looks like obama '08 when you just glance at it doesn't it?]

ANYWAY

it's no surprise that i love, love, love country music, and therefore i love carrie underwood. i just have to say, she won. take that taylor swift.
she changed like what? seven times? --staying true to the country queen. but reba mcentire had a world record of like, 50 outfits one time. but i can't say i liked all of the dresses she had. i don't know, you guys can see for yourself. i think i liked the gold one the best. she won in the frilly black one.

HSM series

i've caught onto the high school musical fever, just like the rest of the 1.5 million little kids. [but i'm sure like, a couple thousand of the millions are adults like me--or so i like to think] hsm for me is just like any other romantic drama. its really cute and the songs are VERY catchy.

i still haven't watched hsm3, but i'm already in love with the music on it. i really want to watch it, but no one will watch with me...go figure. either you're afraid to admit that you're just dying to watch it, or you're just stuck under some rock and won't budge.

like the title suggests, its senior year for these high schoolers. im not in high school anymore, but i certainly remember being a senior in high school, even though im about to become a senior in college now. [seriously, you can never be too old to enjoy disney films] hehehe.
i remember prom, college applications, and falling in love--all at once.


what i love about the hsm songs, is that they kind of grow with the movies. the meaning behind them get more mature as the kids get more mature. i love this single song ["can i have this dance"] in the movie. i've seen clips of it, and i think it can easily be my favorite part in the entire movie. i love the meaning behind this particular song, and it really warms my heart because it can totally be a wedding song. haha.

i can graduate early!

boo-yah

obama '08

so starts the year of change. 

i just got a disturbing look of disgust from a roommate's friend:

"hey kasie, guess what, MY president's black."

---really...i didn't notice.
if this is the type of change this brings forth, then no, i still want the maverick. 

god i hope he proves me wrong

4 years

all the democrats in the street are going crazy [esp. college students] shouting fuck you, fuck you to republicans. this is real mature guys. yes, i see that this is a big change in america, for a black man to be president, but this isn't all that you should have voted him for. half of these people don't know the very beginning of how policies work within the government...and it makes me sad that our nation was so divided these past few months because we simply wanted *change.* ask yourself what kind of change you wanted to see--change for a black man to sit on the hot seat and not a white man?  

it'll take more than one obama to change where we are now, but for the sake of our country, for the sake of my children's country, let's hope obama can carry forth the heavy reforms we all want...

commerce what?

i felt like all of us commerce bank users were just pleasantly surprised when i drove by our bank this morning. the always obnoxiously red bank was now an obnoxious pea green with the words TD Bank spread across the top of the bank.

what...happened...

there was seriously no notice from the bank itself of the consolidation until i drove past the bank this morning and saw that it was green. so now, im wondering if im still a commerce user of if im a td user now, and if it doesn't work like that, then holy shit. where is all my money? where are the safety deposit box contents? 

so i look up the story online, and apparently td [td waterhouse, this is where you've heard of them. big stock fund] had bought out commerce bank for 8.5 million. [seriously, where do they still have the money to do this? --i thought we were in a financial crisis?] long story short, td bank is gluing their sign and color over the old commerce signs. they're keeping everything else within the actual bank the same, including lollypops and doggie treats. i wonder if we get green apple lollypops now instead of the usual red cherry ones? 

our economic crisis has gotten me a bit antsy. i won't lie. we are in such a rut, i don't even see how it'll get better for us. 

well...

hello grad school

waitin...

so there are two things i'm seriously just sitting here and waitng for right now -- 

1. christmas
2. my 21st birthday

christmas because this weather feels like christmas. it got so cold down here that it was snowed one day [just a little] but still! it was THAT COLD. hello global warming. this is a first, having snow in october. but if this can happen, imagine how much snow we'd get this year! last year was just disappointing -- nothing. but this year, i can see future class cancelations, future flight cancelations [when im already in hawaii], and calls for furry coats. i just love christmas in general, im started to get myself excited, thinking about making candies and cakes. 

and waiting for the 21st birthday just because every one of my friends around me are turning 21 and it sucks that im not. and who wouldn't want to turn 21? its like, yes, you're finally free. turning 18 was just a little joke. they weren't really setting you free...only teasing you with a little bit of freedom. 

look at my elbows!

have you ever felt like a retard when you miss the high fives that people send your way? alright, if you miss on the first try, they'll probably give you another shot and high five you again. --but you'll probably miss one more time. ITS OKAY! 

be dorks no more

i have a technique for those missed high fives. the technique?

look at that person's elbows

try it.

girls are bitchy

sometimes guys don't realize this, but we ARE. i think even worse than guys sometimes. all that gossiping, the backstabbing, it's not a pleasant thing. i think words hurt more than physical punches, especially when they're jabbed at you time after time. once something is said, and your reputation gets ruined, then forget it. you're done. mmhmm

flat on the treadmill

so, a little update on yesterday. this morning, after my shower, i looked at the places where i got hurt and they was HUGE. i mean, it hurt, but hey. i went to the doctor's afterwards [i had a report i had to pick up] and i told him about my fall on the treadmill, so he makes me lift up my pants to show him, and he rips off my bandages and he was like:

doctor: kasie, what did you do to yourself?? these are second degree burns!
me: [mouth falls open] no way! it's just a treadmill
doctor: you tell me... kasie, treadmills are supposed to help you, not hurt you. take it easy

ipods

okay, so i'm a little mad -- at this little device. i have one, and im sure ya'll got one too. don't deny it. if you don't, you probably want one. and if you dont then you're weird [kidding].

anyway

i was running before on the treadmill at 6.5, and to me, that's pretty darn fast, considering the fact that im not a professional runner or sprinter. i was in my element, rockin out to a carrie tune, singing along...

i lift my hand to smooth back my bangs and when i put my arm back into running position, it smacks the slack of my headphones, and my ipod goes flying. 

i love my ipod. 

who doesn't?

so, my first reaction is to try and scoop it and save it--save it from getting dents or scratches from falling on the treadmill. yeah well, i forgot i was on 6.5, and yes, i went flying with the ipod. 

needless to say, i got a nice big burn on both my knees as well as a little boob bruising from falling that way. i called my dad a bit afterwards and got a burst of laughter from him. 

dad: "why didn't you just let it fall??" 

me: "because i love my ipod--daddy, stop laughing at me. it hurts"

why the fack do we care about our electronics so damn much?? GOD. it wasn't going to crack if i didn't save it because i've got a case on it. so smart. i would take pictures of my burn and post it, but i can't reach my camera on the other side of the room cuz it hurts to walk! freakin' a. 

"mooncake show"

that's what we [my cousin and i] have affectionately come to call Moonlight Resonance 家好月圓. anyway, i finally finished it last night, and i wasn't as in love with it as i thought i would be. towards the last couple of episodes, i was thinking to myself, omg, maybe this is one of TVB's series that will have a mind blowing ending! but no--it ended rushed, like always. i was really happy that linda and raymond got together at the end because during the whole series, they just built that sweet image of them in our minds, and that was satisfying. but i do have some problems with it, and i doubt it could be called minor.

1. i would have liked to know what happened to fala's baby. i saw a little kid at their table who looked to be about 4-5 years old, but i would have liked to see his face, or known his name or something.

2. before they had cut to 4 years later, the scene was with moses and tavia celebrating tavia's birthday. he had leaned his head on her shoulder and i got the impression that he had died. what happened?! they had focused on that lamp above their heads and dramatically turned it off with a flicker, and why the heck was she crying if he wasn't dead?!

3. because they are my two favorite people, i wanted to know more about raymond and linda. they never talked about whether or not they got married, or if she's still a doctor.

4. and even though i hate kate, and i still hate kate, i would have liked to know more about her relationship with lai lok yi. they had something sweet going on, and they just randomly cut that out, just like how they had inserted how "chiu ping" had a baby during dinner. they never showed her face, so who the fack cares whether or not she had a girl.

but i do have to admit that the scenes between tavia and moses were super cute at the end, when he was holding the kid. their dialogue was cute, how she was saying that he was always threatening her with his possibility of dying at any moment, and how she had to have kids with him.

so yes, i know this picture isn't when they were filming [but that just goes to show they look good together off screen too!], but every time linda and raymond had a scene, i would always focus a little harder. when i watch TVB series, i try not to think. because if i think, i can always guess what's going to happen next. let's face it, TVB doesn't leave room for creativity. so anyway, when i saw linda just throw away their relationship for bosco -- i was floored. but that just made it all the better when they were back together at the end. my favorite couple by far. <3







i also have a carrie song up. i dont have a particular favorite right now, so, a carrie song can't hurt. her songs are always good to me :]

politics

i don't like talking about politics with people. partly because i don't like the arguing, and partly because i really don't care what you think after i've made up my mind. but today, i will make a small exception.
i was on the train last weekend going out to NYC and i overheard this kid talking.

kid: who are you going to vote for?
lady: i dont know. what about you?
kid: i think i want mccain. i like his policies.

at this point, i look over and this kid doesn't look more than 8 years old. 

kid: i like how he wants to lower health care costs.

wtf. i was NOT thinking about politics when i was 8. i was thinking about why earthworms had two butts. these kids are all getting so much smarter and growing up so much faster than they really need to. i mean, they're all on computers now, playing video games of skateboarding, INSTEAD of actually going outside to play skateboarding. i get that this world is now all high tech, but we're losing some of our kids. 

i said small exception :)

tickle me pickle me

there are two kinds of edible things that always manages to make me grin ear to ear--candy and cupcakes--without fail. candy, there's no need to explain, who doesn't like candy??? but with cupcakes...Ohhh Mm Geee. just looking at one would make me smirk. there's something about cupcakes that make me really want to eat one. but even if you got me some and said i couldn't eat it, i would just be happy to look at it.

i  have been out on a mission to find the most sumptuous cupcakes around me, and that includes special flavors. i'm pretty much done with chocolate and vanilla, that just doesn't cut it anymore. so i was super elated to find Sprinkles Cupcakes  but too bad sprinkles isn't anywhere near me, so i can only look at it. sucks. so, i've resolved to make my own. and i found this new recipe! thought i'd share. this is key lime cupcake. i'm soooo gonna try it!! look at how good it looks!!  

cupcakes are the way to my heart

forgetting sarah marshall

* its a miracle; it's like someone heard me writing that last post. --i went into the bathroom before and there was a constant gust of wind...WE HAVE VENTILATION! no more mold, no more lingering poop aroma. YES * 

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i just saw "forgetting sarah marshall" on dvd yesterday and i LOVED it. its like, super rated R though because this is the first film where i've actually seen a guy's actual P. its no surprise to see girls' B's all the time in feature film, so this is new. but other than that, the movie was your typical guy movie- surrounds the central theme [actually, i dont really know what the theme was] around sex. it was really cute though, the love scenes where one character, peter, learns to fall in love with a hawaiian girl. so it works for both girls and guys. this is one other movie that i've ever seen that has made me laugh out loud. the other one was without a paddle. check it out, its worth the 2 hrs. [thats what it felt like...idk] 

* the song i just added is a track from the OST from the movie. its sung in hawaiian, so --- no, its not caveman speak. its their rendition of 'nothing compares to you' i fell in love with it the moment i heard it. pretty. *

public bathrooms

there are several major reasons why i don't like sharing a place with a whole bunch of girls [or guys for that matter]. but one of the main ones that bug the crap out of me is the bathroom:

1. toilet paper has always been an issue. not only that sometimes that there is none, but it never gets put back in the rollie thing. its like, how hard is it to insert the stick into the roll and put it back instead of leaving the toilet paper on top of the old one?
2. humidity. our [pleasant] bathroom at school does not have ventilation. so after someone takes a shower and leaves the door shut, the bathroom ends up getting all muggy and moldy. if the door likes to close behind you, then stay there and make sure it stays open. i dont feel like inhaling invisible mold. 
3. because there is no ventilation, you have got to spray it after you do your business. like i said before in a previous post, your poop does not smell nice, despite what your mother says. 
4. i find that the toilet seat is a sacred place. its where some people do their best reading and thinking. and i get that some people like to sit there for hours on end, i get that. i really do. but why is the toilet seat sticky?? you do not eat with your butt, so there is no excuse for why your butt is sticky...unless you sweat in your butt...which is weird...
5. close the door when you go to the bathroom and lock it. and if someone knocks, then answer, otherwise its a go for the knocker to just barge in. then you can't give us dirty looks. 

double negatives

friend: "i don't know nothing"


me: "obviously"


friend: "what??" 


me: "you just used double negatives."


friend: "what?" 


me: "double negatives in the english language doesn't make a positive...it's not like math."


friend: ".........what?" 


*what of this new layout? boring? --yeah. i think so too. but too bad! i like that its easy on the eyes. 

UNDERconstruction

yes, my site is going through some construction as you can see. bear with me as i will try and have it spiced up the right way. it annoys me too that this thing can't function correctly. i am ______________________________ close to switching over to wordpress

multitasking

multitasking (noun) - the simultaneous execution of more than one program or task by a single ... - compliments of my apple dictionary
[ after the ...'s, it actually says by a computer processor, but everyone knows that this word does not only apply to computers.]

so, here it is, the definition of multitasking. in simple terms, multitasking is:

1. being able to play video games while pooping
2. brushing your teeth while driving
3. cooking and feeding your baby 
4. walking your mastiff while sending company emails 
5. trying on jeans and writing an essay [extra points if you can churn out 6+ pages] 

but, the company steelcase has taken away our [my] definition of multitasking. thanks to overweight-america, this company has come up with this badass machine that lets you work out while you work. 

how the hell does that work?

[you ask]

simple. they made a walk-desk. its a treadmill attached to a desk. no joke...even though that does sound pretty funny. 

i mean, can you imagine how easy for a co-worker who hates you try to get even?? just turn your treadmill up higher and bam! you'll fall flat on your face with your papers flying all over the place. but of course the folks at steelcase have considered that and made it so that the treadmill can only be as fast as an average walk in the park. 

but how fat has america gotten for inventors to come up with something like that? 

thats a little sad

100th post ;]

so, retarded as i am, i think the poll doesn't work. 


but the answer is no. they don't sound the same. (native speakers will not hear the difference, but if you do the puff of air on your hand, you will be able to tell the difference. not lying.) 


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but yay! its my 100th post since i started a while back. gosh. 100 posts of pure nothing. lol. so, to celebrate, i'm going to share a new song that im in love with. now, i dont really like taylor swift as a country singer [because personally, i dont think she's that country]. but this song just came out and it sort of mirrors my [life story] right now.

linguistics

so this is my first poll, and in order for this to work, ya'll actually have to vote... so work with me here

does the "p" in pin sound the same as the "p" in spin?

"quaternary education"

doesn't that sound scary?? i thought it did. its just another fancy name for graduate school--which is also scary in it's own right. yup. i've been looking at graduate schools lately since it is my junior year already. i probably wouldn't want to be filling out applications during senior year when i've got to write my senior paper, which i hear by the way, is supposed to be 200 some odd pages long... [oh golly]

so i stayed up late last night looking at some universities with the graduate program im aiming for, and i couldn't help but laugh, thinking that i was going to college again. the application process, the waiting, the humiliation and the hurt of rejection... all comes full circle again. its like, geez, where in the world did my last two years go? what the hell did i learn?? um -- lets not answer that.

but god, its true when they say you never stop learning...either you're still stuck in school getting like, your fourth master degree because you still can't get a job anywhere but mcdonalds, or you're business company is sending you to "get with the program"

regardless, here is my list:

1. UNC at Chapel Hill
2. Northeastern State University
3. LSU
4. University of Tennessee
5. University of Maryland
6. Penn State

yes, i like the south. get over it. 

[considering...but completely far fetched - except maybe UBC]
1. University of Canterbury
2. Deakin University
3. The University of Hong Kong
4. UBC
5. City University of Hong Kong

"failing is what makes you succeed"

so does that mean that i can fail all my classes at college and succeed in LIFE ?! O_O 

that'd be awesome, but lets be realistic

you can't be that dumb...right?

classes have started, and yeah, they're a pain in the ass because i've already got my first 10-page paper due on tuesday. im also taking art history, and i can't really say i like it. but my french class is pas mal, actually. monsieur ellman only speaks french and no english except when he pronounces our names, which is perfectly fine for me -- thank you high school french. 

but besides classes, i love being back at school because it means independence. no more are those summer days when i had to tell everyone where i was going and what time i'd be back. at college, i will forget to eat dinner and be a-okay. i can also not wash my clothes for a week and not have someone breathing down my back. i dont have to fix my bed, and i dont have to clean up my clothes off the floor. 

however

i've noticed some things have changed about me since retuning this year as a junior:

• i used to never care if my bed was made or not. who freakin' cares if you're just going to sleep in it anyway and mess it up again later on?? -- but now, i have to make it before i leave the room. i can't tell you why i feel like i have to now, but i just feel like it just makes ME feel better to have it made
• and no longer can i leave clothes strewn on the floor or hanging out of my drawers because -- UGH. it would drive me insane now. maybe i can hold out for a couple of days before i go crazy and do a complete cleaning of the entire room [my side of the room]
• i can still wait a week to wash my clothes. i dont think that's a big deal. maybe in part because i've got so much clothes stuffed in my one dresser. 
• i still forget to eat dinner, and i still am okay with it. i think with college, you just tend to have so much fun going from floor to floor visiting each friend that you just forget by the time you go to bed. and when you wake up, it's already 12, and it's time for lunch! 

all the stuff that needed to be at school with me

but it doesn't look like much, does it? -- and i know, i will decorate later. shush

roommate woes

so today i moved into my dorm room, and since its my third year, its nothing new to me anymore. but this year, i was talking to my friend who's an RA and we both agreed that there were PLENTY of new freshmen this year. nothing wrong with freshmen, i was once one, but there is something wrong with you if you can't follow the basic [unsaid] rooming rules.

1. change the toilet paper. its not fun or funny when the next person goes to the bathroom with number two and winds up with a square or three of toilet paper left. just because we're in college, doesn't mean that we'll do everything -- like wiping our butts with our hands. we do some pretty dumb things, but we're not THAT dumb.

2. the walls aren't made of egg cartons. the walls are almost paper thin, so yes, we hear everything that you do. so be considerate, and don't bounce basketballs on the walls, don't bang the bed against the wall when you're ... doing whatever you're doing, and keep your voice down when you're on the phone. we don't want to hear about how you broke up with your boyfriend or that you were getting down with your other half last night. its okay.

3. finals week means shut up. if you don't have finals, then go home. no one wants to hear you brag about not having finals and no one will appreciate your noise when you're playing your PSP or something.

4. food. not everyone has kitchens, thank god. but microwaves are sometimes just as bad. not only are the walls paper thin, they also soak up every single smell that floats through the air. so please refrain from eating weird smelling foods in your room because it might be pleasant when you're eating it, but its not pleasant for the other people around you.

so yeah, heads up froshies. try not to get beat up. try not to pass out on the campus lawns. and don't drink before class.

i got moon-ed

i have to admit that i was a fan of the previous one. i just fell in love with all the relationships that were created, especially the one with moses chan and linda chung. LOVE IT. so needless to say, i was the first to jump out of my chair when they said they were doing a sequel for heart of greed.

but, of course i had to forget that sequels usually never are equals to their previous installments. i definitely have a bone to pick with moonlight resonance [moonlight resonance?? that's a far cry from heart of greed]

is it just me, or does anyone else hate the way the characters have changed? i dont like how no one is related the same way and i hate how tavia yeung is now the adopted daughter because they dont really go into specifics about what really happened. [i only watched up to ep. 5 -- excuse me] and i definitely hate how they advocate incest.

im sorry, i dont care if you're not really brothers and sisters [ie, the suggested relationship between linda chung and raymond lam] but its gross to have feelings for each other like that. i mean, how can you?! you've watched each other grow up and then you're going to do them and have kids? that's just messed up. it was giving me such a flashback of the first cruel intentions where ryan philippe and sara michelle geller made out. THEY weren't blood related but they WERE half brothers and sisters and guess what, we gagged at that scene...yeah.

yes, i hear that linda and raymond never get together [because in steps bosco] and moses and tavia never get together, or something like that, but ew. even for the suggestion is bad...  i haven't been watching yet, but please, tell me that it's worth the gut feeling of sin.

new brain teaser game = "where's my soulmate?"

so yesterday, i finally got to sit down and have some face time with my lovely G-ma. usually, she's out playing mahjong with her buddies at their apartments and doesn't come home till after dinner. on the weekends, she out again with her friends to places like NY chinatown or to go grocery shopping in groups [i swear, she has more fun than i do at times] so its not always likely that i'll see her when i come home from school or whatever.

anyway

we got around to talking about dating...go figure. she was talking about her olden days, as per usual. but this time, i really felt rushed. personally, i want a big family of my own. i want four kids, at the most, and i want to get married young. i dont want to be 30 and just have my first kid. i know that plans never always work out perfect, but my ideal age is to get married at 24. and if that were to really happen, it would mean that i would have to start dating someone "husband material" now. at school, i see no potential mate, and by the time i graduate, i would never find someone. i dont want to date someone at work because that always gets messy. but i mean, i only have TWO more years left before i graduate! i remember just leaving HS and thinking i had all the time in the world. all the other adults around me are just like, dont worry, you're still young, you have plenty of time.

plenty of time, yes. i'll live till im 80. but you have to admit that the biological clock doesn't tick that long. lets face it. i dont want to be 50 and have a kid that's 10 because by the time he graduates, i'll probably be so blind that i can't see him walk down the aisle, much less see him get married. by that time, he'll probably want to introduce me to friends as his grandma instead.
i want to be that fashionable young mother who's got the style and the energy to keep up with her kids. i dont want to be stuck with the mom haircut and the mom body which i will gag at every time i look in the mirror.

but the problem is, it's not that i don't try finding "the one." boys nowadays not only have big pants but also egos to match. so is it really that farfetched when my G-ma tells me that a guy who is at least 5 years older than me, is perfect?

pros ||
- he'll be settled - ready with a good paying job and home - no shoe boxes for starters and yes to organic shopping
- wiser - he'll automatically know how to deal with children and diapers and most importantly, a hormonal wife
- has direction - not all, but most men by this time will already have an idea of how they want the rest of their life to go. its good to have goals...bad to have none

cons ||
- he's 8 years older - which means he'll be in a different stage in life. we won't have the same friends which translates as we won't have as much to talk about
- he's 8 years older - which means that he probably won't want to go to the bar with me for drinks anymore and just want to stay in and cuddle in front of a saturday night movie because sundays are reserved for laundry
- he's 8 years older - which means that he'll be ready to get married and have kids by the time i'm 21, which translates to too young for me to have kids

but even before i can rant about all this stuff...

where the hell is he?

second parents

there are so many people that i've talked to that have godparents whom they aren't close with. and i have to say -- i can't relate.

i have a godfather and i love him just like a second father. i admit that i could spend more time with him, but with our schedules, the time that we manage now is pretty good already [i think]. i love the relationship that i have with him now, and the relationship i had with him before when i was younger. i remember spending time with him and his family, growing up with his nephews and acting as if i was one of their cousins. it was very -- at home -- for me.

i love having a lot of people around me

and i think i find it a thrill to be able to say i have a godpa. its not only a "title" to me. its more than that for me and i guess it frustrates me when people tell me stories of how detached they are to their godparents. its such a special relationship to have and yet people neglect that fact because they "don't really count as family"

i can't imagine a definition of family without godparents

idk, it just sucks to see people around me not value their relationships. it takes forever to build one, and just a single action or word to break it. as daddy's little girl, its a bonus for me to have another daddy to spoil me, and since i don't have much of a relationship with my mother, i want a godma to spoil her with a bit of me. so ---

"start a new fashion, wear your heart on your sleeve" -CU

personal teddy to stop my tears 

i heart dogs

i really want him!

unattractive old pilots

i just got back today from my trip from hong kong, and i have to admit, that im not looking forward to going back anytime soon. fifteen hours is just way too long to be sitting in a super crowded air craft. but when i was in hong kong, i also got a chance to sneak away to japan on cathay pacific, which was a first for me (to ride cathay and go to japan) but anyhoo, that prompted me to do a little comparison to the two biggest asian flying giants.

continental = blue
cathay = green

service:
con - i have never been fond of their service. whenever i get into their check-in area, i always get so turned off by these random flight attendants coming around and shouting out at people to get to empty lines. 
cat - the ladies were smiling and they never assumed that you spoke one language, and so they were very versatile. and they never interrupted me when i had a question or when i wanted to say something stupid. 

flight attendants:
con - granted, they're very nice when they greet you when you come into the plane. they're very nice about showing you where your seat is (but i think that's a little irritating because it does say on your ticket). and its a scam. because after that door closes, that smile goes from their faces and suddenly they're miss cranky pants. 
cat - unlike continental, their smiles last throughout the flight. they're always kind. you know how when you're on the plane, sometimes your ears and your quality of sound end up declining? yeah...cathay flight attendants won't give you dirty looks like you've just said something real inappropriate. 
con - they're getting old. im sorry. most of the continental flights that i've been on have ladies that are in their 40's and up. not that i don't think that's fine, but if you're going to turn all sour on your clients, then you need to take some happy pills and perk up those old ... wrinkles.
cat - they're not all that young either, but they're not nearing their 50's either. 

pilots:
con - its very important to have pilots to talk to their clients before flight take-off to kind of, you know, insure that you're in safe hands with a nice, welcome aboard. but no... not all continental pilots take this time to talk to their clients. and i've noticed that they're a little older as well, like the rest of their crew. meaning that landing is now jeopardized. for this last flight of mine, the last 20 minutes before touchdown, i felt like i was on a roller coaster. there must have been three times where the plane actually dipped so much that i felt my heart go up my throat. the poor kids around us were all screaming and crying in fright. gosh.
cat - they made the smoothest landings and the smoothest take-offs. when we landed, someone in front of me actually said, when did we take off?

continental needs to spice things up.

typhoon aka big wind

so i've been here for three months and i've been lucky enough to go through two typhoons here in lovely hong kong.

GREAT

both times they were level 8 (their highest) and both times i was stuck at home...with nothing to do. i dont know why they make it such a big deal. its like, minor winds to me when i walk outside. can these people really be that scared of wind?!

***

it really isn't funny to laugh at other people's misfortunes ... but its funny. in light of yesterday's typhoon, i wanted to point out just a couple of things.

1. if you know that its going to be high winds with rain, don't bring an umbrella. the umbrellas not going to help you if winds are high, because you're just going to be struggling to keep the umbrella upright.
2. don't wear skirts. unless you want to reenact a marilyn monroe all the way down the full stretch of the hong kong island.
3. don't put your laundry out for drying. granted that small winds are good to dry your clothes faster--but be smart and pull them back in when the winds get higher because i'm almost positive that fellow typhoon bravers [that's not a word] on the street will not appreciate it when your socks, or better yet your under wear, get caught in their face.

i find this last picture needlessly amusing...

what you SHOULD do is -- wear a helmet! 

home never looked sweeter

i've been in hong kong for almost three months now, and im desperately yearning to go home. towards the end of my trip, i feel like everything is coming at me in a whirlwind and suddenly, everyone wants to see me before i leave. it always happens that way. its like, i've had all the time in the world for you to see me, but you wait till the very end to try and fit in something with me. there are really just two reasons why people do this:

1. they feel like this is a great time to see you because that means that they are not obligated for a second visit since you're leaving soon anyway.

2. they want you to bring something back for them. and usually, it's not something light or small...it usually is something big and heavy and may cause damage to the original contents in your luggage.

my solution? for people are infamous for committing number one, i usually just say that im booked all the way till my flight departure. for people who are notorious number two committers, i just flat out say no. thanks, but no thanks. i dont want to pay an extra fee at the airport for going over the weight limit, and i definitely don't want your liquid gift spilling over all my clothes.

so i decided to make a new one because i some how had messed up my old one. 

but im still not able to update my blog as of yet because im still in hk. i mean...i can, i just don't want to yet. =D

but i've posted my japan pictures up in photos. (just some) just to appease you. enjoy!

July 4th

it's fast approaching July 4th, and i'm still in asia. 

i want to be back to celebrate and be American. i hate being here on our holiday and have people around me be ignorant about it. 

i want to watch fireworks; i want to do bbq. 

i really miss home now

the bus driver for my bus this morning was wearing Ray Ban sunglasses. how cool is that?!

O_O

if you cant read what her t-shirt says, then: "real girls eat meat" 

i eat meat but i also do have friends who don't eat meat, but i still think they're real people. 

if ya'll haven't seen the latest [hottest bachelors] in people magazine, then you need to go get a copy. some of them are quite on the mark, but mario lopez, i have to say, has a pretty disgusting body. 

i know he's a fitness buff and that's what they're supposed to look like, but in that two page spread of him in the 

so, most of you know that i am on vacation in asia, but lets be frank, im in hong kong. 

i've ranted about hong kong before and the distastes that i have for it, so im not going to repeat it, but having been here for about three weeks now, i dont want to speak chinese anymore. 

your rear end

i went to shenzhen the other night for a nice massage [not really shenzhen...you have to take some suspicious looking car to some other ... state? --i dont know how to translate to english] but anyhoo, on my way down the escalators, i just happened to look over at the up escalator and saw this man holding his baby.

nothing special about that, but then i was like, why is he clamping some peaches by the baby's bottom? ... duh. they weren't juicy looking peaches, they WERE the baby's bottom.

if you've been to china, im sure you know what i'm talking about. there are these specially designed little tyke outfits that have a mini hole right on the kid's bottom for peepee convenience.

.......

really?? the kid was only about 5 months. he can't even sit up , hardly go to the bathroom on his own. and i assume it would be quite gross to just be lying in bed with your 5 month old son, who doesn't speak by the way, and all of a sudden he poops. and you can't get mad because you didn't put a freakin diaper on the kid and he doesn't talk. what's worse is if you're holding the kid in public and it poops on your arm!

talk about lack of hygiene. my goodness. forget convenience, just get the kid a diaper, and if you can't afford those, then use the cloth ones and just rewash them. THATS got to be better than leaving the kids rear end open for the world to see. poor kid.

if ya'll haven't noticed by now, im taking short spurts of breaks on the blog. not because i have nothing to say, but because im on vacation, and you should be too.

its a bit frustrating actually because at home in the states, i have problems connecting to my phone carrier and occasionally my internet will suddenly disappear because i live in a forest. [not quite, but our neighborhood is surrounded by trees...good for privacy but sucks for connection.] so oddly enough, when im here on vacation at home in asia, i am once again surrounded by a mass of trees. its a good thing to an extent. i get to breath fresher air and my neighbors wont be able to see my through their high rise.

[but dude, life without some internet can be such a hassle. thank god my phone works here.]

i forgot how hot most parts of asia can be. i think its even worse when you open the windows for "fresh air" because all you'll get is bursts of hot air. flip flops, tank tops, and shorts dont quite cut it here especially with all that walking.

i hope you guys are all having fun wherever you are! and i'll be sure to update when i see some weird stuff here. so far its been okay. hehe

all-american girl

i am chinese, but a hyphenated one at that. i relate to both my american culture and my chinese culture...i would like to say, evenly. but just recently, a friend shed some light on my fencing. she said: "chinese culture is your interest, but you live a white american" -- so true.

so what is american culture?? sports, beer, and hooters. cept i dont work at hooters, and beer is not my particular favorite alcoholic beverage, although i will tolerate it

here are my sports line up:

NFL - New England Patriots : number 84 Tyson DeVree [i have a thing for tight ends because i think Jason Witten from Dallas Cowboys is hot too] 

MBL - Boston Red Sox : Pitcher Jon Lester

NHL - NY Rangers : Defenseman Bobby Sanguinetti 

sorry. i dont like basketball 

I AM FINALLY FINISHED WITH FINALS. say that three times fast. 

one of the perks of being an english major, is that you finish early [but i say with more work] and you get to sit around and watch your buddies suffer actual studying of math and science. then its like, SUCKERS. 

however, do not think for one minute that we did not do our fair share of work. we have probably written more papers on more books than you have ever written for the entire year. 

but yes, those of you who still do have finals...good luck, and sucks to be you. 

i was watching this chinese tv show, and one of the games is similar to charades, but since it is a chinese show, they have to say the clues in english without saying the word(s) in the answer. 

so, jordan chan [who's english is horrible] was up, and the answer was ETHIOPIA. 

and he says: 

"some country --

very hungry --

--black guy!"

so funny

this was just one that he did that i thought was very funny, but all of his were funny [the black guy one is the third clue in the clip if you're looking]