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June 12, 2009
// 8:15 PM
I haven't posted in a few months, but this was definitely post-worthy. An epic 24 hours, one of the best so far of the summer. And it all started out with George, Jacob and I creating our "college bucket list" over some midnight In N' Out run some day a few weeks ago. And finally, we took some initiative and made it happen! Here's how it went:
 June 10 @ 5:38pm Kat and Jacob's "Halo-halo mixer" was actually quite a success. Those of whom were going to the baseball game later from Berkeley decided to have a pre-game halo halo tailgating party and the food was a success thanks to Jacob's ice shaver and Jacob and Kat's talented skills in picking out yummies to put in our "drinks." The ingredients included shaved ice, ube ice cream (taro), jack fruit, condensed milk, jelly, red beans, and of course, sugarrr. It was delicious, but we didn't let ourselves get too full off of it because of course, the $1 dollar hot dogs were hours away. We finished with some left overs to enjoy for later (taro ice cream anyone?). We hopped into Kat's car and sat in traffic for a little while.
 @ 7:07pm We get to the McAfee Stadium (meet up with Ivy and Ray in the process) in Oakland to watch the Oakland Athletics vs. Minnesota Twins game. The A's had been leading the series and we were planning on finally going to a dollar wednesday game for such a long time, so it was perfect! It wasn't too packed, and we thought that our seats were going to suck, but they turned out to be perfect.
 @ 10:05om Alright, so the A's didn't win, but we had fun eating our cheap hot dogs and being around good company anyways. We bid fairwell to Emily, Ray and Ivy and decide what to do next. Btw, that was the last time we saw my dear Ivy before she got on her plane to Vietnam. <3
 @ 11:25pm We get back to my apartment and munch on our food. Soon enough, we realize there was a Wii with Mario Party readily available. We played an intense 10-turn game and Kat reigned victorious.
June 11 @ 1:07am What else could you do but karaoke after that? We sang some good classics with Anh and did so for a while, until the microphone started dying on us. We weren't ready to quit, so we busted out the KaraokeParty.com and sang for another hour.
@ 2:17am We start getting really tired, and even pull out the futon for a slumber party, but then one of us gets the crazy idea to start playing Apples to Apples. And so when one person was down, so were the rest of us. I reigned victorious in this contest. HEEEHEHE.
@ 4:10am So we put the AtA away, and by this point, Anh goes to sleep (she has work the next morning!) and George is lying on the floor on a pillow. Me, being way past my buffer time of sleepiness, thinks of the crazy idea to fulfill another aspiration of ours: going to the SF Golden Gate Bridge to watch the sunrise. The rest thought, hey, why not? We're already awake.
 @ 4:50am And so our journey continued. We layered up and headed to the car where amazingly, none of us fell asleep on the ride there. With some nice directions from Google Maps, we were there by the time the sky started to turn orange. We were really worried, but also really freakign tired, so no aggressive driving for anyone. But when we got there, it was more than worth it.
Our first picture before we proceeded to walk on the Bridge
 One of the best days by far. We got home at 7am and George and Kat fell asleep at George and Jacob's place, while Jacob and I went over to their old apartment to clean up a bit before they officially moved out. After that I napped for 2 hours (making me essentially not pull an actual all nighter), and started to work for my internship. I fell asleep with my laptop on my lap a couple of hours in, but thankfully woke up before I had to go downtown to the YMCA to get fingerprinted for the BUILD tutoring job.
2 things checked off on our college bucket list : go to an A's game and watch the sunrise at the GG Bridge.
Labels: college bucket list, San Francisco, work
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Summer in the city
July 16, 2007
// 1:27 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELLA UMALI ^_^ v
 So this is the photo I got in my inbox today. Apparently all of Napster offices (San Jose, San Diego, LA, and New York) are celebrating their first ever employee appreciation week and they're giving us all kinds of goodies, mostly in the form of food. They like to make us fat. So, according to schedule, today we had pastries in the morning and once again, Mondo. I had my regular quesadilla. Tomorrow, I'll be ready and not prepare plans for lunch as I hope to be enjoying my yummy Jamba. What the heck is chotchky you ask? Apparently the correct spelling is something like tchotchky--basically a knickknack. Probably a stress ball or something, haha. Lmao at the ice cream and BEER social. Someone is bound to ask me if I want some and then be surprised after I say I'm no where near 21.
 I finished It Started With a Kiss. I must say, it had its laggy parts, but it was definitely worthwhile and definitely should not be missed if you're on a drama spree like I am. It's one of the most recommended Taiwanese dramas. After watching it, I've fallen in love with Joe Cheng (Zhang Yuan Cheng). Seriously, if there ever were a Zhi Shu (his character from ISWAK), I'd marry him. Or at least try to. But alas, since there isn't, I'll settle with the real him. haha. Anyone who's watched Full House would appreciate this video I found of him. They ask him about Rain and what he admires about him. Then someone asks him to dance like Rain. He then does the 3 Bears Dance from Full House. Gosh I love him. Watching this drama made me really want a tall Chinese guy who wears his messenger bag well and is super smart. Please? Anyways, I can't describe to anyone how darling I thought ISWAK was. Ariel Lin is realllly cute too.
I know I sound crazy will all my Asian drama talk, but they seriously make me really happy watching. I like a good cry, and even better if I'm crying out of happiness. These sappy things really make me :). It turns me back into a hopeless romantic but still, I love seeing happy people in love. And what's also great is, it's helping me tons with my Mandarin. I'm understanding more and more, and it's really making me try to study Chinese asap. I actually brought my sister's Chinese textbook she used at UCSD (which is the same one Cal uses) to work today and started going through the textbook and practicing. If anyone wants to seriously be as lame (or as cool 8] ) as me, and watch..:
+ Meteor Garden 1 (classic happy/sad/funny - 4.5/5)
+ Meteor Garden 2 (don't watch unless you seriously love F4 and need more. if you have to, watch the first 2 episodes and the last 3 episodes - 2/5)
+ Mars (really different from all the other sappy dramas--def watch it if you don't want to see something sappy but something more serious - 4.3/5)
+ Full House (CLASSIC Korean drama--just do it. - 4/5)
+ Lovers in Paris (it was okay--maybe I couldn't stand it cause the main guy was fugly - 3/5)
+ Sang Doo, Let's Go to School (damn my heartbroke with this one - 4.5/5)
+ It Started With a Kiss 1 (let's just say I've watched the ending about 3 times; only because I thought it was laggy at some parts it's lower than what I could give it - 4.5/5)
Anyways, enough of that.
I went to Monterey yesterday. It was really nice there. I don't think anyone enjoys getting away to the coastline as much as I do just to walk and enjoy the seabreeze. I love looking at the ocean--when I'm driving to SD, I always wait to see the water. If I'm sleeping, I'll tell everyone to wake me when the ocean comes into view. Same with snow. But I don't know what'd I'd do if I couldn't get away once in a while and go down the little shops in Monterey and SF and get to dip my feet in the ice cold Northern California coast. We went to Carmel-by-the-Sea at first and enjoyed the nice view while cooking Korean beef on our little pathetic mini grill that took forever to cook. The water was freezing of course. We played frisbee and hit a couple of people, but it was definitely fun. After that, everyone was pretty tired from being out in the sun, but we went to Cannery Row to get crepes but were unsuccessful. We pigged out at Dippin' Dots instead and wasted more money getting churros that weren't as satisfying as we had hoped. After that, it was almost 7 and we headed home. I was pretty damn tired, but it was a quite a nice day to have before returning to work.
OH. AND IF YOU IGNORED EVERYTHING I JUST SAID ABOUT ISWAK, you AT LEAST have to watch this precious video. PLEASE??? :)
Labels: Joe Cheng, Monterey, work
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it's almost Friday
July 12, 2007
// 11:33 AM
So last night I watched Harry Potter and the OOTP. It was.... OKAY. It wasn't really bad, I thought, but it wasn't fantastic either. I hardly remembered the book but what I did remember was that I didn't like it too much. The only notable part I remembered from the book is the fighting scene at the end. I also remembered how I hated Harry in OOTP cause he was so mean and angry all the time. He didn't seem much like it in the movie. This morning I looked on Sparknotes to remind myself what OOTP was about. Turns out they changed a lot.. Lines were given to other characters in the movie I guess for convenience and simplicity. The movie had nothing about Ron and Hermione becoming prefects and nothing about quidditch. I guess that stuff is really insignificant but it would've made it so all the movies had something in common (quidditch) and it'd show that the characters are getting older and have more authority now. Shrug. I hear it broke all kinds of records. Probably cause it was hyped up to be the darkest one yet. Sure was though. I thought Luna Lovegood was cute. :p
So yesterday at work I had a REALLLLY long day. A tedious job took up a good 7 hours of my time at work. Man. I hate having to use the copier and printer all the time. I feel like everyone is getting annoyed hearing it go off. And I'm also hogging it all the time. Shessh. Someone walks by and has a puzzled look on their face cause they see that it's printing a pile of 6 originals, 40 copies each. Not my fault. I gots ta use it.
 This morning has been light on work though. I actually haven't done much besides refill the fridge with pop and open some mail. I realized today, that I'm going to be getting another 4 pay checks. That all sounds good and fun right? But to me, it sounds like I have to be working here another 4 weeks. I actually only have 3 weeks left here after this week is done though. I think I really deserve getting a new camera. I think I've basically decided on the Canon Powershot SD1000. It's cheaper than the SD750 but has nearly the same exact specs. The only difference is in their body. One looks quite nicer than the other, but I don't think I want to pay for prettiness. And besides. If I get the nicest one I believe is out there, there's nothing to upgrade to when I want a new one again (which no doubt will be in maybe another 5 years or something). Anyways, the SD1000 is the one on the right. The obviously less sleek and chic one. But The traditional look of the SD1000 is growing on me.. after looking at it a thousand or so times. I'll probably get the silver one shown instead of the one with the black circle. Who knows when I'll actually get it. I'm planning to at a time before I get my paycheck so it doesn't seem that drastic.
I'm reading HP and the Half Blood Prince at work during my spare time. My goal is to finish it before HP and the Deathly Hallows comes out. Who knows, I might actually make it. I don't think I want to buy the new book though. I'm hoping I can just borrow it from someone. I don't have the whole collection--just HBP--so I think getting the other one is kind useless considering at most I'll read it twice and it won't look pretty on my shelf with its past 6 predecessors, just one. Anyways. Back to reading!Labels: camera, Harry Potter, work
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Doing that thing you do
July 09, 2007
// 11:56 AM
Do you like the new layout? I do. This was one of my most favorite pictures from my trip down to San Diego for my sister's graduation. we went to Balboa Park.. that place was amazing. Speaking of which, I still haven't uploaded pictures from the place. I shall do that tonight!
Anyways, I'm at work and I just finished a Safeway order. that's always fun. I hate Mondays. I can't believe I have to go through another 3 weeks of waking up at 8 something and get yelled at for going out by my mom because I lack free time during the day. When I'm done here, I should have a good 3 weeks to enjoy what I have left of my short, work-filled, summer. I really don't feel like going back to school, but I feel like I've just gotten twenty times dumber  from leaving the books for so long. I really freaking hope I get into my Chinese language class. I REALLY need to get in. If I don't, my plans for study abroad are going to screwed up. Nevertheless, I still need to meet up with the EAP people at school. I can't wait to go to China to study! That is, assuming I get into the program. But my sister said it shouldn't be to hard? It'd be super exciting because the Summer Olympics are going to be going on. I'm going to get a billion of those mascot memorabilia--soooo freaking cute. BeiBei JingJing HuanHuan YingYing NiNi (Beijing Huan Ying Ni -- Beijing Welcomes You or Welcome to Beijing). My favorite one is the panda (Jing Jing). Apparently, from left to right, they are--a fish, a panda, the olympic fire, antelope, and a swallow. Cute.
I want to play tennis. I really need to get off my butt and do something. Actually. I take that back. I spend a lot of my time on my butt at work, but I'm still technically working. So kudos for me for not being lazy. Extra kudos for when I get back from work and go play tennis right when I get home--which I very well may do today if it's not 100 degrees outside (just kidding--even if it's 90 I won't play..hah).
Someday soon I'm going to do a 'day in the life of' post. I'm just going to take pictures from the time my damn phone wakes me up for work until I set my alarm at night before bed. That should be fun.
Oh, I got my photos from my SLR camera that I took in what.. November? I know. Lazy. Anyways, they're pretty! Too bad I'm too lazy to scan them.Labels: China, photos, work
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