4.0 GPA this semester -- happycakes!

So I finally found out my grades for the other two classes, both A's!

That means 5 A's this semester... 4.0!

I took:

MGA201 - Intro to Accounting I
MGQ201 - Intro to Computer & Statistics
ECO181 - Intro to Macroeconomics
GLY101 - Geology & Lab
CHI201 - Chinese 201

18.5 credits total :)

I'm proud of myself .. but also need to keep it up ! P R E S S U R E

RED SHE SAID

GOT MY NEW CAM TODAY :D

THANKS BABE

It's beautiful:



It was fairly cheap... $150 + $30 memory stick + some tax = $200 approx.

MERRY CHRISTMAS~

A, A, A!

It's been freeezing lately, the streets covered in snow and ice. But now that it is starting to get warmer, it's going to be mostly rainy days :(

On the bright side, I finally received my final exam grade for Macroeconomics.. 97! That makes it my 3rd A of the semester! A for AWESOME :D

I hope next semester won't be too hard to handle... I'll be taking two history courses (world history and US history) and history is definitely not my strong point! & I'm still considering whether or not to continue taking Chinese...

And tomorrow, I'm going shopping with my hunnie at Roosevelt Field Mall... and since I'm in such a good mood, I'm be sure to spoil myself... or rather, let my boyfriend spoil me lols.

<3

SIGH!

I can't believe I missed out on Jay Chou's concert at Mohegan Sun.

Such a beautiful voice =(

Back in New York City!

I've been back home for a few days now (since Tuesdays) and things feel gooood.

I haven't done anything major, but just relaxing with family and my boyfriend is an amazing thing.

I've chilled with my mom, doing nails, getting facials, shopping (I got new boots!), eating dimsum, and such.

My boyfriendddd took me to a sushi place near Baruch & afterwards, we watched Twilight. I know everyone warned me not to watch it, but in the end I did anyways! It wasn't that bad! But gosh, $12.50 for a movie is wayyy expensive.

I feel like my time here is so limited! I head back to Buffalo on January 11th, so I've got less than 4 weeks vacation time!! Which sounds like a lot, but I know it'll pass so fast..

Some things I want to do:

1) Get my camera. Finally. Once and for all. I really will this time.

2) Celebrate brother's/dad's/my birthday (Jan 1st, 7th, 8th)!

3) Be by my honey's side more often!

4) Haircut (my bangs are long again)

5) Celebrate Christmas with my friends. I need to spend more time with them, and hopefully keep a close relationship with all of them.

6) Shopping [spree?] with honey (like I promised)

7) Tutor Tim more often

& other stuff I can't think of right now.

I should sleep now.

<3

Christmas Nails!

Hey! So I got a FREE Essie nail polish a few weeks ago (the color is Pama, and it's a deep red -- very pretty!) in the mail.. and yes, it is full size! I loove Essie nail polish so I was excited to try out this new color, but I've been so caught up with studying for finals that this bottle of nail polish has been sitting in my drawer for wayyy too long.

So I attempted to do something christmassy.. but I didn't have any green nail polish soooo I guess it's not all that christmassy. Lol.

So this is how it looks like:


Don't mind the metrocard lol, I used it to wipe off excess nail polish...


These are the products I used:
- Essie nail polish in Pama (for french tips),
- Orly base coat (Bonder! Love this stuff!)
- Rimmel nail polish in Pink Flash (I used this on the whole nail, it's actually more of a clear polish with some pink specks that show in the light)
- Sally Hansen topcoat (yes, I am running out!)
- some random white nail art polish I got at the dollar store. :)

Extra pictures:

Wish To See You Again

So I'm done with 4 of my 5 finals and I decided I needed a break from studying.

So I started watching this drama called "Wish to See You Again" and I'm only up to episode 1 but the drama starts off very weird lol. It stars F4 members Vic and Ken. Vic is such a weirdo that its hilarious, haha.

The poster looks promising though!

Sigh...

I wish I hadn't walked halfway through so blindly, only to realize the other half of the way is 10x more bumpy.. 10x more slippery.. But you've already gotten to this point and you cannot, you won't let yourself give up.

I just need to know someone else cares.

My Ups and Downs

THANKSGIVING WEEKEND -- this portion of the post was edited out.

Yesterday I got my FREE Essie Nail Polish in the mail. The color is "Pama" and is supposed to be a limited edition color... it's basically a deep red color, reminds me of Pomegranate. I tried it on my pinky nail.. it's a pretty unique color =) and best of all, it was free! Yay! Anyways, this week is the last week of classes.. and then next week is going to be finals week. I've got 5 finals so it's going to be a lot of studying on my part. Horrible part is, my last final is on the LAST day of finals, the 15th. I'll be going home, by PLANE (thank God!) on the 16th. My plane trip was only $135 because I used the $25 voucher that JetBlue gave me for the bird-incident on my last flight that caused me to be late for my class lol.

AND-- Last night's episode of House was SO GOOD.

Starting at 1:15, the conversation goes like this:

House: You're not stopping me for medical reasons. You're stopping me because you have the hots for me.
Cuddy: You're still here because you have the hots for me.
House: Evidence by the fact that, I'm the one that moved into your office.
(fyi, Cuddy moved into House's office)
Cuddy: It's the biggest office, and I'm not the one-
House: Why are you dressed like that? Why do you try so hard to get my attention? Are you screwing with me?
Cuddy: Are you screwing with me?
House: Depends on your answer.
Cuddy: Everybody knows this is going somewhere. I think we're supposed to kiss now.
House: We already did that. *places hand on boob* Seems like the logical next step.
Cuddy: Really? I'm an idiot for being surprised.

SO MUCH DRAMA! Can't believe House did that though... ruined his chance!! Can't wait until next week's episode!

That's all... for now. Bye.

SHOPPPPINGGG

This pink cardigan was on sale $28.90 (regular price is like 60) at Abercrombie so I had to try it on. I really liked it! I loooooove cardigans, I have them to so many colors lol.


I also tried on brown. The pink looks cuter but the brown fit better and it is easier to match.


Then I stopped over at Charlotte Russe and tried on some tops. Their tops are so cute! I liked this one but I ended up not getting it ._.


Liked this one too but not enough to buy it!


I got this one because it was soo comfortable as well as cute.


Omgosh, this is the CUTEST cardigan ever. It's a combo of the classic black cardigan with a girly satin bow. LOOOVE it. I wouldn't wear it everyday, but definitely nice for special occassions!


Bought this jacket. $32.99 but still affordable. Only thing I don't like is the short sleeves. Not practical to wear a shortsleeve peacoat... lol maybe I'll return it


Grabbed THIS at Express! I was buying something and there as a $30 off $70 purchase coupon and this top was $30, so since I spent over $70 this top was basically FREE! AND it's my favorite piece of clothing of the dayy. I'd definitely wear this.

Get Karl! Oh Soo Jung

"Get Karl! Oh Soo Jung" is my current favorite drama! Well, I say current, but I watched it a while ago and I'm currently re-watching it because it's so awesome!

So it's realllyyy funny and the characters are so real. They are not the typical main leads and the story plot is not the typical guy-and-girl-forced-to-be-together-but-falls-in-love-for-real story plot.

The main guy, Karl, used to be a HUGE blob of fat that adored his girlfriend, Oh Soo Jung, and catered to her every whim. Oh Soo Jung is a snobby bitch that is extremely picky with everything, including boyfriends. Back in high school, she was the "queen of queens" aka the most popular girl that every guy wanted and every girl envied but she rejected every guy and told them she would date them if they passed this extremely difficult exam to get into Law school, because she wanted a guy who would get a well-paid job in the future. Because Karl got into the school, she agrees to marry him. But the day before the wedding, Karl fails the interview (final stage of the exam) and when he tells her, she runs from the wedding and from him. Karl is devastated and tells her he will die without her and she says "then go die".

8 years later, the tables have turned, Karl turned his hate for Oh Soo Jung into ambition and became a multi-millionaire golf champion. He has lost a lot of weight and now has all the qualities of a perfect bachelor: looks, wealth, fame. As for Soo Jung, she is now 34 years old and still single because of her pickiness. When Karl returns to Korea and the two meet again, Soo Jung is determined to win him back. Karl, on the other hand, still hasn't forgiven her for jilting him at the wedding and hates girls like her that only care about looks and money.

The story is actually really interesting and totally hilarious. Besides the two main leads, the other characters are also very interesting.

Link: http://www.mysoju.com/get-karl-oh-soo-jung/

So Troubled

Sometimes, I feel like I lack a sense of connection when it comes to relationships (and I mean all kinds, not just boyfriend relationships). It's so difficult for me to build a decent foundation with another person. I'm not intimidating or unapproachable, and I'm actually quite easy to get along with... on the surface level.

Ask me to be your friend, I'd happily agree. Ask me to lend an ear, lend a shoulder, I'd lend all ears, all shoulders. Ask me to go hang out, sure why not. I think anyone would agree to all these. But ask me to have patience with your stupidity, your laziness, your stinginess, your rudeness, I cannot as easily do. Again, it's normal for people to find flaws in others, because everyone has them, including myself. But how far does one have to go to breach my patience altogether? Not much.

I've probably the most impatient person anyone can meet.

Five minutes late is probably the worst first impression you can give me.

Inability to the your own damn work is another factor that pushes my patience to the limit. One or twice, I'd be happy to help you out, and would expect you to do the same for me. But time after time? Then I'd feel like you're using me. That's not what friends are for. And being your friend also means not being your mom. If you're not willing to get your lazy buttocks to class, not willing to take notes and study for exams, why would I even bother?

Honestly, I don't think I will ever be able to get along with another being any deeper than the surface level. And if you're still my close friends up until now, you're probably one of few.

I typically don't like meeting new people. I'm always disappointed. They always start off as awesome people, but the more you know them and interact with them, the more you realize they're not as awesome as they were cut out to be.

The most awesome people in the beginning turn out to be the most fake people in the end.

My hands smell like the bathroom handsoap. My room is freezing.

Schoolwork keeps me sane. I hate dealing with LIFE. So many problems to deal with back at home, I almost don't want to go back and have to face them all. So many problems that shouldn't even be MY problems, but somehow always land on my shoulders. I'm 19, turning 20 in 2 months, and I'm starting to realize that the older you get, the more problems you have to deal with, and I mean other people's problems. My own problems are stressful enough. I wish my own problems were the only problems in my life.

When I'm buried in schoolwork, studying, doing homework, watching lecture videos, going to class, I feel like my brain's too busy to think about anything else. It's like drugs.

I finally realized my real purpose for coming all the way here to go to college, and that is to run away from family. As much as I love my family, I need a break from dealing with my dad's bad temper, dealing with the stress he gives me, dealing with my brother's failure at school, dealing with my mom's paranoia of me having boyfriend, dealing with the overprotection from my parents. Here, in Buffalo, I'm free. Well, not really. I'm just running away, and soon all these problems are going to catch up to me and bury me.

It's so hard to know what's the right thing to do. Is there even such thing?

Milktea-less

So the Tim Hortons at the Student Union has been out of tea since.. last thursday I think.

And although apple juice and french vanilla are great substitutes, I miss my milk tea.

:(

Alright, gtg to class now! Got a macroeconomics test to take.

Bye.

Once again, flies, and House.

And once again I look upon the cross where You died
I'm humbled by Your mercy and I'm broken inside
Once again I thank You
Once again I pour out my life

************************

I spent the past hour hunting this fly in my room. Yes, a whole hour. I am sooo scared of bugs, especially the flying kind. I'm terrified of them. I hair-sprayed the fly until I eventually immobilized it, MUHAHAHAHA and then I killed it.

Flies are so darn icky. Ugh.

Anyways, this is my favorite scene of House M.D:

Expections, smexpectations.

Sometimes, it's not about what he's not able to do for you or give you, but what he's already done for you and already given you.

I couldn't find it on youtube, but I love this song:
杨臣刚 - 我是你老公

I can't sleep

I can't sleep. So much on my mind.

I had to write a made-up resume for my computer&statistics class. The main point was knowing how to use word2007 to write a resume. It was sad that the only thing real on my resume was... my name. I had to make up all the experience. In reality, I've got nothing. Nada. And I've really got to start building my resume. I'm already a sophmore! But I'm so lost and don't know where to begin.

Another thing on my mind: I hate work. I been working at Aeropostale at the mall for over a month now, and I've only worked 4 days x 4 hours each = 16 hours. The damn place just won't give me any hours! How am I supposed to rise up to positions like cashier when I'm forever stuck at fitting rooms & greeting? It's so ridiculous. And I can't even quit a) because I don't want to be a quitter, and b) because I don't know how to tell them. I can't go looking for another job either... because I gave Aero all my free hours. BBUTT they only freaking ask me to work once, sometimes twice a week. And I don't have a set schedule; it's different every week. I hate that! Are they so lazy that they can't even give us a set schedule??

I've only received my first paycheck so far. A total of 4.5 hours = $28.

That's bus money right there.

Sigh. Why is life so hard?

Oh, and another thing: It's snowing. I hate the cold! Out of all places, why did I pick Buffalo again??

I had an accounting test on monday.. I had no sleep the night before. I studied so much that I had to take a break and started on a cleaning frenzy. I cleaned my floor, cleaned my desk, cleaned the whole room essentially, and did 4 loads of laundry. When I finally went back to studying, I was all pumped from cleaning LOL. However, the test was hard as rocks.

Speaking of rocks, Geology test on thursday = time to cram + no sleep.

I was also bummed out yesterday because I was kicked out of my dorm for a whole hour. I was sitting in the kitchen, and then sitting in my little hallway room the whole time... bored, and on the phone complaining to my boyfriend. Only him would be willing to listen to me rant for an hour<3

I guess I'm just having a crummy week.

Ah shit it's 1 am. I have to get up at 8 in the morning.

Goodnight!

Finally got it: CHI Flat Iron

Hey! I ordered a CHI flat iron along with some other things from beautychoice.com the other day. I received my package today!

So this is what I got:

This is the CHI Silk Infusion and it's basically a gel formula that makes your hair more smooth and silky, and prevents flyaways. You just put a tiny amount onto your hair before you straighten it. I tried it out and it works pretty well. It really does smooth the hair out and even makes it more silky, without creating oil build-up in the hair (I hate products that do that). It also smells really nice, hehe. But at $8.95 for a 2 0z. bottle, it's a tad too expensive. But I'll use it up and if I really like it, I'll buy a bigger bottle which is probably a better deal.


This is the CHI ceramic round brush and I really hate it. Those things sticking out of it aren't even brush-material, they are like metal wires! How am I supposed to brush my hair with that? I did try it out, and it didn't tangle my hair or anything, but the bristles are way too rough for me to use. It's also huge! It was $15 and completely waste of money. I hope nobody else buys this.


Look at how big it is compared to my hair. Ridiculous.

THIS is the 1'' CHI Flat Iron by Farouk. When I first opened the box and saw it, my first impression of it was "dang, this thing looks cheap!". Then again, I had high expectations for a straightener that cost me $79. But I tried it out, and I used the CHI Silk Infusion first, and I didn't see great results right away. There's an on/off button and once you turn it on, it heats up within seconds (seriously, seconds! my old straightener took at least 5 minutes to "warm up") which was soo amazing. And the outside part (black part) is not hot at all, but I somehow still managed to burn myself by accidently touching the inside ceramic plates (yellow part). That was suppper hot.

My burn.

It had a neat little "CHI" written at the end. Hehe.

My order came out to be like $102 but I got a [$10 off $100] coupon so it was $92 & free shipping! It ordered it last tuesday and they didn't ship it out until friday but the shipping was pretty fast because I received it today. I'm pretty satisfied with everything (except that darn brush!)

Hot pink nails with white french tips.

I looove hot pink nails, they're cute & chic, but still everyday and fun!

I came across this youtube video showing how this girl did her french tips and I totally loved it. So I tried it out. [click here for video]

This is my first attempt at doing french tips free-hand on myself, that is, without the white tape or special tools or anything of that. I've always liked french nails, but they're too much of a hassle for me, and I especially hate the white tape method. It takes practice, but doing it free-hand is actually a lot easier than using the dumb tape. For the nail polish, I used Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear in "White On" and "Fuschia Power". My CVS had them for $2.79 each, buy 1 get 1 50% off, so the other one only cost me $1.39. Good deal! (and they're Sally Hansen so you know they're good)
























While I was at CVS yesterday, I also grabbed a hold of a basecoat and a topcoat by Orly because I heard they were like realllyyy good. But they were super expensive at $5.99 and $7.99 each (but I have to admit the Sally Hansen bottles were 11.8ml and these were 18ml). The basecoat is called "Bonder" and it's supposed to prevent the color from wearing off, and the topcoat is called "In a Snap" and it's supposed to dry the nail polish really quickly, hence the name. I was really excited to try the pair together because I've heard so many good things about it. So I tried it. I used the basecoat after washing my nails, trimming and filing them, and before applying any color. I used the topcoat after I used the two nail polish colors. I'm loving them so far! It really dried instantly and it leaves the nail looking sooo shiny and so brilliant. I've used tons of different top/base coats and none of them can compare to these two. They're definitely worth the extra few bucks.


































Then I was a little bored so I designed my nails, kind of. In the video, the girl used a toothpick to do it, but I just went ahead to used this little bottle of nail art paint I had lying around. I think it works the same.

Yesterday, after stopping by CVS I went back to my dorm and my roommate wanted me to help her do her makeup for this halloween party she was going to. Her costume is like, a moulin-rouge inspired outfit (or lack of) that's full of frill and lace. It was black and pink so I tried to do the makeup with those colors. I did the eyes really dramatic, heavy eyeliner, smoky eyeshadow, and all that, and did nude lips. It turned out really nice, at least to me lol.

After that, I rushed downstairs to catch the the white church van, aka the "tofu bus". I went to church and it was pretty cool because I got to meet a bunch of the newcomers and I finally met our pastor, Pastor Sunny, lol.

Oh yeah! And there's an update on my blog, which is the music box on the right side. I got rid of the videos because, I don't know about you, but they kept pausing at times. But isn't the teddy bear music box sooo cute?

I've got an Accounting exam on monday, so I gotta go back to studying. It's less material than the first test but it's supposed to be a lot harder because the material is more in-depth and expanded-on and such. Pray for me!

All I wanna do is bang-bang-bang, and a kaachingg and take yo money

The Good and the Bad

It's been a while since my blogging days, that is, Xanga. I've shut my Xanga down for a while now, for several reasons (such as unwanted stalkers!) and didn't think I'd ever need that outlet ever again.

I was wrong.

Many things have happened lately. Some good, some not so good.

Let's start with the "good". Well, my grades are still on the upside: A's and B's. Of course I'd like all A's, as any college student would agree, and sometimes I also feel like I'm not performing my best, but it is what it is. I try not to dwell on the what's-done, and focus on the what-to-do-now.

The bad stuff, I'd have to list.

1. My grandfather passed away last Monday and I didn't know until Tuesday, which was when my mom called to tell me. Of course she wasn't all that sad, since it wasn't her dad, and I wasn't really close with my grandpa either. I think my dad had it the worst. He had many sleepless nights, and many heated arguments with his siblings (my aunts and uncles) over things such as splitting funeral costs and the types of services and type of casket to buy.

2. On top of that, my dad just had his storage broken-into a week earlier, so he was already in a bad mood. This winter's going to be cold; I wonder how he'll get through this winter at the FM. Would thick coats and extra layers be enough?

3. Since my grandpa's funeral was going to held within a week of his death, I had to book a roundtrip flight immediately for this past Friday. The funeral was Saturday.

4. It was my first funeral. And besides the all-black attire and gloomy atmosphere, I hadn't had a clue what else to expect. Because my grandpa was Christian, the funeral included a Christian ceremony, which consisted of a Pastor, lots of praying, and song-singing. I did say I wasn't very close with my grandpa, but I couldn't hold back the tears as my uncle gave the eulogy. There were many things I hadn't known about my grandpa, such as the many struggles he went through and the many times people gave him contempt. I felt grief, felt regret, felt despair, but among all else, I felt respect for the man who laid ever so peacefully in that mahogany casket.

Oct. 13, 2008 -- R.I.P Grandpa, I love you

5. On my way back, Monday morning, I had planned for a 7:40 flight that would arrive in Buffalo by 9am and then make it just in time for my 9:45am Chinese 201 class. And I had boarded the plane 7:10, and the plane had even took off a tad early at 9:35. But just as we took off into the sky, there was some noise on the left wing and the pilot soon after told us we had hit a bird and we would have to turn back and land so maintenance could check up on the plane. After waiting way too long for that to happen, the pilot said we'd have to get all our stuff and switch onto another plane. We did. The next plane was set to leave at 9:40. I would definitely be missing my class. I called Kevin, who was picking me up later, to let him know about this delay.

I hate birds.

The good? Jetblue is giving me a $25 voucher for this inconvenience.

The bad? I missed my chinese quiz, and got an absence. || EDIT: chinese quiz was postponed! I was able to take it on time.

Despite the fact that it was for a funeral, I was really glad to have gone home. Three nights in my full-sized bed at home beats any week here at Buffalo. But alas, this is where I belong, for now at least. I might not have a grand-sized bed, good food to eat, or family/boyfriend here, but this is where I chose to study... University at Buffalo. It's my second year, so I'm almost halfway through. That's the good.

Alright, that's all for now. I've got a lot more on my mind, but my brain hurts from cramming for my MGQ201 test. Goodnight.